i’m moving my blog!

Hi friends! Just want to let you know that my blog will be moved to a new site. To check out my future posts please log onto www.yasminbatugal.com. See you in my new virtual home!

when God gives us the desires of our hearts…

Ten months ago, I wrote a blog on Living with Trade-Offs. At that time, I had just resigned from a company I was working for, and was just about to start being a freelance consultant in mobile and Internet marketing.

I really didn’t know how things would pan out…All I knew was that I had an intense and deep desire to one day become an entrepreneur – to build a company I can call my own…to create its vision and mission…to serve people the way I wanted to.

examining our basis of morality

I read an article in the papers yesterday about a woman who was asking for an advice about her husband. Apparently, her husband (after just five months of marriage) cheated on her with a prostitute. However devastated she was upon finding out, she forgave him. Some time past and she and her husband had a child.

hell is real

I happen to live in an area where the red light district is right across the corner from my place. So every time I need to go to 7-11, which is located in the middle of the stretch of the district, I see different kinds of neon lights attracting local men and foreigners to the clubs, and a line up of women (and sometimes “men”) dressed in seductive clothing, waiting for the night to unfold.

only settle for the best

For many, the journey of life becomes more complicated as you enter the transition between being a young adult and settling down. I’ve certainly noticed this as I entered into the second half of my 20’s and I’m surrounded with friends who are either getting married, getting engaged, separating, changing careers, moving out, leaving the country, or doing whatever it is to make their lives worthwhile.

a call for a cultural revolution

As Filipinos remembered the birth of our hero, Andres Bonifacio last Tuesday, that day became even more symbolic because it also marked the launch of the Kabayanihan Foundation – an organization spear headed by Atty. Alex Lacson along with various youth groups in the country.

learning the rules of the trade

Since I’ve started working on establishing my business, there have been many things that I’m learning to adjust to. It’s not so much the work involved in my job because that’s a different story all together. What I’m talking about would be the mindsets I had to break and the paradigm shift that I must adopt to succeed as an entrepreneur.

oh help us not to worry…

A friend of mine lent me the book ‘Future Grace’ by John Piper. It’s awesome because it talks about the grace that has yet to come based on the promises of God’s word, and ways to apply the principles in our daily struggles (i.e. anxiety, pride, impatience, covetousness, lust, etc.).

living with trade-offs

I’ve been so focused on work since Saturday. It’s just now that I stopped and realized that I only have two more hours of being 26 years old.  In a little while it’ll be that special time of the year when

risks worth taking

Again and again I’ve been sitting in front of my computer, attempting to blog. And I’ve noticed that every time I write something, I end up not publishing it. This reoccurring pattern has increasingly bothered me