Project 365
My attempt to regain the creativity I have lost to nine years of writing almost nothing but business news day in and day out.
Franchising, hmmm…My big what-if. I dream of having my own Jollibee franchise. Dreaming’s free, right? :)
Live above your means.
Now if only I had the money to increase my assets and improve my cashflow. Won’t that be nice? But it’s hard to achieve financial freedom when you’re working for a newspaper in the Philippines. Sad, but true.
I guess I’ll have to figure out another way to increase my asset base without relying on my job. Hmmmm…
I want this gameboard!
Okay, I’m a nerd. Haha! I totally sucked at Finman, but maybe I can learn to manage my cash flow better by playing a game. Y/y? :) As a kid, I loved Monopoly. My favorites were the railroads and the utilities. I wasn’t as concerned with the properties, except Park Place and Boardwalk, which earned top bucks once you have houses and hotels on them.
Anyhoo, this Rich Dad, Poor Dad Cashflow Game reminds me of Monopoly and my childhood, and I want one!!! :)
Sir Avila, this is for you. :)
I love Google Docs to bits! It makes document sharing and online collaboration so much easier. Since we use the case method in school, we have to meet with our groupmates all the time. Collaborative document sharing sites such as Google Docs makes our lives so much easier.
This screenshot is an example of a document shared with groupmates for my CSR class a year ago. Instead of meeting face to face, all we had to do was use Google Docs and everyone in the group was able to see what we were working on — at that time an Excel file of survey results for our service learning project (we taught basic entrepreneurship at the St. Scholastica’s College Night Secondary School — that was the day of the Manila hostage crisis, btw).
With apps like these, a lot of time and effort can be saved.
Another video tutorial, this time on accessories made from recycled magazines. I’m a sucker for recycling, and an even bigger sucker for accessories. Best of both worlds. Easy to do, too.
Paper clay accessories. When I first saw this video, I thought this was a tutorial on the usual oven-baked clay accessories that became really popular two years ago. As it turned out, paper clay was different.
It doesn’t have to be baked, but air-dried overnight. That, for me, is already a plus. I don’t want to have to bake inedible stuff. :) Since I won’t be doing accessories for selling anyway, at least not yet, I don’t really have to rush to finish them, so air-drying overnight is fine with me. Anyhoo, I really liked the finished products in the video. If you weren’t told what the accessories were made of, you wouldn’t think they were clay. I think I would try making some such accessories when I do get the time.
One of the final requirements for my IT workshop class is to find some YouTube videos on stuff I’d like to learn doing. I initially wanted to find make-up tutorials, but decided to go with accessory-making instead. So far, I’ve found a lot of really useful DIY videos, from the simple to the complicated.
There were ones on recycled old jewelry, a placemat clutch, a magazine bead necklace, paper clay accessories, and even a minaudiere. I’ve tried my hand at accessory-making before, using techniques I learned in sewing class, but this didn’t prosper since I didn’t have time to sit down and tinker with accessories.
After watching these videos, however, I’m compelled to re-explore this passion. I have just four terms to go with my MBA studies. Once I’m done with that, I expect to have a bit more time to work on other things, accessory-making included. Since the accessory-making course is rarely offered at the Asian Institute of Fashion, where I take classes, I’ll probably start my learning process via YouTube tutorials. Should tide me over until I can take actual classes. At least this is cheaper, virtually free. All I need are a computer and a good connection and I’m all set. :)
I’m sure you’ve already seen this, but I want to share it just the same. This Volkswagen TVC debuted during this year’s Super Bowl season. I so love the little kid here — so adorbs!
This is a bit morbid, but I found it very interesting indeed. We live in a very connected world, thanks to the wonders of the Internet and social media. But have you ever wondered what would happen to your “virtual self” when you finally meet your Maker?
My good friend Ronald passed away in January last year, yet Facebook still asks me sometimes to reconnect with him. His friends, me included, sometimes still post on his wall, as if he could still read our messages. People were still tagging young actor AJ Perez on Twitter days after he met an accident and died earlier this year.
Then there are those people who are more “alive” in the virtual realm than in real life, having famous personas online but whom nobody actually knows when they’re walking down the street or on their office corridors. It’s interesting to think about how their virtual presence can live on after they’re gone.
This video (I’m sorry I can’t embed it. Tumblr doesn’t seem to want me to embed a TED video in my post. Even embedding plug-ins have not helped) gives us insight into what happens after our last post. Click and enjoy.
This term was particularly hellish for me. Just as I thought, mixing Opsman and Finman was a bad idea. Anyhoo, the term’s over and I survived. I guess a huge reward is in order.
I’ve been thinking about getting an iPad long before it hit the stores here and before the iPad 2 even became a reality. Up to now though, I still don’t have one, mainly because of: 1. Lack of budget 2. Indecisiveness 3. Other choices. I’m thinking an iPad will be very useful to me. I can store school stuff there, check email, store ebooks. As a bonus, I can play Angry Birds all I want (although I can do that on Chrome, too, but still). I’ve never been a fan of touchscreen interfaces, but faced with appealing enough choices, why not?
Which then leads me to consider the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. It’s a tablet with a detachable keyboard, which looks like a netbook when put together. It runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS, and looks to have a rather user-friendly interface. This little beauty may be more useful to me since it’ll be easier to type on those keyboards than on an iPad.
But if I don’t end up getting a tablet and decide to get a smartphone instead, I would love to get my hands on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Sony makes the Playstation, right? Well, think about this as a smartphone that doubles as a PSP. Neat, right? With this, I’ll have the best of both worlds: useful business usage and gaming capabilities. This isn’t available in the Philippines yet though, and I’ve never used a Sony Ericsson in my life.
Since I still have no idea if I’ll even get any of these gadgets, I guess I’ll just stick to my trusty Nokia E90 (Symbian, I know) and BlackBerry Bold 9700. They serve their purpose, and I’m still quite happy with them. Maybe when I get a windfall from somewhere, I’ll get one of these three gadgets — or maybe get them all. :)
