I am sorry for not blogging lately...
In the industry that I am in... I need to work even during holidays and it's the first time that it happened to me. It's okay coz there is always a first time and since it's a holiday, we did not receive a lot of work so I just read ebooks at the office.
I work in Eastwood City where from the name itself, it's like a city but a very very tiny city. They called it that way because it's located in the East of Metro Manila and upon entering the place, you'll notice tall buildings, lots of restaurants, malls, condominiums and even hotels. I actually think it's like one of those villages in Role Playing Games where you have everything you need and you can walk around safely except when you go outside then you might mee monsters. xD
Anyway, the reason why I am explaining that is because Eastwood City is an event's place so last New Year's eve, they had concerts and a countdown to 2011. I went down our office building during my lunch break ( and yes my lunch break starts at midnight because I work at night so we can accommodate our clients from US) for the countdown to watch the fireworks display but since they banned using fireworks, the show ran for about 10 minutes only.
Last year, fireworks display ran for about 2 hours. People started lighting up their fireworks from 11pm until about 1am but this year, it was kinda boring but at least it made a difference in the number of New Year fireworks accidents.
Every year we get like 2000 fireworks accidents though this year I think we had around less than 1000 and yeah I agree that fireworks should be used by professionals only because it is really dangerous. Honestly I get scared during New Year's eve because of the fireworks. I don't go out once it gets dark because I know people will start lighting up fireworks and I feel like they might hit me but this year, I was able to go to the office safely with no fireworks exploding on the streets.
Anyway, the company provided a buffet but seriously, it was not good but at least we had food to eat so we did not have to go down to buy food. We did not have many clients so I just read ebooks and I was able to finish reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows since I haven't finished reading it though I watched the first part of the movie already. Good thing there wasn't any bosses around so I was able to sleep as well on my workstation. ;-)
Overall, it was a boring New Year for me but a different one. I was not able to be with my family but it's okay since I bet they just slept. xD
2010 was a great year for me. A lot of new things happened and GOOD ones! I am looking forward to 2011 and I am hoping that it will be even BETTER!
