We are Close"rs"

March 3, 2010, the first time I met this group of men, now known as the “BakalBoys” , while some of us called “TCs” which really means Team Captain in the company, for the sake of smiles and laughter, we changed it to “Tiga Close” ; that basically means that they are the people who’s shifts ends at 00:00 EST.

There is another term for the acronym TC, “Telus Critter”, who is this person who will call our “telus critter”? He is Renee Aristorenas. Famous for saying, and I quote “no, no, not ganon”, and “you have successfully reached the wrong department”. We also jokingly say that Renee could publish a book with all of his quotable quotes. Might I include his nicknames, “Mang Renee” and “Tatang”, this was given to him because being the eldest of us all here in Lily. He is also known as “The Man with the 1,000 Faces of Sorrow”. Who would also forget the pictures that Rico edited with help of Adobe photoshop.  One of my favorite edited pictures of him is face image in the can of Alaska Milk, which Rico changed it to Alaskado, another favorite of mine is his image in a “Mang Tomas”bottle, the Wi Tribe ad this time edited as an Igorot. Renee is such a sport, you rarely see him get angry, you may see him in a frown face but a after a few minutes his ok. That’s Renee for you, the Best Comedy Actor in a Dramatic Role.

The next “TC” is Rico William Badeo, the “Photoshop Artist”, the person behind those edited pictures. When this long haired handles the guitar, expect laughter for a long duration. This person can definitely make a bang with his punch lines. He is actually my own personal SPOC, every time I have trouble with my desktop; he’ll remotely fix my issue, which by the way will be very easy for him. 

The last remaining “TC” is Kenneth Tejada, or simply Ken. There is nothing really much to say about to say, for one thing is most of the quiet, reading whatever on his monitor. A real bookwork, I remember one book his reading which he got before Christmas, he was able to finish it in two days, and the book was over 500 pages. That is where he got the nickname “Ken Basa” copied from the ATBP puppet, “Kapitan Basa”.

 Come May 23, the four “TC’s” will be a back to three as my shift will be changed to 9pm. The last three remaining closers will definitely be staying at same schedule and of course will continue the kick ass environment and work load.