Life Hacks for Polymaths

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Welcome polymaths !

Ever get the feeling that you seem to don't know what to do with your life because there are just so many things that you want to do ? I know, I've been there, so welcome to the club.

My name is Zigfred Diaz and I am a polymath. After more than 6 years of bloging about almost anything under the sun and having sort of a "blogging identity crisis." I've finally embraced who I am and decided to turn my main blog into some sort of guide for people with so much interest. Feel free to poke around.

Upcoming seminars on how to invest in the Philippine stock market

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I’ve been ranting about stock market investments since the inception of this blog. I know there are a lot of you who are very interested on how to invest in the Philippine stock market. Many of you are in fact wishing that investing in the stock market was made part in our high school or college curriculum. (Although there are moves now by the Philippine stock exchange to include the subject matter as part of high school curriculum. Investing in the stock market does not only seem fun exciting and sophisticated, it also gives you real return on your money that is IF YOU KNOW EXACLTY WHAT YOU ARE DOING. You might want to read my post on the advantages of investing in the Philippine stock market. Stories of fortunes and failures abound in the stock market. To prove my point that you can make money in the stock market you might want to read my post “Applying value investing in the Philippine stock market” Anyway if you want both an introductory and comprehensive course on how to … [Read more...]

Yes to Con-Ass, Yes to Cha-cha!

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Before I start to argue on why I am saying yes to Con-Ass and Cha-cha let us have some definition of terms first so that other people will understand what we are talking about. Con-ass is short for Constituent Assembly. Cha-Cha on the other hand stands for charter change. Aside from the Katrina Halili, Ruffa Mae Quinto, Vicki Belo, Maricar Reyes, Hayden Kho video scandal, one burning issue that consistently hounds the Arroyo administration is the issue of Charter Change. Charter change refers to amendments or revisions to the 1987 Philippine Constitution. There are three ways of amending the 1987 Philippine constitution and it is outlined in the Constitution itself more specifically in Article XVII Sections 1 and 2. Those three are as follows: 1.) By way of a Constitutional Assembly (Con-Ass) (Congress, upon a vote of three-fourths of all its Members) 2.) By a Constitutional convention (Con-Con) 3.) People’s Initiative With all the negative sentiments raised all over … [Read more...]

Wycliffe Bible Translators starts movement to put Bible translation in every language

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I should have blogged about this topic weeks ago, but decided to put it off until now. I really felt the pressing need of the work of Bible Translation when Pastor Lloyd Estrada, director of “Sa Bawat Wika” gave his presentation and sermon on the importance of Bible translation in mission work. “Sa Bawat Wika” is a Filipino phrase which means “In Every Language.” The movement is under the umbrella of the Wycliffe Bible Translators. A search in wikipedia reveals that the group was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend. The ministry is named after the “Morning Star of the reformation,” John Wycliffe, who was the first person to translate the whole Bible into middle English. As of today, Wycliffe Bible Translators works in over 50 countries. The “Sa Bawat Wika” project aims to put a Bible translation in every language without a Bible translation by the year 2025. According Wycliffe Bible Translators there are 6,909 languages spoken in the world. According to Pastor … [Read more...]

Philippine stock exchange in Cebu!

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Stock market enthusiast, investors, entrepreneurs, professionals, those in the academe, anybody interested in investing in the Philippine stock market and Warren Buffett wannabes, brace yourselves, the Philippine stock exchange will be in Cebu soon ! No, the PSE is not building a stock exhange in Cebu, rather they will be having a “Road show” on June 22, 2009 at the WaterFront hotel. There will also be a similar activity at Leyte, to be held at Tacloban City’s Leyte Park Hotel on June 24, 2009. Both activities will start at 1 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. This road show is part of the PSE’s investors education program. As I have mentioned in the post entitled “Newbie’s questions to investing in the Philippine stock market” only less than 1 % of the Philippine population is involved in investing Philippine stock market making our stock market one of the smallest in the world. The road show also aims to promote the stock market as an effective avenue for businesses to raise capital. There … [Read more...]

Newbie’s questions to investing in the Philippine stock market

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The Philippine stock is the first and the longest operating stock market (since 1927) in Southeast Asia. Despite its being the first and being the longest operating stock exchange sadly it is one of the smallest in terms of trading volume, known as having the shortest trading hours of any stock exchange in Asia and is among the stock exchange having the least involvement among its citizens. It is said that more foreigners are actively investing in the Philippine stock market than the Filipinos themselves. A pathetic less than 1 % of the entire Philippine population is investing in the Philippine stock market. As one newspaper comments, the growth of the Philippine stock market reflects the poor economic growth of the country. Nevertheless despite its slow or even near stagnant growth, opportunities abound in the Philippine stock market. Just like any stock market, investing in the Philippine stock market can be quite profitable. Because of its current situation, the Philippine … [Read more...]