Category: Religion

Are You A Ninong/Ninang Because You’re an OFW?

This goes out to our OFW friends who have been ignored by their network of friends in their earlier years as a regular factory worker in Philippine provinces or an ordinary blue-collar yuppie in Makati or Ortigas.

Have you ever wondered why among all your friends you were not considered as a Ninong or Ninang (Baptismal godparent/sponsor) to another friend’s new-born child?

It’s simple, right? Because you didn’t have a high-paying job. Your salary was not even enough for you. Worse, you didn’t have a job. Continue reading Are You A Ninong/Ninang Because You’re an OFW?

It’s My Blog’s Anniversary Today!

I’ve been blogging for over a decade already starting out with my online/email newsletter called “BURN! Express” back in 1999-2002. It was actually an unofficial fun/entertainment newsletter which I headed for the then current and former employees of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Philippines (C.L. Manabat/Navarro, Amper & Co currently).

By 2003, I started using Friendster and LiveJournal alternately in writing my thoughts and opinion about politics, religion, trekking, sports, personal advocacies, music, UFO’s, and relationships. I was also contributing articles to newspapers, reflection guides, and youth-oriented magazines and the experience was simply overwhelming. Continue reading It’s My Blog’s Anniversary Today!

Walking Dead? (Saving The Youth from Dangers of Financial Illiteracy)

It’s been a great month of August for the OFW UsapangPiso Forum, Angat Pilipinas Coalition for Financial Literacy, and the BurnGutierrez.Com financial literacy missionaries.

Earlier this month, I sent fellow advocate Edmund Lao (Businessmirror columnist) to attend a cocktail night for bloggers for the Sykes Glorietta branch launching. He was actually able to “preach” the gospel of financial literacy to the young event promoters during that night.

This morning, we were able to run another webinar/webcast featuring Jess Emerson Uy, a financial consultant based in Singapore, and discussed about how OFW’s can invest in other countries aside from the Philippines and their respective countries of work. The Q&A webinar sounded really like ANC’s On The Money! 😀 Continue reading Walking Dead? (Saving The Youth from Dangers of Financial Illiteracy)