Philippine Business Tycoon ( Saga of Success )

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out..."-Robert Collier

Three of the most popular tycoon in the Philippines own the businesses like Sun Cellular, SM Mall of Asia and Jollibee. Learn and inspire how they start to create the powerful companies and corporations here in the Philippines.


John Gokongwei- died his father when he was 13, became a youngest vendor in cebu market and sell simple products such as soap and candles. earning P20/ day half century ago.

First product is Blend 45. And from there, he had enough profits to launch Jack and Jill. From one market stall, he is now in nine core businesses-including retail [Robinsons Retail Group], real estate [Robinsons Land Corporation, Robinson Galleria, Manila Midtown Hotels, etc.], publishing, petrochemicals [JG Petrochem], textiles [Litton Mills], banking [Robinsons Savings Bank], food manufacturing [Universal Robina Corporation], Cebu Pacific Air and Sun Cellular [plus Digitel].

Read inspirational speech of Mr. Gokongwei at the 20th Ad Congress last November 2007 and at The Ateneo Entrepreneurship.

Henry Sy- a man who was once a poor boy who moved to the Philippines from China when he was 13 years old, hoping for better life.

After the war, he started selling shoes along the streets of Azcarraga (CM Recto) and soon he got an opportunity to have a shoe store along Avenida Rizal in 1958.

His net worth is $1.7 billion and according to Forbes as of 2007 he is 349th richest man in the world.. founder and chairman of SM Prime Holdings. controls Banco de Oro, Universal Bank and China Bank. 34% owner of of EPCI bank and in yr 2006 he bought the remaining 66% and merge it to Banco de Oro. Also the owner of The Podium (mall) located in ortigas. Now he is known as "Retail King" of Asia.

Tony Tan Caktiong- Tony and his brothers who grew up working in Chinese restaurant in Davao is now the head of Jollibbee, the biggest and most popular fast-food chain in the Philippines. from ice cream parlor in cubao (1975), he also added some stuff like his customer requested to him such as burgers. Now he has fast-food around the world- he also owns Chowking, Greenwich , Delifrance (local franchise), Yonghe King (China)

Before Mc Donald's came in the Philippines, He already flew and studied the company in the U.S. When McDonalds came, Jollibee has already established with 9 branches in the Philippines. He uses the ideas of his business rival as a tool and weapon to compete ( the colorful uniform of employees, the design of the store, the mascot, and the product itself). from then, rest is history.

Tony Tan's Tips:

1. Focus on what you can control - your business, not the environment
2. Find creative ways to grow your business and to reach your customers
3. Be conservative in your cash management
4. Prepare for the bad times by making the right decisions during the good times
5. Make sure that you hire tough employees to help you weather the storm
6. Make it a habit to listen to everyone, including your employees

See the Top 40 richest man in the Philippines as of year 2007 in pinoymoneytalk.com

"I was born poor, but poor was not born in me. And it shouldn’t be born in you either. You can make it. Whatever you may wish to do with your future, you can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes always. Challenges breed character. Character breeds faith. In the end, faith will not disappoint. You must not disappoint."- Manuel V. Pangilinan(PLDT)

Pinoy Henyo (Genius)

i want to share the forwarded e-mail message i had received. it's a story of a "bright" pinoy millionaire...

A rich Filipino millionaire walked into a bank in New York City one day and asked for the loan officer.He told the loan officer that he was going to Philippines for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan.Then the man handed over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produced the title and everything checked out The loan officer agreed to accept the car as collateral for the loan.The bank’s president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the guy for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan.

An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank’s underground garage and parked it there.

Two weeks later, the guy returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest, which came to $15.41.The loan officer said, “Sir, we are very happy to have had and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi millionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow “$5,000″.The Rich Millionaire Filipino replied: “Where else in New York City can I park my car for $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return”

to think that he is already a millioniare but his attitude and the way he thinks really prove where he is right now.

every single centavo is important. it is not really the "value" and "materiality" of the amount but rather how we valued the portion of our wealth.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.- Albert Einstein

use ur money wisely!

why men cheat?

“'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest who is not discovered”- Susannah Centlivre

y men sometimes have another women, another lover if he really love his partner and the relationship is quite perfect?

what makes a man look to another woman?is it true that are men really born polygamous?
others say its scientific but some say its men's human nature. they say "boys will be boys they only change their toys"- hmm!, i don't think so.

scientifically speaking, when a person falls in love their body is overwhelmed by the hormone called "Phenylethylamine". This is the big high that you feel, the sickness in the stomach, sleeping difficulty,- the happiness that you really do not want to go away.. This is generally the stage of what people is called "in love" or the attraction stage. There is another love hormone called "oxytocine". After that phenylethylamine rush, the feeling subsides. However, if a deeper connection was met, it is replaced by the oxytocine, which helps create the feeling of bonding. Oxytocine, is released in a period of attachment stage. it is the reason why people involved in a long term or "till-death-do-us-part" relationship.

if women or girls get hurt because of the third party experience they always blame their boyfriend, their husband. we guys really could not blame them sad to say but some guys or men justify their acts by a half-joke excuses like- "im just carried away by my weaknesses", "natukso lang ako", "pag-lumapit ang palay sa manok tinutuka lang ng manok" but of course it depends on the chicken db?., pag-may nk-subo p n palay s manok dapat hnd nya tukain ung palay kht n kusa p itong lumapit, kc nga mabubulunan lng sya pg-sabay-sabay at in the end hindi rn mabbusog ung manok dhil pareho lng nyang iluluwa ung palay kahit ayw p nya, that is sort of greediness.

men by nature, always wanted power, pride, prestige, honor, domination even in ancient ages men like a king always wanted to conquer places, nations and discover many things. men always desire more- more wisdom, knowledge, and possessions. no satisfaction in every success. always wanted much and more, in short- haughty or "mayabang". always wanted to hear praises, selfish in many ways..

mas tanggap o naiintindihan daw ang lalaki ng society if magkaron man ito ng third party kaysa ang babae ang magkaroon o gumawa nito. y? simply because men have nothing to lose and men have more rights and privilege than women. i don't say that having other girl/woman is one of our rights or privilege but women really don't need that kind of pride over men.

three most common reasons why men cheat:

1.) due to his curiosity and wanting to explore different intense feeling with others (woman)- this feeling sometimes is for "one-night-stand" only but turns into "night-by-night-stand" meaning getting addictive. can't rid of it. being adventurous is one-thing and wanting it to experience not necessarily in particular woman but in different moods, places, situations, scenes, positions, and passion.

2.) sometimes bored with his partners- because no more mystery from both of them, excitement to know each other fades. always getting used to it. yung pgk-"bilib" ng partner mo mejo nbwasan n un kc ngk-kilala n kayo ng lubusan. the tendency, bec. of being "proud" to himself, mghahanap ulit ung guy ng babae n hahanga s knya at mgk-kagusto s mga katangian n meron sya. quite weird but the fact is the feeling of being "inlove" again is re-lived and that feeling is difficult to resist when men found another lover.

3.) and most common is peer factor, -influenced by friends or girls temptation. there are some girls or women kc n pumapayag n mkpg-relasyon s guy kht n alm nila n committed na.and some asking to give them a baby. y? u just find out by ur own.. prang nhingi lng ng-souvenirs db?

this behavior of men maybe already accepted or understood by non-conservative people...
sometimes desire is more intense than love, actually the former is one of the biggest ingredients of the latter but sometimes it could influenced the essence of "love" meaning- kht n sobrang mahal mo ang isang tao may point n may hnhanap k p rn n iba, ibang mukha, ibang girl/woman, character, personality, sweetness, or caring. not necessarily na ung una is hindi mo na mahal. minsan lng cguro gus2 lng patunayan ng ibang lalaki na hindi lng iisa ung pwedeng maniwala at mag-mahal sa knila. it is other way of boosting pride and confidence- un nga lng maling paraan...

but what is true love anyway?- they say it is impossible to hurt a person that you really love- indeed, yes. it is a "complete box" of attraction, trust, loyalty, acceptance, understanding, caring, passion and desire. if one of those ingredient is missing, can you call your feeling as true and real "love" with your partner? maybe yes, but definitely no. yes because when both of you getting older than age 60's physical attraction fades but moral and spiritual attractions stay, passion and desire lessen their intensity but never weaken the caress and relationship's integrity. definitely no, bec. lack of any of those ingredients could be weaken your faith to each other where being "unfaithful" enters into that relationship and destroy all your commitment. as you grow older you will bound togehter with one promises, promises that tie the "box" and can brought all the ingredients together to be "completed" as one, never been lessen nor faded...

The Coolest and Useful Websites

are you tired of searching to google or yahoo search about the websites which is truly useful and helpful?

here are my top favorite list websites where you can browse, surf and even download.

1.)ovguide(entertainment)- here you can browse to various link sites to watch your favorite movies, tv shows, mtv's, personal stuff upload and many more. choose from different sites for free. (ex youtube, redcurtain, crunchy roll, etc)

2.)mozy.com(web service)- this award winning site is an overall top voter for best website of 2007 by Time magazine. mozy program can backing-up all your files and encrypted on its own server to prevent file loss and damage. be protected and secured with this award winning site.

3.)zedge(entertainment)- for all mobile addicts, in this site you can download all the stuff to customize and personalize your mobile phone for free cost. just register and get your own themes, wallpapers, videos, personalized ringtones and more.

4.)last.fm(audio and video)-a music site that you can have your own dj in your pc just simply type the artist in the "play box" section and wait to play the song of the artist. you can register and download music for your desktop and share to other friend member.

5.)mediafire.com(web service)- a free file and image hosting. up to 100Mb per file and unlimited disk space to enjoy. now you can access all your file and images from your personal home or business computer hard drive anywhere.

here are the other top 100 classic Websites and top 100 undiscovered Websites from PCmag.com

blog and earn

writing is one way of expressing yourself.

but how good enough can you express your self- your ideas, opinions, comments, suggestions and perceptions?

today in modern era- writing is not just a way of expressing your feelings but as a tool of earning and gaining income. how? the answer is blogging.

here are some proof of successful blogger in our country:

steps on how you should have to start blogging:

1. create an account

2. organize your account

3. posting and publish your blog ideas

earn from your blog?- add relevant advertisement, through google adsense.

Bed Resto Bar!!!

After a stressful day at work, try to have yourself a great break dinner with someone or with friends.

One of the resto-bar that really caught my attention is "The Bed Scene" located at ground floor level of Entertainment Mall in Mall of Asia. We went to a place last January 1 of this year. It is a dinning-in-bed restaurant that turns into bar and lounges.

The ambiance is very soothing and relaxing and the idea of having your food on bed is also awesome, it is like a pyjama party inside a restaurant or some breakfast on bed. The mood of the bar brings you in the underwater with its cooling lights of blue effects and built-in aquarium decor mounted on walls.
There are also acoustic band scheduled every Fridays and Saturdays which will allow the customer to stay and listen until 4a.m.

While waiting for your food you can lie down on bed and relax while chatting with friends and listen to a beautiful music of dj's or a band. If you feel to relax outdoor they also have bed tables outside of their bar like a big "papag"- a wooden bed, while embracing pillows around you. The idea is not only that the customer can be relax but to be at home as well.

I just want to suggest that while waiting for a food to be serve hope that they also having a basic massage service for around 10-15mins- i don't think it is a bad idea,because foods usually serve in 15-30mins but of course with the extra charge on a service.

There are also other bed resto-bar in Greenbelt 3 Makati area that it is called the "Bed Space" which has more futuristic interior effect of Star Wars and Space Odyssey. It has a space for dance floor if you want a real party,- with monthly celebrity events and weekly theme nights.

And the other bed-bar is the "Bed Room" at Fuente Circle, Eastwood Citywalk 2 in Quezon City area- it's a three story house where guests allow in private party in different corner. The bar inspired by the old loungy Shanghai opium den style and romantic interior of Balinese resort.