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Our 3-year old daughter came home crying from Mother Goose Playskool. Apparently, her teacher brought down her star from the board. Her offense? My daughter has not been very behaved and had not finished her seatwork because of her walking around the class. So she’s been telling everyone from her lola to her yaya how […]
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Mr. Paul Smithson is a design thinking consultant and the owner of On-Off Group: This is him. He starts by asking whether anyone is creative nowadays? We used to be not so much anymore. Design thinking is a structured way of solving any type of problem. It provides an opportunity for us to be creative, […]
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Common sense is underrated. It’s really not that common. As a hiring manager, you need to find someone who have common sense and can listen/follow to simple instructions. Story 1: Spot the one who followed instructions and who did not. During my interview, I told the staff to show up last Saturday for training. These […]
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Story 1: “Ma’m, it’s almost time to pay for the next round of classes again,” my daughter’s yaya said. She showed me the Statement of Account for the next session. “Huh? I just paid them,” I replied, checking the breakdown: In life, it is super duper important to double check your billing and look at […]
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Guys seems to have a tendency on cheating on their pregnant partners. Our driver did it. My husband’s friend did it. Everyone seems to think that if a girl is pregnant, they have to stop poking on the hole no more and have to resort to fulfilling their desires through other means. What a stupid […]
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My 3.5 year old daughter will start school as a Junior Nursery Student at The Mother Goose Playschool this Wednesday. This is the third time I am enrolling her. So much is my confidence in the school that I have paid for an entire year. The Tuition Fee The tuition fee is average to its […]
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My previous yaya opened up a joint account last July 2017. Our deal was to deposit php2,500.00 per cut-off of her salary so that she can save up for a house and for her three children’s future. After opening the account, she practically forgot about it, trusting me to drop php2,500 each payday to her […]
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We allow our 3-year old daughter to use the iPad several times a day. And while I am not in favor of letting kids use Youtube to randomly view videos, I do credit a handful of apps for helping her improve her vocabulary, math skills, Chinese and general knowledge. Technology does help in educating our […]
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This is a reprint of a Forbes Article by Contributor, Amy Rees Anderson: There was a young man who had ambitions to work for a company because it paid very well and was very prestigious. He prepared his résumé and had several interviews. Eventually, he was given an entry-level position. Then he turned his ambition […]
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The question was: 1. Mother – Employed in company A; de facto separated from husband 2. Husband – works in Company B 3. 3rd Party (Boyfriend of Mother): Sired a child with #1. 3rd party cohabits with Mother and works in same Company B as husband. 4. Mother allocated 7 days leave to her boyfriend, […]
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Congrats, you found your first yaya on Facebook! Not only do you save money from paying hefty agency fees, you most likely found the yaya of your dreams who will be loyal to your family, take good care of your child, and is literally a Godsend. But wait, you’re afraid to take the jump. You’re […]
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We are all at the Manila Autosalon to support the husband. He has a booth at the show, and we have come to give our full support on a Sunday afternoon. I’ve asked my three year old to pass out pamphlets, and even yaya is there to help. There she is, passing out stickers and […]
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