Museo Pambata - Have You Been There?!

The Museo Pambata is a children's interactive museum, the first of its kind in the Philippines. It is in a sense an alternative to the formal classroom environment where learning resembles a one-way street – the teacher imparts knowledge and the students absorb it. In Museo Pambata, children can use their total senses and learn various concepts at their own pace. It excites the minds of the young, inspires them to learn more, and most importantly revitalizes what child learning should be – fun and exciting!







 To tell you a little bit of history: 
Opened in 1994, Museo Pambata is the dream come true of Nina Lim-Yuson, an early childhood educator and mother of four, who once brought her young children to the Boston Children’s Museum in America. They had so much fun with the museum's hands-on exhibits that she wished there was a similar place back home where her kids - and the millions of Filipino children - can learn and have fun at the same time.

In March 1993, Lim and Yuson presented a proposal of their dream museum, to be situated in the historical Elks Club Building in Manila, to then Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim who had just arrived from a UNICEF Mayors’ Meeting on the Rights of the Child in Mexico City. Much to their joy and surprise, he readily approved it.
The Museo Pambata officers were elected in the first Board of Trustees meeting held in June 1993. Mayor Lim was elected as chairman, Estefania Aldaba-Lim as president, Elizabeth Zobel as vice-president, Wilfrido Tecson as treasurer and Atty. Leocadio de Asis as legal counsel. Nina Lim-Yuson was appointed executive director. Other founding members were renowned stage director Zenaida Amador, Philippine Star founder Betty Go-Belmonte, cultural supporter and businesswoman Doris Ho, National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin, PCCI President Jose Pardo, Cultural Center President Teresa Escoda Roxas and businessman Carlos Soriano. The board invited former First Lady Amelita “Ming” Ramos to be honorary chairperson.
Educators, visual artists, architects, museum workers and other professionals met regularly to brainstorm. Concepts were then translated into several theme rooms designed and produced pro bono by architect and stage designer Joselito Tecson.
Scale models were made and presented to prospective sponsors. A brochure conceptualized by premier advertising agency McCann Erickson, led by Emily Abrera, and a 10-minute video produced by Cheche Lazaro's Probe Productions helped "sell" the idea of Museo Pambata.

And to give you some sneak peak on what Museo Pambata is today, check on my album:








Museo Pambata is a non-stock, non-profit organization certified by the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC), with revenues from investment income; contributions and grants from individuals, groups, foundations, corporations, and government agencies; earned income; and admissions income. For more information you can check on http://www.museopambata.org

All set for Madrid Fusión Manila

It’s all systems go for the first ever Madrid Fusión Manila, the famed gastronomic festival from Spain! Gathering some of the world’s most celebrated chefs in one roof and promising a food experience like no other, Madrid Fusión Manila happens this April 24 to 26, 2015 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

Madrid Fusión Manila will feature three main events, all of which present the Philippines as a rising culinary center of excellence in Asia: the International Gastronomy Congress, Trade Exhibition, and the Flavors of the Philippines.

At the Congress, Michelin-grade Spanish chefs and celebrity chefs from Asia will showcase the latest culinary trends and techniques, continuing Madrid Fusión’s 12-year tradition of showcasing the future of food.

Meanwhile, the Trade Exhibition takes guests to an unforgettable gastronomic journey featuring premium products from the world’s leading food and beverage companies, especially Spanish delights like wines, cheeses, and charcuterie, and Filipino treats such as chocolates, nuts, mango, artisanal salts, and liqueurs.

Finally, the Flavors of the Philippines is a month-long cultural and gastronomic feast with food tours and tastings, roving food trucks, and bar crawls. All over the country, restaurants, hotels, bars, malls, and weekend markets are celebrating food with their own line of scrumptious offerings.

The Congress is still open for registration to chefs, industry professionals, aficionados, and culinary students, while the Trade Exhibition is free to trade visitors and will be open to the public on the last day. To register as a Congress delegate, call +639175358109. To participate as an exhibitor, call +639178441217

For more information about Madrid Fusión Manila, visit www.madridfusionmanila.com or www.visitph2015.com.

Manila Doctor's Hospital's Holiday Promo!

As an early Christmas gift, MDH gives 50% off on all room rates for all elective procedures including in-patient executive check up packages for reservations made from October 15 to December 15, 2014. Confinement period is from December 22, 2014 to January 2, 2015

And here are hte Elective procedures include:

LAP Cholecystectomy
Appendectomy
Hernia
Thyroidectomy
MRM
Hemorrhiod under spinal
Excision
Tonsillectomy
Hip replacement
Carpal Tunnel
Nephrectomy
Ureterolithotomy
Lobectomy/Thoracotomy


For details and inquiries, please call the MDH Business Development Division at
(02) 524 3011 local 2384 or (02) 558-0888 locals 4744 / 4745 / 4764

How can you see your Future in Futureyou.Ph

FutureYou.ph is an online career exploration tool that helps plan and create future, under your terms which is specifically targetted to students incoming in college, Deciding what to do with your life is always a difficult experience. With FutureYou.ph you can explore what jobs are out there and the educational pathways to each job.  FutureYou.ph aims to provide you with all the information you need to be able to get the right opportunity where your passions, skills, and interests can be turned into a great job and a great future.

guest speakers in FutureYou.ph event

I'm glad that something like this was developed although I'm not sure if there was a web app that was made before this but this is going to be a revolutionary and a great help for seeing the careers and courses that our country has to offer.

With it's design a high school student will now have a better picture of what he or she would like to pursue in the future using up-to-date and reliable information.

You can check www.futureyou.ph for updates on the online app.

The World’s Best Gamma Camera with CT Scan is now in Manila Doctors Hospital

Manila Doctors Hospital partners with Siemens in bringing the world’s best xSPECT system to the Philippines and in Southeast Asia - the new Symbia Intevo which provides physicians with the ability to not only image disease, but also to leverage the high resolution to see the unseen for more confident interpretations. Its unique quantitative capabilities provide the ability to monitor and adjust treatments earlier by accurately measuring even small differences. To support patient safety and increased efficiency, Symbia Intevo was designed to administer the lowest dose while imaging patients faster than ever.

Symbia Intevo is the world’s best Gamma Camera with CT Scan and the first system of its kind in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia to allow easy, accurate and reproducible quantification, making treatment follow-up possible. Faster and more accurate cardiac imaging The increase in demand for faster myocardial perfusion imaging has been one of the key trends in nuclear medicine. With Symbia Intevo, cardiac imaging becomes 75% faster and more comfortable and accurate than ever before. The innovative IQ.SPECT makes cardiac imaging 4 times faster for patient comfort and improved image quality. Molecular Imaging is now Quantitative Accurate and reproducible quantification supports physicians’ ability to more confidently interpret clinical images, enabling early modification of treatment and potentially reducing the cost for skeletal such as assessment of bone graft function and retention, hip joint replacement follow-up, assessment of meniscal pathology and grading and follow up of renal osteodystrophy.

The scanner may also be used for other applications such as infection, inflammation, lung perfusion, renal cortical mass, liver and autoimmune disease.Through this latest acquisition, Manila Doctors Hospital in its thrust to provide world-class quality and affordable healthcare to its stakeholders aims improve patient well-being, reduce costs and increase productivity. Symbia Intevo may give physicians the ability to make progress in diagnosing and treating the most challenging diseases, and to make more accurate treatment decisions.

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One of the leading centers of health and wellness in the Philippines, MDH is a Metrobank Foundation healthcare affiliate. The Foundation actively supports the Hospital’s operations and provides funds for a wide array of social services—which includes subsidies for in-house charity patients, surgical missions, outreach programs and health-related interventions, projects in adopted communities and schools—and research. MDH is certified as an ISO 9001:2008 institution and recognized as the first private hospital in Asia to be accredited by Accreditation Canada International.

Bambike say's "Biking - More Fun in the Philippines"

A new and unique way of touring Intramuros, and this time, you can do it with style. You might be used to 'karitela'or'kalesa' on touring around Intramuros our Walled City rich on Historical Value starting from the Spanish Colonial Period up to the present, one of the so many reasons why 'It's more Fun in the Philippines'.

Looks like a normal bike but really isn't, its lighter and more durable and for me it can be considered a high end type of land transportation in a form of a bike.

Nowadays more and more people are going green which is a good thing because it means that more individuals are becoming environment conscious which is up for almost everything that is environment friendly.

Bambike which is constructed out of specially selected, precision-cut and dried bamboo poles and wrapped with Manila hemp fibres to give the frame added durability and toughness as well as giving the bike a very distinct and unique look and finish. Bamboo, according to Mclelland is “one of the greenest building materials on earth, so bicycles built out of bamboo are, more or less, the greenest way to get around.”

These were the shots I got while touring around Intramuros, the 'Bambike Way'



What even sold me out to Bambike was the advocacy behind it. The local craftsmen all come from a background of hardships and severe poverty, with most barely eking out enough to be able to feed their families three square meals a day. Because of Mclelland’s efforts at establishing the Bambike Workshop, the workers and their local community are elated to see their efforts slowly bearing fruit and a significant improvement can already be seen in their daily lives. Parts of the proceeds of each Bambike sold will be funneled to fund similar sustainability and livelihood programs across the country, meaning that money spent on each Bambike will go a long way towards reducing acute poverty and improving the lives of many Filipinos who will benefit from similar projects to this unique business model.

You can also check out:

https://www.facebook.com/BAMBIKE

Bambike Ecotours Intramuros
www.bambike.com/ecotours
Call them at +63 (2) 525 8289 or email at ecotours@bambike.com for bookings