“Be a lotus” as Confucius puts forward. A Lotus remains beautiful even as it lingers in the filthy waters of the pond. Don’t be contaminated. Don’t be influenced by worthless means. Remain radiant among the shadows of the darkness. Be a Lotus. It has to start with one to fill the pond with more.
Virtuous Business Solutions
With the business grounds fired by stiff competition plus malcontent for power and fame , is it possible to have a virtuous business? Is there a lotus that stands in the filthy waters of business?
Many business student would say “NO” for the purpose of a business entity is profit. True. Profit is one top driving force of business. Many businessman would resort to ways that risks the environment, the society and the public or even at his own peril. For instance, greedy entrepreneurs indifferently pollute the environment through illegal logging, improper waste disposal, and excessive mining. Some would use violence, sexual immoralities and discrimination for publicity at the end of a higher range of profit. Yet, such operations proved to be of failure, as they fall in the pit of fiasco, bankruptcy and devastation.
Chinese girls picking up lotus flower.
It is important that business entities operates in the values of compassion, humility, honesty, discipline and respect. The values that shapes the organizational structure of a company does not only identifies the image of the company but it also represents it’s conscience, its philosophy and management style. It becomes the gauge of companies that run best and last longer.
Because of the trending DOT's Tourism Slogan "It's more fun here in the Philippines" in every social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, and once a trending topic worldwide on Twitter), I got inspired with its colorful and festive ambiance as it welcomes every tourists coming here in the Philippines. Now I launched my newest blog theme (well actually, I've been using the old layout for a year) to promote the tourism's slogan to the world. Chos!
First, I just rendered it from the DOT's website, ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines.com which is said to be under construction by now. By using the power of photoshop, I created a magnificent piece of art. I really love the festive color of the background (courtesy of ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines.com). Well, I used the Harabara font for creating text logo to match the DOT's logo slogan. And the rest were modified through CSS, JavaScript and HTML codes.
On the upper right header, there is a moving image promoting the Philippines with ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines.com's link on it that will directly go to the site. This is one way to promote tourism of the country since I got a lot of online visitors coming from United States, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, and Australia.
Same as DOT's concept, I created a slogan that says "It's more fun to be a Student Blogger". Indeed, it's fun and more fun to be a student blogger since I earned a lot of experiences through blogging plus it gained a lot of friends to interact with. It also catches attention to young techies to create and have their blog. It is fun though, trust me! And the rest are just bling-blings. :)
It's more fun in the Philippines because of Sir Avel Manansala's Birthday today, January 19! Yeah, and he looks like young pa rin! Hip and techie!
A Happy Happy Birthday to our Dearest Motivator (founder of Gensantos.com, and one of the founders of SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers) when it comes to blogging. Well, you deserve this greeting card coming from your SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers Family. We owe you a big big hug! ♥
Let's greet him a Happy Birthday by dropping comments below. :)
Every child has its special day. Ang tinutukoy ko dito na "child" 'eh ako. Hindi ang mga pamangkin ko. Nyak! Thanks to my pamangkins na ubod ng kakyutan! Ang saya saya pala ng feeling kapag Uncle ka na. :))
Having these special people around ay nakakaalis ng stress sa buhay. Well, parati ngang sinasabi ni Mama na it's better to have them all the time rather than not seeing them sometimes. Because every weekend is family day, parang may birthday lang sa bahay namin. Family gathering, sabay-sabay kung kumain at sabay-sabay naring mag-usap tungkol sa kung ano-ano sa paligid. Refreshing your weekend from bad vibes of weekdays. Ganito kami kasaya. :)
Introducing my pamangkins na may lahing Chinese at hindi ko alam kung ano pa. Basta, malakas ang dugo ng Villanueva sa kanila. I don't know kung ganito rin ako kacute nung bata pa ako. But I'd rather not post my baby picture to avoid comparisons. LOL. "Oo na, mas cute sila. Pero mas GWAPO ako. Oha!" :)
We had this tripping of taking pictures of them kasi mahilig silang magpapicture. Sad to say, ang bata pa nila para maging vain just like their Tito and Tita. Pastime kasi ng mga Pinoy ang pagiging vain. Kahit lowbat na ang cellphone, sinasabihan nila ako ng "Tito, picture! Tito, picture!", sabay posing na ala Korean.
Ang ku kyut talaga ng mga batang ito. I'm so excited for them kapag lumaki na sila. I think one of them would be a professional model for having this good pose (sino kaya sa kanilang tatlo), o ang isa sa kanila could be a manager, doctor, nurse, or whatever. Ang problema nga lang sa pagiging excited ni Tito (ako), 'eh I heard kami ang magpapa-aral sa kanila. Jusko, what a big challenge for Tito 'yan, ah! I hope they could read this post once they're mature enough. Ang drama naman ni Tito! :)
After Dad left us last 2007 (about 3 years), we still feel his presence through these adorable pamangkins. Sayang, hindi niya lang naman nakita ang kanyang mga apo. (T_T) All I can say that, they're such a good blessings for us. Because of them, we are still in tact to one another. We are maintaining our close family ties through helping one another through thick and thin. Whatever happens, babangon at babangon din kami just like any other else. I'm so happy to have them, really. :))
K-Pop or Korean Pop dominates the music scene in the world, dubbed as the new waves of pop music. Kahit ako, sasabihin ko ang totoo na minsan akong na-addict sa pakikinig ng K-Pop, most especially 2NE1, Bigbang, 2PM and Girl's Generation. Lahat sila nasa MP3 player ko. Wala ding kawala ang kanilang Music Videos, panay ang hingi ko sa mga kaklase ko just to have their unique and entertaining videos with matching mirror dance.
Girl's Generation, K-Pop Girl Group with 9 members
2NE1, a K-Pop girl group, awarded as the Best New Band of the World 2011 in MTV's Iggy
Thanks to Youtube, a magical place to watch everything from everywhere. Imagine, 2 million people are watching K-Pop videos in Youtube every hour, every minute, everyday! Damn, such a big hit! Knowing those tons of members in a group, plus getting those hard hangul lyrics and their awesome dance steps. Ansakit sa ulo kung tutuusin pero very entertaining naman ang K-Pop. It is now considered as a music genre in Youtube effective this 2012.
Dahil sa phenomenal success of K-Pop sa buong mundo, may mga nag-iintriga parin kung bakit nga ba K-Pop, ano ba 'yang K-Pop. Is it another version of Rebecca Black? Lady Gaga? Better watch this Kids React Video at kayo'y matatawa sa mga bata.
Ang sabi nga nila, "hindi nagsisinungaling ang mga bata". Parang totoo talaga 'yang statement na 'yan. Actually, I have the same reactions with those kids when I first encountered K-Pop (the first one was Nobody Like You by Wonder Girls, but sad to say, they are so so so super sikat all over the world!).
"K-Pop was lame", that was my first impression. "Lame, jerk, everything. They look like the same. Boy groups look gay. They have weird dance signatures. They are trying to embrace people but in fact they're not. I can't understand even a single word coming from their mouth." But now, I'm embracing K-Pop, realizing that my impressions are wrong, very wrong. They are entertaining, more entertaining than the local music (OPM).
Super Juniors, or SuJu, dubbed as the Album King in the Philippines.
After watching the video, I imagined myself as one of those kids criticizing other nation's culture but in fact, Koreans should be proud of what they have, on what entertainment industry they have. They are now globally competitive. It's like AH1N1 virus that spreads rapidly from Asia towards West and reaching USA even though listeners can't understand the language. In the Philippines, K-Pop is part of the music scene. From local TV to their MP3's, from Facebook to Youtube, and from offices even in schools. Unfortunately, K-Pop kills the local music scene of the country, like for instance the Super Junior Mr. Simple album. It was considered as the Album Kings being the first in total album sales, beating up OPM artist. They (Super Junior) became the first ever in music history to rank first on the chart nine consecutive times. (Allkpop.com)
As a Filipino, I will limit myself to patronize foreign music, not like in North Korea where they don't know that other genre of music really exists. I mean, to limit myself on patronizing K-Pop. I'm not like other fanatics that they will sacrifice anything for the love of their idols. They (fanatics) tend to buy souvenir CDs for display, or to buy some posters of their idols just to praise and worship them. Well, I'm not like that. I hope they (fanatics) are not like that. According to a psychiatrist, that's what you called "K-POP FEVER". Lols. :))
After Christmas, I got an awesome gift, which reminds me as a busy person with hectic schedules. Now, I will not use my phone to recall of my plans for the weekend. Thanks for this unexpected gift from my true dear friend Kristine Abuyog.
Oh em! It's a PLANNER! It is way better than the Starbucks Planner. At least you can use it next year, next year and many years to come. It is actually an all-day around planner. It is more like, a personalized planner. To be honest, I am afraid to use it! Better to keep it than use it! Nyak! :)
I don't know the story behind this planner, but Kristine told me that she bought this from South Korea. Na-excite din ako since I'm a KPOP Fanatic. (Well, not really) I want to know her story! Plus, I think this one is expensive. Nakakahiya naman sa part mo 'teh! Haha. *Comment ka kaagad dito!
Now I can use this planner this 2012. Besides, January pa lang andami kong gagawin at baka makalimutan ko lang gawin! Thanks a lot, I will treasure it, PROMISE. :)
Hurray! I got my new theme! Thanks to Premium Blogger Themes and of course my patience by fixing and renovating every inch of my new blog template. And of course, my new blog logo! Look at that, so adorable. I don't have any idea why I came up with a cat, which is quite cute and ADORABLE. I purr, therefore I am, "meow"! :)
My new logo. Isn't that CUTE? :)
And because I have this clean, not so messy, ad-free and irritating pop-out adverts, I'll be back as a blogger again, due to super hectic schedules from school that I had last semester. Luckily, I passed (I hope my Management would also pass me!) most of the difficult subjects in 2nd Year IT. Kudos! :)
Well, what can you say about my new blog theme, eh? :)
