Accenture: FY15 Core Milestone School

Last FY14, I was privileged to be able to attend the Core Milestone School for new hires and newly promoted Specialists and Associate Managers.  See more of it in my Core Milestone Story.

 

This FY15, I was again privileged to attend another Core Milestone School.  This time not as an attendee but as one of the speakers for "First Year Stories". When I was tapped to do the 20 minutes speaking engagement, I just can't explain the emotions but I eagerly took the opportunity to share my personal story on real-life engagement.  As I always believed that a real life engagement stories will go a long way when shared to an engaged group! 

True enough, the group was very enthusiastic to know about our (mine and Maj's) first year stories and personally their participation made me even more engaged and encouraged to share what I learned along the way and how the people from Accenture helped me achieve my success story.
 

Even if I was not an attendee, having the opportunity to attend such event is truly an inspiring moment for me. It's a testament of how Accenture would like their employees to grow professionally and personally.  A confirmation that engagement and support are key to success! 

I will always be here to learn and to share what I have learned.
Yean to Learn always!

Xoxo

Baguio Foodies: Chef's Home

Still not too late to go to Baguio to beat the heaty summer in the metro. 

When we had our Team Building last week of March, our first lunch in Baguio was a bomb! 

With the help of Tine we discovered this simple food haven in Baguio.  With our stomachs crumbling this is just the right place to satisfy our hunger! 

We went to Chef's Home -- it is just at 13 Outlook Drive, Baguio City. 

On the outside, you can already see that it's not that spacious but you can be assured that your cravings will be satisfied.

On the inside, it can only accommodate up to 40pax, so if you want to be seated then you have to make reservations or be there early.   You can call them at 0916 444 5756.

See, we occupied almost the entire half of the place :p 

Lucky for us, we arrived at around 11am so there were got seated immediately. This was the menu.

We decided to get the following (of course all with rice).

Bokchoy:

Boneless Chicken:

Tilapia with Tamarind Sauce:

Black Pepper Pork:

It will never be complete without a drink! Yes, we have Ms Tine to model it out! Nice smile there pretty little sister!

Then we ended the meal with this must try dessert.
Roti Chef's Home with Coffee Sauce and Banana.
There were no banana at that time so we were given peaches instead! 
It was really triple goodness in one dessert!

I will definitely go back to this wonderful place -- I want Sweets to taste the goodness!

This is the entire group with Chef Ricky.  He is the Filipino Chef that Chef Alvin trained! Thumbs up for the great food experience!

Xoxo

A Glimpse of our 3D2N Baguio Adventure!

We initially planned our Baguio trip way back last Christmas (2014) because the weather during Christmas season was great!  However, it didn't pushed through because of the some conflicting schedules.  

Finally! After several attempts of arranging this Baguio trip, we were able to come up with a common schedule and there we were! This is the famous landmark of the Summer Capital of the Philippines! 

It looked like we were alone, yes we were that lucky! 
Normally many tourists stop over this site to take their pictures! 

Our first stop in Baguio was lunch!
With the help of our trusty Tine, we experienced great food for our first stop.  We headed to Chef's Home - another blog post shall be posted specific for this restaurant. :)

This is us with Chef Ricky! While we were preparing for this photo opp, Chef was asking us how was the food and gave us some tips on how to cook the Tamarind Tilapia (it was a winner!)

Let me share with you where we stayed. 

This was our neighbor.. He he.. They call it 'Big House' and yes I super agree that it was indeed a big house!! 

This is where we stayed, they call it 'Small House' -- yes that's how they call it. ^_^

On our last night in Baguio, we had the opportunity to play ball.
Bowling it is and we all did a great job!! 

Let the games begin!

We were also given the opportunity to dine at Baguio Country Club - burp with the salad and lamb!  After dinner we had a small (very small program) to thank everyone for their participation and most especially for the support of our manager, Ms My!

We had a little fun in guessing the descriptions of everyone! Here we are with our personalized simple notebooks! 

Then we had some 'lakas maka Madam' shots! 
Here are just some of them! 

Watch out for more posts!
Enjoyed this moment with the team!
Thanks again everyone!