I was on my way to the Handog Sale 2012 at Yupangco yesterday when I saw a big red banner sale sign along the way. I had no idea ARQ Curtains’ warehouse is located in Mandaluyong. No kidding, but I’ve been checking out Zalora for ARQ Curtains products. Continue reading Decorating with Throw Pillows
Omaygulay! Wait lang, papunta na me. My husband is asking me to hurry!
I laughed when I saw this poster because as much as I would like to say being with my son Noah always calms me down, there are times that he’s the cause of my stress. Hehe. Anyone who knows the famous “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster would be drawn to this local version and be interested what the NOAH here means.
This isn’t something I made for Noah. It’s a government initiative that I want to support not only for the NOAH reference but also because I know for a fact how technology can be helpful during tragedies. Remember during the Typhoon Ondoy and Sendong when Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks were used to spread and share relief efforts?
I got to hear Under Secretary Manuel L. Quezon III during the WordCamp Philippines 2012 Conference last Saturday. His keynote focused on the Official Gazette of the Philippines, Taxonomy, Corp Identity, Portal, and Institutional Memory efforts. I had no idea of such initiatives but Sir MLQ3 piqued my interest to support the government in this area. I’ve always dreamed of a hi-tech, super digital Philippine government and I’m looking at these efforts as only the beginning. I am all for spreading the cause and help promote the projects of the government I believe in.
So what is this Project NOAH all about? Read on.
Project NOAH is the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) response to the call of President Benigno S. Aquino III for a more accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system, especially in high-risk areas throughout the Philippines.
The Project will harness technologies and management services for disaster risk reduction activities offered by the DOST through PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and the DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), in partnership with the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences and the UP College of Engineering. (Source: Gov.ph)
DOST has a more comprehensive description of the project HERE.
NOAH’s immediate task is to integrate current disaster science research and development projects and initiate new efforts within the DOST to achieve this objective. Presently there are eight(8) component projects under the NOAH program, namely:
- Hydromet Sensors Development
- DREAM-LIDAR 3-D Mapping Project
- Flood NET-Flood Modeling Project
- Hazards Information Media
- Enhancing Geo-hazards Mapping through LIDAR
- Doppler System Development
- Landslide Sensors Development Project
- Storm Surge Inundation Mapping Project
The current NOAH Program team is composed of the scientist-leaders of these projects. The country’s warning agencies: PAG-ASA and PHIVOLCS are also represented.
Within two years, NOAH shall provide high-resolution flood hazard maps and install 600 automated rain gauges and 400 water level measuring stations for 18 major river basins of the Philippines. (See complete list HERE.)
I am reminded of this Project NOAH last night because I wrote about Google’s effort to provide Hurricane Sandy its own Google Crisis Map. I think this is exactly what the government is aiming for.
This is just one project of the government but I hope more people, especially those hiding behind their desks and computer screens all day (like me!), support this one. What we did during the Typhoon Ondoy and Sendong were amazing and we thank technology–the Internet for that.
I guess it’s time, we Netizens, step up and support such cause. Tama na ang cyberbullying at pagbabasa ng mga blind item websites (note to self). Use your Internet and Technology skills for a good cause. You never know how much it can change lives. Continue reading Keep Calm and NOAH Muna
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Mommy Mundo Bazaar 2012 Event Page
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She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants. She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:13-16
LAGOT!
What I like most about Kamiseta sales?
The bigger sizes are almost always the ones who have bigger discount.
Perfect for me. Haha!
Lagot talaga. 😀
You know you’re screwed when Red Signs are all over.
…or you are probably thinking of becoming one? Then you may want to attend this seminar especially organized for the moms by Dainty Mom and Manila Workshops.
Workshop Rate: P1,300.00
Early Bird Rate on or before Sept. 20: P1,000.00
Group Rate: Groups of 3 is P1,000.00 each
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I’ve been working from home for more than five years now and I can’t honestly say it’s been all bliss. The domesticated life has been more challenging when Noah came but I wouldn’t trade this setup for anything else in the world. I prayed for this and God chose to bless me in this way.
I want to join this seminar but it coincides with another one so I’ll just wait for the next event. I hope to bring my husband Joshua with me to the next seminar because he’s a Work-At-Home-Daddy. Yup, my husband and I both work from home so it means I have more responsibilities at home . I clean, do the laundry, cook, take care of my boys, act as Executive Assistant to my husband– all these and more, while I work. On the side, I accept freelance projects/consulting too.
EXTRA CHALLENGE talaga! But really, I am more than thankful to God for what I have right now. I now in my heart that He is preparing us for something not just better but grander in the future. For now, we live, we love, and we wait. 🙂
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine*. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children*, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Titus 2:3-5 (ESV)
I don’t watch local TV but when I do, I’m always amazed with the commercials. Parang lahat bago. One of those that really caught my attention was the cute Anna Banana commercial of PLDT. Remember this?
PLDT myDSL Anna Banana Commercial
My first reaction was, “Awww..cute!“. I guess it’s because I’m a mom to a little boy. I was imagining the future when I would make fun of Noah when I find out about his crush or overhear phone conversations via the extension (although I doubt we’d still have landline by then). Continue reading Aria Cariño is Derek’s new Anna Banana
I’m supposed to say ‘Mandaluyong’ but EDSA Central rhymes. Haha. And besides, the area has always been known as EDSA Central to me and my community. So there.
Nobody asked me to promote this but…waaaaah! I’m so excited! This one is so close to my home church! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I’ve always wanted to go to Mercato Centrale in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig but haven’t had the chance yet. But now that it’s closer to home–home being Mandaluyong and my home church, International Charismatic Service, I might just be a regular.
I only found out about this one today and what do you know, it’s opening TODAY! Mamaya! Later! As in 3 hours from now. I cannot describe how elated I am because of so many reasons. GREATER THINGS HAVE YET TO COME. That’s what I thought when I learned of this MANDA CENTRALE opening right in front of our church! No kidding, but I think I might just cry. Hihi. OA ba? Basta. Continue reading MANDA CENTRALE: Mercato Centrale comes to EDSA Central!
