Hello Anak,
Wow, ang tagal na namang panahon na hindi ako nakalikha ng liham para sa iyo. Again, I've never thought I could be busier than ever. Initially I thought that this thing that I'm doing would be simple (or simpler) than my previous job. Well, my paradigm has proven me wrong.
I have just finished a couple of consulting stints. One was a program with Trend Micro, the 3rd leading anti-malware company, where we delivered TQM program. I tagged along Tito Raf as my partner, and he was so happy about it. I had the impression that he also wants to do this thing i"m doing. The other program is with Dentista Inc, the biggest Dental company in the country. This time, it is a free-lance program with Ms Aileen. She used to be part of the corporate world being a Director of PhilipsInc, RedRibbon, Emerssson. I can say that she is such a blessing for us because she was the one who introduced me to consulting - the reasonwhy I landed a project-based job with GlobeTelecoms. From there, she stayed behind me as a coach guiding me along the way. She took me as a partner in this stint with DI - something like a rookie with a pro! The experience was so wonderful because I get to talk with the companies Directors and President. Something I won't be able to do if i'm in the corp world. The most fulfilling part is when the Director congratulated me personally and asked "can i call you if i need advice in the future, even if not covered with the contract?" With goose-bumps I said, "Yes sir!" He said that he even would drive the approval of our retainership with them. Whoa!
Also, in the company that we formed, I also was able to rub elbows with yet another company President. Two weeks ago, we met with the President of Cocolife! We met with them to demo our product offering - a web application for their client. And the best part is who did the web apps demo...syempre si Tatay!!! I finally get to do what I always want to do - programming. Do you know that I wanted to take up Computer in College? I was just convinced by your Lolo to take instrumentation because he thought at the time that there will be high demands for such course. Of course, at a young age, I didn't have the right to rebut or contradict what he wants. I had no regrets naman of taking up instrumentation as I have been exposed to different engineering fields. Anyway, I can't do anything about that anymore, can I? So now, it's never too late. I am taking up programming courses to somehow get me abreast with the more current languages. Every sunday afternoon, I go to Informatics, taking up Java progamming. Konting tiis lang na walang SM after church.
As diverse as what I have been doing, my real intention is to re-tool myself in preparation for the future. This is the best time (i believe) to re-tool because of a couple of reasons: [1] i can make use of the windfall (at least part of it) for training and expenses during the consulting/business, and [2] it's perfect because the economic conditions haven't been favorable. Isn't that ironic you'd ask? Well, I'm glad that somehow (somehow) your Nanay is supporting me to all these that I'm doing; though sometimes(...). I may be lost right now, but my objective at this point is to gain as much diverse experience that I can, in preparation for our future in Canada. Just being proactive. I don't want us flying out unprepared.
I have never been so passionate to what I am doing until now. I know that this is all passion and does not cover much on the bottomline. But I firmly believe that this is the way to go. Although that is so, only the Lord has the power to design our future. I give back all the victories to him, and offer all these plans in prayer.
Sige anak. Papatulugin pa ulit kita. Madaling araw pa lang ay gising ka na at nagpatimpla ng dede. Tatabihan muna kita at matutulog ulit ako.
Ingat ka lagi and God bless.
I love you!
Tatay
Friday, November 20, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Another first?
Hey, what do you know...it's my FIRST year anniversary of blogging! Hope to blog some more for you. Hope to share as many principles as I can for you to live by, both in writing and personal guidance. Hope you'd follow them and keep them when you grow up. And finally, I hope that you'd be able to read all these someday... :):):)
I love you!
I love you!
Firsts
Hello Anak!
How are you doing? Katatapos lang ng FIRST quarter grading ninyo at laking tuwa namin ni Nanay sa nakita naming grades mo! You got the ceiling grade of 92%! Yan daw ang maximum equivalent for the first grading dahil sa ceiling grade system. You got 92% kasi perfect lahat ng exams mo! Ang galing, manang-mana ka kay Tatay! Wala pa nga lang kayong Top10 awards kasi sa Jr Prep lang daw nags-start yun. Anyway, para sa amin, ikaw ang talagang FIRST!
I also got a couple of FIRSTS: First First - I got the First contract for the web application business! Ang sarap ng feeling kapag nakakuha ng big client at nagpirmahan ng contract. Parang pawi lahat ng paghihirap sa paggawa ng presentation materials at demos. The funny thing though is...I wont be getting a single penny out of this. Gusto ko muna kasi ipagulong sa puhunan ang kikitain dito. Well, that's fine by now.
Another First - my First Free-lance Consulting Stint! Imagine, ang Tatay mo ang gagawa ng Strategic Planning para sa isang malaking Dental company?! Kaya ko ba yun? Hehehe, syempre no...mana ako sa yo eh. Well, yan na rin naman kasi ang ginagawa namin dati sa aking work, so di na sya bago for me.
Yan, yan ang mga first sa ating buhay lately. I know na marami pa tayong mae-experience na first. Kailangan lang na paghandaan, just like how we have prepared for all our firsts...
Sige anak. Ingat ka lagi. I love you!
regards,
Tatay
How are you doing? Katatapos lang ng FIRST quarter grading ninyo at laking tuwa namin ni Nanay sa nakita naming grades mo! You got the ceiling grade of 92%! Yan daw ang maximum equivalent for the first grading dahil sa ceiling grade system. You got 92% kasi perfect lahat ng exams mo! Ang galing, manang-mana ka kay Tatay! Wala pa nga lang kayong Top10 awards kasi sa Jr Prep lang daw nags-start yun. Anyway, para sa amin, ikaw ang talagang FIRST!
I also got a couple of FIRSTS: First First - I got the First contract for the web application business! Ang sarap ng feeling kapag nakakuha ng big client at nagpirmahan ng contract. Parang pawi lahat ng paghihirap sa paggawa ng presentation materials at demos. The funny thing though is...I wont be getting a single penny out of this. Gusto ko muna kasi ipagulong sa puhunan ang kikitain dito. Well, that's fine by now.
Another First - my First Free-lance Consulting Stint! Imagine, ang Tatay mo ang gagawa ng Strategic Planning para sa isang malaking Dental company?! Kaya ko ba yun? Hehehe, syempre no...mana ako sa yo eh. Well, yan na rin naman kasi ang ginagawa namin dati sa aking work, so di na sya bago for me.
Yan, yan ang mga first sa ating buhay lately. I know na marami pa tayong mae-experience na first. Kailangan lang na paghandaan, just like how we have prepared for all our firsts...
Sige anak. Ingat ka lagi. I love you!
regards,
Tatay
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Life after the big blue
Hello anak,
How are things? It's been quite a while since I last wrote. I just finished my stint with the telecoms company as a consultant. Now, I'm lurking into getting another new project.
I'm getting the hang of this new kind of job after my long stay with the big blue. One aspect is telling me that this new job, being a consultant, is kinda cool because people values your opinion, your ways of doing things, your methods, etc, and they pay for for that. How cool can that be? :) Say on one of the projects that I'm lurking at, I just need to do a simple statistical analysis (t-test), and they'd pay me a good amount of money...I do those tests in my previous job and I still get my basic rate. What a difference!
On the other respect though, there is a factor of uncertainty. I guess this is part of getting used to this new field. The key, as I have thought about, is to target as many accounts as possible...i'll get by. And yes, I'm doing something already about this - I had talks with a senior consultant and we 'may' put up a new consulting company of our own. Im hoping this too would prosper.
The other thing that's keeping me busy is the business that we've put up together with my previous colleagues. It's been ~4months now since we started, but still we dont have any sales. We had several leads, but none has responded so far. The cool thing is, I get to name all of our products. Names such as: Akademia - a school administration system; Cerebra - a learning management system; and Jeepney Grand Prix - a mobile application which aims to proliferate the Jeepney worldwide! :) Too ambitious huh?!
Well, I think at this point, it is my ambition that's keep me going. I believe that all these efforts will bear fruit sooner or later.
Ok anak, I'll talk to you again soon...
Ingat, God bless and I love you!
regards,
Tatay
How are things? It's been quite a while since I last wrote. I just finished my stint with the telecoms company as a consultant. Now, I'm lurking into getting another new project.
I'm getting the hang of this new kind of job after my long stay with the big blue. One aspect is telling me that this new job, being a consultant, is kinda cool because people values your opinion, your ways of doing things, your methods, etc, and they pay for for that. How cool can that be? :) Say on one of the projects that I'm lurking at, I just need to do a simple statistical analysis (t-test), and they'd pay me a good amount of money...I do those tests in my previous job and I still get my basic rate. What a difference!
On the other respect though, there is a factor of uncertainty. I guess this is part of getting used to this new field. The key, as I have thought about, is to target as many accounts as possible...i'll get by. And yes, I'm doing something already about this - I had talks with a senior consultant and we 'may' put up a new consulting company of our own. Im hoping this too would prosper.
The other thing that's keeping me busy is the business that we've put up together with my previous colleagues. It's been ~4months now since we started, but still we dont have any sales. We had several leads, but none has responded so far. The cool thing is, I get to name all of our products. Names such as: Akademia - a school administration system; Cerebra - a learning management system; and Jeepney Grand Prix - a mobile application which aims to proliferate the Jeepney worldwide! :) Too ambitious huh?!
Well, I think at this point, it is my ambition that's keep me going. I believe that all these efforts will bear fruit sooner or later.
Ok anak, I'll talk to you again soon...
Ingat, God bless and I love you!
regards,
Tatay
Monday, June 15, 2009
Unang araw sa paaralan
Hello Anak,
Today marks another milestone in your life. It is a milestone as well in our lives of your Nanay as parents. It is your first day of school!
We were all excited about your going to school, not because we want you to be apart from us. In fact, we were having more separation anxiety more than you do. Anyway, we just maximized this day and wanted it to be your day. I went trigger happy on our camera and my celphone to take photos/videos of you in school uniform. How time flies indeed - naka-uniform ka na! It only seems like yesterday when you were on baby shirt and diapers (oops, you still are wearing diapers! :)).
Both your Nanay and myself went to school with you...well, not only to school, but into your classroom as well. We stayed through your class and observed the class, together with other Nanays - ako lang kasi ang Tatay na nandun. :) Am i being over-protective? Maybe...
Not sure, but maybe it's just you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, because you seem so timid today. It's not like you that I know of. I know you'll become an excellent student - mana ka ata sa kin! Syempe pati kay Nanay!
O sya anak, ingat sa school ha. Study well and...behave.
We love you!
Tatay
Today marks another milestone in your life. It is a milestone as well in our lives of your Nanay as parents. It is your first day of school!
We were all excited about your going to school, not because we want you to be apart from us. In fact, we were having more separation anxiety more than you do. Anyway, we just maximized this day and wanted it to be your day. I went trigger happy on our camera and my celphone to take photos/videos of you in school uniform. How time flies indeed - naka-uniform ka na! It only seems like yesterday when you were on baby shirt and diapers (oops, you still are wearing diapers! :)).
Both your Nanay and myself went to school with you...well, not only to school, but into your classroom as well. We stayed through your class and observed the class, together with other Nanays - ako lang kasi ang Tatay na nandun. :) Am i being over-protective? Maybe...
Not sure, but maybe it's just you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, because you seem so timid today. It's not like you that I know of. I know you'll become an excellent student - mana ka ata sa kin! Syempe pati kay Nanay!
O sya anak, ingat sa school ha. Study well and...behave.
We love you!
Tatay
Monday, May 11, 2009
Mag-aaral
Hello Leanne,
Last Saturday was your first true encounter with a school. We went to a nearby school to enrol you in their Kinder program - at least we hoped that you could be accelerated to Kinder already, skipping Nursery. Anyway, you were called to undergo a screening exam to determine if you could skip Nursery. You took the exam in the library together with a teacher who administered the exam. I was pretty confident that you'd do on it, while your Nanay seemed more stressed that you were while waiting outside the library. I told your nanay "sisiw kay Leanne yan," after I saw you wrote your name with all confidence. That is only a week after I taught you how to write! Galing mo talaga anak! :)
You were able to sit down, behaved and listened to the teacher through the exam (whew!). The teacher approached us afterwards and told us that you are excellent academically. In fact, you scored 11 out of 15 questions. You had mistakes on the reading items on the exam...di pa naman kasi kita natuturuan ng husto na magbasa. Pero that's fine. To me, that was indeed exceptional! I think there would be few 3 years old kids who can do such feat. Mana ka ata sa tatay mo. :)
Anyway, in a couple of weeks, you'll be off on your own...for the first time. We'll always be here anak for you, don't you ever forget that. I know that you'll do good wherever you will go.
God bless you my dear Leanne.
I love you.
Tatay
Last Saturday was your first true encounter with a school. We went to a nearby school to enrol you in their Kinder program - at least we hoped that you could be accelerated to Kinder already, skipping Nursery. Anyway, you were called to undergo a screening exam to determine if you could skip Nursery. You took the exam in the library together with a teacher who administered the exam. I was pretty confident that you'd do on it, while your Nanay seemed more stressed that you were while waiting outside the library. I told your nanay "sisiw kay Leanne yan," after I saw you wrote your name with all confidence. That is only a week after I taught you how to write! Galing mo talaga anak! :)
You were able to sit down, behaved and listened to the teacher through the exam (whew!). The teacher approached us afterwards and told us that you are excellent academically. In fact, you scored 11 out of 15 questions. You had mistakes on the reading items on the exam...di pa naman kasi kita natuturuan ng husto na magbasa. Pero that's fine. To me, that was indeed exceptional! I think there would be few 3 years old kids who can do such feat. Mana ka ata sa tatay mo. :)
Anyway, in a couple of weeks, you'll be off on your own...for the first time. We'll always be here anak for you, don't you ever forget that. I know that you'll do good wherever you will go.
God bless you my dear Leanne.
I love you.
Tatay
Friday, May 1, 2009
Now is the end...
Hello Anak,
Two days ago was my last day at work - April 30, 2009. I had mixed emotions, but it seems that sadness filled me more than anything. This is the reason why I havent written for quite some time...I've been disfigured on what I'm going to do next. This uncertainty has been killing me, especially when I was collating stuff for my clearance. Each of the line on my clearance checklist that I prepare reminds me of something - the good old days which at times led me to tears. When I was looking for your HMO card, I bumped into something which made me feel differently. It was your Nanay's stack of memory verse card. The very first card on the deck was a verse from Isa 41:10 which reads "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Oh me of little faith! Yes, for awhile, I thought that I was on this alone. I forgot that our Lord is my strength and that I should keep my faith for He will uphold me, that I should never fear. And yes, there was Nanay. Your Nanay has never left my side. She understood perfectly what's going through me in these trying times. She's there to support me in however which ways she can. She made me realize that my work is not my life. I love your Nanay so much!
Anyway, I am again shedding tears. I can probably write more often now as I am not busy working - of course, I'm out of job already! :)
I love you anak. God bless you.
Tatay
Two days ago was my last day at work - April 30, 2009. I had mixed emotions, but it seems that sadness filled me more than anything. This is the reason why I havent written for quite some time...I've been disfigured on what I'm going to do next. This uncertainty has been killing me, especially when I was collating stuff for my clearance. Each of the line on my clearance checklist that I prepare reminds me of something - the good old days which at times led me to tears. When I was looking for your HMO card, I bumped into something which made me feel differently. It was your Nanay's stack of memory verse card. The very first card on the deck was a verse from Isa 41:10 which reads "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Oh me of little faith! Yes, for awhile, I thought that I was on this alone. I forgot that our Lord is my strength and that I should keep my faith for He will uphold me, that I should never fear. And yes, there was Nanay. Your Nanay has never left my side. She understood perfectly what's going through me in these trying times. She's there to support me in however which ways she can. She made me realize that my work is not my life. I love your Nanay so much!
Anyway, I am again shedding tears. I can probably write more often now as I am not busy working - of course, I'm out of job already! :)
I love you anak. God bless you.
Tatay
Saturday, March 7, 2009
A Plane Ride to Remember
Hello Anak,
I bumped into this journal that I created long time ago and just wanted to share it with you....muntik na tayong di magkita anak dahil nangayari ito habang buntis si Nanay sa iyo. Kung nagkataon, wala kang Tatay. Pero the Lord is good and He always is guidine us.
Read on...
June 10, 2005
A Plane Ride to Remember
We’re bound to Chandler, Arizona, scheduled to take Cathay Pacific flight CX-906 from Manila to Hong-Kong, then connects to LA through CX-882. Flight CX-906 experienced a severe turbulence around 30 minutes after the 11:05am take-off on June 10, 2005. At first, the turbulence seemed to be one of those bumpy plane rides except that it lasted quite long for about 20 to 30 seconds; the magnitude of shaking increases as we go. Thus, passengers were all terrified, panicked and prayed calling their respective Gods. A couple of more seconds, the plane dipped down to the extent that the guy sitting in front of us was literally tossed up from his seat (because he was not wearing his seat belt!!!) bumping his head on the plane ceiling! At the very same time, all our food flipped down to the floor while our beverages soared up to the ceiling; I had an apple juice shower! I felt cold when my pants and shirt got soaked with juice. Grrr….
One of the stewardess sustained hot beverage burns while serving lunch to a passenger. The other had a broken pelvic as she was bumped by the food cart. I didn’t see what happened to the passenger when this happened. I did saw one passenger on my way out that had a neck brace at around row 56 (we’re sitting at row 61). Then on a seat near business class, we saw a towel with blood on it – don’t know the source though.
Below are some pictures that I captured after the onslaught. I was not able to shoot pretty pictures because the plane is still shaky.
Our food: they all spilled down the floor. Good thing we had a couple of bites already of our empanadas.
More food on the floor on the next few rows after our seat.
The view on the top. Those lines are the splash lines of our apple juice. Yes, you know what comes next, we had an apple juice shower! It was cold!!!
Not blood, but the tomato juice that splashed over the fuselage’s ceiling and overhead compartment.
Ambulances all set to extract the injured passengers and crews.
After all these, 20 minutes before our connecting flight, the three of us decided to stay in Hong Kong for a night to recover from the unfortunate event. We talked to Cathay Pacific Gate 1 ground staff and told them what happened to us. They first found it hard to understand why we wanted to cancel our flight because the news hasn’t reached them just yet. After a minute of discussion with these people, the ground staff lead came to us and assured us that they can cancel our flight and pull out all our checked-in baggage (apparently, she has learned what happened). Cathay Pacific Ground Staff Supervisor and Management were sympathetic and supportive enough to escort us out of the airport through the immigration, up to getting a transport to a hotel which they paid.
And so, we missed our connecting flight to LA…below is flight CX882 bound to LA. We now bid goodbye.
June 11, 2005
I have gone through quite a lot of international travels, but this is really such an experience! A first kind to me. In fact, this incident actually made it to Hong Kong newspaper! See below….
June 11, 2005
HONG-KONG, our decision – “let’s proceed to Chandler, Arizona and kick some behind!!!! ”
We made it safely. Flight was a bit turbulent but not as bad as CX906.
I bumped into this journal that I created long time ago and just wanted to share it with you....muntik na tayong di magkita anak dahil nangayari ito habang buntis si Nanay sa iyo. Kung nagkataon, wala kang Tatay. Pero the Lord is good and He always is guidine us.
Read on...
June 10, 2005
A Plane Ride to Remember
We’re bound to Chandler, Arizona, scheduled to take Cathay Pacific flight CX-906 from Manila to Hong-Kong, then connects to LA through CX-882. Flight CX-906 experienced a severe turbulence around 30 minutes after the 11:05am take-off on June 10, 2005. At first, the turbulence seemed to be one of those bumpy plane rides except that it lasted quite long for about 20 to 30 seconds; the magnitude of shaking increases as we go. Thus, passengers were all terrified, panicked and prayed calling their respective Gods. A couple of more seconds, the plane dipped down to the extent that the guy sitting in front of us was literally tossed up from his seat (because he was not wearing his seat belt!!!) bumping his head on the plane ceiling! At the very same time, all our food flipped down to the floor while our beverages soared up to the ceiling; I had an apple juice shower! I felt cold when my pants and shirt got soaked with juice. Grrr….
One of the stewardess sustained hot beverage burns while serving lunch to a passenger. The other had a broken pelvic as she was bumped by the food cart. I didn’t see what happened to the passenger when this happened. I did saw one passenger on my way out that had a neck brace at around row 56 (we’re sitting at row 61). Then on a seat near business class, we saw a towel with blood on it – don’t know the source though.
Below are some pictures that I captured after the onslaught. I was not able to shoot pretty pictures because the plane is still shaky.
Our food: they all spilled down the floor. Good thing we had a couple of bites already of our empanadas.
More food on the floor on the next few rows after our seat.
The view on the top. Those lines are the splash lines of our apple juice. Yes, you know what comes next, we had an apple juice shower! It was cold!!!
Not blood, but the tomato juice that splashed over the fuselage’s ceiling and overhead compartment.
Ambulances all set to extract the injured passengers and crews.
After all these, 20 minutes before our connecting flight, the three of us decided to stay in Hong Kong for a night to recover from the unfortunate event. We talked to Cathay Pacific Gate 1 ground staff and told them what happened to us. They first found it hard to understand why we wanted to cancel our flight because the news hasn’t reached them just yet. After a minute of discussion with these people, the ground staff lead came to us and assured us that they can cancel our flight and pull out all our checked-in baggage (apparently, she has learned what happened). Cathay Pacific Ground Staff Supervisor and Management were sympathetic and supportive enough to escort us out of the airport through the immigration, up to getting a transport to a hotel which they paid.
And so, we missed our connecting flight to LA…below is flight CX882 bound to LA. We now bid goodbye.
June 11, 2005
I have gone through quite a lot of international travels, but this is really such an experience! A first kind to me. In fact, this incident actually made it to Hong Kong newspaper! See below….
June 11, 2005
HONG-KONG, our decision – “let’s proceed to Chandler, Arizona and kick some behind!!!! ”
We made it safely. Flight was a bit turbulent but not as bad as CX906.
Gusto ko...
Hello Anak,
It's been a while. Sorry at matagal akong di nakasulat sa iyo. I've been busy the past few weeks as I had to teach classes. Yes, I had to teach classes for fellow exempts while the factory was shutdown. I taught 2 classes - Project Management Fundamentals and AutoCAD basics. Based on feedback from my pupils (hey, that's how I call you when I'm teaching you how to read and write! :)), I can pursue a teaching career already. O diba, pag wala na akong makuhang work, magtuturo na lang talaga ako. It's a noble profession anyway - just like your 2 grandmothers and your Tita Minnie.
Anyway, so much for my excuses. I wanted to write something about things that you are saying today while you're 3 years old which WILL replicate a real-life scenario in the future. You keep on saying "Eh gusto ko eh.." on things that you just want or crave for. Of course, your Nanay and I dont just give in for the things that you 'want' because we know what is good for you. We would scold you and tell you "not to do it," or "you can't have it." Afterwards, you'd pout and get mad at us. Yes, at 3 years old, you're doing these things. And yes, you will do the same thing when you grow older. Especially when you get to your teens. OMG!!!
Leanne, I have been in that situation when I was on my teens and I know how it feels when I dont get what I want because your lolo and lola won't give in. As I grew older and mature, I realized that they were right. I am thankful to them also that they did not let me push through with my agenda. Case in point - after high school, I already want to get a job even for summer because of 2 reasons: [1] to help them on the finances as life was difficult back then {til now! :)}, and [2] I want to feel some degree of independence, just like my friends who had jobs. Your lolo told me a hard and big "NO!" He said that once I get to have the glory of earning my own money, I would stop my schooling. And what do you know, my friends who had jobs at that time stopped their schooling and ended up miserably since they did not have the right education. I am thankful that I followed your lolo's advice. Somehow, though I did not get my tertiary education from a prestigous school, I landed on a nice paying job in a multi-national company.
So there, for now, [1] we will just say "no" to your cravings, [2] you will cry (and maybe later curse us), and [3] hopefully, we'd lead you to a right path and likewise be thankful.
Ok anak, sa susunod ulit!
Love,
Tatay
It's been a while. Sorry at matagal akong di nakasulat sa iyo. I've been busy the past few weeks as I had to teach classes. Yes, I had to teach classes for fellow exempts while the factory was shutdown. I taught 2 classes - Project Management Fundamentals and AutoCAD basics. Based on feedback from my pupils (hey, that's how I call you when I'm teaching you how to read and write! :)), I can pursue a teaching career already. O diba, pag wala na akong makuhang work, magtuturo na lang talaga ako. It's a noble profession anyway - just like your 2 grandmothers and your Tita Minnie.
Anyway, so much for my excuses. I wanted to write something about things that you are saying today while you're 3 years old which WILL replicate a real-life scenario in the future. You keep on saying "Eh gusto ko eh.." on things that you just want or crave for. Of course, your Nanay and I dont just give in for the things that you 'want' because we know what is good for you. We would scold you and tell you "not to do it," or "you can't have it." Afterwards, you'd pout and get mad at us. Yes, at 3 years old, you're doing these things. And yes, you will do the same thing when you grow older. Especially when you get to your teens. OMG!!!
Leanne, I have been in that situation when I was on my teens and I know how it feels when I dont get what I want because your lolo and lola won't give in. As I grew older and mature, I realized that they were right. I am thankful to them also that they did not let me push through with my agenda. Case in point - after high school, I already want to get a job even for summer because of 2 reasons: [1] to help them on the finances as life was difficult back then {til now! :)}, and [2] I want to feel some degree of independence, just like my friends who had jobs. Your lolo told me a hard and big "NO!" He said that once I get to have the glory of earning my own money, I would stop my schooling. And what do you know, my friends who had jobs at that time stopped their schooling and ended up miserably since they did not have the right education. I am thankful that I followed your lolo's advice. Somehow, though I did not get my tertiary education from a prestigous school, I landed on a nice paying job in a multi-national company.
So there, for now, [1] we will just say "no" to your cravings, [2] you will cry (and maybe later curse us), and [3] hopefully, we'd lead you to a right path and likewise be thankful.
Ok anak, sa susunod ulit!
Love,
Tatay
Thursday, January 22, 2009
It's already in the news
Hello Anak,
Kumalat na ng husto ang pagsasara ng aming kompanya. Malaki kasing kawalan ito sa GDP ng Pilipinas - GDP contribution is at US$5B of the US$31B ng buong bansa. Yan ang mawawala sa ekonomiya ng Pilipinas kong mahal. :(
Narito ang isa sa mga naisapubliko na balita sa GMA Channel 7: http://www9.gmanews.tv/evideo/35216/1800-Pinoys-to-lose-jobs-when-Intel-shuts-down. Nasa ibaba naman ang nasa Business Mirror.
Nakakalungkot pero life goes on...
God bless us.
love, Tatay
Intel closing plant in Cavite
Written by Dennis D. Estopace and Max de Leon / Reporters
Thursday, 22 January 2009 22:30
AFTER months of keeping under wraps the inevitable, Intel Corp. has finally announced it will close its Philippine plant—with its 1,800 employees expected to be formally notified within two weeks that they will lose their jobs. The plant in Cavite is expected to be fully shuttered by April, sources said.
“They’ve been doing that, shedding off jobs even before the announcement of the closure,” a person very familiar with the operations of Intel Technology Philippines Inc. (ITPI), which has operated in the Philippines for 35 years, told the Business Mirror.
ITPI’s parent, Santa Clara, California-headquartered Intel Corp., announced the closure the day Filipinos celebrated the inauguration of Barack Obama as president of a country undergoing a deep economic recession. The recession has hit Intel so much it lowered profit forecast by more than 20 percent.
The closure of Intel, described as the world leader in silicon innovation and which develops “technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live,” would cause some 1,800 Filipinos to lose their jobs.
The person familiar with ITPI operations told the BusinessMirror the plan last year was to see the last employee leaving by April.
“Now, that schedule has been forced earlier,” the source said in a phone interview.
Scanty details on RP wind-down
ITPI imposed a news blackout on Thursday as journalists tried to get details from the company.
“They are targeting that by the second quarter of this year, there wouldn’t be a trace Intel was even here,” the source said.
The source added the only persons left by April would be those who will demolish the buildings.
ITPI’s corporate affairs manager Arlita Narag, who replaced external relations manager Teresa L. Pacis, faxed this statement to the BusinessMirror.
“As announced by Intel Corporation today, the impact of the economic downturn on our business was more severe than we anticipated and the outlook is uncertain. As a result, we have decided to restructure some of our manufacturing operations by taking older capacity off line and closing five factories during the course of 2009. Included in this action will be the closure of two of our assembly test facilities in Penang, Malaysia; and the assemble test facility in Cavite. Two of our wafer fabrication facilities in the United States will also end production.
“Our manufacturing operations in Cavite will cease this year. Approximately 1,800 employees will be affected and will be offered a severance package and a range of transition services. We know this is a difficult time for our employees and their families and we will make available the best support systems to ease the transition…”
Pacis resigned from Intel December but was asked to extend her stay up to January 15. Last month, Pacis told Business Mirror that “talks are ongoing” about the fate of ITPI’s plant in the country—meaning, on whether the company would move from Cavite to Laguna province.
“We’ll be announcing details [of the plant transfer] by January,” external communications manager Pacis said before Christmas Day. She didn’t say the full operations would be shuttered.
“Severance pay packages have been offered,” the source said, adding these packages were “very competitive, very generous.”
However, the source said the parent company hasn’t offered to absorb its employees and transfer them to its other overseas location.
“What’s being offered is China but the pay scale would be based on local structures.”
Aside from the Philippines, Intel Corp. said it is also closing its assembly test facilities in Penang, Malaysia, and will halt production at an older wafer fabrication facility in Hillsboro, Oregon.
“Additionally, wafer production operations will end at the D2 facility in Santa Clara, California,” Intel said in a statement.
The world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer added that including the closure of ITPI, “the actions at the four sites, when combined with associated support functions, are expected to affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees worldwide.”
Blow to employment
ITPI’s closure has made the Philippines lose one of its largest sources of employment and contributor to the economy. Based on a commissioned study four years ago, Intel’s total electronic product output was determined to be equivalent to 0.3 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.
The company also generates 36,000 jobs indirectly, in allied services and industries.
The company has also been active in supporting community development projects notable of which are supporting young student scientists and giving for free mini-laptop units to select schools.
Peza’s efforts in vain
Elmer San Pascual, group manager of the promotions and public relations division of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza), said the top brass of Intel had informed the government of the decision of the company’s mother office to close down its Philippine plant in Cavite.
San Pascual said the current American officials of Intel here were even accompanied by those who were already reassigned to other countries when they went to Peza Director General Lilia de Lima to deliver the sad news two days ago.
Months before, San Pascual said Peza tried its best to find a new site for Intel because the company was initially complaining of the “structural defects” in its Cavite facility, citing this as the basis for its inclination to shut it down.
Eventually, San Pascual said they found a suitable location for Intel at the Laguna Light Industry and Science Park and they thought the company was no longer leaving.
“We’ve been helping them for one year to find a new site and we thought all along that they are already okay with the one that we found in Laguna. But apparently, they are really affected by the crisis,” he said.
Intel’s decision to leave the Philippines, San Pascual said, would have a huge impact on the country’s exports because it is perennially in the list of the top two exporting companies in the country together with another American chip maker, Texas Instruments. This is aside from the thousands of workers it employs.
San Pascual said while Intel is out for now, there is still a big possibility that it would come back to the Philippines when the global situation improves.
He said there are companies that have decided to come back to the Philippines years after they left, one of which is phone manufacturer Uniden.
Seipi says ‘ouch!’
Even with the slump that it is currently experiencing, compounded by the decision of giant chip maker Intel to leave the Philippines, the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries of the Philippines Inc. (Seipi) remains optimistic. It views Intel as just another episode of the industry’s cyclical growth that always leads to another strong upturn eventually.
So even if “ouch!” was the first word that Seipi president Ernie Santiago could utter when asked what would be the impact of the departure of Intel, he remains upbeat because of the preparations they are doing now to meet what he described as a new upturn.
The industry has always been spiraling upward. This has been proven in the past so this should not stop us in doing the right things right now,” Santiago told the BusinessMirror He said the industry hit three slumps historically—the first in 1985, followed by 2001, and then the last quarter of 2008 to this year.
Both in 1985 and 2001, Santiago said the industry managed to fully recover the following year.
“So following the trend, by 2010 we would already be okay hopefully,” he said.
With this, Santiago said the industry is busy in its efforts to manage well the current downturn and then prepare for the eventual recovery.
For one, they are doing a lot of benchmarking and review of best practices, and carrying out training programs.
Santiago said Intel’s departure is something that is happening worldwide because of the crisis, so the effect on the image of the Philippines as a manufacturing and investment haven should not be too damaging.
“Any loss would be bad, but this is not something that is peculiar to the Philippines. It is happening globally,” Santiago said
Kumalat na ng husto ang pagsasara ng aming kompanya. Malaki kasing kawalan ito sa GDP ng Pilipinas - GDP contribution is at US$5B of the US$31B ng buong bansa. Yan ang mawawala sa ekonomiya ng Pilipinas kong mahal. :(
Narito ang isa sa mga naisapubliko na balita sa GMA Channel 7: http://www9.gmanews.tv/evideo/35216/1800-Pinoys-to-lose-jobs-when-Intel-shuts-down. Nasa ibaba naman ang nasa Business Mirror.
Nakakalungkot pero life goes on...
God bless us.
love, Tatay
Intel closing plant in Cavite
Written by Dennis D. Estopace and Max de Leon / Reporters
Thursday, 22 January 2009 22:30
AFTER months of keeping under wraps the inevitable, Intel Corp. has finally announced it will close its Philippine plant—with its 1,800 employees expected to be formally notified within two weeks that they will lose their jobs. The plant in Cavite is expected to be fully shuttered by April, sources said.
“They’ve been doing that, shedding off jobs even before the announcement of the closure,” a person very familiar with the operations of Intel Technology Philippines Inc. (ITPI), which has operated in the Philippines for 35 years, told the Business Mirror.
ITPI’s parent, Santa Clara, California-headquartered Intel Corp., announced the closure the day Filipinos celebrated the inauguration of Barack Obama as president of a country undergoing a deep economic recession. The recession has hit Intel so much it lowered profit forecast by more than 20 percent.
The closure of Intel, described as the world leader in silicon innovation and which develops “technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live,” would cause some 1,800 Filipinos to lose their jobs.
The person familiar with ITPI operations told the BusinessMirror the plan last year was to see the last employee leaving by April.
“Now, that schedule has been forced earlier,” the source said in a phone interview.
Scanty details on RP wind-down
ITPI imposed a news blackout on Thursday as journalists tried to get details from the company.
“They are targeting that by the second quarter of this year, there wouldn’t be a trace Intel was even here,” the source said.
The source added the only persons left by April would be those who will demolish the buildings.
ITPI’s corporate affairs manager Arlita Narag, who replaced external relations manager Teresa L. Pacis, faxed this statement to the BusinessMirror.
“As announced by Intel Corporation today, the impact of the economic downturn on our business was more severe than we anticipated and the outlook is uncertain. As a result, we have decided to restructure some of our manufacturing operations by taking older capacity off line and closing five factories during the course of 2009. Included in this action will be the closure of two of our assembly test facilities in Penang, Malaysia; and the assemble test facility in Cavite. Two of our wafer fabrication facilities in the United States will also end production.
“Our manufacturing operations in Cavite will cease this year. Approximately 1,800 employees will be affected and will be offered a severance package and a range of transition services. We know this is a difficult time for our employees and their families and we will make available the best support systems to ease the transition…”
Pacis resigned from Intel December but was asked to extend her stay up to January 15. Last month, Pacis told Business Mirror that “talks are ongoing” about the fate of ITPI’s plant in the country—meaning, on whether the company would move from Cavite to Laguna province.
“We’ll be announcing details [of the plant transfer] by January,” external communications manager Pacis said before Christmas Day. She didn’t say the full operations would be shuttered.
“Severance pay packages have been offered,” the source said, adding these packages were “very competitive, very generous.”
However, the source said the parent company hasn’t offered to absorb its employees and transfer them to its other overseas location.
“What’s being offered is China but the pay scale would be based on local structures.”
Aside from the Philippines, Intel Corp. said it is also closing its assembly test facilities in Penang, Malaysia, and will halt production at an older wafer fabrication facility in Hillsboro, Oregon.
“Additionally, wafer production operations will end at the D2 facility in Santa Clara, California,” Intel said in a statement.
The world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer added that including the closure of ITPI, “the actions at the four sites, when combined with associated support functions, are expected to affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees worldwide.”
Blow to employment
ITPI’s closure has made the Philippines lose one of its largest sources of employment and contributor to the economy. Based on a commissioned study four years ago, Intel’s total electronic product output was determined to be equivalent to 0.3 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.
The company also generates 36,000 jobs indirectly, in allied services and industries.
The company has also been active in supporting community development projects notable of which are supporting young student scientists and giving for free mini-laptop units to select schools.
Peza’s efforts in vain
Elmer San Pascual, group manager of the promotions and public relations division of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza), said the top brass of Intel had informed the government of the decision of the company’s mother office to close down its Philippine plant in Cavite.
San Pascual said the current American officials of Intel here were even accompanied by those who were already reassigned to other countries when they went to Peza Director General Lilia de Lima to deliver the sad news two days ago.
Months before, San Pascual said Peza tried its best to find a new site for Intel because the company was initially complaining of the “structural defects” in its Cavite facility, citing this as the basis for its inclination to shut it down.
Eventually, San Pascual said they found a suitable location for Intel at the Laguna Light Industry and Science Park and they thought the company was no longer leaving.
“We’ve been helping them for one year to find a new site and we thought all along that they are already okay with the one that we found in Laguna. But apparently, they are really affected by the crisis,” he said.
Intel’s decision to leave the Philippines, San Pascual said, would have a huge impact on the country’s exports because it is perennially in the list of the top two exporting companies in the country together with another American chip maker, Texas Instruments. This is aside from the thousands of workers it employs.
San Pascual said while Intel is out for now, there is still a big possibility that it would come back to the Philippines when the global situation improves.
He said there are companies that have decided to come back to the Philippines years after they left, one of which is phone manufacturer Uniden.
Seipi says ‘ouch!’
Even with the slump that it is currently experiencing, compounded by the decision of giant chip maker Intel to leave the Philippines, the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries of the Philippines Inc. (Seipi) remains optimistic. It views Intel as just another episode of the industry’s cyclical growth that always leads to another strong upturn eventually.
So even if “ouch!” was the first word that Seipi president Ernie Santiago could utter when asked what would be the impact of the departure of Intel, he remains upbeat because of the preparations they are doing now to meet what he described as a new upturn.
The industry has always been spiraling upward. This has been proven in the past so this should not stop us in doing the right things right now,” Santiago told the BusinessMirror He said the industry hit three slumps historically—the first in 1985, followed by 2001, and then the last quarter of 2008 to this year.
Both in 1985 and 2001, Santiago said the industry managed to fully recover the following year.
“So following the trend, by 2010 we would already be okay hopefully,” he said.
With this, Santiago said the industry is busy in its efforts to manage well the current downturn and then prepare for the eventual recovery.
For one, they are doing a lot of benchmarking and review of best practices, and carrying out training programs.
Santiago said Intel’s departure is something that is happening worldwide because of the crisis, so the effect on the image of the Philippines as a manufacturing and investment haven should not be too damaging.
“Any loss would be bad, but this is not something that is peculiar to the Philippines. It is happening globally,” Santiago said
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Time is up!
Hi Anak,
Today, January 21'09, is the day when it was finally announced that my company will shutdown for good by the end of the year. This has been a season of hard times worldwide. We are still thankful though as we go through this hump as we are not suffering as much unlike the others. Nanay still has her job (at least to this writing), while I may be a 'houseband' soon. I will have severance package naman, so somehow, we'll get through.
I have loved this job - well, I would have not lasted for 14 years if I did not. :) I'll miss a lot of things in my work especially the jargons, like ARs, ITRs, ECD, FMEA, JET, VF, QRA, EMA, PCIe, SATA, CPV, RFS, S9k, etc, etc. We never run out of letters from the alphabet to come up with a fancy jargon. The last one that I have contributed is my latest creation which is called - TLCS! Not Tender Loving CareS. It is a test system that I developed and it means Test Loadboard Checker System. This is the first of its kind worldwide!!! O diba, ang taray ni Tatay! :) The sad part is - this won't have any impact on my Focal Rating since we'll be shutting down.
Anyways, I am very grateful that I have been part of this company. It has provided me a lot of good (and bad) things. Knowing your Nanay is also because I opted to work here, rather than in Nestle.
Yes, the time is up. But this is not the end of the road for me, nor for our family. This company just provides us the means to help us live our dreams.. There will be a new chapter....soon.
God Bless Us.
Love,
Tatay
Today, January 21'09, is the day when it was finally announced that my company will shutdown for good by the end of the year. This has been a season of hard times worldwide. We are still thankful though as we go through this hump as we are not suffering as much unlike the others. Nanay still has her job (at least to this writing), while I may be a 'houseband' soon. I will have severance package naman, so somehow, we'll get through.
I have loved this job - well, I would have not lasted for 14 years if I did not. :) I'll miss a lot of things in my work especially the jargons, like ARs, ITRs, ECD, FMEA, JET, VF, QRA, EMA, PCIe, SATA, CPV, RFS, S9k, etc, etc. We never run out of letters from the alphabet to come up with a fancy jargon. The last one that I have contributed is my latest creation which is called - TLCS! Not Tender Loving CareS. It is a test system that I developed and it means Test Loadboard Checker System. This is the first of its kind worldwide!!! O diba, ang taray ni Tatay! :) The sad part is - this won't have any impact on my Focal Rating since we'll be shutting down.
Anyways, I am very grateful that I have been part of this company. It has provided me a lot of good (and bad) things. Knowing your Nanay is also because I opted to work here, rather than in Nestle.
Yes, the time is up. But this is not the end of the road for me, nor for our family. This company just provides us the means to help us live our dreams.. There will be a new chapter....soon.
God Bless Us.
Love,
Tatay
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Happy New 2009!
Happy New Year Anak! 
It's been a while since I last blogged. Naging busy kasi tayo nung Christmas break. Di man masyadong exciting ang mga pinuntahan natin, pero it's worth it kasi sama-sama tayong tatlo nina Nanay. Ito yung isa - nagpunta tayo sa Clark para umattend ng kasal ni Tito Raf (office mate ni Tatay). Narito ang ibang pictures natin nun.
Tuwang-tuwa ka noong sumunod na araw dahil nag-swimming tayo sa Fontana. Kahit nadapa at nasugatan ka dahil sa kakulitan mo, enjoy ka pa rin!! Kahit na ginaw na ginaw na kami ni Nanay, sige pa rin ang paliligo natin dahil ayay mong umahon. Enjoy ka sa pag-slide nating dalawa. Si Nanay, enjoy din dahil nakapag-slide ulit sya after a long long time. Pinaplano namin ni Nanay na bumalik doon by next year, so let's see... :) Enjoy ka rin sa Nayong Pilipino - pero ang pronunciation mo ay Nayong Pino-pino. :) Di na ito masyadong maganda kumpara noong nasa Manila pa ito. Marahil ay bagong lipat pa lang kasi kaya mas konti ang tanawin. Sa Kalesa ka lang tuwang-tuwa kasi ito ay mas malaki kaysa sa mga carousel na sinasakyan natin sa Malls. :)
Love,
Tatay
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