The New Crocodile Park Manila is a Sure Family Place to Go

Posted on November 26, 2011 by sweetmom

Crocodiles are one of the most beautiful reptiles living on Earth today. With scale colors of light green to dark green, they gracefully used their skin for camouflaged while basking at land or floating in water. It has two types the crocodylus porosus and crocodylus mindorensis (endangered.) The first one is commonly known as saltwater crocs and the largest species of its kind, according to the “National Geographic.” These are the ones available for sightseeing at the new “Crocodile Park Manila,” a city version of its Davao branch. Owned by the Philip S. Dizon or “PSD Group of Companies,” it belongs as one of their highest tourist attractions with only Php 200 as entrance fee.
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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 Continue reading →

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Facebook and The Real You

Posted on November 23, 2011 by sweetmom

Funny pictures about real profile are circulating in Facebook. They may be true or perhaps “Photoshopped” by some talented designer who has all the time in the world to create this work of art to entertain us. Don’t quote me on this but I just saw these pictures on my friend’s link status.

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

Male - funny facebook profile

Female - facebook profile picture

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 Continue reading →

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Join the “McHappy Day Fun Run 2011” with Your Family

Posted on November 21, 2011 by sweetmom

This November 27, 2011, bring your family and friends to the “McHappy Day Fun Run 2011!” With a second time in a row, McDonald’s has again opened the event for the benefit of “Bright Minds Read” project in charity help. The Department of Education (DepEd) co-partners in making it successful. The organizer is the Eventking Corp. Together they make dreams of reading books and magazines for grade 1 students in the Philippines public schools possible.

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 3Kmcdonald-happy-runm 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 Continue reading →

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11.20.2011 Pasig River Run is Off to Set a New Guinness World Record

Posted on November 13, 2011 by sweetmom

150,000+ runners will join this year’s 11.20.2011 Pasig River Run. The date of the race was included in the title showing a mirror of numbers, while the theme song will be “Salamin ng Ating Langit.” Assembly was held at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City and with the globe as the finish line. The Philippines is aiming another world record by exceeding the running number last year, which is actually the current international contender for the most set runs in a race named by the Guinness World Records.

Pasig River Run 2011 Guinness Book of World RecordThis race is made possible by the joined efforts of Ms. Gina Lopez, who is the ABS-CBN Foundation Managing Director for “Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig,” and the 11.20.2011 Pasig River Run directors: Thumbie Remigio, PJ Villarta, Rio Dela Cruz and Eric Imperio. It is under the KBPIP, being a program for goals on developing the river through cleaning campaigns and fund-raising events. The organization is known for Continue reading →

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Work From Home …Yeah!

Posted on November 8, 2011 by sweetmom

Yesterday was a holiday here in the Philippines because it was the Feast of Sacrifice. Tomorrow, Wednesday until Friday, I’ll be working from home. So officially, I went to our office only today. That’s 1 out 5 days of work.

On Fridays, Me and my husband are not oblige to report to our office.We have an option to work from home on this day and,  in reality it gives us additional time with our kids as well.

Since I need to test one of our software product using a broadband satellite equipment tomorrow and on Thursday, I was allowed to work from home. The satellite needs an open clear skies so it can communicate to another satellite. I hope it won’t rain tomorrow so I can do the testing.

work-from-home-mom-asianWorking from home, with my own prescribed time is actually one of the reasons I love my job. I can even play badminton or jog in the morning before reporting remotely and do my job.

I was talking again to my husband this evening if he wants to find another job abroad or from another company but he told me he will only do that if the company will give him (and me) the same benefits of working from home and no restrictive of working time. My husband is a fan of quality results than working 8 hours or more. He’s actually trying the formula written in the book, 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris. Tim believes in the concept of getting more for less and he’s actually one of the start-up angel investor of the popular networking tool, no less than Twitter. If you want to know more about Tim Ferriss, just Google his name and see how popular he is.

Perhaps my husband and I cannot attain yet the 4-Hour workweek in the near future but we are working toward it.  We don’t mind if we can’t do it yet, but the most important thing is we have time for each other and with our kids too.

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Seeing Again Your Relatives at “Undas”

Posted on October 26, 2011 by sweetmom

To be honest, our family don’t celebrate Halloween but this doesn’t mean that we don’t visit our relatives during these long vacation holidays. Actually this is one of the holidays that we are looking forward to because it gives us the opportunity to travel for a longer time.

Just like the holidays, we all look forward to reunions during Nov. 1 and 2. Wherein, we get to taste real Filipino dishes like “sapin-sapin,” “biko,”  and “puto,” lemon bisquits, “suman” and a lot more foods that are not only sweet but are every Pinoy’s favorite to eat during these times. If they are not cooked by grandmothers, our aunts or moms of course would love to sample their own Filipino style recipes of these goodies. Else, you can buy these from baking stores like Continue reading →

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Adidas King of The Road 2011 – My First Official Run

Posted on October 24, 2011 by sweetmom

My husband had been urging for the longest time to join running events in the past but I’ve been postponing it every time. It’s not that I don’t like running but the idea of waking up in early in the morning to practice makes me having a second thought.

But when my brother,  whose company is into advertising,  told me that he will sign us up for the Adidas King of the Road marathon, I cannot back out anymore since he told me that it’s

Kids and Mom - Adidas King of the Road 2011

My sisters and our kids

FREE since they’re one of the sponsors. I immediately informed my husband and he was glad that I grabbed the opportunity.

So last Sunday, was my first official running event. The marathon was the final leg for the Adidas King of the Road – South East Asia race. It’s more of a fun run for us since my eldest son joined me and my husband on this, together with the family of my two sisters. Continue reading →

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Get to Know the Real Meaning of Play for Kids at Play Pilipinas 2011

Posted on October 9, 2011 by sweetmom

Get to Know the Real Meaning of Play for Kids at Play Pilipinas! This October 21-23, 2011.

Kids love to play nearly all day given in their lives. What is the real meaning of play for them? It is a single word that covers every aspect in physically, cognitively, emotionally and socially throughout their developmental stages. This actual shows the formative meaning in psychology. How and where they choose to play actually give the impressions of their time management while still being small kids, which they can fondly look back into upon growing up.

Play Pilipinas 2011

When you bring your kids to the store and buy toys carefully chosen, you are actually teaching them responsibility for the things they own as well as the way they will handle or even protect these toys in the future. It is necessary for them to know that playing includes Continue reading →

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Compilation of Free School Reviewer

Posted on October 7, 2011 by sweetmom

Do you write your own reviewer for your kids? Have you compiled  and saved them in your computer or laptop?

I have a plan to upload reviewer here at PinayMom.org. This is of course for free, for all students and moms (including dads) who are looking for reviewers for their kids.

I have compiled a number of reviewer already. These are lessons from my kids who are in Grade 1 and Grade 3 respectively.

A Plus Student Grade

You might ask, why there’s a need to write your own reviewer if there’s already a lot of reviewers in the internet that are free? The answer is very simple. I agree that there’s plenty of uploaded reviewer out there already including essays, and some are even offering research papers free service. Unfortunately,a lot of them Continue reading →

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Do You Buy and Sell Online?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by sweetmom

Do you buy and sell online?

If you are the Buyer, how can you guarantee that the seller is not a scammer?

And if you are the Seller, how do you trust your buyers if they are legitimate?

I used to sell some second hand items online. I even met with the potential buyers (with my hubby as my bodyguard, obviously for security reason).  And of course, I even bought items online mostly from local sellers so I can meet them personally too.

Buying and Selling Online

And now, my husband is urging me once again to do business online. It’s more of a buy and sell. He wants me to buy items either locally and from abroad,  add a profit margin of 20-30 percent then sell the items again online. He told me that I can do it even if I have a full-time job. He even  volunteering himself to be the messenger of my business, if time won’t permit me to meet with the sellers/buyers.

What bothering me is,  what’s the best business credit cards that I need to use so I can order online specially from international sellers? Continue reading →

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