Thank You and Have A Nice Life

In my 3 years and 6 months of stay here in IBM, I never thought I will send my share of goodbye letter. I never thought it would be this hard. So I guess instead of saying goodbye, I’ll just thank everyone in this company who made my stay here worth it.

To my trainers, Pia de Ungria, Rowena Banda, my lss Maricris Jimenez, thank you for being such good mentors and motivators. Being an agent as a first job is really difficult, but you did a great job in pushing me to work harder and in helping me find the right motivation in me.

To my former team, KANSAS, I’d still say we are the best team in Sprint. To my tl Marilou Dabo-Rosuelo, I don’t think I’ll ever find a supervisor as good as you. You molded us, encouraged us despite our weaknesses and indeed you helped us grow in this company.

To all my friends here, especially the VA new hire trainers, with you I have shared a unique camaraderie which I hope will continue in the years to come even though I shall not be here with the company.

To Jerome Ora, you have been my supervisor for the longest time. You were there with me in every happy and devastating moments of my life. Siguro pwede mo na akong igawa ng talambuhay, sa dami ng pinagdaanan ko na nandun ka. I thank you for everything, you helped me keep my sanity during the time I felt so lost. And for that I consider you one of my true friends here in IBM.

To Kristian Cabrera, Rajah Singh, Jon Juliano, Briggs Baritugo, thank you for welcoming VAPS to your team. Though I felt at some point, handling our team was a challenge; I'd say you did a great job because our team learned a lot, especially me. I hope my dreams for VAPS will come true eventually. I have no doubt about that, because the team is in good hands. I have been extremely satisfied with my work here at IBM, working under your guidance has been a learning and an enjoyable experience. I thank you for your support and encouragement during these 3 and half years. I’ll bring with me all the lessons I've learned from each of you and the mantra of a trainer will always be with me, "Be a guide on the side, not a sage on the stage" (hope I got that right! har!)

And of course, to the VAPS trainers, it took me a long time to write this because I couldn't fight the tears. For 3 long years I have been with VAPS, from the very first batch of VAPS trainers up to the newest faces of VAPS, I couldn't contain the emotion I have right now. This team, I consider my family… I can't seem to say goodbye.

Thank you for putting up with me despite my tantrums, my bitchiness, and my craziness. It feels so painful to leave the team that gave me so much comfort for 3 years. I know minsan hindi ako mabait, pero sobrang mahal ko kayo. (Corneeee!) Take care of our team.Kahit minsan di tayo magkakasundo, this is our little family here in IBM, so ingatan nio.

Tatagalugin ko na ang mga bilin ko, di nio na naman ako mabibigyan ng EOP ticket eh. Hehehe!

Jet and Judith, take charge. Follow Jon and be good leaders to the team. Kung kailangan hagupitin ung di sumusunod... hagupitin! Kung ayaw parin, text nio lang ako.... itatapon ko mug nila! =) Jet, sa kasal mo invited parin ako ha. Judith sa birthday din ni Zoe ha.

JJ and Babbitt, alam nio na ang gusto ko sabihin.... sa inyo kadalasan nakasalalay ang phonetime! =) JJ, wag ka mag-alala, kakanta parin ako sa kasal mo. Babbitt, be wise on your decisions. Sometimes go for the mind over heart.

Baby Tynn, wag lagi galit pag nag-eexplain ok. Salamat at pinatikim mo ako ng chicken nuggets sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon ng buhay ko. Narealize ko, di pala lahat ng sinasabi ng mga nanay totoo.

JP - wag mo maxado pahirapan sa Web time modification si Gene ha, basahin mo ang mga email at wag i-delete without reading para di mo akalain na ang mga training schedule eh sa gabi instead na umaga.

Mike - magsalita paminsan minsan para di ma-misinterpret ng nasa mga tao paligid. Assert yourself.

Gene – pasenxa na sa mga modifications. J I’ll miss you sobra! I will miss our salon bonding and food tripping. But we will still do that okay.

Basta sa buong VAPS team, old and new batch. I don’t think I’ll ever find a department as crazy as ours. I love you guys!

I am bidding adieu today to this company to pursue other career opportunities. As I move on, I would like to take a moment to remember and cherish our times together. It's been great interacting and knowing each one of you. Even though I will miss you all here I am looking forward to this new challenge and to start a new phase of my career.

To IBM Daksh, thank you for all the lessons learned, for all the opportunities and for making me feel that this company is my second home.

God bless everyone. Have a nice life! =)