tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172456512011-11-08T12:56:21.569-08:00Parenting, kids, toys, handheld organizers, laptops, gadgetry and software applications for mobile computing , achieving work-life balance, online courses for Mom's continuing education, kids' computer aided instruction, e-books, yummy recipes, linking to a Community of Mothers who want work-life balance with a little help from information and communications technologies (ICTs)Maita Siquijorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835381116385701287noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17245651.post-74914244615019780992009-08-04T20:58:00.000-07:002009-08-04T21:29:14.622-07:00

Watching the funeral procession to Manila Memorial Park of our beloved former President, Corazon Cojuanco Aquino, who died August 1, 2009. Now watching Corina Sanchez Roxas, newscaster. It was the family's special request, through youngest daughter Kris Aquino, to have her anchor the funeral mass proceedings as Tita Cory (as she is fondly remembered by Filipinos) liked Corina very much. Corina

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Finally, H1N1 hits my daughter's school c/o a high school girl's confirmed case. The text messages announcing suspension of classes incessantly entered my E71. I wanted them to stop sending it, saying: "I got it, thanks." The following day, I hear another neighboring school had suspended classes.June 25: Moms receive the homework and schedules good for the next 10 days via email.Kid's feedback: "

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I just thought of taking the blogging test again to see if things have improved.It got worst.I am definitely more addicted to blogging now than before.82%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?Well, thanks to my blogs, Architerra, Architelago, MomOnMobile, Munrebpost (which I basically just moderate) and Residences Manila, these prove that you can't stump passion when it's there.I love blogging!

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My 9 year old daughter composed an essay for her school's Academic Week.When I read it, I became teary-eyed. I was proud of her effort, her evident gift for words. True, I saw at first the consistency of form, the literary devices she intuitively used, her mature use of grammar packed in a 200 word essay. I saw her careful and almost painstaking effort to type in the words and spellcheck

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Just saw this post on Yugatech. I thought it was fun so I tried it out and this is the badge I got:77%How Addicted to Blogging Are You? JustSayHi - Free Personals

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I found a cool link on PBSKids . The webpages teaches time management for kids. I was ecstatic: I've been looking for some references on this for some time. The approach may be bit too executive-like for younger kids (and thinking of my 8- and 9-year-old kids, maybe they might find it boring). There's a pre-evaluation, a drill-and-practice crossword to help pique the youngin's interest. But

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I've been searching for a new house for the past several months.I searched the Net with Google as the default search engine. I was just so pleasantly surprised to find even bigger, more innovative property and listing engines such as Trulia & Point2 Homes.Point2 Homes was developed in Canada. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they listed over 500 agents direct from the Philippines! Many

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My daughters begged me to make their 3rd quarter test review more fun. Read: less boring. I remembered what Ms. Fahlmann, the children's pre-school teacher, said about using computer aided instruction: make sure you teach the concepts first on paper before allowing them to use the computers for practice. Otherwise, the program becomes a game for them. I did just that. I went to my favourite

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For most of us Moms who have a thousand-and-one things to do at home but can't seem to find sufficient time to do these tasks well, please get a copy of Frannie Daez's book, "Keep It Together". I find the book to be well-written, nicely printed, and full of practical tips on home management. There are many good lists in the book that seem to streamline the complex responsibilities of running

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Our friend and Bibliamate, Christian David, recently gave Gerry my hubby a nice present: a bottle of Intra capsules!Intra is a popular vitamin supplement from the Lifestyles group. Christian is International Marketing Director for the company. And since you can only get the product through its network of marketing professionals,we were fortunate to get it direct from the head himself!Gerry was

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I kept my promise to my kids that I'll change their Halloween costumes this year. They've been fairy princesses for the past 3 years. Same dress, same wings.For this year's treck to Ayala Alabang Village's traditional Halloween treat, my kids went to Toy Kingdom for new costumes to transform them into All Hallow's Eve vixens. Mira went as a pretty wizardress. Sachi, well, a princess with a

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Ok. After the initial excitement with Blogger Beta, I'm now trying to transfer my m-blog entries to my main blog, I just found out that it's available only in the US. Patience, patience. When, when?!?In the meantime I have temporary m-blog sites for this experiment. Hmmmm.

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I just moved Mom on Mobile to the new Blogger Beta, after seeing the irresistable "Move to Blogger Beta" icon and a tip-off from the Geekette. Blogger made sure that I didn't have to lift too many fingers to do it: simply register for a Google account, and they automatically transfer the entire content to the new platform. Well, that's service.I find Blogger Beta's emphasis on doing mobile

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Ok, I haven't been posting for a long time. But aside from the usual excuse that I've been busy (and a good deal dizzy not only with work, but due to a medical condition), I've been having connection problems with my dial-up service.Thanks to my handy, new Sony Ericsson K800i's 3.2 megapixel camera , I was able to record moments and the almost surreal experience of living through a Typhoon

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Just peered at J Spot's article on Innove's missed marketing opportunity during a blogger's meet up at Greenbelt 2's Temple Bar. There's talk ( I read) about introducing 3G wireless internet connectivity.When I inquired about this 3G service at the Globe Service Center in ATC, the customer representative directed me to Innove. They didn't want to say much about it, except to say that it really

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I felt more affirmed by the Problogging talk by the Pinoy A-listers in iBlog2. I realize that problogging is really a leading-edge form of Minipreneurism. Hearing the panelists, it allows you to do what you love, make a more than decent living (Abe Olandres, Php7,000-85,000/month/BLOG for independent bloggers is NOT peanuts money!), use your creative and strategic skills, plus have time with the

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Just visited Technorati to explore how to get more blog traffic via tagging. Great for problogging.

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I've been tweaking my e-learning blog, Architelago, this blog and Launch n Learn with Google AdSense. Successfully migrated Architelago to WordPress. . .and having a great online conversation with dynamic Pinoy Bloggers. Thanks to iBlog2. Wonderful. Now my daughters want to try podcasting. That'll be a great summer project for them--better than watching Nickelodeon all day!

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Posted this Holy Week reflection as my way of serving God through this blog. We know so much, and yet how many times do we act on what we know, in the service of others?

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I remember Ms. Fahlman, my daughter's former Senior Kinder teacher in Canadian International School . She said that online or educational computer games are effective for drills, practice or integration. But the key is to first teach them the concepts in class. Otherwise the CD program's learning aspect is lost on the child. So since then, I would lead my kids to do these edugames usually after

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I checked out my fave PinoyTech Blog. I came across Miguel Paraz's article on Minipreneurs. The article shows how we get both freedom and control when we make a business out of doing what we love. Rapidly turn your hobby into a profit-making global venture, thanks to the free and accessible info technologies. The Net may seem to be common. But in the Philippines, using SMS to forward sales

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I've been a diehard user of the Palm for the past eight years. I've had 4 Palms, from the IIIc to my current Tungsten T2. It was great for research, even nicer now for storing JPEG photos coming from my handphone. However, it has been a challenge to keep my patience when my Graffiti writing system can't tell a 't' stroke from the 'h' stroke after 4 tries--and no, it isn't the protective film

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Last week the kids had their 3rd quarter exams. And with the load of assignments and quizzes, it was no wonder that they found reviewing such a pain.Between typing out the client proposals and answering e-mail, I zipped through the Magic Net to give me a wealth of free learning aids. A search with Yahooligans led me to an interactive crossword puzzle on homographs on Quia.com. The kids had a

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Wow, has it ONLY been about 5 weeks without a maid?!? Felt like 2 months. In that time I have graduated from senorita to Domestic Diva.But now I am saved from increasingly dehydrated skin, bad nails and a front yard badly in need of sweeping when my hoped-for maid finally arrived. A dark, 38-year old mother from Butuan City . She is a dream of a helper, and came fresh off the boat. A few

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Taking a breather. I've been without a maid for the past 10 days.The irony of it is that you let them go because they were inefficient or really lazy.Then you realize 15 lbs, 4 eyebags and 7 wrinkles later that better to have another pair of hands than to make a go of it on your own.I've wondered if it's unusual to be maidless in Manila, where it's a status symbol to have a cordon of maids in

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Attended the Woodrose School PQF (Parent's Quarterly Forum) for my grade 2 daughter. Our class, 2-c, had the largest number of attendees. Interesting that we had to move to the function room and do our class profile briefing behind closed doors, while the two other sections conducted theirs in the auditorium. Just found out that our class was the most 'active'--can't seem to keep them seated or

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I'm a Catholic Mom. I remember keeping track of the daily Mass readings for my journal reflections by subscribing to Mobile Gabriel from AvantGo .It's named after the Archangel Gabriel, who announced to Mary the birth of Christ, and is the Patron of Communications.Mobile Gabriel works on both Pocket PC or Palm OS platforms. Great for those using the multimedia phones that are so handy nowadys.

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This is surreal: I'm finishing my first post in the hospital as I watch over my 7-year-old daughter. She has been confined in the Asian Hospital for dengue fever symptoms, which turned out to be pneumonitis.While attending to her for the past 3 days, I've brought my little HP laptop to keep me from worrying about her platelet count results and her cough. I brought no yaya as I feel no maid can

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