Opinions and Writings
Failing critical discourse
All that noise about Pacquiao probably wouldn't die soon. Too bad in the midst of all of this, a lot is happening beyond a boxer's unenlightened comments and the hate it stirred. In my circle of literary people, here's what has happened just in the past couple of...
Bahala na
Any manager who doesn't have a clear objective (or fail to communicate one) is destined for disappointment. It is critical to have a mutual understanding of expectations between team members when dealing with tasks. Some so-called managers don't even bother providing...
Attack ka muna
We, old foggies, were transferred out to new assignments. That left some leadership void that (we are glad) our best people filled in. (I'd write about the Peter Principle some other time.) While part of letting your wards blossom is giving them space, we're still...
Job hunting for the young ‘uns
So I'm helping out with recruitment and boy, do I really feel old(er). At this point, I am already an elder among young 'uns at the office. I could really feel the generation thing happening as my kumpare, Kim, and I often share our peeves with managing "kids these...
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I recently started following the UAAP men's basketball. I mainly have lost interest in it due to the fact that UP has been losing and that I have been critical of the lack of coverage of the other sports. But what can you do when you live in a basketball country? What...
KPUP simplified
After a couple of takes (Grade Conscious, Measuring What?) on how DepEd plans to assess learning in the new K-12 system, they've gone and revised the assessment framework yet again. DepEd Order 8 Series 2015 provides the details on the new framework. The underlying...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
We've moved in to a new place a couple of weeks ago and we're hankering to fill the space with some activity. The family's filled with Pacquiao fans so we decided to get a pay-per-view subscription and host a viewing party for the Pacquiao-Mayweather "superfight." I...
Built to die
Adulthood does bring a lot of change into people. Either you mellow out and start appreciating life a bit more or you become ornery and be the mean bastard yelling at kids to get off the lawn. I think I'm more of the latter. Given my temperament, I was hoping that I'd...
Offsite shortsight
I really don't believe in the much-hyped offsite team building activities that seem to be totally the craze right now. I'm amazed at how many resorts and camps in the Rizal area are now turning into these adventure and action-sport venues complete with obstacle...