1st week of 2nd sem

Hey! It had been a while since the last post. Lots have happened last week because it’s the 1st week of my SBM life! Erensto B. Neri BSMAcc-1

Work/School: School is fine, even though I’m a squatter. Squatter actually means a person without any solid block. My home block is actually MNH (the only MAcc 1st year block) but we only meet in Filipino and PE (MWF). The blood bath of Accounting 1 has not yet begun but I assure you I will prepare my light saber. The thing is with my schedule is that im actually learning to be flexible. Flexible because per subject has a different composition of personalities and I must deal with it. Good thing that I know people from each block. Especially my RS 15 class because my classmates are my previous classmates last semester. Oh ya! I’m really busy with the SBMSC caroling contest but I’m managing it quite well. The project is on track and all systems are working. I’m even a candidate for an office appointment.

Others: Basically I’m still in the shift gear trying to adjust and explore my new domain. I really felt welcome in the MNH block. Thank God I knew some people and those people made me feel welcome. The hard thing is I’m having a dual citizenship. XA and MNH but I’m forcing myself not label anymore. I’m practicing to find the Golden mean in managing all the friendships of the world. Well as usual, I still have a hard time memorizing their names.

Self: My self hmmm…. Basically the same, but I really making a career out of this live the day to the fullest philosophy. How? I will make sure that in every moment I work at it to the fullest. If I will greet a person, I will greet him/her with more than a smile. When I would help a person, I would help extra…. If I study I study + extra. This practice really brightens up my day. It terms of exercise, Arc and Cha (my new friends) are inviting me to have badminton sessions so I’m a go for it.

Other stuff:

Last Saturday, we broke a school record! 10 people including myself had a road trip inside a small car from our new area work to XU! Grabe! The manifestation of a sardine can.

Ya! Section K CWTS will no longer meet every Saturday because it’s a weekday task for us as day care assistants.

stock matters

There is one way in earning money big and fast. It is more professional than gambling, it is the stock market. If you even bother to watch business news lately, the Philippine “macroeconomic” situation is positive resulting to the upsurge of the stock market. So what then? Well, I am a registered online member of a stock trading game of the PSE (Philippine Stock Exchange). It is for free and the best part is, you can actually experience how it is to ride the bull of the Market. You can improve your critical analysis of market news, wise decision making in buying and selling stocks, and most importantly familiarize with the best money making institution there is. Imagine, I earned around Php 18,000 in just a day of trading! Sayang lagi virtual money lang ni but the experience is great! Visit www.pse.org.ph and join!

project philosophy note 1

My philosophy quest resulted to a self-examining quest. Basically it is indeed in the self where we must begin. I asked to myself; what makes me tick? I discovered that 4 things make me tick. It is the belief of a divine being, belief in self, and the love for others and the channel of work. These four components are the pillars of my philosophy. Again it is God, Self, Others and Work. I wish to explain what the heck each one plays and how they actually interplay.

God: It is the ultimate source and end of self, others and work.
Self: My concept of self.
Others: My concept of people aside from myself
Work: Human faculties aimed to help self and others and act as a channel to serve God.

With these identified 4 components, I now have the backbone of my project and in the following posts; I wish I could expound further what each one entails such as self-development, magis, golden mean, friendship, community etc. So bottom line lets 1st examine ourselves and identify the pillars of our lives before we live the new day of the rest of our lives.

the making of a personal philosophy

Last summer, I invested days reading online texts and books about the philosophies of ancient thinkers like Socrates and Aristotle. I hope that I would strike at some nugget of wisdom that would somehow magically crystallize the age all question of: “What is the purpose of life”. For several weeks, I searched the internet, the modern day oracle but still not satisfied. I watched good movies hoping to look for philosophical connections in the plots but still not satisfied. I bought and read books but still not satisfied. I did almost everything in the Teenager’s Guide to Philosophy manual, but to no avail. Then I began to do something that I forgot to do in the whole duration of my quest; I forgot to think. After I exhausted almost every effort in this mind quest this is the thing that I forgot to do; to contemplate and to think deeply. I was so engrossed in reading the contexts of books that I forgot the main faculty that made them write those things. Socrates was right, Philosophy begins with the faculty of wonder and that wonder entails deep thinking and contemplation. So this is the spark where my project began. My project is to simply create my own philosophy based on my experiences of life fueled by my reflection and thinking. I really hope and pray that the people reading this post and up coming posts may also uncover and construct their own personal philosophy. It is really essential to life that we must construct a deep personal principle that would withstand the challenges of time, self and society. So here are the components of my philosophy.

ernesto rural edition

Balay sa akong uncle sa bukid

spent lot of time in this place...

i just love rural living

kinawe - libona, bukidnon

enjoy the pics sa bukid

ang coop na na-pusoy cz of poor management

smile cow, smile!cuzin joy2x and i w/ the dila effect

sbm post

Sitting, talking, crowd controlling, anger management and monitoring. Mao ni ang buhay SBM SV sa enrollment. Very tiring but very fulfilling! Well, for the mean time, I could really say its ok because 1st year sagara pa man… wait till the upper-classmen na ang mag pa-enroll… it won’t just be crisis management ( crowd control plus nepotism mechanism) but we really have to quell a revolution if we do not get the enrollment efficient enough to accommodate their raging emotions. Bottom line: this is all in the day’s work. It is again nice to work not for myself anymore but for something bigger than myself.
Lesson learned: Always smile no matter what
AMDG
To SBM Family: I met plenty of interesting and friendly SBMSsc veterans kanina. Thank you for making me feel welcome. Honest.
To jaysan: Way kurat! Hagkap kayo imong aura… no worries… thank you gyud. Keep on smiling!

Ogilvie kumustahay 06'

Salamat kang Yani for the pic

News Bits: The 1st ever Ogilvie kumustahay was held last Oct. 26, 2006! It was a blast, even though the turn-out was less than half of the class. We were about 21 or something at least naa ang mga balik-CDO like Cathie, Chieney and Michael. Aniwei, the organizing committee came to the place 3 hours earlier to prepare the decoration and stuff. Grabe c ed. He prepared the labels and detials ( registration ekek and a program sheet). Nagpalit pa ug pink and white baloons. The party started around 4:30 pm. Nag kumustahay dayun after... a parang formal thing of updating each other... then Games dayun!!! Bibo kaayo ang games... naay cheering (pagka-immoral gamay), patola ekek (pagka-immoral gamay) and mga classic pinoy games... Bibo gyud. Nag disco2x pud... After that, DINNER!!! they served grilled chicken and pork. Then an unexpected song number by Ed and Kating! Bibo... The activity ending was the Truth or dare using the patola as the bottle... unique noh. Oh yea! nag watch pud me ug cute cartoon called the 3 happy friends on Ken's laptop...Very cute characters aside from the fact that they brutally murder and mutilate each other. It was fun! Hehehe. Pagkatapos, grabe ang ulan! down pour gyud. What a nice day being together agian with people i grew up with in high school.

oct. 25, 2006

Oi! Pinaka sayo nako na mata! i woke up around 6:30 am for my morning agenda: move my shift papers (ArtScies to SBM). To my disappointment, ugma pa e hatag ang permit to shift! sO ugma na gyud ma lihok. Protocol: Fill permit to shift and approve ekek...then proceed to the Pacts for processing...then SBM... mao ra.

In the afternoon, i attended my 1st SBMsc Meeting (enrollment procedure)with ed being a new SBMsc SV. Congratz ed!. The meeting was all about crowd control and procedural flows for the enrollment. Take note; i not yet enrolled sa SBM pero SBM SV nako! wierd! After that, i made uban ni mikel sa ketkai cz gusto cya magpauban (logical noh hahaha). I became a fashion consultant for about 30 min (hahaha, never happened b4) cz gapangita sa mikel ug sanina for a debut. With mikel natural creative talents, naka decide then cya in what to buy. Oh ye, the ogilvie band went to weng's place to decorate things cz ugma na ang OGILVIE KUMUSTAHAY 2006!

Thought of The Day:

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. - Socrates

Weekly Review

10 days into sembreak! The week was nothing but significant fun and work! Plenty of things happened ranging from a beach escapade (actually, Chali Beach located at the Industrial suburbs of the city) to an interview, to a Jomi reunion!

SBM-SC interview (Tuesday). The day after the Chali escapade, I woke up looking like a walking over-cooked beefsteak then at around 12 noon I was informed by Dao (A nice and very tall SBM SV guy who recruited me for the SBM-SC) that I will have an interview around 2pm. What the heck, I have to face the top executive panel of the council looking like charcoal. The interview went well. They asked questions like, why I want to join, what are my skills, work ethics. They gave me situational analysis about a hellish workplace etc. Bottom line: I really want to render my service for the council because it’s already part of my nature working for something which is greater than myself like a student org. I guess I did well… Jsan (SBM Pres) will inform me if I pass. After the interview, I had an interesting and long interaction with Rupert (1st year chairman) which lasted for 4 hours! I went home around 7:30pm…

Weng and Maki House Party! ( Wednesday) Maki and Weng went to the house to download and copy a couple of music for their Ipods. It turned out to be a dancing party! Weng, Maki and I danced the “Beep” and several other hot music. Of course, with Louin’s natural talent in the dance floor, we were just blown away by his erotic, ehhemmm… I mean exotic dance moves. What a good way to socialize, at the same time, burn fat! Hahahaha. The “party” ended around 8pm.

SIMS Day ( Thursday) Another character entered the house around 3 pm. The Queen of all queens… Rexa! Her agenda; to play Sims all day long. She played, I watched but she had a hard time practicing her fingers to avoid touching the power button which automatically shuts down the computer. At the end of the day, she played well, giving Rexa (her Sim Character) a decent Disco house. When Rexa was about to leave the house, a dead drunk man laid on the pavement just beside our door! Nakakatatakot! Sa pikas door na lng cyan gi agi.

Jomi Reunion (Friday) Jomi is back! Jomi brought lots of gifts and news about the big world in Ateneo. Flash news: He was the block crush in his English Class! We went to SM (to eat) and the High school to check around and plan for the Ogilvie Kumustahay 2006. At first, I thought it was libre by jomi! Ngee! KKB man diay! Nakauli ko ahat! Maygani naa pa mi XU ato na time. Anyway, we went sniffing around the HS and I manage to go home bringing a copy of the OSASI Five-Year Development Plan Matrix.
the end

Thought of the week: Only passion, great passion, can elevate the human soul to achieve great things...

managers and leaders

Managers administer, leaders innovate
Managers ask how and when, leaders ask what and why
Managers focus on systems, leaders focus on people
Managers do things right, leaders do the right things
Managers maintain, leaders develop
Managers rely on control, leaders inspire trust
Managers have a short-term perspective, leaders have a longer-term perspective
Managers accept the status-quo, leaders challenge the status-quo
Managers have an eye on the bottom line, leaders have an eye on the horizon
Managers imitate, leaders originate
Managers emulate the classic good soldier, leaders are their own person
Managers copy, leaders show originality

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership)

oct. 16, 2006

essentials of a nice outing:

1. cool and affordable place (with pool and plants)

2. good and affordable food (never let the cat eat it)

3. good recreational activities (swimming, volleyball etc.)

4. good people

5. good documentor

chali beach outing (10:00am-6:30pm). The High School Friends sembreak holiday with Ray!
significant happenings: cat ate our liempo! bweset!, swimming time, cese-ray surprise love thinggy, si weng nahulug sa pool with his clothes. It was a blast! Oh yeah! later that day, becky and i formed the "Amo association of naay uwagan na yaya" cz beki's yaya made tanan with a security guard parallel to our yaya who made tanan with a kargador sa Didi's toys. At the end of the day, i look like an over-cooked walking beefsteak...

Thought of the day: 4 steps to achievement:plan purposefully, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.

S H I F T (part two)

after spending 8 hours in my family farm ( Kinawe Libona, Bukidnon ), it resulted to another reflection session while facing the mighty mountains of Bukidnon against the strong mountain breeze. Kataw! Sembreak is not just a break for me but it is a transition of thoughts cz im shifting next sem. I'm shifting courses and i keep on repeating this cz its a Big decision that will alter my life! It needs the recollecting the past in order to understand your future while acting now. The list below are the things i picked up in the past that somehow link to my shift to the school of business and management...

Office supplies. Wow! i can still remember that whenever i go to the bookstore as a kid, i would always go to the office supplies. i don't know why but i was fond on looking at paperclips, pens, calendars... wierdo!
Management books section. since i considered national bookstore as a library, i will always proceed to this section of the store. i love scanning at books about how to's... 10 things... manage people...
i even bought a book about team building when i was in 4th year.
The Apprentice. Your're fired! i love that show... i would really sleep late when i was in 3rd year just to watch it and i watched the whole season. Ambot! gakalingaw gyud ko...
Capitalsim II. This is a business simulation game (from retail, stocks, manufacturing, farming, minig, logging). I love this game! i first discovered it in the internet when i was in 2nd year. i then searched all cd stores in cdo. Wala gyud koy nakita! Then that summer, we went to manila. I went to Vera Mall in San Juan just to scan for that CD! Martyr?! and i found it! I love playing it since.
LC Chairmanship. One thing i really enjoyed in this heavy responsibility of being the chairman of Xavier University High School is dealing with ideas, protocols, communication systems, plans, principles, people, resources, programs, implementation, evaluation and organizational structures.... i just love doing it!
Grade School Business. Believe it or not, i sold cheese stick (manufactured by ma'am aunt) when i was in grade 6 (also 1st, 2nd and 3rd year high school ). A class-based business, i really had a hang of it cz i went to the extent at extending my market to other sections! to the extent of creating a demand monitoring system called the "Cheese Stick Composite INdex)!!! hala oi, kataw gyud! i earned naman sad.

LESSON: So my message to those who will shift: Understand yourself, recollect and decide. (pasalamat lng ko na supportive ako parents:-)

oct. 14, 2006

special day! why? because i witnessed so as vicky, melmel, ed, weng, gellie and katlin (also some Robinson's staff) a rare thing. Ray gave celeste a bouquet of flowers worth millions in the 2nd floor of Limketkai Mall after 5 minutes of spontaneous hide and go seek with celeste and ray! Here is the story: The original plan: the original plan was to surprise cese with flowers given by ray at the center of the mall but sale man so occupied. Sa 2nd floor na lng. The 2nd plan: The 2nd plan was to cover her eyes and ray would just appear with the flowers. What really happened: It turned out to be a very intelligent and ingenious 1-second shift of protocol. Ray hid on a utility door rather than facing her directly. I covered cese's eyes and led her to the door believing that there was a dress that is perfect for her (melmel was the dress consultant) which took about 3 min due to disturbances of communication. When she opened her eyes, ray immerged bearing the flowers and gosh... it was a site to see. Two human beings having mutual care expressed it in a level which is not quite common in a CDO mall. Ray gave the flowers and cese was surprised with tears! The task was a success... Another day's work. By the way b4 this happened, we watched Breed... a suspense about crazy, blood-thirsty and very intelligent pack of dogs who love eating people. That's all

LESSON: Love is magical. Planned tasks can change in the last minute when its about emotions. Mingaw and Ketkai 2nd floor. It pays to be innovative, big time!

Thought of the day: People and rubber bands have one thing in common: they must be stretched to be effective. Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

project management (by: F. John Reh)

You could use this is any college project...

Define the ScopeThe first, and most important, step in any project is defining the scope of the project. What is it you are supposed to accomplish by managing this project? What is the project objective? Equally important is defining what is not included in the scope of your project. If you don't get enough definition from your boss, clarify the scope yourself and send it back upstairs for confirmation.
Determine Available Resources What people, equipment, and money will you have available to you to achieve the project objectives? As a project manager, you usually will not have direct control of these resources, but will have to manage them through matrix management. Find out how easy or difficult that will be to do.
Check the Timeline When does the project have to be completed? As you develop your project plan you may have some flexibility in how you use time during the project, but deadlines usually are fixed. If you decide to use overtime hours to meet the schedule, you must weigh that against the limitations of your budget.
Assemble Your Project Team Get the people on your team together and start a dialog. They are the technical experts. That's why their functional supervisor assigned them to the project. Your job is to manage the team.
List the Big Steps What are the major pieces of the project? If you don't know, start by asking your team. It is a good idea to list the steps in chronological order but don't obsess about it; you can always change the order later.
List the Smaller Steps List the smaller steps in each of the larger steps. Again, it usually helps you remember all the steps if you list them in chronological order. How many levels deep you go of more and more detailed steps depends on the size and complexity of your project.
Develop a Preliminary PlanAssemble all your steps into a plan. What happens first? What is the next step? Which steps can go on at the same time with different resources? Who is going to do each step? How long will it take? There are many excellent software packages available that can automate a lot of this detail for you. Ask others in similar positions what they use.
Create Your Baseline Plan Get feedback on your preliminary plan from your team and from any other stakeholders. Adjust your timelines and work schedules to fit the project into the available time. Make any necessary adjustments to the preliminary plan to produce a baseline plan.
Request Project Adjustments There is almost never enough time, money or talent assigned to a project. Your job is to do more with the limited resources than people expect. However, there are often limits placed on a project that are simply unrealistic. You need to make your case and present it to your boss and request these unrealistic limits be changed. Ask for the changes at the beginning of the project. Don't wait until it's in trouble to ask for the changes you need.
Work Your Plan, But Don't Die For It Making the plan is important, but the plan can be changed. You have a plan for driving to work every morning. If one intersection is blocked by an accident, you change your plan and go a different way. Do the same with your project plans. Change them as needed, but always keep the scope and resources in mind.
Monitor Your Team's Progress You will make little progress at the beginning of the project, but start then to monitor what everyone is doing anyway. That will make it easier to catch issues before they become problems.
Document Everything Keep records. Every time you change from your baseline plan, write down what the change was and why it was necessary. Every time a new requirement is added to the project write down where the requirement came from and how the timeline or budget was adjusted because of it. You can't remember everything, so write them down so you'll be able to look them up at the end-of-project review and learn from them.
Keep Everyone Informed Keep all the project stakeholders informed of progress all along. Let them know of your success as you complete each milestone, but also inform them of problems as soon as they come up. Also keep you team informed. If changes are being considered, tell the team about them as far ahead as you can. Make sure everyone on the team is aware of what everyone else is doing.

oct. 15, 2006

From bottom: left to right
Vicker: The boy with the wired laugh. Hi's very good in drawing.
Jhon: The diligent boy. His deep and loves reading.
Leonard: The Artscies S.V.
Tonton: me
Daven: Very Good in dancing and singing. The big charming guy of xa.
Faith: the outspoken, happy-go-luck faith. She is my cuzin. She has very good linguistic skills. Bibo.
Lela: The excellent writer of Bohol. Loves readin,writing, history and war movies. Magkasinabot gyud mi ani sa history. She had articles published in thier local paper.
Allen: The witty leader Allen of Malaybalay. The former president of BSC-HS. She loves reading. Have exstensive experience in leadership seminars nationwide. A very good mother.
Vicky: the taekwando black belter. My classmate since 2nd year HS. Very good in ethnic dancing. Very good advisory board.
Rexa: the outspoken socio girl. Party animal. Bibo. Wit and brains. Women empowerment advocate.
Ray:the special friend of celeste. SBM all star dancer.
Lovely: the chinita from Bohol. the room mate of Lela. Loves math. Loves reading. Magical charming Lovely.
Bea: The English major artistahin of xa. Very close friend of vicker. Never fails to make you smile.
Celeste: The model celeste. Beauty and brains indeed.
April: the confident, determined and brainy april. She was the presindet of the Student Government of MOGCHS. Power indeed. She was my classmate during Physics advance classes in XUHS.
Gyver: The all out gyver. Bibo. Very funny. Very Wao. Very good dancer. Very gyver.

FRiendShip... the power of friendship... the ancient greeks were right. It is one of highest expression of humanity...

the alchemist (paulo coelho)

to lela: thank you! i finally finished the book. It was a treasure trove of new ideas and new mindset.
Personal Legend: All of the matter on earth has their own personal legend. It is up to their heart to pursue it.
Omens: They are symbols set by the creator for us to follow. listen to them. understand them.
Soul of the World:it communicates to all matter. It is love. It is God. All is one.
What alchemist do: they show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
Principle of favorability: When you begin to seek for your personal legend, you're greeted with favor in all you do but as you continue; it will challenge you.

"When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it."
Challenge of the day: Seek your Personal Legend

oct. 10, 2006

this is the last day of Sem 1 of S.Y. 2006-2007. My last day with my XA block friends. Why? cz im shifting baya... In response, im gonna make tribute of my XA friends by saying Thank You!
From June to October, a certain group of people with different personalities somehow created a rare bond that the progress of time itself gives its growing power. It revealed the truth about people naturally changing or evolving but not erasing its fundamentals to complement others to form a better society. (mao ba!?)

Ai! FFP evaluation day (ok)!We only have one exam today; Math. It's ok. i spent 3 hours tutoring Faith, Daven and Bea in the lib, A good deed! oi! Block XA then spent like 15 min on the roof top of the engineering building under the heavy rain para lng mag pa picture picture!!!!

Sheena: pag apply for Crusaders Photographer oi! (boom tarat tarat2x tararat-trararat, boom! 3x)
Faith: Salamat sa colored pens
Rexa: oiiii!!!! rexa and mr. pimentel love team! bwahahahaha
Wael Canoy: Master! hahahaha


Thought of the day: If you wan't to ride a taxi, pamili ug dako, ayaw karag2x!
Challenge of the day: What do you want to be when you grow up?

oct. 9, 2006 (exam day)

Performance wise, the exams were ok. Hapit lng ko na late sa Filipino cz sayop na room akong na sudlan! Lesson: Listen carefully, it can save your life! I enjoyed taking the english test knowing that it is the last time i would ever encounter the "Labontog Method of questioning"(but i will really miss it). After that, we went to mass with the hs friends, faith and daven.

Sembreak activities: tanaw cine, ad2 Basa-Mangga (Camiguin alternative)

Filipino: i never reviewed the rape story! zero gyud akng score!
English: i love the short story about friendship...

Faith: Chill! chilla ang system equations! Salamat sa testi
Ray M.: Tsada ma ligyas sa public sidewalk noh?
Jerika: I don't like dogs sometimes...their too horny
Melanie Carpio: i have no idea unsa ang minimum wage sa manila, cebu and davao... sorry

Thought of the day: Be a good neighbor -Fr. Jet Villarin (Homily, oct. 9,2006)
Challenge of the day: Find your Golden Mean!

oct. 6, 2006 (Sunday)

walay kurente from 10:30 to 11:15 am... so init kaayo! i took advantage by sweating all the toxics out... spent 30 min. aerodancing with my ipod. Lesson: Even how uncomfortable the situation is, there is always space for growth. i continued my Alchemist reading and it was so inspring i need to quote this..."When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it."

NEWS FLASH: CAMIGUIN ESCAPADE CANCELLED!due to "backouts" and bad weather sayang..looking forward unta

Arielle: actually, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho...read it! its very very very nice
Mikel Ho: Business planning mode na ta next sem...
Lela: Promise, im gonna return the book by wednesday

Thought of the day: Talk to your God.