Archive for January, 2010
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Proclamation 1841 last July 21, 2009 setting the dates of 2010 regular and special holidays in the Philippines.
January 1, Friday – New Year’s Day
February 22, Monday nearest February 25 – EDSA Revolution Anniversary (special holiday for schools)
April 1 – Maundy Thursday
April 2 – Good Friday
April 9, Friday – Araw ng Kagitingan
May [...]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
I am Skype illiterate!
With my forehead and chin up, I admitted to the AISEC president that it was just the first time I was using Skype. That without him helping me the online interview was not possible last night.
Given the chance to sit at the highest position in the school is accompanying with lots of [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
I received a not-so-pleasant email from one of the “boss” sounding exasperation yesterday. The way I feel every words written I can simply imagine the facial expression in here face. She might wear impatience the time she was writing the letter which is traceable by the exclamation points and dots.
I do understand why she was [...]
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
What makes difference of being knowledgeable in English language?
The question comes to my mind after the last inquiry has gone to the office. Normally, foreigners are our clients, those foreign students and executives wishing to learn basic to advance English for them to have a passport in mingling with the natives. We have Chinese, Koreans, [...]
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
“I will never forget Edward Fabish; he made me rich. I never thought things would turn out this way.
Eight years ago, I was working as a stenographer at the Manila Prosecutors’ Office in City Hall.
When I left my job, my bosses –all prosecutors, my colleagues, and fellow stenographers never thought I would take the job [...]
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
When I got hired to take the highest seat in RBC, salary was not an issue between me and the LK Global University. As the figure was laid down I simply said “I’ll take it!”
To be familiar enough with the responsibilities loaded to my shoulder, the FWMC President who represents LKGU, and took charge the interview, described the [...]
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
The riches boxing fighting in the history and much awaited competition between Manny Pacquiao versus Floy Mayweather will just remain dream for the world. The fight has been scheduled in March 13 in MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas but due to unresolve fighter’s differences over certain matter it has to be cancelled.
“I’ve been saying [...]
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
There’s no harm of pampering the needs of our stomach even at the mid of the night. Mc Donald’s food chains are just blocks away to the dorm to satisfy craving for fries and hamburger. This can be happen often since we’re just a human with unstable desire for food regardless of the season and place, [...]
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The night owl was stayed awake till 2:oo in the wee hour last night. Aside from planting squash in the farm ville in which this woman has been addicted since the first time she played the game, there was another reason of keeping her eyes open; the sudden knock to her door and the noise [...]
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