tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41346950431948204922024-03-13T10:34:02.803+08:00casieplanetcasie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.comBlogger589125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-27344596643556697882021-05-30T11:50:00.005+08:002021-05-30T11:50:50.471+08:00Almost a year :)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jvOHlkokHsE/YLMK3Dcc1yI/AAAAAAAAFEM/NdrL9ZFJC4gh7MdugR1hkl_n76zkOTeAACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/193270242_1133913980418888_8915506643254930049_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jvOHlkokHsE/YLMK3Dcc1yI/AAAAAAAAFEM/NdrL9ZFJC4gh7MdugR1hkl_n76zkOTeAACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/193270242_1133913980418888_8915506643254930049_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-17635491633965045892021-04-15T18:13:00.005+08:002021-04-15T18:13:47.519+08:00mika paula diaz - para sa akin (sitti cover)<div>may sasarap pa ba? to have your love reciprocated ...</div><div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/5mQELGlqzzQ" width="480"></iframe>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-78656359915893835292021-04-07T14:48:00.038+08:002021-04-08T11:02:47.882+08:00and true colors will show ...<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">When my parents died a year apart in 1994 and 1995, I have
made a promise to myself that I shall transfer all my accountabilities and
responsibilities to my second Mom, my Ale. My Mom’s best friend and cousin who
invited my Mom to set up house inside her property and thus I was raised there,
my family under her wing and care. True to my word, she officially became my
Mother in the eyes of everyone and I made sure that she gets the care and the
financial support that she needed, not that she needs any at the time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6JZTo0bTdSc/YG1UzYehq_I/AAAAAAAAFDc/vENwbxI-z5AGcxZt6EfhsK-Tf0Jn-GCngCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/zwilma2.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Throughout all the years that followed, talk about her
family’s history and the issue as to how the ownership of the land would pass
on became a topic in many of our conversations. I being an agnostic is a firm
believer that the land owns us and not the other way around and that
eventually, property ownership leads to disputes, something I am well versed
with but by no means willing to indulge in unless provoked. So in all those conversations, I have told
her that I refuse her generous offer of being heir apparent for the reason that
I grew up hearing from my cousins about their plans over the property and as if
I were to state the obvious, they were in dire desire to have the property
under their control. And to me that would mean that if they knew that I was
heir apparent, the tensions would be worse as it already was. Because it was at
the time since I was young… they feared me most because I was Ale’s favorite,
despite the fact that they were mostly the recipients of Ale’s generosity and I
was not, because I never asked.</span></a></p><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p>I am not a simple man, my complexities borders around the
absurd and unorthodox views of the world order, but there are certain mantras
that I live by and they have somewhat gotten me through my semi sad sorry life.
Some of them are as follows based on my current situation at the moment;<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Never live outside your means</li><li>Enjoy only those things you think you truly and rightfully
deserve</li><li>Never start a fight</li><li>If provoked, oblige them</li><li>Man belongs to the earth and not the other way around</li><li>Do not desire what you really do not want</li><li>Always be prepared</li></ul><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have loathed the day when Ale passed away, simply because
this is the entire situation that I have always wanted to avoid. When fangs
will be wielded in the open, when greed will take over what is deemed decent
and proper, when the time for the Tupperware and Orocan parties expire… when I would
be surrounded by people with wants, needs and whatever, when the death of a
loved one will be taken as an opportunity to gain. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And that is why I have always professed that I am better
than most Christians or Catholics I know and maybe a bit more stupid than most
of them as well, because despite my age and experiences, I still believe in the
supposed goodness of man. I know that that I sound so naïve, but that is who I am.
I shall as I always have, allow others to do the work for me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So about ten years ago, my Ale handed me a love letter and a
ring after celebrating her birthday and told me that I am her heir and I immediately
said, No. my primary concern at the time was because I do not want her
alienated by my cousins and grandchildren for favoring me, one who is in their
eyes, not blood. The same people that despite all the help and support I have
given them thru the years, they have managed to bad mouth me with Ale every
chance they could. An example was when I had the garage built and Ale’s house
improvements, it was taken as a threat as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And now, we are here in this situation. The real threat
finally arrives with the appearance of Ale’s full blooded niece and nephews who
has laid claim to the property. The people of whom I barely knew except for Ale’s
stories and how much she despised that family, whose parents squandered and
lost their inheritance of a property three times the size of Ale’s lot. It then
followed that Ale’s brother begged and egged her into loaning half of Ale’s
property because she was anyway single and with no children while he has a
bunch and so Ale relented. That property, intended for his brother’s children,
a redemption site for his family was also forfeited on a loan… and was lost as
well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So this is the family that I was to deal with eventually. A couple
of months or so after Ale’s passing, they came and we had a discussion. I told
them that I was not interested in the land but I sated that my only desire was
to pass on in the place where I grew up, in the place which I called home
considering that I was the primary person who took care of Ale all of these
years… and they said YES. Case closed or so I thought.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday, I received text messages which were meant to be
disturbing but I am too old to care. Because as I stated earlier, ALWAYS BE
PREPARED.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And thus, my new adventure begins… and as I have safely
concluded, like most of my social experiments, man failed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-20386611225539268032021-04-07T07:59:00.013+08:002021-04-07T08:03:52.656+08:00That utter sense of helplessness<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xdBnCPG2Tt0/YGz0PF5wWeI/AAAAAAAAFDQ/VkxffCjRkMwwiySMykDkc691batdtiDNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/LOCKDOWN2.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xdBnCPG2Tt0/YGz0PF5wWeI/AAAAAAAAFDQ/VkxffCjRkMwwiySMykDkc691batdtiDNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/LOCKDOWN2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
In these most trying of times, I have learned that resiliency is the bonus feature in a human being. The ability to cope with whatever circumstance life throws at you will determine your capability to survive a crisis. <div><br /></div><div>Over the past year, the economies have virtually shut down except for those fortunate enough and whose economic affairs has managed to take advantage out of the misery of others, or those whose livelihood has been left unbothered by this pandemic. </div><div><br /></div><div>As for the rest of us creatures, our future is undetermined. This is not a matter that one can control... because those who control are the same ones taking advantage of all of these.</div>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-16965364833843852402021-03-17T12:22:00.000+08:002021-03-17T12:27:12.953+08:00the marginals there is a light that never goes out<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/QoPNMJBYVlg" frameborder="0"></iframe>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-10537564767935528602021-03-17T12:20:00.000+08:002021-03-17T12:20:27.279+08:00I got locked out of this blogWell, for the life of me, I really don't know what the hell happened as to why I got locked out of my own blog. This interoperability thing between platforms is messing up my accounts and multiplying them. And I as a non tech person suffers... But now that I have this back, allow me to post a series of jams we've had at Sunset Records.
https://youtu.be/QoPNMJBYVlgcasie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-12365328785816087972020-09-01T03:32:00.003+08:002020-09-01T03:32:56.759+08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2KOZDekyHWA/X01O5HNHFwI/AAAAAAAAFBE/S-pmkWFcaJgmQN2_W0DAkKBj0VXFRVUGACLcBGAsYHQ/s960/21231708_1610335045664922_5512967398470940042_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2KOZDekyHWA/X01O5HNHFwI/AAAAAAAAFBE/S-pmkWFcaJgmQN2_W0DAkKBj0VXFRVUGACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/21231708_1610335045664922_5512967398470940042_n.jpg"/></a></div>
I have lived a more or less sensible life
Not so much unlike the other folks I know
I've mostly done my best in most of what I do
I've mostly loved the way that I know I ought to
And if tonight as I lay myself to rest
I hope to think of all that was best
With no regrets and think of you
You are still the best and hope that you are truecasie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-43564635283317168352020-07-06T04:03:00.002+08:002021-03-17T12:28:52.885+08:00reel around the fountainsecond chances in life are rare... so much more the opportunity to fall in love again... I love your craziness, your weird quirks, your antics ... I am looking forward to this journey with you.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mvTJmCDZPCg" width="480"></iframe>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-51991465939072499572020-07-06T03:51:00.001+08:002021-03-17T12:29:55.090+08:00the marginals @ D-SIDE, RIGZ MUSIC HALL 111519<div bis_size="{"x":8,"y":8,"w":659,"h":270,"abs_x":15,"abs_y":148}"><iframe allowfullscreen="" bis_chainid="1" bis_depth="1" bis_id="fr_rijrvsh6v3d8flxmcpo75j" bis_size="{"x":8,"y":8,"w":480,"h":270,"abs_x":15,"abs_y":148}" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p_aeRFUHdOU" width="480"></iframe></div>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-82164304021964958642020-07-06T03:47:00.003+08:002020-07-06T03:47:52.172+08:00the MARGINALS LIVE@DSIDE/JAMS<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9BS5uMLr82I" width="480"></iframe>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-76819385647189057442020-07-06T03:47:00.001+08:002020-07-06T03:47:09.609+08:00the MARGINALS LIVE@D SIDE<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z6JbBEpIByQ" width="480"></iframe>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-21937140620334431942020-07-06T03:45:00.001+08:002020-07-06T03:45:31.740+08:00nakakita ka n ba ng target board na may paa? pnp maritime group defensiv...<iframe allowfullscreen="" bis_chainid="1" bis_depth="1" bis_id="fr_neyg89o4ubhp95rjaejwgk" bis_size="{"x":8,"y":8,"w":480,"h":270,"abs_x":15,"abs_y":148}" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KfwttXYwvPY" width="480"></iframe>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-21536088625966750222020-07-06T03:44:00.001+08:002020-07-06T03:44:34.722+08:00and why was the projectile weapon system invented again? :D<div bis_size="{"x":8,"y":8,"w":659,"h":270,"abs_x":15,"abs_y":148}"><iframe allowfullscreen="" bis_chainid="1" bis_depth="1" bis_id="fr_d20p3lxbbrr0wdjl4wntu2" bis_size="{"x":8,"y":8,"w":480,"h":270,"abs_x":15,"abs_y":148}" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bgB-lVhFZiw" width="480"></iframe></div>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-66347668451456873892019-10-20T23:28:00.001+08:002019-10-20T23:28:56.230+08:00the MARGINALS 101219 d-side/RIGZ/PINOY ROCK RADIO gig<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BW19BBfHR2A" width="480"></iframe>casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-2096465365772796072019-07-21T07:54:00.001+08:002019-07-21T07:54:51.263+08:00the MARGINALS magulong mundo<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kTVsMCbSLrI" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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I wrote this song on the eve of my father's death some 24 years ago... and I still miss you to death, Tatay. I wish to see you very soon.casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-10458207636867888332019-07-11T22:12:00.001+08:002019-07-11T22:12:10.204+08:00rubycasie woman in chainsit hurts... but you have to set them free and never be sad and instead be thankful that it happened<br />
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As luck would have it back in August, I closed a deal that would make our business a significant amount of money... after a failed attempt at several projects due to the lack of management support, I have finally capped a deal that would be worth something for this business.<br />
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And then, as bad luck would have it, we were put in a perilous position that would jeopardize the partnership. It was a situation that put me in harms way... beaten and broken in all aspects... I fought on and managed a win despite the odds.<br />
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Now, with everything slowly clearing up. My battle remains as I battle my own company for logic and common sense.<br />
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This situation will remain, that I am sure. You lose everything and gain nothing...casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-85366462108937997322019-01-02T00:52:00.000+08:002019-01-02T00:52:42.402+08:00the Terrible Year that was Every turn of the year brings to us a certain amount of anxiety and/or hope as to what the new year might usher in for us. For since I can remember, I have viewed that time always give us a roller coaster ride into the vastness and uncertainty of life's circumstance.<br />
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2018 or the year that was gave me more downs than ups... the past year has seen the demise of a business I helped create and care for, it has given me much heartache with a relationship that I thought would last me my lifetime, and it has shown me that much of life's offered opportunities are not necessarily and automatically ripe for the picking.<br />
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Before the year ended I was heart-broken, beaten and damaged... and all of a sudden I knew what silence meant.<br />
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All of a sudden, I heard what the stillness and the quiet was trying to say.<br />
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It whispered that happiness leads to complacency, happiness is the couch potato who is unable to be productive, and that happiness all by itself is utterly boring.<br />
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I have always said that I have led a consistently sad and sorry life and that the pursuit of happiness means the pursuit of small pockets of happiness scattered in between the vastness on the plains of sadness and misery.<br />
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For a few moments of my life, that belief I have forgotten. Drunken by my happiness, smitten by my complacency.<br />
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But as luck would have it, failures and injuries are things that I have learned not to nurse or cuddle, at least not for more of the time they deserve. Pain should be cherished only for the briefest of moments, gather up your lessons and then go and then it would be time to move on. Stroll into the sadness... walk into misery and broaden your sights in search for the next pocket of happiness. <br />
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And as my luck would have it, I have ended the year that was, happy and content, and started the new year at the same state. I don't know, as no one does, what will come this new year. What I know and what I have learned is that I will be happy but I will never be complacent because I have learned that not all that has been broken can be fixed.<br />
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Thank you, G.casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-23624060165995512152018-05-29T18:53:00.001+08:002018-05-29T19:02:52.882+08:00Training the PoliceAsked why SPADES (Society of Practical and Defensive Shooters, Inc.) devotes a lot of our time, effort, energy and resources in helping reorient Police Officers in the field of firearms training absolutely free of charge, we say... It is because we collectively believe that capable law enforcers will help guarantee the safety and security of the greater community at large, including our own families. But we don't deny the fact, that sharing our skill sets to law enforcers makes us absolutely feel good!!!<br />
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Our heartfelt appreciation to our senior instructors who paved the way for the development of our group, Ed Bar, Tony Magsarili, Jim Reyes, Ernie Claudio of the Philippine Institute of Firearms Instructors Association, Inc, we hope we make you just a tiny bit proud :)<br />
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“Training should hurt, but never injure…if there is no pain, there is no fear…if there is no fear, then you’re not really training.”<br />
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The proposed “DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND SURVIVAL AWARENESS
CENTER” otherwise known as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EXTREME </b>or
the EXPERIENTIAL TECHNICAL RESCUE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & EDUCATION facility
was conceived in 2015 when three parties gathered at the Manila Film Center at
the staging of an Amazing Arts Group show then on its 2<sup>nd</sup> year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The three parties namely the Center for Philippine Arts and
Cultural Entertainment Association, Inc. represented by Casie Villarosa and
Eugene Baroña, TRAVERSE OUTDOOR represented by Johnny and Jess Tana and Period 8
Travel and Tours represented by Rommel Teoxon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Center for Philippine Arts and Cultural Entertainment
Association, Inc. was the producer and venue provider of Amazing Show in Manila
and the Amazing Arts Group. TRAVERSE OUTDOOR is the facilitation provider of well-known
team building venues in the country. And Period 8 is one of the more affluent
marketers of shows and venues of educational tours and field trips.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The three parties envisioned a Manila-based facility/venue
virtually unaffected by the seasons. A facility that could operate rain or
shine and day or night where the target market would be diversified free from given
limitations of other venues in terms of team-building activities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A Manila-based facility would be more accessible and cheaper
for the target clientele and the clients could choose packages that would not
require them traveling to far locations or simply stated, the clients could
insert the activity within their busy schedules. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At the early stages, the three were thinking of the usual
run-of-the-mill team building activity facility already existing in other
venues. What the basic target was that segment of the market who could not afford
the packages available at the time to the lower market segments as well as
those as stated above who did not have the luxury of time to avail of these
services.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For two years, they held on to this idea as they struggled
to seek for a financial partner that would help them realize this endeavor. It was
then at this time that Johnny Tana then proposed to address the issue of the “BIG
ONE” or what <span style="background: white; color: #111111;">The Philippine
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) confirmed that ‘big one’
earthquake might now strike anytime due to irregular movements of west valley
fault.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111;">The idea sold
instantly as the “BIG ONE” was well publicized by the media as well as the
concept providing the niche needed for better market viability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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niched December of 2017 after 6 months of brainstorming, drawing up plans and
designating team members into committees in charge of the development of the
venue as well as a marketing plan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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At the onset, it was anticipated that the Center for
Philippine Arts and Cultural Entertainment Association, Inc. will be the
capital provider given that the Manila Film Center is leased by the said
entity. Two years of budget plan cut meetings, uncertainties and expectations
when the Center’s Chairman declined the capitalization. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The two-year setback however will not be a deterrent to this
well-meaning project and thus the search for a co-visionary that will allow the
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The Manila Film Center has been home to the Amazing Show
since October of 2001. The primary reason for the selection of the MFC is its
very strategic location, the majestic size of the structure and availability of
parking spaces for its clientele.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The reason we believe that the MFC is most viable for the
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From the beginning, the group was already thinking of how to
better maximize and make productive the spaces at the Manila Film Center. In 2013
the Amazing Show together with the Amazing Arts Group transferred shows to a
newly-built show facility at the back of the MFC leaving the 1,200 seating
capacity, almost 3,000 sqm main theater behind.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This dead space is currently in a state of disarray and
disrepair. Returning it to its original condition will entail a lot of cost.
However, given the premise that EXTREME will be a post-apocalyptic doomsday
disaster preparedness and awareness center, it will be perfect for this project.
This is considering that theme parks spends a lot of resources making dreadful
what is pristine. A quick look at the main theater will instantly spell post-apocalyptic.
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The build will also be relatively simpler given that the
facility design is based on the main theater of the MFC. In CPACEAI’s 17-year
stay at the MFC, the people behind their builds are already familiar with the
structure and has inspected all the nook and crannies of the building.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If we are to state that the target market are those in Metro
Manila public and private schools, corporate accounts and organizations, the
National Capital Region teems with this market segment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the years past, the “field trip” business has been
plagued with numerous issues that prompted the Department of Education to issue
moratoriums on such trips because of accidents on such trips. All of these
accidents occur on trips outside of the National Capital Region. The location
of the MFC will allow the targeting of educational institutions and business
organizations within the immediate vicinity for us to do a soft opening and
thus gain a reputation without the need for our immediate clientele to skip
town. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In a nutshell, our immediate target would be the “staycation”
market given that we will be soft-opening beyond the usual marketing timeframe
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<br />casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-65000446629362988952018-04-26T18:43:00.001+08:002018-04-27T03:02:27.173+08:00cowards everywhere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most people in the thick of things hide... some, man up and get things done.</span></h4>
Surrounded by cowards... I know that I cannot fight alone. I am lost in the battles of coldness, strategies and greed that I can never cope. The games I used to play in the computer are single person games of conflict and war.... unlike those who spend time mustering up armies and strategizing with their minds.<br />
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I am no General that I know... But I have been in enough battles to know. That honor is when you step of to your foe, use what you've learned from where you have grown.<br />
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I know of too many cowards... sad to say, that's all I know.casie villarosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838607504127468629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134695043194820492.post-90029719071047778022017-12-16T00:13:00.002+08:002017-12-18T04:40:00.220+08:00Our Own Joffrey<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>The making of a tyrant is a not so tedious process. Mix the elements of privilege without honor, perseverance and hard work and a spoonful of one’s grandiose illusion of entitlement. This is the perfect recipe for a boy’s demise and unfortunately enough, the kingdom he so wrongly rules.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>I am no knight, only a soldier. A loyal one at that. Left to rot on a soon to be exhausted pasture, an ageing warrior who fought valiantly for his Lord and now can do nothing but wait for the imminent. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>Several years ago, an attempt to destroy me was plotted by my Lord and his son. The plot only damaged my emotion and my livelihood but not my integrity, definitely not I. I believe that it was upon the belief that I am no longer needed because there are no more enemies to be faced and the challenges ahead seems to them manageable.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>It was the time of plenty, and it was the time they plotted not to share. And it was a time of misconceived capabilities of themselves and their minions that led them to believe that I, and some others, like old dogs, can be put down and discarded.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>That was eight or so years ago… and over that time, with every project, they have proven that I am still of value.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>The empire’s expansion and the carelessness of the masters has led to our own demise and the appointment of the heir-apparent to a significant position did not help, in fact it made matters worse.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>When an adult child comes into an organization with this level of entitlement and a God complex, the problem is that he or she was probably catered to as a kid. Many parents with the best of intentions never want their children to suffer. As a result, the child is often protected from rules, discipline and consequences of his bad decisions.</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>A child raised in this manner will enter the adult world expecting everyone in his environment to allow him to be a dictator. The adult world will soon teach this young man that business rewards results, not a grandiose ego.</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>If his father has allowed this guy to act like this since he was 2 and learned the word "No!" then you and your coworkers may be in for a long slog while his father learns to get his child in line.</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>Parents who have raised entitled kids have a very hard time being the "bad guy" so they can teach their kid to function in the real world. Only you can decide if the job you currently have is worth the price you will have to pay to see if your boss will control his son. ---- </b></span><b style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Daneen Skube, Ph.D.</b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>This piece of internet literature made me laugh simply because our own King Joffrey’s email says that he is God and acted that way upon entering the company’s organization. But I on the other hand understand my Boss enough to have tried getting the heir in line…. And I miserably failed.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>And that failure is simply because I did not play him like I should have because I simply for the life of me could not. I am more of a man than that.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>Family-owned businesses are in many ways the backbone of capitalism around the world. But at some point in their growth, having family members in charge is not only problematic, but dangerous.</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>New research looking at firm performance of thousands of medium-sized businesses found a lot to like for family run enterprises. But it also pinpointed a common practice that can lead to a business diving into big problems. And that practice is when the founder hands the CEO title to his oldest son.</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>"The firm's share price and profits usually take more of a tumble when the company is handed from the founder to his eldest son relative to an outsider," according to the researchers, reporting on their results in Harvard Business Review. "Studies of CEO succession also suggest that sons who become CEOs usually have poorer college results and are much younger than other CEOs."</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>As an alternative, family owners should consider bringing in professional managers from the outside, say the researchers -- Nicholas Bloom (Stanford), Raffaella Sadun (Harvard Business School), and John Van Reenen (London School of Economics). "Keeping things in the family can be bad for the wallet as well as the welfare of the next generation. ---- </b></span><b style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Sean Silverthorne is the editor of HBS Working Knowledge</b></blockquote>
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