The D Spot

Whether you are working in an office or in the comforts of home, improving work performance and doing the best you can should be a continuous process. Work performance is affected by how you handle yourself, your job, and how you deal with other people in your job. Here are a few tips to improve [...]

It now sinks in—for a while I have forgotten Michael Jackson, especially after all the scandals and the eccentricities that have beset his career and persona. But deep in my heart, I have longed for his comeback and for him to rise above all the hullabaloo. It was amazing how he got out of his [...]

As my regular readers, you would probably know that I have resigned from my work, effective 13 February because of personal reasons. I was very happy with my work, until…let’s leave it at that. I am probably one of the very few people who gave up her job amidst the global economic crisis. Who in [...]

I didn’t realize that the movie was a sequel to A Very Special Love, the blockbuster movie that was shown in August last year. You Changed My Life is actually A Very Special Love, Part 2. The two movie houses were full for the 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm screening in Trinoma last Wednesday, and [...]

There comes a time when you just get so exasperated, your blood boils, that you almost lose your composure…it is just a matter of a few seconds …a snap maybe…and that’s it, you are angry, you forget yourself…and you fall prey under the circumstances–saying things that you would otherwise have regretted, making the wrong decision, [...]

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.” –Martin Luther King Come to think of it, different types of people do exist in an organization, in any organization–it is a given. Can you recognize a bully in the ranks? How much damage is this employee [...]

It has been 2 years now since I stopped working in a traditional office. And I have stopped either being driven to the office for more than 1 hour a day going from Quezon City to Ortigas Ave., and another more than one hour trip back home, or taking the taxi from my home to [...]

Blogging? I was clueless–that was two years ago. But now…two years and three awards later: Emerging and Influential Blogs in 2007 The 2008 Philippine Blog Awards: Best Blog–Family and Living Category Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008: Best Blog–Personal two other blogs: Poems from the Heart Dine-a-Bite and three others: The CRIBS Blog (my advocacy) The Filipina [...]

At 4pm today, 26 August 2008, the book “Dreamers, Doers, Risktakers – 4: Iskolar ng Bayan Gives Back, the Enterprising Way”, a joint project of the Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation (SERDEF) Inc. and the UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP ISSI) will be launched at UP ISSI. The book is the fourth and [...]

I have long wanted to write about this but did not have the chance to do so, until I saw Jim Paredes’ blog post, How to Handle a Hero. He has beautifully (what other adjective can I use?) presented the plight of our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), dubbed as “heroes” or “hinirang na bayani ng [...]

UPDATE as of 4 August 2008–This requirement has already been completed, thanks to all who expressed their interest. We are looking at engaging a VOIP expert, on a consultancy, retainer, or per project basis to iron out technical issues that we face every now and then. Applicant must have extensive knowledge and direct experience with [...]

ooking for a home based job that will give you professional satisfaction? and flexibility? and financial rewards? Here are some exciting new openings for Home-Based Jobs for diverse Online Work, name it you’ll have it. WRITERS (articles, SEO, re-writes, creative, speech, technical, etc) EDITORS VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING STAFF Send CV to:  hrvirtual@gmail.com. For [...]

Home-based jobs in the Philippines have been there for a while, but seldom are there home based jobs which do not just deal with credit cards, telephone cards, and marketing some goods and services for which the home based staff earns only commissions from sales made, with no basic salary and benefits that come up [...]

UPDATE as of 31 May 2008: This requirement has already been completed, thanks to all who expressed their interest. Any Mac User interested in helping a client (a rock star based in California) with his MySpace Friend Adding Project? Client is using a software based tool (Spyder) to do Friend adding. He will interact with [...]

UPDATED AS OF 2 APRIL 2009 Looking for a home based job that will give you professional satisfaction? and flexibility? and financial rewards? Here are some exciting new openings for Home-Based Jobs for diverse Online Work, name it you’ll have it. WRITERS (articles, SEO, re-writes, creative, speech, technical, etc) EDITORS VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING [...]

Interested in blogging for a living? Rico’s company, US Auto Parts Philippines, currently has full-time openings for those with blogging experience. Qualified entry-level applicants must have the following: Experience with blogging platforms, preferably WordPress Strong English communication skills Willingness to work full-time in the vicinity of Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines What’s in [...]

It has been 5 months since I first wrote an article on <a href=”http://dine.racoma.com.ph/business/how-to-detect-misrepresentation-in-jobs/”>How to Detect Misrepresentation in Jobs</a>, but still I continue to receive a lot of comments from disgruntled individuals on their experiences with the firm in question. Right in our very home, again, a bad experience would have happened. <a href=”http://dine.racoma.com.ph/family/the-debutante-and-the-escort-happy-birthday-to-steph-and-vince/”>Steph</a>, one [...]

IMPORTANT:  Please send your application/inquiry to hrvirtual@gmail.com EDITORS VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING STAFF Send CV to:  hrvirtual@gmail.com. For writers and editors, please send also your sample work, and url (blog/website, if any). COMING VERY SOON…more…more…more! My post on 23 March for Bloggers and/or Writers has caught the attention of many who sent in their [...]

UPDATE as of 15 May 2008:  This requirement has already been completed, thanks to all who expressed their interest. I need a Visayan writer to translate a simple instructional material from Visayan to English. Nothing fancy. The purpose is is just for the people in a group to understand what was written. The material is [...]

updated 23 December 2009 WANTED:  top notch TAGALOG WRITERS It’s back to work now, back to serious work! I need additional writers — (1) bloggers, (2) copywriters, (3) writers who can write original content, and (4) writers who can write in Tagalog who can commit to meeting deadlines. This is mostly copywriting work, and the [...]