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Friday, August 19, 2011

2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011

4:31 PM

Mommy Edna Reyes

What: 2nd Blogger Fiesta Manila 2011
When: August 20, 2011, Saturday
11am-6pm
Where: SM Cyberzone, SM North EdsaFree Entrance

Event Updates:
235 is the magic number
We have already around 235 bloggers who registered for this event and we will be closing the online registration later at 7:00pm, but if you have friends and co-bloggers that would like to join to the event and forgot to sign up online, inform them that the registration will close in a few hours , if they missed it, its okay because we will still be accepting walk in participants.

Raffle giveaways
If you noticed that we have already sponsors coming in for the event, expect a raffle game draw for all registered participants. We have cool swags from our sponsors - Eurotel, Multiply.com, Bloggermanila.com, Megaworld Corp, Yoshinoya, Turfsiteph.net, Norton Antivirus, Digits Trading, Thunderbird Resorts Rizal, SM Cyberzone, Sony Ericsson and Blogger.com. And if you want to donate in our hourly raffle, pls inform us so that we can include it in our grand giveaway, plus promotion of your blogsite on stage.

Food
I have to deliver this message early to you that food and beverages are not provided for our event, I'm having some problems getting food sponsors that can feed us all, but I like to inform everyone that you can bring your own food, or buy your food in a nearby resto or fast food in SM North EDSA. But wait...we have Fruitas Ice Candies for everyone, just grab an ice candy at their kart inside our event.

Laptops and wifi
SM Cyberzone in SM North EDSA is a wifi zone, feel free to bring your wifi enabled devices and gadgets, but make sure that you keep your gadgets safe and never leave your things unattended. ME, my staff, the mall are not accountable for any damage or loss of your personal property, so let's be responsible. If you spotted something fishy or suspicious, then report it to our staff so that we can police it and have a fun and safe event.

Camera
Yes! camera, video cams and etc are allowed inside our event venue, but you can use your camera only within the venue. Photo taking or video recording outside the venue is not allowed, security guards wearing blue and white uniform will approach you to tell you to stop taking pics or video. Just follow the mall's rules whenever you are inside and in our event. And take many pics and videos as you want in our Blogger Fiesta event. Don't forget to tag me ha!

Twitter hashtag #bloggerfiesta
The title says it all

Program schedules
here are our guest speakers time slot
(tentative schedule)
10am – event opens
11am – networking hour with bloggers
12nn – presentation of speakers
1pm – Azrael Coladilla and Juned Sonido
2pm – Jhong Medina and Jonel Uy
3pm – Eurotel and Multiply
4pm – Carlo Ople and David Angelo
5pm – Jenny Manongdo and Bob Reyes
6pm – Marlon Guzman and Marnell Delos Reyes

Blogger Fiesta Marshals
Our event marshals will be there always for you to help, guide and assist you. If you encounter some problems or some concerns, just report it to them so that they can record and report it to me right away and solve the problems that was encountered. Dont be shy in approaching us

Networking
Don't be shy in introducing your self and meet other bloggers, meeting new people offline is the most great thing to do in order to have a successful blog site and meeting with them is an additional tip if you want to learn more about blogging. I'm not kidding! So grab a pen, ask nicely to your seat mate and write down their names and blog url. Then blog hop later. Just do this during our recess time and networking hour 11am-12nn and 3pm, and not during the time when our speaker is on stage. You can also approach our speakers during the networking hour if you want to consult something for your blog.

Facebook Like this pls.
SM North EDSA is inviting you to visit their Facebook Page, click and LIKE it. you can post your blog url there and mention that you are in the Blogger Fiesta
visit www.facebook.com/smnedsa

How to go to our venue
1. SM Cyberzone is located inside SM North EDSA Annex
2. Ask the mall guard for directions going to the annex building
3. SM Cyberzone event center is located at the 4th floor of the annex building

SEE YOU TOMORROW!!!!
An event for bloggers and bloggers to be. See you! :)

Registration is now closed. However walk-in registrants will be accepted at the event.

Sponsors and Partners:

Kids and School Allowance

5:20 AM

Mommy Edna Reyes

The school is soon to open and every parent who has school children will be busy attending to their kids’ school tuition, school supplies, books and school dresses. But these are not the only thing that parents must be prepared of when the school opens in June. The biggest expense aside from the tuition is of course the daily school allowance.

With the prices all going up, it is not impossible that your kids would ask for an increase in their allowance. Of course the initial reaction from parents will be, “no, there will be no increase”. This will lead to unending whining and fights.

When your kid asks for an increase in allowance, try to negotiate instead of declaring it is the most remote thing to happen. Sit down and talk and ask why he/she needs an increase. Try to understand what your kid wants the allowance for. After hearing his/her sides, try to talk of what other ways may be available than having an increase. Then clearly tell them your reasons why you might not be able to give in. Make no excuse but only the real reason such as high home mortgage, less take home pay and high interest in existing loan like cars, tuition and home repairs.

After finding that there’s really a need fro an increase, deciding how much to give, ask your kid for a written budget detailing expenses for the coming months. Take this into consideration and along side with your own budget, decide how much allowance is affordable. If ever your kid comes short of his/her allowance, sit down and discuss how and where the money is going. Try to talk him/her into spending the money wisely and give ways of how he/she can save. It is important to let your kid know and learn ways of “expanding the resource pie’ like getting a part time job during off school days.

When your kid knows that you understand his/her needs and you are trying hard to help him/her cope up with a meager allowance, she/he may voluntarily not ask for an increase but instead get other ways that may help him/her survives this hard -up times. It is parent’s duty to let children be part of budget-making and teaching them how to live within a budget temporary or for a long time will make them understand better about handling money in the future.

Summer Opportunity for you and your Kids at Kids-agogo

12:22 AM

Mommy Edna Reyes

As parents, it is our role to plan for our children’s education and everything that goes with it. From the food they will take for lunch and snacks, their school uniforms and school supplies. Other things such as casual dresses and educational toys s are taken by us in details.

For this summer, aside from taking our kids to summer vacations or to their workshops and summer activities, why not make use of this summer to find great bargain opportunities where you can find kid’s clothing, educational toys and supplies and other kid’s things and services in big discounts.

Kid’s ago go , a new and emerging company that cater to kid’s things and services is available now online to bring together all mommy-savvy out there to experience a new kind of shopping for their kids. All you have to do is simply sign up for free and get all the benefits of being a member of Kid’s a go go community. For a start up you’ll get up to 90% discounts for their products and services.

Don’t waste this opportunity, sign up and you and your kid’s will have a great time!

Here’s another good thing about Kid’s a go go, there’s some business opportunities for moms, dads, grannies, aunties and uncles. They are looking for some good people to fill up positions in their growing online community. So better check them out in their face book page and be one among Kid’s a go go family.