If you're into environment-interested consumer, like we are, check out these new sodas that have not reached Philippine shores. It would be good to have this done locally and it is our hope that creative and aspiring business-minded Filipinos will help make this kind of cola possible in this country. Cooling Station will be the first one to make this kind of product available to consumers in our neighborhood.
Great news! The PCOS machines are now showing accurate results from the tests held in Makati. Now the next challenge is to provide teachers the actual training. I'm praying that these teachers learn fast and we should be on our way to our first Automated Elections. (For the story, click the link mb.com.ph)
Posted via web from Mabuhay
Citizens of the United Kingdom will be voting hours from now and the parliamentary leaders they will bring to power will decide who will be the next Prime Minister.
I agree to former Prime Minister Blair's assertion that voters should not vote tactically just because the other options are not 'popular.' That is exactly what is happening now as voters I talked to will prefer Noynoy because their candidate will not win the elections. Blair said that voters should go for what they "believe in." He added, "If you think their policies are good, vote for them, but if you don't, don't." It's that simple.
Voters who believe in their candidates should stick to their candidates if they believe in them. I said it in my posts that you should vote because you know, NOT because you think you know. If you vote for the other candidate because of survey results and the bandwagon effect, then you don't even know why you should be voting for to begin with. And if you don't even know why and who you should be voting to begin with then you need to pray. Because as citizens, it is our right and responsibility every six years to voice our gripes and opinions and this can be heard through the ballot. Please don't waste your vote. Please don't vote tactically.
Posted via web from Born 1973
It's good to be a Filipino when you read matters like this and it would be good for all of us to reflect the same spirit in the face of challenges our COMELEC is facing if we help them make their job work better despite setbacks and challenges. Let's bring out the BAYANIHAN and MABUHAY spirit now. (to read the story, click on the gmanews.tv link below the image)
Posted via web from Mabuhay
Posted via email from Mabuhay
Posted via email from Mabuhay
Meralco just sent our store's electric bill the other day and it was shocking - Php9,783.30 for the month of April! Can you believe that? So the very first thing I told my crew was to control the use of the ice cream freezer.
I studied what was going on and this is what I found out. First, I realized that my average usage per month since late last year was 663 Kilowatt hour (Kwh). The store maintains an ice cream freezer, a tall two-door soda cooler, a shorter beverage cooler and a decent amount of lights. This was enough, I thought. However, we used 738 Kwh this month or 75 Kwh more than the average. I calculated the amount per Kwh this month and I realized it was Php13.26/Kwh. That's high I thought. Out of curiosity, I computed how much per Kwh last month was and found out it was Php11.20/Kwh only. What shocked me though was when I found out that our October 2009 bill was only Php9.01/Kwh. Since I could not do anything much to control what Meralco is charging right now so I thought I should be changing things within my control. So the wisest thing to do right now is to set aside an amount from daily sales so I can be best prepared for these type of things. The bill says that my store is consuming an amount of Php163 per day on electricity. I think it will be wiser to set aside an amount of Php200/day just to be sure. Overkill? Just being wiser for the rainy season (no pun intended). Having cost-cutting measures in place and setting aside a budget, the only one thing left to do is to make promotions that would increase sales volume of Cooling Station. We'll just hope that the rate of electricity will go down next month. For now, I control what I can control to make sure my budget doesn't bleed.
