The difference between a man’s brain and a woman’s brain
You’ve surely heard it a gazillion times over that men are from Mars, women are from Venus. They just can’t think along the same wavelength sometimes and that often results to misunderstanding and friction in the relationship. I myself, in my desperate effort to understand men’s psyche, end up throwing this cosmic question out into the void: “Can we ever fully understand why men behave the way they do and why women detest a lot of it?”
In my persistent quest for a believable answer, I found this very engaging, very funny yet sensible video on YouTube by Mark Gungor. This video is part of a 4 DVD seminar called “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage.” Gungor, a Sr. Pastor of Celebration Church, infuses both truth and humor in conducting his marriage seminars.
Watch this hilarious video and laugh your heart out but in the end, you’ll be surprised you’re enlightened.
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iblog6: The 6th Blogging Summit is coming!
Heads up for bloggers and entrepreneurs who are interested about what blogging can do in this day and age - iblog6: The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit is on this April 16 and 17 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, Quezon City from 8 am to 5 pm.
The first day is targeted for business people who want to maximize blogging as a powerful tool in creating awareness campaigns for their products and services. The more buzz, the better your chances for higher revenues and profits, right?
The second day will focus on blogging 101 and other related information about blogging. Talks will also include blog policies, money-making online, video blogging, photo blogging, social and political blogging, and many others.
Blogging has been giving me additional income for over a year now but I feel that I still have a lot to learn so I’m looking forward to attending on the second day even if it means that I’d be depriving myself of sleep (I work night shift) on that day.
Register here now! Free food stubs and participant kits will be given to the first 250 registered participants who will show up early at the venue.
Here’s the 2-day schedule as posted by Ms. Janette Toral:
Day 1 (April 16, 2010)
9:00 – 9:15 Opening Ceremonies (National Anthem, Welcome Remarks by JJ Disini)
9:15 – 9:35 Blogging for Business: Tapping Bloggers to Generate Buzz (Janette Toral)
9:50 to 10:10 Advertising in Blogs (Abe Olandres)
10:25 – 10:50 BREAK
10:50 – 11:10 SPONSOR talk (Ivy Jean Vibar)
11:25 – 11:45 SEO & Blogging to Promote Your Business (Francis Gary Viray)
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH / NETWORKING
1:30 – 1:50 Measuring Blog Buzz (Carlo Ople)
2:05 – 2:25 Legal Concerns in Blogging for Business (Emerson Bañez)
2:40 – 3:00 BREAK
3:00 – 3:20 Blogger and Advertiser: What is the Win-Win Relationship? (Diana Paterno)
3:35 – 3:50 Online Attraction Marketing (Manuel Viloria)
4:05 RAFFLE and GROUP PICTURE
Day 2 (April 17, 2010)
8:45 Opening Ceremonies (National Anthem & Welcome)
9:00 – 9:20 Blogging 101 (Hannah Villasis)
9:35 – 9:55 Video Blogging 101 (Vince Golangco)
10:10 – 10:30 Photo Blogging 101 (Juned Sonido)
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 11:20 Blog Policies (Emerson Bañez)
11:35 – 11:55 Blog on Mobile (Racquel R. Cagurangan)
12:10 – 1:20 LUNCH & NETWORKING
1:20 – 1:30 Performance (UP Concert Chorus)
1:30 – 2:15 Political, Online Commentary, Social Media, & Election Blogging 2010 (Marck Ronald Rimorin and Noemi Dado)
2:30 – 2:50 Launching Successful Blog Contests (Jinoe Gavan)
3:05 – 3:20 BREAK
3:20 – 3:40 Impact of Blogging to the Community (Joseph Gonzales)
3:55 – 4:15 SEO: A Must for Making Money Online (Marhgil Macuha)
4:30 RAFFLE, iBlog Video Contest Winner Announcement, & GROUP PHOTO
Emcees: Flowell Galindez and Atty. Michelle Dy (UP-ISP)
It’s a perfect opportunity to learn more about this craft and meet hundreds of other bloggers and sponsors, grow one’s network, and improve one’s earning potential through blogging. See you there, guys!
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Hooking up fast thru a wireless router
I consider speed as one of the most significant elements in my broadband connection. That is why even as I plan to get a wireless router to be able to share my broadband connection with a new laptop, I want to make sure that it doesn’t adversely affect my internet browsing speed.
It’s good to know that there are a lot of remarkable wireless router options that I can find online. I found wireless routers that promise high speed, great coverage, easy installation and configuration. Some even come with a firewall protection to resist internet attacks. Two of the most impressive products I found were ZyXEL P330W 802.11g Wireless Router which is compact yet is packed with notable features, and Linksys WRT110 RangePlus which is the router being used by my former call center employer.
Also, I found a buying guide for wireless routers that can be handy for non-techie people like me. It provides easy-to-understand information about wireless routers and access points. Information includes not only products and product features but also about wireless network requirements, standards, and many others.
Getting hooked up to the rest of the world is now as fast as a push of a button. With the help of a wireless router, computers can share an internet connection real quick and easy, making the world even smaller.
Skin care products that work
Wrinkles. Eye bags. Dark circles around the eyes. Acne scars. Laugh lines. These are just some of the skin problems that most of us women are dying to combat. But with thousands of skin care products available in the market today, how do we know which ones are really effective? I myself have tried out a good number of facial creams and eye gels and I usually get lucky that the products I choose work for me. In choosing the products that work best, I look at the ingredients.
One of the revolutionary ingredients in modern skin care products like anti-aging creams is Matrixyl. Matrixyl is said to stimulate Collagen and Fibronectin - the ones we lose as we get older, hence making our skin thin and wrinkly. Matrixyl is said to work in the DNA level, giving us back our skin elasticity and eliminating sagging skin more effectively. This revolutionary ingredient is present in anti-aging products made by scientific skin care companies like Dermajuv.
Another promising ingredient in modern skin care today is Collaxyl which is said to make the skin regenerate new cells. This is present in Dermajuv’s Acne Scar Fading Cream which smooths and heals acne scars and fades the discoloration around them.
Being in my mid-30’s and wearing so many hats at home and at work, the ill-effects of aging should start showing up on my face. Amusingly, I always get mistaken to be in my late 20’s, lol. No matter how tired I am sometimes, I make time to cleanse my face and then moisturize it before I doze off. And since I sometimes don’t get to have enough sleep, I put on an eye cream to relieve my puffy eyes and the dark circles under them. Like many others, I’m a busy mom and caring for my skin is like pampering myself. And I believe every woman deserves a little pampering.
Chillin’ on a weekend
Saturdays and Sundays are my favorite days of the week. It’s when I get to chill out and listen to my favorite tunes in YouTube like this one from Chris Rice - When Did You Fall. Enjoy your weekend, peeps!
When the going gets tough, unwind! Play bingo online
We’re all equipped to handle stress in our own different ways like scrapbooking, listening to music, power napping, shopping, watching videos on youtube, reading a good book, or just spending time alone or with our family. Whatever makes us happy depends on our mood and personal preferences. Mine is either sleeping, listening to my favorite songs, shopping or going online. I may get sucked out of energy to update my blogs sometimes, but I never get tired of looking for online games to perk me up whenever I’m all stressed out.
Lately I’ve been hooked to bingo, particularly this online bingo that incorporates the fun and excitement of basketball. I got curious seeing that the bingo players in this site are women.
Playing Bingo (offline) has always been the highlight of our annual family reunion back in Mindanao because of the interactive fun it brings, not to mention the huge prizes involved. I’m pleased to know that I can also play bingo online for free but then have the possibility of pocketing real money. How cool is that?
Though I’m not really after the monetary reward per se but more on the stress relief, I can’t help but get curious too. Well, I find it enticing to see fellow ladies brandishing their online bingo winnings and I like reading their awesome stories. But with the time I spend for myself, just going through the motions and enjoying online bingo like nobody cares, I’m good. After all, I just play for fun. And fun I truly get!
After 7 long years, justice is served to my ex-journalist hubby
Our family feels relieved and blessed. Justice, after all, still prevails in this country. It may have taken a long time to hear this much-awaited decision from the Supreme Court but at least we didn’t wait in vain.
My hubby was a hard-hitting journalist many years ago. He was so good at his job that he even won a sought-after Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Investigative Reporting during his stint as an associate editor of a local paper in our hometown, Davao. But along the way, as he exposed some anomalies in the government, he found enemies too - including his own employer who’s politician-friendly. In other words, my hubby lost his job while doing what he was supposed to do as a member of the media - to be a watchdog of society.
Let me publish here the gist of the story as written by my hubby after the Supreme Court decision came out:
“In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a former newspaper editor who filed an illegal dismissal case against his publisher almost seven years earlier, after being relieved over the publication of articles that involved anomalies in the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) and high officials from the Davao region, including the current Speaker of the House of Representatives and an incumbent governor who was then a member of the Lower House of Congress.
Confesor, who was Mindanao TIMES associate editor from November 1998 to June 2003 after being promoted as a 22-year-old staff writer when he was first hired in May 1998, also wrote a separate news article in June 2003 regarding “questionable deals” involving the SPDA. During that time, the SPDA was being deactivated by virtue of Executive Order No. 149 dated 18 November 2002, but it was later reactivated by virtue of E.O. No. 560 dated 29 August 2006.
In a decision (posted in the SC website as G.R. No. 183417) promulgated on 5 February 2010 and penned by Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, the SC denied the petition for certiorari of Mindanao Times Corp. to reverse the CA’s November 2007 amended decision and May 2008 resolution which both ruled in Confesor’s favor.
The news articles cited anomalies in the SPDA deactivation task force under Atty. Dominador “Boy” Zuño, a former Davao City vice mayor. The articles also cited the latter’s connections and close friendships with Davao City first-district Rep. Prospero “Boy” Nograles, now a last-term congressman and House Speaker who is running again as Davao City mayor in the coming elections, and erstwhile Davao Oriental congresswoman and incumbent provincial governor Corazon Malanyaon.
After the articles were published on 14 June 2003, Confesor was relieved three days later as associate editor, who before June 17 that year had also been writing editorials and publishing a weekly column every Monday in the paper’s editorial section, as well as writing investigative reports such as the SPDA anomalies.
“I am humbled yet at the same time honored, and thankful that the High Court has ensured that justice can be dispensed also in favor of the disempowered, and not only in favor of the powers-that-be,” Confesor said in a press statement. “With utmost humility, this supreme ruling has made me a better individual and a prouder citizen of this freedom-loving republic, where stewards of law and order strive to put premium on truth, fairness, and equality.”
