Archive for November, 2009
Sale Alert: SM Marikina Mall Sale Today!
Posted by mhel in about marikina, general, shopping on November 26th, 2009
Any plans on shopping early for Christmas? You may want to consider heading to SM Marikina as this mall will hold a one-day Thanksgiving Sale today, November 26 2009.
M opens at 10AM and will close at 10PM so better go early as I’ve heard from the grapevine, almost all items will be discounted. Exciting!
Let’s see if we’ll bump with each other there. I’m definitely going. Happy shopping!:D
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Financing Fair for Marikina Micro Entrepreneurs
Are you thinking of a livelihood program for your family and in need of financial assistance to start your small business? Attend the Marikina Financing Fair this coming Friday, November 27, 2009, from 9AM to 12Noon, at the city hall quadrangle.
The event is organized by MCTTIPO of the Marikina City Government to aid the economic condition of the families who were victimized by typhoon Ondoy more than a month ago. Learn about soft loans, credit schemes, and stimulus packages offered by these institutions: Landback, Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Social Security System (SSS), People’s Credit and Finance Corp., Philippine Export Import Credit Agency, SB Corp., and Self-Employment Assistance (Kaunlaran Program).
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Buying Your Peace of Mind
Posted by mhel in general, health and fitness on November 25th, 2009
Whenever I would hear people saying “that’s unfair,” I would silently murmur, “life isn’t fair that’s why.”
Oftentimes, I pronounce myself lucky than most people for staying poor after all this time. I would always tell myself that the simpler your life is, the better your peace of mind will be. Most of the time too, this is true. The more money and power you hold, life becomes more complicated.
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Marikina Jobs Fair this November, Open Even to Non-Marikina Residents!
Posted by mhel in about marikina, general, jobs on November 23rd, 2009
To everyone asking about potential job vacancies, take note of this article.
Good news again! The Public Employment and Services Office (PESO) of the City Government of Marikina partnered with Workabroad.ph for a Mega Jobs Fair this Novemeber 27, 2009.
The jobs fair will be held at the Marikina Sports Park (MSP) at Sta. Elena, Marikina City and is expected to hire applicants for for local and overseas works. According to workabroad.ph website, thousands of jobs will be offered and these includes opening for call center agents, nurses, administrative positions, waiters, cooks, housekeepers, engineers and lot more. Their target is to help the families of typhoon Ondoy victims to regain employment.
Unlike the previous jobs fair, this time, even non-Marikina residents will be accomodated as long as you are over 17 years old, high school, college undergraduate or degree holder.
Don’t miss out on this one-da recruitment activity. Come in your “presentable for applicaiton attire” and bring your most recent and comprehensive bio-data or resume with 2×2 picture attached or scanned. For questions, please call Marikina PESO at 6819277.
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WW: Funny Photos for Wednesday
Posted by mhel in famous people, general on November 18th, 2009
A little sense of humor please, got these photos from an email and since it made me smile today, I hope it will give you a “little gas” too. To those whose photos were displayed here, please understand that being a public figure lands you directly at the tip of an animators’ pen.
Filipinos Seeking the Greener Pasture
If you’re not yet an OFW today, are you already thinking or having plans already of working abroad?
Two weeks back, a good friend of mine migrated together with her family to Canada. She’s a marketing specialist here in the Philippines and is getting a salary far better than mine but still decided to seek for a greener pasture in a cold country. She was offered four times higher or more than what she was getting in her previous job.
Yesterday, another frined, the one who influenced me into teaching and is now a SPED teacher, was telling me his daughter is urging him to reside in Canda as she already got her permanent residency status. My friend has somewhat decided to pursue his teaching career there instead of practicing it here. Undoubtedly, SPED teachers abroad are like nurses who are highly paid and in-demand.
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White Christmas for a Marikenya
Because of the terrible heat and the busyness of the season, I feel drained. Physically and otherwise, I feel the need for a vacation, or better yet, a cold vacation.
I am now a fan of the popular Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) of ABS-CBN Channel 2 which air from Mondays to Saturdays. There was a time that one of the housemates from the PBB house from the Philippines, Caty, swithed house with a PBB housemate from Finland. Before the day Cathy was supposed to return to the Philippines, the housemates were startled when snows began falling down. I’m not sure whether PBB just set up the snow rain but nevertheless, even if I was just watching from the television, I can feel the exitement of actually joining a snowfight or making a snowman or toboganing.
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Marikina’s Version of the ‘old COD’ through the Animated Christmas Display
Posted by mhel in about marikina on November 13th, 2009
The Marikina city governemnt is really making big-time efforts in making its citizenry feel the spirit of Christmas despite the losses and pains from the flooding caused by typhoon Ondoy.
Two days ago, the animated christmas show placed on the Marikina city hall, already opened. The show mimic the popular COD department store animated display in Cubao way back in the 80s. Marikina’s own version feature animated doll show with the theme “Rising from the Mud.” It shows the struggles of Marikenyos from the typhoon Ondoy flooding and the efforts of Marikina for recovery and since its a christmas show, it narrates the story of the birth of Christ.
Rising from the Mud
Marikina, after the Ondoy tragedy, is literally rising from the mud. After the flooding, the great problem befell us was cleaning up what’s left from our mud-covered houses.
Yesterday, my husband was telling me if we can already buy some paints for our mud-stricken walls and ceiling. Although we already cleaned our house, we left the part of the wall and the ceiling beyond our reach. At the same time, we still fear that another typhoon will come that may cause great flooding, talk about trauma… In short, we do not want to completely clean-up and remodel because of the fear and trauma for another flooding.
Let me show you what happened to our house visually through this photos –
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