Preparing for the Upcoming Piano Recital

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

One of the things my daughter is busy preparing for is the upcoming piano recital.  Piano for her, but it is also at the same time recital for those who studied guitar, violin, and other wind or string instruments.  I will make sure this time that I can attend the event because last year, I missed it.

She’s been learning how to play the piano since the 6th grade so next year, I plan to enroll her for violin lessons.  Then maybe in college, if the school offer banjo lessons then I will let her enroll in it because, it I think it would be great for her to learn how to play several types of instruments. Right?

Personally, if given the time of life like I was still in high school and have enough budget, then I would take piano lessons and then violin lessons later.  I started to enroll in piano lessons for wrong reasons so I ended up not learning anything.  So I am making sure my daughter would not end up like me.  :)

I will surely share recital photos after the recital next month or early in March.

Posted in High School Life @ MMA | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

The daughter is home because of the extended weekend.  Kung Hei Fat Choi everyone and enjoy the blessings of the day free from work as it was declared a special non-working holiday to celebrate with new year with the Chinese  community all over the world.  So the daughter is home to relax and at the same time declutter some of her stuff and do her laundry.  Aside from that, she also has to fix some of her destroyed books that was salvage from the flood.   We tried salvaging what we can but for other stuff, they were thrown in the garbage.

There are several auto shops around our neighborhood and so many cards in line for clean-up as they have been submerged in the flood.  I am not sure if they will still run or not but surely they are for repair after the washing.  So many cars and rvs destoyed in the flood and jobs for guys that do rv repair is multiple. Great chance for more money as there are many that will ask for repair services. Good thing at home we don’t have a vehicle or else that would also slice our budget.

Posted in High School Life @ MMA | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Exchanging Gift with Her Brother

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

The holiday times passed by and honestly it was not so merry at home because of a sad community.  The tragedy that hit the city made the holiday season gloomy and even sad for some.  So at home, there were no festive moments for holidays 2011.

In preparation for the Christmas holidays, I told my daughter to prepare a gift for her brother.  Somehow they can do an exchange gift even we have to mail her gift.  We were not sure what to give Jaizon so this christmas gifts for brothers website really helped us on he idea on what to buy for him.   With just a click of the mouse, we have ordered the gift.

Even if they haven’t seen each other since they were small, yet I know that both of them wished they can see each other soon.   We could have last November 22 or 23, but time was really short.   Next time – if we can’t go to Manila, maybe they will be the one to come to visit us here in Mindanao.

Posted in worth knowing | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Pink Friday: Tokens for Sale

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Photobucket

Cutie stuff for sale. Each cost seven ringgits but my daughter did not buy even a piece of it. Maybe she thinks lots like this is being sold here.

If you will ask me what she brought me: oh well, she got me Malaysian postcards and in her pics it shows there are also postcards from singapore, thailand, and other nations represented by delegates.

Photobucket

The salesgirl is also in pink! ^^ I think she wore a pink lipstick, too ^^

My entry for Pink Fridays as i missed this meme for so many weeks already. ^^ My first for 2012.

Posted in Meme - Pink Friday | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

We Need a Big Bedroom

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

I am home and when the daughter is home, I realized that our bedroom is too small for both of us. But since we are renting a wee house we have to get adjusted to the idea that if both of us will move around at the same time, we can’t comfortably do it. One has to sit aside or step aside so that one can do her thing. ^^

When the flood happened, my daughter was still in Manila.  She was to arrive Saturday morning, the daytime after the flash flood hit, but due to the bad weather their flight was cancelled and moved to Monday.  With so many things and only me to manage it when the water, I really had a hard time.  Many of Dimple’s personal stuff were damaged.  She wants to be angry at me but she can’t because she can understand the situation that I was not able to do all the moving of things to higher places as there was on me and her Tita.

Now I wish we can move to a bigger house so that we can have a bigger bedroom if not individual bedroom so that we can acquire a meditation chair later when budget allows. But then if we have to move, the place must be in a bit elevated place so that flood waters could not easily go into our house.   I don’t think I can afford now to loan a house, but if still given the chance to rent another house then it should be somewhere safe where we can sleep comfortably if it rains at night.

 

Posted in worth knowing | Tagged | Leave a comment

Christmas Boquet

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

The festive season is not yet over and here in our hometown, it feels like it was no festive at all.  Since the tragedy last December 17, it was my first time today to go out to the mall because I need to buy some tissue and liners.  I only have that two items in mind but also ended up buying Zonrox and Dawny for the laundry.  But before i purchased those stuff, I spent some time in the 2nd and 3rd floor because I was looking for a Christmas boquet just like in the flower delivery shop which is another ride away. I did not find the perfect boquet so I called up a friend to order the flowers via phone and I will pick it up tomorrow to be given to wake of a friend’s niece.

As of the moment, the flower shops in our city have a lot of orders because of many deaths.  Sad for those bereaved families but if they can see a beautiful boquet of flowers, they feel hopeful that in spite of the tragedy, life is still good.

It feels so Christmassy ^^

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Travel Update: Stranded in Manila

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

The moment I am writing this post, the daughter is in Silang, Cavite.  Their flight was cancelled yesterday morning and were scheduled for Monday. I can just imagine how tired the kids are.  But we cannot complain of the delay because of the Typhoon Sendong that hit Mindanao (Northern Mindanao) particularly Iligan and Cagayan de Oro.

I was in constant communication with her.  She knew that our home was flooded and she also knew that we evacuated to my office for the night because all our bed stuff was flooded.  Good thing Manila weather is good and somehow they will be able to fly in tomorrow.

If you can see the situation here it can cause stress. When i think of my daughter who is away tired and no money, it can cause stress, but I am trying not to make any room for S T R E S S.  Life is too short to worry situations beyond my control.

Have a nice day everyone!

I can’t wait to see the pictures she made and I also can’t wait to share her travel photos in this blog. :)

 

Posted in travel | Leave a comment

Travel Allowance

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

A confession.

I don’t have plenty of money when my daughter left for Malaysia last December 9.  But did try my best that she can make the trip.  If the school did not asked for additional amount to cover the travel expenses surely she could have at least 300 ringgits as her travel allowance.  But because money was tight, she only had two hundred ringgits plus the five hundred pesos to be used when they get back from Malaysia.

When they landed last Friday, she told me that she had plenty of “pasalubong” (travel tokens) for us.  With that statement, that explains why her ringgit allowance was almost used up.  One of the token she is carrying that really made me smile are the POSTCARDS! I so love postcards and that is the only thing I told her to bring for me.  But if she had more cash then possibly she can buy switch plate covers if ever she saw one.  I love the thought of collecting plate covers but since we still don’t have a particular shelf to put it up, then I won’t mind having a piece or two to start.

So imagine if she had more allowance, she could have brought more tokens and the downside of that, she might go beyond her allowed baggage allowance.  And that should not be because she does not have enough money to cover the fee.

Ohhh I can’t wait to see her.

Posted in travel, worth knowing | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment