Reading With Kiara

The picture shown above was taken during a mall tour of Geronimo Stilton of Scholastic Books at Market Market in Taguig City.


Ever since Kiara was young, I keep on buying books for her to see and "read" books even if she can't read yet, she can recognize pictures especially of animals, shapes, colors and places. She will be turning 2 years old next month and what a milestone for her if she really could read.

Starting to read at a very young age can be rewarding because even if she cannot say the words but with repetition of familiar words she can remember things and words. One day we were surprised when she can recite the alphabet from A to E and we were even more surprised when she can count alternatively from one to ten. She also knows some basic colors like red, green, blue and yellow. I would like to think that this is because of our early interventions in her reading.

We just have to wait for her to pronounce the words properly and when she finally starts school I know she will be a bright kid.



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Statement of the PAP on the (Mis)Use of Psychology in the Current Electoral Campaign

he Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP)* considers some recent occurrences in the current electoral campaigns as an affront to psychologists and to psychology as a discipline and profession. In particular, partisan individuals and media practitioners have not only presented to the public fraudulent psychological reports, but have also made inaccurate statements about different aspects of the practice of psychology and the nature of psychological functioning. These irresponsible actuations have dangerous long-term effects on efforts of Filipino psychologists and other mental health professionals to address the psychological well-being of Filipinos. In this regard, the PAP would like to respond to and clarify some of the issues raised as a result of these political events.

First, the PAP denounces the release of the results of psychological tests or assessment to media and the public at large. In accordance with the PAP Code of Ethics, the results of psychological tests or assessment cannot be released to the media or the public or to any person other than the client. Any reputable individual psychologist or psychological organization ensures the practice of confidentiality and that the results of psychological tests or assessment are only shared with the client. Psychologists take reasonable steps to ensure that information to be disclosed will not be misused, misunderstood or misinterpreted to infringe on human rights, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Second, the PAP denounces the suggestions made by politicians, media practitioners, and others to force political candidates to take psychological tests or assessment. In accordance with the PAP Code of Ethics, individuals cannot be subjected to psychological tests or assessment without their informed consent. Any reputable individual psychologist or psychological organization ensures that informed consent is acquired from the client before conducting psychological tests.

Third, the PAP denounces the insinuation that people who see a psychologist or any mental health professional is “abnormal” or “permanently debilitated”. The PAP condemns the insinuation that depression is a permanent disability; and the use of words like “abnoy” , ‘sira ang ulo’and “may diperensiya sa utak” to label individuals. These irresponsible statements and similar acts perpetuate a profound lack of understanding of psychological concepts, of the nature of psychological problems and dysfunctions, and of the nature of psychological health and wellbeing.

The PAP would like to stress to politicians, to media practitioners, and to the public at large that seeing a psychologist or any mental health professional does not make a person “abnormal”. Seeing a psychologist means ensuring our mental health and psychological wellbeing.

Board of Directors
Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP)
1 May 2010

*Note: The Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), a professional organization of psychologists founded in 1962, is committed to the promotion of excellence in the teaching, research, and practice of psychology. It is a non-stock, non-profit corporation whose national membership includes teachers, researchers, and practitioners of psychology. Its members adhere to the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists which recognizes that “ethics is at the core of every discipline”.

Earn Through Lockers

http://Lockerz.com
picture copyright to Apple and Lockerz


For invites:
Leave your e-mail here, or PM me or text me at 0915-7801966 and i'll send you an invite!

I got a few e-mail invites left to send out.

Or you can reply to this post.

The site is called Lockerz!!


Log in and answer a daily question to get 2 points and by logging in you get another 2 points.

You can get gifts like games, clothing and they offer tickets to HUGE concerts.

Stuff here is really cheap, Wii's are 1000 points, Macbooks are 4000 points, etc.

The site launches publicly October 15th, so you can't sign up regularly, You must be invited!!

THEY ARE VERY strict with their membership. So you only get an invite to filter scammers or only those who are interested.

This is an excerpt from their terms and conditions:

"At Lockerz, our membership is more than access to fabulous brands at amazing prices or discovering the coolest new music artists or videos. It's more than joining a social network that puts its customers first and rewards its membership with PTZ for making it thrive. It's a community -- of your friends, our friends and friends you've yet to make. So if you cheat the PTZ system (including, but not limited to, assisting others in cheating the PTZ system), you cheat the community, and for that you will lose your membership."

It's true that they feature a lot of artist and I am enjoying or discovering other culture because the videos are more of the British type.

I am now watching or following 'Prom Queen" which is a series of videos cut into 2 minutes each.
It's just like a very long commercial that you want to watch.

Anyone interested should immediately register as they have an option to lower PTZ or increase it or change it.

Worried With Crossed Eyes

I am really worried over Kiara having a cross eyes or am I just exaggerating? Anyway, we will visit a pedia opthalmologist this Friday at the Medical City, to have her eyes checked and to lessen my worry.

So They Call it A Bug Shield

My neighbor has a yellow Civic which they customized to look like a race car. I've been wondering for a very long time what is that black thing on the hood called. I really thought it was just a form of style or "arte". I never thought it could serve a purpose for a car. So they call it a bug shield, now I know.

I am not into cars like Irwin, who knows what that is. I am more interested in the car colors maybe because I do not know how to drive.

Just last Sunday, we were at Megamall and Kiara was looking at some kid's motorcycle and it really crossed my mind, that my baby girl will be driving her car when she grows up. Just this morning I thought of buying my own car that I can bring to work, and then later Kiara can drive it too. Well, she will be old by then including me.

Call Center Agents and AIDS

In a recent study on the Young Professional's Lifestyle in Manila and Cebu by UP, results showed that from the sample of the respondents there is a high risk of acquiring AIDS. AIDS is usually transmitted through sharing of needles when you are doing drugs and through sex. There is an increase of this disease in gay men and there is a perception that there is an abundance of gay men in call centers.

Though the reaction of the call center agents on HIV/AIDS virus is negative, because they claimed that not all call center are sexually active. The lifestyle of the call center may have encourage the active sexual lifestyle. If you acquired AIDS it will not be covered by a health insurance.

As much as possible, not only for call center agents, for all people in general, it is safe to be monogamous and not have sex with a lot of partners. People with AIDS usually do not know they have the disease unless they are tested for AIDS.

In a study by PGH, doctors voluntarily requested call center agents to be tested with AIDS and from those who responded to the free AIDS test, they concluded that from those tested only a few are HIV positive.

Still this is not enough to be calm when it comes to the issue of AIDS.
With all the available information on AIDS, the government should also make a nationwide campaign to prevent this disease.

Claudine Baretto, Kris Aquino and Liposuction

Photo from abs-cbn.com
Photo by Beauty Bento Box

Photo Courtesy of GMA


Did you watch Claudine's soap on TV last Saturday? After giving birth, there was a humor that she had a liposuction performed on her arms. And she really has slim arms but I think she forgot asking the doctor for liposuction to the rest of her body.

Whenever I see her commercials, I observed that she was displayed from the face down to her chest, because the rest of her body especially the hips seemed very wide and the clothes that she wears always gets attention to the upper pert of her body because she now has a bigger lower body. You can notice this especially at the side view.

Women who gave birth like Kris Aquino who was very vocal and is an advocate of plastic surgery admitted having liposuction, tummy tuck and even breast augmentation, how about her nose, her nose seemed fake too?


What seems to be common to these artists? Of course, not all artists started out as very famous, some of them like Kris even starred in B movies. Movies that are low on budget, or they may start out as extras in film, or a side kick, I remember Kris Aquino and Rene Requistas in a movie.
She was ugly back then, right? Hahaha! She might read this and get mad, so that is my opinion, meaning, she was not a star material, not very popular back then, well, popular because she was the President's daughter, but look at her now. She is aspiring to be the next Oprah.

And with the money that she earns, she can change the way she looks anytime she wants.