Apr 8 2015

Total Girl Model Academy 2015

Posted on April 8, 2015 by olsk_mercado

Another summer activity that we’re looking forward to is the Total Girl Model Academy. On April 19 at the Glorietta Activity Center, girls are invited to attend wherein they will get to participate in workshops and Go-Sees.

10 hopefuls will then be chosen to be featured in Total Girl’s September 2015 Fashion and Beauty issue.

Kianna had a modeling stint for Trinoma’s in house magazine and really enjoyed the experience. At the Total Girl Model Academy

Kianna will get a chance to find her personal style, walk the runway, get some personality coaching and a Comp Card which can be used as her modelling portfolio.

After the workshop they will get to practice what they learned at the Go-Sees.

All girls ages 8 to 13 can easily enter and participate by presenting the March or April 2015 issue of Total Girl. Upon registration, which will start at 12:00 noon, a passport will be given as a guide to the different activities.

Win or lose, all participants will learn to be more confident and will definitely take home valuable modelling and styling tips on top of an awesome experience they will never forget!

Registration for Total Girl Model Academy 2015 can also be done online here.

For updates on the Total Girl Model Academy, like them on Facebook and follow @TotalGirlPH on Instagram and tag us on #TGMA2015.

Total Girl is available on newsstands and in bookstores, convenience stores, and supermarkets nationwide. A digital edition is available for download through Apple Newsstand, Buqo, and Zinio. For more details, visit https://www.summitnewsstand.com.ph/total-girl.

Apr 7 2015

The Spongebob Movie Screening by Jollibee

Posted on April 7, 2015 by olsk_mercado

The kids were asking if we could watch this in the theater so when we were invited to the block screening by Jollibee to watch The Spongebob Movie it was the perfect opportunity. All of my children like Spongebob even my oldest Bastian who’s 14 and Kianna who’s 13.

They find it very amusing and funny and of course being a middle-aged parent I couldn’t see the humor as much. I guess that’s how my parents felt when I used to watch The Simpsons! Yes, that’s how old I am!

Before heading to the movie we went to Jollibee for some “langhap sarap” fills. I have an on-going contest for the upcoming Jollitown Funtasy Land family event happening on April 11. Get a chance to win 4 tickets! There’ll be 3 winners!

It was enjoyable for me because we were out as a family although Oliver and I would have rather watched Fast and Furious 7!

The kids really enjoyed the movie. Jael constantly laughed and even Bastian and Kianna found it hilarious. They liked the rap part at the end because it was from a you tuber they follow.

As you can expect the storyline was just out there but obviously this is what kids like about it. There were moments that even Oliver and I found funny.

The Jolly Kiddie toys at the moment are the Spongebob crew and Jael was able to get Spongebob. We were aiming to collect Patrick and Mr Krab but already they’re out of stock.

Check out The Spongebob Movie. Your kids are guaranteed to have a great time. Watch the video below for a sneak peak of the movie.

Apr 6 2015

Happy Easter at Fairview Terraces

Posted on April 6, 2015 by olsk_mercado

Sometimes, I get more excited than the kids when it comes to holidays like Easter. Luckily we spent Easter at Fairview Terraces where Jael got to do some activities that they had lined up for kids and their families.

Held at their activity center, it was a quaint garden set up complete with a picket fence. They had a Bunny Masks station and Cupcake Decorating activity.

Jael enjoyed designing his mini cupcake. He sprinkled some blue edible sand and topped it with a cute chick.

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He was pretty proud of his cupcake creation.

Fairview Terraces always has an activity on holidays and you only need to meet a certain requirement by shopping at the stores in the mall.

There were also some items for sale from books to toys to baby items. We ended up buying Jael a Ben Ten watch that had candy in it.

Make sure to follow Fairview Terraces on Facebook to be up to date on their latest events and promos.

Apr 5 2015

Get Your Milo Champ Towel this Summer

Posted on April 5, 2015 by olsk_mercado

We’re really feeling the summer! Gone are the days of cool breezes and when you didn’t have to use the electric fan. Now it’s just plain hot. As in take a shower and a few minutes later you’re already sweating. We live on the top most floor of our mid-rise condo so the heat isn’t as bad. Luckily, we have Milo to cool our days. We love to make cold Milo drinks. This summer when you buy a 1kg pack you get a Milo Champ towel.

The Milo champ towel comes in 3 designs, Basketball, Volleyball and Soccer and is rolled into a cute ball that you have to unwrap.

Jael had fun unwrapping the ball and was wondering what it was.

When he finally unwrapped it he thought it was funny that it was a ball. The Milo champ towel is just the right size for wiping the day’s sweat off or putting it on your child’s back.

Chocolate Mousse Recipe from Milo

Since we had a monster pack of Milo we decided to create an easy to do dessert and what better way than to look to Milo’s own recipes?

Ingredients:

1 cup Milo
1 tsp unflavored gelatin
3tbsp butter
1/4 cup all purpose cream
3 tbsp sugar
3 egg white
1/4 cup water
all purpose cream chilled

Procedure:

Combine Milo, gelatin and water on a double boiler. Cook until melted. Turn off fire and stir in butter, cream and sugar. Leave to cool.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Cut and fold into chocolate mixture. Pour into individual serving cups.
Once chilled top with a dollop of chilled cream and sprinkle with Milo.

The finished product! It actually turned out well. The texture isn’t the same as other chocolate mousse I’ve tasted because it was a bit more gooey but surprisingly the taste itself was good enough!

Check out more Milo recipes here.

Apr 3 2015

Microsoft WeSpeakCode Minecraft Event

Posted on April 3, 2015 by olsk_mercado

My 2 boys are into Minecraft. I’ve seen plenty of homeschool activities for this game as well and I believe there is a learning benefit from playing this particular game.

I was excited to bring Jael to the Microsoft #WeSpeakCode Minecraft event because he loves the characters. Although, I knew he would be a bit young for the coding discussion it’s never too early to start introducing children to concepts.

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Microsoft is promoting the clear benefits of teaching coding in school as a core subject. Since our children are wholly exposed to the technology today it only seems fitting to provide them an educational way to learn the process of coding.

The #WeSpeakCode campaign derived from survey poll conducted in 8 countries across the Asia Pacific which expressed the desire towards including coding and programming into the current curriculum. According to the survey over 97% of students in the Philippines want to learn more about coding.

Clearly, there’s a beneficial reward to integrating this as a subject as today’s youth can be even more adept with the digital world we live in. This line of work is fast becoming one of the top careers.

With the start of Microsoft’s #WeSpeakCode campaign schools and educators will hopefully put ore attention to this and we’ll see it in our schools soon.

Coding seems to be a bit of a challenge to learn but for the kids of today it’ll be easy as pie. Already Jael knows how to work the computer and functions of a website. Kids seem more attentive and quick to learn because of this.

Although, I am all for kids enjoying their youth by playing outside like the “olden” days we have to use this current state of thinking to our advantage and get our kids learning. That would be the better alternative than them just playing unsupervised video games and the like.

At the #WeSpeakCode event kids were taught how to play a Minecraft based game which included constructing of bases or fortresses.

Children who attended were even given certificates for joining and got top take home a prize.

Jael was so happy with the event especially since he got to take home an action figure, Steve from Minecraft.

We were also taught how to build an app using the free Windows App Studio. You can easily create your own app and in this discussion they showed us how to make an app for our blog. It only takes 4 steps to do this. You can customize your content and choose themes.

I have yet to make an app for my blog but it’s definitely on my to do list.

Learn more about Microsoft WeSpeakCode here. You can also follow them on Facebook.

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Total Girl Model Academy 2015

The Spongebob Movie Screening by Jollibee

Happy Easter at Fairview Terraces

Get Your Milo Champ Towel this Summer

Chocolate Mousse Recipe from Milo

Microsoft WeSpeakCode Minecraft Event