Author: Rochelle Sy Chua

The B.E.S.T. Workshop

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On March 5, 2010

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Last weekend, I attended the most entertaining yet informative training.  The B.E.S.T. workshop was organized by BizWiz Resources and it was about entrepreneurship.  B.E.S.T. stands for Basic Entrepreneur Skills Training.

Quoting from their vision: “We shall be the most magical, enjoyable and dynamic source of entrepreneurial learning for Filipinos; helping to demystify entrepreneurship in order to create true WIZARDS of business, who will craft their own magical success stories.”

I believe they did exactly what they promised/advertised.

If you’re looking for ideas as to what business go into or how you can put up a business, then you won’t find it in B.E.S.T. workshop.  But if you want to have the right mindset to be a successful entrepreneur then B.E.S.T. workshop is for you.

This training was just fun, fun & fun!  And we all learned a lot!  Seems like experiential training is really the way to go.   The usual training is just teachers presenting powerpoint slides or giving lectures.  B.E.S.T. workshop however was full of activities that could show us how we react to things.  In the end, through that experience, we were taught lessons on teamwork, path fulfillment, goal orientation, life balance, perseverance & some other entrepreneural skills.

Where can you find instructors performing like this?

And participants cheering like this?

My ultimate favorite video however was taken during one of the 1st day activities:

It’s all in B.E.S.T. workshopfriends! hehehe 🙂  There was never a dull moment during those 2 days.  I also like the theme wizard too!  See the names of the activities we’ve done:

  • Wizard Search
  • Bag of Mystery
  • Manifest Destiny
  • Vision Quest
  • Wizard Qualification Exam
  • FRAP
  • Mystical Hat of Plenty
  • Witch Hunt
  • Sorcerer’s Alley
  • King MiDAS Touch
  • Wizard Idol
  • Mystique
  • Meet the Wizards

Kudos to the BizWiz Resources team: Jeff, JP, Gwen, Boom & Jason.  Well done, folks!  I’ll definitely be one of those who will vouch for this training, such a great learning experience! 🙂

BEST instructors

You can just see at the look of our faces how satisfied we are with the training.

BEST Workshop Enrollees

Such an honor & great opportunity to participate in a well-made training.  I do encourage you guys to take the plunge & enroll in their next session (I think the next one will be on May/June 2010).  You will not regret it.  I myself learned a lot about entrepreneurship.  You can find information regarding the workshop on their facebook page or contact them at email address: info@bizwizresources.com.

Roch finished BEST Workshop

See the pictures from the 2-day workshop in my Flickr sets (Day 1 & Day 2).

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Yahoo launches Election Microsite Purple Thumb

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On March 3, 2010

purple thumb our mark our vote

A few weeks ago, I was invited to attend the Yahoo Social Media Forum held at Hotel Intercontinental.  As a writer for Blogwatch.ph, I had the privilege to be part of the event where Yahoo Philippines officially launched the Purple Thumb microsite.

Purple Thumb is an election dedicated microsite by Yahoo! that gives filipino voters the opportunity to share their thoughts, pictures & videos expressing their views on the upcoming May 2010 elections.  Users can join real-time chat through the site and socialize with one another plus gain knowledge from each other.  Users can also discover more about the candidates through Purple Thumb.

Technology really does progress so fast.  Would you believe that we can now share real-time news online?  With growing # of online users in the country, social media can now be considered as a great venue for important news & other stuff.

yahoo purple thumb site

Aside from officially launching the Purple Thumb site, the event also touches on “How social media will change the way elections are covered”.  Respected people in the blogging industry were invited to speak in the forum relating to the topic.

Here’s the list:

  • Jack Madrid (General Manager, Yahoo! Philippines) — Background to Purple Thumb
  • Allan Soon (Managing Director, Yahoo! Southeast Asia) — Introduction to the ‘now’ revolution
  • Joey Alarilla (Social Media Editor, Yahoo! Southeast Asia), Ellen Tordesillas (Vera Files/Political Blogger) — Ethics & news in the age of Twitter
  • Howie Severino (Editor-in-chief, GMANews.tv), Arlene Burgos (Head of Social Media, ABS-CBNNews.com), Katrina Sandejas-Manosa (General Manager, Philstar.com) — Integrating Social Media in your newsroom
  • Manolo Quezon III (bloggers/PDI columnist/TV host), Janette Toral (DigitalFilipno.com) — Why Social Media Matters in this Election
  • Comelec Representative (on behalf of James Jimenez) — How are candidates using social media to engage voters
  • Mong Palatino (blogger/lawmaker) — A Tweeting Life
  • Margaux Salcedo (Estrada spokesperson/blogger) — Tweeting a candidate
  • Mong Palatino, Gang Badoy (RockEd), Noemi Dado (BlogWatch) — Benefits & risks of social media in covering this election

Here’s a video taken by Blogwatch.ph editor Noemi Dado on Allan Soon discussing the ‘Now Revolution’:

Lastly, I would also suggest you go and create a Yahoo Meme account 🙂  Do share with the world why you are voting this May 2010, your message would really make a lot of difference.  Take a stand & encourage fellow filipinos to do so.

See sample below.  That was my purple thumb post last February 24 letting people know that we should make our vote count as the future of our children relies on it.  You can upload a picture relating to why you are voting, type your message & add #YourPurpleThumb at the end of your post 🙂

yahoo meme

You can see more pictures from the Social Media Forum organized by Yahoo in my Flick account.

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Me, Parking & My Sprained Ankle

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On March 1, 2010

Roch Sprained Ankle

Parking fees at our office building is pretty expensive (Php 130/day).  Usually the slots are also filled up already when 9AM comes in.  With that in mind, a lot of us decided to park somewhere far away in a parking lot owned by A. Venue.  Parking costs just around Php40/day but disadvantage is.. we have to walk like 10minutes to reach the office.  For me, I thought of it more of an advantage because:

  • we can save like Php90 per day for the parking fee
  • we can use the 10-minute walk as an exercise

I usually bring slippers as I can’t walk 10 minutes wearing high heels.  However, I decided to just wear my high-heeled wedge shoes today.  Since they were wedge shoes, I didn’t think it would be dangerous for the walk.  Unfortunately though, I fell on the street today.

I fell hard… fell on my knees with lots of people around.  Noone helped me though, they just looked at me.  I sat a bit on the floor for a few seconds as I felt the pain in my foot.  Anyhow, I managed to get up and continued walking towards the office.  This time, I walked really slow as pain really started to set in.

When I arrived at the office, the pain became unbearable such that I couldn’t walk anymore.  I went straight to the clinic.  Here’s what they did to help me:

  1. Asked me to sit in a comfortable chair.
  2. Held my feet up high
  3. Put ice compress on the pain area
  4. put inflammatory cream on the area
  5. asked me to take some pain meds
  6. put some elastic bandage on my ankle.

They also asked me to go to a hospital and have an x-ray.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t really walk so I ended up just glued to my seat.  The x-ray is needed to check if there are fractures.  I really just hope I don’t get any.  I don’t think I have the energy to drive myself to the hospital because my right ankle is the one that is injured.

The pain really gets worse as time passes by.  I don’t know how long this will be.  I decided to just work from home until I get well.  Hopefully it does heal soon, I hate staying at home.  Internet connection is really slow as well (I work more effectively at the office).

A close friend of mine asked her brother who’s also a doctor for medical advice (she’s such a sweet friend!).  A great advice that I will follow while I’m nursing this sprained ankle.  Here are the useful information I got (maybe this could help some of you too):

  • cold compress for the 1st three days and continue as long as it is swollen.
  • should completely rest the ankle & let ligaments heal.
  • take pain meds for 1st two days.  Take it as needed after if pain still persists.

Learned a lot from this experience.  Though I assume my friends would think that I would quit wearing high heels, well they’re wrong.  I’ll still continue to wear my high heeled shoes hahaha!  I’m sure though that I won’t be walking that 10-minute activity with high heels (no matter if wedge or not), I’ll just wear my friendly slippers…

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Learn your Love Language

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On February 26, 2010

learn your love language

As I was checking out Facebook last night, I came across a wall post by my friend, Aaron.  He shared the result of a personality test he took on a certain site.  Got curious, clicked on it… and the rest is history.

I’ve always loved personality tests.  I can’t remember how many of it I have taken in my life, probably more than a hundred.  I’m telling you, seriously, this test that I also took last night, is definitely the most impressive yet.  Really, it’s realistic!  I was soooooo impressed that I decided to write a blog post about it and share with all of you.  You should really take this test too!  Believe me, you’ll get to know yourself more (how you love, how you care, how you want to be loved, how you want to be cared for).  I’m sure you would ask your friends to do the same too!

Earlier, I kinda convinced my colleagues to take the test.  Right after, we even exchanged notes.  I’m also glad to have found out the love languages of my friends.  Soo cool!

The personality test is called “Learn your Love Language“.  It is based on a book by Gary Chapman called The 5 Love Languages – The Secret to Love that Lasts.  It is a #1 New York Bestseller that became so popular that the book was translated into more than 40 languages & is being used to heal relationships!  After taking the test, I’m set to buy the book “The 5 Love Languages” anytime soon.

the 5 love languages

The following are the 5 Love Languages:

  • Words of Affirmation
  • Quality Time
  • Receiving Gifts
  • Acts of Service
  • Physical Touch

Wanna know your Love Language?  Take the quiz!  It can be found on the Assessment section of the official 5 Love Languages website.

All you need to do is to choose which profile that suits you 🙂  If you’re the guy in the relationship, you choose profile for men and If you’re the girl, then choose profile for women.

getting started

You will be asked to enter your name & email address as they will send the test results to you after.  There were 30 questions all in all.  It will take around 10-15 minutes to complete the quiz.  It is really worth your while.   Do take my word for it.  You won’t regret it 🙂

Here’s a sample question:

sample question

Let me share with you my Love Language.  Actually it’s languages coz I got tied scores for both Quality Time & Physical Touch.  Oh my, this is really me!  When I read about the 2 languages, it definitely described how I love and how I want to be loved.  Perfect!

Rochelle Sy Chua The 5 Languages Assessment Score

Now that you read my post and already know about this awesome quiz, do take the opportunity and go to the site and take the personality test.  You won’t regret it, I promise 😀

If you do decide to take the test, feel free to share your scores here as well.

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Horoscopes of The Philippine Presidential Candidates

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On February 24, 2010

I received an email that I find extremely amusing that I can’t help but share with you.  Get ready to be entertained.  Let me warn you though, don’t drink water or eat while reading the rest of the post.  If you choke or something, don’t blame me 😛
presidentiable horoscope
It’s written in tagalog.  I wish I could translate it to english but the effect is really different so I’d rather just share with you word per word as stated in the email.  Promise, this is worth your while!  I was laughing like crazy when I read it.

Presidentiables Ayon sa mga Bituin

Ano ang sinasabi ng bituin sa kapalaran ng siyam na kandidato sa pagkapangulo ngayong linggong ito?

Narito. Basahin, limiin, unawain, at seryosohin.
Ngunit laging tandaan ang paalala ni Zenaida ‘Syzygy’ Seva, “Hindi hawak ng mga bituin ang ating kapalaran.  Gabay lamang sila. Meron tayong free will, gamitin natin ito.“

Ulitin natin.  Pero sa pagkakataong ito, basahin nang malakas at imadyinin si Zenaida Seva habang binibigkas ang linya, “Hindi hawak ng mga bituin ang ating kapalaran. Gabay lamang sila. Meron tayong free
will, gamitin natin ito.“

At inulit mo naman. Masunuring bata!

Noynoy Aquino
February 8, 1960
Aquarius:
Iwasang magtungo sa Quiapo.  Baka mapagbintangan kang bumibili ng survey.  Sa pag-ibig, magpapasya ka this week sa regalong ibibigay mo kay Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad sa Valentine’s Day.  Huwag mo itong ipaalam kay Kris.  Pagtatawanan ka lang niya at sasabihang “Gosh, how cheap!“
Hahabol sa kasikatan ng “Nakaligo ka na ba sa dagat ng basura” jingle ni Manny Villar ang NOY|NOY! jingle kung saan tinangka mong mag-rap katulad ng idolo mong si Vanilla Ice.  Ngunit makabubuting panoorin ang ginawa mong pagsayaw sa naturang patalastas.  Ginawa na ni Villar ang ganyang gimmick noong 2007.  Utang na loob, huwag mo nang ulitin.  Mukha kang tanga!
Sanga pala, may nag-text. “Patahimikin mo na kami. Huwag mo na kaming isali d’yan. Matanda ka na. Alam mo na ang dapat mong gawin. Good luck.”
All the best,
Daddy Ninoy & Mommy Cory

Manny Villar
December 13, 1949
Sagittarius:
Sa pananalapi: napakasuwerte mo.  Ni singko ay wala kang utang.  Umuulan ang iyong pera kaya naman bumabaha ang iyong political ads.
Dahil sa ‘yo, muling mag-iinit ang Senado sa linggong ito.  Consistent kang tao.  May isang salita.  Hindi ka sisipot sa pagdinig ng plenaryo.  Kaya’t patuloy na magtatanong ang taong-bayan: guilty or not guilty?
Dahil sa patuloy na pag-iwas mo sa iyong mga accusers, malamang na iwasan ka na rin ng mga botante. 
Ang payo ng mga bituin: simulan mo na ang paghahanap ng tindahang nagbebenta ng suwerte.  Kakailanganin mo ‘yan ngayong Mayo. 
Babala: kung ayaw mong umuwing may black eye, iwasan ang isang babaeng may initials na JM.  May maitim siyang balak sa ‘yo.  Matagal ka na niyang hina-hunting.  Clue sa katauhan ng babae: mukha siyang lalaki.

Bro. Eddie Villanueva
October 6, 1946
Libra:
Ang katulad mong Born-Again Christian at spiritual leader ay hindi naniniwala sa mga hula.
Ang sabi ng mga bituin: ‘Pwes, hindi rin kami naniniwala sa ‘yo.’
Wala kang horoscope!


Complete horoscope can be found on Professional Heckler’s site.  He also created horoscope for our vice presidentiables hahahhaa!  Crazy!  Click here to read it.

Whoever created this hilarious horoscope, kudos to you!  It is done with such perfection! hahahaha!  Of course, we should not treat this seriously.

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Just found out that this was apparently made by Professional Heckler from http://professionalheckler.wordpress.com/.  Great great great job!  😀

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