Thankful...

Three Fridays in a row... I'm still here in the office on OT. No, I'm not writing now to complain or anything. In fact I am very thankful.. 5 months ago, 4 lovely young ladies joined the group as support for the Fab group. 1 month later, they were joined by 3 dashing gentlemen. (Ok, now I'm exaggerating.. Peace mga pare!) Anyways, I'm talking about Raissa, Aileen, Dahl, Angie, Edler, Paul and Archie.. (Angie resigned and has been replaced by Claire a month ago).. Last Friday, the three ladies -- Eileen, Raissa and Dahl -- celebrated their 5th month in fab (and their end of contract). But due to extreme manpower demand they've been extended for two weeks, just to get us through the EOQ. Within the 5 months that they've been with the group, I've grown close to them, even to the 3 techs. With Dahl and Raissa's non-stop stories, they can keep you awake even in the wee hours of the morning. Aileen, with her candidness and her high-pitch voice, can make you laugh anytime of the day. Paul knows so many songs, some of them are not even familiar to this generation. I haven't had the chance of hearing him sing, but they say he's good. Most of the time, Edler is quiet and shy. But i've already had the honor of seeing him talk and laugh out loud. And Archie, well, he's the special one because we belong to the same hobbit clan. Archie and Kiko share a favorite topic of conversation -- baldness. These are the people we make fun of and in return make fun of us in our everyday lives. There is never a dull breakfast time or lunchtime when they're around. But kidding aside, I really admire these people. They are the ones take care of our lots in engbin, who help us whenever we need to ship our lots or when we need to get fixtures from warehouse or lots from production. These are the people who stay with us in our setups, who help us handtest our YA's. Watching them work day and night, weekdays and weekends, one would realize that they don't only care about their work -- they care more about us. They're always willing to stay back and work overnight when most of us are dying to hit the our beds. They're always willing to work on our setups even on weekends when most of us would rather spend our weekends with our loved ones or just rest. This space wouldn't be enough to recount all the help you've given to the group. You can never imagine how thankful we are.