Twilight

Do More!

Do More...
from An Enemy Called Average by John L. Mason =)

Do more than exist. Live.
Do more than hear. Listen.
Do more than agree. Cooperate.
Do more than talk. Communicate.
Do more than grow. Bloom.
Do more than spend. Invest.
Do more than think. Create.
Do more than share. Give.
Do more than decide. Discern.
Do more than consider. Commit.
Do more than forgive. Forget.
Do more than help. Serve.
Do more than coexist. Reconcile.
Do more than sing. Worship.
Do more than think. Plan.
Do more than dream. Do.
Do more than see. Perceive.
Do more than read. Apply.
Do more than receive. Reciprocate.
Do more than choose. Focus.
Do more than wish. Believe.
Do more than advise. Help.
Do more than speak. Impart.
Do more than encourage. Inspire.
Do more than add. Multiply.
Do more than change. Improve.
Do more than reach. Stretch.
Do more than ponder. Pray.
Do more than just live. Live for Jesus.

2008 UAAP Cheerdance Competition

Well... :) what else do I have to say?:) hehe... I'm just so proud of the UP Pep Squad! :D Despite all the bashing of the bitter ones, the Pep Squad was still able to keep their cool. There was even this tarp with "400 (< 100" (It's a pacman eating a 100). When we reacted violently about it, it was the Pep Squad who told us to stop fighting back. I so admire them for that! Super!

Here's the thing. We won for the second time so I hope that some people would stop telling us that it was "tsamba". The more they bash, the more pathetic they become. Come on, just move on and act like civilized human beings. I think we were never competing with anyone but ourselves. We strive for excellence. We are UP.

All About Desserts

Finding the perfect dessert is one of my goals in life. haha... I am really a sucker for sweets! It's a craving that I can never resist, that I would never want to resist! And in my search, I have already come across a number of desserts and I would share to you my favorites!

1. Chocolate Eruption, Italianni’s (P375/slice)

A volcano of rich chocolate cream shredded with nuts, chocolate chips and turtle cheesecake cubes, finished with chocolate curls, sliced almonds and caramel.

So far, this is the best that I have tasted! It is soooooo heavenly! It is expensive but it is worth every penny. And believe me, I am not overrating! I just love its creamy chocolate! You should really try it!

2. Cheesecake (Imported from the Cheesecake Factory, USA), The Old Spaghetti House (P 165 (P 180 if with blueberry))

I don’t really eat cheesecakes but when I got to try the cheesecake of The Old Spaghetti House, I instantly fell for it! It's really delicious! I love the sauce that comes with the cake. Ah! I'm starting to crave!

3. Sylvanas and Sansrival, House of Sylvanas

Remembering the round, sweet sylvanas of the House of Sylvanas makes me drool like crazy. It’s been years since I last tasted it but I still remember how happy it made me feel whenever mom would buy me a box of sylvanas. They have the best sylvanas!!! I promise! Nothing compares to their’s! Their sansrival is also good. Sadly, we don’t see them in malls anymore. I also do not know how much they cost anymore. But a dozen was worth more than a hundred bucks way back then.

4. Sylvanas, Brownies Unlimited (P 20-something)

Sylvanas of Brownies Unlimited are yummy, accessible, and affordable. :) One would be enough to satisfy my sweet tooth!


6. Ferrero Crunch Supreme, Five Cows, Trinoma (P155)

Just recently, Mom and I went to Trinoma to try the Ferrero Crunch Supreme that I have read about in a shopping site. Just the idea of tasting my favorite chocolate in my ice cream convinced me that I should taste it myself. I found it satisfying and it also passed Mom's taste buds. They also have refrigerated cakes. I think I should try it next time. Quite expensive, though.

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Where is your husband? Is he an OFW?

About two weeks ago, Kevin, Mom and I went to Megamall to visit a trade fair. As we were about to go home, we saw that there was another fair about herbal medicines. Since there was no entrance fee, we decided to take a look. While Mom availed herself of a free massage, Kevin and I roamed around to view other products that were also exhibited. Kevin and I stopped in a booth selling eye drops. As I was inquiring about the product, the seller suddenly butted in asking, "Where is your husband? Is he an OFW?"
"I'm sorry?"
"I'm sorry, are you still single?"
"Yeah, I'm still young! I'm not even 20!"
"You sure look like you're below 20. How old are you, 18?"
"I'm just 16..."
"Ohh! Sorry, miss. I just thought that you're already married. Bata ka pa pala, ang laki mo kasi! Magpapayat ka naman..."

Well, just guess how horrible I felt after that.

Career Profile1

Your FPYC Personal Profile Summary

FPYC Personal Profile for Tin FPYC temperament type: EIFS - Encouraging, cooperative, enthusiastic, sensitive to others, hard working, creative, expressive, loyal. Dominant intelligences: Logical Mathematical, Linguistic, Intrapersonal, Musical and Interpersonal. Dominant abilities: Self Awareness, Verbal Language, Caring and Serving, Teaching and Coaching, Commercial and Scientific. Fields of Work: Food preparation and serving, Media and Management. Knowledge worker status: Level 1 Knowledge Worker - Knowledge Creator. Knowledge age skills: Communication - Reasonable Adaptability - Strong Business - Strong Team Work - Strong Computer - Strong Learning - Strong

Welcome, Tin, to the New World of Work!

The workplace is now a very different place to even 10 years ago. It's called the New World of Work (aka the new economy and the knowledge age) and has serious implications for your career!

As management guru Tom Peters said recently over ninety percent of jobs will disappear over the next decade, or be reconfigured beyond recognition.

Developing a career that can withstand the constant change you will encounter is the key issue facing workers, like you, in the New World of Work!

Tin, your FPYC Personal Profile below consists of the following five sections:
1. Your Temperament Type
2. Your Dominant Intelligences and Dominant Abilities
3. Your 3 Fields of Work
4. Your Knowledge Worker Status
5. Your Knowledge Age Skills

These sections are all laid out below on this page...

1. Your FPYC Temperament Type

More than anything else, understanding of your personality type is the key to your career satisfaction and success in the New World of Work.

If intelligences and abilities guide the field of work, or profession, that you work in, your temperament type is about finding the best type of work for you within each profession.

The FPYC Temperament Type methodology is the modern day progression of a tradition of personality analysis that stretches back to the famous Swiss psychologist Carl Jung.

Your FPYC Temperament Type is defined by the four letter combination: EIFS

First and foremost you are an outgoing type who likes to be well organised and who thrives on high energy activities dealing with other people.

You can see all sorts of possibilities in all situations and you are often scornful of the ordinary and mundane.

Your career prospects would be best where you are able use your abilities in ways where you can express your inner values in creative ways.

You would perform work well that gives you the opportunity for self-expression and creativity. If you are denied this opportunity then you are likely to find your work situations stressful and unsatisfying.

You naturally seek high-energy action packed situations rather than being a thoughtful and reflective type. This suggests that you would work best dealing directly with other people in face to face situations.

You are more comfortable working in structured situations where there is a measure of order and predictability. You like to reach closure on the things you are dealing with rather than leaving matters undecided. Beware, because this can sometimes lead to hasty decision-making.

Does this sound like you?

If this content sums up aspects of your personality, you can explore these issues in greater depth in your personalized copy of Authentic Direction: How to Find Your Life's Purpose and Ideal Career.

An entire chapter is devoted to your FPYC Temperament Type. You'll find out the types of work situations you are best suited to, as well as the types of situations that you should avoid.

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Your FPYC Personal Profile continues below with your Dominant Intelligences and Dominant Abilities...

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2. Your Dominant Intelligences and Dominant Abilities

In the New World of Work it is dangerous to define your work by the tasks that make up your job description.

If those tasks are no longer required when things change (as they inevitably will) then YOU may no longer be required.

To future proof your career, you need to understand yourself as a person with certain basic strengths that can be utilized in many different ways in many different situations.

This is why talent is one of the key concepts that you need to base your future career around.

In a rapidly-changing environment, an employer - rather than worrying about formal qualifications - is more likely to want someone who has demonstrated certain talents.

For example you are a person who has a very clear sense of what you can contribute, communicates very well with the spoken word and can pass on skills and knowledge to others.

These talents, and others, are a crucial part of what you have to offer any employer, and to the way your career will unfold in the future.

Modern psychological theory suggests there are at least eight separate human intelligences, and we have broken these intelligences down into 20 separate human abilities.

Applying this theory to you reveals the following three Dominant intelligences and six Dominant Abilities.

YOUR DOMINANT INTELLIGENCES: Logical Mathematical, Linguistic and Intrapersonal.
YOUR DOMINANT ABILITIES: Self Awareness, Verbal Language, Caring and Serving, Teaching and Coaching, Commercial and Scientific.

How can you package these intelligences and abilites for maximum benefit in your future career? Is the area you currently work in, or are considering working in, an area where you can use your strengths. If not you may need to consider your options.

By centering your career - in terms of the field of work you concentrate on - around your dominant intelligences and abilities, you stand the greatest chance of success.

A full discussion of your eight intelligences and 20 abilities

The largest chapter of Authentic Direction: How to Find Your Life's Purpose and Ideal Career covers the FPYC Intelligences and Abilities Analysis. This deals with the implications for your future career of each of the eight intelligences and 20 abilities and how you can use your talents to get ahead in the New World of Work.

Every intelligence and ability is dealt with separately (a total of 28 personalized articles) with an individualized discussion on how you can make the best use of your strengths, at the same time as minimizing the effect of your weaknesses.

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Your FPYC Personal Profile continues below with your 3 Fields of Work...

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3. Your 3 Fields of Work

Your individual mix of intelligences, abilities and interests is what determines the fields of work you are best suited to.

Your three Fields of Work, chosen from the 26 in the FPYC WorkMatch system are listed below.

The FPYC WorkMatch system is based on the official US Department of Labor O*Net database which includes over 1200 individual work titles, divided into 23 Fields of Work

On top of the 23 Fields of Work in the official O*Net database, we have broken the category: Art Design Media Sports and Entertainment into the four separate categories: Art and Design, Media, Sports and Entertainment to come up with 26 Fields of Work.

The 26 Fields of Work used in the WorkMatch system are:

1. Management	14. Building/Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
2. Business/Finance	15. Personal Care and Service
3. Computer and Mathematical Science	16. Sales
4. Architecture and Engineering	17. Office and Administration Support
5. Sciences (Physical, Social and Life Sciences)	18. Farming, Fishing and Forestry
6. Community and Social Services	19. Construction and Extraction
7. Legal	20. Installation, Maintenance and Repair
8. Education, Training and Library	21. Production
9. Art and Design	22. Transportation and Material Moving
10. Healthcare Practitioner and Technical	23. Military
11. Healthcare Support	24. Media
12. Protective Service	25. Entertainment
13. Food Preparation and Serving	26. Sports

The three Fields of Work that best match your abilities, intelligences and interests are:

• Food preparation and serving
• Media
• Management

How to get your full WorkMatch analysis...

Chapter four of Authentic Direction: How to Find Your Life's Purpose and Ideal Career expands on this analysis and details the 30 individual careers that are the best match with your profile.

Your five top Fields of Work (including the three above) are drawn from your abilities, intelligences and interests. Following this, six Work Titles are chosen for each Field of Work on the basis of your FPYC Temperament Type (detailed above) which indicates the types of roles you are best suited to.

The result is a list of 30 Work Matches drawn from the 1200 possibilities in the US Department of Labor O*Net database.

Click here for information about Authentic Direction: How to Find Your Life's Purpose and Ideal Career.

Your FPYC Personal Profile continues below with your Knowledge Worker Status...

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4. Your Knowledge Worker Status

The trouble with most career planning these days is that it is still based on thinking from the “old economy” of the Industrial Age.

Career thinking in the New World of Work starts by considering your status as a Knowledge Worker and your readiness to do knowledge work.

You are a Level 1 Knowledge Worker

The first piece of good news is that you have many attributes required to succeed in the workplace of the knowledge age. According to the FPYC Knowledge Worker Index, which uses a complex formula that draws on 32 of the 86 questions from the FPYC Questionnaire, you are a Level 1 Knowledge Worker.

Since the guru of management gurus Peter Drucker coined the term over 40 years ago, there has been a lot of conjecture about what actually constitutes a knowledge worker.

Our definition of knowledge worker is much more useful than most, and includes three separate levels of workers: Industrial Workers, Level 1 Knowledge Workers and Level 2 Knowledge Workers.

On one hand career prospects for Level 1 Knowledge Workers, like you, are very bright, because in many respects Level 1 Knowledge Workers are the “rank and file” of the knowledge age. Millions of Level 1 Knowledge Workers are employed in organizations all over the world, operating information systems, using knowledge and dealing face-to-face with internal and external customers.

On the other hand, there is also a downside to this trend.

As the knowledge and information systems become increasingly sophisticated, they take over more and more of the left brain repetitive, systematic, computational work that many Level 1 Knowledge Workers currently do.

Therefore if your work involves this type of work, then chances are that – sooner or later – it will be automated and eliminated. This trend suggests two major strategies for Level 1 Knowledge Workers.

The first is to commit to lifelong learning to stay ahead of the game. By continually upgrading your knowledge you will learn new ways you can contribute to your organization, and also move towards becoming a Level 2 Knowledge Worker.

One of they keys for Level 1 Knowledge Workers is to keep up-to-date with the computer systems used in your industry. It is not enough just to have basic computer skills, you must develop and maintain up-to-date expertise using the software that drives your.

The second major strategy suggested by the automation of left brain tasks is to look for work opportunities which use your right brain, creative, complex intuitive powers and judgments.

How good are your communication skills? Are you an effective team player? Do you have a clear set of goals and do you have a disciplined approach to achieving them?

When it comes to these interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects of work, employers need human beings, not computers, so these are areas that need continuous improvement.

Knowledge User, Knowledge Provider or Knowledge Creator?

Knowledge work can be broken down into three categories: Knowledge Use, Knowledge Provision and Knowledge Creation.

You seem to be a Knowledge Creator .

Again, this information has serious implications for how your career unfolds in the future.

Your FPYC Personal Profile continues below with your Knowledge Age Skills...

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5. Your Knowledge Age Skills

The Knowledge Age Skills are the six basic skills which all knowledge workers need to work with information and knowledge, and with the new structures that are now part and parcel of the New World of Work.

These are communication skills, team skills, adaptability skills, computer skills, business skills and learning skills.

You seem to be very strong in these fundamental knowledge age skills.

1. Communication skills - your rating: Reasonable
In the industrial age, communication flowed from the top down. You took instructions from those above and passed them on to those below. These days hierarchies are much flatter requiring more communication between equals, rather than order giving and taking between people at different levels.

2. Team skills - your rating: Strong
Work in the knowledge age is often the result of collaboration between groups of people working towards a common goal. Self-managing teams charged with the responsibility for certain outcomes are increasingly common. This is in stark contrast to the production-line model of the industrial age.

3. Adaptability skills - your rating: Strong
One of the defining features of the workplace in the knowledge age is change. Being able to adapt quickly from one situation to the next is therefore a core requirement of knowledge workers – something your industrial age counterparts had to give little consideration.

4. Computer skills - your rating: Strong
The driving technological force of the knowledge age, the computer, is a critical aspect of the majority of knowledge work. Basic computer skills are now as fundamental as basic literacy skills were in the industrial age.

5. Business skills - your rating: Strong
It is much more important in the new economy to have a clear idea of your own contribution to the bottomline success of your organization. This helps secure both your position and the company’s in these turbulent times. This is quite different to the industrial age, when all you needed to worry about was completing your narrow range of tasks.

6. Learning skills - your rating: Strong
New knowledge, products and processes are being generated at such a rate these days that we all need to learn at a fast pace just to keep up-to-date. Gone are the days where you could simply undertake training after leaving school that would see you right throughout your career.

Because these skills are basic requirements of work in the knowledge age, you should look to improve in any areas that aren’t listed above as “Strong”.

A full discussion of your Knowledge Age Skills is included in "Future Proof Your Career" a free personalized ebook that you will receive download instructions for within the next couple of days.

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7 Deadly Mindsets that Hold You Back From Learning Effectively

In this hyper-competitive global environment, there is no certainty. Only change is certainly there. An honors degree can no longer secure a high paying job for life. As a result, you are constantly going for courses, learning new stuff and upgrading your skills.

This is a fast-paced world after all. You are faced with revolutionary changes and there’s so much to learn. This article will show you some of the dangerous mindsets that hold you back from learning effectively.

1. I’m too old to learn
As you grow older, there is this tiny voice in your head saying, “You are getting old and your brain is getting ‘rusty’”.

It’s true that your brain cells are killed over the years. But look at Albert Einstein, scientists have proved that he had only tapped less than 1 % of his brain’s power. It’s not an excuse to say that you can’t learn because you are too old.

Exercising your brain is like exercising your muscles. When you train your muscles, it gets developed and becomes stronger. The more you do, the more satisfaction you’ll get from the results. This applies to learning too.

If you consistently train your brain to learn new things, you will learn things much faster.

2. I know everything.
Perhaps you are successful; you have an honors degree or even a master degree. And you assumed that you have learnt everything you need to know.

You believed that you are right and everybody is wrong. You won’t listen to anyone except yourself. Eventually someone is going to be hot on your heels and surpass you sooner or later.

It’s only when you fail would you start to realize that you’ve got to learn again.

3. I’m not smart enough.
You lost your job and you are finding a new one. You have been in a specialized industry for several years. Now it’s time to re-learn from scratch.

You wanted to learn something new, but you are worried that you are not smart enough. And you keep putting it off.

Even before you fight a war, you have surrendered. By thinking negatively, you have lost half the war.
Although you may have started learning, but half way through, you feel that you are not smart enough and give up halfway.

The truth is that to master a skill, there are many learning curves and obstacles to break through. Maybe you are just a few steps away from mastering the skill.
Think about it, won’t it be a waste to give up halfway?

4. There are many people who are smarter than me.
You are in a class full of young, talented and intelligent professionals. When you looked at the mirror, you felt you are inferior to them.

In terms of learning abilities, these people are more proficient and skillful than you are. You cannot help it but thinking negatively about yourself.

The truth is there is always somebody better than you are. And the only way you will have an edge is through endless and continuous learning. It is your battle, not a battle with others.

5. This is not for me.
I’m sure you have been very enthusiastic when you first picking up something new. You may hit dead ends occasionally but at the start, your enthusiasm has pulled it through.

After a while, you keep going nowhere. You are near the intermediate stage but you are somehow stuck and you can’t advance to the next stage. You saw your friends improving and you are on the plateau. All the fun, excitement and enthusiasm die off.

Now, you are tired of learning and you want to give up. You said to yourself, “This is not for me”.
The truth is this will be a deadly habit that will hinder your success. Think about it, it’s just an excuse to escape from the fact that you are not confident about yourself and your learning abilities. If you give up learning because it’s not for you, then you will never master anything.

6. Not focus.
Some people have the tendency of learning many things at the same time. One moment they are reading a “how to invest” book, the other they are reading a “how to do ebay”.

If you find yourself distracted, maybe it’s time to focus.

Imagine you are multi tasking, doing many different things at one go - talking on the phone, watching television, doing your work on the laptop. Would you able to do it well?

I doubt so. My advice to you…

Stay focused.

7. I can learn it another day.
You returned home from a tiring day of heavy workload, stressful working environment and even long hours of office hours.

You have already planned to read another chapter of your book. But you decided to put it off again. In fact, for the past week, you have procrastinated and delayed your lessons or classes.

After a month, you simply forget about it.

The fact is to learn effectively, you got to be disciplined. No matter how tired you are, you have to stick with your plans and deadlines.

Please share some of your learning obstacles and comments about learning effectively.

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George Tee is the author of “Secrets Of Scoring ‘A’s” and founder of Learning Nest - Secretsofstudying.com . A few of his popular articles are 5 Hacks That Make Study Simple And Effective, How To Effectively Manage Your Time and How I Excel In My Exams And Emerge Among The Top 53 Students.

Source: Lifehack.org