Test, JWb Admin Nadia Gloria My Nanay—Aling Emma to everyone else—once ran a very successful hog-raising business. Our backyard bodega didn’t begin as a storage room. It began as a pigpen. I was around four years old then, small ... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia The Unfinished Chair We began with good timber. Straight-grained, strong, full of promise. Together we laid out the pieces, measured twice, marked our lines true. In those early days, every strike of the mallet and every ... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia The Map to Fortune Street Have you heard the idiom “the road to success”? Ate Praxie once told me that skill is a passport—it can take you to a better tomorrow. The problem is not having the passport. The problem is knowing wh... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia A foot ahead of another The goal of travelling is to reach the destination. Yet, it was the story of the expedition that will be told more. A mountaineer will dream of reaching the peak, but the climb will fill the pages of ... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia Kids never grow young. Spending time with our children during their early days is priceless. We work to give our loved ones a better life, but life spent working is not life at all, perhaps, not even an excuse. I had my own... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia The Currency Called Knowledge Most people who know me know that I am a cabinet maker. What fewer people know is that I began as a furniture maker—and even fewer know how early that journey started. I was twelve years old when I fi... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia Life’s Only True Currency It was my Nanay who first taught me the value of time. I was six years old, standing barefoot on the cool cement floor of our house, my hair still wet from a hurried bath. Outside, the morning sun was... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia THE GREATEST PROFESSION OF ALL Of all the professions the world has known, carpentry is among the most honest, most human, and most noble. It is the work of shaping raw material into something useful—measuring, cutting, correcting,... Feb 26, 2026
Test, JWb Admin Nadia Goodbye Betas, Hello Kinis Goodbye Betas! Hello Kinis! Isa sa pinakamahirap yata na matutunan sa wood working ay ang finishing. Nakaka-ASAR. Kayang-kaya nating simulan pero hindi natin kayang tapusin. Sobrang daming paraan na a... Dec 16, 2024
Test, JWb Admin Nadia HIndi Lahat ng Beautician nasa Parlor Subukan naman nating maging mga beauticians. Hindi lang para sa mga buhay na rarampa sa Zagala o sa mga bangkay na maging presentable naman sa punerarya. Bilang woodworker, hindi sumasapat ang kaalama... Dec 16, 2024
Test, JWb Admin Nadia Understanding HPL (High Pressure Laminates) Anong Gasul gamit nyo? Solane o Island Gas? Sa amin Fiesta Gas. May mali sa tanong eh, nakakaaliw din naman ang mga sumsagot sa tanong na mali. Bukod sa Gasul na brand ng Petron para sa mga LPG o ligh... Dec 16, 2024
Test, JWb Admin Nadia Partitions & Fixed Shelves SHOP TIP: Paano hatiin ng pantay ang mga pagitan ng PARTITIONS at FIXED SHELVES Partition ang tawag sa piyesa ng cabinet na naghahati sa isang space para maging dalawa, tatlo, o higit pang spaces. Dit... Dec 16, 2024
