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Metro Manila Traffic Navigator

2 hours. 4 kids and one hilarious joke: Jose Rizal is not our national hero.. he is our National Doctor!

HAHAHAHA

If a 2 hour traffic will always end up like this,well, I wouldn’t mind.. in reality, this only happens once in a while. Usually, the kids are already bickering at each other, complaining about the heat, about the need to go to the bathroom. And of course, we’re slowly losing our patience.

For a family with 4 kids (plus my nephew) being stuck in traffic is very stressful and I wish there is a way to know the traffic situation of the roads that we’re going. Well, my wish has been granted.. and I was really grateful to be invited in this event, the launching of TV5’s latest innovation:

Metro Manila Traffic Navigator, a project between TV5 and the Metro Manila Development Authority aims to give people the traffic situation which they can access in the internet which is updated every 5-15 minutes.

The traffic navigator can be found at http://mmdatraffic.interaksyon.com.

It covers main roads which include:

EDSA: from Balintawak to Mall of Asia
Quezon Avenue: Philcoa to Mayon
España: Welcome Rotunda to Lerma
C5: Libis Flyover to Market! Market!
Roxas Blvd: Anda Circle to Coastal Road
SLEX: Magallanes to Alabang Exit

A user can opt to see the traffic situations in 3 ways:

System View where in a map of the roads is presented with different line colors that represents the traffic situation.
Line View shows the situation through description such as light traffic, moderate traffic or heavy traffic
Google Map uses Google Maps to present the current traffic situation.

The media launch was held at Palawan Ballroom in Shangri Hotel, the event was hosted by Paolo Bediones and Cheri Mercado:

We had the chance to ask questions to the panel during the event forum:

This partnership will be very helpful to me and my kids. We know have an access of the traffic situation without having to call the MMDA. All we need is our cellphone and we can manipulate our way to my in laws.. faster and more convenient.

Arts and Crafts and Doughnut Design Challenge at One Serendra

The kids had a chance with doughnut and clay last Sunday at One Serendra. They had an afternoon of fun and fun and fun.. Moms from Filipina Bloggers United were also there and so I had so much fun ctaching up with them 🙂

The kids having their time designing their respective doughnut.. Sati wonders why she does not have her own doughnut hahaha

After the kids finisheed their doughnut, they made cute little Mario Brothers mushroom from clay. I did not had the chance to take photos because we’re all busy helping the kids.. but it was fun.

Then we had a sumptous meal which the kids enjoyed too. and while we were waiting for the clay to hardened.. we had a chance for some photo ops with the moms and the kids.

The Filipina Bloggers United Junior edition.. hahaha

The kids together with teacher who helped them create their mushrooms..

And of course the lovely Blogger moms 🙂

We also had fun touring the One Serendra model units and learning about the amenities of the place.

From Blogger To Being A Financial Advisor

I have been blogging for 3 years already and though I enjoy what I am doing, there are times that I contemplate on changing a career (yeah I consider blogging as a career ahahaha). And if I am not into blogging, I will be selling. Sales is my first love. As early as I can count and knew how to subtract, add and count change, my grandmother taught us how to sell. I remember that every summer she would give us money and we would use to buy and sell stuffs.. There was a time that even on school days, me and my sister would ride on our bike and look for things/ fruits that we can buy and sell. It’s fun and not to mention we got to earn some extra, which we usually spend on food trip (that later on was the culprit of our Typhoid fever hahahahaha)

As I am saying, if ever I would stop blogging, I will be in sales. And if there is one industry that is closest to my heart, that would be INSURANCE. For one, my mom raised us from insurance money. She has been selling policies for more 2 decades already. I also had a first hand experience with it.. tried taking the insurance license exam and passed. I was oriented with some of the ins and outs of this industry. And most of all, I believe that there is a need for insurance. Life is unpredictable and we need to be prepared.

Coincidentally, while I was whining about how I wanted to change a career, I was invited by Mom Friday for a lunch out with her friends from the insurance industry. Initially, I thought, they would be presenting their products and asked us to share it with our readers. Of course, I would be very much willing to do that as I have mentioned, I believe in insurance. Surprisingly, what Darwin Uyco and Christine Lee of Sun Life Financial told us is far more interesting. No, they did not sell their products to us, they never even mentioned what are the kinds of investment Sun Life has to offer. What they told us was how it is working with Sun Life. Darwin talked about his travel incentives, the perks and privileges of being a financial advisor of Sun Life.. and a lot other things.

Financial Advisor rings as a very intimidating career.. do I need to finish finance related article to be a financial advisor? And that was one of the things that Christine explained to us. Darwin and Christine gave us a glimpse of their life as a financial advisors. They even told us the stories behind their “accidental careers”. Both never thought that they will have a job in the insurance industry.

Intimidating it may sound, being a financial advisor is actually easy.. how and why? Sun Life Financial is of course will be there to back you up. Talk about training, small talks, discussions and the likes. And if you think this job is for you, contact Darwin directly on the details below:

Darwin Uyco, Unit Manager:

Tel: (632) 719-3815

Mobile: (63)917-8988926

Red Iron Bark unit – Sun Life Financial

Email: darwin.d.uyco@sunlife.com.ph

SLF-Red Spurce New Business Office

G/F E-Square Building

Ortigas Ave., Greenhills

San Juan, Metro Manila

Philippines

One of the things that is worth mentioning is how being a financial advisor is just like having your own business. You will not earn without working but the good thing is, unlike in business, you need to invest money and not to mention sweat (and blood.. dugo at pawisin short).. on being a financial advisor, you only need effort (no money involve, no sakit ng ulo involve..). You have a flexible work schedule, you earning opportunity is unlimited and the best part is you have travel incentives.