posted by Jennie on Jun 3
Father’s Day will be on June 20, 2010. That will be less than three weeks away. While we cannot deny the reality of the epidemic of missing fathers, we should nonetheless celebrate fathers who have stood up as the head of the family that they are purposed to be. If truth will be told, a whole bunch of fathers are but taken for granted. Just because they are expected to provide and protect their respective families, they should be left unappreciated. Methinks fathers should be appreciated and affirmed more by their loved ones.
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posted by Jennie on Jun 3
Now that I have Lady Rouge at my disposal, I am not anymore at the mercy of my husband to drive me places. It really helps a lot that I need not depend on his every busy schedule. But the hubby, up to now is teaching me how to drive in a more fuel efficient manner. He cannot help being my backseat driver whenever I’m the one behind the wheel. His landing as a topnotch last year for a fuel efficient run is probably driving him to want to teach me how. 
But I did get a few fuel saving pointers he had taught me. Like not lugging around with extra and unnecessary weight in the car. Because the more weight we lug around in the car, the more fuel it burns.
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posted by Jennie on Jun 1
My boys and I attended the launch of the Mind Museum’s online fund raising campaign in Market! Market! last Saturday, May 29, 2010. We also got a taste of what Mind Museum has to offer for family and kids via The Roving Space Shell – a travelling inflatable dome that would bring the wonders of the universe within our reach. The 8-meter diameter Roving Space Shell is from Cosmodome Australia and is the choice of many universities and research institutions around the world, including NASA. This inflatable planetarium can sit up to 50 people comfortably with a 360- degree view of the shows through a high definition projector. This also provides the public a sneak preview of what The Mind Museum, our country’s first world class science museum, will be offering to the public when it opens late next year.
The Roving Space Shell
My boys and I just before we got in the Roving Space Shell
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posted by Jennie on May 31
JIVE Youth is the youth ministry of Sumlong Baptist Church – Makati. The official site of JIVE Youth has been up for some years now. But we weren’t able to work on the site as much. Last Friday, as one of the youth leaders submitted yet another article for publishing, I was inspired to work on its promotion by creating its very own fan page on Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Jennie on May 29
The family and I will be attending an event in Market! Market! early today for the launch of the online fundraising campaign of The Mind Museum. I have looked in it and it is said to be the Philippines’ first world-class science museum. I am just thrilled that I can tag the little guy along with us. Just like we did during our Zoobic Safari Adventure last week. This homeschooling family sure is enjoying the perks of blogging. It’s just like we’re having a field trip when we do this. We can always make use of the experiences and incorporate them in our lessons.
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posted by Jennie on May 28
Wyeth sent me a can of Wyeth’s Progress Pre-School Gold and a Healthway card for mother’s day last week! Thank you Wyeth!
Committed to helping mothers raise healthy children, Wyeth’s Progress Pre-School Gold now goes beyond providing superior nutritional products by offering superior medical care as well. Working together with Healthway, the joint project aims to provide families increased access to quality maternal and child healthcare services.
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posted by Jennie on May 28
My husband and I first reconsidered getting a helper to assist us around the house last year when we first jumped into the homeschooling grind. But as I later went on adapting to our home schooling schedule, we held that thought in and pushed it back down until now, a year later.
Truth be told, I could really make use of a help, being the lone person who takes care of the house, home school my son, while I work from home (as a virtual assistant and blog for a living). There are days that I get pretty overwhelmed and the busyness gets the best of me, which shouldn’t be.
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posted by Jennie on May 28
The hubby and I had to cut our respective post paid lines with one mobile network. It was the first network I ever subscribed with, dating back from 1997. I was with them 10 years and they only proved to deteriorate in their service, despite the various new offers they give out to clients, new and old. We finally said our goodbyes when we knew we have had it with all the charges from nowhere in our bills. That is, after six long months of following up on the reversal of the charges. I don’t know how other clients put up with them. But I definitely know a bunch of people who have switched to the competing network with the same sentiments as ours.
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posted by Jennie on May 27
This is the time of the year where premiums have been paid and the next we have to prepare for are the school expenses. The next homeschool curriculum that our family is going to use for our son is School of Tomorrow’s ready to read program – ABCs with Ace and Christi. Our son will go through this curriculum for approximately 3 months and he will be off to first grade from there.
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posted by Jennie on May 27
Last Sunday we celebrated our local church’s 7th anniversary! SBC-Makati has come a long way since it started. As a church family, we are continually praying for God’s leading towards the property that we hope to transfer to. We have a great God and nothing is impossible with Him.
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posted by Jennie on May 26
When Alex Dizon had us sign up for a whole day event in Zoobic Safari, I knew I just had to grab hold of the opportunity for a learning experience for the little guy. Since our son has been blogging for sometime now, he also gets to sign up. Nevermind if we had to wake up earlier than usual. It was something all of us (and not just our 5 year old tot) looked forward to.
The event coincided with the launch of Zoobic Safari’s newest attractions: The Zoobic Cave and The Forbidden Cave. The Zoobic Cave is a taxidermy museum. Real stuffed animals are showcased in this cave that mimics the natural habitat of exotic animals, complete with waterfalls and a pond. The Forbidden Cave took us through a forest with two waterfalls, a shaking hanging bridge and real aetas spitting fire.
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posted by Jennie on May 26
The hubby has been telling me he’d make it up to me before he leaves for Africa. How he’s going to do that, I have got no slightest idea. I keep reminding him that he’s said this before when he got too busy with the youth camp preparations. My love language being Quality Time, cannot take so much of busyness very gracefully.
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posted by Jennie on May 26
I think my system has finally kicked off the cold bug I have had for months. It did not help that I don’t get to prepare our kefir shake on a daily basis. I know I ought to do it on a daily basis especially so that those babies (grains) grow like crazy in this kind of unforgiving weather that we have.
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posted by Jennie on May 25
Last Sunday, in between church services, I hopped into the Expo Mom 2010 Bazaar in Rockwell to take a peek at their ongoing campaigns. I specifically went to listen to the talks of Mommy Jen Tan of MomEx and the actress Mommy Dimples Romana on time management – It’s Time to Unlock the Secret to Your Child’s Success.
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posted by Jennie on May 25
Too cute! This is one of my photos of our little guy while we were touring around Zoobic Safari. My post about our adventure will be up soon. I’m still looking through the close to 1,000 photos I took from that excursion. I’m in the process of editing and resizing. If I could share all the photos here, I would.
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