Scream Your Heart Out

I love boat photos in the middle of a sea or river. It reminds me of myself four years ago in the middle of the sea screaming my heart out. I feel relieved every time i recall that associated image of myself.

Every emotion requires an action and if one choose to hide it, it will only manifest in some other ways and its risky. I just would like this blog to a my channel of my emotion at the moment. To be honest, i am angry. I am angry because sometimes you need to suffer & sacrifice because you're the one who can understand. I'd like to scream at the top of my lungs. Just imagining that action is really liberating.

Anyway, if i will think about it deeper, its really not that serious. Thanks to this blog, thanks to you.

Business Waves

This isn't me but this is a photo of my friend i took few years back in fuego, batangas. This portrays me the past weeks trying to hold on to the waves of business. Not that serious, but basically i am having support dilemma of non-stop market needs and i intend yet to strengthen our manpower by reaching the 1st quarter's sales.

Competence, that's one criteria i look for when engaging with a customer specially if you are offering technical products. But due to some incompetence on their part, you're the one's suffering and helping them in good deed. I am a passionate person, i am really affected when something is not right, I have to change perspective, work forward, plan for the worst and expect for the best.

i need serenity...

Business Startup Template

I've often asked by friends on how to go about starting a business. Just today, i was asked by my friend abroad on how to start. They are the ones who are currently employed and wish to stay out of it forever.

Below are my basic manual on how to start and on my simplest terms:

1. Find your passion.

2. Compose a business plan.

3. Find investors and financing options like loans.

4. Execute now.

Details:

1. Find your passion - almost all types of business are profitable. It's just a matter of finding what you love to do because you might get bored and restless establishing a venture that you don't have that kind of interest. Easy money businesses are tempting. You may opt to choose it temporarily for funding purposes but i suggest to still pursue on what you love to do.

2. Compose a business plan - a business plan should be composed of your mission, vision, core values, with pro-format income statement/forecast and operations manual.

3. Find investors and financing options like loans - you should share your risks and use other people's money so you don't have to put all your eggs in one basket. In case of failure, you still have a backup plan and pursue other business that you like. Remember that startups are 95% failures in 5 years. And 95% of the 5% who succeeded, fails in 10 years.

4. Execute now - avoid delays, execute now, see if it works and if not then i suggest you still pursue but try a different approach. You don't have to wait years before realizing it's not working.

Hope this helps.

Daily Fall

Each day that I miss my run makes me feel I am losing grip of my goal. I had another blast party last night and went home around 2am that's why I missed my run again.

In addition, I am feeling stressed lately bec of unending tasks/support for omegabci. All clients are priority, all are critical and on the rush. This is the first time that I experience this and I am not yet hiring bec I intend to enhance my team only after the 1st qtr sales target are met.

Anyway, I do hope to sleep early tonight, I'm still in greenbelt for a mtg with my partners while remotely managing my team and constantly calling and pacifying our clients assuring them our delivery. "I am strong."

My First Running Leg

It has been almost a year since i started running and like i said in my previous posts, its about time to go to the next level. Today i just had my first running leg with century tuna superbods. T'was good start for me and i was able to observe and understand the runners/competitors.

Lately, i've been trying to decide the best schedule in preparation for the second and third marathon leg this year, and of course my ultimate goal, triathlon. For the past year, i already tried early morning, not so early, mid afternoon, late afternoon and at night. But i came up in doing it around 5-7AM and below are some pros and cons of working out in the morning vs. at night.

1. it will give you energy when you workout in the morning.

2. you'll have time to do something else at night.

3. it is not that easy to adjust your sleeping sched, since you have to sleep early and wake up early. You'll have a hard time going out late at night because you're used to sleeping early.

4. races usually starts in the morning so if you're not used to running in the morning, it will be difficult to adjust.

5. morning sun gives you extra vitamins and energy but will also burn you if you run 8am onwards.

Fiona and Charles

The best thing that ever happen to me...my prince charles and princess fiona at home this morning.

their playground

the ever pretty princess fiona

pose ate

they both got my eyes

he's so tiny he is able to walk in the middle...

Photos of the Day: Feb 20

Because of lack of time taking new photos...i am posting more of my photos from my old disabled blog.

mall of asia - mar 2008

manila bay - mar 2008

manila bay - mar 2008

bulacan rice field feb 2008

action shot @ mindoro - May 2008

blued @ mindoro - May 2008

Photos of the Day

i've been missing climbing lately so i reviewed some of my photos in Mt. Pulag last year.

There's another multiple summit climb this coming month-end and i really do wish to go but need to prioritize work...

take 5 after trekking for hours...

8am simultaneous Phil flag raising

socials at camp site

this photo was featured in one mountaineer blog...

Focus

I have this personality or you may call it OCD whereby my mind is not at peace if the things that I do dont have a clear direction. I always say that its like swimming in the middle of the ocean with no compass and just letting the current bring you anywhere Maybe I have this fear of the unknown.

For the past years I tried doing it all and in effect I am losing focus and I find it hard to measure excellence. Just recently when I reviewed my personal goals and came up with my mission, vision, core values and action plans. I will share it later but for now I would like to focus on stabilizing my businesses and join triathlon...that's it for the next two years.

For my other passions in life like music and photography, I will try to do it from time to time as a hobby but will eventually focus on them in the coming years. Consequently, majority of my future blogs will be about life, business and technology.

Triathlon

I just bought knee/shin supports for my shin splints. This condition causes me to stop early when running because it really hurts.

Recently, i added one goal in my bucket list and decided to dedicate some of my time to go to the next level and join a triathlon in the next two years. The ff are my plans:

1. Join a 5K, then 10K and 21K before yearend.
2. Acquire a racing bike by July and start long bike trails this year.
3. Join at least one bike race.
4. Start joining triathlons by next year.

The century super bods run is a good start and Im going to register for the 5K very soon.

A Certain Shade of Green

I was having an LSS after listening to this song in my morning run and i got motivated to record an excerpt of it...a certain shade of green. Nice start of day activity for the long day and night tonight...groom, shop, biz meeting in shaw, ballgame in rosewood, bday party in muntinlupa, clubbing at the fort then out of town.

A certain shade of green,
tell me, is that what you need?
All signs around say move ahead.
Could someone please explain to me
your ever present lack of speed?
Are your muscles bound by ropes?
Or do grudges cloud your day?
My sources say the road is clear,
and street signs point the way.

Are you gonna stand around 'till 2012 A.D.?
What are you waiting for,
A certain shade of green?
I think I grew a gray watching you procrastinate.
What are you waiting for,
A certain shade of green?