I miss my friends

I surely miss some of my friends. They have been close to my heart once upon a time in my life and I surely want to be with them one more time. They were there during the crucial moments of my life and they were there to support you when you were going through all sorts of things in your life. I was wondering how they are right now? They have become good friends to me. We share the same values in life such as religion and we talk about things that matter like life and current events. I wish I could be with them one more time.

How a day is done?

What do you do if you have nothing to be busy with? You have been forever looking for a job and it seems that time has passed you by and still you haven't found the opportunities. Me, I just go with my mom and her outings. I get to live by my mom. And if it isn't too much, I ask for a little amount of money just to go to the mall and do whatever stuff I can. As I have said, money making for me is like a drop of rain in the dessert, literally, my mind cannot form the process of earning money in my mind and so I have limited activities when it comes to my financial world and also in the not so financial aspects of my life. But no complaints. I am just doing the best I could and still deciding that the arts is better than accountancy. Wish that I could just deviate from that. Cause it's just hard to have the regrets in terms of career, the dissatisfaction of not attaining what you want, what your heart says you do just because people do not trust in you anymore nor listen or give you a chance. You just always hope for the best!

My secret potential

Sales. I know I haven't practiced selling ever since then, since childhood, but from the way I have experienced it in my life, I think I have a secret potential in sales. First, I like people. Sales is a relationship process with your customers. You should like to be talking to other people, offering your products and creating a relationship with them. Fulfilling their needs. All i ever sold was some computer products which I have referred to an actual sales executive for my mom's firm (she was an employee of the firm and part-owner) and I did it because of helping her and not for profit. I received a commission of a measly 200-500 for that one computer and the rest of the purchases for that account, I haven't received any commissions anymore because it was handled by the manager himself. Some cosmetic products and foreign exchange. I am not the indulgent, determined type who goes into selling. I just take everything in stride and you know I'm not on the pressure to sell something. But I am definitely interested in it and definitely going into it.

There are those who are really good at it and I envy them. I just wish I share some of their talents. I have read books on sales and it seems very interesting and rewarding but sometimes, I prefer to learn it hands on and in practice rather than just read about it.

I've learned one thing, commissions are great to earn.

Do not be money bound

Can you actually do it? For me, it is really a great challenge to make money, maybe for others it isn't. It's been 12 years and so it doesn't help that people do not entrust you with responsibility like offer a job to you or any money making plan. Is it possible to not be money bound. In every move, you need money. You cannot go out of your house without money so you need to figure out how to get them. Just any ideas. I can write. I can teach accounting. I can accept accounting jobs freelance. I can accept full time accounting jobs. I can sell. Just anything. I can pursue my big dreams. I can connect with other people. I can just connect, connect and connect. As I have said before, if I had a million friends, I would never go hungry or grow poor without any material blessings. The concept of sharing has got to rub on me when you have lots of friends. I think one main cause of poverty is isolation. Isolation from other human beings of this world. If you've got lots of friends, opportunities come around easily. They come knocking at your doors. Plus, you get to share what they have. In all honesty, you need not much money to keep up. Just something minimal. But if you're gonna enjoy the luxury you need much money. And some of the most pressing needs in this life are expensive like cars, homes, food, quality food, services, medical bills, insurance and businesses. So you gotta have money, poverty is not an excuse. All the more, you need to exercise your power to work, to alleviate your poverty. But when you lose all hope, just don't lose all the hope you've got, you gotta leave something for yourself and your family and get up and exercise your working muscles. And people could be kind, they can help you if you are in dire need. Just call. So now, do you have ideas on where to get that moolah. Just keep on reaching for it!

Some ideas on how to enjoy life:

Go to mass everyday and ask for 150 a day allowance for transpo and food. Mondays to Fridays.

Volunteer to do something helpful for the needy, one that is your passion and interest.

Connect with the world.

Work, it is a divine responsibility.

Take a hint: What would have been your course in life?

I am forever acknowledging that fact that I am an accountant. But I hated it so much, it stuck. For the longest time, I have been applying to accounting job openings but to no avail, I am always unsuccessful in it. Honest to goodness, I don't know what God wants of me. If this is not for me then, at least can He give me another thing, something else to get my hands busy with, for blessings to overflow to me? My taking up accounting is just one side of the puzzle. It is already a given. But to insist on it is something else. I think it is a mistake to insist on it. It is like a violation of my heart. A violation of my mind, my spirit. If it weren't for the money, I would definitely be writing. If I have food on the table all the time, I would be writing. I would be writing about people what else? That is the most interesting thing to write about. I would be writing blogs, and scripts and books and cds. I would definitely be a writer.

But since money is involved, I was always wondering if business would be a given. I know my interest in business is somehow involved in my study of accounting. Sometimes, it has the same feeling as doing accounting that is why I question myself if business is really my passion.

Maybe, i could find other jobs that are equally rewarding financially like playing billiards or taking acting jobs. But that's all I could think of. I better decide if I am still gonna do it. Sooner. Not later. Time is ticking. Anyway, I would like to think that I have all the time in the world to do and accomplish my dreams. But I guess there are certain things that can be hard to do when you're much older so I have to think about that too. Anyway, goodluck to me again. And goodluck to all who are chasing their dreams in this life.

Goodluck to being a writer.

Goodluck to being a businessperson.

Goodluck to being an athlete.

Goodluck to being an actress.

To count the change

I still count the change. For me a peso or 5 pesos can go a long way like for tricycle fares or gulaman from a siomai kiosk or the change of 5 pesos in a purchase of clothes or other necessities in a mall. I count the change. 1 peso can go a long way like if the cheapest food I can buy is still affordable by my wallet. I like change coz as they say if there's no change there is no 1 peso and there will be no 100 pesos.

With change, I can buy my favorite newspapers and siomai or a candy bar or bottled juice drink. With change, I can still go home to my family without running short of money. There's so much I can do with change that I am thankful that God gives me change to spend. Could you imagine, 200 of those loose peso change amounts to my daily allowance to go to a mall for three to four hours, not even a whole day. That's how expensive it is to go out nowadays, so it is very important to find a job that will give you those change to spend .

I know I am guilty. I want to earn big. Sometimes, I am not content with change when it comes to earnings. But maybe, I can change my philosophy on that. Maybe, from now on I can start acknowledging change as income. Maybe, I can sell processed meat, rtws, perfumes, car shampoo. Just some of my ideas. I just don't know how to start them because my mom would never (ever) go into business with me. Just because she doesn't like business. For her, business is like gambling, a bad vice or habit to quit. She's got a negative thinking about business. She foresees the problems and never acknowledges the earning potential. She's forever the employee. And so, we'll never come into terms with each other. I am the businessminded type but can't seem to start anything, maybe because I lack money, I lack the exposure, I lack partners. That would be my downside. But if I have money, I would definitely be in business. I hope I do not lose all the opportunities just by waiting in vain for the one opportunity. There is no perfect condition to start a business, you just go to start one. I hope I can start one soon. I hope I can keep my word in this blog.

Use your gifts

The only way for people to get out of poverty is to use their gifts. God gave gifts to people and so they must use them to serve the kingdom, to serve the community of God. There are so many talented people in the world like singers, dancers, actors and actresses, athletes, businesspeople, investors, doctors, lawyers, reporters, priests and preachers. It's good to know different successful people who are well-known so that people can imitate what they have done in the world. People like Warren Buffett or Bill Gates, John Gokongwei or Henry Sy, inventors and others who are admirable people to imitate. The only difference that they have is that they continue to do their thing everyday and they are successful in it.

I hope I can be successful too. I look up at job ads to find out the different job openings in our country. I hope to find more avenues to open up to me where I can make use of my talents and for that reason find a job to be successful at.

For me it's writing, business and religion.

I hope I can find more opportunities in these disciplines.

A person who has musicality can become a musician.

A person who has talent in acting can become an actor or an actress.

A person who has intelligence can study and break into the field that he/she wanted.

A person who has talent in business can be successful in business.

A person with good communication skills can become a communicator or a writer.

The opportunities are endless.

All you've go to do is to open yourself up to these opportunities.