Ten months being exposed to how the development sector’s problems, education-oriented goals & social impact driven motives are being married to business’s sustainable, viable & profit-driven objectives – I realize that the road to the true practice of CSR and social entrepreneurship is hard to travel. Talking about these seemingly feel-good things may be easy, […]
“Rise up from the dust like a phoenix.” These words, from Bamboo the band’s “I-You”, resonated to my whole being. It’s as if they created that line solely for my consumption – it’s as if the line is tailor-fitted to who I am. I’ve always been fascinated by the Phoenix who is in a never-ending […]
Intertwined, as if, as one Emotions that picture battles not won Hoping things will get better, not bitter Making the fairy tale a true happy ever after.
Shades of green, dreamy Blurred, vague, blinding light Sunrise! It’s out of my hands!
Sometimes, baptism can be harsh. Purification can be painful. All the things that happened may be a harsh spanking from Mother Nature to remember to take care of her. Perhaps we should have a change in lifestyle? But still, after half a week of rainfall, the sun shines. The aftermath of a purification, a symbol […]
Was there ever a time when you’d imagine yourself as a fairy tale character in a fairy tale ending? One peaceful afternoon, I just wanted to be alone in my room, with guitar at hand. It was one of those days when I’d just like to play songs, covered or those that I composed. As […]
Faith. How do you define faith? For me, faith involves trusting the unknown, the uncertain. Faith involves looking at the future. One of the aspects that our YFC Shared Learning experience taught me is, really, to have faith. To not be blinded by things that are in front of us now, but to anticipate. To have […]
Mr. Anonymous offered a very interesting scenario featuring a dilemma, written below: What if you’re placed in this dilemma:Your successful company that you have taken care for years is about to face bankruptcy, turmoil, or whatever the worst you can think of. You’ve cut down the number of your employees already to the minimum, you’ve […]
In one of my CSR Series post that featured the topic of Prayers and Spirituality, an anonymous commenter offered a very enriching insight written below: “Hi sir, nice blog post you have. I hope you don’t mind if I post a “what if” here. What if businesses are gearing towards spirit-driven consumption, just because the […]
I’ll first let the Naked Juice ad below do the talking through its amazing kinetic typography advertisement. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DkRznTser0] Wow, I was amazed. This is beyond the recycling green advocacy. The concept of “reincarnating” is great, in the aspect of bottles, is great because plenty of drinks and packaging use it. Especially in the Philippines, […]