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On May 25, Saturday, 10am-1pm  renowned Chef J. Gamboa of Cirkulo Restaurant takes on Thai cuisine as guest chef of The Maya Kitchen.

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This May 2013, Kultura Filipino celebrates three years of having Crafts for a Cause with new products and new partners.

Crafts for a Cause was able to bring together different products coming from livelihood programs of the non-profit organization partners. Through the training and help of various foundations, the products made by the marginalized and underprivileged members of the society have found their way to the hands of buyers who purchase these.

Photos of the products featured in Crafts for a Cause:

Kabalikat sa Kaunlaran ng Baseco

Life Project for Youth

Circle of Friends Foundation

Zonta ladies and their bag products

Berdesaco Bags

Bags made from newspapers

Bags from products using doy packs

Bags with soda can pop top lids

Crafts for a Cause began with 16 pioneering foundations with products from as far as the Cordillera region to the south in Basilan. For its third year, Kamay Crafts Foundation, the Paper for Now Foundation and the Circle of Friends Foundation are Crafts for a Cause’s newest partners.

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Tags: Berdesaco Foundation, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Circle of Friends Foundation, Claret Samal Foundation, Crafts for a Cause, E. Zobel Foundation, Gawad Kalinga, Gifts and Graces, Ginto Foundation, Husay Pinay Foundation, Kabalikat sa Kaunlaran sa Baseco, Kabalikat sa Pag-Unlad Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Kabisig ng Kalahi, Kamay Crafts Foundation, Kultura Filipino, Life Project for Youth Foundation, Lumago Foundation, May Pera sa Basura, NNJ Crafts, Paper for Now Foundation, Philippine Christian Center, Sr. Teresa of Santo Nino Center, Sto. Rosario Multi-Purpose Cooperative, The Invisible Sisters

One of the best ways to drink a teaspoon or a tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar is to mix this with your regular drink of juice or water. In fact, one of the instructions to having this regularly is to drink a glass of warm water with a T of Apple Cider Vinegar. You can add honey to make the mix sweeter and easier to drink.

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This is my way of having a tablespoon or sometimes more, of Bragg’s Organic Apple Cider Vinegar: mix with CarbTrim and add a slice of lemon or navel orange. TIP: slice a lemon or navel orange and put these in the freezer so you do not need to slice every time you need to make these drinks.

CarbTrim is a carb-blocking product in a refreshing iced tea drink.  It contains Phase 2 white kidney bean, a natural extract clinically-proven to block up to 66% of carbs you eat. ~source

Two of the many benefits of Bragg’s Organic Apple Cider Vinegar are the following: (Source)

• Helps control weight
• Promotes digestion & ph Balance

Now these two would be great together in losing the weight. We need to remember though to moderate food intake and take one or two kinds of exercise to help lose the unwanted pounds.

By the way, I won TEN BOXES of CarbTrim through this photo, so go follow CarbTrim on Twitter and who knows, you might also win boxes of CarbTrim like me 😀

Here are the boxes.

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ABS-CBN’s Junior MasterChef Pinoy Edition winner Kyle Imao is the guest chef and judge for the culminating activity of the Junior Culinary Workshop of The Maya Kitchen this April and May.

Tags: summer activities for children, Summer Culinary Workshops for Kids and Teens, The Maya Kitchen Junior Culinary Workshop

2013 Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars Schedule for Tryouts

Schedule for Tryouts (Metro Manila)

DATES, MUNICIPALITIES, TRYOUT VENUES, TIME, CONTACT PERSONS
Apr 1 VALENZUELA
Astrodome,Dalandanan,
Valenzuela City 8am – 12nn Mr. Mark Manosa

Apr 2 MARIKINA
Cesna Covered Court, Concepcion 1, Marikina City 4pm – 6 pm Sonny Manucat /Coun. Frankie Ayuson

Apr 3 CALOOCAN
Bagong Silang, Caloocan 3pm – 5pm Dindo Simpao

Apr 4 SAN JUAN
San Juan Gym 9am – 11 am Murell Decena

Apr 5 MANILA
San Andres Complex 8am – 12nn Cyndi Abella
Jimmy Mariano

Apr 6 TAGUIG
DMAC Covered Court, New Lower Bicutan
10am – 12 nn Kevin Noque

Apr 8 RIZAL (ANTIPOLO)
Ynares Gym 1pm Relly Bernardo/
Maricel Jugo

Apr 9 NAVOTAS
Navotas Sports Complex 2pm – 4pm Jeff Laureano

Apr 10 MUNTINLUPA
Muntinlupa Sports Center Tunasan
9am – 12 nn Christian Navarro

Apr 11 CAINTA
Cainta Catholic College 9am – 11 am Jeff Lopez/ Jerry Ruitas / Jimmy Mariano

Apr 12 PASIG
Brgy. Sumilang Covered Court 2pm Marco Caluag / Beaujing Acot

Apr 13 LAS PINAS
Our Lady of Pillar Montessori,
Pilar Village Las Pinas 8am – 10 am Dong Fernandez

Schedule for Tryouts (Provincial)

DATES, MUNICIPALITIES, TRYOUT VENUES,TIME, CONTACT PERSONS

April 2 – 3 CAGAYAN DE ORO
Mindanao Univesity of Science and Technology Gymnasium 8am – 12nn Pete Alfaro

Apr 5 CEBU
Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Mango Ave. Campus Gym 2pm – 4pm Yayoy Alcoseba c/o Mr.Rico Navarro

Apr 5 ILOILO

Ateneo de Iloilo Gym, San Rafael, Mandurriao, Iloilo City 9am – 12nn Coach Jerry Jaranilla

Apr 6 LAOAG
Laoag City Hall 9am Perry Martinez

Apr 6 – 7 ZAMBOANGA
Zamboanga City Coliseum
830am – 5pm Pete Alfaro

Apr 6 – 7 CAVITE
Bacoor Coliseum Camella Springville, Molino 3, Bacoor City (Apr 6) / Molino 3 Brgy Covered Court, Molino Road, Bacoor (Apr 7)
8am – 12nn Ranel Villadelrey

Apr 7 BATANGAS
University of Batangas Gym, University of Batangas, Hilltop Site Batangas City 1pm – 4pm Judd Cauntay

Apr 8 – 9 LAGUNA
San Pedro Laguna, Open Court Town Plaza 7am – 11am Gherome Ejercito
c/o Jun Usman

Apr 10 – 11 BACOLOD
West Negros University Gym
9am – 12nn Tony Agustin

Apr 13 PANGASINAN c/o Mr. Edil Abalos
Pangasinan Universal Institute Covered Court, Rizal St. Dagupan City
830am – 12nn Danny Soria

Apr 13 DAVAO
Almendra’s Gym, Davao City 8am – 12nn Pete Alfaro

Apr 14 PAMPANGA
Pampanga Convention Center, San Fernando City
830am – 12nn Danny Soria

Coca-Cola Philippines recently reaffirmed its commitment to promote healthy and active living during the second year kick-off of the Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars Basketball League.

Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars is a nationwide grassroots program, which aims to reach out to more than 7,000 aspiring basketball stars aged 13 to 16 across different cities, provinces, and municipalities in the country.

“We have partnered with the Philippine Basketball Association for this program because leading an active healthy lifestyle has a positive impact on health and wellbeing, delivering a range of physical, mental and social benefits especially for young people,” says Atty. Adel Tamano, Vice-President for Public Affairs and Communications for Coca-Cola Philippines.

The thrust of Coca-Cola Philippines towards Healthy and Active Living is hinged on a global commitment to well-being, women empowerment and water replenishment.

Active and healthy living helps consumers make informed choices about day-to-day food consumption, proper hydration, and the benefits of engaging in various forms of exercise like basketball.

“We want Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars participants to embrace active healthy living. And as the leading beverage company in the Philippines, the three-step action plan of Coca-Cola towards this is to Think, Drink, Move. To Think means to be educated through Coca-Cola programs like our basketball clinics.  To Drink means to carefully consider one’s beverage choices and hydrate properly. Coca-Cola has a wide variety of products that people can choose from, depending on their taste, as well as energy or calorie needs. To Move means to engage in physical activity like basketball to achieve energy balance,” adds Tamano.

Through Youngstars, teen participants get a 360-degree exposure to the Think, Drink, Move concept.

Health experts say a simple way for teens to keep their health in check is to always keep their food intake in moderation – not too much nor too little. A sensible and healthy eating plan should include a mix of carbohydrates, protein, fiber, with a moderate amount of sugar, all within the daily recommended energy and nutrition intake (RENI).

He concludes, “Part of active healthy living is having energy balance. This refers to the concept of balancing calories in with calories out to maintain a healthy weight. As long as you balance the calories you take in with the calories you burn, while also ensuring you‘re meeting your nutrient needs, any food or beverage, including Coke, can be part of an active healthy lifestyle. Regular physical activity helps maintain this equation and is essential for overall fitness and health.”

The Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars is one of many initiatives of Coca-Cola that promotes Healthy Active Living. Globally, Coca-Cola supports over 280 physical activity and nutrition education programs in more than 115 countries.

Provincial tryouts for the Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars Basketball League runs from April 2 – 14, covering Cagayan de Oro, Laoag, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Cavite, Laguna Bacolod, Pangasinan, Davao, Cebu, Pampanga, and Batangas.  Metro Manila tryouts begin April 1 until 13, starting at Valenzuela, Marikina, Caloocan, San Juan, Manila, Taguig, Rizal, Navotas, Muntinlupa, Cainta, Pasig, and Las Pinas.

Kids aged 13-16 are also encouraged to join the basketball clinics with Ronnie Magsanoc as coach. Tryout and clinic schedules can be viewed at the Coca-Cola Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/presidentforhappiness), www.coca-cola.com.ph, or simply follow @Coke_HappyPrez on Twitter.

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I’d like to think that I am a practical person, at least most of the time (at least most of the time? errr…).

How and why?

I’d rather bring packed food than buy whenever we are going somewhere.

I’d rather school children do “textbook rental” than buy 6-8 books that will just gather dust after the school year is over. If it was me, I’d rather they use digital books than real books because I am an early adapter for reading ebooks way back when I still use a Palm Pilot. Yeah,  like circa very 2000’s.

I’d rather learn to cook recipes that catch the fancy of the family than dine out to order.

For example: A pack of these green chili fingers costs around Php10-15 and it has around 15 pieces. It doesn’t take a lot of cheese to put inside the chili. It doesn’t take a lot of “lumpia” wrapper to wrap each chili. At the nearby restaurant, these Cheese Sticks Dynamite are Php85/5 pieces. Now, why would I buy when I can make it at home? The practical thing here is to make these in big batches and freeze so you can just get some to fry if you want to have them.

I’d rather spend a great deal of time taking care of the laundry and folding carefully the clothes rather than have these ironed at the laundry shop. If the clothes are well cared for, these can be given to others who might need them. Is it practical for me to have the clothes brought to the laundry shop for ironing? I think so because I am not fond of the task and second, we don’t pay too much which saves me time and effort to do other things. We don’t add electricity to the cost too.

Anyway…

For school supplies, we have two big plastic boxes for school supplies where the children can “shop” for unexpected things like folder, art paper, illustration boards, paint brush, envelopes, bond paper, pens, pencils, erasers, among other things.

I don’t want to ask the hubby or make myself go to the nearest bookstore for a 1/8 illustration board.

Are you a practical person?

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