Paint-Me Masks

Kung Hei Fat Choi !

At Robinson’s Galleria last February 8, Chinese New Year, their event was free painting of Chinese masks! There were so many big golden statue animals like pig, rabbit, dragon, snake, rooster, rat, dog and so on.

This 2016 it’s the year of the Fire Monkey. In the event there were so many stuffs to design our mask like glitter glue, paint and sprinkler. Aim made one mask while I made two masks. Aim’s painting on the mask was a bit messy but nice ( because mommy help my brother). I did a striped mask at first. Then I made a half face painting, one side has green and yellow to the other side. I even put my name on its forehead.

We brought these back home for our play.

All is Well, When Aim's Well

Despite not feeling well the past 2 days, our 4-year old Aim has, time and again, made us smile with his witty charm and innocent remarks.

Scene 1
Aim saw the plastic container of the cookies that our Hongkong factory manager gave me last month and went to ask me a question.

Aim      : (Holding up the container) Daddy, how much is this?
me       : I think it should be around 20 Hongkong dollar.
Aim      : Aaah, twenty na parang car.........honk honk...


Scene 2
As I was wiping his forehead with a wet face towel due to his light fever, I asked him if he was feeling cold or hot.

Aim       : I think I feel cold.
me        : You feel cold? 
Aim       : Ay hot pala?
me        : What is correct, you feel cold or you feel hot?
Aim       : Daddy, I feel cold and hot na lang.

Nayong Pilipino

On Dec 30, 2015,  we went to Nayong Filipino in Clark, Pampanga where I learned new stuffs like dancing the Tinikling, a Filipino folk dance, how the old Philippine villages looked like for the Aetas, Ifugaos and the Kalingas. I even saw a small Banawe rice terraces.

We also saw the replica houses of our three heroes named Dr Jose Rizal, Gen. Emilo Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini, the brains of the katipunan. Next we went to the Barasoain church. It looked just like our church in Malolos! Beside that is the Teatro, the place where the cultural dancing show by lively Filipino dancers was shown. After that, we went to the museum of old clothes (Museo ng Nayon). Next, we saw an orchidarium and even a laboratory for plants breeding.

Before leaving, we bought a sungka board and a lot of bird whistle for our New Year celebration tomorrow.

Wakeboards Up!

Just do it.

On Dec 31 2015 we went to Deca Wakeboard Park (http://www.clarkwakeboard.com ) in Angeles City. It was our first time so we were excited and a bit scared. We went there in the morning after breakfast so not so many people will be there.

There are two kind of wake boarding areas, the beginners and the experts zone. We were at the beginner stage. It was a straigth body water where one can just go around. The expert zone is such a big one where there are even a couple of ramps.

At first, we kept flopping but we kept practicing. We listened to the wake boarding guide until we made it to the end. My mom took videos of us as remembrance. 

It was fun.

The tricks for a good wake boarding are:

1. Toes up

2. Move your board right

3. Hold the handle tightly but don’t pull back.

4. Sit down during the wake boarding

5. Make a strong grip on the handle and push your heel into your board to move left or right.

The Force Awakens

I am a Star Wars fan because it is all about the battle between good and evil. And good always win.

Today, December 17 2015, my father and I went to Robinsons Galleria mall to watch Star Wars – The Force Awakens.

My favorite old character is Hans Solo because he once worked with Jabba the Hutt but he helped the rebels defeat the evil Galactic Empire. I also like Chewbacca because he just keeps talking in roars and helps Hans Solo in flying their ship. His nickname is Chewie. Finally, I like C-3PO because he could speak billions of languages. He is also a bit funny and always helps Princess Leia.

My favorite new character is Finn because he is once a Stormtrooper but he wants to change. He wanted to be a rebel one day. I also like BB-8 because he is a robot but a ball version of R2-D2 and both BB-8 and R2-D2 has same accessories such as grappling hook, taser and hologram. Finally, I like Rey because she is a scavenger in Jakku finding scraps, cleaning them or make new things to sell them to make money. But she joined the rebels and she slowly discovers the Force of the Jedi and uses Luke’s lightsaber to defeat the evil Sith lord Kylo Ren.

I enjoyed the movie because the rebels are trying to save the galaxy from the enemy’s deadly weapon.     

Lego Mini-Build

On Sunday, we went to the Lego Store with David and Tita Vicky. https://www.facebook.com/LEGO-Certified-Store-PH-906192569433172/

Today’s free Lego set is a scuba diver. It’s a simple set that’s why it was easy to build. You just need to register (first 50 kids). David, Aim and I built the divers and we brought them home.

Then we ate at JCo. We ordered burgers, Chocó shakes, hot Chocó and lots of donuts then we all went home.

(Daddy Rowin : The previous day, Zek also participated at the Lego Speed Building Challenge. He did not win but he did well with 5:40 minute completion time. He congratulated the winner although he felt bad. Good job, kuya Zek!)

Our Christmas Star Lantern

For this year, we made star lanterns for Christmas instead of our traditional holy manger. The stars show the symbol of God’s sign when and where Jesus was born on the first Christmas eve.

For this project, we needed barbeque sticks, glue, thread, colorful yarns, yellow spray paint and some shiny yuletide leaves and balls

We did the following steps:

1.     Form the sticks into a stars and tie it using a thread

2.     Paint it with bright yellow spray and wait for a few hours to dry

3.     Put colorful yarn on the edge of the stars and put the shiny yuletide leaves and balls.

Merry Christmas to all ! 

Butterfly Haven

Math Olympiad

On Sunday, we went to Ateneo School for the Eye Level math Olympiad. I felt nervous but a bit happy to participate.

When I entered the room, all the names of the schools including my CFA school was listed on the board. I went inside room 209 and I was seated at seat number 10 and my examinee number  is 27. The teacher named Mam Ivy gave us instructions before we started the test.

The test was about 40 math questions. I was surprised at how long the test was but I tried to answer them all. Afterwards, they took a photo of all students examinees and they gave us bags and certificates before leaving the class.

My mom picked me up and we went home.

Trick or Treat