
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Lapag Brothers on "TRAVELLING"
Kami to. Para lang may idea kayo. how we look like. This is our usual AG meeting. Sayang wala si Red sa pic na to (our ka-lapag also). This was taken last week at M' Blessed, the restaurant owned by Red.Get to know more the LAPAG members on
“Travelling”
> Where and when was your best summer trip?
Ariel: Singapore 2005
Dan: Ilocos Sur 2003
Dom: Cebu 2001
Eric: Pagsanjan and Morong 2007
Kicks: Davao 2001
Red: Vanuatu 1992
> Beach or swimming pool?
Ariel: Beach
Dan: Beach
Dom: Beach
Eric: Swimming pool
Kicks: Beach
Red: Beach
> Longest road trip?
Ariel: Baguio
Dan: Ilocos Norte and Cagayan Valley
Dom: Bicol
Eric: Baguio
Kicks: Bicol
Red: Bicol
> If a foreigner would ask you to tour him the Philippines, where will you bring him first?
Ariel: Amanpulo
Dan: Batanes
Dom: Amanpulo
Eric: Marinduque
Kicks: Anywhere with greens, beaches…
Red: Palawan but first to any Provincial Fiesta...
> What country in Asia would you like to visit?
Ariel: Thailand
Dan: Thailand
Dom: Maldives
Eric: Hong Kong
Kicks: Singapore
Red: China
> How about outside Asia?
Ariel: United States of America
Dan: Vatican City
Dom: French Polynesia
Eric: Australia
Kicks: United Sates of America (New York)
Red: Spain
Watch out for more Q&As with the LAPAGs.
Cash Flow 101
Ano nga ba ang cash flow? Sabi nila ang cash flow daw ay ang flow ng pera papasok o palabas ng bulsa mo. Oo nga, bakit pa natin kailangang gawing kumplekado ang dapat ay simpleng diskusyon lang. Cash flow, ganun lang pala yun, eh ano ngayon sa akin?Ganito na lang marami sa `ting pinoy ngayon ang nagtratrabaho. Marami ang nasa abroad at nagbibigay ng limpak limpak na dollars sa kabang yaman ng bansa. Pero kung tutuusin, gumaganda ba ang buhay nila? Gumaganda ba ang buhay natin? Oo nga, gumaganda sa ibang aspeto dahil sa pera na nabibili natin ang mga bagay-bagay na dati ay hanggang ilusyon lang. Pero bakit parang may kulang? Bakit masaya lang ba tayo tuwing kinsenas at katapusan o may padalang remittance si nanay o tatay galing Jeddah o Tate? Sa wakas may pang tuition na, sa wakas may baon na sa eskwela, sa wakas may pambili na rin ng bagong model ng cellphone. Pero kung minsan ang pera ay napupunta lang sa mga bagay-bagay na pwede namang saka na lang. Bakit mo pa ba kailangang bumili ng bagong model ng cellphone kung buo at functional pa naman ang luma? Bakit mo pa ba kailangan bumili ng bagong sapatos o damit kung okay pa naman ang mga luma mo? Bakit mo pa ba kailangan magpunta sa mga gimikan na sa isang gabi lang ay ubos na agad ang kalahati ng kinita mong sweldo?Tama sa madaling salita, parang mali yata ang pag prioritize ng paggastos. Oo, ako din naman kung minsan ganun din. Ang pera na pinambili ng assets, bumabalik at meron pang kita pero ang perang pinambili ng liability, di na. Parang cellphone na luma, unless ibenta mo di na magiging pera ulit at kung ibebenta mo sigurado sa mas murang presyo ng pagkakabili mo. Gets?Pero ang perang pinambili ng asset, babalik say o at may dagdag pa. Ang edukasyon ay asset kasi gagastos ka nga pero magdagdagan naman ang kaalaman mo na mgagamit mo sa ibang bagay. Parang business, mag gastos ka man sa capital, babalik naman sya sa yo na may tubo. Pero kailangan yung business na okay in terms of market o dami ng pagbebentahan at profitable o may malaking chance na kikita. Kasi bakit ka pa magbubusiness kung break even lang o walang kita, para ka lang nagtrabaho sa wala. Eh ganun pala, mahirap pala mag negosyo ay bakit pa? Sa totoo lang mahirap lalo na kung di mo alam kung anong ginagawa mo o ibinebenta mo? Pero kung may sipag, tyaga, talino at lakas ng loob ay bakit naman hindi. Sa negosyo marami kang matutunan, nandyan ng malugi kahit na ginawa mo ang home work mo. Kahit na graduate ka ng magaling na eskwelahan ay di iyon kasiguraduhan na successful ka agad sa business mo. Maraming matutunan at dapat pang matutunan. Kaya dapat ingat at wag mahiyang magtanong kung kailangan. Kasi kung minsan puro advantages o positibong bagay lang ang naitatanong natin at wala ng disdavantages at threats o mga negatibong pwedeng mangyari o makakaapekto sa papasukang negosyo.Isiping mabuti kung ano ang gusto mong gawin o ipagbenta at tingnan mo rin kung ano ang gusto ng market o posibleng mong pagbentahan ng serbisyo o produkto mo. Tingnang mabuti rin ang mga possible mong kakumpetensya. At higit sa lahat pasukin mo ang negosyo na malapit sa puso mo. Yung pwede mong gawin kahit wala kang sweldo. Ibig sabihin gusto mo talaga ang ginagawa mo.Eh ganun pala ay bakit pa ako magnenegosyo? Oo nga mahirap magnegosyo, pero kung tutuusin, dapat nating tanungin ang sarili natin kung ano ang kakaharapin natin 10 o 20 years mula ngayon. Dahil sigurado ka ba na dyan ka na sa pinagtratrabahuhan mo hanggang ganung katagal? What if suddenly, kailangan mo mag resign, what will you do?Ang gusto ko lang naman sabihin na you can already go into business even while you are working. What business? Diskarte mo na yun? Let your mind work. Kasi when you already realize na mas malaki ang kikitahin mo sa pagbubusiness ay bakit ka pa mag stay sa work mo ngayon? Think of doable things, mga pwede mong gawin ngayon at kahit maliit sa umpisa.At higit sa lahat prioritize your spendings. Isiping mabuti, isa, dalawa, tatlo o higit pang beses bakit ka kailangang bumili o gumastos sa isang bagay. Asset ba to o liability?Learn also to tap other good long term investments gaya ng insurance at plans. Pero dapat mag-ingat din. Kailangan mong alamin ang background ng insurance company. Alaming mabuti ang financial background o track record ng company.There are also other investment tools kagaya ng stocks, mutual funds at iba pang investment vehicle na mas malaki ang posibleng kitahin kaysa sa savings interest ng bangko. Pero dapat alamin mo munang mabuti ang lahat ng ito before you enter into these. Learn from the experiences of others. Sa lahat ng bagay, importanteng alamin mo munang mabuti kung ano ang gusto mong pasukan. Mahirap ng maloko at mawala ang perang mong pinagpaguran.Give and you shall receive. Learn also to give to the poor or the church or sa community mo. Learn to give with your heart. Kasi di lang naman tayo nabubuhay para sa sarili natin. Sabi nga sa kanta, "Walang sinuman ang nabubuhay para sa sarili lamang …"God bless,Yel
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The Staircase
I recall when I was still a kid, my favorite place in the house, aside from the living room where the television set was in place, was the staircase. Strange isn't it? For me the staircase in our house way back in my childhood days was my playground. It is a place where my childhood fantasies were created. It is also where I learned to slide myself down on the staircase panel with joy and excitement that makes me happy. The staircase, especially sliding down myself on it taught me to be adventurous. The staircase is a place where I play my toys and if I'm not playing, I always see myself sitting on one of the steps with my two hands holding the steel bars as I watched my mom cooks food for us or when visitors come to our house way back then.
Sadly though, we live now in a bongalow house in San Pedro,Laguna but everytime I visit our old home in Ilocos Sur or have a chance to visit a friend who lives in an up and down house, I always find myself comfortable sitting on one of the steps of the staircase.
Here in Letran Calamba where our office is on the second floor, everytime I need to rest I just simply sit on one of the steps of our staircase seeing below our student volunteers in the Campus Ministry mingle, singing religious songs, studying their lessons or reviweing their immenent quizzes to be given by their so called "terror professors".
One student noticed this strange posture of mine and he asked, "Sir, why are you sitting on the stairs?" I replied with humor, "I feel like a child again everytime I sit on the stairs."
In our frenzied hurly-burly of our life as single professionals, its nice to stop and sit on a stair once in a while and to be a child at heart. Its is our connection to the One who is above us. Then you will see the difference.
- Dan
"Then he had a dream: a stairway rested on the ground, with its top reaching to the heavens; and God's messangers were going up and down on it. And there was the Lord standing beside him..." (Gen 28:12-13)
Sadly though, we live now in a bongalow house in San Pedro,Laguna but everytime I visit our old home in Ilocos Sur or have a chance to visit a friend who lives in an up and down house, I always find myself comfortable sitting on one of the steps of the staircase.
Here in Letran Calamba where our office is on the second floor, everytime I need to rest I just simply sit on one of the steps of our staircase seeing below our student volunteers in the Campus Ministry mingle, singing religious songs, studying their lessons or reviweing their immenent quizzes to be given by their so called "terror professors".
One student noticed this strange posture of mine and he asked, "Sir, why are you sitting on the stairs?" I replied with humor, "I feel like a child again everytime I sit on the stairs."
In our frenzied hurly-burly of our life as single professionals, its nice to stop and sit on a stair once in a while and to be a child at heart. Its is our connection to the One who is above us. Then you will see the difference.
- Dan
"Then he had a dream: a stairway rested on the ground, with its top reaching to the heavens; and God's messangers were going up and down on it. And there was the Lord standing beside him..." (Gen 28:12-13)
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