All in a day's work

The challenge of a true manager is really, to manage. To administer. To be on top of everything.

The manager's challenge is to be a manager, no matter what happens. Just as doctors are to their patients, to be objective about decision-making does not mean one is being heartless. And when decisions are made, they are justified. The heart is there.

In the end, it's just all in a day's work. And for some, going home at the end of the day is the best happy ending of all.

Not for barfing

My first encounter of an air sickness bag not used as such was when a friend gifted me with VCDs wrapped in a PAL barf bag for Christmas years ago. I thought it was "economical and resourceful". Imagine, all he needed to do was to nick a barf bag from an airplane and then turn it into a gift wrapper. Cool, diba? Wala pang gastos

However, my fixation on barf bags took off when I was on my first flight out to Geneva. And no, I wasn't thinking of converting it into a gift wrapper. I was meaning to use it for packaging my lunch kit when I start going to the ILO. I was able to take home two barf bags from Etihad (the airline I boarded). I was pleased with their sturdy bags.

Etihad's

When a friend in Geneva went to Johannesburg for a mission trip a few months ago, she not only brought home for me a barf bag. She even gave me Air France's amenity kit, as she travelled business class. Air France's barf bag isn't the durable kind, but the amenity kit is definitely a hit! I still use the purse, minus the blinders, socks, earplugs and all.

Air France's

Since then, I would always ask my husband, my friends or whoever I know will travel by plane to bring me home a barf bag. When Vincent and I went to Palawan last December, we were able to bring home four PAL barf bags. This bag is classy:

PAL's

Vincent is going to Geneva for a meeting next month. I'm curious if KLM's barf bags are tough or not. As early as now, I wouldn't quit bugging him to bring me home four of these:

KLM's

I'll think about barfing next time