No matter how driven you are, there will come a point when you’ll feel too tired, too lazy or too…something to keep going. Don’t fret. This is normal. Even the most optimistic person on earth has, at one point, encountered a situation that made them feel like stopping...

When I told my friends that I enrolled myself in AHEAD Pro’s English class, their first question was, “Why, will you be working in a call center?” I don’t blame them for asking me that question. These days, we take it for granted that everyone who speaks good English...

Back when I was in school, having a dictionary was a requirement. My beloved mentors, in their quest to produce erudite, eloquent intellectuals made sure that the dictionary became our indispensable ally, useful not only during English classes, but all throughout the...

We all have unpleasant tasks to do each day; obligations that we would rather not do, except that they have to be done. Most of us would try to ignore them, and do other mundane stuff while a. hoping that the ugh task goes away. And b. hoping someone else will do it...

In this day of ‘instant’ millionaires, it is very easy for the young generation to take what seems to be the easy route towards fame and fortune. Impressionable teenagers look up to Generation Y millionaires who, stories have made it seem, made their fame and fortune...

We’ve all heard that we are what we eat. For the longest time, we thought that this was only relevant to our physique. Now, we are told that what we eat also directly affects the performance of our brain. It has been scientifically proven that by eating the right...

Writing is important for so many reasons. It helps us think clearer and helps us in remembering things. No matter how ‘sharp’ we think our memory is, the truth is, we forget so many things over the course of a day. Also, memory is affected by several factors such as...

My kid used to have a college plan. Not anymore. When management relocated me to an area in the Visayas region, I decided to resign and just concentrate on raising my then 3 year old daughter. I did not regret that decision because I believed that my family should...

We all aim for personal growth. Each day, we find ways to improve ourselves and continuously strive for improvement. It is not uncommon for us then, to experience disappointments and setbacks. Each time this happens, we have two choices: get up and try again, or...

The year is almost drawing to an end. This year had its moments; both good and bad. We mourned the loss of life and property when several tragedies both natural and man- made struck different parts of our islands; and we rejoiced and held our heads high when Filipinos...