FIS3005: Historiography

This presentation should have been up a long time ago, but for some reason, SlideShare wasn't cooperating, so I couldn't put it up. And eventually forgot about it.

Like the last one, this won't really make much sense unless you were there and I'm putting it up for posterity. The only advantage this time is that I didn't have to convert from Keynote to PowerPoint, just from Keynote to PDF. So everything is as it should be.

FIS3005: Journey 4

The presentation above is based on "Untangling the relationship between displayed emotions and organizational sales: The case of convenience stores" by Robert I. Sutton and Anat Rafaeli (Academy of Management Journal 31 [1988] 461-487), which is discussed in "Journey 4," in Doing Exemplary Research (ed. Peter Frost and Robert Stablein; Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992). The article may be downloaded as a pdf file via Anat Rafaeli's website.

I came to class wearing what I used to wear in a previous life as a "banker": long sleeves, slacks, leather shoes... and my smiley tie! I then started by showing a video of Cumberland Bank and Trust because it was the only one I could find online. It was almost like being back at a service quality seminar =)

It won't make much sense unless you were actually at the presentation (that's if it made sense to the class at all), but I'm really just putting this up for posterity. Some garbage was added when the file was uploaded (e.g., not all bullets were converted, there's a missing title), but that's SlideShare Beta.

Goodies

Create Your Own!

Yesterday my parents arrived in Canada. It was like a family reunion with three aunts, one uncle, husbands, wives, cousins and kids. I brought home so much stuff that I knew it was time to put together a "goodies" slideshow and post =)

I got the MasterCard freebies a few weeks ago when I applied for a credit card. I don't know if they'll give this student with no credit history a card, but the water bottle has been very useful.

Cards are now being used for so many things! Who knew that you could put dental floss and perfume in them? And I got them just by walking around.

Then there was the org fair where just about every org was giving something away: Ballpens, Post-It pad, Excel gum and KitKat.

I attended an orientation for graduate students and won a Broken Flowers DVD and free entrance to a movie at Cumberland. Now I just need to figure out when I'll have time to watch...

Last night, my relatives gave me a lot of stuff on my wish list: a desk lamp, scarves, gloves, hand towels and magnets; plus instant noodles, lotion, tissue paper, fabric softener and a first aid kit! And the marinated chicken breasts are already in the freezer =)

Here's what my parents brought (some from my sister, others from my brother): Sustagen, Fibermate, Chippy, blank CDs, and instant lomi. Guess which one I didn't ask for? =)

And then there's Scripture and the Quest for a New Society, the book that I started editing in Manila and finished from Boston; and the eighth edition of History of the Filipino People, which I'll be using for my dissertation.

Seven Songs

Filipino Librarian, the blog, just got tagged by Manuel L. Quezon III. If I weren't so busy (actually, lazy is probably more accurate), I could probably think of a way to turn the meme into a reference question that would justify posting it on that blog. But I can't, and that's why I'm continuing the meme on this blog. The instructions:

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now.

I can't really say that I'm "into" all of these songs right now, but they're the ones I hum every now and then:

Arms of Love (Amy Grant) - lyrics
Stella Maris (Bukas Palad) - mp3 sample
I Won't Last A Day Without You (Carpenters) - video

There's A Fine, Fine Line (Avenue Q) - lyrics
Corner of the Sky (Pippin) - sing-along
Nothing's Gonna Harm You (Sweeney Todd) - post
Something's Coming (West Side Story) - lyrics

And now I'm tagging Sacha, Rickey, Ghee, Ayeza, Gibbs, Paolo and Clair.

My Suitemates

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Koji is from Japan, majors in computer science, and is 25 years old.

Donald is from California, majors in the classics, is 27 years old, and will be leaving our suite by next week.

Mustafa, my roommate, is from Michigan, majors in Near and Middle Eastern civilizations, and is 27 years old.

Except for Donald, all of us are first-year PhD students at the University of Toronto, and new Graduate House residents.

Paraisong Parisukat (Square Paradise)

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It isn't quite square or paradise, but it might as well be =)

Graduate House (GH) is where I live. I cross the street to work out and swim at the Athletic Centre (AC). Robarts Library, where I've been spending a lot of time, is the main library. The Faculty of Information Studies (FIS) is where I'm doing my PhD.

None of the buildings are particularly attractive. In fact, despite winning architectural awards, GH and Robarts have been nominated as the ugliest buildings in Toronto. And while I agree that they are pretty ugly, it must be said that I'll be spending more time inside the buildings. My roommate Mustafa says that our room reminds him of a jail cell... but it's a very comfortable one =)

So it's probably appropriate that Paraisong Parisukat was, in fact, a movie about a woman who worked in a shoe store. It wasn't quite paradise, but it was comfortable...

My First Meal

I don't cook. I rice cooker and I microwave. Now you can add indoor grill to the list.

I bought the chicken fillets at Dominion; Tita Gee gave me the uncooked rice, plate, and George Foreman grill; and my suitemate Koji offered the use of his rice cooker. Tita Gee actually lent me a rice cooker, but since Koji's was already set up, I took the path of least resistance =)

By the way, the chicken is unseasoned; I've had six meals of the same thing since the first time; and I expect that I'll have many more. But don't worry, I used to do the same thing in the Philippines—except Ate Norma was the one preparing my meals for me. I actually prefer bland, predictable food. And this probably says quite a bit about bland, predictable me =)