Outfit Diary - Relentless Rain

Hey Coffeeholics! Yay after a loooong time I'm finally posting my outfit diary. I've been checking the calendar these past few months and I'm pretty much sure you will all agree with me that the rainy season here in the Philippines has been in full force. Since this outfit diary photo shoot was taken during a rainy Sunday afternoon, I decided to name this post Relentless Rain. In Filipino.. "Walang Tigil na Ulan" oh ha! hehe. Pagbigyan!

 

 

 

To tell you the truth, I don't mind the rain that much. In fact, I really like it when it rains and drizzles as compared to the scorching heat of the sun. I like the rain ONLY if it just stays in a drizzle like here. When the weather is cool and drizzling, the major thing that I wanna do during that time is stay at home, snuggle under my blanket, and sleeeeeep.. hehe. Yeah but since it was a Sunday, and I wasn't at home, nag picture picture na lang kasi may time. haha!

Have I mentioned how much I loooove boots? Kung pwede lang isuot araw araw haha!

 

My S&H Boots.. BOW. I want to buy a new pair of boots.. soon!

 

Dress - H&M

Gray Animal Print Scarf - gifted

Umbrella - SM Accessories

Boots - S & H

Anyway, I had fun in this photo shoot! Many thanks to shopgirljen and fashionist architect who helped take photos and get the cool angles for me. Thank you dears for your patience! hehe. Anyway, speaking of rain, let's pray really hard that this super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) won't devastate our country. According to the news it will make contact on Philippine soil tonight! Hala! Kaya pray pray pray that it won't leave many of our kababayans homeless and in peril. Stay prayerful and stay safe guys!

Blogapalooza 2013 happening on November 16 at the SMX AURA

Member of the Blogapalooza 2011 community back then. Now happy to be part of Blogapalooza 2013!

Hey Coffeeholics! After several years, Blogapalooza is back! I really enjoyed the first Blogapalooza event. It seems like it was just a year ago when I attended the first Blogapalooza and I met and gained new friends and gained new connections because of it. Indeed it is a great opportunity for us bloggers to meet other brands and companies all in one place!

Blogapalooza 2013 happening on November 16, Function Room 1, SMX Aura, 11-9 p.m.

So what is Blogapalooza? Blogapalooza is a community. It's a link between big and small businesses who have something cool to share and the online community of people who love to share. Blogapalooza is a blogger event on crack! Lots of giveaways for the bloggers and online community and a chance for big and small businesses to present their product/brand/thingamajig to hundreds of influential bloggers and online social media influencers.

And so my dear blogger friends, if you haven't signed up for this yet, well don't miss out! Check out Blogapalooza to sign up. There are still some slots left. Malay nyo makasama pa kayo. :) And to our partner companies and brands who are interested in presenting to a whole bunch of bloggers, well here's your chance! Sign up to be part of Blogapalooza 2013. Hope to see you all there!
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Servant Leadership Training in the Philippines - Lead Like Jesus Movement

The month of October has been pretty hectic for me. I have major activities at work (yes I'm a teacher just in case some of you don't know!) during October that really consume a lot of time. Some sacrifices had to be made and sadly my blog took a bit of the blow (huhuhu.. ). The results of my work was all worth it (I will share on some other time) but right now I'm just really happy that I'm back to blogging and super happy about it.

Anyway, one of the few blogger events that I was able to squeeze in the month of October was the Lead Like Jesus Bloggers Conference held at Eastwood. I was invited by one of my good blogger friends Daryll Reese. The title of the conference intrigued me at that time because well besides that I am a Christian, I also was interested in learning more about this unique type of leadership program especially since we've been receiving so much disheartening news about the failure of our government leaders with all the Pork Barrel Scandal. Anyway, I was glad to be able to go coz I really learned a lot and it sparked a bit of hope in me that maybe through this a new sort of leaders will rise up in our country.

What is Lead Like Jesus (LLJ)? Lead Like Jesus aims to equip people and organizations through the teaching of the H4 framework as their core operating system impacting people in their position as life-role and/or organizational leaders. Organizational culture changes as leaders align their heart, head, hands, and habits. In other words, its a servant leadership program for youth, educators, and parents -- definitely a different kind of leadership program. Yes I know, Lead Like Jesus does sound like a church movement. But it is more than that. It is about LIFE. Changing one's mindset, attitude, and eventually one's life because of Servant Leadership.

Its all about SERVANT LEADERSHIP. And one of the best examples of servant leadership is Jesus Christ (hence "Lead Like Jesus"). We need leaders who have the right HEART, HEAD, HANDS, and HABITS (H4 Framework). Through LLJ, people can learn more about the H4 Framwork which was created by the world renowned leadership expert, speaker, and consultant -- Dr. Ken Blanchard. He is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies & author of "One Minute Manager" (I've read that book and totally loved it!).

Photo credit from Whiteboard Learning.

Well right now, we can't do much to change the "attitude" of our leaders BUT perhaps through these type of training we can help train, shape, and mold our FUTURE LEADERS that will really have the heart and passion for our country. And that's what happened last October. LLJ held a Servant Leadership Conference 2013 at the Philippine Normal University which was a whole day event that was facilitated by Mr. Jim Montgomery (Chief International Officer, LLJ) and Mr. Boris Joaquin (country leader and master trainer of LLJ Phils. and CEO of Breakthrough Leadership). The conference focused on emphasizing leadership paradigm exemplified through the life of Jesus. What he did, how he worked and dealt with the everyday environment.

Jim Montgomery
Chief International Officer, LLJ

   

Boris Joaquin
Country Leader and Master Trainer of LLJ Phils.

School Talk is strongly convinced that servant leadership is a redefined kind of leadership principle that produces the best results on being a leader. They believe that this kind of virtue, inculcated to one’s personality can create the maximum potential for every individual, regardless of his or her state.

As for me, I couldn't help but agree with School Talk's realizations about LLJ's "redefined kind of leadership principle." I wasn't able to attend the Servant Leadership Conference itself but during the bloggers conference by LLJ, I really learned a lot and was touched and inspired. It stirred up my heart as a teacher. If only this could be taught to ALL the young people from all walks of life -- imagine the impact they will have on our nation as the future leaders in our country! It is my desire to see our country transformed because we have upright, righteous, and God-fearing leaders in our land. And with what LLJ has presented, I could definitely see how this can be taught and applied in our country.

Us bloggers were given a chance to question up close with Mr. Jim Montgomery and Mr. Boris Joaquin of LLJ to give light to some of the things you might want to know if you are interested in being involved in LLJ.

• LLJ has been in existence since 1999.
• LLJ is international. Their program, trainings, manuals, and resources have been translated to different languages already. And yes, I believe a Filipino translation of this is in the works.
• IGNITE is one of the materials that they are using that targets youth. IGNITE was just launched internationally here in Manila.
• LLJ aims to partner with schools (hence the School Talk connection).
• LLJ Philippines is currently partnered with Bible League.

So if you want to get involved in LLJ, you may contact the Lead Like Jesus Philippines office at 889-1111 and look for Roxanne.  You may also like to check out Whiteboard Learning or email them at info@whiteboardlearning.ph.

If you missed out on LLJ's previous conference, don't fret there will be more to come! Let's all look forward to a better future for our country by training servant leaders. :)