Category: Life at PPO

It took months of preparation and buckets of sweat, but finally the office was ready for the grand reveal. The extreme makeover was unveiled earlier this month at an intimate cocktail party attended by staff, family and friends. The theme for the event was “here is the before, now come see the after”! With this … Continue reading "PPO before and after"

We had the privilege of sponsoring the Amadea Safe House in Pretoria North this week in support of World Aids Day.  Every year, Amadea holds an Aids Day Christmas party for the more than one hundred children that are both in its care and also from the surrounding community, and this year a few of the … Continue reading "World Aids Day 2013"

We surprised Mia on Monday morning with a lovely flowery cake at tea time.  Mia was one of the  first ladies in our team.  The teamsters enjoyed the three layered cake, each layer a different shade of pink.  The healthy eating plans were momentarily forgotten, but I did notice they all took the 7 flights of … Continue reading "Hip hip hooray"

Dorienne, one of our fabulous PPO consultants, went on a training course recently.  She was joined by various team members, and while the others made notes, she doodled a great poem down that I thought was so fun and clever I just had to share it with you here: Project Management Funkymentals: a poem by … Continue reading "Project Management Funkymentals"

Whenever it is a team members birthday we like to dress them up in a pair of funny ears, or an outrageous tie. This week our trendy office manager enjoyed the purple polka dot ears.  The neon coloured cupcakes also added to the festive party celebration! I love PPO birthday parties.

On 16 October, Mpho, one of our highly skilled developers turned 25!  The team celebrated with a tasty chocolate-orange flavoured PlayStation Console cake.  I'm still on my healthy eating plan (for my December beach body!) so I had to listen to the team "ooh and aah" as the sugar laced confectionery was devoured.

We would like to congratulate Geelbooi, our fantastic office driver, on the latest addition to the Mazibuko family. This is Geelbooi's third child but his very first little girl.  They have named her Angela.  All the team members at Project Portfolio Office would like to wish you the best: may your new little miracle amaze … Continue reading "It’s a Girl!"

The team at PPO celebrated Boss's Day, last week, on October 16th.  I haven't been swimming around on the reception desk all that long, so this would be my first Boss's Day. Anybody that sprinkles food flakes into my bowl is technically my boss.  However I think the team was excited about their two big … Continue reading "What’s this “Boss’s Day”?"

The Project Portfolio Office team’s day-to-day dress code is generally casual and low key. Power suits, high heels and salon styled hair are reserved for high days and holidays. So, for Casual Day this year we decided to go all out , with big hats and even bigger hair. Casual Day is a fundraising project … Continue reading "Seriously casual on Casual Day"

We celebrated Jimmy's birthday in our "pajama lounge" in style... but without cake. I was rather disappointed, as I love a good slice of chocolate cake, especially chocolate icing, even though my water bowl has to be flushed after.  One slice also ensures a sugar buzz of 8 hours, and about 12 000 swimming laps.