Sweet World of Joan

We always want to be connected either online(social networks, emails, yahoo messengers) or offline(thru phone calls or texting). Our day seems not complete if we don’t reach out and send even a short message to family and friends. There was even a saying that “di bale na magutom basta may pangload” (Its important to always have a phone load or credits even if you go hungry). Load Momma is a website powered by Smart’s Red Mobile Network offers Free SIM card, Free Load and even more Loads! The site is a social network site that enables the member to get freebies, refer friends to Load Momma , it also have features like profile section, create or join groups, find new friends, upload photos and even chat with friends. How to get your freebies: - Get free SIM Just sign up at Load Momma , fill in all details, you will receive a verification email once done wait for your SIM to be delivered in 3 to 5 working days. - Get free Load To get your free load, simply invite your friends to join and ...

One of the ways to live a long life is have close relationships. Having close friends and lifetime partner help us live longer and healthier lives for they help us alleviate stress, boredom and depression. Got to read about 20 Secrets to Great Relationships and Busby SEO Test and it inspired my to share my own secrets to a lasting relationship, after all I have been with my man for eighteen years now and friends often asks me our secrets . Here are tips to make your relationship last. 1. Communication is the key Constant communication must be maintained even on the busiest day. Nowadays time and distance is not an issue anymore if you really want to talk to each other 2. Don’t force him to change for you It’s a no-no to force him to change his ways, you have to accept him or he’ll find someone else. Let him take the initiative to change, your life will be so much better. 3. The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach The age-old saying is true. Making your man yummy dishes makes hi...

The Association of Local Colleges and Universities (ALCU) is an independent, voluntary, and non-profit association of locally funded institutions of higher learning conducted their first sportsfest, ALCULYMPICS last week Jan 19-23, 2009 at the Marikina Sports Park and was hosted by the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina and the City Government of Marikina. With the theme “Towards a Dynamic Culture of Sportsmanship”. ALCU hopes to strengthen the camaraderie among member-schools. Eighteen schools participated in the five-day event: City University of Malabon, Pamantasan ng Cabuyao, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Pamantasan ng Montalban, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasay, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Taguig, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, University of Makati, University of Caloocan, City University of Malabon, City College of Urdaneta, Gordon College, Lipa City Public College, Mandaue College, and Gat Andrés Bonifacio ...

I am a very busy person. I am a wife, mother, daughter, teacher, blogger, entrepreneur and a good friend. One can say my life is very full. At present I have a 30-hour a week class load at PLMar and an IT consultant work working from Monday thru Saturday. I estimate that I have a 45-hours per week job that is aside from being an entrepreneur where I bake on demand. I also do not have a house helper or even a yaya for my son. I even try to blog on my free time. At present I am planning my valentines product line. I never expected to have the life that I have now, I always dreamed of being a stay at home mother, but circumstances like the current economy plus having my parents to take care of made me decide to continue working. My husband always reminds me to take it slow, that I don’t need to work this hard. He would like me to choose only one job to teach and stop my business or vice versa. Even I am amazed on the amount of activity I maintain and the outputs I produce. But I have a g...

I am teaching my business students about social networking and blogging as part of our ecommerce syllabus. Most young people today are tech-savvy. They have digital cameras and access to the internet. They spent most of their free time online. They have accounts to most popular social networks and what amazes me is that they capture or document their lives thru photos or videos and uploaded them online. There is no small or big event that is not captured and shared on the internet. I should know for we have a social network dedicated just for our class. One of my objectives in teaching them about social networking and blogging is giving them ideas how these technologies can benefit their future business ventures or careers, I always stress/impress on them the importance of creating a clean and professional image of themselves online. I treat having a blog or a website as being a “star” or “celebrity” of sort. There is always a possibility of becoming famous or well-known online. You ge...

Many say 2009 maybe a difficult year worldwide due to the world economic slowdown, I agree. But it does not mean we can’t make this year a success. We may encounter difficulties achieving what we planned for the year but it is still possible with hard work and great planning. Many people create New Year’s resolutions during this time but I don’t. I make plans, Smart plans. A few years ago I discovered this strategy called the SMART goal “formula”. I can’t remember where I got it, maybe on OPRAH, a seminar or from one of my friends. I applied it a few years ago, at a time when I felt my life is just moving in circles, I was not going anywhere, I was unhappy with myself and my career. I started making plans, short and long term ones and used the SMART formula. In short I made plans that are SMART. SMART Stands for S – specific M – measurable A – achievable R – realistic T – time bound So at every start of the year I review my SMART plans. I made plans for the current year, plans for ...

Year 2008 was blessed, busy, bittersweet, bountiful and a time for growth for all of us in the family. It was a year I achieved so much both in my personal and professional life. I felt I matured greatly, for the better and learned that in order to grow as a person I must accept that I cannot have everything I want when I want it. Everything must be in God’s time. It was also a bittersweet time for me, last October my grandmother and cousin died within weeks of each other. A student of mine also died last November, an accident he was so young just in his second year of college. It was one of the reasons I stopped blogging. I may have not shown that I was mourning for their loss for work kept me busy but deep inside I knew that I have to heal inside before I can write again. My experience of death in the family made me realize that my parents, in laws and my aunts and uncles are growing old and I can’t stop it. That they are not the people who I once thought were invincible, that they a...