LT 4 Lunch - March 2008 (album)

Where: Italianni's restaurant Greenbelt 3
When: March 10, 2008 (Monday), 12 noon
Who: Jobet, Shan, Prof Leny and Cat

I passed outside Shan's office last week on my way to Kodak head office. Suddenly I had an idea, but I could not see Shan that day...and so with some well-placed text messages *subtle hint, hint* to both Jobet and Shan, the next thing I got confirmed was that Jobet did arrange a lunch get-together with the LT 4 members (those of us here anyway) with our learning team mentor - Professor Leny Panganiban.

Venue was Italianni's at GB3 since it was near to AIM all-around. A good thing this pushed through as we didn't get to greet Prof Leny (exception: Jobet) on her birthday last February 29.

Jobet was already sitting by the reserved table. He looked the picture of a prosperous lawyer who is still pretty busy inspite of a thriving firm (or maybe its because of that). After an exchange of teasing remarks, we stopped as Prof. Leny arrived after crossing over from AIM.

Kisses and hugs were exchanged. After a few more minutes, Shan strolled by, and we all exclaimed when we saw him through the glass window as to how he had lost weight. Wow! his role as a new father must be more stressful than I had thought 

Lunch, consisting of pizza margherita, breaded fish and vegetables, pasta with clams - was good and filling. But the meal wasn't as juicily delicious as the conversation and topics which accompanied it. 

Conversation was, as could be expected - AIM-related - professors before and now, court cases here and there, a case study or two, shared history and updates on the classmates we wonder about. "Irony" is what I can think of when I reflect on the subjects tackled.

Unfortunately or fortunately (it depends - our standard answer), Shan and Prof Leny were watching their food intake, so Jobet and I finished up with tiramisu while they had coffee. At 2 p.m. we went our separate ways as life, work and Mondays still had to go on.

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Yogesh, Keenan, Mohan and last but not the least, Vikas: guys, I am sure you will be thankful to know I ate your share of the lunch so it wasn't a waste *burp*..cheers to you!

P.S. Thanks to Kuya Jobet for the treat. Till next time! May 20% pa rin akong discount hopefully...

Sorry for the short description on how the lunch went, it is pretty late and I've digested the lunch already by the time I post this..*grin*

Looking back on it, it really WAS liberating having gone through the AIM experience and getting to know and share memories with the our professors and classmates - not least of all doing most of these activities with one's own learning team {although I find the old term of can (?) group more hilarious and fitting}. I was lucky to be in the team which lasted the longest in regular meetings for the case studies. 

- Mar 11, '08 1:03 AM