Too Much To Ask

Just one more day and the whole Chinese community will be celebrating the Year of the Ox, which, I heard on TV, will bring luck to those who are under the Dragon zodiac sign. Count me in!

Actually, even when the year of the Ox hasn't arrived yet, I can already feel the luck on my side! Haha. Woops, I apologize for the exaggeration. Well, it's just that I received an invitation for a job interview for the first time. But I'm not really excited as what my writing seems to imply. The company that responded to my application a couple of days ago is located in Pasig! Just one of the places I never planned to work in. It's quite far for me. And I really find it inconvenient to go to. And I don't imagine myself renting a place there to ease the hassle of commuting. The place just makes me feel like I'm in another world.

In case this company is going to buy me, I'm not really sure that I'm going to let myself be sold. And even when I already know someone there--my old roommate--who's going to be a sure bud, I am still not very confident. And even when the recession is said to worsen as time goes by and that the company looks really desperate to fill in the positions recently left by a bunch of old employees, I will still need a lot of thinking... Unless it doesn't have contract or bond of at least 6 months, meaning I can go anytime I want to and that I can still have hmmm a week of absences (is that what you call it?) and that I could prolong my palamunin days and opt to start work (if ever) on the second half of Feb... That's when I'll have myself be sold.

Haha. Gawd, I'm asking too much, I know.

Zero Interest

Marketing Insight No. 1

Filipino-Chinese compose a big percentage in the Philippine population. Fil-Chi are Henry Sy, John Gokongwei and Lucio Tan. They are rich and famous and kidnap-able. Given thesesociety-given descriptions of Filipino-Chinese, they surely are a good market for real estate.

If you will notice, there are lots of condominiums already on their pre-selling or construction stages. (The industry of real estate must be thankful for the lowered interest rates on loans caused by the strengthening of the Philippine Peso.) And I’ve gone to some model units of condominiums around the metro. The units were amazingly beautiful (and reflective in their price). Even so, they still lack appeal to the Fil-Chi market. The floor plans of these condominiums neglect to consider the application of feng shui, even just the basic ones. One of the condominiums I’ve gone to had its door fronting the door of another unit. Even that simple mistake could make the whole beautiful condominium somewhat off and push away the interest of the potential buyers. And feng shui is not just believed by Chinese alone. I know Filipinos by blood who believe in this superstition.