What Are You Thinking About?

[_Cathy_]

Theyre in QC rotunda. Thats where i was supposed to go.

I normally don't drive to QC because I'd get lost. The old location was perfect because it was along EDSA and I only have to drive straight Do they have enough parking in the new location?

[EQAddict]

I normally don't drive to QC because I'd get lost. The old location was perfect because it was along EDSA and I only have to drive straight Do they have enough parking in the new location?

Parking is super abundant. Will never be a problem. Traffic lang

[Jun aka Pekto]

Sorting, keeping, and shredding almost 30 years worth of papers/documents is tiresome work, not to mention I already filled up the trash bin and it's only Saturday. Trash pickup isn't until Tuesday.

[dr. d]

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Theyre in QC rotunda. Thats where i was supposed to go.

QC rotunda? or elliptical circle? the latter is a motorway horror! vehicles always changing lanes.. without signaling..
but isn't manila seedling bank that place between quezon avenue and timog avenue? if so, it's easy to go to.

[CVT]

Foreplay? You mean they get ***ually turned on giving money for nothing? Like a power trip or ego boost?

the very!
and there's nothing nothing, about the pay-off.

They're gamblers too. And they fully understand that they could lose.

But the smell and thought of a great catch is just too enticing......

errr... who was speaking, po? the older man, or the young and willing?

They were the oldies bro... They are definitely enjoying the chase/hunt of their prey... Yup, it is a "game" for these guys....

[dr. d]

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They're gamblers too. And they fully understand that they could lose.

But the smell and thought of a great catch is just too enticing......




They were the oldies bro... They are definitely enjoying the chase/hunt of their prey... Yup, it is a "game" for these guys....

but sometimes, the hunter becomes the hunted.. even if they swear it not so, to their dying breath..

who was that rich american who married a...?

[_Cathy_]

That's Anna Nicole Smith. Married an oil magnate old enough to be her great grandfather.

And I agree some men lose their rationality over women/***. Never underestimate the cunning of a gold digger

[LancerA174A]

Sir wala ka pong magagawa. Sooner or later reality will hit you and it's harder if it's later (older) kasi nandun na yun mga nasayang na panahon and you can't go back. Life is hard but also sweet. Wag ka pong tumakas. Harapin mo yun dapat mong gawin to make your life fruitful hindi po lahat nang gusto natin pwedeng mangyari. There are many things we don't want to do but we have to for our families sake and these sacrifices we do will make us strong and wiser in life. Do your job in life. You're here because you mean something to others.

Until now i still fail sir. And i think everyone still fails. Failure is everywhere it's how you get up and go on what matters. It's in trying that we succeed.

Oh well. Mukhang kayo na nga yung naka convince sakin. Haha! Actually I did try applying in IPC. Kaso sa Laguna nga pala office nila kung sakali, hindi sa Manila. Nung OJT days yung HARI nasa job expo ng school pero none of us got a reply (may 10+ kami nag leave ng resume) baka more on marketing ang hanap nila.

Tumutulong din naman po alako sa business every now and then so I don't feel "useless". Tska I remember nag set pala ako ng "due date" na dapat may work na ako before Dec. I just graduated btw baka akala niyo may years na ako naka tengga. Hehe

[bloowolf]

Oh well. Mukhang kayo na nga yung naka convince sakin. Haha! Actually I did try applying in IPC. Kaso sa Laguna nga pala office nila kung sakali, hindi sa Manila. Nung OJT days yung HARI nasa job expo ng school pero none of us got a reply (may 10+ kami nag leave ng resume) baka more on marketing ang hanap nila.

Tumutulong din naman po alako sa business every now and then so I don't feel "useless". Tska I remember nag set pala ako ng "due date" na dapat may work na ako before Dec. I just graduated btw baka akala niyo may years na ako naka tengga. Hehe

Just try to understand this: as a fresh graduate without experience, the longer you are without a job, the lesser the chances of you getting one. Every year, the Universities churn out fresh graduates which are new competition for you added to the ones you graduated with.

[LancerA174A]

Just try to understand this: as a fresh graduate without experience, the longer you are without a job, the lesser the chances of you getting one. Every year, the Universities churn out fresh graduates which are new competition for you added to the ones you graduated with.

Yan din sir sinabi sakin ng friends ko. Kaya mas ok daw po mag apply agad. Anyway, I remember na nag set pala ako ng 'deadline' bago mag December may work na dati nung naguusap kami. Pipilitin ko talaga yun :D

[johnbreeeezy]

Diabetes does not affect the tongue. :P

Hahahahahaha you the best sir haha

[VenLubguban]

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[jut703]

Yan din sir sinabi sakin ng friends ko. Kaya mas ok daw po mag apply agad. Anyway, I remember na nag set pala ako ng 'deadline' bago mag December may work na dati nung naguusap kami. Pipilitin ko talaga yun :D

Medyo matagal ang December ah. In our batch, Oct ata yung last na nagkajob. He deliberately took 6 months off. Started in Meralco then P&G after a year.

If you want na malapit (and you took up an engineering course), try Shell Exploration in Alabang. If you're from a business course, try Mondelez in Sucat. Both these companies will give you at least 40k starting, SPEx has the advantage of having only 15% income tax instead of 32%.

[dr. d]

That's Anna Nicole Smith. Married an oil magnate old enough to be her great grandfather.

And I agree some men lose their rationality over women/***. Never underestimate the cunning of a gold digger

there is actually a scientific explanation...
men are prone to confusion when faced with a pair of... prominent... frontage..

[LancerA174A]

Medyo matagal ang December ah. In our batch, Oct ata yung last na nagkajob. He deliberately took 6 months off. Started in Meralco then P&G after a year.

If you want na malapit (and you took up an engineering course), try Shell Exploration in Alabang. If you're from a business course, try Mondelez in Sucat. Both these companies will give you at least 40k starting, SPEx has the advantage of having only 15% income tax instead of 32%.

Thanks sir! Since nasa Manila pa naman sister tska relatives ko dun na lang din ako mag stay kasama nila pag doon nakahanap ng trabaho.

Late ko na din na realize, disadvantage din talaga nakatira malapit sa school, di ako nasanay mag commute via jeep/bus, pag LRT ok lang. Yan isa pang dapat kong sanayin, lagi pa naman nagkaka aberya sa trains dito. 😛

[SkyFlakes88]

Oh well. Mukhang kayo na nga yung naka convince sakin. Haha! Actually I did try applying in IPC. Kaso sa Laguna nga pala office nila kung sakali, hindi sa Manila. Nung OJT days yung HARI nasa job expo ng school pero none of us got a reply (may 10+ kami nag leave ng resume) baka more on marketing ang hanap nila.

Tumutulong din naman po alako sa business every now and then so I don't feel "useless". Tska I remember nag set pala ako ng "due date" na dapat may work na ako before Dec. I just graduated btw baka akala niyo may years na ako naka tengga. Hehe

Glad to be of help sir! Sa una lang yan mahirap usually 3months ang adjustment in any work. Konting tiis sir kesa mahabang tiisan unless you will fully immense yourself sa family business nyo but it's still good to start on your own para matutunan nyo yun basics and grow as time goes by. Patience is the key. Doesn't matter kahit fresh grad or taon na tambay yun importante is masimulan na yun magkatrabaho. If you could find one before dec. will be better. Goodluck!

[_Cathy_]

Why are there poor hardworking people?

My mom asks the same question all the time when she sees homeless people in Manila (madami sa Binondo at Taft) but it does not affect me too much. It's the people living in the province and working so hard to earn a living that gives a tiny pinch in my heart. I'm watching a docu where the father had to sell his daily companion, a pregnant carabao, so he could have money for tuition of his daughter. Just thinking about giving up my fat lab makes me teary eyed. What more for the father to give up his carabao. He will lose support at work and a friend. I hope i witness just gave him money so he did not have to sell his carabao. If only could help so he does not need to give up his carabao. E tapos na. Wala na. I can't stop crying!!! :cry2: Sometimes life is so unfair. I really hope their children could help them rise out of poverty.

This makes me more mad at our ^(%*^*(^) corrupt politicians!

EDIT: So it turns out he did not have to sell his carabao because someone took care of his daughter's school expenses :cheer3:

[jut703]

Because the system ensures that the poor stay that way. For many years I've been saying that most of the poor are poor not because they lack effort, but because the system is stacked against them.

They have no access to good education, and are thus not enlightened to see the impact that their vote has on the future of the country, or how selling their votes leaves them worse off.

Media also further perpetuates keeping the masses in the dark, as they provide mindless entertainment rather than thought-provoking content. The few who try to enlighten the masses are eaten by the system, just as Jose Rizal was silenced by his detractors for his alleged seditious writing.

The upper classes have no need to step out of their comfort zone, because the system favors them. The middle class, on the other hand, are too apathetic to care.

If all the educated youth and adults actually registered and voted, it'll be one concrete step towards a better government. It definitely goes a long way compared to just maligning politicians in car forums.

I suggest you watch Heneral Luna to get a better idea of how politics has been hindering unity since the time of our colonizers. It's a movie that'll really move you to take action.

[_Cathy_]

Because the system ensures that the poor stay that way. For many years I've been saying that most of the poor are poor not because they lack effort, but because the system is stacked against them.

There's good feedback on the film on my FB feeds nga.

It breaks my heart when I think about the family featured in the documentary. I am glad he got to keep his carabao in the end, but it is so unfair how he works so hard (wakes up early and tills land the whole day) and yet he is still poor. The wife works equally as hard, making roof from nipa and drying leaves used for cigarettes (?). These are hardworking people and they deserve a better life. They should not be selling their carabao for tuition and food

My ex always complains that some dogs have better lives than human beings. It's heartbreaking

[machine.pistol]

In my home town in Bicol (as in most places in the country) poverty is a vicious cycle. Most families never seem to get themselves out of it. It repeats itself from one generation to the next. But I firmly believe that education is a great social equalizer.

My grandfather only finished fourth grade but could read and write. He used to be a minero in Paracale, a kargador at the local pier and a "timonero" in a motorboat.

My grandmother did not even finish first grade. She could not read or write. When voting, she had to be assisted. She could count and do simple additions and subtractions, which became handy when she and my grandfather opened and operated a small sari sari store.
But before they got the capital to put up that store, she had to work as labandera.

Because their income from the store was never enough to send my father and his siblings to university, my father and his brother learned to play the saxophone and clarinet. With their acquired skill, they supported themselves through college in Naga City by playing with the university band and in funerals. My father finished with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and taught at a local public school until he retired.

I was fortunate enough not to work full time to be able to attend that public university in northern MM as I had to pay very low tuition fees (STFAP 1), supported by my father from his meager income from teaching and my grandfather from his income from sari sari store operation. I got a degree and got employed immediately.

I'll forever be grateful to my parents and grandparents. Through their sheer perseverance, our family got out of this vicious cycle that seems to pervade Philippine society.