Meet The Thordies

In meal management, the author of the book, A Guide to Meal Management and Table Services, gave the following wine rules:

1. White wines should be served chilled, while red wines at room temperature.
2. White wines should be served with seafoods and chicken, red wines with meat.
3. Rose wine would be fine with Chinese dishes; if the meal is served family style a choice of red and white wines would be okay.
4. The sweeter rich-flavored wines would go with dessert, should be at room temperature; sweet champagne should be chilled
5. Wine should usually be served in clear glasses; they show off the beautiful color.

As part of the Lenten season's activities of the CWL unit in our village, we participated in a vista iglesia last April 4, 2009. We assembled at our meeting place as early as 5:00 a.m. and by 6 o'clock we were on our first scheduled church. We visited 7 churches where five belongs to the Vicariate of Our Lady of Light, and two belongs to the Vicariate of St. John the Baptist, our former vicariate. Last of the seven was the Christ the King Parish located on top of a mountain in Muzon (Taytay, Rizal - Philippines). It was known in the vicinity as the "Church in the Sky".

The church was not so big but it was really built as a tourist attraction. Inside and out you can see the work of art. In front of the church was a huge man-made mountain. It was not finished yet so we did not scrutinize it. On the right side area was a structure which will house the priest and the other part maybe a formation center. It was a breathtaking sight that when you look around while there you can only say, thank you Lord for making me a part of your creation.

For two nights I had not been able to get a good sleep because of colds. I could not breath through the nose but through the mouth. It was only after drinking a glass of boiled oregano that I had a little relief. My sister recommended this herbal medication which she found it to be effective to her grandchildren.

It is difficult to have colds even if you do not have fever. I could not concentrate on my writing jobs and could not generate intelligent ideas. I am also afraid to sleep because the more I could feel the difficulty of breathing. Neozeps and decolgens are not advisable if you have clogged nose. My oregano drink decongested my clogs.

Some people are so thankful that they finish schooling. They will be out of school and will look for a job. In other words, their lives will be changed. But when you finish a course and work does not mean that you stop learning. You still continue to relearn what you had already learned inside the class. You know why? Because if you stop learning and will only depend on whatever you pick up in your job, you will not grow professionally.

Think about your career plans. Do you want to remain in the entry level position until you retire? Of course not. So what do you do. While on the job, see what else you can do to improve your skills and knowledge within the organization. Lack of planning increases the chances that nothing will happen. When you have a plan with clear objectives, you increase your chances of making things happen for yourself. Ask yourself the following questions:
"Where am I?"
"Where do I want to go?"
"How will I get there?"

I received a telephone call from a guy who did not identify clearly where he was calling from. He asked if I already picked up the scholarship voucher reserved for me as one of the lucky names chosen to receive this promotional gift. I said not yet because I am not interested. The guy insisted that the voucher was purely promotional and that I would not be required to buy or pay anything when I pick it up. Because of his convincing skills, I went to his office to pick up the gift.

The reason I was indifferent at first is I had several experiences about this promotion thing in the past. One was an accident insurance for P50,000 which was good for a day. Would you hope to meet an accident so that you could use the insurance? Another was a vacation for 2 package which took us 4 hours to listen to their advertisement before I was asked to draw a rolled paper saying "Better luck next time".

I was surprised with the new experience because the scholarship voucher was really reserved for me. Now I can say that not all promotional sales are bad. I am glad I can let my niece attend a two-year course in a computer school.

As a secretarial educator and a former secretary myself I would like to share new ways and approaches for doing the work of the professional secretary effectively and to describe necessary steps to prepare for advancement.

Your role as secretary (or administrative assistant) has changed dramatically over the last decade, with greater responsibility and more skills expected of you now. In keeping with these changes, many secretaries are facing new and challenging work responsibilities that require highly developed communication skills and a comprehensive understanding of organizations. Current concerns with human resources development has promoted awareness regarding secretaries' contributions to the organization. Yet, you, the secretary, must take the initiative, making your objectives known and taking steps toward achieving them.

Your old secretarial images may suggest that you are there to take orders, but the new realities of the job say that you are there to think and offer ideas. Which image do you prefer?

I have not written for the past several days because of my accepted responsibility as part writer for the SEO articles passed by my friend. Although it was not a waste of time - never - to write those types of articles, I also missed blogging. I managed three blogs and have not given attention to all of them. So before I start engaging myself again to the new batch of 20 articles for copywriting, here I am putting on little ideas for the "Thordies".

Raffy, my husband, was invited by his brother (my brother-in-law) to take a seaside vacation in their province in Kalibo. My children would not allow unless one of them or me could stay with him to attend to his needs. I understand their concerns. Imagine sending to relatives a helpless patient who could not even manage to attend to his personal needs.