Give Your Old Books a New Home

Give your book a new home.

Start donating now... Lets wrap a book for them.

The children reading books outside the school because it is warm inside the classroom.

We can give out our new book or shell out a few hundred bucks for them.Your few hundred bucks can go a long way. It would give these children a new book, electric fan for their classroom, and school supplies.

The school garden for the students to have a school supplies.

I can be contacted thru my email wsa.charlton@gmail.com

The children are reading after gardening
while waiting for the others to clean up!

Lets give these Christmas Season more meaningful. The books or amount you share can give these kids a brighter future. I always believe that reading makes a difference on how these kids would see their future.

Home Remedies for Head Louse and who's more prone to it

Way back in college, I wrote about an article about head louse “kuto”. In the study conducted by Jocelyn Sipol as a compliance with the requirement of her course at Benguet State University entitle “Prevalence of Head Louse among Elementary and High School students in La Trinidad.”

photo credit: Bug-Out Lice

 In her study she found out those students in public elementary and high schools has shown higher infestation of head louse commonly known as “kuto” than those students in private schools.

She conducted her study among the pupils of BSU Elementary Laboratory School, La Trinidad Central School and Tadian Catholic School for her elementary school samples and she collected samples at BSU Secondary Laboratory School and San Jose High School for the high school students.

It was also concluded that primary schools have bigger population of pupils infected with head louse compared to the secondary students. I also think that secondary schools would have lesser chances of having the head louse because they are more conscious on their looks.

It is a common knowledge to everyone that females are vainer than their male counterpart and they are more physically active than females so it is most likely that males should have higher chances of incurring of head louse. However though in Ms. Sipol’s study showed higher tendency to have louse.

Due to these parasites attacking children it was also observed to be less active thus affecting their performance in class. It was also found out that they are malnourished physical appearances.

  

In earlier studies in other countries as cited by the DOH, there was showing that an average of 60 adult lice in each child’s head could consume about 1.2 ml of blood within their average life span of 20 days and nymph lice counted is 96 in one child.

The local study also showed that louse comb (sugod) is largely used since it is cheaper than the anti-head louse soap or shampoo. It was however; found that using anti-head louse soap or shampoo is more effective. Also, I made an experiment at home on how we could ditch out this parasites. I made sure that ingredients are found right at your home. I think it is similar on how you ditch out flea.

Ingredients

·         Baby Oil preferably coconut oil enough to cover the whole hair and scalp

·         Dr Wongs Soap

·         1 Glove of Garlic

·         Shower cap

·         Hair blower

Mince the whole glove of garlic. Our goal here is to make sure to get as much garlic juice as possible. After mincing the garlic add the whole bottle of baby oil then mix it properly. Then apply a huge amount of the mixture into your head. Massage it properly to ensure that every strand of your hair is covered with oil including your scalp. Cover your hair with shower cap for at least 2 hours and thirty minutes. Then lather Dr Wongs Soap then leave it for at least 3 hours. Wash it with warm water (warmest water you can stand).

Donate a Book for Colalo Elementary School Library

I can feel the breeze of cold winds blowing softly. That cool feeling means Christmas is fast approaching.

Few days ago my brother texted my sister to tell me if I could ask someone to donate books, brand new or secondhand, doesnt really matter as long as usable. When I ask him he told me that he is planning to set up a library for the school he is teaching.

Well I said that would be nice and I started asking around.

Remembering back my childhood days:


My mother was a teacher then at Colalo Elementary school way back in 2009 when a massive amount of rainfall damaged and sank the Colalo Elementary School. Everything perished including the chairs and books for these kids. A few years later my brother Jan Irvin is now teaching on the same school where my mom used to teach.


I remember when I was in my high school years when me and my siblings would walk hours just to reach the Colalo Elementary School. We gather mushroom as we go our way or sticks or woods. It was fun! Not until that fateful day of July 1999 when a huge portion of the school sank.


Today, my brother wants to take the initiative to build a library for the school, a place where these children could read and gain more knowledge. This is a place where they could research and explore the wonders of books. This place where they could travel through the information provided with this books.


Got an old book stuck in your shelves? Or a book that is still usable and wanting to dispose it? an old dictionary maybe? Any reading material from science to math to English to fiction that you want to dispose? Don’t put them on your trash bin send it to us so we could send it to these children. Who knows the book you donate is a stepping stone for any child to dream. Let us all work together to have these kids informed.

Your old book could be someone else’s inspiration to have a better tomorrow.

A thousand peso could buy so many things jeans, shoes, t-shirt, a food at a fancy restaurant or many other things. You could treat yourself and a friend with a starbucks coffee or a movie ticket for 2 with snacks. You could buy a coffee for yourself at starbucks or a Big Mac Value Meal with your 200 peso bill. What about shelling out a piece of those budget for a dictionary or a story book or a science book. Who knows with all our effort we can even buy an encyclopedia for the pupils of Colalo Elementary School.


Start donating now. Please email me for further details and shipping address for the book. If you are within Metro Manila I can meet you up in any of the MRT or LRT stations during Saturdays and Sundays. For those outside Metro Manila please email me so I could provide you my details. Bloggers would have a six months maximum of free advertisement in my website and I will also promote your blogs in my social networks in my social networking sites.

My email address is wsa.charlton@gmail.com 

Ps: More photos to come!

Baguio City Restaurant: Azotea Greens - A Place for Vegetarians

After a long trip from Manila to Baguio, I tried walking from Victory Terminal to Session Road looking for a place to rest my aching back and to simply relax a bit before heading up north!

I ordered a Lemon Grass Tea

 Session Road for me is an easy access to almost everything that you need from restaurant to bars.While walking (around 6:00 AM) a waitress of Azotea Green approached me introducing their menu. I got so interested not because I am a Vegetarian but because she approached me in a friendly manner. Tired and hungry I decided to try the restaurant.

 Lemon Grass Tea – soothing and relaxing tea. They offer hot and cold. I ordered cold lemon grass tea. The aroma is perfect that offers soothing and relaxing effect on my tired body. I would suggest to add a little bit of ginger and honey for a better taste and relaxing or soothing effect most especially if it is served hot though it is also good in cold.

Want to know more about what I think of this place? Here are most of it:

1.       The place is perfect. I love the lighting of the place. If I am going to rate it, it will be an 8. I loved it because of the fact that it is not too bright but not too deemed too. Not too crowded. I also loved the instrumental music being played. It makes the restaurant more cozy and relaxing. I am looking for more landscape inside though the space is limited.

2.       The furniture’s I would say I will give them a score of 8. The tables and chairs are good however in a place like this where they offer only vegan I was expecting a wood carved chairs and tables. But then again the tables and chairs in this restaurant is very good.

3.       The employees are also very accommodating including the owner of the restaurant. I have been sitting in the corner observing and aside from the waitresses assisting the customers the manager also sees to it that he talks to the customers first. I will score them a perfect 10 for this.

One of the reason why I will definitely drop by on this place once in Baguio is because of the fact that they don't have loud music, a cozy place and a perfect place to meet with friends and bond together. A place where you could go away with the noisy and busy streets of Session Road.

Also, the location is so accessible. After a tiring day of shopping along the streets of session road or even at SM Baguio it would be nice to drop by and have a cool lemon grass tea!

Check out their facebook account: Azotea Green

Kare-Kare - Our Rainy Weekend Pleasure Food

Kare-kare is one of the Authentic Filipino Food that am sure most Filipino is most aware of. It is also one of the most served food in every Filipino occasions. September is actually my sister's birth month so I thought of preparing something a little bit extra specials that we could indulge in.

So here's how my friend Anton did the cooking. Please excuse me for the picture quality as it was taken via a phone camera.

Ingredients

• Pork Pata / Ox Tail
• Peanut Butter
• Ground Rice
• Atswete
• Bawang/Gralic
• Sibuyas / Onion Bulb
• Talong / Egg Plant
• Sitaw / Stringed Beans
• Puso ng Saging
• Pechay
• Kamatis / tomato
• Salt
• Oil (corn oil or vegetable oil)
• Bagoong

How to Cook

1. Boil Pork Pata / Ox Tail for one and half hour to achieve tenderness together with onion and garlic.
2. Separate the stock
3. Saute onion and garlic along with atswete (make sure that atswete is crushed).
4. Then add the stock and make it boil however set aside a bowl of stock.
5. Dissolve the ground rice into the small bowl of stock before putting it into the pot.
6. Make it boil then add peanut butter and then mix until the peanut butter is fully dissolved.
7. Add the vegetables starting with eggplant, stringed beans and puso ng saging. Add salt to taste.
8. Then add meat (pata) add let it boil for at least 15 minutes.
9. Serve while hot

For the Dip

1. Sautee bagoong along with onion, garlik and tomato.
2. Also you can add chili but it is optional.

Krazy Garlik: A True Dining Destination

Finally, I found a restaurant that is not that too expensive but still classy that captivates the very taste buds of food lover Filipino. My experience with them is superb! Superb in a way that I am satisfied with the food and the waiters/waitress who attended our needs.

The Food

Kessa ordered Crispy Pata, Stuffed Pechay, and of course a Filipino can never survive fried rice.

You maybe a meat lover or a vegetable lover but am sure you would like to combine the pechay and the meat together. I love the fact Krazy Garlik has come up with this awe so brilliant idea. Am sure I will gonna order this the next time I visit Krazy Garlik.

Crispy Pata.... I don't think there's a Filipino who at some point didn't love crispy pata.Pata is a leg part (including knuckles). Unlike with the other crispy pata that i have tasted in the past, the Krazy Garlik Crispy Pata is one of its kind. It isn't dry rather it is very much tender and juicy. The taste as well is awesome. I can taste the garlic in it. This is something that I would truly recommend!

As I said earlier, Filipinos love to it rice. I am sure and safe to say that at least 80 to 90% of Filipinos eat rice at least twice or even 3 times a day. However, the Garlik Rice was cooked really nice.

Thank you Kessa for bringing me here!

This is me., I look hagard na.... been awake for at least 15 hours already.

The food server is really friendly. However though when we are there it was a little bit difficult to call their attention. Maybe because there are actors and actress dining at Krazy Garlik so it was a little bit hard to call their attention but other than that they were superb. One more thing that I loved is when their manager came over and chat with us. She was asking about the food and if we are satisfied. That is truly an above and beyond customer experience!

Rosa Clara Wedding Gown Selection

I wanted to post all the pictures I took when I attended the wedding fair at Marriot Hotel but I simply cant so I thought of putting them in one: a movie format.

Hope you liked it!

Will Kedebon make it to the Top 5?

After tonight's performance this comedic singer Kedebon Colim seems to shine through despite the negative comments and twitter and facebook bashing.

Yes! It is true when you try to perform in a television show knowing that there'd be a lot of people reacting and giving harsh comments but all you need to do as a performer is get yourself up there and let it happen because you simply want to do what you know you do best.

Photo credit

I was already expecting him to sing that song and also expecting that they will definitely make it really funny. May be the jugdes are correct when they say there's no exact definition of X-FACTOR. Maybe it is Kedebon's X-FACTOR to be really comedic.However will this be the correct X-Factor to make him push to the top or will this be his last performance.

Will the fans of the other contestant double their effort to push Kedebon the Comedic Singer out of the competition?

Based on a weekly basis and standing I think KZ, Allen, and Jeric will take the Top 3 spots... Gab, and Daddy's Home, Kedebon might take the bottom 3. If Kedebon be part of the bottom 2 then he might be sent home....

Want to know what I think about Kedebon's performance? Click here

Multi Level Marketing: An Emerging Business at Low Cost – My Thoughts about it

Everyone wants to get an extra income by any means and most would indulge into business. However, when we say business the most common problem is the capital. Most of the time when we start up a business we need huge capital.

I remember my friend’s sister who just opened her sari-sari store and she had to shell out more or less Php 30,000 from renovation of the store to appliances to the goods she will be selling. Still that’s a huge amount of money for an average Filipino earner.

A new type of business that is really becoming popular to most Filipino is the Networking Business. The low capital with a promise of huge income is the selling point. Networking or Multi-Level Company opens a door to business opportunities for the basic earners who aspires to become entrepreneurs without shelling out too much of their earnings.

The multi-level marketing (MLM) is one of the simplest and easiest ways to earn an extra income. This is a best deal for Filipinos who are looking for an extra income to augment the growing expenses. It gives the entrepreneur, an advantage to sell high quality of goods and a variety of useful things that everyone might one take advantage.

However though the success rate is totally dependent on how many people the entrepreneur encourage buying the product and encouraged people to sign up and join. Entrepreneurs engaged in MLM needs to establish their own client. When I say establish your own clients it doesn’t mean that you will need to recruit everyone I come in contact with. What I would do is to choose the right client, I will choose those people who have the right attitude and enthusiasm just like me. Another thing is for me to always put the saying into action: “Time is Gold!”

I think for me another to consider for MLM marketers is the right pitch. There are a lot of people in this business who pitches “…this is the company where could get rich fast and easy…” or others would say “I haven’t finished college but I am earning 5 times their salary!” I think this is not a right pitch. I think it would be better if you pitch your products based on your personal thoughts and knowledge about the product, your experience about the product, your personal achievement when you joined. It is hazardous if you promise a gold and diamond or milk and honey at the beginning when youre trying to convince people. In my own opinion when people did not get what they’ve been promised then it would hurt the business when my recruit failed and did not get what I pitched them (gold and diamond am sure they would get out there and spread some words that is not helpful at all to the company I am trying to build. They may even brand your company as scam.

This is just one of the MLM Banner and marketing slogan

Before even joining the company (MLM), I have to research about the company. I need to choose the right company for me. I will choose the company with products where I believe in and the products that I like. It would be best if I have tried the products and experience the result. I will test it to a family member as well and or even my friends. Then, I will use their together with my testimony to pitch for my prospect clients be it a customer or a recruit. Because here’s the thing, I can never sell a blackberry if I haven’t even touched it. Or I can never say that snow is fantastic if I myself haven’t experience it. My experience on the said product is my talking point and my selling point at the same time.

One thing to consider before joining this company is the demand. I will evaluate my circle first because these are my first costumer or maybe they will be my first recruit. Again, never ever pitch in lollipops if your social networks are grownups already. Here’s a good thing though, if there’s an absence of need create it so you could sell or even recruit them to join your network. Again you can only create a need if you yourself have experienced it.

For example, working in a call center environment was my first job. I had a hard time then because I had no knowledge about the products. I never experienced a touch screen cell phone, a business cell phone, all I know is the bar type black and white Nokia phone. In order for me to succeed is to talk to people around me who has culpable knowledge about the product. I have talked to those who have experienced the product. I attended phone exhibits and had a firsthand experience of the product I am selling over the phone. I read about the US cell phone market to have a wider understanding about the business.

Next thing to consider before joining is the market as a whole and the age of the company operating in the country. The longer the company is the more the market is saturated. I am convinced of this general notion and once the market is saturated the more people become frustrated if they were promised of “gold and diamonds”.

To summarize everything, here’s what I would do before joining MLM:

1.       Know the Market – so that I can have a better understanding on the needs of my market in this way I would know what MLM I would be joining

2.       Know and build my Social Network – my friends, family, my extended friends, my officemates, acquaintances, and the list goes on. To know their needs and have a better social understanding would help me choose the right MLM to invest with. Also, they are my prospect and initial buyers/users/members so I would need to know what they are buying, their interests and their hobbies.

3.       Know the company and use the product – this would be my talking point to my prospect buyers/users/members.

4.       I shouldn’t pitch “gold and diamonds” type of pitch. It was never helpful.

5.       Time is GOLD – I shouldn’t be wasting my time. As the days goes by I should be working really hard to build my network and satisfied clients. I may have invested a few thousand bucks for the start up kit but I will think that I have invested millions in to it.

Lastly, I will set my target from a daily basis to monthly and to a yearly basis. This target would help me achieve my goals. You should be monitoring your account from time to time. Other’s think that once they invest in MLM money would come next but actually the answer is always NO…. Entrepreneurs need to work really hard and when I say work hard I mean "to exhaust all effort". Actually those very successful MLM Entreprenuer are those who travels, those who sacrificed a lot.

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My House was Built by a Small Dream - Molino Cavite

"When you dream.... You should dream BIG.... If you cant make it at least you end up somewhere up there!"

That's what i normally hear when leaders or speaker would start coaching their subordinates or their audience. For me, yeah it could be true.... I dream for a big house with a gargantuan garden and so as a consolation I would say I ended it up with a soon to be my house.

The House....

Small, gnomish,infinitesimal.... whatever you may call it.... I am still happy...Because for me it is still galactic, colossal and capacious.

The Subdivision Entrance...

The Kiosk

The Guard who helped us when we were totally lost....

That's the house that will soon be mine. At least I have a place or a home that is legally be called mine. A house that was built by too much of inspiration and perspiration. A house that I started dreaming. My resting place. I am so happy and so excited and the feeling that you are wanting to pull each day....until the day that PAG-IBIG Housing Loan would Grant it and finally turn it over to me....