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Scary! Spooky! Freaky! Ghostly! Gory! That all happens on hallows eve. On that day it would a macabre scene. But that's only in the movies. It was a different scene when I visited a corporate office in Makati. I noticed a lot of children dressed in Halloween costumes.  They followed their parents and they went around the different offices and shouted, ""trick or treats!"  Afterward, they would smile at the candies they would get. It was a festive atmosphere for corporate Makati. My grandchildren will have their own "trick or treat" activities complete with costumes and make-up as they will be joining their parents at their respective offices. My grandchildren with their Halloween make-up. Pretty scary! "I'm a big fan of the Walking Dead series" This year 2016, the Halloween holidays will be longer, because it will include October 31 and November 1 which falls on a Monday and Tuesday.  All in all, it's a 3-day r

T he invasion is near! However, it's not what you all fear.  It is the ASEAN integration.  I've recently become curious about this topic and did a little bit of research. The leaders of ASEAN countries met a long time ago and agreed towards a unified ASEAN community. The ASEAN nations signed an ASEAN Charter in November 2007.    One of the objectives of a unified ASEAN community is to make ASEAN a single market and production base.  ASEAN will become a highly competitive economic region, equitably growing together economically.  It will also be fully integrated into the global economy. ASEAN has a total of 10 members namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam.   The ASEAN integration aims to totally remove trade barriers in all 10 ASEAN countries. So this will ensure the free flow of goods.  Along with free trade, professional services and skilled labor will also freely move within the ASEAN region.

Design Your Health  is a 2-day holistic health and wellness fair that aims to promote holistically healthy lifestyle. It   showcases the importance of your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual activities that affect the overall design of your health and well-being. Aimed towards entrepreneurial moms, young professionals, and health-conscious consumers, Design Your Health proposes a unique approach to wellness. Attendees and participants will be treated to a healthy mixture of stores, workshops, clinics, and talks that introduce and showcase a holistically healthy lifestyle. It’s happening this October 8 and 9, 2016 at the Mandala Park, Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City. The event will feature 50 bazaar exhibitors: workshops on arts, fitness and entrepreneurship; and talks by experts on health and wellness. Click on below links to see what workshop/ class that suits your needs and preferences best: Entrance Fee to the Expo: 150php   ( FREE if you register to at

My mom, Dr. Maura B. Fonollera (she's in heaven already), wrote a book for women.  A copy of the book was gathering dust in our bookshelf, so I decided to blow the dust and browse the pages. I read the book in bits and pieces and some nourishing morsels of information can be found; and I would like to share with all of you, especially to all the "moms" out there. The copyright date on the book was 1994, so she was probably working on this book much earlier. The book was actually sold in National Bookstore, but book sales were not as fast as her other books. The topic was probably way ahead of its time.  Now I feel that the book title is more relevant. In Chapter 1 of the book, she said that "The pursuit of marriage and career is strewn with complicated webs of predicaments at interminable stages sometimes jarring even the most stable relationships. Old values come in stand against newly reached marital agreements to follow non-conventional paths such a

There has been a lot of talk about "Millenials."  They say that this demographic generation is about to make waves all over the world come the year 2020. Why is that so?  The older generations find it hard to understand them.  They're somewhat the misunderstood generation from their point of view. I was browsing online and chanced upon an article about "Millenials".  I got curious so I search for other related articles which really got me hooked for a bit. Anyways, "millennials" are also known as Millennial Generation, Generation Y, or Gen Y. By the year 2020 half of the workforce worldwide will be composed of Millenials; and by 2030 it will go up to 75%.  That is one generation to look out for. Those events will re-define how institutions worldwide will function. Demographers (people arguing about the generations) say that the Millenials were born between 1980 up to 2000. It's still not definite and time will finally define the "Gen Y&

Run for your life! That's what this movie is all about.  I'm sure you'll tense up in your seat while watching zombies going on a feeding frenzy scrambling for human snacks. It's an apocalyptic movie depicting the spread of the "zombie" virus in Korea. Fast forward to the scary part, the infection would reach the train where the main characters are riding. The main characters involve a father and his daughter (played by actor Gong Yoo and Kim Soo-Ahn). He had a lukewarm relationship with her, because he was too preoccupied with work. The daughter was living with him.  He was also estranged with his wife.   At the beginning of the movie, his daughter was insisting to see her mother who lives in Busan, because she will be celebrating her birthday. The father concedes to the request of the daughter, and both were on the way to the train station while the zombie virus infection was already spreading across the country.  Both father and daughter were still c

Imagine waking up early morning facing the calm sea and listening to the gentle waves reaching the shoreline.  The sound mesmerizing you to the sweet symphony created by sea and shore.  T he morning air touching your face and refreshing your skin. The fresh salty breeze invigorating your mind and filling up your lungs accustomed to metro smog with the freshest air imaginable.  Watching as the sun slowly rising and touching the small house on one side, and the green mangroves on the other side.  As each minute passes the sun's rays also stretches out slowly reaching the island on the other side. Seeing people going about their morning chores. A lone outrigger boat (banca) cutting its way through the sea across the bay.  Not caring about the time because times moves slowly and the pace of life is so relaxed. This is paradise.  This is waking up in Guiuan, Samar, Philippines. Guiuan, Samar is quite small. It's an idyllic coastal municipality located at th

Mel Fonollera, Blog Writer He was tall, had grey white hair and blue grey eyes which is typical of American features.  He's really an American born in Oregon.  He spoke fluent "Ilocano", a native dialect up in Northern Philippines. You don't usually get to meet an American who speaks fluent Ilocano. I was flabbergasted when I heard him speak the dialect.  I felt a bit embarrassed because I'm half-Ilocano and I don't know how to speak the dialect, because I was born in Manila. Anyways, he is the late Pastor Delbert Rice.  People whom he knows fondly calls him "Pastor.   I met him back in 2001 when I was working for  Upland Marketing Foundation Inc., a foundation devoted for social enterprise. He was the Board Chairman of that Foundation.   Fast forward in 2012, I came back to Upland Marketing Foundation, and got the chance to interact with him again through board meetings at the Foundation.  I was the "de-facto" board scribe ta

Modern Trade grocery chains in the Philippine are now in a heated race to consolidate their market positions. SM, Robinsons, Puregold and other modern trade grocery chains are doing this right now. They're definitely going to continue this in the future. I've personally observed the progress of their market consolidation moves since I've been involved in FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) industry sector.   The mega retailers in their quest for consolidation are either doing one, both or all of the moves: o pening new branches; p artnering with foreign based retailers; i nvolvement in the different retail formats; a cquiring small local retail chains.  Here are links about the partnership of local retailers with foreign retailers.  SM and Alfamart ,  Puregold and Lawson , Shopwise and Dairy Farm . See more links to articles about the big retailers like  SM ,  Robinsons ,  Puregold Price Club  acquiring small retailers.   What will happen

     Followed a blog by sales legend Tom Hopkins . I signed up for free videos on some of the topics. When I received the email link, went to it immediately, and one of the video titles caught my attention.  It was about "how social media is impacting the sales process?" Wow! I said to myself...Tom Hopkins sharing his thoughts about social media in selling. Guys watch and learn from the legend.      Had to share this because back in the days when I was a young salesman in my mid-twenties, there were no social media.  Selling was door to door and face-to-face.  Also, I was reading books and watching VHS video (CDs hasn't been around yet) of Tom Hopkins' sales techniques that got me all fired up to sell to customers and face rejections and successes altogether.  Now, I'm watching him talk over  YouTube  and about social media  (Cool! Awesome!)... pardon my expression just got caught in the excitement...haha    I recommend you watch the video and listen to

Today's salesperson can easily download online tools and apps to increase productivity and make selling much easier with less stress. Cool apps can get things done faster.  Apps and online tools can be easily downloaded on most smartphones using  Google Play Store  or Apple App Store . Let's take a look at some of these apps. Salespersons can send documents using  CamScanner . It's easy to download the app using any smartphone. It's also easy to use by simply taking a snapshot of the document, scan and send.  The app can also convert it to PDF file. There are situations where the salesperson  is offsite with order in hand but needs to be submitted to the office right way. The salesperson simply takes a picture of the order and use CamScanner.  Voila! the document is on the way. The action can be done anywhere as long as there is access. Losing client's business card can be frustrating.  Apps  like CamCard - Business Card Reader  easily scans and sto

Just a break from the usual blog on selling skills.  Went to the cinema and watched the newest Star Trek franchise.  Overall it was a good movie with all the digital effects but there were dull moments where the characters were engaged in long dialogues (hohum).. I followed Star Trek TV shows and movies since I was a kid.  In the movies, when astronauts go on space travel for a long period of time and come back to earth, didn't grow old.  Watching the new generation Star Trek movies, is like space travel.  The cast didn't grow old.  They look more younger than the original cast back in the '60s. Watching Star Trek on TV in the 60's was free and in black and white.  Now, you have to fork out 200 bucks to watch full color digital cinema. Waiting for the next episode..space the next frontier... Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * First Name Last Name