Sweet World of Joan

Here is my final list for the writing project Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2007 . This is a writing project of Janette Toral that would be identifying new and emerging blogs that are making an impact to its readers in 2007. My final list is composed of blogs regulary read and helps me in my life, whether in my work or my personal activities. Here are my FINAL LIST of Emerging Influential Blogs in 2007 : An Apple a Day I like it being informative on a variety of topics nde nakakauyam Studies in Technoprenuership I like the discussions on everything IT Software and Web Development This site really made me stay put. Its really informative specially on topic of software development and having additional income through your blogs Stay at Home Mom Her blog about family makes me happy and gives me food for thought as I am considering being a stay at home mom too. feistymomma Like everything about her blog most specially the recipes the she shares http://www.fitsphere.com/ Its about th...

One of the my major preoccupation nowadays is redesigning my online business website MyLittleBaker, I have been surfing the Web for ideas, tips on how to maximize my website so I can maximize my profits this coming Christmas season. I sell chocolates and baked goodies and my peak season is Christmas and this year I intend to give it my all. Here are some nice I ideas I learned while surfing: Increase inventory of top-selling Holiday items by as much as 1000 percent. You already know your bestsellers based on the last few years' sales so it is safe to increase your stock of these items. Do E-mail advertising/marketing by October It is a good practice especially if you have many contacts to send them e-mails about your business and your products just in time when they are already thinking about the Christmas gifts they want to give to their friends and family. You can even start earlier especially here in the Philippines where we usually start the Christmas season when the months end...

When I attended the Parent Orientation at my son’s school I learned a new word “ SUHAY ” it means sugo ng buhay or protector/guardian of life(my interpretation of sugo). The school director, Msgr. Alfonso Bugawan told the parents present how important is their role in their child’s life. He told us at as parents we are the “suhay” of our children. I would like to share the Acronym PARENTS that he had given. He says that it can guide us in bringing up our children. P – Presence As parents we should not say “we don’t have time” for our children. He said we should give our children the “gift of our presence” A – Accountability We must be a more transparent and accountable parents. When we make promises to our children we should not break them for they trust us fully as the first person they trusts we are also teaching them how to trust other people R – Reconciliation Give them understanding on the level as children. When we get angry they may not understan...

It’s been a month since my four year old son Lorenzo started attending Nursery at Immaculate Conception Cathedral School and our life as a family will never be the same again. Immediately after Lorenzo started schooling my husband and I realized that our daily routines must be altered to adjust to Lorenzo’s school needs but what took me by surprised was that some of our beliefs or some of the way how we raise our son would also be reevaluated and changed. I had this notion before that when Lorenzo goes to school his every need in relation to teaching him about reading and writing will be taken care of at school and I would just be at home marveling on the progress he is making. I WAS WRONG. I realized that sending your child to school meant that the things he learned at school should also be reinforced and practiced at home. I realized that the amount of assignment a Nursery pupil can be overwhelming for both the pupil and parent. Attending the Parent Orientation and PTA meeting help ...

Having a business seems one of those things that seems I can’t live without in my life, since I was in elementary I usually find myself selling something, on school days I sell sandwiches to my classmates because they seem to love the sandwiches prepared by my mother, I even sell them made-to-order. I always have these 20 to 30 sandwiches to sell at school. On summer breaks I put a table in front of our gate and sell chicharon with vinegar to my neighbors or anything that they might buy. I did not do it for the money but for the joy of selling something. It did not even came to my mind to pursue a course on business in college because I fell in love with computers in high school but after graduating a degree in computer engineering and pursuing a career as a programmer, the business bug came again and came in the form of an IT consulting venture which did not succeed maybe because we were all young and having big money coming in, we were unprepared on how to handle it. The good thing t...