Opinions and Writings
Why the Spurs must win in 2014
I am a Spurs fan. I used to be a personality-based fan. I rooted for the Bulls back in the 90s all because of Michael Jordan. I took the Heat versus the Mavs because I liked Dwyane Wade. Perhaps, with maturity, came the realization that basketball is a team sport and...
Preparation and pragmatism
Why do schools and teachers opt for externally-developed curricula and materials? It's mainly a preference of ease. Much is demanded of teachers in the Philippines both public and private. Aside from the actual handling of their classes (which have to cycle through...
Performance is punishment
It's quite funny how these "principles" seem to work every damn time. Take the Pareto principle for example. For those unfamiliar, it's the principle that states 80% of effects comes from 20% of causes. In business, this translates to 80% of sales come from just 20%...
Crassroots
The idea of being prim and proper as a "professional" can be overrated. Given all my interactions with so-called professionals, those who display such prim and proper demeanor have a tendency to be boring. Personally, I have tempered my expectations of professionalism...
Suicides and transitions
I've often been asked by friends and family that given all my (supposed) smarts, why wasn't I working for large multinationals where I probably would be in a senior position raking in the big bucks. Once in a while, I do get bothered by those quips since I definitely...
Ilang aral sa pagiging litratista sa kasal
Nakakatuwa na nauso ang pagpapa-workshop. Nakhahanga sa mga eksperto ang pagbabahagi ng kanilang nalalaman at pagsiwalat nila sa kanilang mga sikreto upang makatulong sa mga baguhan. Dumalo kami ni Risha sa workshop ng aming suking photographer. Dati ko pa siyang...
Assessing your skills portfolio
I've been recently mulling over some new learning project that I can work on to further improve my skills portfolio. My current work doesn't really provide any training so I'm pretty much left to my own devices. There's quite a lot of administration tasks involved in...
Grade conscious
For those who have been years removed from schooling, the governments reforms to educational policies are taking effect soon. They've added two years to schooling with the new K-12 program. By 2015, school will be starting in August. Grades would be based on letters...
Blended unity
I have always been a frustrated programmer. I did some school-level programming when I was in grade school and high school but since I decided to go to the liberal arts for college, it basically ended up being a skill-I-used-to-have. Tragic really especially since IT...