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Mom and child talk: Computer Paint Art Genius

February 1st, 2012 Anna No comments

My son was very happy to tell me the great news that he was chosen to be their class’ representative at the Computer Paint Art contest. According to him, he was sort of a wild card. At first, three of his classmates were chosen to compete with each other. That was last Wednesday. Today, his [...]

Personalized card from me and my son

December 23rd, 2011 Anna Comments off

It will be the Christening of the niece of one of my closest friends! Oh, if you would see the invitation, you would definitely fall in love with it. Actually, they purchased blank invitation card stock invitations and they added personal touch into it. Their baby is so cute and you would not like to [...]

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Parents and Teachers Orientation Meeting: to attend or not to attend?

July 2nd, 2011 Anna Comments off

Parents and Teachers Orientation Meeting: to attend or not to attend? It is not a lecture topic or an essay about the above sentence. That is just my thought as I feel lazy going to my son’s school. Well, you know, today is a Saturday and usually, I sleep all day or go to the [...]

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Joys and pains of Motherhood

January 19th, 2011 Anna Comments off

I am glad that we were able to bond with our relatives last Holiday season. One of my favorite cousins together with her husband and cute and healthy kids were in town. That was their very first time here in the Philippines as a family after ten years. They live in the United States. We [...]

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Birthday requests

December 3rd, 2010 Anna Comments off

Money is in the bank! Excited to buy the new desktop computer with Samsung LED monitor. This will be our gift for our son’s seventh birthday. Yes, no big party. His Dad was able to explain to him the value of money. Weee!!! They were the ones who talked about it. There will be just [...]

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She has lots of money

November 5th, 2010 Anna Comments off

I just had a big dinner of green leaves, tomatoes, eggs, potatoes, carrots and tuna! Thank you, husband for preparing it. Until now, I am trying to finish off some of the carrot pieces. Yummy! Anyways, that was a good reward. Then there is my son. He has a star! He showed me his assignment. [...]

Balancing act

October 29th, 2010 Anna Comments off

Sometimes it is hard being a working Mom. You know, those balancing acts to prioritiza things. My hands are always full everyday. Lately, I have been too much focused in my work. I want to sort of show some inspiration to others that, hey, we must not change. We should still work hard because we [...]

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Mom and child talk: The TV or Me?

October 29th, 2010 Anna Comments off

I was a couch potato yesterday. My eyes were glued on my favorite TV shows. I watched House, CSI New York and Top Chef. While I was watching my son asked me to make his milk. I told him that I will do during the commercial break. I do not know but maybe he was [...]

More special

October 20th, 2010 Anna Comments off

I am looking for a great christmas idea. I want this coming Christmas to be more special for the whole family especially to my son. He will be seven years old by then and I observed that he is now retaining memories. I want him to start having good Christmas memories. i actually plan to [...]

My Aunt, my idol

October 2nd, 2010 Anna Comments off

One of my idols is my Aunt who is based in Guam. At 73, she is still gorgeous. She looks like she is just in her early 50s. She still has the energy to do a lot of things. Her secret? Clean living, it is! She is also financially stable. Her kids are grown up [...]

Son got an A-

September 15th, 2010 Anna Comments off

Son got an A-! I am so proud of him. He got an average of 91% with 85 as his lowest grade. He is particulary good in Math and English where he got 93 and 94 respectively. I really hope that he can sustain it. Right nw, my husband is reviewing him for the second [...]

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Ending an almost perfect day with a fight

September 12th, 2010 Anna Comments off

Ending an almost perfect day with a fight? That is a real blunder! Well, yes, sometimes it happens to us. It was on me last time. Maybe, on him also? Oh, if my friends will be able to read this then they will say that it was on him. Anyways, let us just blame it [...]