1st Place: Poster Making Contest in SciMaTech Week

Chloe Michelle and Alyssa represented their class in the SciMaTech Poster Making Contest with the theme of Science, Math and Technology: Agents for Global Change

Family Picnic at Mambucal Mountain Resort

We spent Saturday, Sept. 20, 2009, at Mambucal Mountain Resort. Carl, Chloe and Papa taking a dip at the very cold water of Mambucal Falls just below the bridge. Picture taken by Tita Yeyet from the bridge above.With us were Mommy Amy, Yeyet and Joan with their Shih Tzu, Nina, and Wemwem, Chuck's NASL friend.

Litmus 09: Pop Dance Contest

Chloe joined the Pop Dance Contest during the Literary Musical (Litmus) Contest of the Basic Education Department last Sept. 18, 2009. They danced to a medley of upbeat and latest songs topping the charts today.

The Pop Dance participants of the Grade 5 were: (from left to right) Charlene Marie, Junmar, Ely Nell, Patricia Janel, Marielle Angela, Cleo Marie, Lorneth Guey, Sean Byron and Chloe Michelle.

Chloe Becomes a Girl Scout

The Girl Scout of the Philippines, CSA-B Chapter, held its investiture rites on September 3, 2009. More than 50 students from grades 3 to 6 received their investiture pins after saying the Girl's Scout Promise.

"On my honor, I will do my duty
To God and my country,
To help other people at all times
And to live by the Girl Scout Law."

The guest of honor of the said event was Atty. Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, a practicing lawyer, a human rights advocate, one of the city's councilor and the present President of the Girl Scout of the Philippines.

Martin Mirc: Toy Mishap

Last night, there was a commotion at the other house - Langging's house. Because I heard my name being shouted for the third time, I went over there. I came upon this scene: Martin (7 years old), was yelling and crying his lungs out, his right hand extended and held by his mom for my view. There was an orange plastic toy with a hole in the middle fixed on Martin's right middle finger which has turned a little shade of blue inside.

What to do? I didn't really panic, I was thinking of something more morbid than this though, like Martin cutting his finger or a stapler attached to one of his fingers.

Langging held out an old cutter which she already used in clipping at some of the plastic toy's edges. Upon inspection, the toy was really fixed in placed, it was a little bit smaller than the circumference of the middle finger, and it wouldn't budge when I tried to pull it off. The crying only got louder and the finger got a shade bluer.

Chloe Won a Prize

I usually fetch the children from school every afternoon.

One Friday afternoon, I saw them both walking towards me. Carl was carrying two bags. Chloe had her backpack on, her left hand was holding her poster making project and on her right hand was a big Winnie the Pooh storage box. I asked her offhandedly, "Where did you get that? Did you buy that with your lunch money?"

She was smiling and she raised her poster and simply said, "First place!"

Pride and shame. What a mixture of emotions. Pride for my daughter for winning a prize and shame for almost getting angry with her thinking that she bought something instead of food. I called my husband immediately and told him the good news and my little blunder. We had a few giggles over that.

Then we told everybody else at home.

Chloe was awarded first place in a poster making project of their grade 5 class on Nutrition Week. She received a Winnie the Pooh storage box for it.

Poster Theme:
Wastong Nutrition Kailangan, Lifestyle Disease Iwasan

Papa and Chloe creating a Masterpiece

More beautiful than the work of art on paper are the images captured here;
Both artists engrossed with brush strokes and colors and the masterpiece they create.
Time suspended, memory preserved, father and daughter, it is genetic.
A work of art indeed.

Carl's Left Hand

Big fish: "Please to eat you."
Small fish: "Don't you mean, meet?"

Carl is left handed. He loves to draw little figures all over his notebooks. There are dragons breathing fire, soldiers with guns, knights with knives and swords, Indians and cowboys, ants fighting, with some of their battles depicting victory and loss. It's like telling a story through his miniature drawings. Makes me wonder if he listens to his teachers.

Here are some drawings I found at the back of his grade 4 notebooks. He was 9 years old then.

"Hold still, so I can hit you!" Frog: "I'm not hungry


















Maybe Carl wouldn't appreciate seeing these drawings here right now. But ten years from now, he would see this and remember his old hobby.

Wouldn't you want to see your first drawings again, if given the chance?

Chloe's Right Hand

I first noticed Chloe's love for art when she was 8 years old.

Although she started drawing things like flowers, animals, trees and persons during the early years, we didn't gave much attention to it. But when she turned 8, we found her notebook full of beautiful drawings.

 By age 9, we sent her for summer art class and she really loved their sessions. Here are samples of her works.