New things this new year...

So 2011 has started and a lot of things are new. We just moved in to a new office. It was a bold move especially because our office has been in NATCCO for 20 years and it is only now that we decided to move out and find our own place. There's too much identification with the organization so moving out was asserting identity in some ways. The moving out was a little hard both emotionally and physically. I've known a lot of people from the old office and leaving the physical space would also lessen the frequency of conversations and meeting up. It would mean finding new people to say hi to every time you pass by each other. And physically of course because there's a lot of things we have to transfer and I'm talking about big and heavy things. The books and publications of the organization, materials for training, souvenirs from different organizations in different countries, computer hardwares and other heavy equipments, tables and chairs and everything that the office holds.

But I think it's a positive move. I just hope things will be brighter for us this year and as the organization pushes forward.
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Then the first travel. destination: Baguio. 1st training this year in the coldest place in its coldest time. Good thing the participants have very warm personalities and they offer warm hugs (literally as a group) every now and then.

Hope the next trips (Cagayan and Bohol) will also be as fun and warm.:)

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New things are always nice. I think it's because they're different from the old things you had before and the idea of having them (or having experienced them) adds up to your concept of exploring bigger and better possibilities. Of course hesitations and un-acceptance sometimes comes at first but it will fade soon by looking at the positive things change can offer. Maybe it the idea of replacement that is feared. Since new things are always shiny and appealing and easier and faster and all that -er and more in it (such as in technology), the memory that accompanies the old things seems to be taken for granted as well. It's a reality. But I think people have a choice to keep things and change things based on whatever subjectivities there are. People just have to learn to let go most of the time and hold on sometimes.