Shouts and Whisper

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Mom and I would usually have an argument when it comes to technology.  When BPI came up with their phone banking many years ago, I subscribed to it and found it very convenient.  Mom, on the other hand, was used to going to the bank, filling up forms, and falling in line till she got served.  Later on, when everybody in the house used phone banking, mom was left behind.  The gap continued to be wider since, one, technology continued growing, and two, she ceased to grow with it. 

I could list down a couple of more examples where she chose to live in the past and preferred to be stuck in it.  Well, I guess she just missed out the benefits that e-mail, chat, and mobile phones had brought!  And I suppose she would be missing out more and more benefits and conveniences as companies would be evolving, developing, and thinking out of the box. 

That was in my mind when I wrote this in our SWOT:

tools used in rendering the service (e-auction & e-procurement)

seem to reach the mature-decline stage already

Yes, that was me.  I wrote that!  And now, it has become the favorite rebuttal topic of our big boss.  Notice him, he never forgets to mention that every single day. 

Fine with me if you like it being intimate with the bank and maybe dropping a few lines with the teller.  But what I am just driving at is what is stopping us from, as an analogy, establishing an ATM, setting up phone banking, or internet banking at that!  Remember, though S*P has a lot of companies in its sales funnel and a big white space even, that does not hinder them in creating new releases or in adding up more modules or business packages and actually moving forward in promoting the use of the newer versions. 

Maybe you do not believe in the product life cycle concept.  But just like what was written in one of the modules of the ITC books, even plastic cups which seem to be in the market for the longest time is not spared by this.

Lack of support from its original makers, system bugs, no source codes… don’t these just pose a headache for you?  Maybe, it’s time to let go.  Think about it.  You may be making money with what you have now, but don’t you think you may be making MORE money if the tool you are using is something better? 

Then again, who is stopping you from using pentium II… if you’ll ask me though, I prefer a core duo

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The places I want to dine in:

1) Peri-Peri Grill in Greenhills

2) Cafe Ysabel in San Juan

The places I want to visit in the Philippines:

1) Corregidor

2) Mayon Volcano, Albay

The places I want  to visit outside the Philippines:

1) HK Disneyland

2) Macau or Singapore

The shows I want to watch:

1) Sarah G/ or Gary V

2) Hair Spray/ Christmas Carol

The things I want to do on weekends:

1) box

2) play tennis

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"Needs improvement" are the two words I don't like seeing in my kindergarten report card.

Only one word brings a smile in my face - Outstanding!

That explains why I don't like being a "Jack of all trades".

As wiki defines it: "Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any one.

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As the night grew darker, so did the hope in our hearts.  You guessed it correctly.  We did not win.  Oh, did I forget to tell you???... it was not a creative song writing contest that year.  We actually joined a singing contest, where hitting the notes bore more points,  where each flat and sharp would mean minuses and where note & tune blending would had earned us much more than anything else.

Funny.  It was in those areas that we did badly.

This year is different. There will be no more singing.  There will be no more dancing.

It’s a music video making contest.

Remember the criteria: creativity, originality, song selection, audience impact

And don’t forget, there’s videography and cinematography.

Just a thought you might want to ponder on,  not all those who win the category best in cinematography bag the best film award.  And not all those who win the Ad of the Year are shot in picturesque location.   

I just hope this time we know the contest we are actually signing up for! Let us put our efforts where they will count… not in the extras.