Meeting The New Year..A Prospect of Becoming a Better Me!

2007 will soon end and it's now a new beginning as we enter 2008. At this early, I'm already preparing the things needed in venturing the world of entrepreneurship. As a part of our MBA course, we are assigned to put up our own business and make it prosper throughout the entire semester. If fortunate enough, we could continue running the business and make it grow even bigger. I have decided to start my own this coming January so that I will be able to run the whole business setup smoothly by the mid of next year. I'm now collecting facts and techinques in handling meat processing business. I have already performed some experiments and have recorded the success and failure rates of my try outs. I have decided to run meat processing business since I have already tried it before and so far it gave me good returns considering the fact that people do really eat three times a day. However this time, I'm experimenting the taste since I want to make my own trademarks. So far the experiments is doing well but I'm still searching for a little bit more when it comes to taste uniqueness. I have listed too my prospect consumers and now starting to formulate my pricing schemes including packaging and marketing. I'm sure this would be so exciting and I wish 2008 will bring goodluck to my new business. I will just start investing little but will give big efforts for it. I know I can do this. GoodLuck to me!

Groove To The Max!!

Party! Party! Party! Last Friday and Saturday night, I have attended our company parties two nights in a row. It was indeed fun and I have enjoyed it a lot. We took lots of wacky pictures but I cant post any in here because your computers might get infected with the beauties hahaha. Christmas Day is fast approaching and I' m also excited. Like a child I do love exchanging of presents very much. I like to give and receive LOL. Wish someone will give me a doll as their present. But I'm a bit shy asking my friends to give me that. They might laugh at me. hahahaha. At my age what am I doing with the dolls LOL. Well, I have personal reasons and its a secret. Anyway, I will surely spend my Christmas together with the whole family. Pasta and salad will always be present during our Noche Buena. But before that we will really try to attend the "Simbang Gabi" or midnight mass to complete the Christmas celebration. Hope everybody will enjoy this season and Have a Merry Christmas to All.

Life is like a box of chocolate.... :)

Last saturday night I have finally find some time to take a break and watched Tom Hanks' Forest Gump, an old film. I could remember that I have watched it years ago but I couldnt remember the whole setting of the story. It was indeed very, very nice to the point that it made me cry specially in the ending scenes but I was trying not to show the tears because my brother was also there watching the movie with me. I'm sure he will tease me a lot if he finds out that I was crying hehehe. The story basically showed lots of lesson to the viewers. For one, being dumbed or disabled is not a hindrance to reach success. Like what had happened to Forest Gump in the story, he may not be as smart as we could imagined but he owned that shrimp shipping corporation which made him millionaire. Same also with Lt. Dan who became crippled after that war in vietnam. He thought his life was worthless after the doctor cut his legs and he even questoined GOD's plan for him. But at the end, he realized that there are reasons to our existence; therefore we should live life to the fullest. But what really marked on my head about that story is about "Destiny" and how it was compared to a box of chocolate. Like what Forest Gump always say, "Life is like a box of chocolate. You will never know what you're gonna get." Yes indeed we never know where fate brings us. Some said Destiny is a matter of choice and in every choices we made to our lives, we must be ready to face its consequences. Yes this could be true but sometimes we just couldn't control everything. But anyhow, we just need to be strong and have faith always. Anyway, I have enjoyed that movie a lot. Well, except that I was crying hehehehe. Couldn't wait to watched another movie related to this. I should be prepared by then. Tissue, handkerchief, and lots of water..hehehe. 'Till my next blog..

Stock Trading Game

I know...these past few days I really havent got the chance to update my blog.. huhuhuhu. I was really too busy with my work and my studies. Last week was my Financial Management report and the preparation period was really a bit tough. Well anyway, ma and my groupmates have delivered it last saturday and so far it went ok. Something happened in the middle of our report though but when it comes to overall judging on how we delivered it, it's still excellent. Well, that's my biased. hehehe. I'm happy this morning because finally I got myself joined in the virtual stock trading game tournament. And today I'm so overwhelmed because I gained from my initial investments. I bought volumes of Petron Corporation, Mega world, and Philex mining stocks and so far it gave me good returns. I'm new to this so I easily get excited whenever there's progress in my stock trading portfolio hehehe. I'm monitoring the ticker tape now of Philippine Stock Exchange and hope I will gain more hehehe. Well 'till my next blog.

Time Management

Whoaa.. it's a bit tough for me to maintain everything. I never expected to be so very busy at these early at school. I'm struggling now to finish what has to be done in work, school assignments, and ofcourse taking good care of my family, my home. It's just so happen that I have lots of things to be done here in the office and all of it need to be fisnished as soon as possible. I got a little time now updating my blog but I will still see to it that once in awhile I could post new blogs. Today is a busy day but this day brought me a good news. After several months of waiting, I finally now have the result of my petition to correct my middle initial which was mistakenly encoded in my birth certificate. At last I could now secure a passport and start trying my luck applying for work in the US. Yep, I have this in mind working outside my country so I could save more and prepare for the future. I will be doing this not only for myself but for the future of my love ones. Emotionally it would be hard but I can take everything for them. Hmmmm before getting emotional now I think I should be back to work hehehe. Till my next blog.

Too early for pressure at school... :(

I have attended all my masteral classes last week and so far as per evaluation is concern, the subjects were all tough. Well not to mention the Financial Management which involves monitoring of current events and the present status of our economy today. Our professor even challenged us to register at www.citiseconline.com and play the trading game in there. It's kind of challenging and interesting though; imagine we are going to picture ourselves as real traders and inventors. Initially upon registration, we will be given virtual money worth 1,000,000.00 pesos and it will be up to us how to maximize our capital and make it more profitable. Buying and selling of stocks would be the greatest challenge. It's like really transacting to big companies. I'm really excited and will going to register online later. Who knows, I may really apply this in the future. I think learning all about Financial Management is a bit fun, exciting and above all challenging considering the fact that my under graduate course is in the field of Engineering. So that would be Engineering to Economic Study, wow! Scarcely easy to adjust hehehe. As to my Written Analysis Case subject, our professor has given us our first case. I have initially read it and started to formulate my analysis on it. Talking about Management Accounting, well I'm going to present a case tomorrow night together with my group mates so it's going to be a long night tonight doing the preparation for it. Woooahhh!!! I've never expected to be pressured already at this early. Well, I'm going to try my best to learn everything so goodluck to me...*wink* Till my next blog, back to work!

My Personal Mp3 Collection.Coming Soon....

I'm starting to build now a new site that will host all my personal MP3 collections. The site will basically feature my city's very own native songs and ofcourse some of my favorite music. This will be open to public for viewing and most probably I will be giving access to download some of my songs. I'm actually a music lover person. I used to join in some singing contest when I was little, well about 6 yrs old. But now, I only sings in the bathroom while taking my shower... hehehe. But music will always be a part of me. So I have decided to express my interest in music not by letting people hear me sing (people might get frightened, *wink*) but instead showing and sharing to the world what kind of music I'm fascinated with. I'm a bit occupied now with my work and study but still I'll make sure I'll get the time to build the site. I have read a certain article taken from the book written by "Inayat Khan" it's all about "The mysticism of Music, Sound Of The World", it says "The music of the universe is the background of the small picture which we call music. Our sense of music, our attraction to music, shows that there is music in the depth of our being. Music is behind the working of the whole universe. Music is not only life's greatest object, but it is life itself." Oh how wonderful!! Anyway to those interested to read the complete content, click the link below. 'Till my next blog.


Volume II - The Mysticism of Music, Sound and Word

Second Semester... Here it comes...

Last Saturday, it was my chance to visit MBA office to ask for my 1st semester grades and ofcourse to enroll for the second sem. I was a bit nervous for the grades because definitely my subjects before was also a bit tough especially the Quantitative Analysis For Management. When finally the secreretary handed me my grades, I was overwhelmed with joy because I really didnt expected to recieve an A- grade. This is equivalent to 90-95 ratings. Both my Human behavior and Quantitative analysis subjects gave me this grade. Indeed I was thankful and very happy. I finally managed also to enroll last saturday however it took me awhile to write down in the registration form to what subject should I enrol. I thought i couldnt make it this second sem because I have too much pressure at work due to new projects assigned to me and all of them needs to be finished ASAP. But with the help of my team, I'm sure we will be able to deliver them on time. And so I took full loads for this semester. My subjects are Written Analysis Case (WAC), Financial Management and Accounting 2. Im a bit excited now to see my classmates again who happened to be dissapointed when they learned that I will not be able to enroll for this sem but gladly I made it.. Hmmmm it feels good knowing that your friends truly love you and wanted your company. Anyways, my classes starts tomorrow. See you friends , till our next happy journey and fun moments together...

Help Me Promote My Very Own Shop Online..

It's been awhile since my last post here.I've been a bit occupied creating my shop online. Yes... I have one.. I was looking forward to showing my new site of recommendations of items and services to you. I have displayed there all my favorite items and services! Hope you will like it! Especially if you have some purchase to do very soon.



You can find my shop at the following address: http://homeneeds.shopmarking.com





Hope you will visit my shop....

ORINOCO FLOW..

A friend from Michigan asked me to view the video of Celtic Woman performing their own rendition of ORINOCO FLOW originally sung by ENYA. Enya happens to be one of my favorite artist and so, my interest was easily caught considering also that I have already listened to Enya's version of the song. I was grateful indeed because it's the first time I get to watch Celtic Woman doing their performance. Actually, I'm not much familiar of this group and so I made research about them.

Celtic Woman is a musical group comprised of six Irish female artists. The original members include four vocalists Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Chloë Agnew and the violinist Máiréad Nesbitt. A sixth member, Hayley Westenra, a New Zealander of Irish descent, joined the group on August 24, 2006. Westenra is well known in her own right for her previous hits "Wuthering Heights" and "Dark Waltz. All of the original artists have solo albums created prior to the formation of Celtic Woman.The group's repertoire goes from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs.


Here's The Video below to those interested. Thanks Mike.....

ENYA'S VERSION OF ORINOCO FLOW

Basamanggas Resort...

Last Oct. 13,2007 together with my classmates in MBA, we visited Basamanggas Resort at Jasaan, Misamis Oriental. It was a nice place and we really did had time together. Bonding and savoring the moments together as we held our outing with our improvised theme: FIRE FIRE AT BASAMANGGAS!!! LOL. What does that mean? Well... up to you... LOL. I really enjoyed that event as we did the games and video karaoke. The pool too is very nice and tempting. And what an amazing view at sunset. I have managed to take some pictures of the place. See below.

The Right Person? An Article For The Heart.

Just awhile ago, my classmate in MBA, a close friend of mine forwarded this very nice article of knowing the right person whom to love. As I read the article, it somehow touches my heart and made me realize something...This is a very wonderful article actually so I decided to post it here. It is actually an eye opener and self realization. Hope you will love it too the way I did. Read On..


A nice article for the married, soon to be married, and waiting to be married... Food for thought and in the words of Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ:

THE RIGHT PERSON?

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said, "How do I know if I married the right person?"

I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, "It depends. Is that your husband?" In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?" Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind. Here's the answer.

EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies.

Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love... because it's happening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think about the imagery of that __expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU.

Falling in love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.

But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry
subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, "Did I marry the right person?" And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown. People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.

Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, church, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances.

But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You could. And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same
situation a few years later. Because (listen carefully to this):

THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.

SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the __expression "the labor of love." Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it takes WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work.

Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.

Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL make your marriage stronger. It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable...
you can "make" love.

Love in marriage is indeed a "decision"... not just a feeling.

The Semester Is Ending..Thanks For the Friendship People..

To All my classmates, Thank you very much for the marvelous friendship you have shared. I have really enjoyed your company a lot. Till our next adventure and fun together.. Have a happy Semester break.See you all next sem. Hopefully !!! *wink*

Coaching. A Wonderful Task To Be Done

One of the things that I really enjoyed at heart when it comes to handling my resposibilities at work is coaching. In other words training people specially those who are newcomers in my department. It was such a wonderful feeling sharing your knowledge and helping them to be as productive as they can be. Woooohhhh so bearable at heart... I love it a lot. Well I always wanted to teach elementary students.. but I guess to late for me now to shift profession. But maybe one day.. I may be able to do this.. Hehehe. I'm so fortunate that I have the chance to go schooling after office hours. Enrolling myself in the MBA program really helps me a lot to be what I am today. I feel I grow a lot when it comes to handling people and knowing my objectives and purpose of being a manager. I should give credit to all my instructors in the University and well ofcourse to myself for allowing changes to happen. The semester is almost ending and I'm so excited for the next semester. I want to learn more and learning process is too exciting. Adjusting and changing for the better and not for the worst. I'm doing everything that I can today because of my inspiration, my treasures... They knew who they are....

Contrast --- Between Life And Death

I found this video in the youtube and the music captivates my soul. It simply realizes the existence of all things in this world. Between life and death, the wondrous of nature yet man was brutal like savages who chooses to destroy that beauty. That life is anywhere around us yet some simply deny its existence. When i carefully watch the video and listen to the song, I have felt lots of aura, emotions coming from the singer. Anger, forgiveness, grateful, sadness, envy, revenge and fear. It made me realize that the life we have now is just temporary and all us has our own time in this world. The video is nice actually. I have posted it below for those who are interested and wants to view it. We may have different interpretation of the song. Enjoy..

Song Title: Lux Libera Nos Performed by Roberto Cacciapaglia

Busy Days........

Weeeew... I havent got the chance to update my blog lately.... Well obviously just now... lol. I have lots of sleepless nights because my final exam is approaching.. study! study! study! *wink*. I have lots to attend too at work. Implementation... developement .. giving directives .. and a lot lot more. Some certain creatures got envy also on my achievements ....... naahhhh! im used to it.. ever since I always meet creatures like that along my way...Ignore.. Ignore.. Ignore.... What matter most is Im striving very hard to achieve self fullfillment. And besides ... who are they??? I pity on them.....

A Nice Article... IN LOVING ..

I found this article and it caught my attention. The article merely speaks about the total definition of love and being inlove. The magic of love is indeed quite mysterious and you just dont when you will be hit by it...Anyway, I have posted the article below. Hope the readers find this worth remembering to the hearts... :)

IN LOVING... When you think of your past love, you may view it as a failure. But when you find a new love, you view the past as a teacher. In the game of love, it doesn't really matter who won or who lost. What is important is you know when to hold on and when to let go! You know you really love someone when you want him or her to be happy, even if their happpines means that you're not part of it. Everything happens for the best. If the person you love doesn't love you back, don't be afraid to love someone else again, for you'll never know unless you give it a try. You'll never love a person you love unless you risk for love. Love strives in hurting. If you don't get hurt, you don't learn how to love. Love doesn't hurt all the time. Though the hurting is still there to test you, to help you grow. Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's called falling in love because you don't force yourself to fall. You just fall. You cannot finish a book without closing it's chapters. If you want to go on, then you have to leave the past as you turn the pages. Love is not destroyed by a single failure or won by a single caress. It is a lifetime venture in which we are always learning, discovering and growing. The greatest irony of love is letting go when you need to hold on and holding on when you need to let go. We lose someone we love only when we are destined to find someone else who can love us even more than we can love ourselves. On falling out of love, take some time to heal and then get back on the horse. But don't ever make the same mistake of riding the same one that threw you the first time. To love is to risk rejection, to live is to risk dying, to hope is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is risk nothing! To reach for another is to risk involvement, to expose your feelings is to expose true self, to love is to risk not to be loved in return. How to define love: fall but do not stumble, be constant but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, hurt but never keep the pain. Love is like a knife. It can stab the heart or it can carve wonderful images into the soul that always last for a lifetime. Love is supposed to be the most wonderful feeling. It should inspire you and give you joy and strength. But sometimes the things that give you joy can also hurt you in the end. Loving people means giving them the freedom who they choose to be and where they choose to be. For all the heartaches and the tears, for gloomy days and fruitless years, you should give thanks, for you know, that there were the things that helped you grow. Loving someone means giving him/her the freedom to find his/her way...

Holding On ....

When I woke up this morning, problem at home immediately faces me. Sometimes, I want to give up but I'm holding on for the sake of my love ones. I know these are trials in life, a test of courage and faith. I always think why it has always to be this way. What I have always wanted is to give happiness to those very dear to me. But why fulfilling that dream is far within my reach at this time. I did work hard for them but why it's not always enough. What else should I give? What else should I sacrifice? Today I feel I'm consumed but I need to stand firm and to continue for all of them. They are my strength, my love, my life......

Rain..Rain.. Go Away...

It's been raining very hard here since Monday especially during afternoons. The strong wind and the rain have caused floods in the streets resulting to stranded cars anywhere. I decided not to attend my masteral classes last night because fever almost caught me yesterday but good thing I have strong immune system so I'm feeling better now. *wink*. Today, as usual lots of things to be done in the office. Giving directives, programming, analysis and a lot lot more. During breaks, I find some time compiling music videos of my favorite artists from www.youtube.com. So far I already downloaded 12 music videos. At last, I found a freeware in the net that could convert FLV files to MPEG (FREEZ SOFTWARE). Once converted it would be easier to burn the files into VIDEO CD format using NERO. Im excited to watch these at home in bigger screen. Anyway, I'll just stop here because I need to start doing my work now LOL. Till my next blog......

MayDay....MayDay.. Brain is exploding... lol

Today it seems that my brain reaches to its last level. It's like end of tape hehehehe. I'v been analyzing and debugging codes the entire day. I'm helping my team developing a unique financial application for banks using WEB layout. There's a certain functionality that I'm working on and it's a little bit tough. I'm searching some possible tips from the net on how may I able to program it correctly and according to the functions I needed. I keep on doing testing and debugging but it failed. Finally just now I found something helpful from a forum discussing same issues. But as i read the codes all I could understand is the black colors lol... Perhaps I need to rewind first my brain and just continue it tomorrow. And so i'm listening to some albums now.. chinese one... wierd .... but this helps me a lot relaxing and calming down my brain.. hehehe. I post one chinese song here in my blog. Although I dont understand the language lol, but the rythm matters. The song is giving me now a massage in my head hmmmmm .....

Love Are You For Real? My third poem.

This is my third poem created last May 3,1999. I want to preserve the copy so again I want to post it here. Who knows, some readers might find my poems interesting and sweet.

LOVE ARE YOU FOR REAL?

By: Cherry (May 3, 1999) © 2007 http://ycherrs.blogspot.com/

I. In this life of mine I dreamed of somethin’ real. A sudden thought I remember coinciding how I feel. The saddest part of my existence yet hard to reveal, Confuse of this moment , but I know it’s GOD’s will.

II. Sometimes I ask , is there something wrong with me? Taking a glipmse of my past , so alone I could see. Begging to be love as what everyone wanted to be. As I see myself truly inlove and faithful to thee.

III. But it seems then I haven’t found what thou call true love yet. Hungry for such passion, oh thou tell me where would I get. A kind of wondrous feeling, indescribable , full of contentment. Thou shouldn’t scorn upon hearing my sentiment.

IV. Once someone answered , love where have you’ve been? Who tried to find the key , open my heart then. Oh thy lips is full of promises, each is true as what it seem. This heart of mine belive, trusting that passion you’ve seen.

V. Thy love was felt as true thus t’was accepted. Knowing not one side , what’s real and misguided. Starting to realize , asking myself am I not worthied? Thou tell me why, if not ignore it instead.

VI. My heart is confused , yet try easing the pain. Why would I let somebody break it again? Here now I’m alone , my feelings are in vain. "Forget me not" is the words I can hear from within.

The first poem I made ....

I made this poem few years back. I just want to preserve the copy so I post it here. I made this 12 years ago when I was still in my 1st year college. I've recalled I was so inspired by the works of William Shakespear during that time. Anyway, here's the copy and hope the readers find the poem captivating to the heart.

YOUNG HEARTS JOURNEY

By: Cherry (Summer, 1995)

© 2007 http://ycherrs.blogspot.com/

I. Indeed what a tranquil night tonight. Stars show not in the sky , nor shadows play not in the moonlight. But this heart of mine keeps struggling for its right. Yet every beat dost deny not each expectations that might.

II. I’m tellin’ thee how foolish’d hath been I am. Seeking for such love as what lovers hath done. That wondrous love that touches the feeling of everyone. Day’night thinking all times , wondering of someone.

III. Truly indeed if thou wilt say , That true lovers always find its way. Asking for warmth affection where young hearts could lay. This affection that can procure the happiness which camst may.

IV. How terrible it was then, begging for such love. An affection that could be drag by someone , even a tiny dove. But ‘till end I knowst what’s whispering above? A little hope that someone would share , the feeling one dost have.

V. Thou tell me not that I am a little insane For thous thyself knowst love could even fetch a pain. I hat a journey to go although my heart would be in vain. This young heart of mine endured and hear not thy defame

VI. Myself is bound not , yet my heart tell me things to do. I hath no weapon nor shields oh, indeed I’m afraid to go. But I tell thee I hath this power that even a great warrior can’t know. This unseen power that could make my enemies to haw.

VII. It is my shield that protect me from any harm. For it touches the rays of the sunlight and made my me feel its warm And ere the winter comes surely it will give me alarm. That’s how it dost , it makes my enemies to run.

VIII. Scorn not the words I’ve been tellin’ thee. Thy laughter could make my heart in lament as it was never be. Instead show me hope rather than loathing me, For it could make thyself sorry watch and you’ll see.

IX. Alas , my life would be worthless if my love won’t succeed. If living alone with miseries,’ it’s better then to lay dead. For I knowst a heart that is full of thorns is painful indeed. And if this could be happened, Oh GOD , take me instead.

Exhausting Monday Afternoon :(

First day of the week but I feel exhausted today.It's been four days since I have performed my workout. I have noticed these past few weeks everytime I missed the workout, I feel weak and I could feel fatigue especially at the back. I dont know what's the explanation. Maybe my body wants to burn calories everyday lol. I'm struggling to produce outputs today lol but my body wouldn't follow hehehe. I already played all my pop,rock,jazz album just to keep me awake but no effect lol. Anyway, I will perform the circuit workout tonight to regain some strength for tomorrow's activity. I did tried the Belly dancing yesterday, it's a little bit painful in the arms since I'm still a beginner but I'm sure I will get use to it. It's nice and I love it especially the costumes and the bids, they're sexy to look at *wink*. Well, I'll just make this post short, I need to relax first maybe have some cup of cofee at the cafeteria.

Belly Dancing.. Quite Interesting

I've watched some video clips of Belly Dancing in youtube.com this morning and it caught my interest a lot. I was captivated by the uniqueness of the dance and so I made some research how it could help attain most of women's goal which is getting into shape. In Asia, it was said that Belly Dancing is a dance to usher in a new birth while in Turkey, it is considered a folk dance referred to as oryantal dansı ("Dance of the East") . Belly dance is a Western name for an Arabic style of dance developed in the Middle East. In Europe, it is sometimes called oriental dance. It is other means of physical fitness that will help burn out calories and will shape one's body. I've been doing the circuit workout for 2 months now despite of my very busy schedules and so my body is adapting. It causes lots of muscle pains before but as I keep on doing it regularly, I'm now starting to enjoy the benifits it could give. Now I see Belly Dancing is quite interesting as well and so I may try this also at home besides I do love dancing....hehehe. They said a single belly dance session works hundreds of muscles, burns calories and helps to de-stress . I have read about Belly Dancing from CNN article and one teacher quoted. "The neck moves and the shoulders move and the chest lifts and the diaphragm lifts. The pelvis goes up and down, It's soft for the joints and yet it's very energetic and very aerobic." Hmmmm... quite helpful and exciting huh. Anyway, I saw these videos from youtube.com, it's actually for beginners like me who would love to try Belly dancing. The language though was interpreted from English to Russian I think.. not quite sure though. But still, it's easy to learn. Oh I will surely try this at home..

BELLY DANCING FOR BEGINNERS (PART 1)


Belly Dancing (Part 2)

Belly Dancing (Part 3)

Belly Dancing (Part 4)

Kagay-an Festival (August 28,2007)

Last August 27-28,2007, we Kagayanons has experienced a very spectacular celebration of the feast of St. Agustin; the patron saint of Cagayan De Oro City. Viva Senior San Agustin!!! The shouts of the street dancers as they do their Higaonon dance steps while the crowd was also cheering and rejoicing going along with the beating of their ethnic musics. This year’s festival is anchored on the city’s indigenous tradition, the Higaonons, one of the tribes in Mindanao that was considered the original settlers of the Cagayan de Oro and the Misamis Oriental areas. The celebration pointed out that the warmth of the Cagayanon friendship and hospitality is something that makes Cagayan de Oro entirely different from other places in the country. And this years festivals shows oneness among the Cagayanons as it was manifested with various competitions such as street dancing, golden float competition, the fluvial parade and other activitites like horse back riding, agro-industrial trade fair, motor cross show and a lot lot more. I have managed to get some of the pictures of the celebration. Hope you will find it interesting. *wink*

Street Dancing Competition

Golden Float Competition (Some Pictures)

Agro Trade Fair

Rush Hour :)

Just like Jackie Chan Rush Hour 3 movie.:) Wheeeewwww.... Rush! Rush! Thursday. Today, my team and I need to finish an application for tomorrow's presentation. We've been seating in our chairs doing programming jobs the entire day. It's stressful but the good thing is we do love what we're doing. A big hand for my team!!!! *applause* Go GIRLS!!! I'm taking a break now and so I get this chance to update my blog and talk to some of my friends in the net. Lately I have problem accessing my Yahoo Messenger so now I'm just using www.meebo.com to access my buddy list. However, it seemed now that meebo.com has problem also in displaying their page or maybe they are doing some page maintenance. Anyway, to beat the stress, I’m watching this certain funny clip in www.youtube.com. My MBA classmates told me to search for “benjo kag batalyon pitbull” in youtube. It’s actually a scene from the movie “300” but the conversation however was translated to “Ilonggo”. It’s the dialect of the people living in visayas region, particularly IloIlo, Philippines. It’s funny although the translation doesn’t make sense at all. Hahahaha. Anyway, to those wondering what I’m talking about, view the movie below.

Frustrating Tuesday Morning :(

My morning today is scarcely good. First the traffic is really bad. When I get into my office, I noticed a two big boxes actually Sun Servers in placed near our Assistant Vice President’s table blocking the space. What will he think if he sees it there blocking his table. I felt bad because in the first place, they didn’t informed or asked me if my office could accommodate the servers. I asked the other manager to take it out. I wanted to have a spacious room so that my team could at least relax and feel comfortable. All day long they keep on analyzing, programming and debugging codes.Anyway, they have already requested the janitors to retrieve it. I just hope these will be out before our AVP enter this room. I am trying to release this bad feeling that I have now and one way of releasing this is writing it here in my blog, I think. :( Inhale, exhale …I think I need this now. Tonight is my Midterm exam too for my Quantitative Analysis subject. Maybe I was just pressured. I’ll be ok a couple of minutes from now. Just Relax Ycherrs and Good luck! :(

The Art Of Letting Go....

All through the entire day, I’ve been thinking what would be my post for today. At exactly 5:00pm, something came up to my mind persuading me to post this kind of topic. And so I did before going to my MBA class tonight. The Art of letting go is somehow very hard to learn especially when you cling too much to something or someone. Sometimes it’s terrible to realize that you have learned to value a thing, a person so much yet all of sudden it will just be gone forever. Even though it’s no longer there yet we tend to look back always hoping that the trails left behind will be a sign of hope for it to come back to our lives. But all of us need to move on. Sometimes this serves as our crashed courses, for us to be strong and to value life even more. People may come and go because they too need to move on with their lives. It may mean pain to those people who value them; but we should think the other side of it. That maybe one way or another, they have chosen to follow a brighter and better path and leaving you behind is somehow their only option to avoid hurting you deeply; because most often the truth and reality hurts. That’s why they have chosen to just fade away rather than giving you hope which they think beyond to their reach of fulfilling it. It’s the lesson that I’ve learned also but we should be happy that it happens rather than clinging to the sadness of losing them. The world is so big, full of wondrous things to be discovered. You may lose the friendship or love you tend to seek from someone but we should always remember that there will always be another one to fill up the emptiness in our hearts. So let’s cheer up always. Lot’s of love and comfort waits for us all. *wink*


"The greatest relationship that we can ever have is our relationship with ourself, because the relationship that we have with ourself will determine the quality of relationships that we have with others."

Just Another Monday....

My weekend was a bit pressured yet exciting. Last Saturday was my Managerial Accounting subject midterm exam. Weeeeewww!!! Quite tough huh.. Create T accounts, journalize adjustments, income statement and balance sheet. Good thing we happened to manage it though *wink*. Sunday, hmmmmmm pasta time Yum! Yum!. I prepared spaghetti for the whole family. I have tried various blends. Filipino style sauce but with a little touch of Italian style. They’ve love it! Hooray!! A big hand for the cook!!! *applause*.

Today is just another Monday. The moment I entered my office this morning my mind start scanning my itineraries for this week. Woaahhhh! I have got lots of it. Anyway, like I always said it’s just a matter of time management so I shouldn’t be worried much about it. I will get it all done. Girl Power!! *wink*. And to add some flavor while working, I played my Bossa Nova collection sung by Isabel Ortega. It will help lowering the pressure. Very soothing and will provide a very gentle matrix.

Click start button to play one of my favorite Bossa Nova collections. Hope you will like it.

Cracking The Code Of Change

I started my morning today reading a very nice article that my MBA Human Behavior professor has given me. It was such a nice article about Management deciding what approach he would take to implement a drastic change to save a company that is in delimma. The article is written by a professors of Business Administration at Harvard Business School in Boston. It is written in there the possible ways in implementing changes. One, they called it Theory E or the so called "Hard" approach to change wherein shareholder value is the only legitimate measure of corporate success. This kind of change usually involves heavy use of economic incentives, drastic layoffs, downsizing and restructuring. I have experienced this before and it was bad. My office once hired a japanese analyst 7 yrs ago. His job was to focus immediately on streamlining the "hardware" of the organization - the structures and systems. We call him "THE CHAINSAW" *wink*. It was terrible. The first day of the week when you got into your office and enter your network password, all you got is "ACCESS DENIED" error. And when you try to verify it to your network administrator he would say to approach HR department. And the next thing you will learn is you are included in the list of the employees subject for MRP (Mandatory Retrenchment Program). I have seen lots of shocked faces, crying, in pain stating their sentiments about it. It was just so unfair the way I look at it. After that Retrenchment period, that japanese analyst was gone too. Hmmm.. Very Bad!!! :(

Another theory they called is Theory O or the so called "Soft" approach to change, the goal is to develop corporate culture and human capability through individual and organizational learning the process of changing, obtaining feedback, reflecting and making further changes. Managers and employees were encouraged to collectively reexamine their work practices and behaviors with a goal of increasing productivity and quality. Managers were replaced if they did not conform to the new philosophy, but the overall firing freeze helped to create a culture of trust and commitment. However, this kind of approach also will let the management feel that their loyalty and commitment to their employees can prevent them from making tough decisions. And so the temptation is to postpone the bitter medicine in the hopes that rising prouctivity will improve the business situation. Either Theory, if use alone has its own limitations and disadvantages. That's why the article suggested to use both instead but with careful understanding when to use the method sequentially. Like for instance, it is highly unlikely that Theory E would be successfully follow Theory O because of the sense of betrayal that would involve. So the real question is, How to achieve rapid movements in economic value while simultaneously developing an open, trusting corporate culture? According to the article, it is possible to apply Theories E and O together but it will require great will, skill and wisdom. But because it is more difficult than mere sequencing, the simultaneous use of O and E strategies is more likely to be a source of sustainable competitive advantage. This could be attain by explicitly confront the tension between E and O goals then set direction from top and engage people below.Once these were attained already, focus simultaneously on the hard and soft sides of the organizations plan for spontaneity and let incentives reinforce change, not drive it.

Woaahh.. the article is really nice.. I will surely apply this if given the chance *wink*.

Lily Allen.. Smile.. Not Bad....

I like it!!!! One friend told me to search for Lily Allen's Smile song. When i first listened to it, I couldn't appreciate the song yet since my ears are still familiarizing with the rythmn. But when I repeat the play again, then again and again.. ohh the song is not bad. It's quite cute actually. The video is cute too. You can see her music video below. It's a story of two lovers. The boy dumped the girl and the girl somehow suffered much pain inside. But when finally she have coped up with her pain, she manage to deal her revenge veryyyyyy smoothly.hehehe. Cute.. Cute.. Cute...


Here's The Lyrics Of The Song
Smile (Lily Allen)

When you first left me
I was wanting more
But you were f**king that girl next door
What'cha do that for?
(What'cha do that for?)
When you first left me I didn't know what to say
Never been on my own that way
Just sat by myself all day

I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends,
I found the light in the tunnel at the end
And now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
It's only because you're feeling alone

At first when I see you cry
Yeah, it makes me smile
Yeah, it makes me smile
At worst I feel bad for a while
But then I just smile
I go ahead and smile

Whenever you see me
You say that you want me back
And I tell you it don't mean jack (it don't mean jack)
No it don't mean jack (no it don't mean jack)
I couldn't stop laughing
No I just couldn't help myself
I See you messed up my mental health
I was quite unwell
[Smile lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]


I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends,
I found the light in the tunnel at the end
And now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
It's only because you're feeling alone

At first when I see you cry
Yeah, it makes me smile
Yeah, it makes me smile
At worst I feel bad for a while
But then I just smile
I go ahead and smile

Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala etc.

At first when I see you cry
Yeah, it makes me smile
Yeah, it makes me smile
At worst I feel bad for a while
But then I just smile
I go ahead and smile

At first when I see you cry
Yeah, it makes me smile
Yeah, it makes me smile
At worst I feel bad for a while
But then I just smile
I go ahead and smile


Music Video Of Lily Allen (SMILE)

You're Irresistible........

Irresistible , one of the Hit song of The Corrs. Their albums, my favorite these days. I think they've caught me... Yep you heard me right. They've caught me since that day I have fallen inlove .......................... with their songs. Hehehe . Wheeeew!!! THE CORRS, they're so marvelous, splendid, fabulous, magnificient etc etc etc. Their talents, incomparable. What a superb performance. Last night, I couldn't help myself again. While in the middle of reviewing my MBA lessons, again temptation caught me when I saw that DVD disc of The CORRS performing live in LONDON. And yes, I couldn't resist it and so I watched it again. As in again? Yes, correct. I have been watching that performance more than 28th times already. Wahhhhh!!! I think I have memorized all the songs they have sung in there. But how could I resist it? With all those talents that they have. Andrea Corr, the vocalist, she is sooooo good. Wish I have a voice same as hers. Caroline Corr with the Drums, so energetic. Jim Corr, their eldest and with his guitar, so powerful. And oh! Sharon Corr, I like her so much. What a talent. Whenever she holds that violin and play her part, it brings a traditional Irish edge to their music that blends seamless with their contemporary sound. I was wathcing their concert video very attentively that even a blink of an eye I will not do. I don't want to miss that part. And guess what, I slept last night almost 2 in the morning already. Woooooooohhh!!! See.. I told you.. Im inlove.... really!!!. What can I do? I'm so fascinated with this kind of music.

Watch The Corrs performed "RUNAWAY"

Punjab..A Scenic City In India

A Punjabi friend, a brother ,introduce a very scenic city to me a few weeks back. Although I havent heard the city name yet in India, I was so amazed with the view when my friend send me this pictures. I got carried away with the scenes I saw and so decided to make some research about Punjab city located in India. According to my research, Punjab is a land hallowed by saints and scarred by battles, an ancient land yielding archaeological treasures, a land of palaces and museums. A visitor to Punjab can see the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the sword of Hazrat Ali at Anandpur Sahib, the world's highest straight gravity dam at Bhakra, India’s Steel City – Gobindgarh, and the world‘s biggest grain market at Khanna. No one has ever gone back from Punjab without leaving a part of himself behind and taking part of Punjab with him. Reading this lines, I'm not mistaken that Punjab is a great city. I have decided to post the pictures my friend gave me and asked permissions to allow me to post it here. Hope I could have the chance to actually visit this place....

P.S. Pictures below were originally posted at my old blogsite http://www.cherryzone.faithweb.com/

Additional Pictures.... Thanks Friend

The City Of Golden Friendship!!!

Cagayan De Oro City - Popularly known as "The City Of Golden Friendship". I'm proud to say, it's the city that raised me through all these years. I like my city very much. Peaceful and people around are very accomodating and friendly. Well ofcourse, that includes me. tsk! tsk! tsk!. I was born as Kagay-anon and always remains. This city is quite small however they call it now "The City in Bloom, In Blossom And In Boom!!". It is the trade and service center of Northern Mindanao. In has an efficient domestic airport and we're happy to say that the construction of international airport is now in progress. Thanks to our goverment officials. Hurray!!!! Recently, lots of investors put up their businesses around here. IT based infrastructures, Call Centers, Power Plants and a lot lot more. People could witness here the beauty of nature and the tranquility of the beaches. We have home grown malls that will surely let you enjoy your mallings and shopping. Almost everyone smiles in here so whenever you visit this city, always wear that sweet smiles of yours.Oh I have posted some of our city's pictures. These are just a personal collection of mine. Hope you will enjoy them. Hope you visit us soon .


Cathedral Church



SM Shopping Center

Hydro Electric Power Source

Limketkai Mall



Limketkai New Diversion Road

Del Monte Main Source Of Business

Dv Soria At Night



Alwana Business Park




Acunia Beach




Acunia Beach

Rural Transit Bus

Macahambus Cave




Eco Village Rest Houses

P.S. These pictures was posted to my old blogsite www.cherryzone.faithweb.com.