The Circle of Life

It's the thought that counts

What is a thought leader? Wikipedia defines a thought leader as a person who is recognized among their peers and mentors for innovative ideas and demonstrates the confidence to promote or share those ideas as actionable distilled insights. Taking the vast ocean of opportunities, how does a thought leader developideas into a full grown an action plan? Being a thought leader can be a powerful tool, especially in the development stages of a endeavour, such as taking a company international or developing a compensation plan for a network marketing company. The health of a company indeed is built upon leadership.

Michael Dell is a thought leader. Some of you may know the story how instead of pursuing medicine Michael Dell left to build computers. He thought leadership was evident when he decided that he could sell his computers directly to the customer, something no other company had done at that point as successfully as he did. Anyone can become a thought leader. Find a mentor, develop yourself. You are your own greatest asset.

Of Weddings and Introductions

I hear from newlyweds quite often about all the things they love about their other half. Truth is, much of what we often find so incredible about another person can disappear in a moment. This is why we ultimately long for unconditional love. When we are loved even in our must unlovely states.

Yesterday, I accompanied my tita at a wedding ceremony in Tondo, Manila. She wanted me to drive her to the church. Actually, I haven't been there but good thing I have a map and that my uncle volunteered to be the driver. I navigate while he drives. What can I say? One word, Dense. Then later that night, I had a 121 with a new discipler, Kuya Oj. He's entertaining and a bit gay or maybe just a cheerful person. My 121's with him will be quite interesting. What ever happens, I'm looking forward to it.

Kung Alam Mo Lang

Inihahandog ng Regal films at nang Seiko films ang isang maatikabong pelikula na aantig sa inyong mga puso ngayong taon. Sa isang tambalang pinananabikan ng buong mundo. Princess bilang Cess at Voltaire bilang Vhon sa...
-cue in dramatic pinoy cliche musical score-

"Kung Alam Mo Lang"

Here's a picture of my cousin, ate Princess, and her, significant other, Voltaire that was taken at Tagaytay some time ago. I stole the picture.. well, I actually asked for it and told her that I'll mess with it. So, I present to you my masterpiece! Wahaha!

A Revelation

It's never too late! In line with the celebration of earth day, I'd like to remind myself and you to take action at moral issue in a global level. Watch An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore. Learn from it. Spread the word. Take action. It's never too late.

It's OKay not to be OKay

That is the latest lesson I've learnt. It's only taken me 20+ years to begin to understand something that other people master by the age of 3, but that's okay ;)

So, in other words, it's alright not to 'cope' all the time, it's okay to tell people close to you when you are unhappy with how they have treated you and feeling sad/happy/angry/pissed off etc etc is fine too. Keeping it all inside doesn't help and just makes things exponentially worse. It's okay when everything seems to go wrong like having a bad day or a quarrel or something even worse 'coz sooner or later everything will work out fine..ahm..am I making any sense?

It is also okay to give yourself a break and not beat yourself up when you are less than perfect - a lesson it took me over twenty years until I was forced to learn it.

I wouldn't worry. I'll get there one day....

Top 5 Reasons It Sucks to be an Engineering Student

I got this at Wired.com and wanted to post it in my blog because I find them true well at least at my course. No offense MEM, I'm just telling the truth. I'm thinking of making a list of caveats or something similar like this that applies to my course. You'd better watch out for it.

For many students, earning a degree in engineering is less than enjoyable and far from what they expected. Here are our biggest complaints about the educational rite of passage. Of course, they are sweeping generalizations. Feel free to disagree.

5. Awful Textbooks
Thick, dry, black and white manuscripts are rarely a source of inspiration and sometimes can cause loads of confusion. Often, the text is poorly written and interrupted by lengthy equations with symbols that are different from those used by the professor during lectures.

4. Professors are Rarely Encouraging
During each class, a professor that would rather be tending to his research will waltz up to a blackboard or overhead projector and scribble out equations for an hour without uttering a single sentence to create some excitement.

3. Dearth of Quality Counseling
College students may not have a sense for how to build their resume and they might be clueless about the variety of career opportunities that await them. Unfortunately, some academic advisers do little more than post fliers about internships and hand out a checklist of classes to take. They should make some projections about the future job market, learn about the interests of each young scholar, and offer them tailored advice for how to best prepare themselves.

2. Other Disciplines Have Inflated Grades
Brilliant engineering students may earn surprisingly low grades while slackers in other departments score straight As for writing book reports and throwing together papers about their favorite zombie films.

Some professors view undergraduate education as a type of natural selection, but their analogy is flawed. Many of the brightest students may struggle while mediocre scholars can earn top scores because they have a larger group of supportive friends to or more time to dedicate to studying.

1. Every Assignment Feels the Same
Nearly every homework assignment and test question is a math problem. Only a few courses require creativity or offer hands-on experience.

If you want to complain about your education, or our list, this is your chance. Leave a comment!

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The point of this entry? no real point. Just to say i was moved and was a bit teary eyed by a lecture. But I'm good. I'm no wimp waha. I want to write something about my learnings on a 121 session but I feel too tired and must go to sleep. I apologize. But first, to those who don't know 121, it's a form of discipling wherein a one-to-one communication of biblical preaching is happening between a preacher/discipler and a listener/disciple. It's a notion or better a practice known in the VCF. And yes, I'm currently participating the services of VCF and hopefully it continues.

P.S. Lord, make me strong.
121 121 121 ... that's like almost a group discussion but with pairs. wahaha
(o well, I know, nobody got the joke)

The book

Now I'm sitting here with the book laying in my lap and the music gently playing in the background,
And I wonder if, at this very minute,
I wonder if this is what's running through your mind right now
I bought the book you showed to me the last time we met.
And there's the music you were listening to and I downloaded it, too.
I got broke after I bought the book.
Now I'm sitting here with the book laying in my lap and the music softly playing in the background,
And I wonder if, at this very moment,
we're on the same page
and on the same line
reading the same word
listening to the same track and the same verse
I feel closer to you now.
Like I'm with you.

Old Testament ways to get a wife

Psst, guys! Didn't our religion teacher, priests and pastors told us that the bible is the source of knowledge and contains answers to our questions? Well, I bumped into a blog called Neatorama (http://www.neatorama.com) and got this post which originally belongs to Ian McKenzie of Ian’s Messy Desk blog and tells us 14 Old Testament Ways to Get a Wife. Here are the first five:

1. Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she’s yours. - (Deuteronomy 21:11-13)

2. Find a prostitute and marry her. - (Hosea 1:1-3)

3. Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock.- Moses (Exodus 2:16-21)

4. Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal. - Boaz (Ruth 4:5-10)

5. Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife. - Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)

I personally find no.5 funny but I'd go for no.2 for practicality. wahah =p

hungry

I enjoy eating as much as the next person, but sometimes I wish I could get my entire daily caloric intake and allowance of nutrients in one, simple beverage. There are days when eating is a huge drain of resources, money and time wise.

My other option is to starve. But I do that anyways, and it isn't nearly as satisfying even though my mom keeps on reminding me to eat plenty. I miss mom. I miss her cooking. The last time I had a taste of her food was last September 2007, and prior to that, way back to my last trip at Dubai during my high school days. I do cook. I love to cook. No, I mean I like cooking. I can't necessarily say that I love to cook because if that was the case, I'd persist no matter what circumstances arise that may hinder me from cooking. Probably, I would love to cook only if I have all the materials I need and a nice kitchen.


P.S. I just found out that I was starting to get some comments from people that I wasn't related to! The Blogger guys have very kindly included me as one of their Blogs of Note. Unbelievable, I know Hahaha.. Nows there's pressure to actually say something interesting, rather than ramble on aimlessly about nothing like I usually do.