not much...(desperate housewives talk! har!)

*20 minutes to go....*

damn..am so bored...hmmm, i just finished watching Desperate Housewives (season 2) yesterday...(though the dvd's scratched...bad trip! hehe)...

moving on, that season's ending's kinda sad...


*Susan Mayer's waiting for Mike Delfino to come to her romantic dinner, hoping he'd propose but then, MIke got hit by a car on the way to Susan's. (tsk..)

*Gabrielle Solis found out that her husband's committing adultery w/ their Chinese maid(that's also the surrogate mom of their child)...

*Bree Van de Kamp admitted herself in a mental institution. But then, escaped the place when she found out that her daughter's boyfriend is a murderer...

*Lynette Scavo, found out that her husband have a lovechild...

*Edie Britt, got attacked by bees while fighting w/ Susan...

that's it...& we're now dismissed! yey! hehe ;p

(super late na yung update, considering that Season 5 na yung show...haha)

a blog about nothing (in particular...har!)

*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ time...* hehehe XD

deedin's blogging & listening (?) at the same time...hehe me, am just blogging...listening is overrated! hehe ;p

18 people are in this room & only 3 people are really listening...(me, not included, sad to say...hehe)
i mean, come on, we pay for this class! how come we don't even bother to listen...as for me, i think i have the attention span of a 5-year old kid so i can't blame myself for not listening...maybe if somebody would suddenly sing or dance, that would be great & lively (perhaps..)...hehe ;p

am looking forward to a trip to Greenhills later (after this class)..hopefully, nobody will change their freaking minds..hehe i love road trips! XD

anyway, i saw this quote (more like i searched for it..;p) in my planner, "If you allow emotions to lead you life, it will be chaotic.-Mr. Arun Gogna" (comments? agree/disagree?)....haha :))

damn! i looked at the time (big mistake!) & saw that we still have 40 minutes to go!!! early dismissal please!!!! hehehe XD

i'll just play or do something...if i continue doing this, i'll probably have a novel by now...hehe

M.Y.O.B.

The world no longer controls you, but YOU now control the world.

We started as “observers”. We observe whatever we have in the market. Then we simply choose whatever things that are already been laid in front of us.

Not long after that, we evolved from being passive buyers to active (and very demanding) buyers. We no longer wait or just look at what they have in store for us, we, now, demand.

We demand things we need and want and when we want it.

We’re now in the Information Age. Where information is power and what helps companies achieve success.

As Mr. Don Tapscott said in “Business Intelligence: Actionable I

nsights for Business Decision Makers”, “Companies that are able to effectively harness the copious amounts of information IT systems generate will have the inside track on the competition: gaining better understanding of customer needs, identifying trends earlier, and using the resulting lead time to capitalize on opportunities.”

But it's not good to just have the information, companies should know how to analyze those information so it can help them achieve success."Collect, Analyze, & Act" on those data given to you. Learn to compete with it. Listed below are the signs that your company competes on analytics (copied fr

om "Competing On Analytics" by Mr. Tom Davenport):

1. "You apply sophisticated information systems and rigorous analysis not only to your core capability but also to a range of functions as varied as marketing and human resources.

2. Your senior executive team not only recognizes the importance of analytics capabilities but also makes their development and maintenance a primary focus.

3. You treat fact-based decision making not only as a best practice but also as a part of the culture that’s constantly emphasized and communicated by senior executives.

4. You hire not only people with analytical skills but a lot of people with t he very best analytical skills – and consider them a key to your success.

5. You do not employ analytics in almost every function and department but also considerate so strategically important that you manage it at the enterprise level.

6. You do not only are expert at number crunching but also invent propriety metrics for use in key business processes.

7. You not only use copious data and in-house analysis but also share them with customers and suppliers.

8. You not only avidly consume data but also seize every opportunity to generate information, creating a “test and learn” culture based on numerous small experiments.

9. You not only have committed to competing on analytics but also have been b uilding your capabilities for several years.

10. You not only emphasize the importance of analytics internally but also make quantitative capabilities part of your company’s story, to be shared in the annual report and in discussions with financial analysts."

Moving on, since the environment we have is dynamic, companies don't have the luxury to take a break. They must always offer something to the market. Innovation has been and will always be a big part of a company's success. Mr.Clayton Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor, invented the Disruptive innovation, a process by which a product or serv ice takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves ‘up market’, eventually displacing established competitors. Which is now taking the world of business by storm.

These type of model can help Telecommunications companies. It is true that communication is a need for us humans. We are all social beings. But now with the rise of other means of communicating (i.e. using the internet; chat and e-mail), Telecom companies must learn how to adapt and invent new ways to take a hold in their market.

To sum it all up, all companies just have to

THINK. ANALYZE. INNOVATE. ACT.

Note:

1. This blog's for our Datamin class, otherwise, I don't think I'll ever do this(hehehe...). Thanks to Mr. Mon Duremdes, our professor, to which I like to dedicate this blog; for without him, I won't even know that there's a very interesting and intriguing thing called "Distruptive Innovation" (hehehe...).

2. Other works related to this topic can be viewed here, here, here, & here! haha :)) (linked to the works of wonder by Deedin, Chabby, Ikah, & Julie) enjoy!

the dreamer...har! XD

I woke up today feeling my spirits up and down at the same time. Up, since I had a very good dream. Down, since I woke up before the dream ended. I always savor the good stuff and dread the bad stuff.

I dream about many things. When I was just a kid, I dream of becoming a princess but instead, I became a pauper (from my perspective back then, if you’re not a princess then you’re a pauper). I dreamed of helping other people but turns out I needed to help out myself first. I dreamed of having my own prince but turns out I’m not that hopeless romantic after all (most of the time). I dreamed about having a mansion with loads of animals but instead, we live in a household that can only allow a few dogs. And I dreamed of being a veterinarian but instead I’m studying Business Administration.

I never even dreamed of studying in a school like De La Salle but I ended up in one of its schools. But I started to like it to the point that I run for the College Student Council, two times in a row and was lucky enough to land the positions I ran for. Even though I love my extracurricular activities, I always make myself remember that I go to school five or six times a day to study. In which I’d like to mention our Datamin (Data Mining) class, held every Saturday morning with Mr. Mon Duremdes to whom this blog was made.

Life has a way of diverting you from the things you originally want to something that you never thought you’d want.