Messages From The Leaves of the Tree

This "tree" is found at the office which organizes our coastal cleaning activity for next week. It's a simple gesture, but I'm able to feel the persons' wishes, promises, and pledges which they wrote on the "leaves" of the "tree".

If only trees can communicate with us,..

What would they tell us?
What can we promise we can do for them?

Here's the summary of the messages on the leaves...

• Plant more native trees
• Minimizing Waste
• Segregate Wastes
• Saving Energy
• 3R.. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
• Love Mother Earth
• Love and Appreciate Nature
• Help Nature Recover
• Save Our Forest
• Heal The World
• Always be part of the change

And that's it. 

I know we can do our part in small ways too.

Let's be part of the change.

There may be more things that can be added.

Let us know! :)

- Prepaid All The Way with LoadXtreme -

Just a sharing on my business venture. :)

It was 2009, I'm taking a stroll at SM Megamall. Dropping by SM Mega Trade Hall, there was a fair for small business. I browsed thru the exhibitors. There are a lot of them. Ranging from Small Capital investment to, ehem, very large I wish I could afford them.

Then here comes a booth. VMobile LoadXtreme? 

What's that? Curious I went to it and looked at the marketing materials...

The gist is that, :

• With LoadXtreme, it can be used to load all networks and other prepaid products.
• becoming a Dealer or Retailer, will gain an account to the LoadXtreme system.
• LX Loads are used to perform loading transactions and can be replenished by transferring/deposit from other bank account or thru counter.
• Transactions can be done thru SMS, thus are not fixed to any single network or thru it's internet loading facility.
• The major benefit is that I'll be able to avail of 8 - 12% discount on all products loaded. :)

I'm a prepaid user. 

I would love to have some kind of part-time. Some kind of income, even if not big, just regular, useful and I can benefit too.

Having a frustrated entrepreneurial desire, the sales person didn't really have to "salestalk" me into signing up. It's a good thing I have enough money back then to sign up for the Dealer account back then.

I got something like the package below.. Though this is the latest package offering.

VMobile LoadXtreme Present Package

 And here's the website for transactions, account monitoring, and other stuff.

LoadXtreme Website

Fast forward to present...

I have regular customers as of the moment. I'm using it for my own consumption, especially now that mobile internet is all the rage. In the past 5 years, I don't know how much I've saved. Must have been a lot. This is the main reason why I don't opt to whatever postpaid plans available. I control my spending, and get to pay less for load because of the discount. Thus the title,

Prepaid All The Way!

Product Features

Load All Networks

Applicable only for products based on Philippine Telecom Companies

but can be received even if user is on another country.

Globe

Sun

TM

Smart

LoadWallet Transfer for all networks

LX Load Transfer

Online Game Top Up Cards

Landline Top Up Cards

Cable TV Top Up Cards

ABS CBN Top Up Cards

Insurance

SM e-Plus Reload

Website transaction and record monitoring.

Android Mobile App

Package Pricing

Dealer Package : 4998

Retailer Package : 300

Account Membership

Contact me : willie.jan.altarejos@gmail.com

Sample Marketing Material

References

http://loadxtreme.ph

http://www.loadxtreme.ph/new/resources/

- A Day of Volunteering @ GreenEarth Heritage Foundation -

Last August 16, 2014 is a very productive and well spent Saturday, where more than 60 volunteers from Towers Watson Philippines conducted it's yearly Tree Planting Activity organized by WAVE Environment Group.

The partner/beneficiary for the said event is the GreenEarth Heritage Foundation located at Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges, San Miguel, Bulacan. The venue is estimated 2 and a half hours travel time away from Metro Manila.

Towers Watson Philippines and GreenEarth Heritage Foundation

The day started by meeting at our office in Bonifacio One Technology Tower, Taguig City. Call time is 5:30 am and departure is 6:30 am. Fortunately we're not that behind schedule. During the travel, there were games, quizzes and prizes. Some dedicated participants came from mid-shift, and took the chance to sleep during the travel.

There's a short hike, maybe close to 5 kilometers, going to the GreenEarth site, which the participants were able to experience before being fetched by service van.

Stretch of non concrete road

Bamboo raft to cross a good-thing-its-not-deep-this-time river

Volunteers crossing the river

We were welcomed by the villagers and their kids playing simple musical instruments. James Matti gave an opening speech, then we were given a tour to the GreenEarth Heritage facilities until we reach the Tree Planting Site.

Welcome Message to TW Volunteers

James Matti speaking to the villagers and volunteers

Tour around the GreenEarth site

Group Picture after Tree Planting

The volunteers took lunch the proceeded to the Study Hall for GreenEarth Heritage presentation, games and activities for the kids. We played Pinoy Henyo, Charade, and The Boat Is Sinking.

On the Study Hall for presentation, and games with the kids

Me with fellow TW Associates and GreenEarth Kids while playing The Boat Is Sinking

That's the end of the activity with GreenEarth. Now, backtracking the hike, though now we're riding the van, and back to the bus. Going back to Manila.

I really had fun with this activity. We were able to meet new people and help GreenEarth even in a small way. By giving back to nature, i'm also able to express my appreciation for it, and what it has given us.

Until the next event! :)

Token of Appreciation from TW WAVE Environment Team

For more information about GreenEarth Heritage, visit it's website at http://www.greenearthheritage.org/

Credits to WAVE Environment Team, Dru for other pictures