Manipulative Mama

If you think only children are manipulative, think again!

KG [holding six pieces of small hotdogs]: Wends, how many hotdogs do you want for your baon tomorrow?

PW: Kahit ilan.

KG [teasing]: Ok lang kung one lang?

PW: Huh? NO!!!!! Four!

KG: Four? That’s too few!!

PW: Ok! Seven!

KG: Six na lang kasi these are paired by twos.

PW: Ok, six.

So no matter how you think children seem to be always getting their way, parents have something up their sleeve to get those dental discounts or get out of that traffic ticket!

Big baby

Last week, an officemate/friend gave birth to a 9.4-kg baby girl. Yes, n-i-n-e point f-o-u-r! I know what you’re thinking, sooo big! One friend even remarked that the baby must have walked after getting out of mummy’s tummy and might have gone straight to school! And though the baby might not need weight loss pills yet, she might be wanting to eat ulam and rice right away!

This is not an unusual phenomenon these past few years. I mean, in the past year,  three of our officemates also delivered babies weighing in the range of 7 to 10 kg!

I remember when Wendy was born, she weighed a mere 5.4 kg. She was like a bottle of coke that you can carry with one of your hands. She was sooo fragile and looked undernourished [which she probably was]. Yes, admittedly, she looked like an alien! But as she grew and became nourished, she slowly got stuffier, until she became the chubby cute little girl she is now! He! He!

 Wendy, at two months, with her Kuya Ean

So I wonder what it is with babies these days! They are much, much bigger! But I hope that bigger means healthier!

Learning about information security

With the inevitable rise of the world of computers, anything related to computers is important.

Computer-related courses have been booming since the last decade. A number of my friends have studied computer science in college, and studying about this technology has become important step for many people.

Lewis University,  a Catholic and Lasallian university in Chicago, Illinois, is one that offers information technology courses, one of which is MS in Information Security. I think that this course is very much relevant, especially in this world where information on the Internet can be very powerful. One interesting thing about this course is that:

This master’s program will challenge you to think, analyze, and strategize in unconventional ways and to expand your creative and innovative problem-solving abilities. It is a highly dynamic online program that provides students with the technological and managerial tools to safeguard businesses and government agencies from the growing risks and threats to IT functionality, integrity and data privacy they face on a daily basis.

What a great way to word learning about information security, and it seems a unique way and view of teaching this important subject! And another great thing? It’s an online course! So wherever you may be, you can easily sign up for this master’s course! Isn’t it great? [I’ve also always wanted to take an online master’s course through UP Open University.]

So those yearning to learn more about this course, just visit the Web site of Lewis Univeristy!