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Every end of the school year my kids end up with notebooks with only a few pages used up.  Pencil cases that are a tad dirty for the next school year.  And crayons that has some paper chipped off it doesn’t look neat anymore. Junk?  Not!

TheGoMom in cooperation with A-HA Learning Center launches ” Junk? Not! ” It is a program that aims to gather old / used up but still usable notebooks (just tear used up pages), pencil cases, pencils, crayons, pad papers, folders and envelopes for distribution to the underprivileged school kids of Makati.

” Junk? Not! ” will run from May 14 – June 14.  Drop off centers are at any Piandre Salon near you.  Please leave a comment on this page or in TheGoMom’s FB page so we could coordinate and acknowledge drop offs.

A-HA Learning Center is a free tutorial center for street children who belong to communities living in the South Cemetery and Catholic Cemetery along Kalayaan and Reposo Streets in Makati. The center started in May 2009, and currently services 75 school children from grade 1 to 3rd year high school, offering English, Math, Science and computer classes.

A-HA Learning Center also takes care of the yearly school supplies, tuition, and shoes of the children, along with educational fieldtrips.   A-HA Learning Center is  run by Linda Z. Francisco, Aina Zulueta-Valencia and Jaton Zulueta.

School supplies in excess of what is needed by A-HA will be distributed to select public schools within Metro Manila.

For what is already considered Junk on our side is already treasure to them.  Hope their “back to school” treasure will be full! Thanks!

Hope you can post the link in your FB page so can gather more “back to school” treasures for our public school kids. 

Sorry couldn’t help but snicker at the title because a sexy me is like a wild vision! Eternally aspired for but so dang hard to get!

But as they say,  most resolutions fail because of lack of accountability.   We resolve to lose that last 10 pounds but we only say it to ourselves and it falls into oblivion as we are faced with the crispiest of Crispy Pata!  But if we make a bet with a friend,  announce it to the world,  which I am doing now, I am accountable to my friend or the world for this matter!  Most likely,  the shame factor, which is quite a strong motivator, will push me to the revolution I so desire.

My battle against the bulge is never-ending!  I exercise quite regularly, yet my weight fluctuates like the Stock Exchange.  Minus a few pounds and eventually correcting itself back to its starting position.  At the end of the day,  my weight remains a horrific Read more..

Potato Head, Seminyak

I was astounded to know that Bali stretches a good 140km from East to West (like Manila to Tarlac).  I was kinda picturing the likes of Boracay from station 1 to 3.  But I was wrong.   It’s a region!  Therefore,  choosing the place you will choose to settle in depends on what you are looking for.

We stayed in the hip area of Seminyak.   It is the high end spa and chic boutique shopping capital of Bali.  Most of the top  restaurants in Bali are here.  My friends and I were kidding each other that Read more..

I have been meaning to go on my second round of cabbage soup since that successful week sometime Nov 2011 only to cave in on every attempt at yikes! day 1!   Now,  I have a propelling reason to do it again.  I’m going to Bali with my high school friends this weekend. All the diet alert signs are Read more..

Cool Denim

Baby Bum!  Lampin Reinvented!  

Prevents Diaper Rash – the cloth is chemical free and breathable preventing rashes.

Environment Friendly – disposable diapers take 500 years to decompose!  Let’s not add Read more..

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Money flows like water when I’m in the mall with the kids around. Aside from the lunch or dinner expense the food incidentals alone can ring up to almost a thousand if left unmonitored.  A frozen yoghurt here, a french fries there and the must have Candy Corner now and the budget has gone berserk.

My 10 year old son suggested we give them a mall allowance.  The mall allowance will Read more..

We had a “staycation” as always.  Ever since I was a child we always just stayed in Manila during Holy Week.  Now that I have my own family, I still don’t dare go out of town since I try to avoid tons of cars and hordes of people.  Yeah, yeah and I’m corny too.

Last Saturday,  tired of watching dbd2, my husband had a brilliant idea to go to China Town.  My kids detested the idea,  finding the idea a bit boring.  My son, who would rather play Nerf, goes, “Uh, why are we going to China Town?”  So, I went through a long lecture of how important it is to know your roots and culture.  I was mighty proud of the brilliant knowledge I imparted on them only to be received with Read more..

My kids, together with their friends from the village, joined the first batch of the Mcdonald’s Kiddie Crew last week and they had a blast!  It was their first summer job ever so they felt all grown up going to work and earning some money.  Ok exag on the latter.  To the sadness of my son, who loooves money,  their is no daily allowance.  But the wealth of learning and fun they had is priceless and the photo ops too adorable.

The program is a 5 day, 2 hour a week exposure helping out as a Mcdonald kiddie crew.    In those 5 days,  they did Read more..

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Barely 2 weeks into the summer and I’m screaming for order.  Yeah, yeah I know summer is supposed to be relaxing and fun but I bet there are rules even in dreamland.

My daughter is hooked to anything electronic.  She lives and breathes TV and computer!  I simply cannot allow her to live in a catatonic state sucked by the tube.  My son, though trying to Read more..

The name of the place may drive people away.  Seri na (tele-serye), fantasy pa!  Kinda baduy, right?  But I’m curious, ok I’m baduy too (maybe the latter more than the former).  So I decided to buy the group buy coupon (it’s always in a group buy site).  And guess what,  Read more..

Isabit na ang banderitas!  I-order na ang lechon! Bakasyon na!!!

Yes!  It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  Ok, second to Christmas this is the most awaited time of the year.  I have collated a list of hundreds of summer activities for our kids arranged according to category ex. taekwondo then details the organizer, contact numbers and area.  See posts below.

And while,  I hopefully got your attention, please, kindly, por favor click like on my FB (facebook) page.  On the right side of this post you will see my FB box,  just click on like!:-)  Once you click on like,  I will have access to your entire information and I can track you down hehe.  Just kidding, by clicking like you simply patted me on the back to say you like my website and worksheets:-)  Other people who like TheGoMom and even I don’t have access to your FB account. If your FB privacy settings is limited to Friends Only  (which is how your privacy setting should be) I won’t see your entire life story.  What will come out only is -  XXXX only shares some information publicly.   Heniway,  hope you click on like, really appreciate it.  And enjoy every minute of the summer!

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I thought yesterday would be a good day to let my 10 year old boy give swallowing a vitamin capsule his first try.  Oh men,  I underestimated the difficulty of the task.

First he wanted me to demonstrate how to swallow.  I tried but you see opening your mouth for demonstration is quite impossible.  So I told him to curl your tounge up to push it down.  So, the entire stage was set,  the whole family was cheering him, a full glass of iced tea ready to wash the capsule down.

It took awhile to cajole him to finally open his mouth and put it on his tounge and Read more..

Summer!!!  The much awaited time of school kids is here again.  Time to relax, sleep a bit late and wake up even later, go out of town, play all day and arggh vegetate in front of the TV or computer!  Here is a loooong list of activities to keep them away from the tube.  This is the Sports Edition.  It is arranged alphabetically arranged by Sport detailing the organizer, their phone number and area they service.   Happy Summer Shopping!

Click here to view or print -> Summer Classes – Sports

You might also like to see Summer Music and Dance Workshops for Kids and Summer Arts, Academics, Cooking etc.

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Summer – the only time you can dump ‘em all! Here is a LONG list of options for your little ones in Arts, Academics, Arts, Cooking etc.  Kids having a hard time in Filipino?  Try Learning Library.  They have a good Filipino reading program which exposes your kids to our national language so Filipino should be a breeze this June.

Click here to view -> Summer Classes – Arts, Academics, Cooking etc. 2012

You might also like Summer Music and Dance Workshop for Kids and Summer Sports Activities for Kids.

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Bring out the dancing diva and the American Idol in your kiddos with these workshops.    This is the Music and Dance Edition.  It is arranged alphabetically arranged by category ex. hiphop detailing the organizer, their phone number and area they service.

Click to view or print -> Summer Classes – Music and Dance 2012

Click this to go to List of Summer Sports Activities and this to go to Arts, Academics, Cooking etc.  Happy Summer Shopping!

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