Resigned

No, I wish it was me.. but it isn’t.

I was caught unaware when a friend, colleague and teammate of mine for 13 years suddenly submitted her resignation letter, effective yesterday. Yes, we had been talking about it thru the years, more often this year but I never it saw it coming.  I was teary eyed a few minutes I was informed.

 

AMB and I have totally different backgrounds growing up. I was your private school ‘inglisera’ girl while she was your down-to-earth, street smart lass.  I was the eldest of 2, she’s the youngest of 5.  Then, I was an Account Officer already and she was a Loans Assistant, the first time we met in 1997.  So when she became assigned to me in 2001, all I knew about her was she nice, ready to learn and a hard worker.

Fastforward 11 years, we’ve been thru a lot of site visits, accounts, document signings, running after a quota, developer events… and she has blossomed into a shy assistant to a very confident Sr. Assistant Manager.  Our Developer counterparts like her and she’s like my right hand.  I was confident to go on leaves because she’d take charge.

I’m sad to see her go.. On the other hand, I am happy that she will have this chance to be there for her son and husband.  I hope she will find the right activity/business to fill this huge gap that resigning from work will do.  And I pray that it is for the right motivation that she is giving up her career for.

One thing I will be forever grateful from AMB is  is learning to be money-wise.  This girl can compute a cost and expense in seconds! And you wouldn’t believe how many time deposits she has.  Because of her, I now have 3 of my own.

Thank you for the friendship and trust.  Thank you for the commitment, team spirit and hardwork.  Wishing you all the best — I pray you finally learn how to drive and get that baby sister.  Most of all, let’s not be strangers, AMB.