Network for Enterprising Women (NEW) is founded in 2006. Specifically, NEW is a group of women whose advocacy is to create an environment where there is an exchange of business ideas, sharing of experience, and opportunity to network.

For this year’s conference, it will include topics on:

• Marketing and Innovation by Josiah Go of Mansmith and Fielders
• Inbound Marketing by Tricia Gosingtian of www.blog.triciagosingtian.com
• Business Economic Outlook for 2012 by Ronald Balbieran of the University of Asia and the Pacific.

Aside from the above mentioned names, the will also showcase the members’ different businesses as well as introduce other business ideas.

The Conference will be held on January 28, 2012 (Saturday) from 8:30am to 12:00nn at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati Avenue, Makati City.

Sponsor’s for this year conference are BusinessWorld, Manila Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, Working Mom Magazine, Lifestyle Network, HerWord.com, GoNegosyo and ProAccess.

For more information and reservations, please call 908-2558 / 0917-5408697 or email newomen@gmail.com. To register online, log on to www.newomen.net.

Actually, the dance presentations itself serve as prayers for devotees as well as creative galas for artists and designers. For this Sinulog 2012, Mayor Michael Rama even appealed its local communities to be “Be hospitable, be vigilant” in preparation for its Asian theme with a funding of up to Php 40 million. President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay will grace their presence, much to the city’s glee and delight.

From December 15, 2011, ticket sales have been on going until the first day of the event itself. You can buy from the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI). According to SFI’s Executive Director Ricky Ballesteros, they will need a better crowd control and improved performances from artists this year’s celebration rites. Although, last year, the festival was held really safe, just like in the past. Moreover, it seems that the crowd is so big in number to even pave way for what they are watching. Unfortunately, the venue can’t be expanded, so if you’re planning to go there this month, be sure to follow instructions and tell other spectators too. As for the artists, there were opened sponsored workshops to enhance their performances. This opportunity has shown more promises in just one event compared to other festivals in the country. Plus, they are free!

One of the much awaited contests is the Sinulog Idol. Wherein, there will be 12 finalists to watch. It is a singing competition in collaboration with the Center for Pop Music Philippines and Soundtraxx Productions Studio.

For a much detailed account, read below for the list and dates of Sinulog 2012 activities:

Dec 01 – Jan 31, 2012    Sinulog Street Fair, Osmeña Blvd.
December 11, 2011    2nd Sinulog Cup Baseball Tournament c/o Cebu City Sports Commission
December 12, 2011    Sinulog on the Spot Painting Contest @ Fort San Pedro
December 16, 2011    Launching and Sinulog Photo Exhibits @SM City
December 17, 2011    Sinulog Poster Making Contest @ Emall
December 30, 2011    Sinulog 2012 Fun Run
December 30, 2011    Sinulog Best Dance Crew Elimination
December 30, 2011    Sinulog Musicfest Elimination

January 05, 2012 (Thursday)    Opening Salvo: Walk with Jesus
4:00 AM    Assembly Time (Area) Fuente Osmeña
4:30 AM    Start of Walk-Fuente Osmeña Blvd. – Basilica del Sto. Niño
5:30 AM    Installation of Hermano & Hermana Mayores 2012

January 06, 2012 (Friday)    Sinulog 2012 Kick Off
2:00PM    Solemn Mass (Basilica del Sto. Niño) sponsored by the Sinulog Foundation Inc and Cebu City government
3:00 PM    Launching Parade (Basilica del Sto. Niño to Cebu City Sports Center)
7:00 PM    Opening and Launching Program, Fuente Osmeña
7:30 PM    Ms. Cebu 2012 Presentation @ Fuente stage
9:00 PM    Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
10:00 PM    Streen Party Bands

January 7, 2012 (Saturday)    Sinulog sa Kabataan – Lalawigan
8:00 AM    2nd SINULOG FOOTBALL CUP c/o Cebu City Sports Commission
1:00 PM    Parade of Participants, Capitol Site to Cebu City Sports Center
2:00 PM    Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan, Cebu City Sports Center
4:30 PM    Awarding of Winners
6:30 PM    Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña) Department of Education, Cebu Province Division
8:00 PM    Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM    Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 8, 2012 (Sunday)    Sinulog sa Kabataan – Dakbayan
4:00 AM    Cebu City 2012 Marathon – www.cebumarathon.com
8:00 AM    2nd SINULOG FOOTBALL CUP c/o Cebu City Sports Commission
1:00 PM    Parade of Participants, Plaza Independencia to Cebu City Sports Center
2:00 PM    Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan, Cebu City Sports Center
4:30 PM    Awarding of Winners
6:30 PM    Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña)
8:00 PM    Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM    Concert @ the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 9, 2012 (Monday)
6:30 PM    Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña) University of Southern Philippines, Cebu Institute of Technology University, St. Paul’s College Foundation
8:00 PM    Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM    Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 10, 2012 (Tuesday)
6:30 PM    Cultural show (Fuente Osmeña)
8:00 PM    Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM    Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 11, 2012 (Wednesday)
9:00 AM    Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)
6:30 PM    Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) Department of Education, Cebu City Division
7:00 PM    Ms. Cebu 2012 Coronation Night, Waterfront Lahug Hotel
8:00 PM    Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM    Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 11-22, 2012    Sinulog Fiesta “OTOP Fair 2012″ Atrium A & B SM City Cebu Organized by Department of Trade & Industry -Cebu
January 12, 2012 (Thursday)
9:00 AM    Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)
10:00 AM    Sinulog Festival Queen 2012 Photo Shoot
6:30 PM    Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) Salazar Colleges of Science Institute of Technology, Cebu Normal University, Asian College of Technology
6:00 PM    Balik Cebu, Welcome Party @ Ayala Center Cebu
8:00 PM    Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
8:00 PM    Handumanan @ Ayala Terraces
9:00 PM    Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 13, 2012 (Friday)    Visual Merchandising Contest
(Dept. Stores and Malls)
4:00 AM    Walk with Mary (Area) Fuente Osmeña-Sto. Niño
9:00 AM    Solidarity Meeting (All Competing Contingent /
Floats / Higante / Puppteers) @ Cebu City Sports Center Gym
5:00 PM    Sinulog Best Dance Crew Grand Finals
6:30 PM    Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) University of San Jose Recoletos, Southwestern University, Cebu Technological University
7:30 P.M    Metro Cebu Popular Music Festival, Cebu Coliseum
7:30 P.M    Sinulog Festival Queen 2012, Cebu City Sports Center
9:00 PM    Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 13-15, 2012
9:00 AM    Devotees’ City organized by Cebu City Government
January 14, 2012 (Saturday)
6:00 AM    Fluvial Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
9:00 AM    Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon Basilica del Sto. Niño
12:00 PM    8TH “THE STREET VIBRATION & BIG BIKE RALLY 2012, by V-max Owner’s Group, Inc. Cebu Chapter
2:00 PM    Solemn Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
7:00 PM    Sinulog Fireworks Competition @ SM City Cebu
7:00 PM    Street party @ Fuente Osmeña and Plaza Independencia
8:00 PM    Kasadya Nite Mardi Gras @ Ayala Center Cebu

January 15, 2012 (Sunday)    SINULOG GRAND PARADE
4:00 AM    Mañanita Mass @Basilica del Sto. Niño
6:00 AM    Pontifical mass with His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal
9:00 AM    Sinulog Grand Parade Carousel Kick Off
7:00 PM    Grand Fireworks, Cebu City Sports Center
7:30 PM    Street Party Bands, Fuente Osmeña

January 16, 2012 (Monday)
1:00 PM    Awarding Ceremonies, Cebu City Sports Center

January 20, 2012 (Friday)    “HUBO”
4:00 AM    “HUBO Mass” Ritual @ Basilica del Sto. Niño

January 21-22, 2012    CEBU CHESS FESTIVAL – “WORLD’S LARGEST CHESS TOURNAMENT” @ the Cebu City Sports Center
January 28, 2012 (Saturday)
1:00 P.M    Screening of Finaslists Short Film/Video Documentary Contest
1:30 P.M    Sinulog 2012 Winning Photo Exhibits
6:00 P.M    Awarding Ceremonies Photo Contest and Video Documentary Contest @SM City Cebu

January 28 – Feb. 10, 2012    Photo Exhibits “Winning Photos Sinulog ‘10 @SM City Cebu
For added details: Contact The Organizers at 253700, 2545010, telefax 4164548

If you are a book lover, you should visit the newly improved Filipinas Heritage Library. They now have a generous list of Filipiniana books, journals, magazines, videos, music, and CD-ROMs (meaning the authors are Filipinos) sold online at their “Libros Filipinos” book club.

Its goal is to allow an extensive research place that is both available locally and internationally for the eyes and ears of kids or adults. Now, our fellow Filipinos, who are abroad and can’t go home in our country, can enjoy reading culture-based materials. From year 1996, the library has been a leading one-stop electronic library of Filipiniana books and other resources.

New projects on a widened commitment to reading beyond the functions of a traditional library have been started last year as part of its 15th year celebration. At “Filipiniana Online,” the price ranges from Php 80 to 11,100. Looking into the categories, you can see that a lot of these books are written under extraordinary and unique topics, anyone would absolutely die for!

Here are some of them:

• Ako si Kaliwa, Ako si Kanan (Category: Book: Children’s Literature) – written by author, Russell Molina
• Alien To Any Skin (Category: Book: Poetry) – written by author: Jim Pascual Agustin
• After The Storm: Stories on Ondoy (Category: Book: Essay) – written by editor, Elbert Or
• Bravo Filipino (Audio CD) (Category: Non Book: Multimedia) – written by author, Jaime Zobel
• Gitnang Uring Fantasya (Category: Book: Poetry) – written by author, Rolando B. Tolentino
• Legaspi: The Making of a National Artist  (Category: Book: Autobiography/Biography) – written by author, Alfredo A. Roces
• The Love of My Buhay: A Pinoy Love Poem Just For You (Category: Book: Poetry) –
• created by artist, Elbert Or
• The Road Less Travelled: Project Development by LGUs for LGUs (Category: Book: Reference) – written by authors, Colin Hubo, Dionisio Paelleras, Jr., Rolando Dy, Winston Conrad Padojinog and Gilbert Llanto
• True Encounters wth the Unknown (Category: Book: Fiction) – written by author, Jaime T. Licauco
• Unsurrendered 100 Voices (DVD) (Category: Non Book: Multimedia) – written by Author: A Spyron-AV Manila Production

Other projects are Book Donations, “Bravo,” “Teens Read, Too!” and the “MyLibrary” for communities and public schools, which was promoted last August 2011 by apl.de.ap, the famous Half-Filipino international singer and member of “Black Eyed Peas” group, when he opened a music studio, computer room and library at his own alma mater: Holy Angel University (HAU) and Sapang Bato National High School (SBNHS) in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Visit the site now for further details on the latest books. Just go through Bibliofiles, shop online with its website book catalog and read news or updates from the Filipinas Heritage Library. Even better, you can bring the whole family for an afternoon reading at their land location in the Nielson Tower, Makati.

Here are some shopping tips from Ms. Aida Gregorio, the project manager herself:

• Start at the most convenient time possible. You should allow only two hours of shopping hours.
• Wear cool and comfortable clothes as well as limit wearing jewelries or accessories that can add to the hassle of carrying things that you have shopped for from stall to stall.
• Write down everything you want to buy and who will be given the gifts.
• There should be a definite budget for each gift to give.
• Bring shopping bags in reasonable numbers that you can use as well as re-use for shopping at the bazaar.
• Keep the receipt.
• Check what you have shopped for numbers and repairs.
• Take care and look after your personal possessions.

Prices for men and women t-shirts can range from Php 99 up to 150 only. On the other hand, shoes are offered in a buy-one-take one discount promo, which are made in high quality and in lots of sizes. There are also casual or formal blouses offered in 3 for Php 580, really affordable. You just have to buy once for 2 persons.

Store hours are: 11 am to 9 pm during Monday to Thursday and 11am to 10 pm during Friday to Sunday. This year, on its 11th run, there are 23 shopping days to enjoy. Namely they are:

• World Trade Center – November 18 to 27 and December 21 to 23
• PICC Forum – December 9 to 18

The proceeds of the bazaar will go to the GMA Kapuso Foundation, Associate Missionaries of Assumption and Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation. Helping are the hands of GMA Network and the Philippine Daily Inquirer to be able to acquire more buyers and sellers.

It’s the time of year once more when many of us get loads of cash from year-end bonuses, at least for the working moms out there. And for those who are not in active working force anymore, well just ask for your husband’s bonuses. 

I’m pretty sure a lot of you can easily answer my question. Majority will answer ” spend, spend and spend!” Well, that’s my answer too… but I’m thinking on some other ways to put a part of it in savings. Not too big, but enough to start the ball rolling of savings for the future. My husband told me that If I want to keep my money, then I’ll just deposit it on a bank but If I want to make it grow then I need to invest it.

A badminton friend of mine told me that every end of the year, together with her husband, they pooled their money together and invest in stocks. Well, I don’t know anything about these kind of investments  but I’ve been reading more and more online like the Timothy Sykes penny stocks.

Good thing another friend of mine, who is connected to a local life insurance and a mutual fund company, explained to me how stocks works. Since I’m not an active player in buying and selling stocks, she encouraged me instead to look into mutual funds. She told me it’s the same with the pooling of money that my badminton friend is doing, the money for mutual funds is being pooled also from a lot of people and invest them on different portfolios like stocks. The advantage of this is that you don’t need to be involve in day-to-day o buying and selling of stocks since a Fund Manager will take care of it.

So for those of you who doesn’t know where to spend, I mean to save your hard earned money, you  may get in touch with me and I’ll refer you to my friend.

How can you say if it is the right choice for you? One should cover programs catered especially for needs on prevention of diseases and illness as well as the promotion healthy lifestyles for the both of you, endowment of the newest health technologies and guiding materials containing the most novel health and medical products, with particular treatments using special products for the prevention, health discovery and treatment of disease.

Life says that a good health is the heart of an investment. Every hale and hearty person can complete activities that make it meaningful to be alive. As you and you husband get old, so does your happiness level. Thus, exhausting more energy than you can think of. Incorporating a health care system in your routines is 1 way of sustaining and enhancing your health. You can combat daily environmental and behavioral threats in this way. Our goal in life should be to add years, life to these years.

If you are not still a part of it, nowadays, there is an obsession with bearing bodies to die for. Anyone of us would want to reach this state in our lives. Some even say that this effect on people is a good manner of skirmishing diseases and affecting relationships over actually no effort at all.

Health promoters also attest that end results of a good health care system show members on exhibiting added exercises, maintaining lighter weights and eating balanced diets that improves each day at their dining tables. Yet, critics of the said health solution have protested that this way of contouring up a body can only give us empty hearted and selfish personalities at the end. They say that members will only show care from own gratifications. However, stop worrying, because these conjunctions are so false.

Who are the experts to ask? If you really want a very effective health care system, you can consult the nearest health workers, health policy makers, health analysts and health service users reachable in your area. They should be capable of a better and broader grasps on aspects of health, its causes, needed phases and follow-up treatments. Besides, you can also read scholarly materials from books with chapter discussions on topics like academic debates, occupational health, health philosophy, policy statements, distribution and risks of health and disease patterns or health curriculum.

Incorporating studies on well-being under health care system will introduce the re-conceptualization of health, fresh ways of perceiving health, a new way of studying what health is, and a broadened understanding of health that was resulted due to an absence of disease or physical functioning to comprise of social issues, like transport, work, housing, sexuality and the diversity of risks with choice, behavioral and outlook factors.

Moreover, studying well-being in terms of health, a person’s key life experiences and conditions are compared with the health policy and practice, which you and your husband can actually be really facing today.

Hence, know what to include in a daily diet. See you and your husband today transform health into well-being with the benefits of a good health care system! It is the key to a balanced life.

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The forthcoming Guinness World Records, 2012 showcases these really famous collections today for avid fans to see and explore (or perhaps imitate):

• The largest collection of “Charlie’s Angels” memorabilia by Jack Condon of U.S.A. was awarded its title last September 2011. It currently bears 5,569 collectibles that were gathered way back in 1976 as love mementos for the said movie. The collectors first bought item is the “T.V. Guide” magazine’s cover feature of the 3 Angels.
• The largest collection of film projectors by Christos Psathas was started at Greece and awarded its title last July 2011 with 1,919 in count. Presently, 2 private museums host these memorabilia. The collector is still open in adding more rare ones to his hobby.
• The largest collection of clowns by Ortrud Kastaun of Germany bears 2,053 unique figures of the wonderful and comic icon. Though, they can be scary, these memorabilia are symbols of Ortrud herself, how she cope up with alcohol dependency and she resembles a clown.

If you want to start a new collection today, here are some tips to read:

• Do remember that a collection should be a group of objects with similar characteristics.
• List down the advantages and disadvantages.
• Set your choice of collectibles into its top five types.
• Consult your family, friends and co-workers on helping you pick the right items to buy.
• The objects collected should be relating to or affecting of one’s lifestyles.
• It should not be too expensive.
• Do remember that everyone has their own sets of collections.
• After, gaining the collection you always have wanted, the adventure doesn’t stop there. Keep on hunting for hard to find items to add.
• Present them in a very nice display rack or even in a museum.
• Find out if there are others who have the same famous collection as yours.

Collecting as a hobby can be found in millions of types. There are the baseball cards and caps, unicorns, newest gadgets, books, stamps and coins memorabilia. It can be even weirder like vomit bags or beer cans collections. It can also be seasonal like Holidays  or Fourth of July collectibles. Whatever is in craze, you can choose them as your collectible items. These can be really valuable in the future and you can earn big big bucks.

With its common size of 5 meters and weight of 450 kilograms in males, swimming is not a problem for these reptile animals on the waters of Australia, India and some parts of Asia. Don’t worry saltwater crocs are not yet extinct. Currently, it has a count of up to 300,000. Though, illegal hunters, habitat destruction and more aversion towards them are seen today, especially for their being carnivores, which can be a threat to humans.

Schools can ask for reservations or other tourists who would want to see the crocodiles in live, the park is open for walk-ins on Sundays at 3:30 pm. The shows presented are just the same.

List of Shows in the New Crocodile Park Manila:

• Crocodile Feeding
• Crocodile Dancing
• Birdshow and Friendly Animal Encounter
• Wildlife Encounter Interactive
• Tightrope Walking
• Butterfly House
• Insectariums
• Ostrich mini-farm”
• Mini-petting Zoo
• Marine World

The new “Crocodile Park Manila” can be found within the vicinities of “Boom na Boom” carnival park at Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. It aims to educate the Filipinos, specifically the youth, on crocodiles and its way of life. Don’t miss the fun now, visit their site for reservations!

I admit that I’ve found the pictures funny and sometimes hilarious too. See the samples here:

The question that is really bothering me is how true are the Facebook member’s profile. I guess our friend’s profile are absolutely for real but what about other people who are completely strangers to you but wanted to be your friend. How do you deal with them?

Prior to Facebook era and even before any social networking site were developed, there were already a lot of sites in the internet where you can meet and be friends with somebody who is totally stranger to you. Yahoo Messenger, ICQ and MSN are just some of the popular tools for online chatting. Of course there are also forums, and specific sites to meet the boy or the girl of your dream such as singles chat and other match making site out there. I even saw some sites that cater to divorce people and widows as well.Some are free while others are exclusive to a specific market. I swear, I haven’t even tried any of the  online dating sites but I don’t know with my hubby  (LOL). I think I will ask him tonight.

On the other side of the coin, how completely honest are you when writing your online profile on Facebook or any social networking sites? Do you claim to be somebody else? Do you pretend to be younger such as 20 or maybe 30 when you are already 40 going to 50? Have you lied on your profile? Do you upload your true profile picture instead of the sample pictures above?

I want to know your answers, please share them by writing your comment here.

The race venue and assembly is at the Mc Kinley Hills, Taguig City with levels of tracks in 1Km for kids with age 3-5 and 3Km for kids with age 6-12, 3Km for families in packs of 4 (though this ones already closed in registration,) and the 5Km for ages over 3 years old and 10Km open for ages 15 years old and above. The joining price for the race in 1Km for kids is Php 375, 3Km for kids is Php 425, 3Km for families in packs of 4 is Php 1,000, 5Km is Php 525 and 10Km is Php 725. You can register at any McDonald’s outlets.

Once joining, racers are asked to create their bibs in any style they want, place the best head dress for the occasion and wear their most favorite family costumes worn. These are special prices conditions that are awarded with gift certificates and cash for every winner, while the regular track prices waiting are also gift certificates and cash for every winner.

For more details on the “McHappy Day Fun Run 2011,” visit the www.mchappyday.com.ph today! Join the fun.