Digital Outlier | Orly Ballesteros

Our nature after getting a lot we still crave for more. The hunger never leaves even if the stomach is already full and bulging. People just want more and consume more even if they are overcapacity already. A sad state. Human being is about giving and sharing and yet we digress from that state and pursue a belief that to be a human...

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Juan Manuel Marquez, a great fighter that he is must show respect to the pound-for-pound king if ever he kiss the canvass or lose this coming fight on November 13, 2011. Marquez claims he won the two fights and this is an insult to the wisdom of the judges. Marquez claims the people know who wins, and indeed, the people know that during...

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Are you professional if you accuse someone and cannot back it up with documents or evidence? Are you professional if you cannot even file a formal written complaint to the group you are accusing of many wrong deeds? Are you professional if you base your accusations on second hand information? Are you professional if you have already awarded the contract and withdrew it...

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Professionalism|Professional Professional is a word given to a person that is licensed in a particular controlled and regulated industry. But beyond this, professional or professionalism carries gravity in terms of acting honorably and with integrity. Thus if a professional forgets about this then his acquired skills and expertise thus not matter. For in the end what make a professional are not the skills...

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No matter how many expensive cars you have.  No matter how fat your wallet is. When the world is angry with you and shake their head in disgust, then you have a very big problem. Even if the world is so materialistic and glorifies the famous there is still this thin boundary that must never be crossed. Floyd Mayweather Jr. just crossed that...

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SMART Gilas | Philippine Basketball We wallop today the United Arab Emirates despite losing two important players due to technicalities. For sure, we will be at the thick of things in this FIBA ASIA qualifying match for London Olympics. For sure, many Filipino Basketball aficionados will be praying (including me) that the door of heaven opens and we catch the blessings so that...

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An online whistleblower in Wikileaks revealed the following reasons why our Tourism Industry is hobbling to keep up with our Asian neighbors. They are: Incompetent officials The changes in the leadership right now in the department and the upcoming tourism congress hopefully address this concern. It is not competence but the political will that is lacking in order to leapfrog our tourism industry....

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MRT Fare Hike | LRT Fare Hike Yes to Fare Hike if Funds will Be Used Properly The announcement that the fares of MRT and LRT will increase as high as P60.00, a 300% increase to its original P15.00 elicited a lot of negative reactions. I respect and understand the reactions however I agree with the reasoning that the MRT and LRTs are...

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Our new Secretary of Tourism Ramon Jimenez. knows how to communicate and communicate well. Earlier, he said that selling the country is as easy as selling Chickenjoy. Besides being a good sound byte he hit it right on the head of the nail. Indeed, the Philippines is easy to sell because it is beautiful. And I believe no Filipino will argue against it,...

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Work Week | Productivity | Many Holidays Are We Going To Sleep The Week Away? Last night the news made my eyes bulge and scratch my head. This is because I can’t believe somebody will propose that we have a four days work week. Four days work week. There are 5 reasons why I do not subscribe to this proposal: Lack of Available...

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Philippine Courses You Should Not Enroll | Philippine Students Must Not Enroll in this Courses The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) issued a reminder to students not to enroll on the following courses as this will give them a very small chance of landing a job. The following courses are: Education Nursing Business Administration Information Technology Hotel and Restaurant Management There...

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Building Blocks for a Successful Business | Ram Charan I find this video very insightful. Ram Charan author of numerous best sellers is the main feature of this video and he discusses 5 Building Blocks in Running A Successful Business. The building blocks are:  Cash Cash is king. In business this principle is very much true we have to have cash and know...

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Superficial Success|Success A recent article in Time magazine revealed that good-looking people will earn more over their lifetime compared to those who are aesthetically challenged.  University of Texas Economist Daniel Hamermesh reported in his book “Beauty Pays:  Why Attractive People Are More Successful” that “ugly people earn less than average looking people, and average-looking people earn less than the beautiful.”    I learned this...

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Winning the Challenge There is this special situation that I am in. A situation that is full of lessons albeit I am still undergoing it. Actually, it is not a personal situation if you will try to categorize it. Yet I am so involved with it. My emotion and intellect is so into it. The situation? There is this project that we are...

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Typhoon Mina|Digital Outlier It is the first time that I heard in the news of a signal 4 being announced to hit parts of our country. I saw the devastation and the death toll despite the announcements and warnings given by the media and local officials. It seems that despite the technological progress mankind has made we still fall short of what needs...

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This is the average hours spent by Filipino Internet users in social networking sites. It is said that this is more than the average 2.5 hours spent in reading and sending emails. In the study TNS Philippines conducted it also revealed that Filipinos spent an average of 9 hours a week on online. There seems to be no stopping the increase patronage of...

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