Thank you Sitel - U-verse team.

The end had come. For the very last time, the at&t u-verse team spent time together for a farewell party. Though the last working day was last Thursday, Sitel organized a night for everyone to be together and celebrate the great job that the team accomplished for previous months. It was indeed a wonderful journey for everyone.

Though I don't hangout in a place like pub or bar (or whatever you call it) where everyone drinks alcohol and get drunk, I still joined the team, of course I didn't drink (Audhubillah!) and glad that my supervisors and the team respected that. Actually if there is one thing that I have gained from the team, aside from the skills and knowledge and the friendship, it's their respect for my religion as a Muslim. Though at first they were so surprised that someone like me don't really eat pork, drink at all or even smoke, which is really different from what most Manila people do (despite of their religion), they never made me feel unwelcome and different. Although there are times that there were jokes about me being terrorist or selling pirates dvds (lols), but that was it, I know those were jokes and you can feel that they didn't mean it and it's part of being comfortable to one another.

And during Ramadhan (I spent two Ramadhan in at&t u-verse) where I had to take my breaks so early and sometimes so late 'coz I need to follow a certain time to eat, I didn't need to explain myself much and they just let me observe Ramadhan without struggling, they really made it easy for me (Alhamdulillah). And there are a lot of instances where everyone gets to eat pizza and food for free, and of course it's natural for them to have pork in the menu (which I really understand), my bosses exerted their effort to have a separate food for me that I can eat, which is really very touching. I didn't expect them to do that, not at all, but to my surprised, they did and it was heartwarming, really a beautiful feeling.

There a lot of things that I'm always thankful for, but the above instances are the most important to me, it always has a great impact to me. To my coaches and trainers, from Nathan, my very first trainer, to Coach Melai, my very first coach and my real mentor, both inside and outside work, to Coach PV, to Candy (who always takes care of my locked password, and my trainer as well) down to my last Coach Luther, you guys really rock. To all the RTAs and to the rest of the at&t u-verse team that includes my teams and other agents, thanks to all of you guys. You made my very first call center job very meaningful and full of colors.

It's just so hard to say goodbye, but we say it anyway, not because we are ready to end things at once and put them in the box we call it "past", but because memories are best treasured and well-kept if it's in it and we always carry it with us through times.

Actual pictures during the Party will be posted here soon, enjoy these two photos during the last two days for the mean time

the very last u-verse call in Sitel, taken by Jaime

the whole team posed on the floor for the last time