The Value of Personal Development It has been four years since I committed myself seriously to personal development. It is my desire to keep growing and learning until the day I die, not only for my own benefit, but for the benefit of others. Last year during my vacation, I had a chance to witness the effect I had to my son, Justin Daniel. In a conversation with my wife, she shared how [...]
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Family Values worth fighting for – Lessons Learned Last December 2011 has been a special moment for me not only did I spend quality time with my loved ones but it reinforced my values that I am willing to fight for. It gave me a chance to reconnect with my relatives from my father side – cousins with their families, nephews, uncle, and aunt. It was fun and unforgettable since it was the first [...]
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First of all I am writing this topic to share the wonders of God's love to me and to share His love to all of us. Ever since I came here to Singapore and started a commitment to my never ending personal development blog, the next best thing that came to my life was God's community. CFC FFL Singapore (Couples For Christ – Foundation for Family and Life) is a community of God's love and a commitment to [...]
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I want to greet everyone a very happy hearts day. I want to share a love song “moon river” to all couples. Let us share the love to everyone.
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First of all, I would like to thank God for adding another exciting year into my life. I am very thankful for the person that I become and the person I will become. I am thankful for my family, my wife Helen and my son Justin Daniel for the unquestionable love they have shared with me. They are the reason for my pursuit of continuous personal development. If I work hard on my self-improvement I [...]
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How to Deal with Homesickness and Challenges as an Expatriate (Overseas Filipino Worker or OFW, in our local term)? – Living a Life away from home and family. It has been more than 2 years since I worked here in Singapore as a Mechanical CAD Engineer for a Marine and Offshore Engineering/Consultancy firm. Working in a mixed diverse culture can be challenging especially when you’re 1,486 miles apart from the Philippines. It was really tough [...]
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Have you ever experienced being bullied around in your early years at school? How did you deal with bullies? Or, Are you the one playing as a bully? Yesterday, me and my wife had a conversation over skype about our son’s experience in school of being bullied by his classmate. She told me that two weeks ago, Jed (my son) got some bruised over his upper leg and last week, a wound in his lower [...]
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Finally, I got the chance to write about this topic on Family Mission Statement. I remember just a few months ago at a our household of CFC FFL (Couples For Christ Foundation for Family and Life) here in Singapore, I made a challenge to everyone to create a Family Mission Statement. We had a good learning discussion at that time about the challenges and the practices of day to day family life like disciplining the [...]
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I am here at home in Mandaluyong City, Philippines spending time with the family and time to celebrate my son, Justin Daniel (a.k.a. JED) 7th birthday today. I managed to teach my son yesterday how to create his own blog at http://justindanielcastaneda.blogspot.com/. He is currently having fun playing his Nintendo DS lite as my gift to him for being top in his class as grade 1 last year. Now is the opening month of school [...]
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