The Chickpea Project

Chickpea also known as garbanzo beans is delicious and can be cooked many ways. However, most chickpea consumed in our country is imported.

It is good to know that there is an effort by the Benguet State University(BSU) to grow this crop locally. Hopefully BSU succeeds in their objective.

To help encourage farmers to grow chickpea locally, I believe that there is also a need to ready a market for this crop should farmers begin growing and producing them.

My idea is to create a food enterprise selling various preparation of chickpea such as falafel, samosa, farinata, humus, etc.

Hopefully, I can convince the right people to take up this idea.

A thought about bright ideas

From time to time people think that they have stumbled on a bright idea only to realize later that the idea may not be so bright after all. Or that it will entail a lot of effort that may not be within the ability of the thinker.

But my realization is that unless one can execute this brilliant idea by oneself, this idea does not belong to him.

It is ok to dream and dream big. But we must also keep our feet on the ground and focus on the doable.

Year of the Poor...daw

I had no idea that 2015 is supposed to be the Year of the Poor until I saw this banner in front of a church.

But how do we observe "Year of the Poor"?  Do we simply think of them, give them alms and hope that they will not be poor?

For me poverty is the opposite state of being wealthy. People are poor because they do not generate the wealth needed even just for their survival or if ever they do, the wealth that they create is taken away from them.

If we want to lift people out of poverty, we must help make them more productive and ensure that they fully benefit from the fruits of their labor.

It is not enough to just remember them.

Fighting Procrastination

Just got this from the internet but may be worth trying.

1. Just get started
2. Break task down to easy doable steps
3. Count the micro cost of delaying things
4. Reward yourself