BLACK HOLE

the void

confused like GRAISEA's report

buzzing with Hive Hotel scenarios

a footnote for Leavers

an abyss  

blase and muted in the bus

budget codes for redundant dollar bills

to pee or not to be

the chasm

providence in pares sauce

glorious EJ, baffled HR, warm wine 

virtuous to go first

crevasse

perplexing, like tapas in Nepal

or Dutch beer thinned with cheap brandy

discharge accepted

the pit

a peloton of mice and nuns 

Bulan to lead them out in Tacloban

6 months it is

TRANSITION

Leavers take form 

a digital payment request perhaps

or a flight booking to Luang Prabang for a brandy countdown

an energy transition agenda
or leftover beer and wine for a conversation with Mustafa

travel requests quickly approved

or EJ, care work and affiliation aired live in the radio

an autocad-capable machine 

or checking Solid North for a cache of cold beer in Baloc

First week with no contract

75 hours of unused vacation leaves

5 days of long bike rides through ambiguous HR policies 

THE LAST DAYS OF GRAISEA

I submitted my last GRAISEA time sheets and sent a bottle of Johnny Walker Black to Guimba the day I signed my Notice of Termination.

I had my first 3 bottles of Red Horse as a Leaver in the final GRAISEA webinar with unused vacation leaves to be monetized. 

I dined on Dampa sa Farmers Market's pricey adobong pusit and baked tahong after being interviewed for a new fixed term contract. 

I endured a potent Porter at Cubao X Brewery and a disappointing dinner at Blackbeard's Seafood Island because I agreed to edit the final GRAISEA report. 

I treated myself to a monster  mug of Chill Top Cubao's house craft beer after sending an email to HR to celebrate a national consultation done. 

I went home with the assurance of still having access to PSRH while my new contract for 01Oct23-31Mar24 is being prepared.  

I have two long riding days this week and one bowling game where I felled bottles of Corona Extra in the second floor on Day 1 after GRAISEA.