Enjoy the Coffee

Enjoy the Coffee
--Author Unknown--

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all his former students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position
in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided."

So, don't let the cups drive you...enjoy the coffee instead...

Powerful Prayer

Prayer to the Infant Jesus of Prague

 

 

            O, Divine Child of Prague, and still the great omnipotent God, I implore through Thy Most Holy Mother’s most powerful intercession and through the boundless mercy of Thy omnipotence as God.  For a favorable answer to the intention I so earnestly ask for in this Novena.

 

            O Divine Child of Prague, hear my prayer and grant my petition. (Thrice)

 

(Our Father, Hail Mary – once)

 

 

Powerful Novena of Childlike Confidence

(this novena is to be said at the same time every hour for Nine (9) consecutive hours, 1  day ex.8:15am, 9:15 am – 3;15pm)

 

O Jesus, Who hast said: “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you,” through the intercession of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek , I ask that my prayer he granted.

 

(Name it)

 

            O Jesus, Who hast said: “All that you ask of the Father  in my name, He will grant you.” Through the intercession of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask Thy Father in Thy Name that my prayer be granted.

 

(Name it)

 

            O Jesus, Who hast said: “Heaven and Earth shall pass away but My Word shall not pass.  Through the intercession of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted.

 

(Name it)

 

 

Management Principles

I just want to share with you the 90 Management Principles that we took up in our Feasibility Studies subject discussed by the class and furtherly explained by our favorite professor, Prof. Mario D. Lopez

MANAGEMENT PRINICIPLES

 

1.              There are to be definite, non – overlapping lines of authority.  There must be no crossing of the lines of authority.

2.              There must be complete organization charts, including foreman and supervisors and all engineering and office jobs above the rank clerks and stenographer.  (Division heads’ private copies should have the name of each person accompanied by age and approximate length of service with the company.

3.              One and only one person is to be responsible for the implementation of every individual decision.  This will fix responsibility and avoid buck passing.

4.              All instructions are to be channeled through the proper organizational structure of given only to those delegated to receive them.

5.              A number of properly organized actively functioning permanent committees must meet promptly at regular, specified intervals with additional meetings whenever required.

6.              Each division head shall hold staff meeting at least once.

7.              Cooperation must be the rule among all members of management and supervision and their personnel.

8.              All decision involving more than one person or more than one division or department is to be the result of consultation with all necessary persons.

9.              In every scheduled group discussion a chairman is to be appointed to conduct the meeting in order to guide discussion, and to insure that one and only one person is made responsible for the implementation of each decision.

10.           Adequate notes are to be kept to all group discussions and decisions.

11.           Individual or groups tasked to make decisions must hand down the decisions promptly.

12.           All decisions are to be implemented promptly and according to schedule.

13.           After installation of agreed upon procedures, prompt follow-up is to be instituted and continued at intervals thereafter when deemed necessary.

14.           Every executive is to give full consideration to the ideas of his superiors, equals and subordinates.

15.           The ideas  of all employees are to be freely exchanged for the over-all benefit of the company.

16.           Every executive must have at all times, a clear understanding and a complete listing of the company’s general and specific objectives and policies as well as the objectives and policies which apply to his own division or department.

17.           Every executive shall prepare a list of his duties and responsibilities for his superior, and shall require similar lists from those who are reporting to him, and so on down the line.  Those lists will be reviewed and amended at regular intervals, more frequently if required.

18.           All objectives shall be listed in groups according to the relative importance of their accomplishment and the urgency of their completion.  “First things first” must be constantly borne in mind.

19.           Every superior  must learn to organize himself and schedule his work.

20.           Every executive must consciously avoid waste of time meeting, interviews, telephone calls, appointments, visits and trips must be as short as possible consistent with adequate results.

21.           Every executive must put the company’s interest  above his own immediate personal interest.

22.           Every executive should maintain a cooperative spirit and avoid jealousy guarding the prerogatives of their offices to satisfy personal pride.

23.           Every executive must remember that, whether he wishes it or not, his enthusiasm, drive, efficiency, firmness, honesty, fairness, consideration, tact, courtesy, and general deportment will be an example to his entire personnel.  The executive sets the pace.

24.           Every executive should establish and maintain a dignified friendliness with each division or department.  This will encourage individuals to discuss their problems with the department or division head, encourage suggestions, help to minimize grievances, and help executives to know what their personnel are thinking.

25.           Every executive is to delegate authority to and place responsibility upon a subordinate wherever possible.

26.           Every executive must carefully choose and thoroughly train a competent understudy.  Wherever practical, the understudy should be some years younger than his superiors.

27.           Every executive must organize his work and delegate duties to his subordinates in such a way to provide himself with ample time for thought and study, in order to obtain an overall view of the operation of the corporation, as well as his own division or department operations.

28.           Every executive is to delegate to subordinates as many of the necessary procedures and details of his division or department as practicable.

29.           Every executive is to train and encourage his subordinates to develop initiative and use their own judgment to the greatest practical degree.

30.           Subordinates are to be selected and trained so that it is unnecessary, and hence undesirable for their superior to check anything but end results.

31.           Every executive is to enforce strict discipline throughout his organization.

32.           Absenteeism, tardiness, and loafing must be held to a minimum.

33.            Executives are to be judged by the general performance and morale of their units , by their cooperation and by their breadth of view of company operation and interest, as well as by their individual acts and ideas.

34.           Judgments of personnel must be based on facts, not prejudices.

35.           Individuals accomplishments are to be recognized.

36.           Praise is to be given wherever justified, but only when justified.

37.           New positions are to be filled and promotions made from within the company wherever possible.

38.           Every employee must be trained to be cost, quality and service conscious.

39.           High standards of quality for all products and services are to be maintained.

40.           Simple, clear, written instructions are to be given wherever possible.

41.           Adequate and accurate records  must be kept of all company operations.

42.           All promises must be kept.

43.           Promptness must be the rule of all established routines, scheduled meetings and supplies.

44.           All routine procedures are to be handled on definitely maintained time schedule.

45.           Proper care and preventive maintenance are to be provided for all equipment and supplies.

46.           Systematic conservation of supplies and services is to be practiced and checked.

47.           Housekeeping must be good (i.e. maintenance of cleanliness and orderliness, elimination of fire, explosion and accident hazards).

48.           Useful information or data should be freely passed between departments, preferably in writing.

49.           There must be continuous analysis, by division and department heads to eliminate unnecessary functions, jobs, procedures, paperwork, reports and duplication of effort.

50.           All established procedures are to be carefully checked at stated intervals by division and department heads to prevent deterioration or lapse and periodically re-examined for improvement.

51.           All of the company’s expenses and projects , including departmental  expenses, are to be carefully checked and completely budgeted.

52.           Complete control of all manufacturing and other company operations must be maintained at all times by means of adequate but simple systems.

53.           Accurate perpetual inventories and complete of all stock – raw stores, parts, sub-assemblies, tools, jigs, dies, furniture, fixtures, supplies , and other physical property must be maintained.

54.           It is the business of every executive to see that in every instance, company inefficiency is eliminated, whether the failure occurs within his or someone else’s jurisdiction.

55.           The causes of errors, failures, and inefficiencies, wherever discovered must be promptly investigated and eliminated.

56.           Repetition of errors must not be tolerated.

57.           Excuses, alibis, and buck passing must be completely eliminated.

58.           Each individual must accomplish what he is assigned to do at the time he is supposed to do it, or offer an acceptable explanation to his superiors at the earliest possible moment.

59.           Every executive must be constantly familiar with contemporary practices of competitors and with the current technical literature applicable to his work.

60.           Scientific selection and placement of applicant for employment (and candidates for upgrading) shall be furthered by means of adequate physical examination, psychological tests, and personal interviews followed by thorough indoctrination and instruction of selectors.

61.           Routine periodic check-up of the physical health and general welfare of each employee is obligatory.

62.           Explanation of the company’s policies, aims, and plans shall be offered to all executives and supervisors.]

63.           Dissemination of adequate information among employees is to be handled in the form in which they can best assimilate it.

64.           All employees are to be treated as human being, not as machines.

65.           Reasonable privileges are to be extended to all deserving employees.

66.           Any employee may freely discuss company or personal problem with his department head or with the manager of industrial relations, with recourse to the executive vice president or the president.

67.           Every employee is entitled to a fair hearing by his superior when his efficiency or behavior is questioned.

68.           All supervision must be fair, courteous, and considerate but exacting.

69.           Every employee is to be kept busy on essential  work, but no one is to be overloaded except in an emergency.

70.           Favoritism must be eliminated.

71.           Prima donnas, big shots, trouble makers and drones are to be eliminated.

72.           There is to be minimization of internal policies and false rumors.

73.           Cooperation with rather than appeasement of the union shall be the rule.

74.           Adequate job instruction and upgrading incentive shall be provided for every employee.  This includes department heads and all sub-executives as well as bench workers and clerks.

75.           Every worthy employee shall be encouraged to improve his job performance.

76.           Periodic merit reviews for all employees and individual job performance counseling should be arranged with a view to merit increases (according to the schedules adopted by the company) or upgrading whenever appropriate.

77.           Promotions are to be made in accordance with specific ability, loyalty, cooperation and length of service with the company.

78.           The best possible working conditions consistent with reasonable economy are to be maintained.

79.           All dealings with persons outside the company (such as customers, sales agents, licensee, competitors, suppliers, banks, professional consultants, government agencies, and trade associations) must be based on the same principles of fairness, courtesy, and considerations as have been outlined for the company’s internal operations. Company business with persons outside the company must be conducted in a business like and efficient manner in order to induce confidence in the company.

80.           Executives and other employees should speak with pride on the company’s products and methods, where merited to increase the reputation.

81.           All unusual expenditures and all changes and additions in product, policy, methods, systems, and equipment must be viewed in light of the long-term as well as the short-term effect on the company.

82.           Continuous efforts must be exerted to improve quality and reduce costs. Such effect must be redoubled at those times during which the company is most prosperous and its operations most profitable.

83.           Continuous development of all products and services and all inspection standards to maintain improvements, must be provided for.

84.           Continuous simplification and improvement of existing policies, methods and system shall receive the necessary attention.

85.           Installation of fundamentally new systems, methods, and mechanizations shall take place wherever possible.

86.           Continuous fundamental research on all phases on the company’s products, and on related problems, shall be maintained.

87.           Development of new products and methods of merchandising and distribution shall be carried on.

88.           Market investigation of the acceptability ( and the reverse) of the company’s products and methods of merchandising and distribution shall be carried on.

89.           Routine: scheduled visits shall be made to the plants of other company in both related and unrelated industries for the examination and evaluation of their policies, equipment, methods, and systems with a view of adaptation application to the company.

90.           Executives and other employees should be encouraged to take on active part in trade and civic organization.

 

 

In Aeternum

BITTERNESS

Kahit sino basta mahal mo at patuloy mong minamahal...

hindi pwedeng di ka masaya

hindi pwedeng di ka mapapatawa

pero....

hindi pwedeng di ka iiyak

hindi pwedeng di ka magbago

hindi pwedeng di ka masaktan

dahil yan ang katangian ng tunay na nagmamahal.

Kapag nagmahal daw

Walang kasing saya

Un pala walang kasing sakit

sabi pa nila dapat ipaglaban mo pag-ibig mo

pero mali sila...

sinong ipaglalaban mo kung iba naman ang

laman ng puso niya...

The meaning of love is so unexplainable

can't be describe similarly by everyone but one

thing is for sure...

Love begins with "friends lang kami"

and ends with "friends na lang kami"...

Mahirap magmahal ng patago...

mahirap sumulyap ng panakaw...

mahirap din umasa na di niya malalaman pero

pag inamin mo, anong kapalit?

pagmamahal nya?

o...hapdi sa puso mo?

Do you know why it is so hard to love again after a

broken heart!?

it is because u no longer know how to

make the next one special coz u made the last one

soooo special thinking he'll be your last.

Minsan kahit gaano mo kamahal ang isang tao

kahit masaktan ka hahayaan mo siyang mapunta

sa iba...dahil yun ang kaligayahan nya!

wala kang magawa kahit gusto mong magalit

hindi pwede kasi wala kang karapatan...

dahil ang pinanghahawakan mo lang...

MAHAL MO SIYA...

kais para sa iba...e anu naman ngayon kung

mahal mo sya? mahal ka rin ba nya?

♥The Essence of Being Single♥

♥♥THE ESSENCE OF BEING SINGLE♥♥

All your life, you had specific dreams about what your family life would be like when you finally married.

You were so intent on what you wanted, you even made a list of qualities and characteristics you were 

looking for in a spouse, in a home, in your job, in your children.

But time passed, and that person you were so intent on  didn't come along.

All of your friends married, had children, had beautiful homes. And still you were single.

You prayed and prayed and prayed for that person to come along, but nothing happened.

You had a good job.

You served in your church.

You spent daily time with the Lord in prayer and studying the Word.

You dedicated your life to serving God in every way possible, but still

nothing.

So you decided to take matters into your own hands, and you began an active search for a mate.

And within a short period, you met someone who almost fit the bill.

Almost.

Sure, there were a few things missing, a few rusty spots in that person's character.

But, after all, no one is perfect. Maybe your goals were too high. Maybe you'd been asking for the impossible.

Maybe this was the person God wanted for you so your character could grow through dealing with his or her failings.

Even though it often seems that God is slow to answer prayers, no matter whether it's about a mate, or a job, 

or our children, or our finances, or anything else, we have to remember that God doesn't wear a watch.

Nor does he look at our human calendars. He sees with eternal eyes.  He operates on an eternal timetable, 

according to His plan and His schedule.

If God seems to be running late, don't get impatient and run ahead of Him.

Wait for the Lord's timing in everything.

To the single folks out there, this is for you.

Single means you have the time to grow and be the person you want to be.

Single gives you space to grow. Sometimes, it is harder to grow when you are too close to someone. 

Trees are planted far apart so they can spread their branches and become strong as they mature.

Single means learning to live by yourself.

However, that is no more difficult than learning to live with somebody else.

Single means freedom. You are free to spend a week's vacation on the beach, to take computer courses, 

to work late on an interesting project, to spend the day in bed with a good book or simply with a person who has 

read one.

Single means learning not to need a man/woman to make your life meaningful but learning to live with a man/woman 

because you want to  be with him/her.

Single means that sometimes you will wonder why you will bite your lip and feel wistful and wonder

 if marriage is better.

Ironically, yet quite happily, single is feeling good about being in Control of your life.

It is liking and respecting who you are and why you are.

Single is realizing that being married is not necessarily better, it is merely different.

Single means that there could be something wonderful around the corner and you can take advantage of it.

Being single means you are free to love again.