Review: "Temptation of Wife" Philippine Adaptation

I MISS THE ORIGINAL TEMPTATION OF WIFE!!

On my own point of view, GMA had made a big risky move when it pursue its plan on extending the series and changing plenty of sequences in the shows. The original Temptation of wife has a really long story and ups and down as well but the network had trim most of the vital since in the Philippine adaptation. Pretty much, the writers point of view where change depending on what they think that the Filipino people would love. Banging their head on their own perspective; GMA should have notice that the original Temptation of Wife had entice the taste of the Filipino viewers so the tagalog version would do the same thing.

Too much risk and too much idea on grabbing the Pinoy's attentions  with the addition of an impatient mind on how to blow their pipes over their competitors, the plot of the story where change focusing on Angeline's (Marian Rivera) revenge on Marcel (Dennis Trillo) and to his family. I mean the center fold of the story was the revenge but too much of that would not spice the story because most of the ingredients was taken away. The sweet love team of Nigel portrayed by Rafael Roselle and Angeline were not taken care of. As an audience having already watched the original series, I have noticed that they are not making Nigel's character pure. Not pure because Angeline were most of the time leaning over Marcel. 

The original version of temptation of wife, purifies the love between Nigel and Angeline hooking the audience heart bit and making them ask for more. With the current situation of the Philippine version, I see no point of rivalry even though the true Chantal (Michelle Madrigal) would comes back in the scene. It would not even affect or shock the audience like what happened to me while watching the Korean series. In comparison as of what I have seen with the progress of the Philippine adaptation, I will give 60/100 for GMA's effort.

On the contrary, Heidi played by Glaiza de Castro made an outstanding portrayal of the character. With that I am having a hard time figuring out what wrong with the Philippine Adaptation. Is it the writers who add and changes most of the scenes or the actors and actresses who didn't study their character that much.

Marian made a good head start but come to think of it, did Marian Rivera made an excellent job or is it Glaiza de Castro who antagonize the lead character very well? Cause I'am still watching the series and I'am starting to hate Angeline's Character.

Di ba dapat matalino na sya? Bakit noong nasa parking sila ni Marcel (na sapilitan syang sinasama sa date) at may dumating na guard, Bakit wala syang nagawa? Sabi ni Marcel, "Asawa ko to brad may problema ka ba?" at wala nang ginawa si Angeline?

Akala ko ba galit na galit si Angeline kay Marcel? Galit lang ba talaga si Angeline pero BOBO pa din?

Naasar lang talaga ako sa Character ni Angeline. Dapat wais na sya at ubod ng elite at matalino pero wala. Naisip ko nalang baka ganon talaga pag pilipino ang gumanap. Umaakting lang ng naayon sa katotohanan.

Nawala din yung mga simple things like yung kahit busy si Angeline at Nigel sa trabaho nila masusurprize pa din ni Nigel si Angeline sa Bella at magsusubuan pa sila ng noodles na dala ni Nigel para sa kanya. Tapos patago pa nilang ginagawa ang pagkikita nila kasi natatakot sila na makita ng nanay ni Nigel.

Parang yung sa Philippine version - nawalan ng galang sa magulang. Kahit ayaw ng magulang gagawin pa din nila ng harap-harapan. Yun bang ang taas ng lebel ng pambabastos ni Angeline sa namatay na anak ni Lady Armada.

Another thing na nagpapa-excite sa akin dati eh yung halos lahat talaga ng tao sa paligid ni Angeline ay nag-iimbestiga sa kanya. Lalo ng pakainin sya ng nanay ni Marcel ng pagkain na may Allergy sya at bigla nalang na nakain nya yun ng walang aberya.

Nawala ba yung science and knowledge na matututunan sana ng mga manunuod. Doon sa scene na yon ko kasi nalaman na pwede ka palang kumain ng pagkain kahit allergic ka doon. Iinom ka muna ng gamot tapos pwede mo nang kainin. I truly love that scene kasi natikman ko na ang Hipon kahit allergic ako doon.

Hayst sana next time Huwag naman sana nilang ibahin mula sa outstanding to needs improvement. Kung iibahin nila, sana may innovation. It mean mula sa outstanding to excellence!! ganun.

REACTIONS.REACTIONS

CASE STUDY: Chick-n-Gravy Dinner Line

I. Time Context

May 12 to 16

II. Point of View

The point of view of the case is Ann, the assistant manager and her investigations about the complaint of the supermarket regarding the frozen dinner.

III. Statement of the Problem
The Chick n Gravy Dinner Line formulated two problems and these are the following:
  1. How will the defects be measured and what quality tools will be used?
  2. What should Ana recommend to the manager after knowing the results? 

IV. Objectives
·         To determine the most numbered defect and the most defective product line with the use of quality tools.
·         To address the solution to the manager.

SWOTE Analysis
Strength:
·         Responsible personnel were assigned fast to cure the problem. Based on the case, the firm that produces this Chick-n-Gravy frozen dinners is good on managing customer complaints because right away, after receiving complaints, the manager then ask her assistant to investigate on the complaints and recommend solution.
·         A Frozen dinner firm gives theircustomers a quick healthy dinner that would fit their busy lifestyle.  
·         .Handling on customer complaints and checking on customer satisfaction.
·         Easily detect problems in the production area.
·          Chick-n-Gravy frozen dinner products are improperly sealed, and if frozen dinners are improperly sealed, this may cause shortening of its life and spoilage. 

Weaknesses:

·         The company has too many defective products that had already reached their customers. It means that they don’t have a well-trained Quality Control Engineers or Facilities and operators.

·         Their Maintenance capabilities fall under the Breakdown maintenance that fixes the problem when it arrives rather than Preventive maintenance where in problems is being prevented even if it haven’t arrive yet.

·         Numerous numbers of complaints from the Supermarkets.

·         All sources of problem were found on all production lines that were used for observation purposes.

·         Money, time and effort were wasted because of the outputs that passed the Quality of the company but don’t have good quality at all.

·         Ann had detected the problems but she didn’t find out the main source or contributor of the problem, is it the machines, personnel’s, operators, engineers, facilities or shipment crews.

Opportunity:

·         Raising the quality of the products by means of eliminating the problems.

·         All this time the number of customers of the firm might increase if they already figure that problems are occurring in the production area.

·         Trust for the firm can also be increase.

·         Product Engineers or Quality Control Engineers must be put in the production Area. For a proper inspection must be done every now and then.

·         If the problems had occurred because of the short time span they have, a planner must also be put in place for proper scheduling.

Threat:

·         Other companies might use the defect issues as advantages to grab other supermarkets to buy their brand of products.

·         New products might also take over if supermarkets will return the defective/less Quality outputs that the firm produced.

Environment:

Chick-n-Gravy frozen dinner, Line 1 and Line 2.

Alternative Courses of Actions:

·         Hire new skilled workers and repair or upgrade machines and trained the workers to improve their skills. A Quality Control Engineer must be put in the position.

·         Despite of using Breakdown Maintenance, the firm must use Preventive Maintenance that is proven to more effective and least costly.

·         Conduct another test to detect the source of the problem, the workers, equipment’s/machines or the facilities.

Conclusion:

		Under filled					Missing Item					Spilled/Mixed					Unacc. taste					Improper seal
			#1	#2				#1	#2				#1	#2				#1	#2				#1	#2
Morning			0	1	1			11	0	11			2	2	4			14	7	21			0	5	5
Afternoon			3	1	4			0	7	7			4	6	10			0	1	1			1	5	6
			3	2	5			11	7	18			6	8	14			14	8	22			1	10	11

This gives a breakdown by morning/afternoon as well as Line #1/Line #2. Histograms (totals, morning/afternoon, and Line #1/Line #2) could be constructed to highlight problem areas.

Overall, 70 defects were found, 22 of which were classified as unacceptable taste, making this the most frequent problem. The next most frequent was missing item with 18 occurrences, and then spill/mixed, with 14 occurrences.

Looking more closely at these three categories, we can see that 14 of the 22 unacceptable tastes were accounted for by Line #1 in the morning, and the remainder was Line #2, also in the morning. Line #1 exhibited a similar morning problem: all 11 occurrences were in the morning. Line #2 had all 7 of its occurrences in the afternoon. 10 of 14 occurrences of spill/mixed defects occurred in the afternoon.

In the improper seal category, 10 out of 11 occurrences were for Line #2.

With this the Manager can make a proposal on what problem to eliminate first, the top contributor of problem or vice versa.

Recommendation:

Ann should focus on investigating what might be causing taste problems in the morning on both lines, morning problems on Line #1 for missing items and afternoon problems for Line #2 for missing items. Spill/mixed has afternoon problems on both lines, and there are seal problems on Line #2 throughout the day.

Credits to IEVILLE

CASE STUDY: Morgan's Department Store

I. Time Context

The Time context in the case wasn’t mentioned.

II. Point of View

The point of view of the case is the advantage and disadvantage of Universal Price Code (UPC). It was then compare to the manual system of cashiering. In Addition, the roots of problem in the UPC which is the human error was mentioned.

III. Statement of the Problem

The Morgan’s Department Store had use an automated system in their checkout counters; they had eliminated had reduce the average time of customers in the counter from 4.2 minutes to 3.9 minutes and the human error form the manual method. On the other hand, UPC also involves human efforts because of price encoding and verification. Human error for price encoding is 2.99% while verification has 8%

IV. Objectives

• To determine the accuracy rate of Morgan’s price inputting systems.

• To eliminate/lessen errors brought by human factors.

SWOTE Analysis

Strength:

• The UPC systems lessen the average time of a customer in the cashier also decreasing human error because from doing everything, the operator will just encode and a verifier will check his encodings unlike before where cashier will take efforts to type in the amount manually in the cash register.

• More customers were served because of fast service.

• Less stress for the cashiers and the operators.

• Idle times were lessening because of systematic system of work area.

• Less overhead for the department store was consumed because of systematization.

• Accuracy was heighten-up with the help of UPC and an accurate encoder.

• Less cashiers or counters are needed because of fast service.

• With an accurate encoder and verifier, customer satisfaction will be higher and complaints will be lower.

• Manual method can be a back-up system if server and electricity were down in the department store.

• Easily update prices of products.

• Mistakes can easily be detected.

Weaknesses:

• Additional personnel’s was reassigned or hired to be an encoder and a verifier.

• All customers will have overcharged or undercharged bills if the verifier didn’t notice the mistake of the encoder.

• Additional or new computer will be needed.

• Barcodes that are printed on a torn section of packaging, or that have been smeared, smudged or otherwise damaged, will present additional scanning problems. If the corresponding numeric code is also illegible due to damage, the checkout process can be significantly delayed while another package of the same merchandise is located and brought to the checkout counter for scanning.

• Additional process for putting stickers or printed barcodes on the product itself.

• Cashiers might not easily adapt to the program and to the process.

Opportunities:

• Expansion of the Department Store can easily be done.

• Additional Personnel can be added to secure the verification system and to reach zero error. 

• Preventive maintenance must be implemented to the devices equipment, and machines to prevent breakdown.

• Putting Additional Products will be a breeze and product sales can easily be monitored. Demand or sales can also be forecasted.

Threats:

• Other companies might use much higher tech. and fast technologies with higher accuracy.

• Breakdown of system, scanner, censors, and computers.

• Customer, Insects and Time might damage the codes for scanning.

• When beginning to use bar codes has to train employees, which can be a significant issue if the business is large.

Environment:

The atmosphere of the case is the Morgan’s Department Store examining the advantage and disadvantage of UPC.

Alternative Courses of Actions:

• Hire or reposition another staff to become personnel that verifies the encoded price. That way the 8% of 2% or 0.1472% will be lessen to achieve 0% error.

• Make the Manual method of Pricing be the alternative way if bar coding fails or breakdown.

• Upgrade the System but make sure that the updated version is suits the business.

Conclusion:

Compare to the manual process of pricing the products UPC is systematic, easy to use, can handle bulk number of items and most importantly, it doesn’t consume lots of time. Morgan Department Store must stick with it and furnish it because nowadays a Department Store that uses manual system of pricing will not click to people because a big establishment like this pulls many consumers that are why it’s not advisable for the store to use the manual system.

Recommendation:

For the recommendation, the administration of the Morgan’s Department Store must hire another skillful and knowledgeable staff for encoding and verifying the encoded Prices to ensure accuracy and stabilize the conformance of customers to the whole department store. Of course updating of the system and preventive measures must be done to prevent breakdowns and virus from the software.

Credits to: Orville M. Mancilla
Case Study Blues (IE Masters)

Reflection about THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN

Luke 15:8-10

New International Version (NIV)

The Parable of the Lost Coin

8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

            The parable shed the worth of the coin that has a special place in the woman’s heart. It’s not the worth of the coin as a currency but the worth of the coin as a belonging or a family to the woman. As if it was her eyes that will made her blind for the rest of her existence if she will not find it as soon as possible. The tremendous effort of the women to find the lost coin was rewarded with joy and compassion when the coin was found. It is the same predicament that I will experience if I lost my pen. I am a writer deep within my heart and soul.  If I lost my pen that currently symbolizes my wit, passion for writing, inspiration and competitiveness; I think I will be stuck in a trap whole that’s full of emptiness and sarcasm. Of course I will do my best just to find my pen, because that pen dictates my future and my life. Without it I’ll be a soldier without a gun, a musician without its music, a sinner without a sin, and a King without its kingdom. I will explore every place that my pen brings me every time I write and imagine. Despite the hardships that I am willing to give just to find my pen, I will find other pens along the way but I won’t accept it because the pen that I was looking for has a special part in my life, that pen encrypted substantial efforts and legacy along my journey. I posses the values and experience that I had gone through so finding it would reward me the essence of joy and fulfillment. As if I find a lost family member or I’m Captain Hook who misses Peter Pan after a long time he stops bothering me. As if I’m Squidward who feels awful without SpongeBob Squirming around and shouting I’m READY every day.

            The Parable of the Lost Coin, Lost Sheep and the Lost Son all commemorate the ingredients of God’s loving Mercy and salvation for his people. Lost individuals will be lost but along the God will serve as a light that will guide them through their way home. They will be happy because they were able to come back safe and sound but the highest level of happiness can be found on God’s heart. He had lost some descendant but he is so proud getting them back. These descendants had been crafted will spiritual virtues, experiences and emotions along their way, they are the ones that feel awkward or misunderstood at times but with the journey they had been through. God is happy because he knows that even though his sheep’s might be lost again, He will be confident that they will find their way again cause they believe in a vision and they have the same heart bit.

            In conclusion, we are sinners but God will always help us repent our sins. We might be lost but God will make a way specially made for us.

 Issue.Jan.2013

SWEET is CANCER while GREENS are HEALTH

     OMG!!  things we love to eat will contribute to the degradation of our body. Watch your figure of wash your figure? how can we avoid it, if our parents served it in the comfort of our homes. Media collaborates with the enticing position about these products so media must also become a stimulus to rupture health in the process.
   Wash away the toxins and elevate you lives.

Health.Issue.Jan^^

FIREPROOF MOVIE REACTION PAPER

Movie Plot: A typical American family gets married and as the years have gone by the marriage has nearly ended in divorce. The husband and wife both feel justified in their reasons for wanting to leave the marriage. The husband receives a "Love Dare Journal" from his father in a desperate attempt to save his marriage. The husband takes on the 40 Day Love challenge at first motivated by his respect for his father. Later the husband continues the love challenge because the husband has fallen in Love with God. The love he has for God is so deep that he learns how to love his wife in a totally new way. The way God intended which is to love unconditionally! 

“Astounding”, a word that trenched down into my lips as I dry my tears when Caleb hugs his wife. I was totally blown away with the product of the movie. It was like a shadow that’s molding me into an individual that must possess the right vision and character for the future. Noticing the sensuality of the film gives me an idea that grownups create a barrier among their self because they are trying so hard to be an adult. An adult that has the perfect characteristic and attitude towards other people but when they are inside their own homes, they became tired of things they pretend to be, loosing connection, care and passion for their partners. Another things I must react on the movies reflects on a famous Pinoy quotation “Ang Kasal ay di parang mainit na kanin na basta-basta mo lang isusubo at kapag napaso ka ay iluluwa mo”. It exemplifies the sacredness of marriage and the severity of heartfelt scar it will engrave in your heart if you play with it.

As Catherine and Caleb acts like an adult they should also think as an adult and not be childish. Of course they had fight for the first 30 minutes of the movie because marriage follows that torrent. As a couple aged they relationship, the bond that hold them together will be tested over and over again. All the pains and sorrows that they will go through will elevate the level of their relationship. It’s like what Caleb’s friend told him back in the fire station, “You must study your wife” including his explanation was flabbergasting. He says that if you study your partner back in your courtship days; you must study her again because it is a continuous cycle. Your partners must have gained a high school diploma back then were she had accepted you in her life but as you grow old together, she will gain a College degree, Masters degree, maybe Doctoral degree with matching citations and awards, so your status of studying your wife must also level up. You don’t want to stick up knowing her past because you want to be with her in the future. That emphasize had widen up my knowledge about relationships in such a way that inspiration sinks down in your mind as if your partner is really your world.

I had six relationships back then, but as I watched the film, I begin too question myself. Did I really love them? According to the film and to Caleb’s father, you will experience the real love when you become willing to accept all the bad things that your partner had encrypted on his/her image and when you become willing to give “EVERTHING”, everything including your life.  That is the true love, the true and everlasting love, the unconditional love that only God had the power to give us.

Regarding the special 40 days Love Challenge, I had felt the love with Caleb after he reaches the last day yet he still continues to court her wife. The vigorous advocacy of marriage covenant was ineradicable in the film. It tells that if you got marriage, giving up will not become an option. Never the less, I had cultivated several “what ifs” in my mind. What if the nurse or the sales agent didn't tells Catherine that her husband paid for the wheel chair and the other needs of her Mom? Will Catherine feel Caleb’s love? What if Caleb’s father didn't write the book? Will Caleb make his own way to get back Catherine?
I really don’t know what will happen if my predicaments was incorporated in the film. It’s like life offers unpredictable thing along our journey in life. One thing’s for sure, learn to trust God because God will make a way and God will definitely provide.

God Bless!

Moviereview.Jan.Issue^^

THE MOST AMAZING COMBI - COMEDY MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Guys what do you think of my comedy combo movie of the year? My family and friends was talking about what movies Should be shown this year. The discussion flow like comedy movies in the Philippines where repeatedly done over and over again. Same plot and story. 

That's why we are wishing for a blockbuster new story and fresh ideas with the combination of the best comedians in the Philippines to prove that comedy in the Philippines are not copy cat parody movies but a movie that has soul and uniquely done with the Philippine flavor and flare.

Guys please comment down. I need your support so that writer may come up with the best stories that never had been tackled in any stories or movies ever before. Maybe combinations but please no enteng, tanging ina, panday, petrang, kimi dora or other known comedy movies in the philippines you know what I mean.

Comedy movies always gets blockbuster awards but viewers should laugh for brandnew ideas so the culture of comedy format will be erase. STOP repeating and START creating better ones. I'am not saying the the past comedy movies are not the best. To tell you frankly, KIMI DORA was one of the best movies that I had watch but repeating it does really leveled down my expectations. Sequels are good but the story must continue and should not be stuck to things or situations that already happened in the prequel. I'm not sure about the word prequel but I'm talking about the previous movie.

Loved to see Vice Ganda, Ai-ai de las alas, Eugene Domingo, Ogie Alcasid and Michael be to burst in one jam pack movie for 2013.

Please Comment down guys. 

What Story Plot would you most likely prefer for these set of comedians to have? If they will combine force in a movie?

What type of comedy? (Horror Comedy/Romance/Thriller etc)

Jan.Issue