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Bonding Day

By on Sunday, July 15, 2012

Jeanne and I have been having lots of occasion to bond the past few months but today was particularly intensive!

We started in the morning when we went to Val’s place for gown fitting (Jeanne is going to be a flower girl. Yay!). When we got there, she was initially shy but soon she warmed up. With some more effort, we were able to convince her to put on the dress (actually another flower girl’s). Then the next challenge was to convince her to take it off :P

After that, we went to Power Plant for lunch. I invited Crissy for a play date with Cassel and they agreed to meet up. While waiting, we went to Toys ‘R Us where I had a bit of a scare when I couldn’t find Jeanne for several minutes. That place is a maze!

When Crissy, Jimmy, and Cassel arrived, we found out that there’s no Gymboree yet. So we drove over to Serendra. As we hadn’t had lunch yet, we had a kinda late lunch at Sentro (yummy catfish adobo flakes and kare-kare!). Then it was off to Gymboree where Cassel and Jeanne had a blast playing.

We still had to do grocery after Gymboree. I asked Jeanne where she wants to do her grocery: Market! Market! or Power Plant. She chose the latter. I already had an idea of her choice because yesterday, on our way to watch Ice Age 4 at Market! Market!, we passed by the grocery and she declared “I don’t like Market! Market! grocery!”. Also she likes the car grocery carts at Power Plant. So we went back, did groceries, and finally went home.

What a day!

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22GO | !22GO

By on Friday, July 6, 2012

We needed to ship Elwyna’s stuff to Iligan. She already called Pambato, a freight forwarding company, but they never picked up the boxes. So I had to look for another shipping company. After some research I came down to two: Air21 and 2GO. 2GO’s website is crap so I decided to call Air21 first. They gave me an estimate of P24K!!! Apparently, they only ship via air (duh!). I quickly dialed 2GO and got a better estimate of P3K for shipboard freight. No brainer.

UPDATE: Less than 30 minutes after my call they’re picking up the boxes. That. Is. Fast. Way 2GO, 2GO!

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The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn’t Always the Smart One

By on Wednesday, July 4, 2012

This is interesting:

Intelligent people, however, have a tendency to overapply their analytical and logical reasoning abilities derived from their general intelligence incorrectly to such evolutionarily familiar domains and, as a result, get things wrong. In other words, liberals and other intelligent people lack common sense because their general intelligence overrides it. They think in situations where they are supposed to feel. In evolutionarily familiar domains such as interpersonal relationships, feeling usually leads to correct solutions whereas thinking does not.

Via: Business Insider
Source: The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn’t Always the Smart One
 

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Maximizing Coffee

By on Wednesday, July 4, 2012

This is interesting if you’re a coffee drinker or planning to start soon:

  1. Consume in small, frequent amounts. Between 20-200mg per hour may be an optimal dose for cognitive function. I used to drink a small cup for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks. But since I lost my insulated bottle, I’ve only been drinking for breakfast. Maybe it’s time to look for a new one.
  2. Play to your cognitive strengths while wired. Caffeine may increase the speed with which you work, may decrease attentional lapses, and may even benefit recall – but is less likely to benefit more complex cognitive functions, and may even hurt others. Plan accordingly (and preferably prior to consuming caffeine!)
  3. Play to caffeine’s strengths. Caffeine’s effects can be maximized or minimized depending on what else is in your system at the time. The beneficial effects of caffeine may be most pronounced in conjunction with sugar. Unfortunately, I like my coffee black.
  4. Know when to stop – and when to start again. Although you may not grow strongly tolerant to caffeine, you can become dependent on it and suffer withdrawal symptoms. Balance these concerns with the cognitive and health benefits associated with caffeine consumption – and appropriately timed resumption.
  5. Finding good sources of caffeine. Black coffee for me.

Source: ScienceBlogs

 

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How To Raise A Grateful Child

By on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Life won’t always gift your child with exactly his heart’s desire. But there are ways you can make sure that, underneath it all, he learns to appreciate what he has.

  1. Your 9-year-old keeps a running — and growing — list of toys he has to have. He’s up to number 23 this season.
  2. Your 5-year-old grimaces at the stuffed Elmo her aunt gives her and says, “But I wanted a Barbie!”
  3. You can’t even take your kid to get socks or lightbulbs without him whining for you to buy him something — seemingly anything.
  4. Your 6-year-old gobbles down the Teddy Grahams that another parent at the playground gives him. But when you prod him to say “Thank you,” he won’t.
  5. When you say no to a DS that, according to your daughter, “everyone at school” has, she complains that all her BFFs get cooler stuff than she does.

Sounds familiar? Here‘s how to handle it.

Source: Parenting.Com

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