Category Archives: Education

Vacation with the Kids

By | Education, For kids, Travel | One Comment

 Seven years ago, our group went to Bohol and after that we kept talking about a group trip again but no plan ever pushed through and this year we actually made it.  I always wish for my kids to be friend with our kids so I am happy they spent time together.  It’s truly a blessing.  How fast time flies and how they have grown from then  

Previous entries: Touring Bohol November 29, 2007

Ananyana Resort Bohol December 2, 2007 

Bohol Bee Farm December 9, 2007 

Eskaya January 4, 2008 

Ananyana Resort Foodie January 5, 2008 

A National Geographic Moment January 6, 2008 

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My “city boys” were so mad at me for planning our vacation but I am so glad they walked in the mud,

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rode a bangka,

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went snorkelling,

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went shopping in a public market,

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ate with their hands,

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spotted some dolphins,

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swam in the beach,

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bonded with friends,

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bonded with us 🙂

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visited some churches and prayed

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swam with the whalesharks,

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saw and amazing waterfall and swam in it

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and everything else they would not have done had they stayed in the comfort of the house and the city.  Mission accomplished! 🙂  And did I forget to mention ….. THEY ENJOYED!  

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Youth With a Future Graduation Dinner

By | Celebrations, Education, Foodie, For kids, Great Achievements | One Comment

I was fortunate to have witnessed such a heartwarming event and milestone for Enderun, Ducasse Education and Ducasse Institute Philippines.  It was an important occassion for the lives of 10 street kids who now have a future!  Thank you to all the people who have made this possible and there are many!  

Previous entry: Youth With a Future 2014 February 4, 2014

Alain Ducasse Visits Tuloy Foundation February 4, 2014 

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Congratulations to the first batch of graduates for the Youth With a Future initiative of Enderun and Alain Ducaise Institute.

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Chef Kyla Rosales who is an Enderun Alumna and is now a Culinary Instructor

Founder of Enderun, Javi Infante with Chef See

Chef See Cheong San who is their mentor and has given so much of his time to educate and train the kids and I can imagine how proud he is to have been a part of the success of the graduates

My favorite, Chef Thomas Wenger and his wife and my good friend, Rachelle Castañeda Wenger.  Chef Thomas is the big boss in Restaurant 101 as Manaing Director for all food and beverage operations and he is also Senior Lecturer at Enderun.   He also taught some classes at Ducasse Institute 

My beautiful and hardworking batchmate, Tricia Castañeda Tensuan, employee # 1 of Enderun :-), and is the dynamic VP for Admissions and External Relations together with Farah Padlan, Marketing Officer of Tuloy Foundation

Our friends, Noye and Nicole Fandiño.  Nicole has been a friend of Father Rocky and Tuloy Foundation since she was single and until now they are constant friends and kind donors of the foundation.  Some of the students train and intern with Noye in his company, Village Gourmet.  Thank you to this lovely couple for their support for Ducasse Institute Philippines and Tuloy Foundation.  The world needs more people like you! 🙂  

The students were made to prepare dinner and they would be graded as part of their graduation 🙂  So we all were given grading sheets to fill out

We had a delicious dinner!  

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Bread donated by Noye and Nicole Fandino of Village Gourmet 

  Chef Jean Pierre ( JP ) Migne who started the Culinary Center in Tuloy Foundation.  He had 84 graduates in a span of two and a half years.  He recently got into an accident and is unable to work for now

It was so touching to see how all of the graduates went to Chef JP and hugged and cried when they saw him there to witness this very important milestone in their life.  

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True act of love and gratitude from the graduates

Thank you to Raffles and Fairmont Hotel Makati, represented by David Batchelor, Managing Director, for offering jobs and internships for some of the graduates at their hotel.  Others will be going to Vask, Chateau 1771,  Soprano and Four Seasons Hotel in Dubai 

President Ed Rodriguez

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Giveaways

Congratulations once again!!

Click below to go to their website

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Mixies at The Beacon School Tech Fair 2014

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Max, Annika and Gabbi preparing for the Tech Fair in their school

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It’s a school project where they have to come up with a solution to a problem – hence a product which will answer that problem.  As I always say- a cookie is only good when it is freshly baked.  Buying cookies in boxes or in packages that has been sitting for more than a day will not justify the original goodness of the cookie.  So true enough Gabbi told me that they came up with Mixies which is an easy cookie mix which you can bake yourself and have the fresh cookies at your own time and convenience when you are ready to eat them!  
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The finished product!    With sister, Mischka as the mascot on the label 🙂  It comes with the instructions.  It comes in white Chocolate chip cookie and Malted Milk cookies
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Ready to go and sell!
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We bought some and had them bake it for us so we could taste it and they made them bite sizes and it was so good!!!  
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How sweet 🙂 
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Visit the Beacon School on April 28 if you want to see what other things the students came up with.  Many of them are food items!  
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iACADEMY School of Continuing Education

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Last November was the launch of iAcademy School of Continuing Education.  There is always a need for people to learn more even after they have graduated.  A need for people to learn something they still want to learn or know more about.  iAcademy School of Continuing Education has courses for almost every field of interest  

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The same people who own STI Academy,  Yosi Tanco.  And now succeeded by the daughter who is now President and CEO of iAcademy

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 Congratulations to my friend, Tina Vitas who is also part of the iAcademy team as Executive Director

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Thankful

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Monday night, Javier and I were already sleeping when James woke us up to the best surprise ever!!  Jaime came back for Thanksgiving!!!  I was so upset that day that he was not replying to my texts asking if he had arrived in New York City, only to find out he was on his way here!  The original plan was for him to go to NYC and I have been so worried thinking of how he will be there alone in the CONCRETE JUNGLE! 🙂 So thankful to the Lord for bringing our family together for Thanksgiving!!

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Last September, we dropped Jaime in his school!  I love the greens surrounding the campus!!!

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Harry Potter? 🙂

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We wanted to make sure everything was okay.  How could he have possibly done this all by himself?? 🙂 

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He is lucky he has a great Papa!  I would not know what to do without his Papa
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Oh no, the moustache mania 🙂
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There were things already there from last schoolyear which they kept in storage.  When we arrived, the school had already placed them in their room which is a big help!
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The roomates and good friends!  Antonio and Jaime
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They are lucky this year they got a loft!
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Each dorm or house has around 5 advisers per house.  Mr. Rodriguez is Jaime’s adviser.  We talked with him for awhile before leaving 
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Some pegs on what Antonio and Jaime did in their room!

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Jaime is also a DJ in his school 🙂  

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