Laurence Is My Name

I love my name. I don't know if you love yours as much as I do mine, pero hindi naman ako obsessed. Ok, siguro obsessed ako, hindi ko lang na-realize. Noon, ang akala ko, napaka-unique ng pangalan ko. Akala ko ako lang ang may pangalang "Laurence," pero nung high school ako, ang dami kong kapangalan sa school. Tanggap ko na rin na hindi unique ang pangalan ko, na marami kaming Laurence dito sa mundo.

Ikaw, pag may kapangalan ka, ano ang una mong ginagawa? Ako, tinitingnan ko kaagad kung siya ay guwapo. Ewan ko, kasi meron akong mind set na kapag "Laurence" ang pangalan mo, kailangan ay guwapo ka. In fairness, sa lahat-lahat ng nakita kong kapangalan ko, masasabi ko na 99.9% kaming puro guwapo. Kung di ka naniniwala, i-Google mo, o kaya ay i-search mo sa Facebook. (Singit lang: partida, first name pa lang yan. Try mo i-Google o search sa FB ang Laurence Lee. Madami kami.)

Ang iba, alam nila kung bakit sila pinangalanan ng pangalan nila. Merong pinangalanan base sa kung sino ang presidente nung ipinanganak sila. Kaya ang daming Ferdinands. Meron ding pinalanganan base sa mga syllables ng mga pangalan ng tatay at nanay nila. Merong pinangalanan ayon sa kalendaryo. Ako, di ko alam kung bakit Laurence ang ibinigay sa aking pangalan, pero nagpapasalamat pa rin ako na iyon ang ibinigay sa akin. Nagpapasalamat din ako at hindi ako naging "junior." Parang ang awkward isipin kung ang pangalan ko ay "Florencio." (Sumalangit nawa.)

Bilang isang Laurence, ang kadalasang tawag sa akin ay Rence. Pinaiksi. May tumawag din sa aking Lo. Okay lang sa akin yung mga palayaw na nabanggit ko. May naisulat na ako tungkol sa mga tawag sa akin sa isang post ko. Pwede mong basahin iyon dito My Blog Name.

Ang pinakamahirap na naranasan ko sa pagkakaroon ng pangalang Laurence ay kung may kausap ako sa telepono at tinanong ang pangalan ko. Kadalasan ang naririnig nila sa phone ay "Loren." Ewan ko kung bakit di nila naririnig ang "s" sa huli. Hindi ko alam kung paano ko bibigkasin ang pangalan ko para marinig nila ang "s." Naisip ko na kapag tinanong ako kung ano ang pangalan ko, ang isasagot ko ay "Laurenzzzz," o kaya ay kagaya sa mga hapon - Laurensu.

Isa pa ay ang pag-spell ng pangalan ko, halimbawang tanungin ako sa mga fastfood dahil pending ang order ko. Mali-mali ang spelling ng Laurence na nakalagay sa resibo, depende kung ano ang kanilang ethnicity. Parang ang pinakamadaling gawin kapag tinanong ako sa fastfood o kaya ay sa coffee shop ng, "May I have your name, Sir?" ay sagutin sila ng, "Mike." 

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This article was published in Definitely Filipino.  Read the reader's comments na nakakatuwa.

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Dapat piniktyuran din nila yung guard na nagbawal sa kanila. At kung sino man ang may pakana ng pagbabawal na iyan, dapat ikalat ang kanyang litrato sa pahayagan, sa internet, sa TV, at kung saan pa. Tingnan natin kung di siya umani ng katakut-takot na mura mula sa sambayanang Pilipino.

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Perhaps if we give them the sole distribution of condoms and other contraceptives, and sex education literature, the RH Bill will gain their approval faster than you can say "fuck." - Rence

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It Pays to Take Typing 101

Touch typist ako.  Ibig sabihin, nakakapag-type ako nang hindi tumitingin sa keyboard.  Hindi naman perfect ang skill ko, dahil hindi ko kabisado ang numbers, or yung first top row ng keyboard (but I can touch type in the numeric keypad).  I took my first lessons in typing in high school.  May kanya-kanya kaming dalang portable typewriters noon for typing class.  Noong college naman, merong provided Olympia typewriters sa Typing 101.  I enjoyed my typing class, lalo na sa college.  We had to type in time with our prof's beat.  She used a huge stick to hit the blackboard with three successive beats, paused, and repeated the beats.  We had to type without looking at the keyboard.  Kailangan ang mata mo nakatutok sa typing book.  Imagine mo kung gaano kaingay ang typing class.

There are lessons in typing na naging habit ko na.  Like typing one space after a comma, and typing two spaces after a period.  Nung nauso ang computers, I have to relearn how hard I type kasi, noong college, kailangan malakas ang fingers mo pag-type sa Olympia typewriter dahil hindi babakat sa papel yung letra pag mahina ka mag-type.  Hindi ko alam kung may typing classes pa rin ngayon.  Ang alam ko, karamihan ng mga nagco-computer ngayon e tuldok system ang gamit.  Na-appreciate ko ang ganitong skill lalo na kapag nagsusulat ako ng compositions kagaya nito.  Sunod ang fingers ko sa flow ng utak ko.  Hindi ako nadi-distract ng paghahanap ng mga letra sa keyboard.  Pero nagulat ako sa kapatid ko.  Touch typist siya sa cellphone.  Nakakapag-text siya ng hindi nakatingin sa keypad ng cellphone kahit may ginagawang iba o may kausap na iba,  Madami din ako nakitang may ganitong skill.  Panahon nga naman.  Things change.

If you want to invest some time in learning touch typing, you can go to Free Typing Game . Tiyaga lang.

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Reblog: Steve Jobs: The Great American Story

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Steve Jobs: The Great American Story

Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ "12 Rules of Success"

 

Steve Jobs went from being an unemployed college dropout to becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time. And he did it thanks to these “12 Rules to Success”:

1. Do what you love to do. Find your true passion. Make a difference. The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
2. Be different. Think different. Better to be a pirate than to join the navy.
3. Do your best at every job. Don’t sleep! Success generates more success so be hungry for it. Hire good people with a passion for excellence.
4. Perform SWOT analysis. As soon as you join/start a company, make a list of strengths and weaknesses of yourself and your company on a piece of paper. Don’t hesitate to throw bad apples out of the company.
5. Be entrepreneurial. Look for the next big thing. Find a set of ideas that need to be acted upon quickly and decisively and jump through that window. Sometimes the first step is the hardest one. Just take it. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
6. Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow, but the future. Put a ding in the universe.
7. Strive to become a market leader. Own and control the primary technology in everything you do. If there’s a better technology available, use it regardless of whether or not anyone else is using it. Be the first, and make it an industry standard.
8. People judge you by your performance, so focus on the outcome. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. Advertise. If they don’t know about it, they won’t buy your product. Pay attention to design. We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them. Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
9. Ask for feedback from people with diverse backgrounds. Each one will tell you one useful thing. If you’re at the top of the chain, sometimes people won’t give you honest feedback because they’re afraid. In this case, disguise yourself, or get feedback from other sources. Focus on those who will use your product - listen to your customers first.
10. Innovate. Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower. Delegate. Let other top executives do 50% of your routine work to be able to spend 50% your time on the new stuff. Say no to 1,000 things to make sure you don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. Concentrate on really important creations and radical innovation. Hire people who want to make the best things in the world. You need a very product-oriented culture, even in a technology company. Lots of companies have tons of great engineers and smart people. But ultimately, there needs to be some gravitational force that pulls it all together.
11. Learn from failures. Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
12. Learn continually. There’s always “one more thing” to learn.
    Cross-pollinate ideas with others both within and outside your company. Learn from customers, competitors and partners. If you partner with someone whom you don’t like, learn to like them - praise them and benefit from them. Learn to criticize your enemies openly, but honestly.

So, how many of Jobs’ rules to success do you agree with? Any others you might like to add? We’d love to know what you think in the comments section below.
Source: Steve Jobs: The Journey is the Reward by Jeffrey S. Young

Bookmark http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs for more of his quotations.