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#MakeTodayMagical: BDJ 2019 Launch Weekend

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Hey, planner addicts! We all know what this season means to us. It’s planner season! If you’re like me then you’re probably already thinking about what planner you’re going to use next year. I have definitely already chosen mine but if you haven’t yet then maybe this weekend’s magical event will give you an idea.

BDJ 2019 Launch Weekend

I have used different types of BDJ planners over the past few years and I’ve truly enjoyed all of them. However, I have never been able to take part in any of their launches yet but that’s about to change this year because I’ve been invited to attend the BDJ 2019 Launch Weekend. Yay! I’m so excited!

Viviamo! Inc., makers of Belle de Jour (BDJ) Power Planner, makes this year magical with the launch of its newest products on October 20-21, 2018 at the Estancia Mall in Capitol Commons.

Going by the theme ‘Make Today Magical’, BDJ takes you to a whimsical journey at the launch weekend—a two day jampacked celebration filled with various activities, workshops, and talks that will help bellas transform their lives for the year ahead.

“We believe that the magic starts from within, says founder and president of Viviamo! Inc. Darlyn Sandra Ty. ”Our 2019 theme ‘Make Today Magical” reinforces the concept of paradigm shift– the magic in changing the way you think, how you perceive things, and how it can powerfully change the way you live,” she adds.

To make this possible, BDJ organizes a full experience that will help uncover your own magic and live life to the fullest. Get your inspirational boost and strive to achieve your goals with Passion/Purpose talks from various women, travel and entrepreneurial organizations.

Unlock your creativity with fun skills workshops— Play, explore, and try out calligraphy methods including Basic Brush Calligraphy, Calligraphy Blends and Shadows, and Calligraphy with Backgrounds and Wreaths Calligraphy with Leah Ang of Calligraphy Love MNL; or master the skill of creating double-tap worthy Instagram photos with content creator Kenneth Amparo. Visualize and design your best year yet with Serious Play workshops—Life Builds session with Lego instructor and life coach Ina Bacud, or Vision board-making with expert and coach Trixie Esguerra.

What’s more, Make Today Magical also gives you access to team sharing and mentoring sessions on life and business with successful women entrepreneur and the brainchild of BDJ Power Planner Darlyn Sandra Ty, mental health advocate Dr. Gia Sison, MD., and the woman behind the famous Witty Will Save the World Co. journals and notebooks Chinggay Nuque.

An exclusive one-on-one coaching session with a Gallup-certified strengths coach is also included in the launch weekend perks.

Apart from these, event-goers also get to take home a wide array of BDJ products, a Make Today Magical kit with over Php5,000 worth of items, DIY beauty workshops, and goodies from several craft and brand partners.

How to Join

To experience these amazing perks, buy the launch tickets that give you access to different levels of magic:

  • Basic ticket – priced at Php500 includes a planner of your choice (BDJ Classic, BDJ
    Limited Edition, Navi Journal, EIP, or Focus and a Calendar Pad), passion/purpose talks, access to craft booths, glitter tattoo, and glambooth
  • Silver ticket – priced at Php1,000 includes everything above, plus, Calligraphy workshop with Leah Ang or IG Photography with Kenneth Amparo, boomie booth, and Gratitude jar design activity
  • Gold ticket– priced at Php4,000 includes all of the inclusions of the basic and silver ticket, plus a choice of either Life Builds with Ina Bacud or Vision Board Party with Trixie Esguerra, Tarot reading, Canvas Bag Stamp Station with Alessa Lanot, CoachMe Session with a Gallup-certified Strengths coach, MentorMe Session with Life/Business mentors, DIY session (cake decorating, DIY home remedies or makeup workshop), a scoop of Baskin-Robbins, goodies from craft partners, and a Make Today Magical kit.

For the coming year, believe that the magic lies within you, and that you have the power to turn your goals into reality with Belle de Jour Power Planner. Buy your tickets for the BDJ Launch Weekend and get your products at all leading bookstores nationwide and on their official website at ilovebdj.com.

Hope to see you guys this weekend! It’s going to be so much fun!

#OnFirePHC2018: Quotes from the Philippine Homeschool Convention 2018

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Last September 22, 2018, I had the privilege of attending the Philippine Homeschool Convention 2018 at SMX Convention Center, SM Aura. The theme this year was On Fire!

I was super excited to attend because I missed the ones from the past two years. I was only able to attend the one held in 2015.

Aside from the prospect of seeing and reconnecting with my homeschool mom friends, I was of course excited to learn from the various speakers. This year, the Philippine Homeschool Convention line up was especially generous with 9 speakers during the morning plenary session and 3 from the breakout sessions in the afternoon.

With my friend, May Palacpac, of FullyHousewifed.com

 

With my bestie, Darla. It was her first time to attend the convention and she’s thinking of homeschooling her youngest child.

Going into the convention, I really felt like I needed inspiration to keep lighting my fire for homeschooling. While homeschooling has been going great for us, I’ve been feeling burnout recently because it’s hard to balance it with doing chores, taking care of the kids, and working part time too. I needed a reminder of why we decided to do this and I certainly got that from listening to the speakers.

Lessons and Inspirations from the Philippine Homeschool Convention

The speakers shared a lot of valuable knowledge and inspiration and I’d like to share some of my favorite ones with you. Please bear in mind that I might not be quoting them exactly but I tried to capture the essence of what they shared to the best of my ability.

 

Cassandra Shepherd: You Can Homeschool!

  • Homeschooling is for teaching real people to prepare them for real life.
  • You don’t have to be the expert.
  • Leave room to breathe.
  • Your curriculum is not your servant not your master.

 

 

Jayson Lo: Homeschooling with a Vision

  • Treat your kids the way they want to be treated.
  • Dreams do not come true, visions do. Visions are dreams with a deadline.

 

 

Michelle Padrelanan: Homeschooling Through the Mountains and Valleys of Life

Keep on!

K – know your goals

E – entrust your children to the Lord

E – enlist help when needed

P – pray

ON – onwards and forward

 

 

Dr. Teresa Moon: The Secret to More Time and Energy

  • We gain more time by doing less and gain more energy by loving the less we do.
  • A calm mind brings clarity, contentment, and compassion.

 

Laksmi and Vishnu Maluya: Spreading the Fire of Homeschooling

  • Focus on the child.
  • Give kids time to play.
  • Dream:

D – determination to finish

R – respect others

E – eagerness to learn

A – always be patient

M – make God our center

 

Lia Cua: Making a Difference as a Homeschooled Kid

  • Homeschooling allows kids more time and opportunity to find and pursue their passions.

 

Jen Wi-Bellosillo: Homeschooling Special Needs Kids – A Life Changing Vocation

  • Find the structure that works for you.

 

Camille Paguio: Homeschooling Works!

  • Fail better, fail faster.
  • Think out of the box.
  • Teach kids how to value time.
  • Defy the norm.

 

Nove-Ann Tan: Homeschooling 101 – Beginning Homeschooling

  • Know your why.
  • Know your what.
  • Know your how.
  • Prepare to make a mistake.
  • Find where your child is now and move from there.
  • Don’t let your schedule run you. Be flexible.
  • Be the person you want your child to become.

Moira Bulan – Bunyi: Finding Your Village – Starting and Sustaining Co-ops and Support Groups

  • Identify goals: academic, social or extra-curricular
  • Define level of involvement, rules, schedules and modes of communication in relation to your goals as a group

Gina Guerrero-Roldan: How to Inject Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in Your Homeschool

  • It’s not enough to know a lot of truth if it doesn’t change the way you live. Be doers and not only hearers.
  • We can know beauty because God is beautiful and His entire creation resounds with His glory and proclaims His nature.

The convention truly reminded me of the reasons why we homeschool. I guess it’s just normal to question yourself every so often, which I realize is still a good thing because it forces you to take a good look at your homeschool journey. We’re currently in our fourth year now and it’s just normal to experience some highs and lows. What’s important is that it still works for us and we’re committing to it for us long as our kids continue to thrive in this set up.

Thanks to the Educating for Life team for organizing a successful convention. I’m definitely looking forward to joining again next year.

#7DaysOfCetaphil: First Time Mom 101

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Last week, from August 20 – 26, 2018, Cetaphil had a week-long event celebrating healthy and beautiful #MyCetaphilSkin held at SM Makati. The  #7DaysOfCetaphil highlighted three prongs of holistic health through various discounts, promos for all Cetaphil products, as well as shared discussions and activities daily from 3:00 – 4:00 pm.

I was fortunate enough to have been invited to Day 5 of the event which was entitled First Time Mom 101. The event aimed to unite first time and experienced moms in giving their babies the utmost care with Cetaphil Baby.

The afternoon started with a talk by Dr. Donna Marie Leelin – Sarrosa. She taught us all about proper skin care for babies. Even though I have four kids now, I still learned a lot from her talk. I actually appreciate baby skin care knowledge more now that my youngest child happens to have very sensitive skin. One of the things I learned is that Cetaphil Baby is safe to use on babies even starting on day 1!

Cetaphil mom ambassador, Kaye Abad, also graced the occasion and shared with us her experiences as a first time mom to her son. It was interesting to learn that our experiences are similar although I’ve been a parent longer than her.

Dra. Leelin-Sarrosa, Kaye Abad and the Cetaphil team

It was definitely a fun learning session spent with my fellow mom bloggers. It was also great that there were promos that customers could take advantage of then. Some of the promos included a free sling bag for every purchase of P 1,000 worth of Cetaphil products, a free pouch when you buy 1 Cetaphil PRO wash and 1 PRO moisturizer, a free swaddle when you buy P 700 worth of Cetaphil Baby products, plus savings when you buy the 2+1 Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser.

It’s just too bad I wasn’t able to attend the other 6 days because the topics were also interesting. The complete line up of topics were as follows:
Day # 1: Complete Your Health Routine with #MyCetaphilSkin
Day # 2: Skincare 101
Day # 3: How to Protect Atopic Skin
Day # 4: How to Achieve Glass Skin by Sarah Lahbati
Day # 5: First Time Mom 101
Day # 6: No to Oily Skin
Day # 7: Choose Your Cetaphil

To learn more about #7DaysofCetaphil, follow @cetaphilph on Instagram and like Cetaphil Philippines on Facebook.

Smart Parenting Convention 2018

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I believe that even though I’ve been a parent for many years now, there’s still so much for me to learn about parenting. There’s also much to learn about the many new products available these days for moms, dads, and kids. So, when I was invited to attend the Smart Parenting Convention 2018, I really took the time out to do so.

The event was held last July 21, 2018 at the Megatrade Hall at SM Megamall. It was a one-day event that started at 10 am and ended at 6 pm. Given that it was at SM Megamall, I knew we had to be there early to avoid the traffic and the parking difficulties. However, I got sick that morning and so we weren’t able to leave early. It was only after lunch when I began to feel better and decided to still go.

We (hubby and our two boys) ended up in line for parking for an hour before we were able to go in. By that time, it was already 4 pm and we had two hours left to explore the convention. Thankfully, we were still able to listen to two talks.

The Smart Parenting Convention actually scheduled several talks that whole day. There was a Pregnancy Block, a Baby and Toddler Block, and a Preschool and Family Block. There were a variety of topics discussed ranging from newborn care, toys, baby massage, road safety, schooling, and money matters.

We were only able to catch the last two talks. One was a talk by Say Alonzo was sponsored by Bambini and it was regarding the Difference Between Progressive and Traditional Schools.

The other one was sponsored by Insular Life wherein Cristine Tan talked about securing your child’s future with money saving strategies.

Both talks were informative and really helpful especially for newbie parents.

We also explored the booths of course. There were around 60 SP-approved merchants who showcased the latest products and services that every growing family needs. They all had their own promos, games and giveaways that day.

We weren’t able to visit all the booths but here are some of them.

Nivea Baby booth

 

Toys r’ Us booth

 

Smart Steps booth

 

Fun Nest booth

 

Bambini booth

 

Mom and Little booth

 

Nosh booth

 

i-Angel and EcoMom booth

We didn’t really shop though because our kids were not in need of stuff right now. But I did score a really nice nursing top from Kaypee Baby.

At the end of the event, there were lots of raffle prizes given away. Too bad we didn’t win any though. But that’s okay, we enjoyed our stay there and look forward to attending the next one.

For those of you who wish to attend next time too, I advise you to go there right when the mall opens so that you don’t have to endure the horrendous traffic and parking. Also, find out the schedule of talks in advance so that you won’t miss those that you want.

For more information, visit www.smartparenting.com.ph.

 

Summer Fun at the Jollibee Kids Club Mini Managers Camp!

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What are your kids doing this summer? Well, if you’re still thinking about fun learning activities they can do while school is out then check out the Jollibee Kids Club Mini Managers Camp, happening until May 31, 2018.

The six-day camp is designed for kids aged 4-12 years old so that they can learn the important values and key roles of a Jollibee Manager such as hard work, leadership, and responsibility through various fun and engaging learning activities.

Wearing their Jollibee Mini Managers uniform, complete with nameplates, the kid managers will greet customers as they enter the store, work behind the counter to take orders, and hand out take-out bags via the Drive-Thru window to discover and experience first-hand Jollibee’s values, the Alagang Jollibee service heritage, and learn the store’s best practices. They will also engage in arts and crafts, Yumburger making, ice-cream making, fun games, and dancing, all while interacting with other kids and meeting new friends.

Jollibee believes that even at a young age, kids need to develop a sense of discipline, hard work, and responsibility in a fun learning environment, to become future leaders and managers. These are the values and lessons they want the Mini Managers to learn and experience as these will be pivotal in their growth.

For only P650, parents and guardians can enroll the kids to the Mini Managers Camp at any participating Jollibee store nationwide. Non-JKC members are also welcome to enroll. Participants will get a Mini Managers Camp workshop kit that includes a set of Mini Managers uniform and name plate, activity materials and a camp bag, snacks for the six days of the program.

The Jollibee Kids Club Mini Managers Camp is already accepting participants to the best summer workshop so, hurry, and sign up your aspiring Mini Managers today! Visit your nearest Jollibee store or follow /JollibeePhilippines on Facebook for more details.

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