The winner of a year long competition was announced between Finance, IT, HR & Downstream at the Year End Celebration

A ginger bread house inside the Manila Hotel lobby…yes real ginger bread and candy. It smelt good enough to eat, and Robbie was hungry!

“Jack Frost” met us at the door

The theme of the party “Mystique Madness”

Before the party really got started, CR MSSC employees were playing live music. Apparently they have a CR “club” for music/band in the Philippines

CR Manila’s “GLEE” club performed

CR MSSC dance club also performed

There were about a dozen caricature artists onsite…a little souvenir of the night.  (Tia and Robbie)

Fortune Tellers were also available

Photo booth souvenirs from the evening.

Filipino magician Jeffrey Tam (who won “Close-up Magic 2 years in a row) performed for us and was a judge of the End of Year Performances

Matt was on the “Yellow Team” (I.T.) participating in their performance

Yellow Team was the “First Runner Up” for the year long competition and got 2nd place on their performance in the points department. They did WIN “Best Mystique Story” and “Best Performance of the Night”

There was a live (CR employee) DJ who had some great music playing after the performances and awards

Matt and Robbie held their own on the dance floor

We all had a really fun evening

Monument of Jose Rizal with guards on duty.

Information about Jose Rizal posted at the park

Front of the Jose Rizal “garden” area…Mason just woke up

Robbie about to be executed like Jose Rizal

Tia just got shot!

Entrance of the Chinese Garden at Rizal Park

Mason inside the Chinese Garden

Statue of Confucius in the Chinese Garden…I tried to tell Mason it was Sensei Wu from Ninjago, but he didn’t believe me

Ready to go to the beach on the last day of November!

Building sandcastles and playing in the ocean

Kalani got buried

Mini golf with each hole representing some part of the Philippines…Mason loved this

Mason found the swings

Matt found a hammock

Matt and the kids under the waterfall at the “Main Pool”

Kalani at the kids water park area

Boys at the pool. Mason LOVED going down the slide in the background.

We had dinner at watched a “cultural show” and then had our picture taken with the performers. It wasn’t as good as the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii, but still enjoyable.

The kids had to share the pull out bed…our kids are spoiled in that this was the first time that they HAD to share the bed with each other.

We finally went paragliding…we tried a couple of year ago in the Carribbean, but the weather didn’t permit

Up, up, and away!

It’s more fun in the Philippines!