Networking: Open-minded ka ba?

Tumpak, ang tatalakayin ko ngayon ay ang dark side ng networking a.k.a. MLM (Multi-level Marketing). Uulitin ko, dark side lang, may good side din naman yan pero dark side ang gusto kong topic eh. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it. I used to be a networker as well. Nagdaan din ako dyan, sadyang hindi lang siya para sa akin. Ang lakas ko sa recruitment kung tutuusin, kaya lang iniwan kami sa ere ng mga upline namin, ayun nagsara. Naka-milyon-milyon na sila eh, pinili na nilang bumuo ng sarili nilang networking business. We can simply transfer to their new company but I chose to just stop since you can't trust people like that. Since they're on top, they're the fast and big earners. What gives us an assurance that they won't leave us again once they generate millions of pesos for the nth time? Networking requires you to trust a lot of people and I can't do that anymore.

That's just a quick summary of my networking experience. Malamang sasabihin nanaman ng mga defensive networkers dyan na napunta lang kasi ako sa bad set of uplines kaya ganito ang pananaw ko. Oh c'mon networking freaks, I'm wiser than that. Hindi naman siguro ako BA graduate para magtanga-tangahan lang. You know how it is kahit saang networking company ka mapunta, dogs eat dogs. It's a wild jungle out there.

Totoo naman, if you have extra money to burn, kung malawak ang network mo, may charm ka, magaling kang magsalita, at sobrang tiyaga mo, may pera naman talaga sa networking. Mababawi mo naman din talaga yung binaba mo in the future. Hindi naman imposible yon.

Ang gusto ko lang sanang i-elaborate dito ay yung side ng networking na puno ng kasinungalingan at panloloko. Hindi mo kailangang masaktan kung networker ka na nasa tuwid na daan. Out ka rito.

So here it goes..

Pabili po! Pabili po! Anong baon mo?

Pilit kong inalala sa abot ng aking makakaya ang mga nilalaman ng blog post na ito. Sobrang saya ko lang dahil sa nostalgia na hatid sa akin ng paglilista ng mga pagkain na binibili ko sa tindahan ng kapitbahay namin at yung mga nilalagay ng nanay ko sa lunch box ko nung bata pa ako. Sa totoo lang napakarami pa at malamang may kanya-kanya rin kayong mga paborito noon kaya kung sakaling hindi niyo man nakita rito ang mga yun, feel free to comment your own list below! 1992 na kasi ako pinanganak so medyo hindi ganun ka-vintage ang listahan ko. Anyway, sabay-sabay nating sariwain ang masasarap na alaala ng ating kabataan!

Pabili po! Pabili po! 

Mabigyan lang ako ng kaunting barya na tigpipiso susugod na kaagad ako sa tindahan para mamili ng kung anu-ano. Nakahiligan mo rin kaya ang mga ito?

Haw Haw

Ito yung tinutunaw mo pa sa bibig mo hanggang sa lumiit na siya.

Religion and Hypocrisy

Disclaimer: Wala akong babanggitin na kahit anong relihiyon dito, kahit sarili kong relihiyon hindi mo mababasa rito. Tutal sa sobrang talamak ng annoying combo na religion + hypocrisy, applicable talaga 'to sa kahit kanino, regardless of religion. Kaya mag-isip ka muna bago ka mag-aklas. Pigilan mo yang defense mechanism mo.

Hindi ako relihiyosong tao at lalong hindi ako bihasa sa teolohiya. Hindi rin naman ako demonyo, minsan mukha lang talaga akong galing sa impyerno dahil sa naiibang pag-iisip at pananalita ko; malayo sa konsepto ng pagiging mabuting tao na nilikha ng lipunan. Nabuo ang mga pananaw ko base sa aking pansariling konsepto ng pagiging tao.

Naniniwala ako na ang pagbibigay pugay sa Diyos ay walang saysay kung puro kabanalan lamang ang alam mong isabuhay. Naniniwala ako na ang una at pinaka-mahalagang sangkap ay respeto. There is no point in being holy if we don't know how to be humane first.

Why Women Would and Would Not Date The Geek You

Warning: This could hurt.

Do not get me wrong, I am both a woman and a geek at the same time; which probably makes me suitable to blog about this particular matter. I am definitely not a feminist nor a sexist, I'm just one hell of a blogger. Let us drop the general relationship discussions that can be applicable to everyone. Let us focus on a niche instead.

If you are a man and you are into gunpla, gaming, and toy collection; and if you are a woman that is being courted or in a relationship with such kind of man, you are in the right place. It is a good decision that you brought yourself in here and decided to start reading this. Open your mind and heart, yea?

I won't go far, here in the Metro, there was a trend called "DOTA o Ako?". It's the most common question in every girl's mind when boys just can't stop playing DOTA. I used to play DOTA (AI, LAN & GG) a lot though, so what's my stand here? I had an ex who was addicted to DOTA and even though I play too, he still managed to make me feel bad about it. There was one time when we agreed to meet somewhere in U-Belt. He was studying at Perpetual Help back then. I am not a Manila person by the way, so the streets there were all just confusing to me. I reached a spot maybe somewhere in Dapitan, ah yes, near that UST gate where the engineering peeps are, then I decided to rest near a billiard hall which was full of college students like me. College boys were starting to notice me because I'm wearing a different uniform, I was studying at Miriam College that time. Now I'm feeling nervous.

Sent my ex a text message, no response. Called him a lot of times and finally he picked up. Just when I'm about to tell him that I'm somewhere uncomfy and I'm already getting scared (am I lost? am I in the right place?), that he should pick me up as soon as possible because I have no idea where the computer shop is (it was a biiiiig place with 2 floors? pacific? can't remember). Yea he just said "Hello." then ended up shouting "Stun mo! Stun mo! Bla.. bla.. bla.." and guess what? He totally forgot that I'm still on the line! Hey, I get it, the battle clash was getting intense. But really, you know that you're supposed to meet your girl and you're not gonna worry first? It was hot, I was tired (came all the way from Katipunan at kina-gwapo niya yon ako pa talaga pumunta sa school area niya), and I was wearing heels so looking for him in an unknown planet was not an option. I waited there at the side of the street for like, forever. We only lasted 10 months. Haha.

So that's just one of my experiences with my geek exes, really. I can write a book if I'd tell everything. Alright, let's proceed.