Born with celebrity parents won’t give you a normal life. Every person is interested in everything you say, everything you do, or every move that you take. You just can’t move away from the shadows of your celebrity parents.
Just like when Maria Kristina Cassandra Concepcion (more popularly known as KC Concepcion) was born. The whole Philippines followed her since her birth to Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion until she entered showbiz as a child. All eyes was centered to her and wondered if she could be at par with her parent’s popularity in show business.
But KC decided to move away from the limelight and lived a normal life, just like the other girls at her age. She concentrated on her studies until she graduated high school. Just when everybody expected her to go back to mainstream showbiz, she flew to Paris, France to pursue her college studies and took up International Corporate Communications with a minor in Theatre Arts. She graduated in 2007.
KC and her family planned to pursue her studies in the United States right after her graduation in Paris. But the call of showbiz didn’t allow her to push through with her plan. When she went back home in the Philippines, TV, movie and commercial offers greeted her.
With an artist’s blood running into her veins, she was not able to resist those offers and finally made herself available in the limelight again. She signed up with TV giant ABS-CBN to guide her showbiz career. To date, she’s done a lot of TV shows such as “KC: From Paris to Pinas”, “Maalaala Mo Kaya: Mansyon”, “I Am KC” and the upcoming Lovers In Paris with Piolo Pascual.
Her first movie “For The First Time” with Richard Gutierrez is certified box-office hit as it occupies the top 3 position for the Philippines’ 2008 box office record for local movies. A sequel for the said movie, titled “When I Met You” is scheduled to hit the big screen on February of 2009 and is also expected to break box office records again.
With the popularity KC is gaining nowadays, her kind heart still beats for the poor. She made herself available when she was appointed by the United Nations as the World Programme Ambassador in the Philippines. Just recently, she attended Clinton Global Initiative as part of her duty as National Ambassador Against Hunger.
With her accomplishments and for more to come, all I can say, KC Concepcion is a complete woman and a role model for every Filipino youth to follow.
Tags: Box Office Records, Piolo Pascual, Tv Movie
As you look around at your desk, what do you see? Do you have the traditional desk organizers from your local office supply store? Did you pick them up because of the price, functionality, or because you should have it?
Many entrepreneurs when starting off on their own, set up their home office as a mirror image of what they left behind. Oftentimes finding that they don’t have enough wall space for mementos like they had when they lived in a cube. Perhaps it’s not the wall space they miss, but the ample amount of filing cabinets they had in their office. Whatever the dilemma, it’s the bigger picture of LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND! You left the rat race to spread your wings, spend more time with your family, become more independent, well don’t forget to cut the office shoe strings as well.
Think outside the box when it comes to setting up your home office. Instead of purchasing a $7 plastic paperclip holder, why not find a beautiful dish or candle holder you have lying around the house? Better yet, stop by your local antique shop and see what you can find there. What are some other ideas for more non-traditional office supplies?
6 Not-So-Traditional Organizing Solutions
1. Magazine Holders – Instead of using them to hold your magazines, try utilizing them in lieu of stacking racks. You can have one magazine holder for each client or project you are working on. They will not only hold a file, but books, magazines, or any other items you may need to complete your project. If you aren’t happy with the color, throw on a couple coats of paint or wrap them with contact paper or your favorite wrapping paper.
2. Adhesive Business Card Sleeves – Although these work great for the inside of a file folder to hold the business cards for your client or vendor, you can also use them to label things. Place one on each filing cabinet drawer and write on the back of some of your old business cards what is in the drawer. Use them on the back of the magazine holder so you know which client or project it is for.
3. Over-the-Door Shoe Rack – I have talked about these before and they are brilliant to use for office supplies. Simply put one over the back of your office door and you have instant space for printer cartridges, extra pens, staples, tape, etc.
4. Coffee Mug – Why not use one of the numerous coffee mugs you have in the house for your pens and pencils? It doesn’t have to be a traditional ugly one, maybe one of the more decorative mugs or if you really want to remind yourself what you left behind use the coffee mug from your last employer.
5. Gift Tags – If you love to label all of your baskets, boxes, or binders try using some of the colorful gift tags you find at the store. Not only do they brighten up your space, you have something uniquely you surrounding your space. Plus it’s a cheery way of reminding you that there is work to be done.
6. Metal Strips – You may not necessarily need a cork board even if you like to hang things up where you can see them. IKEA has some great metal magnetic strips for $.99 that work out spendidly for hanging up notes, coupons, deadlines, or articles that have been written about you and your new endeavor.
Try not to worry so much about setting up your office to look like an office. You may find that you are more inspired to work when you feel like you working for you and not for someone else. The most important piece of working for yourself is having a work environment you can work in and one that works for you.
Happy Organizing!
Tags: Business Cards, Desk Organizers, Wrapping Paper
