Goals update We are already on the 3rd month of the year. Don't you think that time is really much faster today compared to before? But let me ask you this, how's it going with your goals? How many have you accomplished so far? How about your wallet, how is it? When I have published my article 2 months ago, I have said that my **goals** were to **save** money, **focus** on my business and Youtube channel and **be fit**. I have not yet published a much more detailed and more…
@bbyblacksheep in March 2021
Managing a restaurant (part 1) @bbghitte as been busy since weekend because of the opening of Kusina ni Camila, a restaurant by the beach in one of the known places in the north here in the Philippines, Ilocos Sur. When she told us about it, I remembered my past experiences when I was still working in the food industry. I admit that I really miss working in the operations as it gives a different kind of adrenaline. I gave her a few tips on how to manage a restaurant but I…
Managing a restaurant (part 2) Remember the keywords that I have mentioned in the first part of my article? Just a recap, funds, schedule or manpower, equipments, food and non-food items are what I like to check when starting my shift. Though it would be easier if it is written in a manager's logbook. A manager's logbook is one thing that most restaurant's have. Basically it is a communication logbook between managers or supervisors. A logbook is very important specially it…
Managing a restaurant (part 3) Can you know see the importance of inventory? Honestly doing daily inventory is really hard especially if you have a lot of guests and staffs are already tired to count everything everyday but that is how it has to be. It will be much easier to do monthly inventories if you have daily monitoring. I think a store just have to organized on how they are going to do with their stocks so as they can easily do daily inventory. From stocks that goes…
Managing a restaurant (part 4) Like I have said that managing a newly opened restaurant can be a little tedious but it is very worth every sweat and tears. I remember when we had to open some restaurants, I really had a lot of tasks. From securing some permits, checking the status in the store (if everything is all done), receiving deliveries, following up on some items and updating my area manager and the owners or franchisees. There was even a time that I was talking in my…
Managing a restaurant (part 5) Audit, schedule/manpower, equipments, products, communication, logbook, checklist, inventory, daily monitoring, FIFO, uniform, SOPs, order taking, guest complaints, complimentary and cash handling are some of the things that I have previously discussed. To complete it we also have to look into staff training, food costs, labor costs and orher operating costs. **During staff training,** at first they will be overwhelmed with all the details with…
Memories during training Because of my Managing a restaurant articles, I thought of another topic but it is more of reminiscing my trainee or training days. Being a trainee is really hard but if you have someone to teach and guide you all the basics, you'll be able to adapt their style or even make it easier on how it can suit you or make you feel more comfortable and efficient. I like to be trained by different veteran employees. I'll get to see their styles and who is…
Commuter's life (part 1) Since I have reminisced about the days that I was still employed, I might as well reminisce about the times when I was still a student whenever I would go to and from school. I learned how to ride the public transportation at an early age. Whenever my mom and my brother would go to our relatives in the south, we would take the bus. That time there weren'tany other alternatives. It was either a private car or a bus. I do not know how long it was back…
Commuter's life (part 2) Do you have any unforgettable experience or memory when taking the public transport? Care to share some of it with us? The longest line that I have experienced when taking the train was when it started downstairs going up in Quezon Avenue station. I was able to endure it because it was my only means of transportation in going to BGC. I have the choice to take a cab or a Grab/Uber but my minimum wage per day wouldn't be enough for my fare. I endured…
My dream car Growing up, did you ever had a dream car? I think I was in college when I first had a crush on a car. My friend whom I was with in going to school had always have her eyes on a Jaguar whether it was an old or new model. Her day was complete if she will see a Jaguar on the road. Because Jaguar is one of the luxury cars, it was very seldom that we get to see one. That time what I wanted was a Volkswagen Beetle either the yellow or the red one. But yellow is so…
Driving a car (part 1) Because of my article, My Dream Car, I thought of another topic but still related to cars. LOL. I have said before in some of my articles that I know how to drive both manual and automatic transmission. For manual, it was my mom who taught me and would let me drive before but with a professional driver beside me. For automatic, it was my friends who let me drove their cars. They know how much I wanted to drive a car so they would let me whenever we…
Driving a car (part 2) The reasons why I did not pursue enrolling into a driving school is because I don't have the money to pay for it. Second, because I hate the hanging part. LOL. Third, I'd rather be the passenger than the driver and lastly, I would have to do a lot of errands. However, being able to officially have a training in a driving school is important for me. Not just that it is my parents' requirement for me to drive but I will be able to be guided by a…
Friends (part 1) Because of @Firenze's Just random thoughts article that I have read yesterday morning which has something to do about friends or friendship, I thought of making an article out of it. Ruffa also published about it later that afternoon. https://read.cash/@Firenze/just-random-thoughts-06f17275 While I was reading Firenze's article, I thought of the quote "Once you feel avoided by someone, never disturb them again". I don't know who said it but I love that quote…
Friends (part 2) Then high school came. New school, slightly new people and new environment. I said slightly because almost half of the students in were from the school where I graduated grade school so there were some familiar faces already. During my first few months as a freshman, wasn't that good. I thought I already had some friends but it turned out they wanted me out of the group. They said that I was a bad influence as I kept on teasing some of my new classmates. I…
Online shopping Have you tried shopping online? What e-commerce platform do you usually use? Have you encountered problems from buying online? Because of the pandemic, the demand for online shopping has been tripled. Most of us relied on shopping online because of the fear of going to the mall and contracting the virus. Online shopping has been very helpful to us during our present situation. Recently, I checked out some of the items that was on my shopping cart. I ordered…
MLM Business (part 1) "*Are you open-minded*?" This question has been one of the most used line in an MLM business or a multilevel marketing business herr in the Philippines. I am not sure if that is also the case in some countries but this question has became a joke to some Filipinos. Most people in the MLM world would ask this question to their random prospected clients. Inviting you for a coffee and asking you if you are open-minded are signs that you will be presented…
MLM Business (part 2) Few years after, my mom's friend and her friend's cousin said that they have something to show and demonstrate to my mom. I wasn't home when they went here but when I got home, I saw a beauty kit. My mom told me that she got one on installment because her friend was so good in persuading her. I just asked how much but I didn't bother asking how she's going to pay for those because I don't want to be part of it. But I used that beauty kit a couple of…
MLM Business (part 3) Have you heard of Royalè? Do you know someone from the company? Ever been invited to their orientation, program or presentation? I remember my mom's stories whenever she attends the company's orientation. If our upline is there, he will treat his whole team to a nearby restaurant and he will drive my mom home. Our upline and his wife are really good. As far as I can remember, our upline was an overseas Filipino worker and his wife also works at a food…
MLM Business (part 4) So what happened to our Royalè business? I am aure moat of you are wondering about it. Sad to say that we never receive any earnings from the company. Scam? No it is not a scam. I have checked my mom's online earnings and I know she was able to make a thousand because of the products that I have bought from her and the products that we have sold to our friends and relatives. We weren't able to have even a single downline but it was ok. At least we have…
Happy birthday, Kuya Most of you may know that it was my brother's birthday a few days ago. I was happy to hear the other day that he and his family will be here today. That means quality time with my godson, more family bonding and lots of food though not as much as what we had for my dad's birthday. *Kuya* is the Tagalog for older brother. For today we ordered some food from my dad's favorite restaurant. We had fried chicken, yang chow fried rice, lumpiang shanghai and…
Achievements unlocked A few days ago I have already published over a 100 articles, has also reached 2500 views and has a new sponsor here on read.cash. Yehey! Another achievements unlocked. I was suppose to draft an article for my 100th article but I just started talking about MLM Business so I told myself that I would just do it after. I do not know what's next for me here on read.cash perhaps 100 subcribers, 200 articles, 5000 views plus another sponsor. LOL. I am not sure…
Pain that pierces my heart (part 1) Have you ever experienced seeing your loved ones in so much pain that you can't do anything to help them? I don't know if you have seen it on noise.cash but Tisay04, a user in noise.cash or @Leny-ynel here on read.cash is feeling it right now. She published an article that her baby accidentally had a scald burn. I saw the pictures that she uploaded on noise.cash and it made me remember what happened to my mom almost 2 years ago.…
Pain that pierces my heart (part 2) My mom was hospitalized for almost a month. She undergone 2 surgeries since the first operation was still building up some black part. Prior to her operation, I was really scared because the attending surgeon was telling me and my mom that if the first operation wouldn't be successful, he had no choice but to cut off my mom's lower leg. I wanted to cry during that time but I had to be strong for my mom. Few days after the operation when…
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My scars (part 1) Because of my topic about my mom's hospitalization, I was able to think of something to publish. I guess you are slowly getting to know me more and more each passing day so I might as well share with you my scars. I have already mentioned this in one or two of my articles but I was hospitalized 3 times already. First time was when I was in grade school for dengue fever. Second and third time was when I was (again) unemployed. Before I found out that I had…
My scars (part 2) My operation was successful though I don't know how long I was on the recovery room. All I can remember was they brought me to a very cold room and my anaesthesiologist had told me that she was about to inject the anaesthesia and that it might sting a little bit but did you know that was the last that I could have ever remembered. Cool right? LOL. I just woke up I was already in the recovery room. I felt something was on my throat any I remembered what my…
My scars (part 3) My dad got home probably around 9PM. Again my dad was angry at me. He told me that I was already feeling that since morning and I did not say a word. He said that if I have said it earlier then he should not have gone out. As if that he would bring me to the hospital right away if I told him what I was feeling. Probably he would say that it was because of my weight and eating habits again. Then they were thinking of which hospital to bring me because some…
My scars (part 4) One thing I love about that hospital is that they have folding beds for the guardian. I do not know how it is in other hospitals during this pandemic but in the hospital that I have been to, we found out that COVID patients are on a different building so it was a little safer for us. I think majority of us thinks that it is dangerous to go to the hospital during these tough times. Yes it is very difficult and dangerous to be admitted but for sure hospitals…
My scars (part 5) The recovery room is so different from my first surgery. It was spacious and it was like a science laboratory class. I woke up because I felt really cold. There were a lot of nurses inside the room doing a lot of things. When one if them noticed that I was awake, she showed me the specimens that were removed from me. My appendix which looked like a chicharon (pork crackling) and my fallopian tube which looks like a big sausage (longganisa) that a small part…
My scars (part 6) Thankfully I was already home as we still find it scary to be in the hospital. When we came home, we decided that our helper and I to self-isolate and be on quarantine for 14 days. It was the longest and saddest 14 days for me as I could not be with our dogs. My mom would bring me food but there are times that she forgets that I am on quarantine and would stay in my room for a chitchat. I thought that after my operation I would be ok as I haven't felt any…
My scars (part 7) During those times that my wound was open, I was so stressed that I kept on consulting Dr. Google with my condition but I can't find the reason why my it did not close even with the staples and 2 out-patient surgeries; which I know is already considered as a minor surgery. I was thinking that it was probably because I was fat that my stomach kept on pulling my skin on both sides that is why it won't close. Though the good thing was the stitches inside were…