Character

"WHAT you have does not make you. It's WHO you have that matters."

I posted this on Twitter last night after a hearty talk with friends. This has been a long overdue topic running inside my mind like crazy and I am finally setting it off. 

I don't have anything against people who love material things. I only have something for people who define their character or judge other people by their status in life, what shoes or bags they have or what-not. 

Ugh, I sound demented.

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Dreams & Crossroads

I left Bacolod because I wanted to preserve my dream.   

There is no doubt that all I want to do in life is to be a marketer. Push me to whichever company but there is nothing that I would want to do but build brands and be able to connect to the consumer. That was just a dream before. A reality now.   

It was around SEVEN years ago, a few months after graduation from La Salle Bacolod that I had the opportunity to take a qualifying exam for the JG Summit Management Training Program. Where I am now is a product of my employment by the JG Group.   People call it destiny, fate, whatever. In my own simple way, I would like to believe what Coelho believes in -- the world conspiring with what your heart desires.

I desired and prayed -- maybe prayed some more -- for Him to lead me in the path where I could become a very good marketing practitioner. I knew that my dream would not take place in Bacolod or wherever it was in Negros. There were just too little jobs and a few, if none, big companies to practice what I learned in college.

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Kuya's at the Fort

There's this great resto near my place which always satisfy my penchant for Filipino food -- Kuya's at the Fort. 

Located at Bayani Road, this place has a very accommodating staff and a very cozy ambiance suited for either a quiet dinner or an after-office rendezvous.

Two things will always be on my tab every time I go here --
the yummy twice-cooked pork adobo and the gising-gising. Yum!

This little monster meal explodes with flavor. Unlike your normal pork adobo, the sauce is not mixed with the meat.
The fried pork is already heavenly on its own but putting more sauce makes it even more gastronomic!

Hmm, so there goes my dinner for tonight. If you want to visit this place (two thumbs up!), you can check out their operating hours, address and contact details here.

Ciao!

xx,
Corporate Junkie

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I Am Corporate Junkie: Starting All Over Again

Stephen King once wrote, "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."

I think this is where my inspiration for writing is really coming from. Because I have the insatiable penchant for reading. I jump from one book to another (currently reading Winner Stands Alone, Clash of the Kings and Kafka on the Shore) and hope to finish them if they are good.

Sadly, I have been in and out of my creative wind. I have started writing since I was in grade school and there is always this inexplicably incessant feeling of wanting to put down words again on a piece of paper (or now, in this digital world), through the computer. What for? I do not really know. To voice out your opinion. To share to the world your inner thoughts. Or probably to feel that something matters at a certain point in time. 

So please indulge me as I embark again this long-time passion of mine. Or you can always opt to click that X button at the upper right corner of your screen. 

xx, 

Corporate Junkie

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