My Cup of Tea

Another great milestone! TIMELINE OF MY GRADUATE SCHOOL LIFE December 2009 After encountering an agonizing episode of humiliation, I began looking at my life  seriously. Why I allowed myself to be hurt and why I hopelessly clung to that rope of hope when everything was just a shadow of my illusion? So I decided to  create another plan for my journey. At that moment, I realized I don't need anyone to "uplift" my spirit, I don't need any anchor to make my life complete and happy, I must do it  alone. That's when I decided to go back to school to get what I wanted in life. March 2010 I decided not to quit my job in the university until I obtain a masteral degree. It's too complicated to start a new job in another company while pursuing graduate studies. June 2010 I spent hours in a day contemplating where to enrol for MBA, so I asked several people for some enlightenment. One of them advised me to think hard about myself and the futur...

This is our graduation song. So nice and meaningful. It describes my personal intention of "soaring high" with my dreams and aspirations in life :-P I Now is the time, to follow the wind, to walk alone And a star will show the way, above the clouds, beyond the sea. II And now is the time, and now and farewell, and as we part You taught me well, you gave me strength, you showed the way, I'll not forget you. Chorus Like an eagle I will soar above the clouds I will spread my wings and fly into the sun Like an eagle I will race above the stars I will fly to places yet unseen, go beyond my wildest dreams Know that you are watching over me . III And all alone, I will follow the stars above, as my guide As my guide, I trust in you, to show the way to me, beyond the sea. Repeat II and Chorus Bridge: Alone, I can fly with the eagle to the mountain high Race with the eagle so far beyond my dreams Like an eagle I will fly. Repeat Chorus Coda: Like an e...

Our comprehensive exam in MBA started last night and it was tough! Our first exam was Human Behavior in Organization (HBO) and oh God!It was very challenging, there were only 6 questions but it seemed my brain labored hard to press hard core ideas. Thank God our exam was held at the computer laboratory and we were allowed to type our answers. Had it not for the computer my output might be very worst. My earnest wish now is to finish this very exhausting ordeal so that I can create an itinerary for my Hongkong trip!My mind is so preoccupied with this first travel abroad that sometimes I could not concentrate studying notes on each subject, excitement swirled in during the day!hehehe. But I want to stay focus on my examination as much as possible, I don't want to make a "repeat performance" with some of the subjects it's too costly and I cannot afford to squander my budget, I am saving hard for my foreign trip, so help me God, I am really asking for your heave...

Got a taste of real adventure last Feb.17---at least on my part.lol! I'd never been to any top-of-the-mountain excursion so our plant visit to EDC (Energy Development Corporation) and Mt. Apo Geothermal powerplant last February 17, 2012 was an exciting one, a good breather from the cluttered life in the city. Originally, our Production Management class planned a trip to Nestle in Cagayan de Oro but due to the recent flood calamity in Cagayan, Nestle plant was not available, so our professor decided to take us to EDC where one of our classmates employed as safety engineer. At the back of the water-based steam power plant Foggy surrounding Energy Development Corporation, located in the middle of Mt.Apo in barangay Ilomavis, Kidapawan city, is the former Philippine National Oil Company, one of the government owned controlled corporations, but in 2009, the company was privatized and was acquired by the Lopez Group of Companies and renamed EDC. Its field centers on the...

Email this to a friend Wide awake at 1:00 am!^___^ Closely watching the video interviews of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, hoping to get some important information from them on how to joggle with the intense competition in the global market. This semester, I will be taking up one of the elective subjects (global marketing) of MBA and since I'd decided to take up marketing management as a field of concentration, valuable lessons from these three world billionaires might help me a lot. The late Steve Jobs was known for his shrewd marketing management style and so far, almost all business magazines and newspapers around the world, agreed and considered him as one of the best entrepreneurs on earth in the 21st century. Highly successful with his management and marketing techniques, Steve Jobs often left people in awe with his remarkable ingenuity, marketing strategies and the way he guided Apple Incorporated, which is considered today, no doubt, as the leader in elect...

Had a nice group discussion with my MBA  classmates at Chicco di Caffe last night from 6pm to 10pm. We went there to discuss our report this Saturday, our last meeting in managerial communication subject. It was raining and I did not worry anymore what will happen to my room incase of heavy downpour because I already arranged my things outside my room. It was a nice evening, I was able to relax under a warm couch and cool environment at Chicco, I ordered a good evening meal with French fries and a brewed coffee. Heaven! I am not a coffee person, I mean I am not into it but last night there was this urging need to drink coffee because of the chilling weather. God is so good, I finally believed He always listen to everyone's prayer. Yesterday, morning, I had this good vision that I would not be stressed out for this Saturday class report because I could not afford another pressure in life, my quantitative subject already has it all so the least thing to happen is to add up a...

With my thoughts floundering somewhere and my brain seems tired dissecting the complicated Quantitative Analysis, I felt like a drifter, unable to sort out things...so last Sunday, instead of flipping pages on books for my assignment cases, I decided to go with my friends going to Ate Pearl's house for her daughter's birthday celebration. It was a hot Sunday afternoon and the sweltering heat of the sun as usual gave me an ultra discomfort feeling while riding a PUJ. But I had a great time with my friends, we laughed and shared funny stuff in life and poked fun at ourselves when we noticed that the celebration was an exclusive family affair, we appeared like ultimate "joiners", but it was fun and we spent the whole afternoon there laughing and giggling especially when ate Pearl pulled her elaborate wedding dress.   Ate Pearl's house one Sunday afternoon with Kathy, Juvy and Roy (the one who took this shot), relaxing in the living room And when I return...

I don’t want to toss myself back to the moment where I could feel nothing but distress and resentment. No, that’s not exactly how I would run my life at the moment. So I managed to maintain a sunny disposition despite being ravaged by frustration, disappointment, rejection and oh yes fever. I don't want to be haunted with negative energies. I want a different life, a different outlook to attract happiness and contentment. So despite having fever, I managed to attend my evening classes this week to divert my mind from anxieties and worries. Every time I am in the classroom, it seems I am a new person, it feels like I am living a different life—a great contrast when I am in the office. There’s nothing more exciting and fulfilling than life in the graduate school, sounds like a perfect antidote for my sordid life. It’s like breathing a fresh air.   Paying attention to the speaker in one of our seminar-workshop sessions  My classmate took this shot.haha! Don't be shocked but mo...

Finally, we’re done! Last night, our group (we’re only four in the group because our Chinese classmate went home to China for a business trip) conducted a seminar-workshop entitled AHA: A seminar on the foundation of leadership in our Ignatian Leadership for Managers and Entrepreneurs class. In this subject, we are divided into five groups and one of the class requirements is for us to conduct a seminar in the class. (First photo: Maam Bel, me, Jerry, Gerlie and Joel). Our topic is about self-awareness (as one of the foundation of a good leader and manager). It runs smoothly and we had a wonderful session. It was a nice evening, our professor, Maam Bel Actub did her critics after we presented. She gave her assessment on how we conducted the seminar and how we can improve the lapses. I have only one presentation to prepare before the semester ends, the Business plan presentation in my Marketing Management subject, but I never worry this class presentation because I wi...