Gen's First in Basic Encoding Skills

I'm always posting this in my education blog Beyond Horizons but I'm sharing it here now. Gen was always competing in several of her academic subjects in Filipino essay, Press Conference, Math, even the sport of Chess and now in EPP skills. She has experienced getting the runner up medals and certificates but she didn't made it to No. 1 position and she longed to experience to compete for the inter-town level which they call it Division Level. Well that day she was very determined to really make it to the first place and I was there to witness her efforts. I was praying the whole time she's doing the exam and I thought it was hard for her. I was surprised when she finally declared that she's finished ahead of time. That's the time that she smiled to me and gave me our famous thumbs up sign. My kids were used to giving me that sign whenever they want to tell me everything is ok.

Their school coaches/teachers who were with them were happy when the awarding took place as they all got the first positions. They were three from their class who competed, one was for flower arrangement, the other one was for fabric painting and Gen for basic encoding skills. They all went home happy that they bagged the first place and will all compete with the contestants from all towns in Rizal Province. Of course I was a happy Mom and I thanked God for giving Gen the wisdom.

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Missing Iya's Celebration

We’re sad to miss the birthday of one of our favorite baby. She celebrated her first birthday today though her real birthday is on Monday. She lives in a different town that’s why we never attempted to travel when we’re finally free from Gen’s school activities. Redge and the kids were all ready and they’ve waited for us for almost 3 hours before we finally decided we will never make it because the rains are also heavy since early afternoon. 

Gen was thinking of Iya while she’s waiting for the competition to finish but we really can’t do something about the situation so I told her to just concentrate on her contest. I know they will understand us because my niece Heidi who is Iya’s Mom is also a primary school teacher and she knows the rules. I saw how sad Josh was when we arrived past 5 in the afternoon and he was informed that we can’t make it. I was happy that although he’s very young he can understand situations like this one like an older kid.

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:Ruby Tuesday/Wordless Wednesday: Lovely Contrast

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This has caught my attention because I love flowers and these red santan are beautifully trimmed to form a circular shape surrounding the pale-leaves tree. I love the stark contrast between the trees pale mint (almost white) leaves and the vivid color of red. Just perfect! Btw this landscape can be seen at the parking lot of Ever shopping mall in Ortigas. Will love having it in our garden :-)

To see more entries for red-themed photos at RT and beautiful photos at WW click the badges!

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Little Boy’s Query

I was helping my kid on his assignment about his Science subject when he asked me about what will they do with the barbecue stick, carrot and the wide-mouthed bottle. He was always excited with their art activities that he can’t help asking or guessing what they will make for the coming day’s activity. Yesterday he asked me about attorneys and what’s their role in the society. I told him that they were to solve issues with legal things, defend or accuse people depending on the needed services of their clients. I’m glad that he didn’t asked about particular legal things like Texas Maritime lawyers because I wouldn’t have an answer for that. All I know is their scope of services because maritime refers to the sea so I supposed its legal services for sea-related cases or those working in maritime.

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Forex and Economy

I’m confused with the way things are when it comes to forex exchange and the effect it has on the country. I was made to believe in the past years that it’s good for a country like us to have an exchange rate equivalent to lesser peso because it means that our currency is getting stronger but I just can’t relate these changes to what’s happening in the prices of basic commodities. When dollars goes down the prices in peso should lower down but as I see it it’s not affecting the usual and normal groceries that we buy on supermarket. I only see the difference when I buy gadgets online. I was thinking if an advanced Forex training would help me understand the effect of forex on our economy. I know it should be a balance of things when it comes to economy, basic commodity price setups and some other things. I should learn some basic data about forex.

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Longing for a Cabin House

We’ve dropped by a furniture store and looked for some nice sofa beds for the kids’ rooms. I was always in awe at the latest innovation and style of the modern furniture. DH knows a lot about furniture and appliances because he was employed in one of the biggest appliance store. He knows all about material used, finishes, grade and quality. He almost knows all of the brands and supplier. I was fond of looking at beautiful modern and stylish furniture but sometimes I also long for log furniture we have in the province because they looked so simple, fresh and homey just like living in the rural areas. Anyway we can still have them here in the urban areas. I guess we just need some interior designing to be in harmony with some of our existing furniture. Talk about creating a cabin-inspired room!

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Geared Up for Halloween

When we dropped toy kingdom last weekend we saw that the store is fully geared up for the coming Halloween as it looks like a haunted house and not a toy store lol! The store is full of frightening masks, kids halloween costumes and accessories to make the coming season complete. I’m glad that Josh wasn’t scared of all those things as he keep on smiling on each frightening costumes and masks he passed by. We’re not there to look for costumes though but to look for his fave robots. We ended buying Almanac books for their collection and also a gift to my brother. Books are for all ages and Almanac is not an exemption.

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Choosing Your Wedding Rings

My cousin is looking and searching through different styles of wedding rings. He’s not decided yet where to buy their wedding rings though her sister recommended a good place to buy in Manila. Since they’re in the province now he’s looking at the possibility of having it online for convenient searching and buying. Anyway it’s still early so they have ample time to do that. I don’t know how much are they going to spend on their wedding rings but one of his relative is looking at the possibility of buying wholesale loose diamonds because they seem so much cheaper than the retail ones. Wedding preparations are really stressful especially when you think of all the things needed like flowers, cake, invitations, reception, gowns, entourage outfit, list of sponsors, pictures, videos, cars and place of honeymoon. Well the last one may be the medicine for all the stress of the occasion as that would be their relaxing and bonding moments.

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Inquisitive Little Boy

My little boy is getting very inquisitive these days with every little thing that enters his mind. He always has those questions that will knock you off your chair and he’s so persistent on getting the answers. He just saw the ncstar binoculars I have browsed online and asking me if he could have it because he wants to see the flying birds clearly even when they are at a distance. He wants to try everything he sees and when he wants to know something or see what it is he’ll log in to Google and type the keyword to search. Well I saw him typing the planets, universe and his landscape assignments just now. He told me that he can do surfing and assignment research on his own.

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Dream Come True

My friend wants to put up her internet business but her capital is not enough to support her dream internet cafe. She’s planning to make it really big because she’s based on a place near school and business area. It’s been her plan for several years now and this year she really wants her plans to push through. She’s now preparing some of her legal documents because she found a way to have additional finances. She needs the documents because she’s applying to an asset based lenders and she would like her needed loan approved. I wish she’ll have her loan as soon as possible for her to start the business next month. I know it would make her very happy to see her internet cafe operating in few weeks’ time.

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