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.

My Top ten love quotes and Valentines day text messages

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Valentines day is around the corner! Love is certainly in the air! People all over the world are scampering, searching the web for loves quotes, Valentines Day quotes and Valentines Day text messages to send to their loved ones. Well here is my little contribution to those of you who are looking for loves quotes, Valentines Day quotes and Valentines Day text messages. Hope you like these. You could save these in your custom usb drives for next year.  In the number one position is the love quote that I frequently wrote to my wife when I courted her. #10 – “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” ~ Aristotle #9 – “Love is not blind -- it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.”~Anonymous #8 – “Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.” ~Antoine de Saint #7 "We can do no great things; only small things with great love." - Mother Teresa #6 ”It is better to have love and lost then to have never loved at all” - … [Read more...]

Who on earth is Carmina Topacio

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I first heard about Carmina Topacio when listening to one of my favorite Radio program in AM radio, sidewalk 1512. Sidewalk 1512’s main topic is about business and economics but because the program’s host is a music lover, a smattering of music topics and music itself is played form time to time. The program’s host is no other than Thads Bentulan, popularly known as the Street Strategist, author, and original thinker of the controversial hyper-wage theory as well as other society shaking original ideas. Thads otherwise known as “Kuya JT” kept on saying in his program to look up who Carmina Topacio is. So I did. According to internet sources, Carmina Topacio is an 18 year old, Filipina, rising youtube sensation. As of the time of this writing, her youtube channel has about 8,000 subscribers. She sings while playing her guitar. She also does original music compositions. What makes her further a hit is her angelic looks. (If you want to look like here perhaps you may want considering … [Read more...]

The sad state of the Philippine Justice system

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I ranted about the inefficiency of the Philippine Justice system in a post I wrote 2 years ago entitled “Inefficiency, the mother of all injustice.” Now, I have something to write again about the sad state of the Philippine Justice system. I received an order in November of last year that one of our cases which was originally set for November 26 was moved to January 28, 2010. Let me state verbatim the reason why the case was postponed (I found myself snickering when I received the order) “. . . In view of the attendance of the undersigned relative to the seminar on Speedy Trial and Disposition of Cases for Selected Regional Trial Court and Municipal Trial Court Judges in the Visayas on November 26, 2009 at the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu, the hearing for November 26, 2009 is hereby CANCELLED and RESET to January 28, 2010 at 8:30 oclock in the morning. . . ” Ha ? They scheduled the reset for 2 months because they are attending a seminar on “SPEEDY” trial and disposition of cases? Now … [Read more...]

Dancing queen Acapella by Beatbox and the Company

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It was in Sharon Cuneta’s birthday special that I saw the “acapella” rendition of the popular song “Dancing queen.” Said song was first heard way back in 1976 by popular Swedish group ABBA. The song remained popular despite its being released decades ago. Anyway I am featuring this here because I love acapella. I prefer hearing a blending of all voices without instruments. For me this is the ultimate showcase of singing talent. The Dancing queen Acapella version was sung by “The Company” (Together with Mega Star Sharon Cuneta ) I’m sure all of you know The company. I have featured them here singing the “Bulaklak” Acapella and the “Boom tarat tarat” jazz version. (in Acapella) You might be surprised that the youtube video below features the song sung with a beat, well the beat there is not made by any percussion instrument but by voices. This is done by the famous Filipino voice percussions group, Beatbox. By the way, Sharon looks fat in her T.V show, she should consider using … [Read more...]

Where to invest in 2010

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The year 2008 and 2009 was certainly a year to look back to in our history. It was the “Great Depression” of our generation. Thankfully it was not as worst as we thought. It was and not even close to what they experienced in 1929. Well we can finally look back and say that the worst is over and the economy and the market in general have no other way to go but up. For us value investors who has positioned ourselves right after the crash in 2008, we are somewhat happy that we did take action as early as that time. As Warren Buffett says, “If you wait until you see the robin, spring will already be over,” I’m glad I took some great positions. I wished I could have done more, but I am limited with the amount of money that I can put in. Oh boy, got to wait for another 5 to 10 years for another golden opportunity such as 2008 ! For those of you who have been waiting for spring to come, don’t worry, the robins has not yet come. There are still great bargains out there. The question you … [Read more...]