25.9.07

Transcription for Employees Who are Stressed-Out from Too Much Multi-Tasking

SUBJECTIVE: 27-year-old Asian female ambulatory to clinic in no acute distress. Complaining of back pain. She wanted to apply for another job but failed to follow up on all her applications to other companies. She also complains of recurrent problems with constipation, especially over the last two weeks. She has been using Immodium. This tends to give her runny stools for a day and then she has constipation again the next day. This was not helpful. Social: She is a nonsmoker. Family history: His father does have some mild arthritis and also has hypertension and heart disease.

OBJECTIVE: She is a well-nourished, well-developed, Asian female in no acute distress. She appears somewhat sad and tearful. HEENT: Tympanic membranes were clear bilaterally. Throat was clear. Neck was supple. Lungs: Clear to auscultation. Cardiovascular: Regular rate and rhythm without murmur. Abdomen: Soft and diffusely tender to a mild degree.

ASSESSMENT:
1. Stressed out.
2. Not happy.
3. Constipation.
4. Needs a new job.

PLAN:
1. Go out this Saturday.
2. Do whatever you want to do
3. Follow up previous job applications with employers.
4. Try your luck to more companies.

23.9.07

Sunday Cravings

It is supposed to be a Sunday wherein you just lay there like lazy after all the hustle and the bustle of the long work week.

I would like to sleep the whole day but my mind doesn't want to, although your body wants to be lazy.

I got up, few minutes of walking outside then I get back took a shower, dressed then off to the market. Bought some stuff, go back home and cook food. I ate then I sat outside thinking what to do next. Then my stomach wants some fruits. I couldn't find that fruit. Now, I am in front of a computer making my next post.

What do you do during Sunday?

20.9.07

A New Discovery: French-English Dictionary

I always love to read. It can be a book or a blog. Here's what I found at the bookstore the other day. A French-English Dictionary.

I have tried writing in French just like in Italian. Just don't let me speak those languages just make me write. I have a twisted tongue and I can not really speak right. You can ask me to talk in English instead.

L'étude des autres langues ne signifie pas négliger vos propres. Je suis un Philippin et je parle et écris dans le Philippin. Je suis juste fasciné avec d'autres langues. J'aimerais apprendre comment parler tous mais je sais que je ne pourrais pas pour ce moment ainsi j'accrocherai dessus et essayer d'écrire et si je sais trop déjà peut-être demandez à quelqu'un de m'enseigner.

Pour comprendre une mieux autre personne avec une autre langue, j'ai pensé qu'il vaudrait mieux de comprendre leur langue d'abord de sorte que vous puissiez communiquer.

Est-ce que je l'ai bien écrite en français ? Ou est-ce que je devrais dire, vous me comprends ?

Est-ce que je suis allant mieux ?

Un Grido Grande Fuori A Fedele!

Non ho pensato che scriveste che cosa ho ho scritto. Onestamente, ammiro la gente con passione nei loro cuori. Normalmente, quando chiedo a qualcuno con il successo grande, quella gente con passione ottiene sempre che cosa desiderano nella vita.

Hey! Tutto in Mybloglog ed in Blogger. Se scrivete qualcosa nel vostro blog, se o non state scrivendo circa la vita, i vostri amici o un soggetto principale, non importa finchè lo scrivete con il vostro cuore.

Per quanto riguarda Fedele, mantengalo in su.

Grazie!

18.9.07

La Passione Rifornisce La Vostra Anima Di combustibile

Lascilo provare a parlare italiano.

Tanti di noi di sogno da transformarsi in che cosa abbiamo desiderato nella vita. Una persona desidera diventare grande nel gioco del calcio. Uno desidera stare bene ad un artista grande. Uno desidera transformarsi in in un grande in qualcosa che vogliano sempre.

La passione rifornisce la vostra anima di combustibile. Se amate il calcio e se vi esercitate nel calcio almeno lle ore quotidiane e 7 di 3 ore ogni fine settimana, sono abbastanza sicuro voi sarò grande nel calcio. Se non è calcio allora qualcosa amereste fare la vostra intera vita.

Una cosa è sicura comunque, non tutti noi può fare che cosa desideriamo subito. Dobbiamo aspettare il giusto momento di farla. Come viaggiare, non possiamo viaggiare se non abbiamo soldi. Se nel calcio, non possiamo giocare il calcio se spendiamo la maggior parte del momento nell'ufficio di guadagnare. Risparmi alcuni dei vostri soldi e faccia che cosa amate durante 5 o 10 anni.

Buona fortuna a tutti noi! Annoti che cosa desiderate fare. _ lasci un commento questo alberino.

17.9.07

I am Joining the Mindanao Blogger Summit

I am a first time blogger, although I have posted more than a hundred in my own blog. I want to join the summit because I would like to know more about blogging and meet bloggers of course.

I am a resident of Davao and I am supporting the summit.

I wanna join the Mindanao Blogger Summit.

1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit Sponsors:


6th Mindanao ICT Congress

The 6th Mindanao Information, Communication and Technology (MICT) Congress will be timed during the 1sr BIMP-EAGA ICT Conference. The congress will be on October 23 to 24 at NCCC Mall Corporate Center.

On an article posted by Jason Banico:

After 5 years of conducting the MICT Congress, why is it that the people behind it are especially noisier this year? Monchito Ibrahim, of the Commission on ICT, answers this succinctly: Mindanao, aside from being the food basket of the nation, is now recognized as a viable source of skilled I.T. workers. However, there are serious challenges that are hampering the island economy from realizing its full potential. The conduct of the 6th MICT Congress is based upon addressing these challenges.

Increasingly we are faced with the specter of globalization. The playing field is at a much higher level now, and if we remain reluctant to forge ahead, we are in danger of losing out to more aggressive and single-minded competitors. One of which is China. This nominally Communist nation has apparently embraced capitalism, seemingly without much reservation. We see now that their sheer population size alone poses a threat to our ability to excel in the global arena. For example, some parts of China receive a hundredfold more I.T. outsourcing projects from Japan than we do.

Mindanao, led by Davao City and Cagayan de Oro City, stands a fighting chance. We do have highly-skilled and I.T. professionals, as well as a supply of trainable personnel. A good number of whom, unfortunately, are no longer within our borders. That’s one problem: brain drain. Another is this: How steady will this manpower supply be 5, 10 years hence? Is our educational infrastructure coping with the changing technologies? Are our schools adapting their curricula to meet the stringent requirements of I.T. companies?

This issue is involved, to say the least, but it is not yet moot. There will be no quick fixes for this industry-academe situation, but working towards the solution must be begun immediately. Fortunately, we have a working model upon which to build and improve: the MICT itself, and the synergies that have successfully sprung up only this year.


Join the fun this year. Click here to see the fast facts about the congress.

15.9.07

What's a Brand?

In my work as a marketing assistant, I do not like to spend a day without a question. A question that is in line of making my job better thus it will create a better results for the company I am working with.

What is a brand? I have been talking about marketing for the last post that I made (credit goes to Jay Conrad Levinson, author of "Guerrilla Marketing") and it made me realize I wasn't talking about what is really a brand.

I've read on Seth's Blog:

What's a brand?

I think it is the product of two things:

[Prediction of what to expect] times [emotional power of that expectation].

If I encounter a brand and I don't know what it means or does, it has zero power. If I have an expectation of what an organization will do for me, but I don't care about that, no power.

Fedex is a powerful brand because you always get what you expect, and the relief you get from their consistency is high.

AT&T is a weak brand because you almost never get what you expect, because they do so many different things and because the value of what they create has little emotional resonance (it sure used to though, when they did one thing, they did it perfectly and they were the only ones who could connect you).


It says the brand has power because it answers your expectation. Was it that difficult? Not at all! You think of yourself as a customer, here you inquire in a bank of what are the requirements of opening an account. The person at the new accounts said that you need picture, ID and the opening deposit. She didn't smile at all. So here you are expecting that the staff and employees would be friendly. This was actually my experience. When I opened that account the only thing I knew is that I am opening an account with this money on hand. I do not know their policy so I was expecting it will be explained to me. I know that there are a lot of other customers to attend to but I felt I am not important and neither are the rest of us in that bank. Everyone is busy doing something and all the times they were not smiling.

My impression of a bank if that I will let them keep my money and I will have to trust them not just the name of the company. If they will commit mistake I will lose my trust with them, which they did they put it all my deposit into another account name and it made me mad. Trust not just with the staff that is operating the branch but to the name of the company. They did not make their promise so why do I have to trust them the second time around.

A brand is living to what you are telling your clients who you are. Giving them what you expect.

14.9.07

Dunkin Donuts: My Own Experience

After going through the usual daily routine of a walking marketer, I went inside the mall to get a cold drink and at the same time make myself cold. I ordered first at McDonalds, my favorite Coke Float. I asked for so many ice and sat at the corner where the AC is near and where it is colder. But I got too cold so I went out and ordered Hot Chocolate at Dunkin Donuts.

First thing you've noticed is the spelling of the "Medium" sized soft drink. Instead of "medium" they spell it "madium". Well of course it is wrong, and in marketing one of the crucial mistakes is when you commit mistakes and you know that it can easily be seen by the eye. A company's brand and image not only lies on the good choice of name but on the place you are situated, the choice of words and how you write it. There are a lot to consider but in Dunkin Donuts' sake, a simple mistake in spelling turns out to be a bad image for them. Aside from the lack of good customer service, and a clean place to eat, Dunkin Donuts has not made any corrections on that spelling and for me, it brings down their credibility.

As a marketing person, my first goal when I get to the office is to take a look at how clean the lobby is. This is the first place at MTC Academy that clients will take a look at. Second to that is if everyone is putting a smile on their faces. Third to that is making sure marketing collaterals such as flyers, brochures, tapraulins and others are clean. Even if the words are checked before they are printed I keep on reading them.

I wonder, how come Dunkin Donuts is still around? Well, they make good donuts. What do you think? Write down your comments, it will be a great thing to share not just to me but to others as well.

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