To promote managerial, export and electronic competence of SMEs in the Asia-Pacific region, the Association of Training Institutions for Foreign Trade in Asia and the Pacific (ATIFTAP) organizes conferences to stimulate discussions on international trade and promote global trade research.

The First Global Business Conference on February 10, 2007 aims to summon practitioners, researchers, educators and students to present & discuss best cases in global business. ATIFTAP is organizing this conference in coordination with Partnership Forum for International Trade Development Inc. (FITDEV), DLSU-Manila’s Marketing Management Department, Junior Entrepreneurs’ Marketing Association (JEMA) and teachers from St. Scholastica’s College, Adamson University, IAME, DLSU-Araneta, DLSU-Canlubang and DLS-CSB.


Venues:

College and Graduate Students, Teachers and Business Practitioners:
• 8:30 am to 11:30am
• Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium

Graduate Students, Practitioners and Teachers :
• 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
• Conference Room 508, Yuchengco Bldg.

College Students
DEMAND Competition Phase 3 (Free)
• 1:00 pm – 5pm
• Conference Room 408, Yuchengco Building

Conference Fees:

College Students: Php 300.00
Business Practitioners: Php 600.00
Teachers: FREE with at least 25 paying students
Graduate Students: Php 600.00

* Participants’ names should be submitted through email (admin@atiftap.org) or fax (303-1443) together with the deposit slip on or before January 26, 2007 (Friday). Payments should be deposited to the FITDEV Account: Current Account No. 230-10-000354-1 PBCOM. Unused fees cannot be refunded. Onsite registration is discouraged due to limited seats.

For queries, please contact:

Lovinia Esguerra (ATIFTAP)
Phone: +632 303-1442
Telefax: +632 303-1443
Mobile: 09275795236
Email: admin@atiftap.org

Marie Rodriguez (JEMA)
Phone : 302-6415
Mobile: 09159055634
Email : rodriguezm_kris@yahoo.com.ph

April Borbon (JEMA)
Email : borbonapril@yahoo.com
Mobile: 09176241186

Dr. Luz Suplico (DLSU-Manila)
Phone: 524-4611 local 136
Email: suplicol@dlsu.edu.ph or suplico@yahoo.com

Or visit
www.atiftap.org

Dear Santa,

I've been a good girl (and an overworked and stressed out employee) this year, so my materialistic self humbly pleads the following for Christmas. Some new versions of my old stuff like:

1. A new Nokia N95. (A kick-ass phone!)
2. A new Fender Acoustic Guitar
3. A new laptop (Cause Charlie, my current pc, is already three years old and very outdated)

And some feel-good things like:

1. Broadway's Miss Saigon DVD starring Lea Salonga and Simon Bowman
2. A vacation with no worries, no mental baggage. Just bumming and food tripping. Boracay or Bangkok or Tunisia or London or Munich will do... hehe! (Santa, don't forget my pocket money... haha!)
3. An ultimate one month gimmick with my friends... from billiards to bowling, from snorkeling to kayaking, from wall climbing to bungee jumping, from window shopping to salon pampering, from arcade gaming to food tripping... and a lot of dancing and singing and merry-making.

That's all Santa...

Happy Holidays!

Lovie
xoxox

After five years of mastering the blending of Hedonism and Mysticism, I found out my own formula of love.

LOVIE (is my name, need I say more? hehe! But seriously...) surrounds herself with love. She sees good things in every person, in every situation, in every challenge that comes her way. I, as Lovie, lives the loving life. I so love myself! Narcissiustic as it may seem, but I try to moderate this thing. I project a very positive aura. I love myself and accept myself. In addition, this feel-good aura somehow touches the lives of others (in bad or good way, but I hope it would be the latter) and react accordingly. I show my love to those dear to my heart --my parents, sisters, relatives, friends, special someone (if there's any)-- and offer them my time to listen and help them when I'm needed the most.

But really, I found out that LOVE is really LOVIE minus I. Literally, LOVIE minus I is LOV_E (LOVE). Figuratively, it applies as well, the more I don't use the word "I" the more I express my love. Well, it is a given that before you can love, you have to love yourself. You can never give what you never have, so you have to establish a self-loving, self-contented individual who does not seek personal benefits, but driven to offer that "something" to somebody else.

The bottomline is, love is sacrificing those whims and caprice of yourself to compromise with the others. It's like polishing your own diamond to be more smooth, to be more radiant. Loving is like letting yourself be sharpened --listening to others, internalizing those helpful points learned and become better. Since i used the word "sharpening" the process will not always be easy. It needs an open mind, a kind heart, and patience. Well, I think love is not that complicated, sometimes we just need to love the people we love the right way. We might be loving them too much, but we don't love them well.

xoxox