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From Manila Workshops: Ready to be Rich: Family Finances

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Update:  Manilamommy.com readers get Php 200 off from the registration fee! Thanks Manila Workshops! Getting my head around managing family's finances is one of my goals this year. I was lucky that I was able to attend  AXA Failproof seminar and that workshop made me realize more than ever the value of Financial Quotient and in proactively talking about money with your husband and family. Money is a touchy subject really and so having the right tools to handle it is key. If you're … [Continue reading]

Noah Turns One: Paper Treats and The Candy Shop Prints

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And the supplier ratings have commenced! Hehe :D Noah's Noah's Ark party suppliers begins with invites from Paper Treats and Printing from the Candy Shop Prints! I planned Noah's party all online and via social media sites. Some of the suppliers for the party are ones whom I have worked with on David's events. I have recommended most of them for my friends' kids because we developed a really good working relationship and we have kept in toch even after our event. I really have yet to … [Continue reading]

Friday Fun Find: Celestina & Co’s Clever Halloween Costumes!

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Apron Costume

I don't know when exactly us Pinoys began celebrating Halloween like the Western World. I remember growing up being excited over Oct. 31 because it's the start of a 3-day vacation for my parents and we would all be at home preparing for our annual visit to our dearly departed loved ones. Now that I'm a mom though, Halloween is too much fun because I loooove seeing kids dressed up as ghouls, goblins and superheroes. David went trick or treating as a pilot and as a knight in their school's … [Continue reading]

Interested in homeschooling? There’s a workshop for that!

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homeschooling workshop

May aaminin ako, whenever I hear homeschooling, I think about the DECS Home Study Program. I found about this from...That's Entertaiment! Whenever Kuya Germs would ask his proteges if they're still studying they would always answer "DECS Home Study" and ayun #alamna hahaha But fast forward to now and the homeschooling movement here in the Philippines has gone from strength to strength. Fellow bloggers like Cris of MyMommyJourney and Joy Mendoza of Teach With Joyhave shown me that … [Continue reading]

Mye and Alphonse

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me. mye and alphonse

While my trip to Singapore certainly had its highlights, the most special one happened as soon as I went out of Changi. I finally met Mye and her darling little boy Alphonse. I couldn't stop squeezing Alphonse, the feisty little fighter who I wrote about here when Mye was raising funds for his heart surgery. Mye is a talented and wonderfully creative digital scrapbook artist. She has her own website which is filled with goodies that would make a digital crafter weep with joy. Mye … [Continue reading]