staying... for now.

I know I've been venting a lot and ranting about possibly leaving and looking for greener pastures somewhere else... after giving a lot of deep thought about my future for the next year or two, I have decided to stay a while longer and see how far I could push my career over that period. If things don't change significantly, then it would be time to think again. I'll just give it my all and take it from there

Realized and Unrealized Potential

That woman beside me is the most wonderful woman you'll meet in your entire lifetime - my mother

I have been reading a book that my friend gave me for christmas. It is a rather short book but it is taking me forever to finish it for some reason. It is enitled "9 Things a Leader MUST DO" by Dr. Henry Cloud. It contains so many lessons that you would really have to ponder on the message before you proceed to the next chapter.It is only 127 pages long and is slightly bigger than Archie comics so my slow pace is still unforgivable.

I intend to put this small lesson here in my online journal so that I could share it to the small number of people who read this blog, if any and so that I could go back into it some time-it really is a lesson worth remembering. (the below is not a compendium or summary of the what is written in the book. It contains my analysis and understanding of what is written)

When you're old and you look back in life, you could judge your performance in two ways:

1.) I would have been ________________ if _________________.
2.) I did really well. I never imagined I could ____________________.

Everyone was a given talent. I was addicted to Pilipinas Got Talent and it amazed me how great our kababyans are. There are a lot of undiscovered jewels in the Philippines and I am grateful to have seen a few. There are those who were given a chance to show them while others are yet to be discovered. It is in the same light that we are all given aptitudes and capabilities to succeed. It is just that, not all us are given the chance or are placed in a position wherein we can truly succeed. It is really up to us, to do something about the situation. It is for us to realize our potential and not have it rot within us.

Crossroads

I just saw Lisa Kudrow (popularly known as Phoebe Buffay)'s commencement speech in Vassar University. My friend posted the video in her facebook and I thought I should share it here:



Seeing this video gives me hope and enouragement. I am just glad that she says 22 is the age wherein we get to see a lot of possibilities in life and it really is full of crossroads. I am just glad that despite the fact I haven't found the thing that I want to do for the rest of my life, at least it should be normal since I am still at that age. (I am turning 22 on September.)

mayweather is scared of pacquiao and everybody knows it

Ok.. I gotta be honest. The only reason why I was so happy when Mayweather came back from retirement is the possibility of him and pacquiao fighting would be such a good idea. I saw a couple of interviews after the Marquez fight wherein the jist was Floyd was saying he is a little rusty coming from a long sabbatical. He's trying to make some noise, he wants to fight the best and that the king is back, etc... Check out this interview after the fight with Marquez:



It is clear he wants to keep fighting the best, etc. After this fight, Floyd takes on Mosley and keeps on saying that money is his main motivation, etc.

Now comes a mega fight with Pacquiao that will undoubtedly rake in the most money for him and Pacquiao. One fight after he says he wants to keep on fighting he decides to lay off boxing:



What else does this mean? Mayweather's dodging Pacquiao and it doesn't take a genius to understand it.. Gay!!

acceptance

This is the graduation group pic of my closest friends in college


Today is the graduation day of UA&P. Sucks that I can't go.

I'm done complaining with the not-so-good things going on with my life. I remember what I heard a couple of years ago from my sister. She said, reach out your arms while carrying a heavy stone and a small pebble. Though the one with the heavy stone hurts more, the pain experienced holding onto a small pebble eventually catches up. The same could be said of holding onto grudges. No matter how big or small it is, when we continue to hold onto it it consumes us. So I am done complaining. I just want to carry on and live life as it is and hopefully, everything'll pan out okay.

too stretched...

i'll make this quick cause i'm using my phone for this. And it's really hard to use...

i really just want to vent out this awful feeling that i have... from the start, i already felt that the deal i thought i had is not as promising i initially thought it was. i kept it all in but now, .... It has just become unfair and abusive... I'm getting fed up with the fluctuations of fulfillment and severe disappointments... I'm not one to threaten anyone but i'll do a massive injustice to myself if i don't try to look for my happiness.

It's just so unfair and i don't know how much i could still take.

Before Election Day

Galing at Talino! Gibo on Monday!







My inclination to writing has been diminishing lately. I mean, I used to have so many ideas to share but now, my mind is mostly always blank. I kind of panicked yesterday when I could not remember the GDP equation. All I could remember was GNP = GDP + (X-M). Such a shame! I eventually remembered it though while I was driving to work: GDP (Y) = C + I + G.

Anyway, what bothers me about not having many ideas to share is that it might be an implication that my mind is getting rusty. I don’t think I’m becoming dumb. People frequently say, “Nabobobo na ako sa ginagawa ko (Usually bec it is repetitive and mundane).” I have similar sentiments but I think it is not becoming dumb as much as it is simply not being fed new information. A lot of people know a lot of trivia and information but they are not necessarily smart. A lot of people are smart but they might not be knowledgeable on certain areas. This brings me to Sonia Roco’s comment earlier on meeting de avance.

[these are not verbatim but they share the same principle]

“Hindi bobo ang mga Pilipino. Matatalino tayo. Hindi lang tayo natetrain dahil kinukurap iyong pondo para sa education.”

“It is more expensive/ costly to have an uneducated populace than to simply allocate money for education.”

This is something that I would really have to agree with. I would really like to see the Philippine public schools to have better instruction and better curricula. And I hope improvements would be primarily devoted to the technology and engineering sectors. These sectors would bring about the innovations that this economy needs. I just hope that when the government is able to improve on the education, people would not migrate immediately in search of greener pastures. And if they ever go someplace else, I hope they come back and continue working here so they could share the knowledge and expertise they learned outside the country.

I am hopeful that this day will come.

Ok, now. Do not get me started on the whole, “I will end poverty.” statements. Poverty will never end because poverty is relative. Through the world, we have poverty indices that measure the poverty level for different countries. Poverty in the Philippines is defined as those who earn below a dollar a day. For the maids who earn Php 150/day, they are no longer poor. They are actually quite well off. If you live in first world countries, most of our C class citizens are considered poor. It is not a question of eradicating poverty but raising the standard of living. If we improve our economy and our productivity, people will be paid more. When people are paid more, they will again contribute to the economy through their consumption ad taxes, which again expand the economy. But the good thing about here is, they will have more money so their standard of living will increase. Our poverty standards will change. There will still be poor people but they would be better off.

As a final note, whoever wins the election (I really hope it will be Gibo) will not be able to solve all these problems-because 6 years is a short period of time! But I do hope structures will be in place and whoever wins in 2016 would share the same goal rather than go on a different direction. This is the reason why I think former presidents should always be part of a cabinet as long as they are able to work. They could participate in the decision-making so that the structures they have put in place will be continued.

Hindi naman pagbabago ang laging kailangan. I think it's best to continue on a plan than revise it every 6 years. So much for the campaign dogma: "Eto na po ang pagbabago, pagpapaunlad, blah blah!"