October 8th, 2009 — Announcement, blogs, copy-paste, news
US President Barack Obama extends his condolences to the Philippines on the death and devastation brought by the onslaught of tropical storm Ondoy and typhoon Pepeng.
Obama said in a statement issued by the White House Tuesday night, “Michelle and I feel great sorrow over the hundreds of people who have died from the storms and resulting flooding and the hundreds of thousands more who have been displaced.”
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October 21st, 2008 — Announcement, Francis Kong, copy-paste
Do not look down on the boy
BUSINESS MATTERS (BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE) By Francis J. Kong
Sunday, October 19, 2008
From the Albany Journal, 1890 comes this material. Let me share this with you.
A true Christian never looks down on anybody, and yet this habit of looking down on the less fortunate acquaintances is common enough to make the following advice, given by the Albany Journal to its young readers, very timely:
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September 6th, 2008 — Francis Kong, blogs, copy-paste
Find people worthy of your love
BUSINESS MATTERS (Beyond the bottom line) By Francis J. Kong
Sunday, September 7, 2008
A teacher asked her third grader to write about their personal heroes.
One little girl brought the essay home and showed it to her parents. Her father was flattered that her daughter had chosen him.
“Why did you pick me?” he asked expectantly. And the sweet little girl replied: “Because I couldn’t spell Schwarzennegger.”
Who are the people you admire?
Who are your heroes and role models in life?
Who would make it to your personal “5 Most Successful People list?”
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August 23rd, 2008 — Francis Kong, copy-paste
Francis Kong’s article this Sunday, August 24 at Philippines Star
Are you talking to me?
BUSINESS MATTERS (BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE) By Francis J. Kong
Sunday, August 24, 2008
A conversation took place one day between a doctor and his patient:
“Please doctor you’ve got to help me. I’ve been stung by a Bee.” Says the patient.
“Don’t worry; put some salve on it.” Replied the doctor.
“I will never find that bee. It must be miles away by now.”
“No, you don’t understand! - put some salve on the place where you were stung.”
“Oh! That was in the garden where I was sitting under a tree.”
“No, No! I mean on the part of your body that the bee stung.”
Man still screaming in pain: “On my finger! The bee stung me on my finger and it really hurts.”
“Which one?” asked the doctor.
“How am I to know?” replied the patient…”All bees look the same to me.”
Was there a conversation taking place? I don’t think so. There was a lot of talking but there was no conversation.
Do you know that the same situation happens in the work place?
There’s a lot of talking and speaking going on but are people hearing sounds and noises or are they really listening to what you are saying?
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August 16th, 2008 — Francis Kong, copy-paste
Mr. Francis J. Kong’s article this Sunday
Maybe it’s not you
BUSINESS MATTERS (BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE) By Francis J. Kong
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Somebody says: “In the business world, a senior manager is expected to know a little something about a lot of things. A manager is expected to know everything about something. The secretaries however, are expected to know everything about everything.” Quite true I believe.
And then there was this person who complained: “We’ve all had some “unusual” bosses, I know, but I had one at one time who was more than just a bit “eccentric”.
He had two signs on his desk:
1) “In this Office, the word ‘No’ is a complete sentence”
2) “Reduce Stress by being reasonable — Do it my way”
While there is a lot of “boss –bashing” going around in the work place, the fact is that many leaders are misunderstood.
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July 10th, 2008 — Announcement, blogs, copy-paste
This is an invitation for all Filipino. Join TEAM PHILIPPINES and spread the word to vote for our representative’s national costume at the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant in Vietnam. You guys have been tagged!
***start here***
A tag for ALL Filipinos!
The 2008 Miss Universe comes to Vietnam for a night of stars and glamour in search of the most beautiful woman in the world! The winner for Best National Costume will be decided by online votes. So now, the main objective of this tag is to increase awareness for all Filipinos regarding the online voting. Let’s VOTE for our very unique Philippine National Costume worn by our representative, Jennifer Barrientos.
General Instructions:
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July 9th, 2008 — blogs, copy-paste
From my House Of Puroy blog… copy-pasting it here for emphasis!
Yes! You’re on the right blog, this is not my Sugar Coated World blog. What else can you call a company who steals your children’s future?! They promised to provide for your child’s college education need then just fold up without considering those whose future they destroyed. Or was it really a scam that took so many years in the making?!
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July 8th, 2008 — blogs, copy-paste
I would like to post and promote as well, the other blogs that I am currently maintaining right now. And while their links may already be in the sidebars, herewith are some brief descriptions of what they are and why they are.
Here goes:
REFLECTIONS
poems… essays… emotions… reflections
My very first blog. Used to be that I will post everything here… my pains, my views, feelings, news, poems… everything! Until I realized that everything shouldn’t be here. Which began the creation of a series of other blogs. To contain other items that should not be here. This blog is personal.
Now it contains essays and poems, as well as views and latest happenings in my life.
Be Inspired Now!
as I seek for inspiration… I also seek to be one…
A blog where I can share my poems… my stories… wherein I could hope to inspire others. Here is where I will also share some stories that I got from the net and other people… and somehow were also able to make some difference in my life.
And as my invitation for this blog goes….
Let us all be inspired!
July 6th, 2008 — Francis Kong, copy-paste
Mr. Francis Kong’s article on this Sunday’s Philippine Star’s Business Section
What women want in men according to their ages
BUSINESS MATTERS (BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE) By Francis J. Kong
Sunday, July 6, 2008
I got this material from the Laugh and Lift Website so don’t write me hate mails, don’t curse me, don’t call me a male chauvinist because truth to tell I get on the case of the men more than I do on the women so please don’t bear a grudge against me. Let’s just have fun all right?
What do women want in a man?
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June 22nd, 2008 — Francis Kong, copy-paste
Mr. Francis Kong’s article on his weekly column at Philippine Star
It’s the traffic
BUSINESS MATTERS (BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE)
By Francis J. Kong
Sunday, June 15, 2008
It’s a rare opportunity for my wife and I to have the luxury of taking a casual and leisurely walk along the mall. What is normal for us is to rush from one place to another doing all those talks and giving all those seminars.
And so after our workout in the gym, The Ilocana and I took our sweet time, strolled inside a shopping mall; afterwards got inside my car and drove to a gas station and that’s when my cell phone rang. It was my all time faithful and reliable associate Rara sounding-agitated-trying-to-keep-her-nerve-tone-of-voice as she practically screamed, “Sir where are you? They are waiting for you.” I realized to my horror that I have forgotten about giving a talk that evening. I have mistakenly assumed that the talk was for the next evening but I was wrong.
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