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.

The parable of the prodigal son, old story, new twist

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The parable of the prodigal son is perhaps one of Jesus most famous parables and probably the best loved parable of all times. The story has found its way in the arts through paintings, stage plays and sculptures. The parable of the prodigal son has also found its way in literature and even popular music. The parable of the prodigal son is found in the Gospel of Luke chapter 15 verses 11 to 32. The story opens with Jesus telling the story of a man who has two sons. The opening statement of verse 11 will indicate to us that the story is about “Two sons” not just about one son. The error most Christians, readers and even some preachers commit when reading the parable of the prodigal son is focusing on the “prodigal son” only hence the story is often called “the parable of the prodigal son” when in reality the story is not about the parable of the prodigal son, but it is a parable of two sons. As I have said before, I have been an ardent supporter of expository preaching which is a … [Read more...]

What Samsung should do to improve Samsung Fun Club

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Members of the Cebu Blogger’s Society (CBS) were given the privilege to be invited and given VIP access to Samsung Fun Club Day in Cebu.  I arrived at around 7 p.m, went straight to the food court and looked around to see where the Cebu Blogger’s where sitting. Clarence of www.dahonglaya.com spotted me and led me to where CBS was standing by. I was then introduced to Hazel Javier. I forgot what her exact job title was, but I remember it has something to do with marketing. She gave us a jacket, tickets to the Parokya ni Edgar concert and some information about the event I failed to get pictures, so I have to borrow from a fellow CBS member. Pictures are courtesty of Beejing of www.ibeejing.com. Samsung Fun Club is an avenue wherein Samsung mobile phone users could learn more about their mobile phones in a very interactive and dynamic way. Instead of asking people to merely visit the Samsung Fun Club website, Samsung is taking the web to the people “live.” This thought is … [Read more...]

How Warren Buffett made me poor

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Warren Buffett made headlines the other week when he announced to invest $ 5 Billion into Goldman Sachs. Buffet’s company Berkshire Hathaway has also been seen increasing its stock positions in several companies. Warren Buffett’s theme song right now might probably be “Oops I did it again.” As one investor advisor said, Warren Buffett has been “. . . waiting for this for 10 years" that is that he has been waiting for the stock market to go down to it’s lowest level so that he can buy wonderful companies at dirt cheap prices. By the way, it is a good thing that Warren Buffett, despite his being old has still not lost his hair otherwise he might be needing hairloss treatment which by the way can be found at www.hairlosspreventions.org I have invested in the stock market since 2005. Since that time I was searching for a system I could follow in stock market investments. I was attending seminars, reading materials, but I still have not seen “The light.” Finally last April 2008, I … [Read more...]

How get rid of your credit card debt

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One of mankind’s greatest inventions is credit cards. Ironically it has also become one of mankind's greatest curses. In the Philippines most credit card companies charge 3.5 % interest rate per month. That is about 42 % per annum. Using the Rule of 72, (which I have extensively discussed in the post entitled “How to use the Rule of 72 to wisely manage debt”) your present debt will double every 2 years. So, if your credit card debt is P 10,000.00, in 2 years time it will become about P 20,000.00. The best solution is of course to pay all your credit card debt immediately. That is if you have the money to do so. But what if your credit card debt amounts to P 100,000.00 or even P 200,000.00 what should you do? What if you have multiple credit card debts? Here are some great suggetions: 1.) Obtain a debt with a lower interest rate - Some lending institutions and even banks offer an interest rate of 0.99 to 1.5 % interest per month. This is much lower than what the credit card … [Read more...]

The answer to the poverty problem

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I found out about Blog Action Day just today while I was blog hopping. I find the concept unique, creative and something that’s worth joining. Earning income is not my only passion for blogging. I also want to contribute to the good of society through my blogging and joining Blog Action Day is just one of those avenues wherein I can somehow contribute back to society. According to their blogsite Blog Action Day is “an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day.” Their aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. Again, I say that this is a really cool idea. (But the name is not so cool because “Blog Action Day” spells B.A.D and we don’t want to be BAD, we want to be GOOD hehehehe) This year’s Blog Action Day topic is “Poverty.” No specific topic in poverty is given. I would surmise that most articles would be about a solution to the "poverty problem.”. Last year (2007) it … [Read more...]