Posts under ‘Holidays’

There was the holiday demand for Cabbage Patch Kid. Then, there’s Tickle Me Elmo. This year the most popular holiday toy is the LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet! Statistics says that 14% of Americans are planning to give this toy to their kids. Stocks in stores are running out fast and since the demand is [...]

To everyone out there… Happy New Year! May 2011 be good to all of us, especially health-wise and money-wise Stay safe!

December 24, 27, 30, 2010 and January 2, 2011 are all declared as non-working holidays by the government! Hooray! And because of the non-working days, so many of the places people go to on long weekends and holidays are jampacked! My sisters and I have been trying to book hotel rooms for us to stay [...]

I have been on the lookout for really cool but cheap gadgets that I can buy for the people I love. I cannot afford to buy pricey stuff this Christmas because I am saving up for a lot of things. There’s the usual college tuition fees for my brother and then he needs a brand [...]

The government through its official Twitter and Facebook accounts have announced the following holidays for this month… – Nov 16, Eid’l Adha, is a National Holiday (non-working) according to Proclamation No. 60 – Nov 29 was declared a holiday in lieu of Nov 30 as stated in Proclamation No. 1841, July 21, 2009 So on [...]

I wonder why President Noynoy Aquino won’t be declaring November 2, All Souls’ Day, a non-working holiday. Every year, since I learned about the special holiday, November 2has always been declared as such. No work so that people from all walks of life can spend the day at their departed loved ones grave or resting [...]

Tomorrow October 25, 2010 is the local Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. I haven’t been exercising my right to vote in local elections. I just don’t believe in the system anymore. I also don’t believe in the persons running for the local posts. Anyway, to each his own. If you are voting tomorrow, go for [...]

The new president of the country President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is obviously veering away from what was done by the former president when it comes to declaring holidays. Unless the holiday will fall on a Friday or Monday, we are now saying goodbye to long weekends! Too bad because it’s actually one of the [...]

It is obvious that President Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino III or P-Noy to the masses will veer away from the holiday economics implemented by the previous president. GMA loved long weekends. Actually, it is one of the very few things that she did that I liked. Long weekends meant longer time with the family and [...]

I know that many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are sending their balikbayan packages containing their Christmas gifts to family and friends already. Some might have sent theirs weeks ago. I suggest that you make sure you are using a legitimate courier/balikbayan package services. I remember a friend who sent a package to her family here [...]