Surprise

I initially had second thoughts about throwing a going away surprise for him. I guess a part of me is still in denial that this is happening. But on the other hand, I can't let him go without doing something to make his last days memorable. So when Vane asked me the other day what they could get him as a going away gift, that's when I made up my mind...ok, I'm doing this!

We opted to hold our surprise this afternoon since he won't be in on Monday, and Tuesday will just be a blur coz it's his last day already. It was just a simple merienda but he had no idea at all, which made it quite special.

Thanks to Vane for keeping him busy and coming up with some excuse that needed him to stay behind after their meeting, we were able to buy some time to have all his teammates from Best Buy, and a couple of friends from the other projects assemble in the pantry. Not sure how he was lured to go to the pantry but by the time he came, we were all there and the look of surprise on his face was just priceless. Totally what I was aiming for.

One of our friends asked him what was his most memorable experience working in the company and I was happily surprised when he said that it would be the onshore thing coz that's when he met me, and without it, then there wouldn't be an 'us'. :)

He was really touched by the whole thing, and though he didn't show it to everyone, but he got teary-eyed and a bit choked up when he started his 'speech'. Goodbyes are really never easy.

Thanks to everyone who came, especially to Vane for orchestrating the meeting, Ochie for helping out with the logistics and Ling for rounding up the BBY peeps.

We still have a couple of weeks before he really leaves (though he'll be in Davao for majority of it), but I'm starting to miss him already...