Mare at pare, ate at kuya, kaibigan: Ilang mahimbing na tulog pa at lilipas na ang buwan ng Forever, ng sinumpaang walang hanggang pagmamahalan at pagsasamahan. Remember mo pa ba this timeless death defying line? “O, Pag-ibig na makapangyarihan, kapag ika’y pumasok sa puso ninuman, hahamakin ang lahat masunod ka lamang.” Love will always be what it was… Read More »
TITLE: Employers Buy Into You Based on Emotion “Emotions have no place in business unless you do business with them.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss author. You may have heard the saying, “People buy on emotion and rationalize with logic.” This consumerism adage is also true for how employers hire. Hence, there is an unspoken hiring truism you need… Read More »
Did you know that Turkey and Syria had been a part of the Levant Quartet? In early December 2010, officials from four countries – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan – signed an agreement to form the Levant Quartet. It aimed to develop closer economic and cultural integration among the countries and envisioned as the “EU of the Middle… Read More »
How could we ever forget Dr. Rolando Carbonell’s Beyond Forgetting? The poem’s lyrics will constantly reverberate in our hearts and mind, especially when we remember the special people who have shown us the power of true love. This poem, penned by Carbonell in the early 60s, is a famous love poem that most of us—the baby boomers—will never… Read More »
“A caste system is an artificial construction, a fixed and embedded ranking of human value that sets the presumed supremacy of one group against the presumed inferiority of other groups on the basis of ancestry and often immutable traits, traits that would be neutral in the abstract but are ascribed life-and-death meaning in a hierarchy favoring the dominant… Read More »
Valentine’s Day should have been a rallying point for love and peace in the world –that is what many of us hope. Admittedly, Va-Day, in the commercial world, refers, more often than not, to personal love or relationships. But within the global, geopolitical context, I sincerely wish that the spirit of Va-Day had a more inclusive tenor to… Read More »
Many studies suggest that drinking 4 to 6 cups of coffee is good for your health and well-being. The potential benefits from drinking coffee are varied and likely came from the vitamins and minerals within the coffee beans. Because coffee contains soluble fiber and prebiotic properties, coffee drinkers tended to have more microbiomes in their gut, which improves… Read More »
“Unfair,” said a grinning Mr. Turtle, as he insisted that the run between him and the hare be done in the lake. Not that 2023 is Mr. Water Rabbit’s Chinese Lunar Year and things are kind of expected to go his way with fluids, the hare cordially replied: “As you wish, Mr. Turtle. Go swim as fast as… Read More »
Ni Edwin Anyayahan Esteba Lilipas din Sa pagdating ng ating kaarawan Edad ay nadaragdagan Kumukupas ang kakisigan Naglalabasan ang mga uban Para sa akin ay numero lamang yan Sa pagtanda natin iisa lang patutunguhan Hiram na buhay sa Diyos nakalaan Kamatayan natin hindi mapipigilan Bakit ito ay iyong kinatatakutan? Lahat naman doon ating pupuntahan Pero ito ay pwede… Read More »
Asking for Feedback is Pointless. Instead, Ask for Advice. If a candidate I did not hire wants to make me uncomfortable, they only need to ask for feedback. (I will revisit this.) Self-proclaiming job search experts and career coaches commonly advise asking for feedback when you do not get the job you have interviewed for. The thinking—as if… Read More »