Category Archives: For kids

Birthday Celebration for Krie

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For Krie’s birthday last November, we had a different celebration.  Chef Javs cooked our meal!  Thanks to Chef Javs, Mom’s kitchen is actually being used 🙂  He loves staying with Lolo and Lola on weekends and no school days – and he loves to cook for them.  Here is the kitchen as he prepares for dinner, I visited him to check on him but he does not like me to take much photos

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One of Chef Javs specialty – Roast Chicken – I always tell him to cook the same thing over and over again so he can master a dish and be able to prepare it consistently all the time.  So this dish he can do it well and really good 🙂

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The family loves his beer battered fish and chips – especially Lola!  This is always a special request!

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Krie’s siblings – Troy and Candy – joined us that evening 🙂

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Chef Javs!! Thank you for cooking for us!

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Here is his dinner

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Roast Chicken

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Fish and Chips

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Truffle mashed potato

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Lechon from the mom of Margs 🙂

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Cotolette Milanese special for Ninong Noey

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My seatmate on her highchair 🙂

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Thank you for this cheese platter from M. Donnie and Crix from Rustan’s Supermarket

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Celebrating Christmas at the National Orthopedic Center

By | Christmas, Educare, For kids, Giving Back | No Comments

 Every year, my friend, Eric, invites me to join his Christmas party.  He has such a kind heart for doing this for the kids every year. Thank you Eric for making many kids happy every Christmas

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I was never able to make it till this year.  I have not given much time to my foundation, so I took advantage and joined him in his celebration at the Philippine Orthopedic Center!

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The venue of the party

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So nice to see other friends of Eric joining in the celebration and sharing their time and their blessings with the kids- Czarina Albaza, Dawn Zulueta, Marita Pe Benito ( sister of Eric ) and Gemma Sumayan

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Izza Gonzales Agana

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Linggit Tan of ABS CBN

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Cynthia Albano, Friend of Eric with many envelopes which she distributed to the kids – how generous!! I should have lined up 🙂  

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 Linggit Tan, Arleen Ong, Cynthia Albano, Cynthia Manzanares, Eric Pe Benito and Kristine Albano

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It was so nice to see Jericho Rosales with his girlfriend Kim!  There were more artists that passed by that day but we were not able to see all of them

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The Raqueno family

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The kids and their families were so lucky – Eric’s friends brought so many gifts for them!

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The kids from the Children’s ward of the National Orthopedic hospital

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It was nice to see Dawn interacting with the kids – and of course many wanting to have a photo with her

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Marita and Czarina giving away smiley pins!  How nice!  And of course Czarina’s favorite Hello Kitty 🙂 pins!

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Brenda always comes with me to these things 🙂  After joining the party in the auditorium, we went inside the ward to go to the kids who could not come out – 

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Here they are 🙁

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We distributed their loot bags

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Some of them had their mommies or daddies with them 

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Active Fun Holiday 2012

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 SPARE YOURSELF FROM THE USUAL  FRENZY OF HOLIDAY GIFT SHOPPING RUSH AND PARTY FOOD PLANNING

Circus Cafe brings you Holiday Cheers with these new offerings:  Holiday Hampers, for your personal or corporate Christmas give-aways and Party Trays for a “worry-free and ready to serve” food for your buffet spread.  Perfect food to bring to pot luck parties as well

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Marks & Spencer Help Change Children’s Lives

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Marks & Spencer will donate up to Php 1,000,000 from its in-store Christmas campaign to help children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Mindanao.

According to the latest statistics from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, the prevalence of underweight children below five years old is at 20.2 per cent while 7.3 per cent of children below five have acute malnutrition.  The situation in three regions (Cagayan Valley, MIMAROPA and ARMM) is even worse with severe malnutrition rates of 10-14 per cent. Malnutrition is caused by a number of factors related to health care, feeding practices, and poor water and sanitation facilities.

UNICEF is working with government and partners to combat severe acute malnutrition through a Community based management for Severe Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme, which has been running in Central Mindanao since December 2009. It was started in response to a nutritional assessment carried out in the area that showed 10% of children under 5 were suffering from acute malnutrition. CMAM was also the approach used in the emergency response to Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan last 2011.  

“Without any intervention, a child suffering from severe acute malnutrition has at least a 30% chance of dying. With this programme, which is based on UNICEF’s global experience with CMAM, and through the government, we are recording up to a 90% survival rate,’ said Dr. Paul Zambrano, UNICEF’s Nutrition Officer. 

The programme involves community screening of children for acute malnutrition and a “therapeutic feeding” programme that is administered by community health workers and volunteers in health centres and hospitals. Mothers bring their children each week, on a specific day to be weighed and measured. Those children detected with severe acute malnutrition undergo an appetite test of a special peanut based RUTF (Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food) to eat whilst in the clinic. As long as the child has appetite and is able to eat more than 70% of the RUTF, the mother is given enough RUTF packs for a week, and strict instructions on how to administer it. Any child that cannot eat or has other complications is treated in the hospital temporarily until he or she is able to resume the programme in health centres closer to their homes.

Mothers are also counselled on breastfeeding, adequate, safe and nutritious complementary foods as well as other best childcare practices including hand washing before preparing and feeding a child and after visiting the toilet.  It is estimated that globally, undernutrition is an underlying condition in more than a third of deaths of children under five years. Severely malnourished children have a high likelihood of dying if they don’t receive appropriate treatment. The long-term effects of malnutrition are impaired learning and development and reduced income earning potential as adults. It is even estimated that up to 3% of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is lost due to undernutrition.

UNICEF continues to support the CMAM program in municipalities like Maguindanao and North Cotabato with plans to include the program into regular local government services in its partner municipalities (four in North Cotabato, one in Lanao Sur, and two in Maguindanao). UNICEF is also working with the DOH to finalize the national guidelines for CMAM, which will make this life-saving programme available to all severely malnourished children in the country.

Dr. Zambrano adds, “This generous donation from Marks & Spencer will go towards expanding the CMAM program to reach more children and families with high prevalence of malnutrition especially in Mindanao. We have achieved a lot, but there is still much to be done. With the support of businesses and individuals, we will continue to give more children in need the chance to live and grow normally, study, play, laugh, and experience the joys of childhood.”

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Fish and Chips by Chef Javs

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Talking about Bon Chon wings and fish and chips- our very ow Chef Javs always has his own version!  He is quick to copy and make his own version.  His latest invention is his fish and chips!!  Lola Menchu said it is the BEST!  And Lola Menchu is a fish and chips expert!  🙂  

Javs wanted to cook for Lolo Benny so he made some 

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Voila!! SUPER CRISPY AND REALLY YUMMY!!!  Everyone enjoyed it!!  

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Of course aside from the fish and chips, there is always this big spread in Lolo’s house!  We love eating here 🙂  and of course being with Lolo! 

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Love Yaya Sion’s food! Especially the carbonara! 

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James really loved this laing made by Yaya Sion!  We took home some 🙂 

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Tita Nedy brought her homemade bacalao 

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Thanks to Isa for bringing the ice cream! Yum! 

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