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• Before embarking on a once in a lifetime adventure in a place or country that you don’t know where to find in a globe, always try to research and take time to know the local culture by blending in with the locals. It pays most of the time to be observant with your new and unusual surroundings and take a cue from that on what to do next. You have to experience how locals live, what they eat and what are their interests.

• When you think your research didn’t made fruitful answers it is always fine to talk to local residents as they obviously know their own culture and city. A guidebook might tell you that the shop around the corner is the best place where to dine or shop but many locals have different opinions so take consideration their inputs.

• Many of us are guilty of this… as much as possible avoid rushing from one tourist attraction to another in an Amazing Race attempt to see it all. In the first place it is uneconomical so in my opinion it is better to savor and enjoy to the fullest just one or a few sites that to visit all what the guidebook says just to cross them in your “To Visit” list.

• Always be unconventional by trying new things. One way to do that is to eat bizarre foods and trying local wine or drinks. When choosing where to stay avoid those international brand chains, better yet try in the local hotels, hostels or bed-and-breakfast.

• Undoubtedly, it is fun (but not always recommended) to make a fool of yourself while enjoying your brief stay in a place or a country. Anyways, those people who are witness to your “acts” will not likely be there when you got home.

There you go… hope these tips made sense

Life Skills Therapy Center and Therapy Works Inc. present the fourth course in the Sensory Integration Workshop Series entitled Implementing Sensory Integration-Based Intervention on the 18th of November 2007 at Therapy Works Inc. in Paranaque City.

Course Description
Intervention using a sensory integration framework has several distinct characteristics. Many practitioners confuse sensory integration intervention with other approaches. This workshop will discuss the characteristics of intervention using a sensory integration framework as originally formulated by Dr. A. Jean Ayres. It will present specific intervention guidelines for addressing different dysfunctions of sensory integration including sensory modulation, sensory discrimination and praxis problems across the lifespan. Strategies on combining sensory integration with other approaches will be discussed. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to view actual sensory integration interventions and try out some of these interventions.

Only 20 slots are available so early registration is encouraged. Pre-requisites to this course are courses 1, 2 & 3.

For registration and further information, please call (632) 8530358/8530121.

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In Proclamation No. 889, former Pres. Corazon Aquino declared November 10 - 16 of every year as Deaf Awareness Week.  Ms. Lila Simon, the information officer of the National Council For The Welfare Of Disabled Persons(NCWDP),  personally provided us with information on this event.

The theme for this year is “Silence Speaks Beyond Barrier through…. Collaboration for Advocacy and Empowerment” or  ”Mga Hadlang, Buwagin… Mga Hinaing ay Dinggin.”   The Philippine School for the Deaf (PSD), represented by Dr. Yolanda Capulong, is the lead agency in this year’s Deaf Awareness Week celebration.

The opening ceremonies was held last November 10, 2007 at PSD while the culminating activity will be at  Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf (SAID), headed by Ms. Carol Ui,  on November 16, 2007.  The rest of the week’s activities are decentralized to all other member schools- private and public, goverment agencies, and other participating GOs and NGOs.

For further inquiries, you may call  PSD at (632) 831-6732 and SAID at (632) 426-0171.

Click here to view an article on PSD titled “A Century of Absolute Commitment” by Pedro Gil S. Mallari of The Sunday Times.

Click here to go to the Philippine Deaf Resource Center website.

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Car enthusiasts will surely get a kick out of this. If you are the owner of a Dodge Charger, jazzing it up with some Dodge Charger accessories will surely make it the envy of other hobbyists. My brother R will definitely go ga-ga when he sees this massive assortment of add-ons. He is a car enthusiast himself so keeping his car all pimped up is a necessity for him.

Last Sunday, I searched from google the keywords “How to tie a shoe lace”. Pretty noob right? Hehehe.

The first site in google’s list is Ian’s Shoelace Site. I was able to look into several samples posted in his site. The site also offers several tutorials on how to tie your shoe lace.

I was looking for some cool way to tie the lace of my shoes. I ended up with his tutorial on Lattice Lacing. The tutorial is very easy to follow. Illustrations are also available. I didn’t even read the instructions. The illustrations are clear and easy enough to be understood.

Aside from the tutorials, his site also features a gallery of different shoes tied in different ways. The samples varies from different brands, styles, and colors. You can also combine different lacing techniques.

Noob it may seem but the results are very cool. I’ll try another variation next time.

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