Thank you, strangers

Strangers. Amazing how strangers can touch our lives.

Cab drivers, newspaper sellers, parking boys, waiters and waitresses, security guards. Everyone I walk past in the sidewalk. Those I notice, I get to smile at. Thank you.

Walking among people makes me feel alive. Thank you for the brief exchanges of good mornings, good afternoons, good evenings, thank yous and welcomes.

Thank you for these little moments.

Thank you, Benjie

Benjie - friend from RLC

Thank you Benjie for sharing your life with me. I don't know, it was crazy how we shared about our lives the first time we spoke. I remember being so moved by what you've been through. The things that life threw at you were unimaginable but here you are, standing. Fighting. Living.

You deserve the success you've achieved so far. And I am certain that you deserve whatever good things life will bring to you.

Thank you for showing me how lucky and blessed I am. Thank you because you may not know it but you sort of kept me grounded. The story of your life taught me that it's not always what we're born with that makes us. It's us that makes us. It's you that made you. It's me that made me and will continue to make me.

Thanks, Benj! Today is for you. Apir! Tambay tayo minsan ;)

Thank you, Cha

Cha- another colleague at KMC

Cha has been with KMC the longest among all of us. She has been with KMC even before the company was registered as a business.

Thank you, Cha. For working the way you do and being how you are about it. Thank you that I have someone to look up to with regard to how to do our job well. Although I am in a different division, I think work ethics and quality of work applies to any job.

Thank you that you are still as fun and as kalog as anyone in the office even if you are so busy most of the time. It's really cool how work and play balance is maintained in the office.

Today is for you, thank you! ;)

Thank you, Ms. Gloria

Ms. Gloria is also from Luxe.

Thanks, Ms. Gloria. For being good at your work. Thank you for making the transaction with Tourism Malaysia very smooth. Although it took about a month and a half to close that, it was very easy to provide them with their requirements because of you.

Cheers to more deals! Today is for you, Ms. Gloria.

Thanks, Zen

Zen is from Luxe.

Thank you Zen for your kindness and openness to help me out every time I go there to Luxe to bring a client. Thank you for loving your work. Because in loving your work, you inspire me to the same.

Today is for you :)

Thank you, Shiela

Shiela -leasing manager at APMC

Thank you, Shiela. For being kind and all. Thanks for accommodating all my viewing schedules and whatnot. Thank you for making things super easy for me when it comes to deals involving APMC listings. Again, I know you are just doing your job but I appreciate how you do your job so well.

Today is for you!

Thanks, Hash

Hash -EA at APMC

Thanks, Hash. For making my life a lot easier by providing me with listings that you have. Thank you for being so easy to work with. I mean we are all just working but talking to people like you who have your type of love for the job makes things easier. You have no clue.

Thanks, Hash! Today is for you.

Thanks, Raf

Raf -co-broker from APMC

Thanks, Raf. For working the way you do. And for the appreciation you've shown in how I work. Thanks for showing me that there are still good and dependable people in the industry. Thanks for you infinite curiosity in me. I mean I would consider myself rather ordinary but I appreciate your curiosity nonetheless.

Thanks, Raf! Today is for you!

April 11 & 12 -Thanks, Tita Sally and Tito Homer

Tita Sally and Tito Homer -my Kuya's in-laws

Thank you Tita and Tito. For taking care of my Kuya. We miss him a lot at home and it's sad sometimes but knowing that he is in your family's care, we all feel okay. Well, I feel okay, I don't know with the rest of us at home.

Anyway, thanks for treating him as one of your sons and taking care of him in your house. By loving him, I think you love us, his family as well.

And sheesh, Tita, thank you for sending over random food that you just cooked up. They are all good! My favorite though is your homemade biko. Thank you for sharing your passion for food and cooking with us.

Today is for you two :)

Thanks, Liza

Liza -Jom's sister, my sister-in-law

Thanks, Liza. For being so warm to our family whenever we go to your house or whenever there is a family gathering or something. It's cool that it feels like when Kuya and Jom got married, our families got married as well. In a nice family way, of course.

So there, thanks!

Today is for you :)

Thanks, Ariann

Ariann -another classmate in the grad school

Thanks, Ariann. For making some grad school moments fun. Thanks for the friendship. Thanks for making WCE day bearable! I am grateful that I took it with you guys.

Today is for you :)

April 8 -Thanks, Ben O.

Today is December 2, 2013 and I was looking back at the posts I made before where I thanked 1 person everyday. This was my post last April 8, 2011 for Ben Ong:

Ben O.-classmate in grad school

Thanks, Ben! For the coma!! Haha! Thanks for the good times. And for making grad school feel a little lighter. Means a lot to have someone to laugh with habang sobrang seryoso lahat ng tao.

Sheesh!! I hope we all past the WCE with flying colors!! Haha!

So there. Thanks for the friendship!! RICE!

Today is for you!!

Thanks, Zirky!

Zirk -college batchmate

Thank you, Zirk! For the good times! Sobrang godd vibes mo kasama. I don't have to talk when you're around. Parang nanonood lang ako ng show na laugh trip. And thanks too for being there for Kd during the few times that I wasn't.

Today is for you :D

Thanks, Ms. Lustre

Ms. Lustre -statistics professor in the graduate school

Thanks, Ms. Lustre. For giving me the chance to sort of excel in something I never though I will ever excel in: Statistics. Thank you for making us teach the class, forcing us to really understand the lessons that otherwise, I wouldn't pay attention to.

I don't remember what I thoroughly explained during that time though, but I will always remember how good I felt about myself understanding and being able to explain it to the class as well. So there.

Plus! Thanks for being so kind. You were like a professor-mom. It was never difficult to me to come to class during Saturdays.

Thank you :)

Thanks, Ms. Julie

Ms. Julie- professor at DLSU-M Grad School, Chair of the Mktg Dept

Thanks, Ms. Julie. For being 1 of the coolest people in the academe. Well.. At least for me. I was not really sure that Grad school was right for me but when I got to know you, I realized that I could fit right in.

Thank you for being practical when it comes to teaching us. You didn't actually teach. I think you shared your experiences with us. You shared your life. And we learned through that. It's cool knowing you -career woman, successful in the academe (teaching, finished your MA and PhD), a cool Mom of two- and that all of these things can be done.

Thank you for being there for me to look up to.

Today is for you :)

Thanks, Ate May

Ate May - Kd's eldest sister

Thanks, Ate May. For accepting Kd and I. For the few times that we hung out and shared our lives with each other. Thank you that even if you are well aware of the wrong things that I've done, you continue to support Kd and I.

Thanks for everything Ate May, today is for you :)

Thanks, Paola

Paola -blockmate in college

Thanks Pao! For reaching out to me. We were not in the same circle of friends but it felt good whenever I talk to you and the others. Thanks for the short chats when we catch up and stuff.

Today is for you ;)

Thanks, A!

A -batchmate during college

A, thanks for the few times that we've talked. Always nalang extreme yung conversations. Lagi akong overshare sa iyo. But thank you, really. For listening and giving your opinion regarding whatever story I am sharing with you. It's weird that we're not really close but the few times we talked, bigat ng usapan lagi. Haha.

And thanks too for being such a good friend to Kds. Not that that directly has something to do with me. But Kd considers you as one of her closest friends. I'm just happy when she feels good about the good friends that she has.

So there, today is for you :)

Thanks, Aps!

April -blockmate in college

Aps! Dahil first day ng April, naalala kita. Anyway, thanks for those times in college that you helped me with school stuff. Thanks for never hesitating to help whenever you could. We were never really super close but the fact that there wasn't really any bad vibes between us (nothing that I remember), I am more than grateful for that.

Thanks, Aps. Happy April Fool's Day! ;P

March 31st -Thanks, DQ!

Denise -batchmate in college, friend, officemate now at KMC

Thanks, DQ! For the good times at work. Thank you too for joining the team when I invited you to. Thanks for being so naturally caring. Thanks also for your effort to reach out to everyone around you, including me. Makes things at work really light.

I honestly never thought that I'd be this close to you. Seeing you around school before, you will probably be the last person I'd think I will have fun with. But hey, we have fun at work now and I must admit, at least for now, nothing beats how it is at our office. Lalo na sa Picadilly! Haha. Boo Rufino! Haha kidding aside, I would just like to thank you for all the stories, the laughter, kagaguhan, FOOD and everything else that we've shared and will continue to share.

Thanks also for making work bearable for Kds when you were officemates with her.

APIR DQ! Today is for you :)