There are two new links that I have added on the right hand corner of the blogspot. First is “Our Daily bread” which I always visits and read everyday to gain wisdom and power from the words of GOD. Second is “My Friendster”, a link to my friendster site; you know what this is; its explainable.
It’s been a year since I started here at blogspot, it all started from an inspiration and disappointment that I decided to do something for a change. I’ve tried browsing on the different articles that I have shared and might say “okey lang”. I’m not the best writer in the world but I want to learn.
Lots have change but I’m still the same guy that knows how to laugh, care and share what I know. In the middle of last year nawalan ako ng gana na mag-blog sabi ko, Im not good at it but I’m not that easy to give up, kaya biruin mo naka one year pa ako.
I’m going to write and share something at least two or three articles in a month. It depends on my schedule. If you can give me ideas and you also want to contribute then its Ok. Your welcome! Parang this is a form of outlet to the busy life that we have here in this world. Hopefully I could maintain this blogspot until I live. Siguro this time it would be a mixture of tagalog and english ang gagamitin ko dito. Happy one year to me! Naks Greeting my ownself. Good day to all and Have a Nice Holy Week!
Every year a family day is being held at our company. There are lots of food and souvenirs; they are being toured to our office which is one of the most high tech offices today. Almost 2000 employees are working here, cameras inside the office are not allowed. It’s a whole day affair but we need to attend a birthday party in the afternoon. Enjoy the pictures!
At the entrance of my Office
Eating fish balls and Deanne is doing some painting
That's not me; Its MR. JOLLIBEE
Yummy Jollibee!
LOVETEAM of Teletech
Another shot from Philippines Sweethearts
Deanne is being painted on the face
The artist at work on her face
The FACE
Side View of one of the most beautiful face on the planet
Father and daughter tandem
What a long hair
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson
The man who can drive himself further once the effort get painful is the man who will win.
- Roger Bannister
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
- Vince Lombardi
We will either find a way or make one.
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I've been thinking the past week on what to do because I'm getting bored with no new things to get done, so a few days had past just going to my daily routine. I find out that one of my colleagues is into reading books. He said that last year he had read a total of 30 books, (WOW this man is a bookworm; he needs "pampurga") well according to statistics; an average man should be reading at least 20 books a year to sharpen his memory and knowledge. How many books have I read last year 2006; i started counting 1.2.3.4.5…. what else is that all, the year had past and I did not even reach the magic 20 number for reading books. I'm more to just surfing the web, reading emails, downloading but not reading books. Okey! stop worrying and start reading a book.
What will I read and where can I get the book? A question why sometimes people dont want to read books, they cannot get the book they want. I want to read Lord of the Rings 1, 2 and 3 ; of course you would ask why that book; its true that i have already watch them in movies and i even have a copy of the dvd for each book but there are stories that are not included on the movie that you will find on the book and you will see it very interesting. I started researching the author to have at least a background on this famous man J.R.R. Tolkien who created it all. Well for me no one can surpass the beauty,suspense and the long wait for the next movie to come; I remember then when the Fellowship of the Ring was shown, we were living in
I started asking my friends if they do have the book; lo and behold they dont have. My colleague who is a bookworm ( he really needs to take combantrin ) said try downloading it on the web, he gave a website in which to download and I got the book and started reading it, it took me one week and a half to finish the three books.I have fun reading, especially the additional information that I gathered . All I can say is the word F which is for Fantastic.
I started the year with three books and 17 more to go, the more the better. Start reading a book and who knows you might even surpass the magic 20 number.
"To aquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
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"It all comes down to what we make of ourselves, eh?"
-The Fairy Godmother
Have you heard that name or street? all of you would say; of course not; where in the hell is that; why do you want us to know it. Actually that name came from my father who is an Air Force soldier with a rank of Colonel. P.M. means Pedro Magarin the name of my father. Before he died the street in front of their office is not yet cemented, so what he did is to gather his soldiers and start cementing the road; no need for funds since they have a lot of cement material. This person is a very likeable one because he knows how to be down to earth with his soldiers; he can be approached if their is any problem (an officer na pang-masa). Its been almost five years since we visited the place. Its in Clarkfield, Pampanga Air Force City. We have stayed for almost seven years in Clark, I have a lot of memories in pampanga that i would never forget. It's in this beautiful city that my daughter was born, I've worked in this Special Economic Zone! I Love This Place! It's one of the cleanest and greenest place in the country. We went home to Tarlac last christmas of 2006 and we planned to go to Clark to do some picture and video taking on that street. Its a 1 hour drive from Tarlac, the place is fantastic since its one of the former military camp of United States. We were greeted by the soldiers since they still know my mother and we did a lot of picture taking which is attach right now. We have a lot of fun! So if you are going to visit Clarkfield try going to Air Force city its beside the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport and you will see the street named P.M. Acosta drive.
The office of my father.
My wife and brother raydon still at the driveway named after my father.
My beautiful wife.
The bridge going to clark.
Mama and wife.
The Acosta clan.
The ever dashing yours truly.
“The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.”
Roberto C. Goizueta
CEO, Coca-Cola comp
1981-1997
He coined 'Coke Is It!'
Roberto Goizueta was born in
Working his way up from technical operations, Goizueta was named a vice chairman in 1979, president in 1980 and and chairman of the board and chief executive officer on March 1, 1981. The new CEO immersed himself in the company's accounting and economics. With a new, punchy advertising slogan, "Coke Is It!" he successfully increased domestic sales while continuing to plumb new international markets.
During his tenure at Coke, Goizueta turned around what some business analysts once called an old, conservative company by emphasizing global sales and making moves never seen by the company before. His motto: return on investment and stock price. "The curse of all curses is the revenue line," he once said, referring to the need to be profitable.
And fortunate for him and Coke investors, Goizueta's company was just that. Since becoming CEO in 1981, he created more wealth for shareholders than any other CEO in history, largely due to his global marketing skills. Total return on Coke stock was more than 7,100 percent during his tenure, according to analysts. He owned nearly 16 million Coke shares worth roughly $1 billion, making him America's first corporate manager to achieve billionaire status through owning stock in a company he didn't help found or take public, business analysts said.
A lifelong heavy smoker, Goizueta was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 1997 and died on October 18, at the age of sixty-five. He was buried in
“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”
Jeffrey Bezo
Founder & CEO, Amazon
Jeffrey Bezos has always been interested in anything that can be revolutionized by computers. Intrigued by the amazing growth in use of the Internet, Bezos created a business model that leveraged the Internet's unique ability to deliver huge amounts of information rapidly and efficiently.
At D. E. Shaw, a firm specializing in the application of computer science to the stock market, Bezos was hired as much for his overall talent as for any particular assignment. He rose quickly at Shaw, becoming a senior Vice President, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.
The Internet was originally created by the Defense Department to keep its computer networks connected during an emergency, such as natural catastrophe or enemy attack. Over the years, it was adopted by government and academic researchers to exchange data and messages. In 1994, there was still no Internet commerce to speak of. Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2300 percent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new sphere of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities. Bezos's employers weren't prepared to proceed with such a venture, and Bezos knew the only way to seize the opportunity was to go into business for himself. It would mean sacrificing a secure position in
Bezos reviewed the top 20 mail order businesses, and asked himself which could be conducted more efficiently over the Internet than by traditional means. Books were the commodity for which no comprehensive mail order catalogue existed, because any such catalogue would be too big to mail; perfect for the Internet, which could share a vast database with a virtually limitless number of people.
From the beginning, Bezos sought to increase market share as quickly as possible, at the expense of profits. When he disclosed his intention to go from being "Earth's biggest bookstore" to "Earth's biggest anything store," skeptics thought Amazon was growing too big too fast, but a few analysts called it "one of the smartest strategies in business history."
Through each round of expansion, Jeff Bezos continually emphasized the "Six Core Values: customer obsession, ownership, bias for action, frugality, high hiring bar and innovation." "Our vision," he said, "is the world's most customer-centric company. The place where people come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online." Amazon moved into music CDs, videos, toys, electronics and more. When the Internet's stock market bubble burst, Amazon re-structured, and while other dot.com start-ups evaporated, Amazon was posting profits.
Today, Jeff Bezos lives north of
Have a good month to all!
GALL BLADDER STONE REMOVAL - The
by Dr Lai Chiu-Nan
It has worked for many. If it works for you please pass on the good news.
Chiu Nan is not charging for it, so we should make it free for everyone.
Your reward is when someone, through your word of mouth, benefits from the regime.
Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer.
"Cancer is never the first illness," Chiu Nan points out. "Usually, there
are a lot of other problems leading to cancer. In my research in
came across some materials, which say that people with cancer usually have stones.
We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few. One of
the symptoms of gallstones is a feeling of bloatedness after a Heavy meal. You feel like you can't digest the food. If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area." So if you think you have gallstones, Chiu Nan offers the following method to remove them naturally. The treatment is also good for those with weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked.
Regimen:
*For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Or
eat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the
gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.
*On the sixth day, take no dinner. At 6 pm, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt
(magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.
* At 8 pm, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.
* At 10 pm, take half-cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh
lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease
their passage.
The next morning, you will find green stones in your stools. "Usually they
float," Chiu Nan notes. "You might want to count them. I have had people who pass 40, 50 or up to 100 stones. That s a lot..! "Even if you don't have any symptoms of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean up now and then .
Note: You can purchase the Epsom Salt at the Wellness Institute or call
722-2354 or any local chemical stores near you like Allysons Chemicals
Or any other company that do carry food chemicals. [Recommended period: Do it once a year]
I've checked Alyson's Chemical, (located at
712-2266). They sell it at P15/kilo. Compared to Wellness I believe they
sell @ P10/tbsp., which is quite expensive.
My officemate tried this method after I post this info at our bulletin
board, very thankful that she found the natural method --- she was about to undergo a laparascopic procedure, but she postponed it when she experience relief by doing the above method.
We are expecting a promotion or a blessing but it did not happen suddenly we are frustrated as if our back is against the world. We don’t have the patience to wait. We want it now. You feel that everyone is passing you by. As if there is no more challenge to life, everything is routinely. Suddenly you wake up as if you are hungry for something. You kneel down and pray. Asking GOD what have you done wrong? You don’t get any response. As if GOD is not listening. All you did was to move on and continue having the faith. You divulge yourself into working much harder, doubling your effort, doing the extra mile and keeping the faith. You’re not expecting any recognition or promotion. You just keep on perfecting your skills and knowledge. Suddenly one day, you’re not expecting anything. A friend of yours suddenly says, I saw your name on the list of those who got promoted. You close your eyes and thank GOD!
Not ours to know the reason why
Unanswered is our prayer,
But ours to wait for God’s own time
To lift the cross we bear. —Anon.
When we bend our knees to pray, God bends His ear to listen.
We must leave the unknowable to the all-knowing One. He is listening and working things out His way. —Dave Branon
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings. —Psalm 17:8
Me and my wife had just finished watching the movie Click by Adam Sandler. I keep on wandering what if life passes with me not knowing what had happened. The movie has a moral lesson that family comes first; no matter how busy you are you must have a time for your family. The past few weeks have been very busy that sometimes I go home very tired and go to sleep. It’s good to have a remote control where you can fast forward your life you can control others but everything will passes by that you don’t remember what had happened. The movie is very touching especially when he fast forwards his life to see what had happened to his promotion, when he went home his family has changed. I saw my wife wiping her eyes. I remember our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) they would go abroad for years and come back home not knowing what had happened, it’s so sad that they have to sacrifice their time for the family so that they could earn money. No wonder there are lots of broken families. So get your remote control and click play to watch it.
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Another movie worth watching is Nanny McPhee, the movie talks about children of today who are very hard headed. You should watch it with your children. Children nowadays are very intelligent that they forget that they are still children and needs to listen to their parents.
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Try checking the yahoo answers, its good that they came with this kind of idea. You can find it on the yahoo page below the search bar. If you have lots of question and you want answers of different people you can go there and post a question. The answers will be emailed to you. Try it!!
After all the hype in football, the Italian won the most popular sports game in the world. It’s very popular because all most every nation plays it. The favorites lost; like
PACMAN WON
Manny Pacquiao won against Oscar Larios by unanimous decision on the 12th round but he floored chololo twice. He is now getting ready for the third match with Erik Morales at
People are getting wild and fancied on the team that they are routing for, if you don’t know what it is then you are not updated. It’s actually the Olympics of football, it is held every four years and there is elimination before your country qualifies for the world cup. Football was not a popular sport in my country but I became a lover of this game when I studied at Don Bosco (Tarlac) and became a player in our intramural games, our school games are actually one school year so you get to play your chosen sports the whole year round.
The round of 16 is being played. I’m routing for 
Weeks had past without anything to write or share with you here at our blogspot. My mind is too occupied with so many things. I keep on thinking of a lot of things, that’s sometimes as if I do not exist in this world. I feel so depressed with what’s happening with my life. As if my life and every aspects of it just keep on repeating and repeating.
But everything changed when I read this article by Ala Paredes which I want to share with you.
Just click the link and you will be enlightened with what she has written about “REPETITION”.
A colleague of mine showed me a drawing in which he could replay what he has done at the same time send it to his friends. I showed it to my daughter and she never stops playing and making drawings on it. You could try it also.
Here it is:
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
10 FOOD THAT MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT
I was reading a magazine that I purchase at church it’s called “UNBOUND” and I have read an article which I think I should share to all of you about diet. Well if you want to order the magazine online you can visit
Here it is;
1. YOGURT – Contains CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). CLA, simply put, is fat that fights fat and yogurt is one of the few foods that have it. It even lowers cholesterol and triglycerides.
2. GREEN TEA – Green Tea lowers LDL (bad cholesterol) and increases HDL (good cholesterol) levels in your body. The antioxidant polyphenol contained in Green Tea also help prevent certain forms of cancer. The best part is that it makes you look good by increasing calorie and fat metabolism. Green Tea extract is a vital ingredient in most of today’s thermogenic supplements or fat burners.
3. All-natural No-sugar Peanut Butter – This one has monounsaturated fat (the fat that’s actually good for you) vitamin E, and protein. It may be high in calorie but since it’s a good muscle-builder, it can efficiently fight fat.
4. EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL – If you can use this to create your meals, you’re in for some good fat since olive oil is abundant in monounsaturated fat and vitamin E. It helps burn fat, fights heart disease and lowers blood pressure.
5. WHOLE-GRAIN BREADS AND CEREALS – These are abundant in complex carbs and fiber which make you feel a lot fuller than you really are so. It controls your cravings and in turn, makes you eat less. It also keeps insulin levels low and helps keep your body from storing fat. Good sources include brown rice, whole wheat pasta, and whole wheat bread. Please don’t eat white bread unless you think that it is whole grain.
6. OATMEAL – Oatmeal is the perfect energy source in the morning because it contains a lot of complex carbs which have a sustained release effect meaning, it slowly releases the carbs into your bloodstream in order to be used as energy throughout the day. Oatmeal also contains a lot of fiber – the body’s bouncer. It helps clean our system of those pesky things like LDL cholesterol. Plus, it makes you feel fuller for a longer time in order to control your cravings throughout the day. Try downing a bowl of oatmeal every morning!
7. BEANS – Beans contains a lot of protein, fiber, iron, and virtually no fat! It helps control our craving and it also regulates our digestion. Just make sure not to eat too much unless you want to stink up your surroundings with the gastrointestinal distress associated with too much bean consumption. Also avoid the baked and fried variety of beans since these are high in sugar and fat due to the ingredients used to get them into that state.
8. WATER – Yes water! Water transports all nutrients throughout our bodies and also flushes out toxins. Sometimes, our bodies trick us into believing that we’re hungry when the reality is that we’re simply thirsty or dehydrated. Try drinking a glass of water 15 minutes before a meal and see if you can eat as much.
9. MCT’s (Medium Chain Triglycerides) – Naturally found in coconut oil and some other food, it is also available in supplemental form and can be purchased at your local nutrition store. Research suggests that MCT’s bypass the normal digestive process and are immediately converted into energy by the liver. Plus, it has a thermogenic (fat-burning) effect on our bodies. However, check with your physician before supplementing with MCT’s as some research show that it is not recommended for individuals with diabetes or who suffer from high cholesterol levels.
10. GREEN VEGETABLES – Vegetable like broccoli are rich in fiber and again, help fight fat and keeps us feeling fuller. Most of them are actually rich in antioxidants like Vitamins A, C and K that help fight those nasty free radicals that keep us down by attacking our cells. These food are good for you as long as you don’t fry them or smother them in sauce that only add worthless calorie to their already sound nutritional value.
SCHOOL HUNTING
The past few days have been very busy for me, work and lots of work. My daughter has just finished kinder II (Preparatory Classes) with flying colors and she is now going to another level which is primary (Grade I). Her previous school La Consolacion College is quite a big school with lots of facilities but there is something lacking or you’re looking for another thing that would make your daughter advanced with the rest of the world and that’s when we decided to go school hunting.
First school is
http://www.shan.edu.ph
My daughter took the exam which lasted for 1 hour and then came the interview of the assistant principal which she also passed. So we were brief on the result of her exam and interview in which we were given a permit to enroll.
Days had passed and my wife told me that we should try Saint Anthony. So they went to that school and schedule her for exam. Actually it’s my dream school for my daughter when she was still at her mother’s womb but the tuition fee is very high at that time in which I’m working for a minimum salary. Her uncle Owen actually went to that school which I should say molded him to one of the brightest and intelligent student of this generation. My wife told me about the place that it’s very big and beautiful.
Second school is Saint Anthony which is also near my workplace. It’s a big school with lots of facilities which I should say worth the penny, they have a swimming pool and they have an English campaign which is very strict that would make your daughter learn to speak that language. You could visit their website at
http://schoolofsaintanthony.edu.ph
We accompanied my daughter to the school to take the exam which lasted for 4 hours starting from 8am to 12pm. This is her first exam that lasted for 4 hrs. After the exam I thought we will know the result but we need to go back on Tuesday for her interview. They did go back and she passed it, the results of her exam are all above average. She was given a permit to enroll.
It’s very inspiring to see your daughter excel in a lot of things now I understand why my parents did their best so we could study to some of the best schools, the tuition fee might be very expensive but if you would see your daughter achieve a lot of things then you should work for it. I would end with a quote from Derek Bok, President of Harvard University.
IF YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE.
WEDDING
How do you like your wedding to be? Of course if one would imagine, you like it to be one of the most memorable and worth attending to.
My cousin Wilma and her hubby Elly was married last March 18 at Sanctuario de
