Improve Your English Campaign from YouthSays

Having an excellent grasp of the English language is evidently proven to land you the most exciting and high-paying jobs there are! Harness your communication skills in English to better understand global issues and awareness. Don't underestimate the power of the English language. Grow and broaden your horizon. Promote this campaign and push our fellow youths to strive in improving their proficiency in the English language. Let's make this one great change for what I say, Youth says! 


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Ruffa Walked Out from The Buzz After Kris' Remark Upset Her

Ruffa walked out from The Buzz after Kris' remark upset her. Last Sunday, March 7, The Buzz aired in its usual live telecast with its hosting triumvirate Boy Abunda, Ruffa Gutierrez and Kris Aquino. Kris Aquino would've wished she hadn't said much because what she was about to say as Ruffa's transfer to the rival network became the center of discussion and already a controversy per se, would sprout a newer controversy that will challenge Kris Aquino's character again and unfortunately, will question the capability of Noynoy Aquino, her brother and Philippine's 2010 presidential candidate, of becoming the country's rightful leader.


It all started when Ruffa Gutierrez's transfer from ABS-CBN's to another network (which was not actually named during the discussion) was raised after discussing the week's biggest controversies in the show's P.O.V segment. This is when Kris told Ruffa, "Aminin mo ibang level ang saya dito," which then became show business' hottest discussion about its different interpretations. It was caught on cam how Ruffa Gutierrez's facial expression changed after the statement has been said. Ruffa managed to answer, unable to hide from the look of her face that she was bugged, "Well, I know, you don't have to rub it in, Kris. Siyempre, I'm sad din, so sana huwag mo namang, you know, dagdagan (Of course, I’m also sad so you should not have, you know, added to it)." A few seconds before The Buzz went to commercial, Ruffa Gutierrez walked out from the platform and was reportedly to had resorted to the dressing room crying.


According to Gerry Plaza who wrote Yahoo's special for Southeast Asia for this controversy, Ruffa’s ever feisty mother Annabelle Rama suddenly appeared on “Showbiz Central.” As if it was on cue, Annabelle went on a rampage. As he quoted in his article:


Annabelle asked the whereabouts of Ruffa after her “walkout,” Annabelle said: “Pinapauwi ko na siya...dahil hindi ko na ma-take na every Sunday ay binabara siya lagi ni Kris, okay? Kaya lagi kami nag aaway ni Ruffa. Sabi ko, 'Bakit hindi ka lumalaban kay Kris? Sino ba siya? (I made her come home because I could not take that Kris always rebuffs her every Sunday. That’s why I always argue with Ruffa. I say, “Why don’t you fight back? Who is she anyway?)”


“Hindi maganda ginagawa ni Kris kay Ruffa, e. Hindi pa nga nananalo si Noynoy [Aquino, kapatid ni Kris] as presidente, e, ang yabang-yabang na niya! What more kung nanalo pa si Noynoy? E, di kawawa lahat ng artista, lalong-lalo na 'yong mga maliliit na nag-uumpisa pa lang. Hindi magtatagal. Si Ruffa every Sunday binabara niya. Ano, naiinggit ba siya kay Ruffa? (What Kris is doing to Ruffa is not good. Noynoy (Aquino, Kris’ brother) has not even won the presidency, she’s already so arrogant. What more if Noynoy wins?  Pity our artists, especially those who are just starting in the industry. That won’t last long. She rebuffs Ruffa every Sunday. Is she envious of Ruffa?)"





Kris Aquino is known for her bubbly and talkative personality, which then attributed to her to be known as maarte by some. Kris is also known for her intelligence and that she always have something to say in every discussion, which at times may have over-shadowed Ruffa. 


I also felt that what happened in Ruffa's last episode in the Buzz, was just Ruffa's low tolerance towards Kris until finally it went down to the critical level in that episode. It may have also been an ongoing irritability towards Kris which evidently may have contributed to how Annabelle kept on reminding Ruffa that she should no longer put up with Kris' treatment , which in reality have be non-existent as to what Annabelle believed and wanted Ruffa to believe.


I certainly can't find anything wrong about what Kris Aqunio said. What I can see is a friend who is trying to remind Ruffa that nonetheless, Ruffa should still remember how happy it is to be part of the show. I also feel that Ruffa does know better, and probably without her mother's bad-mouthing towards Kris, she would've not reacted that way. I can still see Ruffa's level-headedness in every discussion such as in that episode she did mention "Dahil siguro, with all the gulo, not super chikka chikka like before (Because maybe, after all the squabbles, chit-chats have grown limited unlike before), but everyone's civil to each other. Like I said, umiikot lang naman ang mundo sa show business. Today magkaaway kayo then tomorrow bestfriends kayo. (Like I said, the world in show business just goes in circle. Today you're enemies then tomorrow you're best of friends."


It's also not fair for both Kris and Noynoy that Noynoy's candidacy for presidency will be tested in the waters for a squabble totally out of the confines of politics and community service. It's a dirty game to drag other things into the mess, and that's what Annabelle showed if ever this is all a game. Being a mother that she is, she could've showed Ruffa a different kind of support, surely that will not mess things up and that will surely keep her daughter's intelligence as well. Ruffa's statement about being enemies then later best friends for the next day would've been achieved if her mother did not keep on influencing Ruffa about what to think about Kris. 


In our daily lives, sometimes as viewers, we must have a deeper view of human psychology and sociology too, to draw ourselves away from poor judgment of a person or situation.


You can also choose who would you like to be; Kris Aquino, whose strong personality, both fragile and intelligent, attracts ambivalence; Ruffa Gutierrez, intelligent and beautiful in her own rite, yet vulnerable from her mother's negative perspective towards people and situation; or Annabelle, whose feisty character, which is superficially strong yet crumbled down in ignorance and dim-wittedness.

The Answer

Date Written : April 21, 2006
Being with this person is the most controversial part of my life. I made him the center of my world but like every love story, it has to end. Leaving and letting go was one of the toughest decisions I've made and time has proven that I did the right thing. We are both living in a separate world, and separated by a wall that will both will leave us untouched by the painful memory of the past, and yet will make us stronger with the lesson our meeting brought us.

I never thought I could love again
It was only him that I see then
I was blinded by the thought of forever
Of someone whom I thought would leave me never
It was only my pain that I feel
It seems it would never heal
When the night I knew about you
And how you've loved so true
I feel my pain subsiding
From a much greater sorrow she caused you
All seems so sudden that I began to forget
The face that causes me some regrets
In that same night I heard a voice
And it said something about a choice
But yet I shoved it off my mind for awhile
Coz I've only known you for a short while
However, it's worth some considerations
Indeed you've caught my attention
The coincidence that we are both shattered
Lead me to a prayer once unanswered
To find my other half and true love
Who could make me whole again
And you my angel is the answer from above

Starting Over

Date Written : December 3, 2005

This is one of the many poetry I've written during my first heart ache. Five years later, things are different for the two of us and I am very much happy with where we both are right now. My friendship with this person is what I will be holding to for the rest of my life and it was one remarkble journey being to once have him as part of my world.

How will I start all over again?
When all that's left of me is pain?
How will I stop the rain,
when you keep me waiting in vain?
Please don't ever remind me anymore
Coz I'd fall for you once more
Please don't bring the fool out of me
The heartaches will come again endlessly
Stop it before it's too late
Because love might turn to hate
I don't need a heart that's changing
Coz mine's only for one-time loving
You found another lover
You don't even think she's any better
You're a fool to start with
You'll be another fool to end with
I love you!
I hate you!
How will I start all over again..
When the hating returns to loving?

How to Become a Successful Online Seller in the Philippines without a Starting Capital

Title

How to Become a Successful Online Seller in the Philippines without a Starting Capital

Introduction

I know the title sounds ridiculous. You may have already asked yourself, “How can somebody sell without any capital?” Well, let me get you straight to the answer. With a growing online market , people can sell just almost anything, and that probably leaves you wondering if that answered your first question already. As you already know, online sellers use pictures to showcase the products they are selling. Those are just pictures and you are not yet sure if those sellers really have those items on-hand even if they claim that they do, you will not really know. If it is possible to gatecrash an online store physically, will you be able to see those products in that store or you’re just going to see empty display cases? If you’re still not getting it, let me show you how to take advantage of other online sellers’ products to build your own online store. I hope you are now getting it.

This is where you become an affiliate. You don’t necessarily have to be an affiliate for a hardware or software developers’ website which is one of the biggest online market in the US. It’s not really popular in the Philippines because of the high-piracy rate. You can start with a market that is popular for Filipinos, budget friendly and less complicated. You may want to sell ready-to-wear items, electronic gadgets and beauty products.

The online market place in the Philippines that is growing even bigger is Multiply. It was used solely as a blog but the Filipino online community started using it to showcase products to sell. It started to grow through the years that Multiply added a new feature where you can be placed in the category of online sellers.

Things Needed

A separate blog for online-selling, preferably Multiply

A bank account where customers can deposit their payments

Globe G-Cash, where payments are made via your mobile phone

Steps

1. Register in www.multiply.com with a catchy username that will instantly shout that you’re an online seller. It is also important to concentrate on a certain product, not necessarily one product but products that are related to each other. Like if you want to sell Beauty Products, then name your multiply account as beautyzen101 or beautyallaround, or if you like to sell gadgets, then name it as gadgets101 or something a lot better of what I can come up with. Basically, something really catchy.

2. Second, you have to find a multiply theme that will best suit the products that you are selling. You can search within multiply for multiply accounts or groups that offer Beauty Themes for free. You can use ‘beauty themes’ or ‘beauty layouts’ as a keyword for that search. If you already have an advanced knowledge in making a theme for a blog, you can create your own theme to really make your store look legitimate to the online shoppers. This will give them an impression that you can be trusted, and not bogus.

3. Now, this is where the products come in. You have to look for a multiply group where you can look for products that you want to sell. If you want to have a big number of choices, you look for a multiply group that has the biggest number of members. You must know what kind of multiply group you’re looking for. You can use a keyword “Buy and Sell” to search for a group, and if you’re ready to join the group, make sure it’s for Filipinos, or else you will be selling or getting products from somebody in Thailand or Malaysia.

4. Once you’ve finally joined a group, you will be able to see the products that the online sellers added to the group’s photo albums. You will then have a clear idea of what you want to sell just by looking at those pictures. Once you’ve found the products you want to sell, it’s time for you to coordinate with the sellers that you want to buy their product but you need to find buyers first. Ask for their permission to use their pictures to sell their products on your site. They are most likely to agree because you are in fact helping them sell the products.

5. Once you’ve got their permission, you’re now ready to create albums for each product category that want to sell. Make sure that you complete all the details for that album, like the price, and other details like size, color, if applicable. You can use the same details that the original seller have on her album, but I suggest that you create your own description so that buyers will not be able to link you to the original seller. And before I forget, make sure you’re selling the original seller’s product in a higher price, or else you’re not getting anything from doing all of this.

6. It’s time for you to advertise your products. There are two ways that you can do that, add business contacts or join groups. If you add business contacts, you can add members of an already established online store, or you go to a group and add the people that joined in that group. It doesn’t matter if you add an individual or another online store. Adding a rival online store as your contact will actually help. It enables you to share that store’s resources and customers, and also, if that online seller is interested with a product you’re selling, then that seller will buy from you too.

7. Another way to advertise your product in Multiply is to do the same way that the original sellers of those products that you’re selling were doing. After all that was how you found out about their products. If you posts ads in a form of a note, blog, or photos in that Multiply group, all members in that group, which consists of hundreds or thousands will be able to receive an update about your posts. You also don’t have to worry that they will know that you’re just a re-seller, because they are most likely to get hundreds of updates everytime they check multiply. They will not be able to track who you’re connected with. You also don’t have to worry about them not being able to read your posts because of the hundreds of updates. If a hundred missed your updates, a hundred may have also just logged in Multiply on time to see your posts at the top of the list.

8. Once you got a buyer already, you don’t have to run your way to a freight/courier to ship the products to your buyer. What you need to do is communicate with the original seller about your orders and have that seller verify the availability of the items. Once the seller confirmed its availability, you can communicate back to your customer and have that customer settle her payments usually via Globe G-Cash or through a bank deposit. Once that customer paid already, you can then transfer your payment to the original seller’s account. Once the orders are ready to be shipped, you can ask the original seller to use your name as the shipper.

This article is one of the projects I've had for an American client which he then submitted to www.ehow.com

Original article is at http://www.ehow.com/how_5926476_become-seller-philippines-starting-capital.html

My Perspective about Friendship, Love and Life

My Perspective about Friendship, Love and Life

I was browsing through my old posts from my "secret" blog somewhere. I realized that my driving force into blogging and writing is when I fall in love. It doesn't mean I have fallen in love now or heartbroken why I was writing this, but this is one of the articles I would surely love to post for those who haven't read it. Funny, but when I browsed through all the posts I've had, they occured when I was in the brink of either heartache or love bug. I love to write a lot. I missed that side of myself where I am drowned with my own thoughts. It's a great feeling when I can internalize everything that has been happening.. You give yourself a reality check of why things are happening, why things turned out the way they had and what are the best actions to make them better or let them stay as they are...

I would like to be able to write again. Before I even got to who I seem I was in the pictures sprawled out all over my Facebook account (finally me in a group of people) I was really an introverted, homebuddy who are more atuned to being with myself and being in my own element. I missed that side of me although I will still continue to be this outgoing girl I learned to be, because I did learn that life is too beautiful to sulk in the corner.

QUOTE 01: "Dance like nobody's watching. Love like it's never gonna hurt."

REFLECTION: When you truly love, we don't deprive the other person only a portion of that love more than you are capable of giving him just because you have to save the rest of it for yourself. In my case, I can only be happy when I know I've given the best of my love to that person. I have cried before but that was my choice but whether I have cried or not, nonetheless, I have tested my limits and loved without bounds.


QUOTE 02: "Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for awhile but it will never go away."
REFLECTION: We shut our minds and rather believe in lies to avoid being hurt. But no matter what we do, we have to open our eyes and live with the truth. There's no better way but go on with our life with the reality ahead.


QUOTE 03: "Liking him was a chance but loving him and wanting to be with him forever is my choice."
REFELCTION: It can actually be similar to marriage. You don't marry a person because you love him. You marry because you want to commit yourself to the person you love. This explanation is shared to me by my Philosophy professor Mr. Rey Mancia. I agree with this otherwise I wouldn't share this.


QUOTE 04: "Each person who enters our lives has a unique lesson to teach us."

REFLECTION: We may never see some of those people whom we've spent a lot of times with in the past but the lessons they taught us will remain in us forever regardless of the fact that they might be the ones who hurt us.


QUOTE 05: "When someone breaks your heart it teaches you that loving someone does not always mean that person will love you back. But don't turn back on love because when you find the right person, the joy that one person brings will make up for all the past hurts put together."

REFLECTION: This quotation is also supported by QUOTE 01. Don't stop living because someone stopped loving you. He's not the only man in the world. There are a lot of potential mate out there. But don't expect yourself to understand it right here and then when you're still in the process of healing. It takes time. Take it from me.



MY SELF-MADE QUOTES:

"Even the wisest man is misunderstood. No matter how wise and careful we are with our actions, someone will always think of them differently."

"Don't settle for less when you can have more but don't settle for more when you rob those who have less."

Breaking a Rule in Finding Love

It has been always a fact that our mind and heart do not agree with each other. No matter how many times you dictate to yourself to choose and whichever won over, the failed faculty will seem to give you a reason to hold back. For a reason that I do not know, I follow the intuitive aspect of my self when my heart and mind could not decide.

It’s always like that with the things we work on in our daily lives. It's also the same in finding love. We work with our heads, work with our mind and work with our gut-feeling. Sometimes, the routine gets too depressing and overwhelming. We ended up feeling slumped in one corner watching our lives walk past us.

That is one reason I always put things into perspective. I always give it a thought, a minute, a second, it doesn’t matter as long as it has been thought of. I, then rationalize things. But once in my life, I learned that sometimes I have to break a rule of living up a rule. Sometimes going out of our comfort zone is the best way we can put things into perspective how ironic it may seem, and the outcome is just too basic. If breaking that rule to get to something or achieve something failed, you get to learn something out of it anyway and from there you will know that the formula is not right. It may not be the formula, but the timing and other factors that you have put to test.

It will work the same in breaking a rule in finding love. Let’s take for example when it comes to getting in a relationship with somebody. If you are the kind of person who had his/her heart broken a lot of times, you’ll be the kind to be skeptical in trusting and finding love in a what you think may be a potential partner. It’s different when the person is right there already but you know right then and there that he’s not you’re type, that you don’t even have to think about being with that person at all. Just by mere sound of it, you know it’s unimaginable. But when you come across somebody and that seeing that person for the first time, or talking to that person for the first time, you just can’t help but feel that he might be somebody you can get along with or somebody you will really like to know. If you had been wronged by a lover a lot of times in the past, you will then remind yourself how it still hurts and how afraid you are of falling back on your face again.

So that’s where we get into breaking the rule we have for ourselves, just for one time, if you’ve been having trouble seeing somebody you like until you meet another, with that vicious cycle, you can’t just seem to get over it, why don’t you just don’t think about it and let it go? Break the rule in finding love by getting this chance. Get your butt out and explore the possibilities. If it’s going to fail, then let it be. If you will not be happy in awhile with that spur-of-moment glimpse of romance, then take a step back make an honest exit. You’ll learn in the process that you’re still in pursuit of love, and even if you haven’t fallen in love at least you know, love is not just something that you can hurry and you can feel with just anybody. That alone will give you that feeling that you are still human. You have a heart but it’s not just something that you can give away to every guy/girl you meet in any place, in any time. Finding love is not something you can easily get that's why it's all worth the wait. 

Just a warning, some way or another you are going to break a heart in the process in finding love, or your heart will be broken in the process. You will be tagged as a promiscuous bitch or a jilted ass, or you’ll be frustrated again. There will always be a consequence, that’s a fact. As long as you don’t see everything as a game, you’re clean. If it was a loss for you, as long as you don’t end up sour-graping, you’re clean and still didn’t lose your head.