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As Manu enters the nursery classroom, he immediately sees the sets of paints, paint brushes, and papers located at the art center. He heads straight towards them, sits down on the table, and begins painting. Here you can see him with Teacher Rica.

I could tell (and the teachers too) that my little boy loves painting. Here’s a couple of pics which show him painting together with his co-campers.

After painting on more than a couple of sheets, he decides to go to the block area as he sees some dinosaur toys (which is one of his favorites). Here you can see that a road and a tunnel were built for the dinosaurs to have somewhere to run

One of Manu’s favorite things inside the classroom are the school’s pet turtles, Thomas and Snap. Here you can see the little boy looking closely at them.

I believe they call this the Circle Time, where the kids are engaged in singing, dancing, and storytelling. Here is the part where they play with the scarves (this reminded me of a similar TLG activity ).

On this picture, you’ll see Manu holding a Triangle. This is the part where they let the kids try out different musical instruments.

There were other several activities during circle time, but unfortunately my camera wouldn’t cooperate (as usual).

By the end of the one hour class, Manu decides to give the bike a try. Ten minutes after, we headed home.

Yesterday was day number 5 of The Bridge School’s Summer Camp, and I could say that so far, so good. By the way he is behaving at camp, I think he’s ready to be more than a happy camper

If your planning to get a new health insurance then you better “shop” for one first. It’s true. These days, even health insurance quotations can be made online. Do an online search and you may find Kaiser Health Insurance Plans which offers quality medical insurance coverage at affordable prices. Of course, this method of applying online for a health insurance is still uncharted territory here in the Philippines but it will definitely catch on since it educates and informs without costs – which is really the reason why we shop first before buying. Since the quotes are US –based we can really only learn from it and apply it to what we should ask from local providers. ‘Cause whether it’s a developed or a 3^rd world country, health care IS health care.

Tagged by Abie.

What time do you usually wake up?
8am (though I wish I could sleep until noon )

What’s the first thing you do?
During weekdays: Take a 30 minute bath On weekends: Sleep some more

Breakfast?
Sometimes.

Do you go to work/school?
Yep.

Do you like it?
I like the perks that come with it

If you stay at home, what do you do all day?
Sleep. Eat. Surf. Play with Manu.

When’s lunch and what you eatin’?
12 noon. Anything I feel like eating (and that’s most likely a rice meal).

What time do you get home from work/school?
9pm.

What do you do?
Let’s be a bit specific, shall we?
at work - boss around; at home - boss around (ay. pareho lang din pala )

Dinner: When and what?
9pm. Rice with a favorite viand.

What do you do to unwind?
Go malling.

What’s your favorite part of the day?
Evening.

Who’s your favorite person to interact with?
Manu, of course.

When’s bedtime?
on the average, 12MN.

Who’s bedtime with?
Gats. Manu. Tom and Jerry. Winnie the Pooh. Elmo.

I’m tagging Jen.

A couple of months ago our computer crashed and we were left wondering whether we can still recover the priceless number of photos of our trips and of course and little baby boy. According to the shop where my husband took our unit, the hard drive isn’t spinning right – whatever that means. What do I know about Hard Drives and Operating Systems?! I know that you need both for all the functions of the computer to work but the technicality of it all is lost on me. All I need is the power-on button, mouse and keyboard, and I’m set. Luckily we were able to recover all our files! Two things learned out of all this: (1) always back-up your important files either in another drive or through dvd’s, and (2) have your favorite pictures printed, sorted and filed the old-fashioned way to keep all those memories safe!

That’s Starbucks’ Mocha Frappuccino in a bottle. Saw it while I was doing the groceries yesterday at SM Hypermart. Thought I’d give it a try.

So it isn’t your usual blended frap but it was delicious. Gulped in less than a minute. Yum-yum

One of the things that fall under my area of responsibility is the company’s insurance requirements – from commercial to vehicle to health.  It seems a pretty easy job but let me tell you, monitoring can be tedious.  I have to make sure that employees are covered under the right plan, vehicles properly insured, and properties aptly covered.  I am fortunate though to have a good insurance broker who  helps me in dealing with the insurance companies in terms of acquiring the best insurance coverage at affordable premiums, and coordinating with the insurance companies for our company’s behalf.  This reminds me to get in touch with them within the next few weeks as our health insurance is up for renewal by the 3rd quarter.

How fast time flies. The second quarter has begun and before you know it, Christmas is just around the corner. Thinking about this stresses me a bit as project deadlines and contract renewals (e.g., office space rent, group personal accident and health insurance) draw near.  I suppose I should really begin planning and call on a major department meeting to lay out our plans for the next two quarters.

Coming from a trip to Tagaytay, we recently passed by a certain development in Dasmarinas Cavite offering (would you believe?) American-inspired homes. It seems that the days of seeing Mediterranean-inspired homes have come and gone. If you’ve seen episodes of Smallville (you know, the younger, pre-Uberman Clark Kent series), the houses in this future community are reminiscent of the house where Clark lived on. It’s really quite nice. Shingle-looking roof, pastel paints, vinyl shutters, and a porch to complete the look. Worth looking into if you’d to call Cavite home.

There are a million things that I have to do here at the office and at home which explains why I haven’t updated my blog as much as I wanted to during the past few days. And since this is the case, I also can not bloghop as frequently as before. I try to peek and do a quick read though on the blogsites of the MBAP members (you know who you are! ) and of my favorite mommy and soon-to-be (?) mommy bloggers, Iris, Em, Maybelle, Gracie, and Vannie, to name a few (Vannie girl, is your site still down? May I suggest that you look for a company who is dependable and offers the best web hosting service that meets your requirements? ).

As much as I want to update my blog everyday, and read yours at the same time, I can’t. I am now setting priorities (read: more time working at the office, and of spending time with my boys and less time in front of the computer), plus cooking up something which will take up majority of my time. I’ll blog about it if I decide to push through

I had always wanted to do a virtual makeover, but the only website I knew that offers this type of service doesn’t offer the service for free! So so when I saw Joy had made herself over via the online site of InStyle, I just had to do it (it’s f-r-e-e, you see )!

I really had a fun time doing this makeover. Hubby could tell as I was laughing like a crazy woman while I was doing this thing. If only I could show you the horrendous results that made me insanely laugh! Of course, I choose not to — just plain ugly!

Anyways, here are the better results (as far as I’m concerned) of my virtual makeover:

gwen

Hubby doesn’t like this. So let’s move on to the next pic, shall we?

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