LRT’s Advance Lessons

Last month the LRT subscribed me to a rather advance lesson, in span of at least 5 minutes – I realized I lost my phone…

I lost my N73 – the phone I kept for 4years now gone…

Wow…

LRT tulad ng alam ng lahat, ay isang matinding contact sport. Ugali ko naman talaga na ilagay sa harap ng bag ko ang phone ko, para secured. But that morning October 21, natiempuhan talaga. Nasa bulsa ko at nasalisihan ng mahusay.

Hay…

Matinding inconvenience talaga! Wala sa immediate budget ang para sa phone eh, tapos eto sya ngayon… Nawala.

There I am, trying hard to stay positive.
Pero wala eh medyo mahirap wouuu!

Lesson Learned: “Security is always seen as too much until the day it’s not enough”
Well actually William Webster said that…



Gerbera - my well trusted N73


Hayay... hindi na ako magtataka kung makikita ko sya somewhere sa Isetan Recto or sa Grand Central Monumento, ang tingin ko tuloy sa mga cellphones na nakabalandra sa mga 2nd hand shops eh mga nakaw na phones, at sa likod nila ay mga inconvenienced owners.

Oh well...
Life do teaches hard lessons neh...

LRT and the Door Syndrome

LRT Door Syndrome - Siemps kinuhanan sa ibang date wehe


With the LRT new stations, Mukhang hindi maganda ang pagkakaplano ng kung sinong department na nag-a-allocate ng kung sang station lulusot ang mga skip trains.

Today (Sept 20, 2010) nalampasan muna ako ng anim na tren bago nakasakay, tatlong skip trains, at ang lahat ng tren na huminto sa Monumento ay nasa kalahati na ang laman.

Katulad pa rin ng dati may mga "wais" na tao pa rin na nakabalandra na agad sa harapan ng pinto. Di bale na yung mga bagong papasok, basta nakaprente na sila sa pwesto nila. Di naman sigurado siemps kung malapit sila o malayo pa, pero naman! pintuan yun eh...

Eto lang yung medyo kinabahan ako, hindi pa humihinto yung tren, sumundot na agad ng tulak yung mga tao sa likod...

"Woh... Teka lang!"
ang nasabi ko...

"Hindi mo na mapipigilan yan"
narinig ko sa bandang kaliwa...

Di mapipigilan...

May bago nang level ang mga walang pakialam na sumasakay sa LRT. Mas mataas sa level ng mga umuupo sa gitna ng tren, bumabaladra sa harapan ng pinto, yumayapos sa safety hand rail, nagpapatugtog ng malakas ng MP3, mga lalaking nakikipagagawan ng upuan sa mga babae, matanda, buntis at may kapansanan, sa mga magkakatropa na nagkukwentuhan nagtatawanan ng napakalakas, hindi naninipilyo at may matinding bo.

sobrang sapaw na nila yung mga taong nagbibigay ng upuan at nagbibigay space para makahawak ang marami sa hand rail.

"Di mapipigilan... "

Mukang malapit nang ma-o-0bsolete yung pagsakay ko sa LRT ng maaga, parang dapat ata linggo pa lang ng gabi umalis na ako, o bumili ako ng sarili kong sasakyan (kung sakaling kaya ko na), pero mata-traffic din ako sa umaga, tama umalis na lang ng linggo ng gabi. Ganun pa din

Dibisyon nanaman... Hindi naman ng mahirap at mayaman, kundi ng may pakialam at walang pakialam, ng naniniwala sa Pag-babago at walang Pag-asa, ng Good Filipino at Bad Filipino.

Lupit talaga ng epekto sa akin ng LRT

Load Mo Sarili Mo - LMSM

Why have I joined Load Mo Sarili Mo?

Skeptic talaga ako sa mga Networking Business, I’ m thinking kasi na kung magiging sobrang successful ang isang MLM or Multi-Level Marketing Business, e di mauubos mga market sa ibaba…But for that to happen – everyone as in, napakadaming tao ang kailangang gumamit ng product. Ibang sabihin yung event na talagang ma-sa-saturate ang market, ay the same event na kikita ka sa pagbebenta lang din ng same product.

Ang pinaguusapan ay ang produkto.

Mabenta ba ang produkto?

Kailangan ba ang produkto?

Gaano karami ang kalaban nito sa mainstream market.

E-Load, everyone uses it – hindi na rin sya luho ngayon. Having a cellphone has risen from a status symbol to a commodity. The closest rival I can find so far was Load XTreme. Pero the said business seem to lose most of its luster, nang mapasangkot ito with Francswiss.

On the other hand – Muenchen is a partner of Smart, and was authorized by Smart to employ distribution methods they see fit. So their brainchild Load Mo Sarili Mo Came into play.

Load Mo Sarili Mo, is a self loading business – no more worries of stocking up on load and fear it may just expire. Load Fund, which is LMSM’s virtual cash. Halos parehas ito sa Load Wallet ng Retailer, kailangang mai-convert muna ito bilang Airtime, bago magamit.

Sa produkto, hindi ka mamumurublema sa stocks, dahil ang produkto mo ay e-load.

Maliban na lang din naman gusto mong i-take advantage yung pagbebenta ng Kits – well hindi naman sila ganun ka high maintenance din itago – they are just bunch of envelopes with SIMs and kung medyo mataas na kit yun yung may mga smart bros…

Marami na rin ang nagtake advantage ng business na to, and frankly hindi naman din ito yung tipo ng business na mabilis ang kitaan, like other network marketing business this takes effort and persistence.

Bigger reason why I am doing LMSM is to learn.

Yes, learn – do you believe that one way or the other if you want to be successful in life you must learn how to sell? Sa maraming tao, parang ang bigat bigat na task ang pagbebenta, pero the same perspective we learn need to learn how to sell – be it and product, an idea or sometimes ourselves.

Learn to sell.

I can find several reasons why i don’t have to do LMSM, but the opportunity to learn and earn is just undeniable; played and worked on correctly this will give you more than the Php 199 initial investment of yours.

There are lots of information you can now find for LMSM – especially on their blog and website.

Now what they don’t tell you is this.

1. Kung solo ka lang – you can actually buy E-load via Smart Money plus 10% of the amount you have purchased. Against sa true value ng loadfund na binili mo via Smart Money din, unless you go stockist where you can have plus 3% of your purchased amount which starts at Php5000

2. You will need around 300 downlines to secure that your Monthly Commissions is equal to your Self / Share Load Requirement

3. You will get rejected – a lot

For the first and second one; the best motivation is that LMSM is an opportunity, plus the fact na pag naabot mo na ang tamang number, you will no longer have to reload talaga, you will not be doing this alone anyways you will have your group, lucky if you’ll get someone determined and dexterous to help you build your network, but the point is to get them – you must be one of them. And LMSM is the perfect venue so you can enhance you persuasion and people skills. Yet again learn to sell.Learning to accept and move on from a rejection is very important as well. Most people fail because they quit too early. One must learn to mind his own business and not just listen to be discouraged.

So there, LMSM – is one of those schools you can enroll to, the only catch is that much like life, it gives you a test first before you get to learn the lesson. Better of course if you can have and do it with a team. I will be more than happy to tell you more about the biz. But one thing you must do first. You must decide first if you want to stay on that comfort zone of yours first or do something that other people are not yet doing and be ahead.

But of Course YOU have to Start First :D

PNR

PNR -- the masses

Last week, nasubukan ko na ring makasakay ng PNR, Philippine National Railways. Ito rin yung Train System na sana eh na Rehabilitate ng North Railways Project.

Bumabagtas mula Caloocan hanggang Alabang, pinakamurang transportation sa napakalayong distansya, noong 80s umaabot pa ito ng Bicol.

Isang beses pa lang akong nasakay ng PNR, mula España hanggang Sucat Parañaque. Kung gusto mong makita ang "unflattering" side ng lungsod, ito ang subukan mong sakyan, marami sigurong aktibista ang na- "inspire" ng tanawin sa PNR.

Hindi katulad ng LRT, LRT2 at MRT, ang PNR ay walang perimeter fences sa maraming area, talagang tumatawid ng highways at minsan sa mga make-shift residences. Meron ding palengke, estero at mga tulay.

Entertainment factor din ang mga pasahero, may umuupo sa gitna - maaring matisod ang iba kung di sila mapapansin. Matindi din dito yung "Pinto - Syndrome" eto yung pagsakay ng pasahero, kahit malayo pa sya pupuwesto sya sa harap ng pinto, ewan ko ba, ang tingin ko kasi dito eh pagiging walang pakialam sa iba, "basta ako nakasakay..." pag natulak ng mga taong sasakay, maninisi pa...

"T*ng *na! Ayaw kasing pumasok sa loob eh!",

"Kung ayaw mong matulak, mag-taxi ka!",

"Sapakin mo!"

Ganyan yung mga comments na maririnig mo pag dating ng FTI, Siksikan na no'n, Amoy mo na din kung ano ang pinagdaanan ng mga tao sa araw na yon.

"Woou! Roller Coaster!"

Maririnig mo naman sa mga mag-kakatropang sabay na umuuwi, habang yumuyugyog ang tren.

Ewan ko ba, bumigat ang damdamin ko pagbaba ng PNR, Mula sa perspective nito -- malayo o lumayo ang Pilipinas sa inaasahang pagbabago o paglago, malayong - malayo. Pero air-con na ang PNR, sabi ng tatay ko dati walang harang ang bintana at pinto nito dati, may ibang pasaherong tumatalon papasok at papalabas at kung swertehin ka eh mababato ka ng basura at dumi (ng tao) at least ngayon safe ka sa ganun elements.

Improvements?

Ano na nga ba ang nangyari sa North Railway Project? Malapit nang mabuo ang MRT - LRT-1 Extension, pero yung mga lugar na dine-molish, gubat na ng damo at puno ng Aratiles, Medyo mahirap maging optimistic pag ang nakikita mo lang ay ang Lungsod mula sa PNR. Moral Revolution, Change, Progress. Marami pa tayong dapat gawin, kung pag-unlad at pag-unlad din lang ng Pilipinas, kasing labo pa ito ng pagpapatuloy ng North Railway Project or ng kasabayan nitong ZTE Broadband, Fertilizer Scam, at kung ano-ano pa…


waiting for the train -- waiting for a change

Jejemons!

Kung merong mga Laglag-Punjang Hip-Hop at Fitting Black Shirts Metal noong Dekada 90s ang napapagtripan ng husto ngayong henerasyong ito ay ang mga Jejemons

Jejemons

Sa cyberspace -- sila yung karaniwang gumagamit ng alternating caps pag nagt-type
bukod pa sa "txt" style format ng kanilang spelling; Napakahirap nitong basahin lalo na kung sanay ka sa maayos na spelling at sentences




Sila din yung pag nagpapicture eh may kung ano anong hand-signs na pinapakita, hindi mo masigurado kung may ibig bang sabihin yung mga hand signs nila, kung insignia ba ito nirarayuma ba sila.

Sa tunay na buhay sila yung kung pumorma ay nagbo-border sa dating ng mga "Emo", hindi kaagad masisigurado kung Emo sila o Jejemon kung hindi mo sila papakinggan magsalita hindi mo masisigurado, I'm thinking kung ang Emo magsasalita ma-de-describe mo ito as "sad logic" minsan "flawed" pero may message, Jejemon will just say "gibberish - baby talked sentences"

Naiintindihan naman ng nakakararami kung ang mga kabataan ay sumusubok ng mga bagay na magbibigay sa kanila ng "distinction" or "individuality" pero naman, being a Jejemon is just ridicu -- pero teka kung che-checkin naman ang itsura ng mga kabataang noon ganun din eh, may bagay may ridiculous, may nakakaasar, may nakakatawa.


(image from vermites.blogspot.com)


but still...
I can't give them Jejemons their merit.

and Gibo has a very good plan for them :D

(image from tunaynalalake.blogspot.com)

Dekada 90s Memories :D Sundot Kulangot

Tuwing labasan sa school namin maraming ganito eh :D
kasama ng mga gagamba, at palabunot ng mga itik at sisiw!

Stay In or Stay Out

On my way to work -- nakakita ako ng sign na ganito...



Alam naman natin na "Stay-Out" eh tumutukoy sa mga workers na "Uwian"
pero parang kung kukulitin mo, magiging dalawa meaning nung "Stay Out"

Either -- Stay Out na Uwian, or Stay Out as in wag ka nang mag apply "Stay - Out!" ganun! :D


ano nga ba english ng Uwian? nyah!

Promising Week ahead!

Chairman Netero - Hunter x Hunter

IMHO, one of the best Manga Series of this Generation would have to be Hunter X Hunter, the twist and turns are just superb! and unconventional, although the downside to this series is that it takes too long for its author to complete each arc, imagine when this series go on hiatus it takes a year for it to comeback!

Eto na rin siguro yung isa sa mga Manga na ang daming speculation na talagang di mo alam kung san naggaling -- babae si kurapika, si hisoka si gin freecs to name a few :)

well i guess hindi ka nakakarelate pero if you are in to manga please do read
Hunter X Hunter!

Dekada 90s Memories :D Keychain

Happy Easter Everyone :D

I hope you had a very meaningful Holy Week, IMHO even if you did went to the beach for the Holy Week, if somehow you learned new lessons or was able to reflect with your family and friends, it still worth it

But of course having to reflect silently is ideal.

Enjoy!

Dekada 90s Memories :D Betatron

Load Mo Sarili Mo :D

Business mode muna :D



Ask me about Load Mo Sarili Mo
More than Happy to Send you the presentation for the business.

If you have any queries -- please do ask :D

How Far Will You Go

The roads going to LRT along Mc Arthur are under repair again, as uncanny as May 2010 elections...

"If I leave 0630H, it will likely be 0730H when I reach the LRT, i'll only have 1 hour to make it to work, and thats the same as 15 to 20 minutes late..."

There i asked myself...

"How far am I willing to go, to be on time..."

I can sleep early, wake up around 0445H prepare in an hour, be able to leave at around 0545H.

And there I was... Less traffic and the LRT crowd not yet too pushy...

How far can you go?
What efforts are you willing to take?

With an open and pro-vocable mind, one will be able to see, that efforts made and well thought plan can go a long way...

In a grand scale, it is much how we go with our daily lives, the routines and habits we keep are same one we chose, when we are started to focus on what we want to achieve, on where we want to go.

The question that would beg for an answer will be, what must we focus on and where we want to go, why we must get there...

I reached the office in time, with a mindset that i want to make this day count... Short term goal that would count for my Mid-term goals, Mid-term accumulating for bigger and longer one...

Keeping this up, We'll be on a roll... Keeping this up we go further. Yey, lets go!


Sunrise on LRT Baclaran Feb2010

Perspectives

There really are times one can't help to think and ask...

"Why am I here...?"

Philosophical since time immemorial, never failed to baffle the average minds since it made self-consciousness and realization, and so it baffles me.

I come to work, so does the countless others. Who knows how many asks the same question? Who knows how many mindlessly just jump to the day so it would be over soon, so they can go home and have their rest? Who knows how many struggles for significance, trying to prove their worth and to make a difference?

It just depends on the mood, on a sunny morning i just savor the moment -- happy that i am alive; on a gloomy one its different and i am indifferent as well.

And as we move along our lives, we realize the forces strong and formidable to contest, principles we realize we must follow, the consequences if one is to challenge them.

It came to me maybe significance is over rated -- we are here to live, to the fullest, to travel and to be a witness of history unfolding. Because if we know the principles and will not go against them, and best to uphold them -- significance on its own would be realized.

Now, if consequences would just be a little more caring – maybe it will not bite me in the ass.

Geez...

I am really getting old...

Ignore All

I'm ignoring a lot of things right now...
I'm ignoring that my monitor is not working, as it sits lifeless



I'm ignoring the fact that i might not be able to replace the darn thing until December.
I'm ignoring the Disconnection Notice.



I'm even trying to ignore the noisy guy sitting beside me in the LRT, talking loudly to another person over the phone, not caring if he is actually speaking too noisy.

At times ignoring things is a way to cope, that at life you would still make the shot given the odds and actually make both ends meet. But the same draws a very thin line on being lazy, a responsibility placed on hold and oneself spreaded too thinly.

I'm ignoring that i haven't written anything for a while. The same way a haven't reflected about any, that i'm on the last quarter of the year with circumstances almost the same.

Now as i look on things i have ignored, i get to see more the things i have tried to pay attention to. To set views that are crooked, to sight on things that really matters.

It goes with the thought that when you are on a very loud environment, you get to appreciate silence more. Like water to drought, like sanity to madness, like relief to pain, like joy to sadness.

Board Exams: Lessons to Learn

First of all, hindi ako topnotcher Ü, frankly speaking when I were few weeks away from graduation I didn't saw myself passing the Board Exam nor taking it. Pero nung makapasa yung isang kasama ko sa IEEE-UESB na itatago natin sa pangalang Ambo, nag-iba ang pananaw ko, hindi ko minaliit ang board pero nainspire ako sa feat na nagawa nya. Yung mga dean's lister may biase ka na na papasa sila, kaya minsan ang mas mahusay gawing inspirasyon ay yung tipong ka-level lang natin, sakto lang sa talino, nag-eenjoy sa college, sa curriculum na di nakasulat sa papel -- gumawa ng isang mahusay na achievement dahil sa pinagsikapan nya itong mabuti.

Sa pag kuha ko ng Board eto yung mga lessons na nadala ko ng kaunti

1.) Focus and Deadline
-- May timeline ang board exam, kahit matulog ako magaral, maglaro ng video games o magtutuwad siguradong darating ito, and from there, i know i must allocate and budget my most important resource: Time. And with deadlines set, discipline got to be enforced para masunod ang scheds.

2.) Knowing and Understanding what You're Up Against
-- Ga'no ba kaseryoso ang board? Paghahandaan ko ito ng 5-6 months, nung 2004, may tatlong subjects lang: Math, Electronics and Communications, 70 dapat ang average, walang below 50 bagsak isa - bagsak lahat. Gano ko ba ito kagusto? Favorite quote ko nga nun "it's not how good you are, but how bad you want it" Seryoso ang board, bukod sa palamuti sa resumé at lisensyang patigas sa wallet, Its self fulfillment. Its a proof that you can muster the 5years of school. Ga'no mo kagusto ang isang bagay at ga'no kalaki ang kaya mong ibayad para dito.

3.) Decision Making and Decision Management
-- so you decided to go for it, but what comes after that decision plays crucial role. Is that your conviction? After you decided, its time to enact the decision, no looking back, making it happen -- and assesing if you are able to make progress.

4.) Education is Expensive
-- Hindi biro ang puhunang isinusugal sa pag-aaral, dagdag pa kung di naman sobrang prestihiyoso ng eskuwelahan, dagdag pa kung di naman sobrang taas ng marka, sa kaduluduluhan kailangan talagang maglaan ka ng oras para di lang hirap at pera mo ang masayang. Lam mo ang isa pang magandang bagay sa board? Pag nakuha mo ang lisensya mo, alam mong maari kang mapagiwanan ka sa practical applications, pero di ka naman napag iiwanan sa academics.

5.) Cooperation and Interdependence
-- Puede namang wala kang kasama para pumasa or kung mas kumportable ka na ikaw lang, walang problema. Yun lang nagiging mahalaga kasi yung meron kang kasama hindi lang para mas malawak ang resources at material nyo, kasi nagdadagdag din ito ng motivation, like iron sharpens iron - so does man sharpens another.

6.) Success or Failure is a Process
-- The Board Exam may be two to three days, depending kung anong course mo, pero ang tatlong araw na yun ay resulta nang anim na buwan na pinagsama-sama mo sa isang buhos. Kung natulog ka lang at nanood ng mga series at nag-aksaya ng oras, hindi mo basta basta mababawi sa dalawa o tatlong linggo at dapat ay ginawa mo ng anim buwan. If you really didn't saw it coming you were not paying attention.

7.) Faith
-- Last but not the least, is Faith. Kanino pa ba nanggagaling ang lahat ng kaalaman na ito diba? It can only come from the Greatest Engineer, and we are just but humble borrowers of His creation, might as well ask for His guide.

So there, after the success of the Board Exams? What will be next? It is still a wide horizon, and another one after that. We take jubilation or reflection, and move on.

Yey.