Put a Ring on it

Rings are accessories and for some they have a deeper meaning, a commitment.

I have had a ring for a long time which used to have a meaning. This only the 2nd ring a have ever owned (aside from the one given to me by my mother when I was still extremely young.) I adored this ring but stopped using it simply because the reason I bought it is gone which I am completely fine already. I have already used it as a pendant but I just don't like the necklaces.

When I look at it, I don't remember what it meant but I see it's beauty and how my finger longs for it. I only do not wear it because of what it was. I realized that it has a purpose.

It has been more than a year and half. I am single and I am loving it. I am more committed to myself than ever in my entire life. What better way to seal my commitment to myself but to wear a ring. It is the same ring. My ring.

And so I shall put a ring on it.

My Loyalties to Tuna

I have been eating tuna sandwich 4-5 days a week since December 2009. I have already changed my eating habits because of vanity (health is just one of the reason). 


I am allergic to seafood but I love to tuna because of the amount of protein it has. I have eventually outgrown its effects to my skin and body. Woohoo! 

Several months ago, I felt that I am getting sick of my tuna sandwhich. Yesterday, after taking a bite, I almost gagged and thought. Is my body automatically rejecting tuna already? Immediately, I answered that I need to find other preparations for tuna.

A lot of people has said "Adobo! Adobo! Puro na lang Adobo! Kelangan ko ng ibang putahe" (puta-he?)

When it comes to loyalty, people try other things simply because they want to try another as they are sick of Adobo already. If they are going back to Adobo or not after trying another "putahe" is a different story.

Is trying other types of food the answer to this? If it sure has an exremely negative effect in you, sure. The question is that if a person has tried to spice it up so he can enjoy it in several different ways? Have you tried Adobo using Balsamic Vinegar? I was told that it was the best. I have yet to try it.

When you are tired of eating the same thing day and day out, spice it up and rekindle your love.

I love you, Tuna!

Touch Me

A direct report told me, "You are good leader because you do not only focus on work and how I can perform but you help me relate how I achieve my goals at work with my life." It got me thinking. Aren't touching other people's lives and guiding them some of the characteristics of a leader?

As a leader, I make sure that I help people think and make decisions on their own so they can achieve their goals. (period) When you get to talk to employees, they just don't want to meet or exceed the targets, it's because they want to provide for their family, to buy that next big gadget or to invest.

A business is a business. A company has to make sure that they continue to earn money and grow but some people (leaders and employees alike) get drowned on the money, the percentages, the projections, the sustainability and the competition.  We can do that by having committed employees who will commit to achieve to the same "company" goal. I fan that flame by making sure that the employee goes back to the reason why he has to spend a minimum of 9 hours at work 5 days a week, sometimes miles away from their family.

When you find someone who will be there for you to help you get where you want to be, you will do what ever it is that he asks you to do.

I have always been a self starter. What do you do when no one fans your flame from within, when no one touches you so you can do the same to others?

I touch myself.

Sans Technology

I go to restaurants and see couples and friends alike not talking but holding their gadgets typing and, sometimes, even smiling while looking at their respective screens. What happened to good old face to face conversations? (not face to screen conversations)

Relationships are fostered primarily through communication. I am fortunate to have friends whom I can have great conversations with and great moments of silence as well. We share ideas, experiences and feelings. We share hearty laughs and a few tears every now and then.

I have met people who had long term relationships evaporate (me included). The reason usually was lack of communication. Most of the time, it was because they think that they share different views or they don’t know who their partners really are. I think it’s because of a lack of confidence that what one person will say may create a conflict or that what they are going to say may be viewed by the other as stupid. Then the mouth is kept shut.

A conversation is a two way process.  It’s simply sharing.

Quite recently, I have been the one who always ask to turn whatever gadget off. When the people I am with do so. I smile thinking, yes, let’s start talking. Tears, laughs, arguments, let’s have them.

Foster relationships. Turn it off. Talk.