  month-end has always been the most hectic of work weeks.&nbsp; especially november, since it's also year-end. &nbsp; but in my position,&nbsp;such days may allow me the time to go around and bug other officers during the break. because no trainings allowed on the last week of every month. but then, it also kills me because of all the administrative work. &nbsp; at any rate, i found the time to tear myself away from the computer to immortalize the other creatures in our habitat called regional office; i'm leaving this place very soon, so might as well do this while i'm still part of the team. &nbsp; randall is marketing officer for one of&nbsp;the profit centers.
he is one of the most diligent&nbsp;dogs in the staff. you can hardly tear him away from his desk, unless there is pizza or halo-halo in operations division (which happens nearly every end of the month). his pc is spanking new. on lunch breaks and saturdays, he plays games here. &nbsp; lissa is one of our very hardworking underwriting staff. it is from her table where we freeload on the pizza and halo-halo i mentioned earlier.
she and tess (the other underwriter) must have it up to their necks with my annoying questions, e.g., liss, unsa ma'y pasabot sa cancer non-invasive in situ ug nganong excluded man na siya sa benefits? (what's cancer non-invasive in situ and why is it excluded&nbsp;from the benefits? ) lissa had a camera ready when a showbiz celebrity was about to have medex&nbsp;at the 3rd flr. it didn't push through. &nbsp; mynmyn, central visayas 2 agency development officer. the others are mariliz (central visayas 1; on maternity leave) and jinky (eastern visayas).
they are typically anti-social during month-end, especially if it's budget season. observe the mess. underneath all that, there&nbsp;are lost keys. underneath mariliz's mess, there's petty cash. underneath jinky's mess, there are flat tops chocolate. &nbsp; sir bing, along with sir dodong and janice, have built an immune system against loud complaints.
they bear the brunt (and the smile) when&nbsp;clients and agents demand&nbsp;answers and procedure. i am proud to say that they are tons better than the secretary in the previous entry. &nbsp; we have to be nice to peter (and to his counterpart, karen). they are responsible for releasing our cash advances and reimbursement checks. peter helps me follow-up (or make kulit) overdue cash requests and returns. he&nbsp;is a service awardee this year (25 years!
).&nbsp;only&nbsp;peter and karen&nbsp;know the combination&nbsp;of the vault in the backroom. not for long hehehehe:) &nbsp; mr. epimaco baruc (affectionately mr. b or eppie bar to staff and agents), agency manager. he has a new ford everest:) do not be deceived by the mafia boss look... he is the nicest&nbsp;sasquatch on earth. speaking of mafia, he was a qualifier for italy this year. the day i took this picture, he just came back from that trip. agency managers are very fond of giving blow-outs during month-end.
remember the halo-halo and pizza? they can augment those with pansit, binignit and juice dispenser.&nbsp; &nbsp; avp for cev operations, leo. i don't know how he manages it, but he doesn't make a mess of his stuff, month-end or otherwise. he's the staple visitor in jinky's (east vis ado) cubicle, looking&nbsp;for food. the flat tops chocolate you can find underneath jinky's mess (see above) normally ends up with him. he sleeps in his cubicle on saturdays:) &nbsp; that's my place.
that's about half the mess i make on better days. if you notice, there's a picture of apolo anton ohno on the left corner of my "fence". i ripped that out of a magazine in a cafe. that's still the old pc. the new one arrived minutes after i took this photo.&nbsp; &nbsp; we may be very busy, but we always find time to laugh. that's mynmyn and jinky running into each other on their way to the restroom after lunch.
&nbsp; and me... well, i'm just happy when the day is over. 
