Brown Bag meeting with Dick Hunter

I had the opportunity to have a brown bag meeting with Dick Hunter, Dell International Services VP for Customer Experience, this morning and I really had a nice time discussing issues and Dell's future plans for Dell Philippines and Dell International Services as a whole together with the other managers from our Tech Support and Customer Care Division. On the picture is Dick (2nd guy from the left) and Mike Garrison (extreme right) Dell's Country Manager.

Just a background about Dick... Richard L. "Dick" Hunter serves as vice president of Dell's Customer Experience team. In this role, Mr. Hunter is responsible for customer service and support as well as for Dell's global customer contact center operations in the Americas, India and the Philippines.

Previously, Mr. Hunter served as vice president of Dell Americas Operations. In this role, he managed the day-to-day operations of Dell's manufacturing facilities in Austin, TX; Nashville, TN; Winston-Salem, NC; and Eldorado de Sul, Brazil. He also led the Americas Remanufacturing and Returns Center Operations, Worldwide Fulfillment, Engineering and Quality, Demand-Supply, and the Environmental Health and Safety groups. Before that, Mr. Hunter held leadership roles in Portables manufacturing, supply chain management, and the Austin manufacturing operations organizations.

Prior to joining Dell in February 1998, Mr. Hunter worked for General Electric, Texas Instruments and Ericcson. He has more than 25 years of experience in high tech, manufacturing operations and supply chain management.

Mr. Hunter graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He serves on the Tennessee State University Supply Chain Management Governing Board and on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leaders for Manufacturing Governing Board.

To my dear friend Ace

Ace
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I found this quote from Grey's Anatomy... This one's for my dear friend Ace.

"Too often going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right. And letting someone IN means abandoning the walls you took so long to build. Of course, the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don't see coming ; when we don't have time to come up with a strategy, pick a side, or measure the potential loss. When that happens, when the battle chooses us and not the other way around, that's when the sacrifice becomes more than we can bear" - Grey's Anatomy

Syle EyeCatcher 6th Leg

The 6th leg of the Style Eyecatcher's model search happened last Saturday at the Shangri-la Plaza mall in Ortigas... my first time to watch the show and not really do anything... for a change! It was nice to see friends from the previous batch and it was nice to just be relaxing while enjoying the show.

Together with me were Raven, Patrick, Rhyme and Yo. The later two were there to support their respective girlfriends Imee and Princess. :) Ace came in the middle of the show. I had fun that night and would love to go to the finals night were all the winners of the 6 batches will compete for the ultimate title.

Imee landed in 3rd place and I'm so happy and proud of her for making it in the Final 3 of this leg... unfortunately she won't be joining the finals. But then again who cares? I'm happy she had fun, at least she got a spot. :)

Pinoy Big Brother Season 2

Pinoy Big Brother, the show that features ordinary people and where my bestfriend Uma started his showbiz career, is in it's 2nd season.

The Big Brother house opened it's doors to it's new boarders... last Sunday I got the chance to watched the grand opening of the show and I must say that this time it's bigger but I still like the first season... well we'll see how this goes.

Btw to ABSCBN the Celeb and the Teens editions really sucks! I suggest you stick with the original idea of Big Brother (I even watched the DVD since I wasn't here when it aired). I might still be interested in your celebrity edition but do be choosy with the celebs but please scratch the teens editions cause it really sucks! I didn't even dare watch it although I was already back in the Philippines when it aired.

Here are the new housemates for this season...

To answer your questions about Uma and Pao

Ok so alot of you guys are asking me about Uma and Pao... They're both good friends and it's really sad because people are judging their friendship. Look I know these people even when they were not yet celebs and I can tell you guys they are real people and they deserve to be respected.

There are alot of articles about they trying to put color in their friendship... here's an article from GMA7 forums where Pao answered all the questions about them.

"We have nothing more but friendship." This was the statement of Eat Bulaga! mainstay Paolo Ballesteros when he vehemently denied checking in an apartelle with Pinoy Big Brother
housemate Uma Khouny.

The two were reportedly spotted checking in an apartelle last week. Even before this rumor came out, there were already intrigues questioning Ballesteros and Khouny’s manliness, particularly in DJ Mo Twister’s “Forbidden Questions" segment.

Here’s how Paolo cleared clouds of doubt over his masculinity in an interview with the -Philippine Entertainment Portal Aminado si Paolo na noon pa sila magkakilala ni Uma. Dahil parehong aspiring models ay madalas daw silang magkita sa mga VTR at go-sees para sa mga commercials.

Eventually raw ay naging magkaibigan sila at nito ngang pareho na silang naging showbiz personalities, mas lalo silang naging magkaibigan at naging badminton buddies pa. Pero lately raw ay hindi sila nagkikita ni Uma, ayon kay Paolo, kaya nagtataka siya kung bakit may ganitong isyu.

Natawa pa nga si Paolo dahil nung madalas silang maglaro ng badminton ni Uma, hindi sila natsitsismis. Ngayong hindi sila nagkakasama dahil pareho silang busy, at saka pa sila naintriga. Idiniin din ni Paolo na wala silang relasyon ni Uma aside from being friends. Ayon pa kay Paolo, wala raw siyang karelasyon ngayon. Tungkol naman sa walang sawang pagkuwestiyon sa kanyang gender, tinatawanan na lang ito ni Paolo.

Admittedly, noong una raw ay nasasaktan siya dahil baguhan pa lang siya that time. Pero ngayon, mas iniintindi ni Paolo ang magiging epekto sa pamilya niya ng mga tsismis tungkol sa kanya, partikular na sa mother niya. Kung siya lang daw, kaya niyang harapin at deadmahin ang mga pangunguwestiyon sa kanyang pagkalalaki. Ang ayaw lang niya, yung idadamay pa ang kanyang pamilya. GMANews.TV