atty yei is a happy name!

hay sa wakas natapos na din ang aming international training on gender and governance sa AIM conference center makati city. grabe habang sinusulat ko ang blog na itesh eh mega-antok na ako. kaya lang i need to stay pa for dinner and attend the farewell party later. hay hay hay.

anyway, the training started july 23 and it ended today pero a week before the 23rd eh pagod na ang beauty ko kasi i need to prepare the supplies needed for the training and makipag-coordinate sa mga training facilitators sa kanilang mga needs. nag-board meeting din kaya puyat at pagod na ako bago pa ang training week. ang ending, masakit na ang aking body ever!

for this training, we had 30 plus participants from 17 countries including 4 pax from the Philippines. in fairness, maayos ang grupo ngayon walang masyadong pasaway except for this one gurl from central asia na feeling super model. kaloka.

topics discussed were gender concepts, gender and development, gender mainstreaming, governance, gender responsive governance, gender statistics, gender budgeting, gender audit at gender planning. kanina nag-action planning ang grupo pagkatapos ay nag-graduation day at picture taking galore.

this is actually my last training for this organization. next month, or should i say a few days from now eh mag-aasume na ako ng aking office sa PAO. mixed ang feeling ko—sad, kasi i know mamimiss ko ang work ko as program officer, mamimiss ko ang aking mga officemates, ang unlimited internet connection, ang mga perks of staying in a hotel for free, ang travel ever, ang ngaragan sa trabaho, ang magbyahe papuntang paranaque— happy, kasi at least now full time lawyering na ito, mas malapit na ako sa aming tahanan, hindi na ako masyadong mahihirapang magbyahe, excited na sa mga bagong challenges sa aking lawyering career.

well, sabi nga may time talaga na you need to give up something to gain something. and kahit naman resigned na ako at tapos na sa NGO work,  babaunin ko ang mga memories and learnings that i’ve gained for 7 years and syempre i will always remember my friends/officemates for the support, the happy times, the not so happy times, the tsismisan, the okrayan and kung anik anik pa.

oh well tomorrow check out na kami dito sa AIM and uuwi na ako sa aming house. i need to take a rest kasi feel ko na talaga ang pagod at stress in my system. i want to sleep sleep sleep sleep ever.

at dahil pagod na talaga ako….next post na lang ako mag-e-emote ulit. here are some of the fectures from the training….

…..for former president cory aquino!