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Israel Houghton and Planetshakers Concert

As early as February – when the news of their concert were out – my wife and I already bought our front seat tickets. And now after the concert – everything is totally worth more than the effort, money and time we spent. Joining Israel and Planetshakers in wroship along with the wonderful worship crowd – feels like an earthly rehearsal for how our heavenly worship is soon to be done! Everyone was jumping, raising their hands, crying their hearts our and lifting their voice to God! While the “stars” of the night were careful to make the real “star” shine and give back all the glory to God.

Here are some of the pics I took:

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BBC – Bohol Beach Club

Its been a few days now since our vacation and yet we still get dreamy eyed in reminiscing our adventure in Bohol. And we all agree that our favorite place among the many great places we visited was no less than the famous Bohol Beach Club. We liked it so much we spent two days there! Instead of talking too much, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

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HP Pavillion G4 vs Macbook Pro

It’s been more than a month since I bought my HP Pavillion G4 and I have to say that I am satisfied with it’s performance. Although severely overshadowed by the quality of my wife’s MacBook Pro, my HP Pavillion G4 has better specs and compatibility.

Here are the specs of my HP Pavillion G4 vs my Wife’s MacBook Pro:

If you look at the specifications, my HP has the upper hand.  I have very quick boot up and shutdown time, I can play 3D games, I can instantly connect to Projectors and LCD/LED TVs without the need for adapters and I can use basic headsets with mic.  These are things I won’t be able to do with the MacBook Pro – well  not without shelling out dough for adapters.

However my wife’s Macbook Pro dominates in real world matters.  The Macboook Pro has a very sturdy design, while my HP feels “plasticky” and fragile.   The LCD display looks better on the Macbook Pro than on my HP.   The keyboard of the Macbook Pro looks and feels better than my HP, it also has a keyboard backlight feature that’s not found on my laptop.   The touch pad of the Macbook Pro is glass, very smooth and inviting to use, while on my HP, although it’s not as bad as the ASUS 1215b touch pad, it simply pales in comparison to the glass touch pad of the Macbook Pro.

Last and most important of all, the Macbook Pro beats my HP in terms of style and brand.  There’s just something about Apple that gives it a high quality look.

Even with all that, I am still a happy camper.  Since I am a gamer, I can never imagine myself having an expensive laptop that I can’t play games on.  I might cross over and bite the Apple in the future but for now, I am very much happy with my HP Pavillion G4, even my son approves

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Fun time with Kuya

While mom attended a seminar last weekend, I made sure to take that time for a Father and Son moment with my first born. And so went to the mall and went to wherever my son would want to go. First we went to check out the toy cars – which has been his passion since he learned to play – and then we went to the nearest arcade. We enjoyed a few games and Kuya Z was laughing all through out. His new favorite is a Truck driving simulator, complete with a big steering wheel and awesome sound effects. I know that to my son, he is driving a real truck! It was definitely worth missing sleep to make sure that my son enjoyed himself. After playing, we then went straight to the seminar venue, just a few minutes earlier than expected. Hope to have more fun time with Kuya and ofcourse with bunso.

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Baby Clothes

Shopping for baby clothes is one that we rarely do, but we do enjoy looking at the various cute designs available. The sad thing about baby clothes is the fact that it will probably be only worn less than five times, specially for babies like ours – which outgrows clothes really fast. Earlier though – even though we know it will be mostly for waste – we got a few cute shirts for our baby. Since I might consider payday advance loans, I wasn’t worried much, but was excited to see how our baby will look like with his new clothes. Talk about impulsive buying…

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Birthday Plans

As early as July, we are already thinking about our birthday plans for all the members of our family this coming December, January and April of next year. Usually we go out swimming, but we are thinking of doing something different and special this year. We are thinking of going nature hiking, visiting a popular ocean theme park or going to an out of town beach resort. I know whatever the plans are, everything will be great as long as I don’t forget her birthday – that is my wife – which has to be the most special of all birthdays. If you have suggestions for birthday celebrations – do hit the comments.

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Household Chores for Children

While there are no rules on the amount of time a parent can expect his child to do homework, there are general guidelines about what household chores, a child’s age and maturity, and how long each chore should be accepted based control.

However, well-meaning parents still find that they are frustrated when their child takes too much time to do relatively simple tasks. There could be any number of reasons why the child could take so much time to complete his tasks but the main reason maybe simply his inability to manage his chores without some guidance from the parents.

For parents who struggle with their children to complete tasks in a  time frame consider the following strategies:

- Give clear deadlines for completing homework. The rule should be for the children to complete the task over the weekend – from Friday to Sunday. This method allows them to have time management skills in planning their tasks together with other plans that may develop over the weekend.

- Measure the time a particular chore takes your child. A young child may take more time to complete a chore than adults.  Measure how long it takes your child to complete a chore in three different events then get the average – that is the time the child can realistically complete a certain chore.

- Set up an alarm.  The advantage of using a clock with an alarm is that the parents can remind their children that it is time to do a certain activity, task, or homework.  Watches are especially helpful in the implementation of time-critical tasks or those which tend easily slip the minds of children.

As parents we should offer many opportunities to be successful, while helping our children learn and master life skills. By providing clear expectations, giving them adequate training, and then monitoring their work you will be able to give your child a solid foundation to learn and master a chore and learn some important life skills in the process.

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Naruto – Rasengan Happy Meal

My son and myself are big fans of Naruto. We watch the English subbed anime every week, and I always read the weekly manga. So when I heard that there was a Naruto happy meal toy being sold at McDonald food chain, we hurriedly got one without any hesitation. I wanted a funny Chouji, the one who used the best weight loss pill that gave him powers, just to tease Z.  But of course my son picked the Rasengan toy. Look how happy he was when he got it:

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