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They say that Filipinos are a happy and contented people. And when Survey Research Hong Kong released its Asia-wide happiness survey early this year, it proved just that. The survey showed that despite poverty, 94 percent of Filipinos are more contented with their lives than other Asians. In the same survey, almost a third of the Japanese admitted to being “generally miserable,” even if their per capita income of US $38, 980 is highest in Asia, and over five times more than that of Filipinos. Why are Filipinos are happier than the Japanese or even their wealthier Asian neighbors? Dr. Ly Sycip, chairperson of the UP Department of Psychology, explained some reasons. Economic needs: Are we happy to be poor? In the past, Sycip says, many people assume that economics is the be-all of existence. “Psychologists like Abraham Maslow (hierarchy-of-needs theory) believed that you have to fulfill certain level of needs before you can move to the next higher level. “Now that, of course, is...

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- Hundreds of chickens have been found dead in east China -- and a court has ruled that the cause of death was the screaming of a four-year-old boy who in turn had been scared by a barking dog, state media reported on Wednesday. The bizarre sequence events began when the boy arrived at a village home in the eastern province of Jiangsu in the summer with his father who was delivering bottles of gas, the Nanjing Morning Post reported. A villager was quoted as saying the little boy bent over the henhouse window, screaming for a long time, after being scared by the dog. "One neighbor told police that he had heard the boy's crying that afternoon and another villager confirmed the boy screaming by the henhouse window," the newspaper said. A court ruled the boy's screaming was "the only unexpected abnormal sound" and that 443 chickens trampled each other to death in fear. The boy's father was ordered to pay 1,800 yuan ($230) ...

Recently, I turned down one promotion in the office because I was afraid and wasn’t prepared of the responsibilities attached on the position. Maybe I turned it down also for the reason that I am enjoying my existing job. I mean, in my present position I feel like I am boundless, uncontrolled, emancipated and free. There are no much worry to think about, no big responsibilities to take care of, and most of all I am free. But I am also thinking that if ever I accepted the position as a Team Manager/Leader, am I really capable of doing it satisfactorily? That is why I researched on how or what are the roles of a Manager of People and below are the 14 points: Role Of A Manager Of People A manager understands and conveys to his people the meaning of a system. He explains the aims of the system. He teaches his people to understand how the work of the group supports these aims. He helps his people to see themselves as components in a system, to work in cooperation...

I am turning 26 this year and I thought I have done enough so many things but when I reflected to myself, I found out that there are sooo… many things that I have never yet accomplished any in my life, anything that I want to do… Even Donald Crowdis a 93-year-old blogger and was considered one of the oldest blogger nowadays, bothers that he have to go to another life. And here I am just wandering on this small city in the island of Mindanao, Philippines, thinking that I have already have a life to live, I mean I thought that what I have now is the life I wanted. Donald, in spite of his age still bothers of these things that he has never yet done so many things, he even floated on the remark "Been there, done that" for some time now and he doesn’t really wanna go for many reasons. There are just so many things that he wanted to do but isn’t yet done. I wonder to myself, if Donald who has an age almost five times to my age, still never yet accomplished all that he wanted to ...

“The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) estimates the number of cellular phone subscribers in 2006 to have reached 40 million but also expects slower growth in 2007 as the market becomes increasingly saturated.” This is according to GMA news last January 9, 2007… Do you think cellular phone subscribers will drop this year? Considering Filipinos who are keen to gadgets and gizmoz, I don’t think it will drop this year but rather increase. Anywhere you go, you can always see people using their mobile phones, in the malls, streets, restaurants, in the market place and even when you are commuting on jeepneys and buses, passengers are parading their latest brand of cellphones. That is why the theft and robbery cases increases because of the Filipino attitude of showing off their expensive gadgets in public just to be recognized. Even a 10-year-old elementary kid has cellphones, try to go to International Schools or other expensive Universities and you will see kids using it. Th...

Oh no! Most Filipinos are such an American puppies, I mean you can see it the way they approach between an American and a fellow Filipino. I am a Filipino and I can say that because that is what I can see or observe here in this country. I have encountered a situation where one particular office has visitors at the same time, two Americans and a Filipino. What made me a little bit pissed off is that, the two foreigners were accommodated perfectly with friendly gestures but when they approached this Filipino visitor their aura or facial expression changes into something like they don’t wanna talk with him (The Filipino visitor) and when they get back to the two Americans, it seems like their face are glowing and they seems like a smiling babies when they approached them. And you can hear it in their laugh the tone of unreal laugh, I mean “plastic laugh” just to make the two Americans feel better everytime they cracked a corny joke. Arg!!! Well, we can see that to most of our country...

"iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone." Wow! This is a phone of the next generation, but will this hit the masses just like Nokia phones? It combines 3 products in one gadget, from mobile phone to Ipod to internet communications device such as email, web browsing, maps, etc. Cool phone huh! I gotta have one next year... hehehe... they said it will be release in Asia on year 2008 and that is a very long wait... It might be so obs...

Yahoo! Talent Show Winner Rex Hermogino Rex Hermogino is the winner of the first ever Yahoo! Talent show. He is a Filipino-American who is a based in Guam. Tom Green said, "All five of our finalists were very talented individuals, but Rex just had a particular presence and ability to capture the audience that could easily translate into an ongoing show on Yahoo!"

Happy New Year! I have been reading Bo Sanchez’ Blog and he posted a topic entitled “Are You A Real Man?” It catches my attention and thinking who is he talking to. So I read it and he pointed some of these facts about man involved in world crisis today and he is talking to all the men today. Here are some of the lines from his blog: Do you know why the world is in crisis today? I’ll tell you why: Because men don’t know how to become real men. Because fathers don’t train their sons how to live life. Because fathers don’t raise their sons in the ways of the Lord. Because fathers don’t mentor their sons to take responsibility. Because fathers don’t teach their sons how to relate to women. Because fathers don’t love and protect their wives. Because fathers don’t lead their families towards a vision. They’re cowards. They’re macho on the outside but flakes on the inside. They’re irresponsible. They’re passive. They’re parasitic jello. Fathers don’t really “father” ...