The 2017 Starbucks and Coffee Bean planners, and the 2017 Seattle's Best Coffee journal.

I do buy drinks from Starbucks, but in my humble opinion, the designs of the 2017 Starbucks planers are less appealing to me. I don't know on how I lost my 2017 SBC Dream Journal. I still have 6 or 7 stamps to collect for the 2017 Coffee Bean planner.

The following are my observations.

The con is that, the customers have to collect 10 regular drinks stickers, and 8 Christmas drinks stickers, for the Starbucks planner/s, and for the Seattle's Best Coffee Dream Journal.

The pro is that, the customers may choose to whether small, medium, or large for the cup.

The con is that, the customers have to choose between regular, or large for the cup.

The pro is that, the customers have only 12 stamps to collect, combination of Christmas drinks, coffee & expresso drinks, tea & tea latte drinks, and ice-blended and regular drinks.

6 years in that company.

Itong darating na March 2017, magsi-six years na ako sa pinapasukan ko na kumpanya sa Ortigas sa Pasig. Hanggang ngayon, OJT ang position ko sa condominium na pinapasukan ko.

Wala pang career advancement. Maliit ang sweldo ko sa pinapasukan ko. Oo, tama ang nabasa mo. Maliit ang kita ko sa pinapasukan ko.

Kaya matagal na akong gustong umalis sa kumpanyang aking pinapasukan.

Ito ang mga dahilan ko.
1) Ang suweldo/sweldo/kita ko ay maliit.
suweldo
sweldo
kita
2) Walang career advancement.
3) Inaaway/Tinatapakan ako.
4) Yung isang empleyado ay inapi ako, dahil may dala akong kape mula sa isang kilalang coffee shop.
5) The same employee, dalawang beses na akong inapi dahil may suot akong mamahaling t-shirt.
6) Meron akong 13th month pay simula noong 2014, pero wala akong account sa SSS.
7) Dahil sa liit ng sweldo/kita ko, hindi ko nababayaran yung account ko sa PhilHealth.

Kung gusto ko man lumipat, yung ibang kumpanya kasi, may age limit. Yung ibang interviewers, akala mo kung sino mag-intereview.

Nag-consider ako na mag-business ng sarili ko. Kung magnenegosyo ako ng sarili, hindi ko alam kung anong business ang gusto ko.

English translation:

This coming March 2017, six years ahead and I attended my company in Ortigas in Pasig. Until now, the OJT position I attended my condominium.

No career advancement. I paid so little for my employer. Yes, you read correctly. Income from my employer.

So long that I wanted to leave the company where I worked.

These are my reasons.
1) The salary / wages / income is small.
salary
pay
profit
2) There is no career advancement.
3) Inaaway / trampled me.
4) That an employee has oppressed me, because I brought some coffee from a well-known coffee shop.
5) The same employee twice I bullied because I was wearing expensive t-shirt.
6) I have 13th month pay since 2014, I don't have acount in SSS.
7) Due to the fact that I small salary/profit/income, I couldn't able to pay my PhilHealth account.

If I ever move, because those other companies, with the age limit. None of the other interviewers, you think who to intereview.

I also consider that business myself. If I entrepreneur myself, I do not know what business I want.

New year's resolutions.

2017 is coming.

Some people write down their new year's resolutions. Some people currently write down their new year's resolutions. Some people do not. write down their new year's resolutions Everybody has their own reasons.

In my case, I wrote a couple of new year's resolutions a couple of years back then. Hindi ko nagawa ang mga yun. Why? Kasi may pagkakataon na nakalimutan mong gawin yung. Minsan, may outside force na hindi mo magawa.

Valenzuela Town Center, and Valenzuela City People's Park.

The very first time that I went to Valenzuela Town Center, and Valenzuela City People's Park, was yesterday afternoon. Although, I am a resident of Valenzuela City.

Valenzuela City People's Park, and Valenzuela Town Center are both located in Karuhatan, near South Supermarket. VCPP has many functions and areas. One attraction is the dancing lights near the VCPP entry marker.

Photo from the Valenzuela City Government Twitter account.
Other functions and areas include the following:
Children's play park;
The Amphitheater;
Aerocircle, center for zumba and other aerobic exercises;
Giant chess board;
Senior's garden;
Gazebo and picnic grounds;
Crab-eating macaque in the minizoo;
Fish ponds in the minizoo

Photo credits to @ @animoirving

Photo credits to @valenzuelacity

Shakey's IPO at PHP 11.26 per share.

I first learned about the initial public offering (IPO) was from the Facebook post of the fan page of Shakey's Philippines. The IPO is P11.26 per share.

I'd love to have a share from Shakey's. But the thing I don't know how to get a share from a known business like Shakey's.

Here are the two (2) articles from Philippine Daily Inquirer and Rappler:

Shakey’s IPO priced at P11.26 per share

Shakey's Pizza prices IPO at P11.26 per share

On visiting New Zealand.

New Zealand is one of the countries I want to visit in my travel bucket list. Aside from the Hobbit houses that featured in the The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings movies, I'd love to travel around New Zealand. I'd love to experience the culture of New Zealand.

I also have relatives living there. They moved there earlier this year.

A blog post entitled "New Zealand on a Budget: Auckland and Rotorua Travel Guide 2016" from the blog The Poor Traveler. The blog post, based on my understanding, is traveling the New Zealand cities of Auckland and Rotorua on budget.

I hope, and I wish that I visit the country of New Zeland someday.

On visiting Israel.

Israel is one of the countries I want to visit in my travel bucket list. I didn't know that one of the TV shows that airs on GMA News TV, Biyahe ni Drew, was uploaded the episode 7 (seven) months ago. While a revisited episode was uploaded was 1 (one) week ago, and while the original airing of the revisited episode was few weeks ago.

My ninang/godmother visited Israel earlier this year.

I hope, and I wish that I visit the country of Israel someday.

This article was featured on last Sunday's issue of The Philippine Star.

Israel being featured on a Filipino travel show.

Biyahe ni Drew: The amazing waterfalls of Calbayog, Samar (full episode)

My father is from Samar, and I didn’t know that Calbayog, Samar is featured on the TV show, Biyahe ni Drew three/3 weeks ago. Not until a segment of Calbayog, Samar was featured in the latest episode of the TV show.

I don’t have enough memories on the area/place, but here’s a full video of the episode.

The P2P Experience.

Yesterday was my first time to try the P2P buses in the metro, when my father and my uncle going to the doctor to checkup. I told my father I'm going to ride a P2P buses in SM North Edsa going to SM Megamall. The P2P bus I rode is a double decker bus, similar to double decker buses in London, England.

The male conductor told me that is one remaining slot in the lower deck, so I took it. I noticed that there's a loo for male and female passengers. Loo is the British word for bathroom or toilet.

The bus I was riding was stopped at the bus terminal of SM Megamall, I noticed that some passengers walking toward the street of Julia Vargas. I arrived at the office at 7:49 AM.

The P2P bus drivers take the U-Turn slot in the intersection of Edsa and Shaw Boulevard, going to the bus terminal in SM Megamall.

Later night, I took the P2P bus in SM Megamall going to SM North Edsa, before going to Trinoma.

The price going SM North Edsa to SM Megamall, and the price going SM North Edsa to SM Megamall is 40 pesos.

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For more information, kindly these articles.

The SPOT.ph Guide to Metro Manila's P2P Buses

Commuters, this new P2P bus route runs from Novaliches to Makati

The newest line of P2P buses have flat screen TVs, sleeper seats + more

This new tap card system will be the highlight of your next bus ride

Christmas shopping deals and traveling.

Christmas is just few days from now. Some of us make their Christmas shopping early. Some do their Christmas shopping as early as September 1.

Some of us visit various malls within the metro. Some go to places like Divisoria, Quiapo, St. Francis Square, Greenhills in San Juan. Some of us do their Christmas shopping online like Lazada, Zalora, etc.

As you notice, I have ads on the right side of my blog regarding Christmas. Kindly, click either long/rectangular ad, or the boxed ad. This is one way to help people do their Christmas shopping.

And also, some of us go to different places in our country during Christmas holidays. Like the Lazada ads, there are options on/from TravelBook.PH that I provided.

Please feel free to use any of the options given.

Thank you.