NATCON 2008 Bulletin No. 2 Logo Contest

To All: Gamma Epsilon Computer Artists

The Convention Committee needs your ORIGINAL DESIGN for our Official Logo to be used in all of our convention materials.

Please submit your entries on or before MARCH 30, 2008 in CD or email.

Format: Corel Draw-Lay-out (Editable)
Prize for the winner: FREE CONVENTION REGISTRATION and BOARD and ACCOMMODATION Plus + + + you name will be published in the souvenir program.

Contents of the Design:
Gamma Epsilon Official Seal
45^th Foundation Anniversary Celebration
2^nd National Convention
24 -26 October 2008
DepEd ECOTECH Center
Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines

Theme: Gamma Epsilon Family: Sustaining a Transformative Relevance

( You can also incorporate symbols of Cebu & Philippines )

Furnish us your Name, Chapter name, School and address, year accepted to the Gamma Epsilon and your picture (recent photo).

For more Information please contact:

Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
2008 Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970

The Carpenter of our life

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire, and he told his boss of his plans to leave and live a more leisurely life with his wife. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see such a good worker go, and he asked the carpenter to build just one more house as a personal favor.

The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, the employer came to inspect the house. He handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said. “It is my gift to you.”

The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then with a shock we realize we have to live in the house we have built.

If we could do it over, we’d do it much differently. But we cannot go back…

You are the carpenter of your life. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall.

Your attitudes and the choices you make today build your “house” for tomorrow…

Build wisely!

Ask God to be the Master-builder of your life!

He will show you how to build a strong foundation for the ‘house’ of your life.

Compiled from the email of:


Sis. Judith Domingo
DAR CARAGA, Butuan City
Email : jmd2158@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.dar.gov.ph

Great Tips

1. Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove , set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done; easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

4. Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go. Cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic. They will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

9. Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone.

11. Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

12. Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

13. Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside , just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

14. Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...

15. Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

16. Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home", can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load of clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. WELL...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh. That's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film , but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free - that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of th e box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it. The water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddli ng at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS

BOOK. NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME , BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.



Compiled from the email of:

Bro. Crisologo Tagupa
Phil-Canada Local Govt. Support Program
Email Address: crxtagupa@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.lgspa.org.ph

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No. 1: First Announcement

GAMMA EPSILON FRATERNITY
GAMMA LAMBDA ESPILON SORORITY

2^nd National Convention Bulletin # 01

My Dear Brothers and Sisters:

Please Reserve OCTOBER 24, 25, 26, 2008 in your Calendar for our Second National Convention which will be held in Cebu City, Philippines.

The 2^nd NatCon Committee will issue announcements as the preparation progresses.

The venue and the Registration Fee will be announced in the next bulletin that is by mid February since we are still in the process of scouting and comparing prices.

For those who have access to other GE-GLE eGroups please forward this email.

Thanks a lot.

For more Information please contact:

Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970