Stress Warning Flag is UP

First semester of the year is about to end. In our company, this is the time to review & gage if major changes & turn abouts have to be done. To seal off the years target, second semester or the last 6 months of the year must be planned to keep everyone in the same bout. Whew, and being a part of the Marketing team, the so-called "think- tank" of the organization, we are on the pressure cooker!

But prior to our 3 day mid-year conference at Taal Vista on July 8 to 11, I have an event the week before that! Its a convention/exhibit for the swine industry at Subic... and we are one of the major sponsors! Preps for this affair is already 90%, but its the actual convention days am scared because I still have to prepare the brand campaigns to be presented in our sales rally.

Here is where the problem lies...designing the best campaign for my brands that will rally our sales people & influence their confidence that my campaign will significantly increase their sales, and contribute in the attainment of the companys target and hitting the annual target spells I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E-S! this is either non-cash, may be trip or gift certificates! wow....

Capping all these things i have to finished by July 11, is my night class! Class is tight now coz we got to finish 2 projects! It means that i have to find extra hours to meet with my groupmates to design our final project.

Am pretty hectic these days, i"ll definitly miss blogging...

VPAP 2008

I attended VPAP (Veterinary Practitioners Association of the Philippines) Convention at Rennaisance Hotel in Makati. Our company sponsored the ID & certificates of all delegates & visitors in exchange for an exhibit booth. This is an annual affair wherein majority of the veterinarians attending are companion animal (dogs & cats) practitioner.

This year, unlike previous years, people traffic is not heavy...d nga ata nag ka traffic e....

I did'nt see my colleages i use to see every year, few company exhibitors, and the saddest thing of all, few goodies to take home!!!..

Well, its been a good 2 day affair, a breather for me... time to not to think of office work & i really enjoyed the "chickas" with my officemates.... too bad for those who were not around... hehehe...sila ang topic e... hahahahah

At the World Pork Expo

American Time! Too good to be true…. Hahahahaha… our “sundo” Leroi was definitely on time!!! We had our first “American Breakfast” at the hotel & good thing maybe because of pure excitement we were up early to prepare for the expo!

Weather is hot, but the air is cool, they say its almost spring na…The xpo is just like the convention/exhibit here… but the booth giveaways are cool!(kze states side hahahah)… we met up with few Filipino delegates din, my brods & batchmates of Linda (Dr. Boyet Manalo & Dr. Eski Esquivel), we saw several owners of big farms here also…. We religiously visited all booths & took pictures for remembrance…

We spent time at the Akey booth to meet up some of their staffs which are all accommodating…One of the most memorable thing at the expo was the over flowing, free sumptuous food… (food spells: steaks, barbeque, ribs, chips, spam, sodas…)… u can just sit at the shaded tables and u can grab all food u want for free, I enjoyed the free spam!!!! Grabe d ka magugutom, u can even wrap food and no one will even care…Second memorable thing is that the expo shells 20 dollars for international delegates for buying expo souvenirs… I bought, a wooden piggy “alkansya”, stuffed toy, piggy erasers… cute stuffs as souvenirs… We attended technical sessions…I also like the Internet station there, sponsored by Boeringher. We met up with Chris & Krystie Mateo, my college good friends… days before our trip, I emailed Chris that I”ll be attending the expo & because of that he decided to take Krystie & kids with him…we had lunch with them at the expo park & spent the afternoon chikahan… almost 8 years ba naman of updating!!! This was on the second day na…We had dinner with the Mateo at APPLEBEES…

On the third day, we attended live animal bidding… and piglet race… ate mouth watering ice cream kasi that day is mainit… we just bum around kasi sawa na kami sa exhibit venue, we explored the whole grounds and kodakan!!! Third day is the main day… in short, world pork expo is worth an experience, good thing the weather is good!!!