Helping Ricelle

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Feb 28, 2013 | Exceptional Events

Last February 2, 2013, I was one of the guest panelists in a private webinar by my mentor, Jomar Hilario. The private webinar was the prize of the second winner of Sir Jomar’s Christmas promo. The webinar is a one-and-a-half hour no-holds barred question and...

Christmas Decor

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Dec 15, 2012 | Exceptional Events

It’s 11 days before Christmas as I wrote this piece. It was also the only time my mother finished setting up the Christmas decorations in the house. She started last Monday. The past few years, she has prepped up for Christmas a week before the nine dawn Masses. She...

Moving On

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Feb 20, 2012 | Exceptional Events

After a week of not surfing the Internet, I’m at it again. The sudden me-out-of-online-job got me to contemplate about what I need to do so that it will not happen again. What I am happy about is that I was able to finish a book (Hooray!). I realized that I got...

So this is how it feels to have a heart broken on Valentine’s Day.

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Feb 14, 2012 | Exceptional Events

I sat down for my first Tuesday work. I opened my ODesk Team application, signed in, and waited for my team to become visible. I wondered why my team was still invisible after a few minutes. The application even said that it might be so because I do not belong to any...

What loyalty could cost you

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Oct 5, 2011 | Life and Marketing Lessons

The news about PAL employees’ strike struck me last September 30, 2011. Around 2,000 employees have spent their day today holding their banners and screaming their hearts out. Most of the protesters are spending their last day crying against contractualization. Months...