Travelling is a Learning Experience

When I was young, I never had the chance to really go out and see beyond the province where I grew up with. Not even around the country. It was only when I was working that I had the chance to travel the Philippines and in Asia.

As I was visiting these foreign places both locally and abroad, I realized I had missed out on a lot of things. One wrong notion I had on travelling, to my mind I treat it as an expense, which shouldn’t be the case. Admittedly, travelling requires you to spend but for you to maximize its benefit and enjoy it is to consider it as an investment.

Travelling is a learning experience, you get to see a world different from your own. Learn their language, their culture, appreciate their food and discover a thing or two as you go through this wonderful experience.
We live in a magnificent world, full of beauty and adventures waiting to be discovered. There is no limit to the things we can do; it is only the mind that sets our limitations.

“All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” – Samuel Johnson

On house furnishings

It’s been a while since I have purchased any major furniture for the house. The main reason is that we are still renting. I would not want to purchase anything and then it might not fit the house that we will acquire. Waste of money is one thing I am avoiding.

Probably the major thing I have done for my furniture would be the re-upholstery of my sofa set, acquiring tv stands for the television sets, and the little stuff that are really necessary. I'm reserving my energy and excitement in furnishing our own house. I am still hopeful that our dream house will cease to be a dream one day .... with God's grace.

Choosing the right thermal printer for your business

When you have chosen the right POS system for your growing enterprise, your sales transactions will surely be peaking up and volume will continue to increase, it is now time for you to pick out the best printer for your rapidly expanding business.

An assortment of thermal printers is readily available in the market, it is just a matter of picking out the perfect product that will match your needs. One of the printers available is the EPSON brand. It has now introduced the latest addition to its industry-leading TM-T88 POS printer series, the tm-t88iv. It is designed to cater to high volume retail and hospitality environment. It can deliver faster printing with its added two-color capability which you can use to emphasize your company logo. It also features both wired and wireless interfaces. The TM-T88IV is more reliable and has a lot of new ease-of-use features.

You can now speed up customer transactions with its recorded speed of up to 7.9 inches per transaction. No reason for you to have long lines at the cashier. A product such as this can truly help your growing business.

POS Systems

Are you tired of matching your inventory from your daily sales? Chasing those unrecorded transactions? When you’re a retailer, it is important that you record your sales accurately and never have to worry about spending time looking for that entry that never got documented. If you often have this kind of problem, I believe it is time for you to consider providing your store with the technology that can give you timely and accurate sales tracking and record inventory levels without delay. This technology is called Point of Sale system.

There are a lot of POS systems in the market today that will cater to your business needs. Whether you are a simple retailer, restaurant owner or a full scale business enterprise, you can find the perfect system for you. A little investment that can assure you of the efficiency and success of your business!

Buying Toys Online

With our busy schedule, more and more moms (and dads) are finding it more convenient to buy things online, most especially when it comes to buying their children’s toys.

I must say it’s kind of cool, aside from the fact that it saves you a lot of time, it can also be a bonding moment with your kid as you go through the pages and choose the toy or toys they like. Since you do not have to worry about travel time and long lines going to the cashier, you have more time to talk about and deliberate your choices. It’s also easier to choose, since you can opt to pick out toys by price range, by gender and by category. Isn’t that fun? Maybe you can stumble into one of their “sale” items without haggling through the crowd of people wanting to get the best bargain. That’s truly an added benefit!

Career Search Services

In building a career, it essential that you find the right job for you. There are lots of tools available for job seekers to find the perfect job that would truly fit your competencies.

As an HR practitioner, one of the tools we use in recruitment is subscribing to career search services and networking tools. It aids us in recruiting the right person for the job. It enables me and my colleagues to search through resumes of job seekers and provides us ease of short listing qualified candidates.

This kind of opportunity likewise helps job seekers and professionals find jobs and improve their careers. As they post their qualifications, it opens their doors to the job market and online advertising, giving them the edge as they take charge of their career direction.

With tools such as this, it delivers quality and targeted results for both employers and job seekers.

Travel to New York

Who would miss out on visiting the “Big Apple” while you’re in the US? One of the famous cities in the world where you can find everything, from Finance, Culture, Fashion, Food, Arts and Entertainment. As they say, “It’s the city that never sleeps.”

From the photos, movies, books and magazines that I have read and seen, it makes me more excited to visit this renowned city and experience everything firsthand. The nice things about travelling nowadays are the various deals you can find just by surfing the net, which makes booking more convenient. There are several packages you can choose from depending on your need. From the budget conscious to the more luxurious traveler, you can pick from the options that best fit your taste.

Now, you can travel new york (New York!) right at your fingertips.

Choosing a tile design

Whether you are renovating or building your own house, using the perfect tile or tile design is a very important factor. Be it in the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom or living room, whatever design you choose will be an integral part in contributing to the total look of your house.

For Kitchens and Bathrooms, aside from the design you should also consider its durability, resistance to stains and one that is easy to maintain in terms of cleaning.

For the living room, since this is the place where you most probably receive your guests, the design should reflect your individual character or your personality.

For the bedroom, which is often your sanctuary -- a place where you relax, the design that you will choose should bring warmth and coziness to the room.

To “Unfriend” a friend

With the rising popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, etc., people connect faster with their friends, relatives and peers. It keeps you in touch with people whom you call friends.

I opened my Facebook account to let me touch base with my relatives in and out of the country. It also allowed me to touch base with old friends especially my high school friends whom for quite some time, I have lost connection with.

However with all these positive things you can draw from using a social networking site, it is also a fact that it is prone to drama. Sometimes over sharing can lead to negative feedback from your so-called friends which can give you enough reason to “unfriend” a friend. Fortunately for me, this has yet to happen and I sure hope it won’t ever happen.

I guess many people have experienced this kind of drama in their online life enough to catch the attention of Oxford Dictionary, as they declare “unfriend” as 2009 Word of the Year.

Oxford defines "unfriend," a verb, thusly: "To remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site such as Facebook."

As in, “I decided to unfriend my roommate on Facebook after we had a fight.”

Let's just say that in my vocabulary, a friend should be a friend forever.

Welcoming a new sibling

Welcoming a new baby is a very exciting phase in building up your family. However, parents should also consider how an older child may feel knowing that she now has a competition for mom and dad's attention. It shouldn't be the case, it's a matter of preparing your older child. I was particular on this matter with my daughter. I made every step to make her feel more comfortable with the arrival of her baby brother. I made her feel secure and less displaced by making her part of the welcoming committee.

Even before my son was born, I have prepared my daughter by always telling her what to expect; that she will be Mommy's little helper in taking care of the baby. I let her feel my tummy and talk to his brother while inside the womb, and tell her things like how a baby's sleep pattern can affect mom's sleep pattern. This way she won't be surprised when mommy wakes up late. Or things like the advantages of being an "ate" (older sister), like she can teach lots of stuff to him. Most importantly, "ownership" is a major part of welcoming by choosing words like "baby brother" rather than the "new baby", this way she knows that she is part of the team.

She played a role in taking care of her newly born brother. Even though most of my family members do not agree since my son was born underweight, my family was so scared to even carry him, the very reason why they were very careful with my daughter around him. But that did not stop me from letting her be close as possible to her brother, with my supervision, she was able to sleep beside him, feed him, cuddle and play with him. I also give her assignments such as handing me the diaper or the towel, holding the feeding bottle, preparing her baby brother's clothes and stuff that she enjoys doing.




Studies say that children with the closest relationships with their mothers show the most upset after the baby is born while children with a close relationship with their father seem to adjust better. With that in mind, I tried to be more affectionate in terms of my relationship with my daughter. This way I believe I am minimizing sibling rivalry and play down any power struggle as early as possible. There are times that she would "act out" like a baby, get cranky and throw some tantrums but I know that she only wants assurance that she is still loved.

Remembering my kid's newborn days...

It's been a while since I have gone through the photos of my kids as newborn. As I scan these photos, I cannot help but reminisce the days when they were so fragile and delicate. Oh, how time flies....

This is our first born ... isn't she cute? She's already a teenager and I still consider her my baby.

And our bunso (youngest child), who is now a tweener....

I would like to thank Chris of Mommy Moments for coming up with such an interesting meme. This is a good exercise for me. My kids are all grown up now and I have not regretted a single moment, I have chosen to grow up with them, to savor all our moments together, to witness their milestones and just to be there for them.

New Year's List 2010

Every year, I look forward to the promise of a brighter future. That’s why I love New Year... it always gives you a fresh start. Change is the only thing that is constant in this world and I am expecting a lot of that this year, hopefully a lot of positive changes.

Here are some of the goals I have listed for this New Year:

• Sleep early – LOL! But no kidding, I need to get into the habit of sleeping normally. It’s affecting my health already.
• Be productive online – meaning to update my blogs rather than doing nonsense when I am online.
• Be serious with my weight loss – this is something I need to do more for health purposes. Life online is quite sedentary and I need to move those muscles.
• Summer Activities - Kids will hopefully have a fruitful summer with their planned summer activities.
• Photography Class – from basic to advance. I plan to take it up on the next level.
• Travel – is always a good way to learn. I just hope we can do more travel adventures this year.

This is quite a short list from what I have, but somethings I opted to keep it to myself (if you know what I mean).With the help of prayers, we can do all of these things and more this year.

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