We can all still probably remember our grade school History class. You know, the one where we had to look at a horizontal timeline of sorts, where supposed "interesting" events happened when in reality the only thing 'interesting' about it then was that it gave us good grades when we got to stick those into our memory banks. You do remember that part, right? Now, let's go fast-forward into the future, which happens to...

Social networking is slowly becoming scary. With the start of the trend going way back during the days when we still used FS instead of FB, recent statistics show that it is not even close to slowing down one bit. In a way, more people are living two lives – the physical, and the virtual. Hence, we can only expect more and more online social networking websites to come up. A few months ago, I decided to sign up for one of these Social...

As I was scouring the internet for the usual read-ups and meet-ups, I came across one article over at Yahoo! entitled 5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp that sort of struck me in a way. You see, over the past few months I've come to realize that productivity leans a lot on your maintenance – how you allow yourself some time for recuperation after a series of tiring-yet-fun activities can define how well you will do in the...

A few days back during one of my lazy days being an undergraduate student, a few of my friends and I were having the usual chit-chat about all the random stuff you could think of. However, this certain session brought up a few of my back memories, simply because one of us was in a dilemma – a dilemma of what to get as a gift for the one person that you hold dear. Now, I will not claim to be the master of this field – though I...

Over at Cebu Midtown Hotel on a Saturday afternoon, a good number of youth leaders in their respective organizations came together for a rare opportunity – attend a youth empowerment conference held for the primary purpose of promoting better leadership in and among the youth. Organized by the Asia Pacific Ads Unlimited, a Cebu-based company that serves customers by handling different services such as printing, publishing, and...

There's a real valid reason why a lot more than the usual television sets will be turned on for the next month – and no, basketball fans, I'm not talking about the now-best-of-three NBA Finals Series between the Lakers and the Celtics. Over the past few decades, there has been one word that's become a universal language. It is this one word that brings people together and makes them understand one another – be it...