Celeena, Remember the time I’ve promised you that I’ll be showing you the product that came from Maharlika?

Well, I’ve sensed that you might have seen this product already, but for the purpose of fulfilling my promise here it is.

The product reatails mostly at PHP 50.00 -100.00 (if my estimate is correct). I forgot to ask Tita about the price. Well, if you want one. You can always go to Maharlika Livelihood Complex and see me, if you can’t just visit Cuartelon’s Souvenirs shop at Magnolia Alley (since Maharlika Building has Carnation Alley, Lily Alley…etc. etc. ) and the adjacent shops there.

Recently“Le Entreprende“, the publication division of Young Entrepreneurs Society invited me to write something about motivation, leadership or anything about business. I didn’t have any particular topic in mind so I just based it from my recent achievement: garnering a Quality Person Award.

The article which should be out in the campus goes something like this:

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I HAVEN’T BEEN FEELING MYSELF LATELY so I spent three years laughing at Prof. Barnachea’s videos. Thesis papers are due next Tuesday and I’m not expecting any surprises except that I was awarded as a “Quality Person”.
When I looked at the mirror this morning I failed to see someone ordinary. What I saw was a winner, and then I realized “you’re a winner and go out and claim your prize!”
Teacher:  “Hope, can you find the Philippines?”
Hope: Goes to the board and points the Philippines
Teacher; “Very good! now class, who discovered Philippines?”
Class: Hope!!!
Teacher: “Singapore! Why are you doing your multiplication table in the floor?”
Singapore: “You told me to do it without tables”
Teacher: “What is the most important thing we didn’t have twenty years ago?”
Meyer: “Me”

Niño, my friend (except that he was not one of those Mulachs) met me in Silang Lobby months ago.
Niño: “Hey brow, you have a cool website and blog out there, I‘d give my whole life developing websites as beautiful as you do.”
I smiled and said: “I did”

The truth is you don’t have to own 30,000,000 pesos or even a “G” bus just to be rich and influential (ask your favorite bus dispatcher what “G” bus is, I bet he doesn’t know it either). There’s always a lot of ways on how you can measure a man’s wealth. Some say it’s the people around him, some say it’s still the money; you know it’s just a piece of colored paper, the most important things in life aren’t things, get over it.
An Arab national owns an Arabian camel.
Arab: “Hey, my camel can carry two passengers at a time.”
Indian: “That’s nothing! Our Indian elephant can carry ten passengers at a time”
Filipino: “Weh, that’s nothing, our Philippine Rabbit is the only rabbit in the world that can carry 47 people – minimum.

Mr. Busy bee: “I’m a bee can you be my honey?” he’s looking for a honey. So am I. Make yourself more useful, be productive; with thousands of unemployed in the Philippines there should be no shortage for the TV show “Philippine Idle”.

Some weeks ago Mayor Binay begged everyone to turn off their car engines for at least a minute in observance with the global warming, but this only applied to people with cars. So I walked enjoying every bit of scenery, while everyone is riding their fancy cars; they just don’t know what they’re missing. Just walk it slow and you’ll soon get there trust me.

Some books said that if you want to have a winning personality expose yourself to great books and great people, so I surfed the Internet and found out that that Yahoo and Google will tie up  for a new advertising company. The new company name – YOOGLE.

When I arrived at school, black clouds started descending on the land, it started raining weather because of me or the weather itself, but there’s one thing I remembered. Bad day isn’t an excuse for you to look bad or feel bad. It should never be.

I started imitating Singapore’s “mafe time” and spend time with some friends. I invested a hundred bucks and started texting every creature I found in my phonebook. I received a reply from Hope she said: “aww, that’ so sweet of you. It’s been three months since we’ve met, take me somewhere expensive” So I took her to the gas station, eventually that didn’t turned out so well.

Anyway, I found out that senior citizens are valuable. They have silver hair, gold teeth, stones in their kidney and fully loaded with natural gas. So why not listen to them. That’s how to grow personally and professionally. Plus don’t forget the usual “mano po!” instead of the contemporary “mana po!”

I was invited to a cocktail party. According to them we will be having meatball. That’s strange I’ve never been in a meat ball, only graduation balls, but I’ll wait. Everybody has patience, I learned to use mine.

It’s nice to able to go abroad once in while. According to Mr. Beans, it was so hot that the cows only gave evaporated milk. In fact he even slept with the air conditioner under his pillow. Sometimes staying in a first class hotel can be frustrating since he had to wear coat and tie on the sauna. That is an example of how not to dress. Self respect emanates from within; if you don’t have one then you can’t get it from anyone else.

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That’s it!
I already gave you my Total Quality Principles
Only the wise profit from it. Read it. Heed it.
Comments? Suggestions?
befirst@fi3ldmaster.com

Three Names You Go By:
Meyer, Mayor, Chairman

People know you in campus as:
Mayor. Meyer, Chairman

Three Things found in your
school pouch:
CP, Cam, facial tissue

You are slow at?
Walking; maybe I walk 1 km an hour. I’m just enjoying the scenery while some enjoy riding and driving their fancy cars they just don’t know what their missing.

You need a?
Psychiatrist
An accounting tutor
Life coach

You hate?
Gold diggers >:/

What is your passion?
Leadership is not my passion. That may sound odd for those who know me. But my greatest passion and will ever be is growth.

What’s the movie you want to watch with someone special?
My team is special – October Sky, watch it and feel the happiness within you.

Are you popular?
Maybe, but I do appear in famous search engines.

Page views you had in your friendster?
Just about 2 page views. It’s not really about popularity. It’s about sharing something to the world.

Former classmates you’ve seen?
Martin Dimacali, Luigi Ramos, Ari Bisquera and Marc Lucero – just showed him our classroom because he’s visiting someone.

Do you like hip-hop-frat people?
Sometimes I hate it. That is an example of how not to dress properly. Self respect permeates every aspect of your existence. If you don’t have respect for yourself, you’re not going to get from anyone.

Do you feel gloomy during rainy days?
No, bad weather is no an excuse for you to look bad and feel bad.

Last Argument?
You think you can live without me? If you can, I wouldn’t be here would I?

Have you ever dreamt of who you are going to be?
Aren’t I going to be me?

Top 3 Questions people ask you…
Sa inyo ba talaga ang Genesis?
Sinong crush mo?
Bakit ka ba palaging masaya?

One word to describe you now?
Blank…

When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was your first thought?
You’re a winner, go out and claim your prize!

Name the brand of shoes you’re currently wearing?
The shoe with the green crocodile on it.

What’s the greatest wisdom thought you’ve ever heard?
Before my grandfather died that night, he left our family tree something to ponder on: “be a carpenter, build something worthwhile, start within yourself”. I guess they haven’t figured that out.

Scariest place you’ve been to?
Hospitals, Baguio Gen. – I never entered a hospital ever since I was 5 or 7. That’s why I we got lost there.

What is the one thing you’re afraid of?
Not being prepared. As much as possible I want to reduce the surprise factor. That’s why I read, that’s why I listen, and that’s why I inquire a lot. Life itself present too much surprise even for those thoroughly prepared.

Do you believe in miracles?
Yep, some people say that miracles happens everyday, some don’t think so, but they do.

Who was the last person to send you a text message?
TESDA administrator – “umalis ka na b dyan?”

Have you ever been stressed?
Stressed? Haha an0 yun? Its just a state of mind, you’ll only be stressed if you gave in.

Are you mad at anyone?
What for? I never had any single enemy for 20 years.

Have u found the 1 u wanna spend your whole life with?
HINDI PA nga e, do you think I’m abnormal?

Where do you see yourself 5 yrs from now?
I see BIG

What comes naturally to you?
Looking on the bright side of life.

Next smart executive?
Hahaha, probably not.

Do you believe in love at first sight?
YES, I believe this happens because the two of you might have that connection. Maybe they had similar experiences in their past. They say you attract what you are. If you are positive and loving you would be surrounded by loving and positive people. But if you are highly negative you would be surrounded by people with similar traits. So choose to be positive.

You’re busy with?
Websites. Marketing studs hired me to make their e-commerce website.

What’s a word/phrase that you say a lot?
Hello..

Do you know anyone who’s having a birthday this month?
Yep, Ella

Have you ever heard of the song Just Once?. Its introduction goes on something like this: ” I did my best but I guess my wasn’t good enough”…blah blah blah….

Now, when I was taking my inferential statistics class, I remember I don’t like hearing that song. I remember one time, we had this big test on our inferential statistics, even thou I studied, I still failed . It was horrible, I do remember I was third to the last.

My other math teacher always told us that we are not inferior, our grades maybe, but we are not as a human creature, now I don’t know what inferior means, guest I’ll go check the dictionary later.

Anyway, like I was saying I don’t if he’s right or wrong, but I’m starting to imagine stuffs. 21 years from now no one would care if I’ve passed this subject or not, no one would care if I had high grades, no one would care how rich I am, no one would care even if I had no awards or something, all that would matter to them is little arks* I’ve left in their hearts

Hey you know what? I’m beginning to see hope in this subject.

*arks – one Act of Random Kindness

All about self-motivation I learned while riding a bus.

It was a cloudy Sunday morning, the time my father & I together with some of his colleagues traveled down south to do a typical Sunday activity. We boarded an Avenida bound Genesis bus that left at exactly 8am, then we started transversing Marcos Highway.

On the other hand Victory Liner from Baguio’s PNR compound also left at exactly 8am (or maybe earlier). Our bus coasted along the Marcos Highway in a smooth and relaxed manner. The driver was very cautious (he might probably be thinking of getting his occupants to their destinations, which in my own point of view should be the most important aspect that a bus driver shouldn’t miss). By the time we were in some kind of a bridge, I saw from afar, over the other mountain, of what looks like a Victory Liner bus. I thought that we might not be able to catch up with that bus which is extremely ahead of us by maybe a dozen of kilometer or even more, knowing that our bus is slow, steady and sure. Along the way things began to change. The Victory bus became nearer and nearer, until we eventually trailering behind it. Our bus from the start maintained a slow and cautious speed, while Victory buses always seems to be in a hurry like a race car. After some time we finally overtaken the Victory bus.

You see this valuable experience my mine can be related to business or maybe even life. Slow and steady wins. It doesn’t mean that if a certain someone is slow it cannot reach its destination. It only means that that this certain someone is very cautious in ones acts. As the famous saying goes. “Slow down and enjoy life, not only you will the scenery, but in going too fast, you too might miss your goal

In everything you do, just relax……..you have all the time in the world, trust me you’ll soon get there.

December 23, 2012 – hindi ko alam kung anong posibleng mangyayari sa panahong ito.

Magugunaw ba nag mundo? — hindi rin!!!

Malay ko talaga!!! Dito sa panahong ito masasagot an ang mga tanong na naitatago sa tao sa loob ng libo – libong taon.

Nasa 3rd cycle na ang mundo, at patapos na ‘to. Apat na cycles lang ang meron sa mundo. Bakit wala ng prediction si Nostradamus sa panahong iyon? Hindi na ba niya nakikita ang kahihinatnan ng mundo? Bakit mas madalas ang coincidence ngayon kaysa dati? at bakit mas maraming psychic na ipinapanganak ngayon kesa dati?

November 25, 2007 – ARAW NA KUNG SAAN LUMINDOL SA BAGUIO, marami ang nagpanic at eto ang nakunan ng camera ko sa isa sa mga sikat na unibersidad sa lungsod ng Baguio:

bakas ang mga takot at pag ka taranta sa mga mukha ng estudyante..

Nagkaroon ako ng premonition doon, nakikita ko na ang mga POSIBLENG mangyayari sa araw na iyon merong parang isang feeling na nagdala sa’kin sa hinaharap nung tinatahak ko ang daang iyon, pero kung tutuusin di naman ako psychic.

Kung mapapanood ang pelikulang “War of the Worlds” ni Ginoong Steven Spielberg ay mapapansing hindi ito nalalayo sa pwedeng mangyari sa hinaharap. Bawat eksena ay may kaugnayan sa mga posibleng pangyayari.

Humigit kumulang na limang taon na lang bago sumapit ang panahong ito at ang tanong ano kayang meron??

Unti – unti ng nauubos ang magnetic field sa may BERMUDA TRIANGLE
Ibig rin bang sabihin nito na nauubos na ang oras para sa paghahanda??

Luther Burbank fell in love with plants
Thomas Alva Edison fell in love with inventions
Henry Ford fell in love with cars
George Eastman fell in love with cameras, (just like me)
The Wright brothers fell in love with airplanes
Be careful what you set in heart on, for it will come true…

Yeah, it did…..
I fell in love with these people…
They became my light, my passion, my inspiration…These people became my life..

The Balanoi Showstoppers

The Next Breed of Job Makers

The f . r. i. e. n. d. s.

And the whole bunch of them….