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Last week, I wrote about the five things you should think about during the Lenten break. Among those five things, I was specially curious on what others thought about the last question. That’s the one where I asked if you would be willing to accept an emotionally demanding and time-consuming job which will pay you [...]
April 10th, 2012 | Posted in Life Lessons | 4 Comments
Dear Fitz, This letter comes to you from across a decade of time in the future; hoping that it reaches you at a week’s moment before you walk up that stage to accept your diploma. If so, then I say congratulations! You’ve made it through university life. It was hard and challenging, but I know [...]
March 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Life Lessons | 20 Comments
“What’s your favorite Whitney Houston song?” asked a friend of mine last night. “It would have to be Greatest Love of All,” I answered. “How about you?” “I guess mine would be One Moment In Time,” she answered. “Simply because that’s the song which won me first place in a singing competition during high school.” [...]
February 13th, 2012 | Posted in Inspirations and Motivations, Life Lessons | 3 Comments
Last week, January 26th, I attended the 2nd Lenddo meetup over at Jack’s Loft in Eastwood, Libis. It was my first time to meet the people of the Lenddo community, and I’m glad that I did. I’ve never been with a group before who are as hungry for financial knowledge as those I’ve met that [...]
February 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Life Lessons, News and Events, Personal Finance | 3 Comments
This long weekend, in my opinion, is the real start of the Christmas season in the country. Christmas decors are already up almost everywhere, specially in malls. People don’t protest anymore when they hear Christmas songs on the radio. And of course, Christmas bazaars are now happening all around the metro. In fact yesterday, Friday, [...]
November 5th, 2011 | Posted in Business, In Focus, Life Lessons, Sales and Marketing | 1 Comment
Early this month, I was invited to attend a Bloggers Plant Tour of Gardenia Philippines in LIIP Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna. Remembering how I’ve always enjoyed “field trips” back in elementary, I did not hesitate to confirm my attendance to the event. I’m glad I did because I was not disappointed. I felt like a kid [...]
August 24th, 2011 | Posted in Business, In Focus, Life Lessons | 6 Comments
I came back from my Cambodia trip towards the end of last week. And after catching up with the responsibilities I left behind, I’m happy to tell everyone that I’m now back to regular blogging. Hooray! Anyway, last night, as I was sorting through my travel photos, I remembered some of the short but interesting [...]
June 1st, 2011 | Posted in Life Lessons | 9 Comments
There are two things that Filipinos will be doing in the next few days. They’ll either go out of town and spend time on the beach to have fun… Or they’ll spend it reflecting upon the lessons of the Lenten Season. Since I did the former last year, I’ve decided to stay in Manila this [...]
April 20th, 2011 | Posted in Guest Posts, Life Lessons, Mindsetting | 5 Comments
I went to Cagayan De Oro last year and just like many of those who go there – summoned the courage to actually go white water rafting. For those who don’t know where CDO is, it’s the provincial capital of Misamis Oriental, located in Northern Mindanao. The City of Golden Friendship – Cagayan de Oro [...]
February 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Inspirations and Motivations, Life Lessons | 7 Comments
When a person is being stubborn, it usually means that he or she is being difficult or unreasonable. Stubborn people are often thought of as lazy bums. They’re hard to manage; and even harder to make them do anything aside from the things they like. However, the dictionary gives the word “stubborn” a definition which [...]
January 15th, 2011 | Posted in Life Lessons, Mindsetting | 9 Comments
How do people become millionaires? I’ve written before that there are eight proven ways to become rich. And for today, I will give you the story of four Filipinos who have been successful at it using a combination of these paths to riches. The featured clip below is from a local television show called Rated [...]
June 11th, 2010 | Posted in In Focus, Inspirations and Motivations, Life Lessons | 4 Comments
In a few days, the country will officially have a new president. I’m sure many of us have spent a good amount of time in the past weeks learning about our candidates. Moreover, we have likewise chosen to endure the long lines last May 10 just to exercise our right to suffrage. And as the [...]
May 12th, 2010 | Posted in Life Lessons, News and Events | 12 Comments