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Clove Healing
Breaking the Screen Spell: Helping Young People Reclaim Real Life
Breaking the Screen Spell: Helping Young People Reclaim Real Life A parent calls out for dinner. A teenager nods but never looks up. A child sits quietly in the corner, eyes fixed on a tablet. Friends gather in the same room but spend more time looking at screens than at each other. This scene hasContinue reading “Breaking the Screen Spell: Helping Young People Reclaim Real Life”
People Who Have a Problem for Every Solution
People Who Have a Problem for Every Solution “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill Some people see obstacles where others see opportunities. The difference is not in the situation, but in the mindset. We have all met them. Present a solution, and they immediatelyContinue reading “People Who Have a Problem for Every Solution”
I have been quite busy…still busy
A chronicle of my activities in my almost 40 years of government service and other professional engagements in the private sector: Current Engagement: Handling subjects in the program for Master’s Degree in Public Administration, particularly Local Government and Regional Administration, Philippine National Development and Ethics and Accountability in Government Service Past Consultancy Engagements: “Strengthening theContinue reading “I have been quite busy…still busy”
The Real News About Jobs in Japan
There is “news” that Japan is set to open “an estimated more than 12 million job vacancies” according to an entity called Japan Human Resource Institute. The report did not clarify whether these vacancies will be open within a 50-year period or, as some unscrupulous operators would like us to believe, within the next fewContinue reading “The Real News About Jobs in Japan”
Bachelor’s Degree?
It is possibly a universal phenomenon that young people who are college bound, together with their parents, generally aim for a college degree over technical qualifications that may be acquired through technical vocational education and training. This may generally be based on the traditional “higher” social status attached to a “good” education, evidenced by aContinue reading “Bachelor’s Degree?”
Education in the Time of Pandemic
These days, people talk about distance learning, blended learning, Internet-based virtual classes, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Messenger Room, Viber Chatroom and many more. All these, because the usual face-to-face method of teaching and learning in the classroom does not seem desirable in these times of the pandemic. With all these talk about virtual classes, parents haveContinue reading “Education in the Time of Pandemic”
The Power of Thought
It sounds so simple yet very few are really able to put it to work. The secret to the achievement of whatever we want in life is all based on the law of attraction. It is said that the law responds to what you are thinking about. For instance, if you feel bad about allContinue reading “The Power of Thought”
The Big C
My dad and mom used to say that during their youth and even in their middle age, cases of cancer were somewhat rare. They said that the disease came of age only in the last thirty years or so. They were possibly not accurate in terms of how recent this disease came about but IContinue reading “The Big C”
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