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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • “What’s Up, Bernardo?” – A Profile on Bernardo Bernardo

    SAN FRANCISCO–For the past 10 years, Bernardo Bernardo has been popularly known as a comedian in the highly-rated Philippine TV series “Home Along Da Riles,” playing the arch-nemesis of Dolphy — the legendary Charlie Chaplin of the Philippines. His irreverent sense of humor charmed and provoked an international Filipino audience, accentuating a “tongue-in-cheek” outlook on…

  • After The First Time

    AFTER THE FIRST TIME was my first attempt to describe my first HEALING MASSAGE experience. * After The First Time Is this what it’s like To slow down my pace, To feel my heart beat in a slow tempo, Ta-dum, ta-dum, ta-dum, To focus on each breath that I take And softly exhale through my…

  • Synchronicity

    Today, you were meant to read this. We were meant to share our “hearts and soul.” SYNCHRONICITY Chep Lap Kok Airport, January 18, 1999 Here I am, safely ensconced in my favorite window seat, waiting for my plane to proceed to Manila. My United Airlines flight no.1 from Los Angeles had arrived safely in Hong…

  • A Very Special Bond

    A VERY SPECIAL BOND accurately describes the feelings between two people who are attracted to each other’s energy. * A Very Special Bond It happens all the time, You meet someone for the first time And after all the niceties of easy conversation, You feel an emotional gravitational pull Toward each other — an attraction,…

  • Notes on “How To Facilitate A Meeting”

    CompassPoint NonProfit Services provides consulting, research, and training for non-profit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. If you think your community-based organization needs more board member training or resources, please consider this group as YOUR mentor and guide. Go to http://www.compasspoint.org/. Exemplary communication skills and meeting management techniques are important in…

  • Project Management: “It’s Like Running A Restaurant!”

    The Stimulant: I once asked my dad when he was reviewing some financial statements, “How do you know that something wacky is going on in this hospital if you’re not here every day?” I was known in my community to be “the rebellious daughter searching for her own professional identity” at that time, yet I…

  • She Rocks!

    “Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well.” – Henry David Thoreau Recently, I fulfilled a promise to a friend, Myrna Lim, a political candidate running for Supervisor for District 11 in San Francisco, California. One afternoon, both of us strolled down…

  • The Artist’s Way: Organizing My Office Desk

    WORK & LIFE By Lorna L. Dietz The Artist’s Way: Organizing My Office Desk A few weeks ago, I was conversing with a friend who had just started working in a huge hospital. She felt frustrated about her inability to cope with the multi-tasking structure inside the office environment since she had always relied on…

  • The Third Global Filipino Networking Convention

    The following FAQ’s were written by me to help the delegates with their travel plans to the Philippines. It was publicized through the website, www.thirdglobalcebu.com. I was responsible for managing the website’s content that served as a successful, “role model”-type organizational and public relations/marketing tool. I have enclosed some of the website’s content here. This…

  • Marketing Your Business

    Marketing means communicating with people. This also means that you cannot just wait for business to come to your door. It’s nice to have a listing in the yellow pages. It’s great having good walk-in traffic. You do need to circulate and meet your future customers and referrals outside your store or office. • You…

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