Sweet World of Joan

I gave up going out at night when I had my son Lorenzo. I don’t stay out late because Lorenzo always waits for me to arrive before falling asleep and besides why go out to look for entertainment when you can cuddle him all night. But this time I broke my own rule, even my husband was surprised and tried to convince me to stay at home. It was the album launch of Callalily and I promised I’ll be there. Kean and Tatsi, members of Callalily are my students and since June keeps asking me to go to their “Gigs” but I would always decline because it was late at night. They would even kid me of course it should be at night and not at noon. It was also during that time when they were recording their third album and would come to class without sleep, I have seen how hard they worked at it. So I promised that when they launch the album I’ll be there with my son to boot. So the night arrived, I made sure my son and I had our longest afternoon nap to be able to last all night long....

I teach Interactive Multimedia to college students and one of the topics I include is about Blogging. I believe it is a relevant topic for the subject for multimedia today touches on topics like audio and video and a better way for students to appreciate multimedia is to let them try video blogging and podcasting. Mini iBlog @ CEL I love attending the iBlog Summit every summer for I learn lots of things about blogging. It was really fortunate that a Mini iBlog Summit was organized at the Consumer and Electronics Live trade show at the World Trade Center last Nov 15, 2009. My students were inspired and interested to blog and not just blog as a requirement for the subject but some of them were really determined to blog regularly. Thank you and congratulations to the organizers of the event, JJ Disin i and Janette Toral . And Thank you very much to the speakers, Michaela Rodriquez , Aileen Apolo , Noemi Lardizabal Dado and Anton Diaz for inspiring my students and making ...

Many say I am a great cook and baker, I admit and acknowledge that I have this gift that most if not all of what I make tastes really, really good. But it is not all instinct and genes(my mother is a kapampangan and my father is bicolano) I also did my part, I studied them. No I did not enroll in culinary school, I am an engineering graduate. But I have this great love for cooking and eating great food as well. My passion is eating pizzas and pasta. Anything with cheese on it I will eat but I am also very particular with my cheese recipes and how my food will taste. My secrets I love to watch cooking shows since elementary and practice cooking whatever recipes they shared. I practice. I started cooking my “experiments” in high school. During weekends I am the house cook so whatever I cook my family has to eat them. I continued to study how to cook. I enrolled in a basic baking class to formalize my knowledge in baking, and recently attended seminars on empanadas, cupcakes and ...

When the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009 was first announced a few months ago I knew I had to attend the event. I decided that whatever happens I would attend for it will provide such an important opportunity for me to learn and connect with fellow E-Commerce enthusiasts and friends. The topics discussed were informative and important for people like me who have an online store/website, educator and managers who would like to maximize their websites capabilities. There was also the exhibitors and sponsors’ booth at the event that offers value added services for website/ecommerce owners. What have I learned during the 2 day event? That e-commerce is here to stay and would continuously grow in the coming years Creating a niche and identifying your target market is a key to make your online business grow and sustain itself Designing your website to make your visitors not just view your site but to buy from you Making a brand for your business in crucial and like tradit...