My "September 1" friends

Time just passes so quickly that I haven't realized that it's already been a couple of years when I was hired in Metrobank(where I stayed only for like couple of months).

September 1, 2009, that is. And it just feel so good to reminisce on the experience that I had. Setting my foot on Cebu and Manila for the first time, meeting new friends, and leaving the banking world after 2 months to have more travels around the country. I guess, the Metrobank experience just served as a first step, a commencement for more travels.Haha. After Metrobank, as I can remember, I've gone to Negros Occidental-Nueva Vizcaya-Baguio-Banaue-Benguet-Gen San-Cebu-Quezon Province-Pangasinan-La Union, and many places I never thought I'd be able to visit. 

Anyhow, I'm so thankful for these trips and travels but somehow a big part of all of these work experiences, that seemed so distressing yet heartwarming, difficult but influential, disturbing yet edifying, still belongs to the Metrobank experience. In a way, it taught me how to be more careful in making decisions and in managing stress at work. And most of all, it led to me to meeting remarkable friends, Some of whom remained good advisers in the religious and spiritual aspect of my life, Aimee and Genvieve to name the two.

A couple of hours of talk with Aimee and Genvieve seemed not enough to talk just about how the two years has been for the three of us. It's amazing how these girls have survived to the ever so stressful life in Metrobank. Perhaps it's mainly because of their faith in God that they can withstand whatever there is that will come their way.

Aimee sounded so tired when I called her @ 10 PM after her duty in their branch. But still Aimee managed to laugh about how we've called Metrobank's VICE-PRESIDENT of the Visayas Area while we were still in the middle of the employment process. Well, to think of it, it was really inappropriate for us to easily call someone of that level in the company complaining about our suspicion and vague assumptions about Metrobank's hiring process. haha. Thanks to Sir Bernie, for somehow he was so understanding and we made it through the whole process at that time.

But the best part of the process was the training in Makati where we've met a number of individuals from other parts of the country. Videoke at Music 21, that is, was the height of the momentous experience we had together with the Countryside Metrobankers.

Here are some pics taken 2 years ago:

Gino, LLoydie, Sir Cedrick, Genvieve, Nai2x, Toni, Aimee, Kim and Sir Arjay

Kantahan @ Music 21 KTV

Pose after the training