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Araw na ng mga puso, may ka-date ka na ba? Ako kasi wala pa. ‘Di ba, nakakamiss ang mga mahal natin sa buhay lalo na kapag sumasapit ang araw na ito?

Sigurado, nagkalat na naman ang mga taong may hawak ng mga bulaklak. Habang naglalakad sa gilid ng daan, tagu-tago ang isang pirasong bulaklak sa kanyang likod. Kahit mahal ang bilihin ng mga bulaklak sa araw na ito, makikipagsiksikan ka pa para makabili at maibigay lang sa mamay mo, tapos ito namang si mamay mo kunyari na-surprise pa at mahihiya, sabay unti-unting aabutin. Problema, hindi na muna natin magagawa iyon hangga’t nandito pa tayo. Pero marami pa din paraan para maipadama natin na hindi mawawala iyon lalo na ngayong araw ito.

Basta ako, kakontyaba ko na mga utol ko at sila na muna ang pipila sa akin upang maibigay ang bulaklak na gusto ko para sa kanya. Kayo ba mga ka-tigang, paano?

Bones Embedded on Rocks: Drumheller Revisited

by: Mariko

I had the opportunity of going into one of the most visited landmark in my province of Alberta, the Royal Tyrell Museum, home of genuine fossils from the abovementioned place and recently from around the world..I was there when I was in Grade 7 and back then there was not much dinosaur bones to be seen yet. There was a lot of digging goin on and we were shown how Paleontologist would extract a fossilized structure out of a piece of rock. We were told that sometimes, it would take a year to piece out a piece of leg (which is ,of course, huge by modern standard ) from a boulder.

This time, we were told that the fossils on display were from all over the world, not only dugged out from Alberta and there was a variety of animals and plants that were still attach to the rock from where it was coming from…There was a genuine shop selling fossils but apparently their stuff were not coming from the surrounding Drumheller but from diggings in the United States. Nobody was allowed to dig except licensed Paleontologist and even their numbers were regulated by the government.

Reading the history of the place, I realized that Drumheller and Alberta,for that particular matter has become the catch basin of Dinosaurs millions of years ago when the Ice caps in the North Atlantic melted. That explains why thousands of fossil bones were found in our province and why we have one of the largest oil deposits in the world..I want to share with my readers some of the pics that I got when me and my family drove there. Here goes;

Entrance to the Museum

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Rugs are commodities that not only accent your home, but also makes your rooms feel cozy and comfy. If you are looking for quality rugs and carpets, then the best place for you to get them is here at “Superior Rugs”.  Superior Rugs offer a huge lineup of Rugs that are fit for your budget and attractive to your taste.  In their easy to use site, you will see the lineup arranged skillfully via categories so it would be easy for you to jump directly to the rug that you are looking for. Just visit the Superior Rugs Website and see for yourself how easy it is to access.

Superior rugs provides the best lineups of Cheap Rugs that are really high in quality and provides you the best lineups of affordable rugs that are easy on the wallet yet high in quality. People will also see a huge lineup that isn’t just restricted on Rectangular rugs, but also round area rugs that will accent your room and runner area rugs that will design your floor to make it feel cozy.

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What is a Father?
by Jean-Paul Jeorge Clavio

What is a father? a father is a person that smiles after he sees your face for the first time in the delivery room. He is the guy who drives you home after experiencing 9 months swimming in amniotic fluid and breathing oxygen after coming up. He’s the first guy you see after you open your eyes for the first time. He’s the person who helps you up to step forward with your yet sensitive and unused feet. He is the guy who picks you up when you fall down after that baby step.

A father is the person who brings you to school on that first day. He is the one who fixes your uniform, shines your school shoes, and cleans your lunchbox. He is the guy whom the principal calls because you did something nasty in school, like playing in the mud or punching your classmate on the nose. He is the guy who helps you answer all your assignments and fix those school home economics projects. At the end of the day, he is the one who picks you up from school and tucks you in your bed after reading a beautiful fairy tale to make you sleep.

A father is the person who guides you to choose what course you want and where to find for it. A father plots your course through destiny and guides you in the best course of action. A father forgives you if you have walked a wrong path, and still takes you in after you have left him.  A father protects you and makes you invincible from harm and He is the person who lets you know where you have gone wrong and he is willing to sacrifice his life, his dignity, and his love, so you will get the best treatment a son could ever have.

To all fathers in the world. Happy Father’s day From PinoyME.

The free online dictionary defines education education as ‘the knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.’ Nowadays, where neck to neck competition is the name of the game, formal education will give us the edge to be in the lead. Education is an important tool in one’s success and no one should be deprived of it.

Everyone in the world complains about the global financial crisis. The high rocketing tuition fees aggravate the scenario. All just tightens up their budget to survive daily’s expenses. Unsurprisingly, the number of out of school youth increases rapidly. This is where the Education Voucher System (EVS) EVS steps in.

The Department of Education (DepEd) DepEd grants EVS yearly. This program will give financial assistance to qualified beneficiaries in their pursuit for quality education. Based on the official website of the DepEd, “each beneficiary shall have an annual aid of P4,000 to cover tuition and other school fees in the private school of choice until he or she graduates.

Eligible recipients should:

1. be public elementary school graduate belonging to the top 50 percent of the graduating class
2. complete the requirements of elementary education based on DepED administered tests such as PEPT and ALS A&E
3. come from a family with a total yearly income of not more than the poverty level.

Note: Only when the beneficiary beneficiary is promoted to the next year level will he/she be given the next voucher certificates.

Aside from the government, there are Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), private corporations, schools and philanthropists who also provides academic scholarship grants and stipends to deserving students. In return, you have to maintain high grades, work several hours in the grantors offices or help them render charity works.

Indeed, education is for all and that poverty is not an excuse.

Every time I read the news, turn on the television, or open any business magazine, I always see and hear about the world’s dwindling economy – how all the businesses in the world lay-off employees to cut costs, how salaries are going down while prices and expenses are going up, and how day by day thousands upon thousands of people end-up in the “Bum” list of jobless folks. This may be the primary reason why former company workhorses now turn to the internet to work at home and earn a living online. If you try and look at most of the job openings for online bloggers, you will see that most of blog freelancers are paid by the “number of articles submitted” – rare would you see job openings that would pay you monthly or with a fixed retainer. And as a typical paid-blogger, you should always bear in mind to write fast so you could finish a lot of jobs at the least possible time.

Here are some tips to write quality blogs with the least possible time.
A writer should:

1. Spend a good deal of time to read up on the topic at hand – A writer should internalize the subject of the article which is in my opinion should comprise at least 50% of the job allottment. He or she should also read related blogs about the topic in order to see the “flow” of the topic.
2. Create a deadline or timetable for the completion of the project – in my experience, posing deadlines will often make your mind more active. Writers tend to get lazy and get more distracted if deadlines are not present to act as guides.
3. Smile – Smiling often boosts a writer’s morale and gives him or her positive outlooks. Feeling sad or having problems makes your mind wander and keeps you agitated enough to bring your thinking to a sense of confusion.
4. Write in a well-lit room – A dark room makes you feel sleepy and tends to “render you unconscious” sometimes.
5. Remember your homekeys – a refresher course of “Typing 101″ will go great lengths and will enable you to upgrade your typing skills to its fullest potential.
6. Always keep a glass of fresh drinking water by your side – water keeps your brain Oxygenated allowing it think faster and work quicker. Yes, Coffee keeps you awake and on your toes, however it agitates your brain cells too much that most of brain’s neurons get a large increase in electronic impulses which could cause confusion, tension, and stress.
7. Last but not least – Think of the Blog, Not the Money earned in selling it – always keep in mind that you are writing articles; works of art read by millions of people around the globe. Write fast but always maintain the qualities of your articles. Writing fast could earn you lots of dollars, but hey, Leonardo Da Vinci did not finish the “Mona Lisa” in an hour.

Picture this: you already have your bags stuffed with all your clothes, sun block, personal effects, and important documents. The airport taxi is beeping its horn at your garage because he has been waiting for you there for already fifteen minutes. You cram your way to leave your house’s status intact; you’ve paid the bills in advance for two months. You’ve left your dog to the neighbor and left him instructions on his daily diet. You call the Nanny; instruct her to clean the house once a week for you’ll be gone for 3 months. You rapidly clutch your bags, stuff them in the trunk, enter the taxi, and the driver rapidly speeds the car to the airport. You rush to the check in area, and as you enter the terminal, the signs read that your flight is leaving… in one minute! You rush to the counter. A friendly airline staff greets you and asks for your ticket and passport. The staff member frowns, looks at your documents, at you, and then back to the documents again. Then you realize… Your passport just expired… yesterday. This happens rarely, but according to various airline statistics, almost 25% of canceled flight tickets are due to expired passports. It has been known since the dawn of time that prevention is better than cure. So why wait for your passport to expire, when you can efficiently and securely renew them on time, and in the convenience of your own home and office?

Passport direct helps make renewing Filipino passports easy and efficient. No more long and winding application queue lines in the Department of foreign affairs. No more hot days and perspiring seatmates. Passport direct offers online Filipino passport renewal and application. Although passport direct doesn’t eliminate the personal appearance factor at the DFA, it helps in facilitating an easier way to renew. Although you have to visit the office for documents signing and thumb printing, Passport direct picks up your old passport, and delivers the new one in the address you have specified in the online application. Another remarkable feature of the service is you can change or effect alterations in your personal appearance, so you are in complete control of when you want to visit the Department of Foreign affairs – No fuss, no muss.

One of the problems experienced by passport applicants and OFW’s nowadays is the amount of waiting involved for you to be served in the main office. With passport direct clients, the Department of Foreign Affairs reserves a special priority lane for these online customers. However, this efficiency comes with a price. From the regular Php 500 renewal fee, passport direct charges an additional 800 pesos, which is in my opinion a suitable price because the service picks up and delivers the passports right at your doorstep. Most of the additional charges also go to the special VIP treatment that you get whenever you avail of this service. And thinking renewing your passport only happens after 5-6 years, this service is truly something to experience.

The website is easy to use. All the necessary tabs and buttons are there. In the website you can check the requirements you need to facilitate the renewal or application. There is a check status page for you to check how your application is progressing. And a contacts page wherein you can call their 24 hour customer support for inquiries and assistance. Overall, Passport Direct is one of the web services you can avail that really will save you a lot on time. The application is easy, just fill up the necessary fields and click submit. Passport direct is one of the sites that continue to show that the Filipino thinks of different motivations to help each other whether here, or in abroad.

e-Census – documents right at your fingertips by Xem

Nowadays, almost all government sectors have been responding to the rapid up-take of technology through internet advantage. The National Statistics Office (NSO) for one, has developed the e-Census, a convenient online system of requesting for the civil registry services. Whether you are here in the Philippines or working overseas you may apply for the issuance of certified copies of civil registry documents, i.e., birth, marriage and death certificates; and issuance of certificate of no marriage record (CENOMAR or Singleness)

The e-Census website is easy to navigate, user friendly and hustle free compared to the traditional way of obtaining NSO documents. Who among us have not experience long hours of standing and waiting for your turn only to come back after several days to get what you need? Oh my!

Let us show you a glimpse of how great e-Census is!

I. e-Census quick application steps:

1. Accept the e-Census terms and conditions.
2. Fill out the Requester Information Form
3. Select what documents do you need – click either Birth, Marriage, Death or CENOMAR
4. Fill out the application form to be displayed on your screen
5. Pay the processing fee.
Note: Only paid transactions will be processed.

II. e-Census payment schemes:

1. Pay requests online using my Megalink ATM card via The PORT Payment Gateway (for requests within the Philippines only.
2. Pay requests online via Credit Card (for Japan, Australia, New Zealand, U.S., Canada and Europe credit cards only)
3. Pay requests through Equitable PCI Bank / UnionBank /correspondent foreign banks.
4. Pay requests online using my Equitable PCI Bank account via FASTNet
5. Pay requests through Mail and More outlets.
Note: No Cancellation and No Refund Policy is used.

III. e-Census payment price and delivery period.
A. LOCAL
1. Birth/Marriage/Death Certificates – Php 330
2. CENOMAR (Singleness) – Php 430
- inclusive of courier charges within the Philippines and Documentary Stamp Tax
- local requests paid thru credit card, forein price applies.
- delivery is 2-6 working days for destinations within the Philippines.

B. FOREIGN
1. Birth/Marriage/Death Certificates – US$20.00
2. CENOMAR (Singleness) – US$25.00
- inclusive of delivery charges using the registered mail service of the PhilPost.
- delivery charge for special couriers is excluded
- delivery is 6-8 weeks for destinations outside the Philippines.

This development depicts that Philippine government is making its way for a more advanced services to its people; that Filipinos are not left behind on technology advancement and that we embrace progress. “Through this online facility, we are bringing our services closer to you. This is in addition to our 40 Census Serbilis Centers located in strategic sites all over the Philippines.” Carmelita N. Ericta, NSO Administrator and Civil Registrar General

So, what are you waiting for? Check the e-Census website now!