My Thoughts

Success is a journey not a destination a year from
now you may wish you had started today.
Every beginner is a winner. Success is not escaping problems but facing them creatively.
There is no success without sacrifice.
Great success always calls for great sacrifice.
Even failure can become an important ingredient to success.
Failure just means that you have not yet succeeded.
I’d rather change my mind and succeed than have my own way and fail. Success without conflict is unrealistic.
Any person can be successful on smooth seas,
but it is the victory over the storm that gains true honor.
Success doesn’t come through the way you think it comes;
it comes through the way you think.
Never settle for less than success.
Success is doing something good.
When you can, where you can, while you can.
It’s better to attempt to do something great and fail,
than attempt to do nothing and succeed.
Success is not necessarily reaching your goal- but reaching the maximum possibilities in light of the opportunities that come your way.
To keep your values on target remember to live so that when you “arrive”, you’ll have pride behind you and hope ahead of you.
The success is truly the path to heaven.
Success is never ending, because success is like the process of seed planting. Every creative contribution like a seed planted may bear fruit.
Success finally is not what you have it is not what you do;
it is who you are, and what
you want to become of yourself.

In ancient times as well as today, Feng Shui, (風水) pronounced in English as [fʊŋ'ʃweɪ] ("fung shway"), was known as "Kan-Yu" which means ‘The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ^[1] Today’s Feng Shui schools teach that it is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment. Feng shui literally translates as "wind-water." This is a cultural shorthand taken from the following passage of the Zhangshu (Book of Burial) by Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty:^[2]

The qi that rides the wind stops at the boundary of water.^[3]

Feng shui is a discipline with guidelines that are compatible with many techniques of agricultural planning as well as internal furniture arrangements. Space, weather, astronomy, and geomagnetism are basic components of feng shui. Proponents claim that feng shui has an effect on health, wealth, and personal relationships; critics consider it a pseudoscience.

What year in the Chinese calendar were you born? How many of you have actually tried reading yours each start of the year? Or buying a book as your guide? Well, I have mine in the past 2 years..and man, it’s 90% accurate for Dragons since I have started keeping track of this. Was I or was it sheer good luck?

For example…My 2006 Feng Shui Says:

"Break up with a Gemini bf while the respect is still there before it’s too late as Gemini is a complete no-no for Scorpio’s. They are the exact example of clashing personalities. 2006 is a bad year for Dragons because of health issues. "

What actually happened:

Relationship: Ive read the book January. I’ve insisted on working on the relationship. Early February, I broke up with the guy in a very unpleasant way. We were not in speaking terms for almost a year. Health: I got sick almost every month, usually fever and flu but i had even worse than that. I just had my first food poisoning experience from a very reputable resto in Rockwell which of all places you wouldnt expect to get one. I went to a hospital 4x in 2006 which is very unusual as I am not really a sickly person. I’ve always considered myself tough as I rarely have colds or fever.

Conclusion: Feng Shui for me in 2006 in very accurate. So I kept track of 2007 and was very excited as my 2007 says:

" This year you are 5x luckier than last year especially in your career. This will be Dragon’s year as you claim your fortune. Your energy is back just like the old self and nothing can stop you."

What actually happened:

Career: I moved to Huawei which is a 100x or more bigger than the previous company..and everything else follows..Energy: You can imagine the exact opposite of last year..there was even a time esp. at the start of Chinese new year where my problem was not getting tired at the end of the day, when I say end of the day, I mean 11pm where I usually end my day in the office. So I ended up extending until 12mn or 1am or more for months. I work like crazy just to make use of those energy! It’s just sooo good to be back to the usual me =)

Conclusion: Obviously it worked for me.

Well guys, my comforter’s waiting(courtesy of my baby damieno =)..time to take  nap!

Happy New Year and all the best for the coming year!

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Chinese: 华为技术有限公司; pinyin: Huáwei Jíshu Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) in Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China is the largest networking and telecommunications equipment supplier in China and one of world leaders.

Established in 1988 by Ren Zhengfei ^[1], Huawei Technologies is a private high-tech enterprise which specializes in research and development (R&D), production and marketing of communications equipments, and providing customized network solutions for telecom carriers. Huawei serves 31 of the top 50 telecoms operators and puts 10 per cent of revenue into R&D each year.^[2] In addition to the R&D centers in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Xi’an, Chengdu, and Wuhan in China, Huawei has also R&D centers in Stockholm, Sweden; Dallas and Silicon Valley, U.S.; Bangalore, India; Moscow, Russia.

Huawei is the fastest growing telecom vendor worldwide with its growth of more than 30% each year. It only started going international 6 years ago. Wow. Some vendors has actually believe this company is just here to mess up the market..that the Chinese government, with its undying effort to dominate power, being the challenger to US in the past 2 decades, had founded this company, subsidized it to make it big worldwide to make sure they not only dominate consumer market which obviosuly they successfully have done so, but the telecommunication as well.

Being in this company for a year now..or almost in about 6 days, I could not really justify the stories. All I know is this company has really grown bigger and bigger each day. Closing deals in the international market beyond limits. I see how people work in this company, work is no joke. Day and night doesnt make difference. Weekdays or weekends are the same as well. One hell of hardworking bunch from China or Malaysia..

Has Huawei become a grave threat to the pioneers in the industry? Let’s see in the coming years…Oh by the way, Huawei is now in the top 200 Most Respected companies worldwide according to Forbes international from nothing in 2006. See the following link for more stories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei

visit website at http://www.huawei.com

After a week of distraction, I’m finally back on track. It just came from out of the blue. Geared up for the busy months ahead. No, forth quarter is not one of those uneventful seasons for us.

Alas.

It’s the busiest on the contrary. Yes, I’ve hit my target for this year, but as I am addicted to my job, I want MORE. With all the major projects targeted to be done BEO the year, I doubt if there will ever be an early night for me.  I’m just relieved I’ve given myself a break in advance and a month of idle weekends, when I just stayed in bed the whole time, 2-3 days straight. Now, I can say I’m all set for the battle again. Ready to burn candles at night. As I am prepared to do what it takes to get things done. And I swear I cannot lose this project. This will be my moment. And next year would be mine again, just like 2007 being so good to me, and to the rest of the Dragons.

Here I am, alone again..back to reality after a wekend in Siargao, emotionally distracted, can hardly shift my mind back to work..DISTRACTED. This is not me. Shit I hate this. I think I need to forget Surigao for a while and accept the reality that this is where I should be.This is supposed to be a very busy month. I guess I’m not gonna open my sites for few days..or weeks..and force my mind to be where I am, and where will I be. Just leave your messages guys. I’ll see you soon…..

It’s been a sad 9 months of grief for the love i lost, nine months of agony and longing for someone i have loved so dearly. I used to think people who grieve so much are stupid. I told my brother after breaking his marriage that he only allows himself two weeks to grieve. That’s the usual timeline I set for myself for every failed relationship. How many… one..two..three..The first one hurt so badly and lasted quite a long time, the second one hurt either but was able to overcome in a matter of weeks, but this one is an exemption. Finally i can say ive fallen inlove and lost it. Well, there’s always a frist time for everything, i just had mine. I thought I am that powerful to control everything in my life including my emotions. Actually, this is an eye-opener to me. Sometimes, I get to think I’m just good when it comes to my job but a failure in my personal life..but then again, i still have plenty of time to prove this wrong as I am ready to take another route. Now Im ready to move on.

Three years and a half in Manila and missing my hometown, Surigao. Stupid of me to have realized this only now..after the 10-day party-full days. I thought my mind is set for the new direction I took 3 and half years back. I’ve even missed 2 fiestas easily, with minor excuses. Believing my heart is now in another city. I was wrong. Dont get me wrong, I’ve had my share of good times and a taste of success in Manila too though my first 2 months was a hell of an adjustment trying to fit in to the new culture of a fast-paced life and discrimating crowd. Things came so fast here, as I recall, I was happy to have been promoted and regularized with only after 2 mos in my first company BellTel, pirated by Digitel on my 4th month which I also got my first car(some people misconstrued me as having a sugar dad for that haha, it was one hell of a stupid gossip, come to think of it, which gossip isint?), performed and bonded with the key officers, pirated again by a local IS after a year which I had my first experience in the vendor side, this is where I found my place under the sun, people were warm, they’re my second family in this strange city. Then finally i moved to my current company where I got my dream job, actually it’s the same with the previous one,except that the perks are incredible. Travel abroad, leisure, pleasure haha all expenses being paid for. I have friends, from Digitel, to WTS and now with Huawei. They’re all nice too but quite different. Not the wild type haha. So all I do in the past years were not actually the same with the usual thing in Suirgao. Despite this, I really thought I don’t ever want to go back and live for life in my hometown. If not bec of my family. But this 10-day recent fiesta vacation changed all that. Now, all I can think of is the loneliness of being away from my family, friends and Surigao itself. Its never a nice feeling to be distracted from emotions.esp after declining a great opportunity to come back which comes with a great offer too, so stupid of me. This is the first time that i was away for long and never missing my office or work. I usually wanna go back to work after 4 days of travel, but this time..i just wanted to stay..forever, no place like home indeed. but do i have a choice? =)

I’m all set for my 10-day vacation in Surigao for the alumni, fiesta & my mom’s bday/ retirement party. Im pretty lucky already to get approval from my boss for this one, in the middle of ongoing major projects..but i deserve this..after all, i closed the major deal beating the 2 major players in the industry, thank God i’m almost done for 2007 target few more POs and hurrah! i’m gonna end the year right fully believing in feng sui which tells me that i’m 5x luckier in 2007 vs last yr..hmm actually ive already believed the crap . sorry for the word..

This is one of the longest vacation so far, almost similar to xmas vacation. So my chinese friends got crazy already..leaving them for 10 days! they wouldnt know how to spend thier spare time w/o me hahaha. I planned to retire to bed around 9pm since my flight was 510am..worst via PAL butuan..well at least it’s free (thanks to Mabuhay Miles), unfortunately, my friends, as crazy as they are, threw me a despideda dinner and night out..my god, i thought im gonna have a good night’s sleep hehe. But it’s really sweet..good thing, little boy didnt let me drink a bottle as he’s concern of my trip..thanks to him at least.  After Korean food, we hit Capone in Makati drinking and finally, brought the bottles to the park and played w/ the swing while drinking!! My gosh, like kids well, its good to remain a kid at heart anyway.

They released me around 130am already and i had to pack my things so i ended up sleeping for 45 mins then i headed to the airport. I thought im gonna take a cab, thanks to brother for driving me there. Excited!

Sometimes when we’re fresh from a broken relationship, we doubt if there would ever be enough men for us haha not that I don’t stick to one, I strongly believe in monogamy when it comes to romantic relationships. But then again, this trip has been an eye-opener that there’s so many of them out there. They’re everywhere. I actually had more than 3 invitations during this trip.. and man, one of them is real exceptional good-looking! But appearance isn’t everything. It’s the attitude which draws us towards the person.. Attitude towards life, work, other people, family. Well guys, I’m no longer sad about my loss. I believe something good always come after every loss. Besides, there’s so many of them out there! All we need to do is flash them that killer smile