What Are You Thinking About?

[french]

Abad's Mansion.

[leodawesome]

They have their reasons why they've become so apathetic already, pero iba iba tayo. We probably go through the same corrupt inefficiencies and lack of discipline, but we have different tolerances for it.

Agree. I have high tolerance dati, probably because I was still young and all. Until I got into a small scale hulidap incident when I was 20. I wouldn't go into the details. That started it all. And having all these crappy news about politics, government, and the legal crime rate, they all build up and finally got me thinking, what if that incident happen again? Or what if those incidents that I read and hear from the news happen to me too? Well I just want a safe haven. Something close to ideal.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Abad's Mansion.

That house? Cool. I'd love to have a vacation house on one of the islands, preferably at the most elevated part of the island. That way, the wind flow won't be channeled around by canyons and hillsides. The instrumented wind data would be representative of actual wind flow.

I like the Batanes area because there is ample wind year round. I don't mind high humidity so long as there's wind. Plus, the winters are cool. I also don't mind the isolation. I'm very used to it.

[Monty]

Jun,

In that case, you might want to check out the light houses here. :-)

[Jun aka Pekto]

Jun,

In that case, you might want to check out the light houses here. :-)

Nah. Too many stairs. My wife would be complaining.

We have a preference for ranch style aka single-story houses. The weather instruments will be up on a tower though.

[Sarsi]

You can't have a property in Batanes, unless you marry a local.
I asked when I went there, the locals told me that I can't have one unless I marry one, hahaha.

I just don't know how true.

[Jun aka Pekto]

You can't have a property in Batanes, unless you marry a local.
I asked when I went there, the locals told me that I can't have one unless I marry one, hahaha.

I just don't know how true.

Oh well. I guess I'll stick with staying at my mom's house at Pamplona, LPC.

It's still a very nice piece of real estate and PH law says I can legally inherit and own it even if I'm not a PH citizen.

[holdencaulfield]

sobrang ganda ng batanes! pero put*ngina sa lakas ng mga bagyo diyan! yung bagyo parang walang katapusan.

yung hangin ang nakakatakot walang sinabi yung mga hangin o bagyo na naeexperience natin dito sa manila. walang pumipigil sa bagyo at hangin diyan parang walang katapusan. sumisipol pa.

maexperience niyo kahit isang bagyo lang sa batanes tapos puwede na kayo tumira diyan.

mababait din yung mga ivatan. yung opismeyt ko from there maputi, makinis, maganda. pero di ko type.

di niya ko type eh. not my loss.


TUBERO: tall dark and makinis.

[CVT]

1. What to do during this long weekend?

2. Will there be clashes again in BF? The new Village Admin(?) has put up checkpoints at the Las Pinas-Paranaque border not allowing vehicles without "valid stickers" to enter the Paranaque side starting Oct 6.... Question is what do they mean by "valid stickers"? Vague na naman ang announcement, as always.... If they meant those without "valid BF stickers", and with the position of the checkpoints,- then they are not allowing vehicles with the Las Pinas Friendship Route stickers to enter the Paranaque side of BF.... It is time for the Las Pinas City Government to have their own checkpoint adjacent to the BF checkpoints with the announcement,- "Those without valid LPC Friendship Stickers are not allowed to enter" just like they did some years ago, when the BF Admin was attempting the same stunt...

Homeowners and village associations after 10/20 years(?) do not own the whole village anymore,- because they are not paying property taxes for their roads, and so as I understand it,- by default,- these are city government properties... Another touchy case here....



“The measure of a man is what he does with power – LJIOHF!”
24.5K:nite:

[Jun aka Pekto]

We were notified the carpeting and laminates we ordered have arrived and will be installed by the carpet guys starting tomorrow.

Finally..... I'm tired of camping inside the house. We're not getting our furniture and household goods delivered until the floors are done.

[Jun aka Pekto]

[COLOR="#008080"]2. Will there be clashes again in BF? The new Village Admin(?) has put up checkpoints at the Las Pinas-Paranaque border not allowing vehicles without "valid stickers" to enter the Paranaque side starting Oct 6....

Boy. My brother in law is going to be pissed if that is implemented.

[CVT]

SV to Ferrari??? Or, to Mercedes???

[jut703]

I backread some threads that are almost half a decade old, and I realized Tsikot has become much more hostile and negative today than it was before.

I admit that I've fallen into this cycle as well, since I often post after a long day and exhibit poor choice of words whenever I'm stressed or bummed out. Surely some things could've been said in a nicer manner.

Anyway, it's a good wake-up call to be as friendly (or at least as neutral) as possible to make the forum a more inviting place to be in.


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[Jun aka Pekto]

I backread some threads that are almost half a decade old, and I realized Tsikot has become much more hostile and negative today than it was before.

I've been potty-mouth from time to time. But, they're usually directed at myself or at something here where I live. I can't recall being hostile to anyone here in this forum.

[crave]

Thinking if i should follow my parent's advice to take an MBA course. They are willing to support me (financially) if i will enroll next year.

[jut703]

Thinking if i should follow my parent's advice to take an MBA course. They are willing to support me (financially) if i will enroll next year.

I say go for it. You've had a few years of corporate experience already so it's great timing. If you didn't graduate from a business course, even more appropriate. But if you did, best get your MBA abroad because most MBAs locally aren't much different from business courses in college.

Most common statement I've heard from business grads that took up their MBA here, "parang inulit ko lang yung 3rd at 4th year ng college with more business cases".


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[crave]

I say go for it. You've had a few years of corporate experience already so it's great timing. If you didn't graduate from a business course, even more appropriate. But if you did, best get your MBA abroad because most MBAs locally aren't much different from business courses in college.

Most common statement I've heard from business grads that took up their MBA here, "parang inulit ko lang yung 3rd at 4th year ng college with more business cases".


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Thanks bro for the advice. Although i can support naman myself financially, parang gusto ko muna magpahinga since i just finished my MS Pharmacy degree.

I guess wrong move yung MS Pharmacy na kinuha ko dahil akala ko hindi ako mag-eenjoy sa corporate. Oh well, hindi na ako natapos sa pag-aaral.

My next dilemma will be the school. As much as i want to study in Manila, ayoko na sanang lumayo sa dito sa south.

[_Cathy_]

I would advise against taking MBA if your expectation is to have a management job or a salary premium in corporate after graduation. What I find most beneficial with taking MBA is the personality/character development. If you are shy about public speaking, taking an MBA degree will help you become more confident in public speaking. You can also build your network in school.

I would suggest taking it abroad if you want a premium in your salary but it is very very very expensive. The next best thing to taking MBA abroad would be AIM but AFAIK it is taken full time and expensive as well. The AIM graduates I know back then they had a very intensive program. I am not sure about now. Go for the top 3 schools if you still want work/study life balance. Also do not quit your day job because the MBA degree will not offset the years loss in your job experience. For corporations, experience trumps an MBA degree.

BTT: Ang galing talaga ng detailing idols ko! Wow!

[jut703]

I would advise against taking MBA if your expectation is to have a management job or a salary premium in corporate after graduation.

Better to focus on being a superstar in your current job to get pirated by other companies so you can boost your pay grade.

The time spent taking your MBA can be spent on your job, so unless you can do both, focus on the MBA nalang. And since it's really much better to get your MBA abroad, I think a win-win situation is to get assigned short-term abroad (SG would be nice) and take up your MBA there, to be paid by the company. Only drawback is that you will most likely be tied to a contract of several years of servitude to the company. If you have no plans of moving, then it's not bad at all.


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[CVT]

Thanks bro for the advice. Although i can support naman myself financially, parang gusto ko muna magpahinga since i just finished my MS Pharmacy degree.

I guess wrong move yung MS Pharmacy na kinuha ko dahil akala ko hindi ako mag-eenjoy sa corporate. Oh well, hindi na ako natapos sa pag-aaral.

My next dilemma will be the school. As much as i want to study in Manila, ayoko na sanang lumayo sa dito sa south.

Whatever your heart desires bro.... If you were to ask me, go for it... I was once adverse to the MBA program as it was my belief that people use that as their crutches because of their lack of educational prowess and training, but everything changed when we were "forced" into it some years ago... Gives you a different perspective on things and strategies... Not all roses but the positive significantly outweighs the runs of the mill...
There is an AGSB at StaRosa, right.?
OT:
Wife and myself were branded by our professors as people from the "other school", all in a jest of course, but we showed them that we are no pushovers... (a couple of them even told us in confidence that they occasionally compared our papers - and we told them that never did we glance at each other's paper).... Professors, well almost all of them, know what they are talking about and are experts on their field.... Very good experience and training for us....