Eleven years ago, Oscar M. Lopez, Chair of the Lopez Group of Companies, started the Lopez Lifelong Wellness Program after he saw how it would lead to a healthy and more productive workforce.
Today, the Wellness Program is on its 12th year and for 2009, the second Lopez Lifelong Health and Wellness Fair is being planned on October 24-25, 2009 at the Rockwell Tent, MakatiCity.
The event will once again showcase the whole gamut of wellness and will highlight the many wellness activities being undertaken year-round by the LOPEZ GROUP.Same as last year, more than 3,000 visitors and major players in the health care industry, top corporations, media and medical practitioners are expected to participate in this event.
The event will be kicked off by a six-kilometer walkathon.There will be stimulating and interactive sessions, free diagnostics, wellness seminars and demos, a selling exhibit of health and wellness products and a lot of other informative and fun-filled family-oriented activities.
“Wellness is a critical component of a company’s pursuit of and journey to excellence.”
-Oscar M. Lopez
PRESS CONTACT:
This event is managed and organized by:
TEK-INFOVISION CORPORATION
For booth reservations, please contact: BAM RAMIREZ
I thought of eating dinner first before going home. So after leaving the office at around 7:00 PM, I went straight to Robinson's Galleria to find a good restaurant. I went up to the third level (I guess) where good restaurants are located. I ended up choosing Burgoo thinking that since there were less customers that time, I'd be served faster. Fast track. Got a table. Jesse, the waiter immediately approached me and gave me crayons. This is one of the reasons why I like eating at Burgoo --they promote vandalism. Lol.
Anyway, so I ordered burger steak and pizza with rice as side dish. I was just really expecting that the serving time would be like from 5 to 10 minutes. To my dismay, it went up to 30 minutes. Well, the burger steak and rice arrived earlier than the pizza and I was so trying to slow down my eating thinking that the pizza would be there already when I'm done with the burger steak. Unfortunately, according to Jesse, the oven was kind of malfunctioning taking longer time to cook than the usual. So what am I to do but wait.
The bottom line of the story? Well, in that waiting period, I didn't notice that I've already had half of the table written with nonsense things. Haha! I even wrote some negative comments about the restaurant, which I think they've already read by now. I wish! Haha!
After eating, I immediately paid the bill and they still had the nerve to charge me for the service. But to show that I am a good customer, I even gave them a tip. Well, the experience was not that annoying but it was one of those I will never forget. Now, I'll think twice whether I'll eat again in that branch. Haha! :-P
It was my first time to attend and actually be an exhibitor for the League of Corporate Foundation's CSR Expo held every year. This year, it was done last July 9-10 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The event was a two-day affair showcasing private companies' different corporate social responsibility projects/programs thru various activities such as talks, panel discussions, plenaries, and exhibits and trade fair.
Being a staff of one of the most prominent foundations in the country, my task was to design the booth and help man it for the two days. Doing the design was such a tedious task. Honestly, I wouldn't have done it if I was all just by myself. In fact, the actual booth design was even enhanced by our contractor.
Anyway, first, we had to conceptualize (together with our partner company -- Energy Development Corporation and First Gen Corporation) about how we wanted to represent the Group. After a series of meetings, we've come up with the idea of "empowerment". This later on transcended into our theme "Empowering Lives. Serving the nation."
Eventually, the booth was designed accordingly:
On the first panel of the booth, we had the map of the Philippines showing project areas of the Lopez Foundation.The backdrop showed pictures of a forest, clear sky, and green fields. At the upper right corner marked our theme. The middle portion of the backdrop was left blank so we can play AVPs. The last panel of the booth showed children flying kites.
On the first day of the event, we had to be early for the ribbon cutting. We spent the day there manning our booth and entertaining people who would inquire about the foundation. During the second day, we had raffles and quiz contests for people so they would be more enthusiastic to come and visit our booth. Tiring, yes. But it felt good to sometimes go out of the office and experience something new like that event.
The two-day event was really fun and educational. I've learned a lot from it. I was able to meet different personalites as well as old colleagues. Also, it was another time for the team to bond and get closer together. During the last day of it, the team ate dinner to celebrate the success of the event. Just to share how the exhibits looked like: People come to see different CSR projects/programs by different private companies. Aside from this, they were also up for the giveaways that each foundation was giving. I, myself, was even guilty of that. Haha!
Amidst all the problems we've gone through as well as sacrifices we had to make for this event, they were all worth it. The event was successful! Certified.
Being alive for 23 years now would be the greatest blessing that I should be thanking God for.I’ve realized that despite my grievances and angst towards the world, I should be thanking the Lord that I am breathing, living each day with my family, friends, career, and all the other things that give me happiness everyday.I’ve realized that instead of focusing on having the things that I don’t have, why not focus on appreciating the things that I have, right?
Indeed, there is no sense in the term “perfect life” because there’s no such thing as perfect.I’m sure that no single person in this world is living perfectly – without problems or worries or frustrations.I am 100% sure that even the wealthiest person in this planet lacks a thing in his or her life that he or she wants so badly.Same is true in my case.I know, in spite of who I am and what I have right now, I know something is still missing.It’s that “something” that gives me the gloomy feeling sometimes.I still don’t know what it is but I am trying, as much as possible, to keep away from that thing.Unfortunately today, it went straight into my nerves that made me so laid back and lonely (that’s why I thought of releasing that lonely feeling through this entry. Haha!).
Counting my blessings and being positive at all times are two things that I’ve learned to develop as habits.Every morning, as soon as I opened my eyes, the first thing that I would do is to smile.The next thing would be to utter my daily mantra, “Today will be a good day!”It’s really weird but after doing these things every morning, I am able to go on with the day.At the end of the day, I would reflect.
I just don’t know what happened today that my habits were defeated by the gloominess that I feel.I am not me today.I feel lazy that I don’t want to think about my pending tasks.I want this day to be over.
I won’t surrender, though.I’ll keep uttering my mantra until I feel better. I can do this.I will do this.I will be okay.I will be happy.
June became our “Influenza A (H1N1) awareness month”.Well, I just branded it as such because it was during this month that the foundation and even the Group started taking major actions against the growing pandemic.
Personally, I am also bothered by the growing number of confirmed cases but thinking that more than half of the number recovered, it seems to me like it’s not so serious after all.The only alarming fact is that the virus is rapidly spreading.Once that happens, shortage on medicines would be our problem since the government has to prioritize those who will be given first.
Anyway, on the lighter side, big opportunities were also given to me this month – opportunities that really had to be given time and attention.I was tasked to issue A (H1N1) advisories to different companies, been asked to go out on meetings and other activities.Whew! Multitasking in its very sense. LOL.Fun, though.At least these things just prove that I’m worth my salary. Kidding! :-P
Okay.So I’ll start recapping the highlights of this month now.
Me: The Designer
Most people tell me especially my teachers before that I am creative.Well, I don’t know but maybe. Haha! I just love experimenting on things and I love seeing nice designs especially on ads.This month, that creativity in me was tested when I was asked to create a logo that will unify the entire foundation including all the member foundations and corporations.It wasn’t an easy thing.Tedious, actually.Good thing, my boss already had an idea of how he would like the logo to appear and voila! It was done.
Another task that required my creativity was the booth design for an expo this July.It was not that difficult but I had a hard time getting the exact size as well as saving the file because it was so huge.Thank heavens I was able to pull it off and hopefully it will be executed accordingly on our booth.By the way, the event will happen on July 9-10, 2009 at the SMXConvention Center in Mall of Asia. It’s the League of Corporate Foundation’s CSR Expo.
Random Gimmicks
A month of random gimmicks.It became so easy for me now to just go out with friends and not worry that my mother would not allow me.Reality check – I am already an adult. LOL.That’s why even unplanned gimmicks became part of my life now.The first one this month was when me and my office mates went to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen after a meeting then had dinner after at Italiani’s.That night didn’t end there because after that, I went straight ahead to a gimmick this time with my dorm mates.And since I was super late, they had me punished by letting me pay their Starbucks coffee and cake. But it was okay.I know it was my fault. LOL.
A second gimmick came one Sunday when my high school friends asked me out to buy some stuff.Although we didn’t buy much, it was like we did a lot. You know, being with friends and just talking without worrying about the time is really an effective stress reliever.
The Winning Attitude
It was also this month that I got to hold off a book that really touched my soul.This is the book written by John Maxwell called The Winning Attitude.With this book, I am understanding life better now.I am now seeing life positively and the feeling just reflects on my appearance and day-to-day dealings with people.I used to be so negative and always had that tendency to be depressed about just anything.Now, whenever I feel that “gloomy” feeling, I would recall the nice lessons I’ve read from the book and would utter them in my mind and I’d feel okay.I think this book has touched and is touching my life up to now.I haven’t finished reading yet due to time constraints, but this book has been very helpful.
By the way, this book was lent to me by an office mate.I really didn’t have plans of reading it but as soon as I started, that persistence to finish it came into me and I know I have to finish this.
A lesson Maxwell keeps on reiterating in several chapters was that People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”True enough, our sense of being boils down to our attitude.It doesn’t matter how intelligent we are or how good-looking we are.The more important thing is our attitude and how we see the world or how we deal with people.And I’m trying to live by that lesson now.
Various Album Releases
It’s been ages since I last posted an album review on my Friendster account since I seldom open that these days. So I thought of sharing some of albums that's been rocking my ears every morning. Haha! But this is in no particular order.
1. Aqua (Greatest Hits)
2. Melanie Fiona (The Bridges)
3. The Script (The Script)
4. Gloriana (EP)
5. Cascada (Evacuate the Dancefloor)
6. Mandy Moore (Amanda Leigh)
7. Jessica Mauboy (Because-EP)
8. Eternity (Eternity)
9. Regina Spektor (Far)
10. Marie Digby (Breathing Underwater)
11. Ashley Tisdale (Guilty Pleasure)
12. Agnes (Dance Love Pop)
13. Black Eyed Peas (The E.N.D.)
And here are some singles I'm addicted to:
1. Battlefield - Jordin Sparks
2. Back to the 80's - Aqua
3. The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script
4. Because - Jessica Mauboy
5. Zero Gravity - David Archuleta (this one's the full version released on Itunes)
6. The Show - Lenka
7. American Cowboy - Jada
8. Good Girls Like Bad Boys - Jadyn Maria ft. Flo Rida
9. No Surprise - Daughtry
There. I guess this wraps up my June. Til next month.
