Dallas Mavericks (Champions!!!)

Congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks for winning their first NBA Championship!

For all the years that I have been their avid fan, I never see them straying away from each other. Every team has the desire to have that Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, but only Dallas showed us the heart and the teamwork needed to win a Championship.

They all worked for this so hard, they endure all the criticisms, they all take the challenge to lead the team for a Championship, They all stick together and humble themselves, they played as a team and never played just for themselves...They are ALL Champions!

Congratulations to Dallas Mavericks! Congratulations Mavs' Nation.

The Culprit is dead?

The latest headline airing the televisions and the net is that Osama bin Laden is dead.

Is there a way for us to know that these things are true?

Post Tax Season?

After the hype of the tax season, we are now on the pre-archiving era.

They are supposed to be simultaneously going after each other, but, tentative clients are making our life hard!

Hehehe.

Let me rephrase my opening sentence:

Tax season - "post tax season" archiving era!

Si Lalabs at ako.

Mga Kwento sa Coffee Stand. . .

It's my second day here in Baguio, the city of Pines. Doing my out of town engagement of auditing three foundations of one of the biggest University here.

During merienda, I had these amusing experience ordering hot coffee and bread when other people beside me call for their orders. heheheh here how it goes:

1st day: Baguio is known for the climate here, the wind is cold as the city is located in high places and it is enclosed by Mountains. So typographically, the cold wind from the north is trapped and it was raining around 3pm. During merienda, I go to the canteen and ordered cappuccino and slice of bread. that's enough for me. then there is this lady, a college student perhaps, she stand beside me. and when she calls her order, it amazed me.

"Kuya isang coffee pls! yung malaki na"
"anung klaseng coffee Ma'am" sabi ni Kuya.
"Ice po!"

then I was like...what? Ice coffee? "Yung malaki?" then I was left there asking myself a question. adik lang?

"sir ok ka lang po? may order pa?"
"aaah? ok na tong hot coffee. hehehe, paki charge sa Accounting, thanks"
"ok sir thank you!"

Then I left. smiling.

2nd day: I was again on the coffee stand, still thinking of what happened yesterday and I am expecting to have another student ordering beside me an "Ice Cold Coffee." well it turn very dramatic today! hehehe. I ordered Sweet brewed Coffee. I was the one who is at the end of the queue with three students in front me. they all ordered "hot" coffee. so, it is declared, no ice coffee experience. sad...

But here is the catch.

"Sir anong order nyo" sabi ni ate.
"Sweet brewed coffee po ate." tapos tingin ako sa studyante sa harap ko.

huminto kasi cya nilapag yung hot coffee nya...

"Mainit cguro, sabi ko sa sarili..."

kumuha cya ng brown sugar, at nag stir...

"ah ok kaya pala..."

tapos, kumuha cya ng straw...

"Huh?..."

nagstir ulit...

"astig, hindi kuntento sa stirrer..."

at hinigop ang kapeng mainit...

"...adik lang?..."

amazing! hahaha kakaiba talaga ang mga taga-Baguio! hehehe. tapos napatingin ako kay Ate.

'Ahhh.. paki charge ulit sa Accounting." tapos kumuha ako ng cinnamon roll at alis.

hahaha lupet naman nila, sila ang kapeng mahirap timplahin! hehehe.

Cravings!

People crave for a lot of things, most of them are sweets!

I don't know that for the most part of my daily life, I always crave for bread! and looking in my ascendants, I guess it was marked first by Lola in the Mother's side - the Callanga Clan, of which they always tell me that a clan originally came from Spaniards who in the history of this country, did a big influence.

Nakakatuwang isipin na dahil sa mga espanol maraming bagay ang nabago sa kultura natin at hindi rin natin tiyak na yung kultura natin ngayon ay atin talaga o sa banyga.

My cravings for bread really hit me, like eating them while served with hot coffee. Oh! really awesome!

Pinoy Disiplina

Ano na nga ba ulit ang kahalagahan ng disiplina?

Nakalimutan na ata ni Juan dela Cruz na turuan ang sarili ng disiplina.

Budget Variances. . .

Talking about variances... these are things shown in the management reports at year end.

Reports that will reflect Management's performance for a given period and your boss may give you a handshake and a thumbs-up saying: Congratulations! You made it for a higher post next year!

or, just close your reports and ask you: anong nangyari?

Plain tagalog, just for you to understand clearly. looking at you straight to the eyes, trying to squeeze out from you a miracle that somehow, will change those variances in the report.

This will determine how good a manager you are, and during the year, before reports are constructed and validated, you and your team should be working on these stuffs.

Quote: "Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss" - Jim Murray.

Remember using two applications at the same time, having audit of all accounts (not doing your risk based approach), is not only time consuming, inefficient, will give you budget variances, and will give you a ---- appreciation from your boss and tell you: anong nangyari?

As well from your staff. think about it.