Goodbye... Hello... Again...

Finally, it's my last day here in our UP Ayala Land Techno Hub site. I have been handling this site as the HR Head for 6 months. It has been my second home since I left Makati. I've seen this site grow from 200+ to 730+ employees. I've been used to the greenery, to the low-rise buildings and the quiet lunch and coffee breaks that I spend alone whether in the office pantry or the nearby restos and coffee shops. I've been used to the long, quiet walks going to the retail area, often hanging out in the friendly National Bookstore. But now I have to turn my back and say goodbye to it all. I have to leave the nice people I've met behind - my staff of 2 newbies in the company, the friendly guards, receptionists, maintenance, IT, Clinic and Facilities peeps. All because of the feeling that I need to move on. That I have done what I should, given all I can, and there's nothing more I can offer. I requested to be transferred back to Makati because no matter what I do here, I'll be stuck. Some people, for some reason, just seem so hard to work with. What's worse is that they don't seem that way when you're together. But they say different things - sometimes bad things about you that are often baseless, to other people. Some people just don't want other people to move up. And some people choose to listen to them one-sidedly. And so, after spreading myself too thinly, waiting for that move to happen, I felt that was it. I was stuck and I have to get out of here. Fast. I'm just so glad that there are still some good people around -- people who listen, people who care. On Monday, I will be in another world. Though I will not be managing a site anymore, I will be working with the same friendly faces I used to work wih. I know it will be fun. Fun because I will be working with the Makati team again. Fun because our new office is next to a new mall. Yes, I will be working in Glorietta 5. And I finally get to have a better schedule because I will no longer have to extend long hours at work. I am happier now, despite having been in a thankless work environment, I can finally say that I am home - home in Makati. Though this is a temporary assignment, do wish me luck in my new site. By the way, here are the last photos I took on my last day...