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Chinkee Tan Are you still waiting for your big break? Are you growing weary of waiting for success to come your way? Have you done everything that you can to meet your goal to become successful? There are times when we want success to happen overnight. There are moments when you feel tired of having to work every single day. It has become tiresome to wait and it is already becoming a burden. But every successful person will tell you that they did not wait for success to come. They will tell you that they worked really hard to achieve it. They worked their best to achieve their dreams of becoming successful. They sacrificed and sweated it out. They did not take any short cuts. Allow me to share with you some tips to help keep you from getting tired and losing hope from waiting: WORK TOWARDS YOUR GOAL The word “work” is a verb, an action word. This means that we need to move to action if we want to achieve success. We cannot leave it to fate and wait for it to happen. Neither can we leave it up to other people while we sit in a corner for success. Success doesn’t come that way. We also can’t just keep on brainstorming and analyzing the possibilities. Success won’t come just by talking about it, without working at it. You need to GET UP and DO something to achieve your goal. Success is like a car. You won’t get Read More …

The Philippine capital of Manila is set to host the World Street Food Congress 2016 (WSFC16) in April. World Street Food Congress 2016 WSFC16 announced the gathering in Manila, touted as “one of the world’s best food destinations” from April 20-24, 2016. The world’s most influential movers, thinkers, food gurus and advocates will be together for 2 days at Bonifacio Global City Manila in the WSF Dialogue to share their latest ideas, developments, ideals and opportunities about culinary street food culture. Participants from 10 countries will also offer their specialized fare at the WSF Jamboree, a street food feasting festival which will last for 5 days. Cooking demonstrations amid live music will be open to the public. The WSF Awards will cap the event with recognition given in 5 categories, recognizing the best soldiers and leaders in the field of culinary street food. Filipino food has been gaining recognition around the world with food festivals dedicated to the country’s unique fare. WSCF brought about a dozen international and local media for a 15 hour Food Frenzy Safari in February, to sample the offerings of Manila and Pampanga. Reviews of the trip affirmed that comfort heritage street food such as that offered in the Philippines are the flag bearers of excellent but inexpensive food fare. WSFC16 in Manila is the 3rd edition since its establishment in 2013.   Related posts: Int’l TV Food host says Filipino food is next big thing Filipino street food a big hit in Australia Filipino food, Read More …

Chinkee Tan Are you losing your self-confidence? Do your mistakes seem like they won’t ever end? Do you feel like you have no hope in making up for past failures? I have good news for you! If you feel like you can’t do it, that’s just it – a feeling. Feelings are deceiving and it can change. Do you want to know the truth? What is truth is unchanging and it will set us free. What you may not know is that YOU CAN DO IT! It’s all in the mind. As I always say, our mind is the battleground. When you tell yourself that you can’t do this or that, then for sure you won’t be able to do it. But when you tell yourself that you can do it and you will find a way, it will surely happen. Winning should begin in our minds. We should have a ‘Winning Mindset’. I want to share two important things. CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF Failure in doing things doesn’t immediately mean you are not capable of doing better, that there is no hope. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Forgive yourself. Motivate and push yourself! God has given each one of us talents and skills. We shouldn’t depend on others for our own successes. If we make a mistake, it’s okay. Let’s learn from our mistakes, and then move on. Failure should inspire us to do better. If you don’t have confidence in yourself, how will others have confidence in you? Read More …

Chinkee Tan Do you know of someone who is a “professional whiner”? “What is that?” “Why does it have to be like that?” Why just this much?” “Isn’t there anything else?” People who always complain are extremely UNGRATEFUL. They are difficult to please. They cannot even please themselves. It is normal to be disappointed when things don’t happen as we want them to. But one thing I that can’t stand, are people who love to whine, who complain. They feel that every time they log in a complaint, they are doing humanity a favor. The truth is, they are not even aware that their constant complaining has negative effects. One of the negative effects of complaining is that . . . THE SITUATION JUST GETS WORSE For example, when you get an NSO certificate, you get there to find a very long queue. Because you are a certified whiner, you can’t keep yourself from spewing out a litany of complaints starting with the long queue! But wait, there’s more! Because you are a veteran at this, you are also an EXPERT in looking for other things to whine about. “There should be a number system so that we can just leave our spaces. This waiting in line and moving forward like snails is silly!” Then you’d even look around for a sympathizer, “am I right?” Another negative effect of being a constant whiner is… THE BLESSINGS BECOME DISTANT If your food is just smoked fish, isn’t it still a blessing? Read More …

Chinkee Tan I’m sure that at one point or another, we have experienced rejection in our life. Have you experienced being eased into the “friend zone”? (Ouch!) Have you experienced being rejected by your friends when you offered to sell them your wonderful product? (No sense of gratitude!) Have you experienced being given the cold shoulder when you were trying to propose a bright idea? (You hurt my feelings!) Even your social media accounts aren’t immune to rejections, especially when you get “unfriended” or your posts were “unliked” Rejection is inevitable; it is really a part of life. We got to learn how to live with or it will destroy us. Just like what Miss Columbia said, “Everything happens for a reason.” That’s right! How? I believe rejection exists because… IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN Maybe you didn’t do something right. Maybe it just wasn’t the right time. Maybe they don’t need it at this time. Maybe they just don’t see the benefits yet. Maybe our ideas are good, but we need to always be OBJECTIVE especially in receiving comments about them. Sometimes we get too focused on the details that we miss the whole picture. Aside from that . . . IT MAKES YOU STRONGER Don’t lose heart, but instead use this rejection to challenge you to PROVE to yourself that you are capable of accomplishing something. Just think back to the time before you were rejected. You were not too scared and settled for mediocre. Read More …