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lifestyle, Culture, and Tradition over tournament between the team winners of the two companies since we always place special emphasis on
Celebrating Community sites. In ordinary days, you can just see employees from the working statement that we are much more than what

we do. We are simply capable of infusing positive energy
different accounts initiating their own basketball leagues
By Chanda Habagat, Copyediting Books, Dumaguete as a way of uniting or reaching out with other teams and through the use of our own culture and tradition.
attempting to promote a more active lifestyle. Lastly,
Truly what makes a company different from others is human connection to Mother Nature, among others. One of
Production Runway in the three Philippine sites last April
its personality. It’s an integral asset encompassing the the primary ways to project the Chinese culture is through
2019 was a blast wherein all employees were encour-
unique behavior and cognition a company has that make its New Year celebration, the longest of all Chinese festivals,
aged to wear their best summer attires. The top 20 best
itself a standout. Personality may be good or bad, boring wherein the workers took time in preparing and showcasing
dressed were carefully handpicked by the judges to
or fun, or neutral at all, and these are the reasons to point their traditional Chinese outfits as they danced.
show-off themselves on the runway, and the winners
out why a company makes itself better than others.
were given exciting tokens.
The Philippines also has its own Holiday Party, which
In SPi Global, as its people thrive hard to enrich their
theme is shared in common with all of the three sites –
personality to become better individuals in the future and Indeed, these activities have helped defined the unique-
Paranaque, Laguna, and Dumaguete. The sites adopted
to inspire others, the spirit of enjoying, learning, and living ness of SPi Global employees through time while they
the Cuban-inspired Havana theme last December 2018.
a purposeful life remains utmost. work and have fun in the workplace. These have helped
As usual, the employees never failed to express their en-
Despite the diversity within, SPi Global has brought its us being constantly identifiable from the rest of the
thusiasm for the event by wearing their best attires to bug
community together through celebrating and acknowl-
the “Star of the Night” award that has widened its category
edging its culture and tradition. It is the company’s way
by including the LGBT community, dubbing it as the “Angel”
of establishing a strong foundation within its community
category. It is always worthy to mention the management
along the action of reinforcing its mission and core values.
dance wherein all employees will witness all executives,
There are a lot of significant events worth celebrating, and including Ratan Datta and Marie Ampeloquio, in their most

it is believed that what is being celebrated will flourish, so groovy moves to officially open the event. Also, organiza-
is the humanness of the people part of it. tional units were clustered for the production dance

contest each with assigned famous Latin American icon.
It is important to know the importance of having not just a
Exciting door, minor, and major raffle prizes are given
group of employees but a family of the same culture.
away in between segments of the program. The event is
In line with this, SPi Global hosts annual events strength-
concluded by the announcement of the dance contest
ening the identity of its people. One of its successful
champion and raffle draw grand winner that will be
events was the Pongal harvest festival of India. Nomina-
followed by the after-party.
tions were invited from employees across Chennai and
Pondicherry for showcasing their talent in Rangoli, an art
Nicaragua injects fun to its employees before they officially
form, originating in the Indian subcontinent, in which
welcome the weekend through its “Fun Fridays” wherein
patterns are created on the floor or the ground using
they organize simple yet impactful activities that serve
materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand, or
as an active reminder that they should start and end the
flower petals] on the eve of Pongal. The participation of
work days with so much positivity in the workplace. In
employees was overwhelming, and each team came up
the Philippines, specifically in Paranaque and Laguna, the
with different themes like colourful flowers, animals, and
3-on-3 basketball tournament never goes out of the league.
This happened last June 2019 and even extended to a cross-