Stock Trading Seminar

Last night I attended a 2 hour educational seminar at Sheraton Towers conducted by Mirriam MacWilliams, the founder of Wealth Mentor organization and Aaron Sim, CEO of Wealth Mentor. The seminar talked about stocks and how to have a financial vehicle that can provide you a financial freedom. Although the session only took 2 hours exact, but it was so worth it as I learned some strategies on how to manage my stock trading. Many pointers were given. Some secret tools which can really aid you to navigate the world of stocks was also shared like the site www.moneycentral.com and best-selling book of Robert Kiyosaki Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Can't wait to to have this book. I'm off to a bookstore later to find this book. I'm into Philippine stocks for quite awhile already and my aim now is to learn more about stocks as much as I could. Opportunities like this seminar is just so perfect and it is really a big help for me. Wealth Mentor is so generous to share what they know and to provide a very nice hotel for a venue. It was my first time to enter Sheraton Towers and the experience is very nice. I am so happy I got the opportunity to actually meet in person the famous Mirriam MacWilliams and to hear her advice and tips about stock trading. I surely learned a lot from last night.

Aaron Sim, CEO of Wealth Mentors asked us during his talk this question and I will never forget it. He asked and I quote, "Do you believe  LUCK in investing? I do believe LUCK 100% because it is LEARNING USING CORRECT KNOWLEDGE". I so much love it. I am so glad I made it. It was all so worth it.

You can visit their site  at www.wealth-mentors.com for more information. It's pretty cool.

Holy Thursday

Today is Holy Thursday. Roman Catholics all over the world honor this day as today is the Commemoration of the Last Supper. From the history, Holy Thursday is the day that Christ celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples, four days after His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Only hours after the Last Supper, Judas would betray Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, setting the stage for Christ's Crucifixion on Good Friday.And with good reason: Holy Thursday is the day that Catholics commemorate the institution of three pillars of the Catholic Faith: the Sacrament of Holy Communion, the priesthood, and the Mass..

In Philippines, a Christian dominated country, my country consider this day very holy. No work, no classes. Almost everything stops for those who truly believe the importance of this day. My family usually do some solemn praying. As holy week is a remembrance how we were saved, to repent, and to be thankful for all the blessings.

Myself as a Roman Catholic, I solemnly engraved in my heart the 10 Commandments that GOD taught us. In a way, I can always evaluate my actions for I do believe the importance of our soul. Since childhood, the Ten commandments were taught to us. From my parents, teachers, elders, even the society. It is just so sad to see that because of the modern influences, a lot of people get to disregard it already. Everyone in this world committed sins including myself. Because that's how were created. We were given the freedom to do do rational thinking and to control our own actions. We get to choose how to react to a certain condition and each decision we made comes with various consequences. But GOD is so kind and can forgive all the sins on earth. Our part is to sincerely repent, to recognize our mistakes, and ask for forgiveness. I always believe that prayers surmounted by faith can heal our spirits.

Let's give thanks to almighty GOD and let's invite him to enter to our hearts. To lead our path and to guide us in times of troubles and distress. To protect us from harm. To heal our scars. To remove the grudge and to be strong to fight temptations.

Let us pray.

In the name of the father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Our Father, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil. Amen.

I am

The air of April is flooding my lungs with excitement as the days are getting closer each day to finally be in a place called "my home". I am excited with the idea that I can do gardening again, house painting, cooking, sun bathing at a beach. and many more. In other words I can be with myself again feeling comfortable just the way I am. I won't deny though that partly there's a little worry in my heart. There's tiny apprehension that I might waste some of my skills but I will strive harder to not forsake it. 12 years straight doing what I'm doing now has blessed me enough already. Not only for myself but also for my family. I was so much blessed indeed despite of the weaknesses that I've chosen to bury inside. But all these doubts will not stop me from pursuing the plans that constantly playing in my mind. Excitement seemed producing some tickles in my inner thoughts. Many things going in my head right now like some sort of planning and imagining on what I will be doing for the next 12 months. Aside from doing something new, the fact that I will be doing it together with family made my excitement jumped higher. There's a lot of preparing that I have done lately. From plotting business plans, financial planning and estimates, acquiring some gadgets to be used which I already did some part of it (thanks to amazon.com for offering most of the tools that I need), researching online,  conducting concept survey as I wanted to apply some concepts here, formulating marketing strategies, business registration, and building renovation. Phew! these really sounded challenging to me knowing that most of the planning and execution will be done by myself. The administrative, marketing, and technical aspects in putting up the business lies in my hands so that will really keep me quite busy for the next couple of months. Financials and inventory will follow. I'm not yet sure when would be my next visit here. I wanted to keep the memories with me forever that is why as much as possible I will set my shop ambiance closely similar to what I see here. In a way, a part of this place will always be with me. And yes I will definitely miss this country too.

If you're going to ask me if am I going to miss people that I have come to make friends with here, definitely Yes! But everything has a reason and there's also reason why some of the people we know along the journey won't make it to our future. They are there to give us important lessons in life. To make us stronger, to embrace acquaintances sincerely, and to learn not to waste time and chance of knowing them better because nothing in this world is permanent except "Change". Never embrace pride when dealing with people because each of us has our own businesses, our own plans. We really never know when an opportunity knocks and when a door closes. There are changes that we cannot end and will just have to deal with it when the time to say goodbye is on us. One thing that made me survive living alone here away from the people that I love is to never stand in the ground flooded with your emotion. I was actually imagining my heart before shielded by a very strong armor protecting my love for my family. And not even a very sharp blade can pass through it and tear it apart. Sealed with prayers and faith, that made me survive here. And I am so glad what it made me. It helped me become more mature and more independent.

I am a strong woman and I am no longer afraid if other people feels intimidated with me. I no longer feel the urge to hide in a shell whenever I am sensing someone feels intimidated This is what I am. I stand firm for the love of my family and for my desire of protecting them and helping them reach their dreams. And with that I am very proud of.

I am strong.


I am.