What comes to mind when you hear Orlando, Florida? Wet ‘n Wild, Gatorland, SeaWorld, Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex, Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum, and Universal Studios are some of the things that Orlando, Florida is famous for. What used to be a quiet small town has become home to some of the world’s nicest theme parks and exciting tourist destinations. My son will surely love this place. However, with our current financial circumstances, I don’t think we can afford to buy Orlando vacation packages anytime soon. How I wish we have a fairy godmother right now who could grant us our wish!

Yesterday afternoon, I, together with other mommy bloggers and other ParenTIN.tv members, attended the third ParenTIN.tv Talk Series held at the Henry Sy Sr. Auditorium of St. Luke's Medical Center, Global City. The title of the talk series was “Guide to Investing in Your Child’s Future."




Ms. Tin-Tin Bersola-Babao, creator and founder of ParenTIN.tv


Dr. Valerie Guinto of St. Luke's Medical Center on the important things to consider when choosing a hospital
There were three topics discussed, namely: (1) Starting a Family and Financial Security, (2) Keeping Our Children Safe and Healthy, and (3) Relationship as Investment.

For the first topic, the importance of cord blood banking and financial security were discussed.


Maribeth of Cordlife Philippines on the importance of cord blood banking


Nona Andaya-Castillo on the do’s and don’ts of breastfeeding


Andrew Caw of PSBank on the importance of financial security


Intemission number: The Ainon Twins
For the second topic, there was a cooking demo to show the audience how to prepare healthy meals for the family using Dona Maria premium quality brown rice. And because rainy days are here, SC Johnson gave away bags full of OFF! lotion to lucky attendees to protect the entire family against dengue.


Cooking demo


Intermission number: Mompreneur Fashion Show
I found the third topic the most interesting. Maribel Dionisio discussed parent-child talk on sex, and Pastor Erwin Amador (Chris’ husband) talked about the spiritual side of parenting.


Ms. Maribel Dionisio on parent-child talk on sex


Pastor Erwin Amador on the spiritual side of parenting


Winners of Nikon appliances
Ms. Tin-Tin also invited celebrity mommies Gladys Reyes and Nikki Valdez to share with the audience how they invest in their children’s future.


Ms. Tin-Tin with celebrity moms Gladys Reyes and Nikki Valdez


Photo opp with Gladys Reyes


Photo opp with Nikki Valdez


Photo opp with Ms. Tin-Tin Bersola-Babao


Mommy bloggers: Nuts, Pehpot, Jes, Yami, Chris, and Tetcha

I have worked for business process outsourcing (BPO) companies for a total of 12 years already. In the first BPO company that I worked for, I started as a legal document coder, then reviewer, before I became a supervisor. When I started doing supervisory work, I began to be concerned about staff hiring, too, because without the needed people, we won’t be able to complete the assigned projects on time.

Sometimes, there were seasonal projects that would require a lot of people to complete. After Human Resources produced the needed manpower, I would usually do the start-up training before the new hires would be assigned to their respective supervisors.

I was witness to a lot of exciting things happening in the workplace. Good friendships (even romances!) developed; some of our staff ended up marrying each other. Financial incentives were also given to those who would perform above expectations, and of course, some of our staff eventually got promoted, just like me, to train their own people and set good examples for their subordinates to follow.

That first BPO job will always have a special place in my heart. It is there where I learned the value of discipline and hard work and met some wonderful people who would become my friends for life. That company closed down a decade ago, but the good memories of the times we stayed there lingered. So yes, I’d say production jobs can be exciting and rewarding, too.

My four-year-old son can be funny sometimes, and it’s one of the things I like about him. His funny antics make me laugh. The pictures below are some of the wackiest shots of my son that I found in my files. Enjoy!


At a kiddie birthday party we attended last March 2010


Before we went to Market! Market! last Saturday


His wackiest shot so far taken at a park in Glorietta
If there’s a contest for the wackiest picture, I think the third photo will be a runaway winner. What do you think?

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