The Party Planners

My team is planning this year's Christmas party. I know it's not that big of a deal to other teams, but this is one team activity that excites me. Last year, we had our little party at the The Heritage Hotel. We haven't finalized anything yet but Paula proposed to have it at the Linden suites. She may be able to get us a discount. I just hope we can afford it.

The highlight of the party is the exchange gift (what else?). It’s already become a team tradition. I've just posted a wish list in our team folder, and were using superhero and villain names. Last year's theme was cartoon characters and I was Patrasche (Dog of Flanders). Our themes may be a little lame, but it's still fun. Other suggestions for codenames were colors, anything pambansa (like pambansang hayop - kalabaw, pambansang bulaklak - sampaguita, pambansang isda - bangus), countries or state capitals.

For food, I suggested that we go for potluck. I just hope the boys don't just bring alcohol and chips. Oh well, somebody already volunteered to bring rice. Is that good or bad? I'm not sure what to bring either. I’ve only thought about easy to prepare appetizers like fried chicken lollipops or lumpiang shanghai, or something heavy like spaghetti. My mom told me to just order food from our neighbor. Their caterers and can take small orders. I might just do that.

This is making me hungry.