Sykes Grand Year End Party

My sister works for Sykes and I don't, let's get that out there. I don't know much about the company but I've heard good things about them. Especially the guys from my old company who transferred there for greener pasture and professional growth. They've been working hard, and every year Sykes makes it a point that Sykesers (as they call em) get a little bit of reward. A little in the tune of Php 2 Million worth of prizes.

This happened last December and they dubbed it “SYKES FUTURE FORWARD: The SYKES 2015 Year-End Celebration”. Since they were on the futuristic side of things, they got all 5,000 Manila based employees to play dress up at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. They also raffled off prizes like a 32 inch Samsung LED TV, Ipad Mini 3, Mac Book Air, FujiFilm Instax Mini 8, an iPhone 6, Go Pro, and the latest Samsung smartphones. Since that is small (oh yes I kid), they took the liberty of having their main man VP and Country Manager Dean Van Ormer to give away the grand prize of Php 150,000 plus 2 more Php100,000 winners just because they liked it. That's one of the things they did to make them happy since they've worked so hard this 2015.

They also had fun with employees strutting out their stuff, holding a competition to see who the best company based dance group is. The winner declared was "True Sight of the Kaleidoscope". They also didn't forget to award Rich Dingding (Male Category) and Gemma de Lima (Female Category) for the garb they wore as they declared the most "Fashion Forward".

The work life balance they want each Sykes employee to have looks but a reality. They also rewarded “SYKESClista”, an employee based organization as “SYKES Choices Club” awardee for 2015. They have a lot and not many BPO offices have that. I'm sure some of you can tell, and it is essential to make the employees happy. If that ain't enough, they threw in Parokya Ni Edgar and had the greatest concert of their lives in the venue. That's just fun! Now I want to be with Sykes. Can they take me in? LOL!

Congratulations Sykes and your 13,000 employees, you did good!

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Discovery Suites: Cirque Du Noel

Discovery Suites in Ortigas just lit up their Christmas Tree and it was awesome! They also put up a small Gingerbread house in the lobby where you can purchase small gifts, trinkets to take home. They call it Cirque Du Noel, but they did this with one thing in mind... to help the Chosen Children Foundation. It's an organization geared towards helping mental and physically challenged children. They've been helping them since 2013 and this is to continue that great tradition.

Discovery Suites: Cirque Du Noel by kumagcow

Aside from the generous donation for the foundation, they're also offering something good at 22 Prime, Discovery Suites premier steak house. It's a 4 course meal that's got Double Smoked Bacon Turkey Roulade and USDA Angus Prime Rib Eye which only costs Php 2,000 nett. It's available from the 16th of December to January 1, 2016. You can reserve and dine from 12:30 PM to 10:30 PM. Aside from that, you have celebrate Christmas in the hotel and get Prime Rib Eye and Holiday Turkey with a selection of pastries for dessert for only Php 2,300 nett. Make sure you also ask about their holiday room rates that start at Php 5,000 nett for a Junior Suite which includes breakfast buffet for 2. You can have this booked from December 1-30 up until January 31, 2016.

Check out what we had for dinner!

House bread, still hot and fresh from the oven!

They had Lobster Bisque but I was allergic to seafood so they prepared for me Asparagus Cream Soup, thank you for that!

This is an original, it's called Camille Collins and made especially for 22 Prime. It's a bit gingery, a light drink.

Caesar Salad complete with runny boiled egg, crisp lettuce and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese

I had to do it 4 times for emphasis, this is my memory of the USDA Angus Prime Rib Eye done medium rare. I actually like my steaks this way but if you prefer it well done, you can ask them to do that.

To cap it off, we had their Discovery Signature Dessert. It's a sampler of some sort and I love the variety. I'd suggest you have this shared though, with a loved one or your friends. It's that good.

Call  and reserve Discovery Suites Ortigas at 719-8888 or email them at rsvn@discovery.com.ph. To know more, you may visit http://www.discoverysuites.com.

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Makati Celebrates CARACOL FESTIVAL 2013!

The Philippines has been known to celebrate festivals in each calendar day but I seldom see one near my place. At the awesome, high end place called CIRCUIT in Makati we were treated to a fair like no other. I've been hearing about this for the longest time. This is my first experience of how it is to see the CARACOL FESTIVAL 2013. This ought to be a great day!

The CARACOL FESTIVAL was named after a local freshwater shell fish called "kuhol" and they wanted to have the celebration to be something like a "protection to the hardships of life". They also want this to be the local mardi gras right at the heart of business center Makati City. Performers would come as representing their Hotels, Restaurants, Offices, Barangays, Schools and Government Sectors. Makati City alone has 33 barangays so just imagine how massive this celebrations are going to be!

This local government marching band provided music both for the parade and for some of the performances. Then they went back to work making security was enough for that huge venue.