New York!

Over dinner with my family, my girl Chloe wanted to share this big chuck rib bone with our dog Mojo. She hurriedly went outside and fed our dog. Chelo, my youngest, didnt want to miss a thing so she run out to the garage. I noticed that Chelo hasnt finished eating and her plate still half full. Bothered, I called out her name and said, "Where are you?". Puzzled with my summon since our house was a typical bungalow and she was gone only a few seconds, she replied, " I'm in New York!" 

infographics

Thanks to the  many  shared posts i  read on social media particularly twitter, i learned new technical terms.

A conversation on  reading kept us  busy on our way  home. Chloe requested i  buy  her new books since she has read all her books from  Jane Austen series to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Cholo, who likes science fiction and detective  books,  countered that  she  hasn't cause she  has yet to read his collection.  Chloe further  claimed a book she  read 3 years  ago was given as a test  and she  got the highest score. I begged that  when they read they should not  be in a hurry and allow the  book to age at least  for a week.

The exchange  made my  little one say  she too likes reading and I  kidded that she was like her  dad who was a slow reader. I said that unlike her  two siblings, she likes to read picture story books.  In fact, i reminded her that   the weekly books she  borrowed  from the  library were all picture story  books.

Hurt, she exclaimed that she wasn't a slow reader. She  said it can be said that is she lazy but she is not   a slow reader. She added that  she was not only  borrowing picture books  but all kinds of  book.

I sensed her hurt especially so she blurted, "I'm angry  mom".   

The car proved too small for  me to  maneuver a hug to console her. For the love of  God, i was looking for the right words to say because what i really wanted to say  and highlight, was that  of all my  kids, she was the  visual one. The one child who would  buy  expensive complicated  books  with charts, tables and  graphics.  I was groping for  words and prayed for all that  I read in my lifetime to  be by  my side.

If love can  be seen, i said, " What I  meant was, you see things differently from your brother and sister. You expressed things  differently. You like inforgraphics where you explain things using  visuals, pictures, charts and videos.   I ended  by saying, " When we reach  home, i will show  you  what I  mean".

As soon as our  car reached our garage, I  whipped out  my  laptop and showed  her,  "Visual Content  Marketing: Capture and  Engage Your Audience" downloaded  from http://pages2.marketo.com/visual-content-marketing.html, .

With so much confidence I said, "Look, this is how you see things, look at  all the  pictures, graphs and diagrams.  Isn't it complicated?", with  this she replied, " Oh  come on  mom, that is so  easy!" 

There.

7 -11

Every night at half past 7, my husband and I would gather our kids, who are all studying in 3 different schools in Manila, before we drive back to Paranaque. While the distance is just less than 20 kilometers, it would take us about an hour and a half to travel home. 

Anticipating the long travel, it is not unusual that we would find ourselves eating dinner or sampling treat of different cuisine restaurants, carinderia, fast foods and even street food vendors.

Last Friday was no exception; we initially wanted to grab some treats since hunger pang set in. I wanted tuna pandesal while the girls wanted instant noodles, snacks that would last us until we get home. I saw the instant rice meal and decided to order tapsi, got one tocino for my son and beef for my girl and another rice meal for the little one.

Although the meal was cheap and instant, it didn’t bother us at all that we had to fight for a small table, eat in front of a busy group of college kids. What mattered then was that we were complete, we had our usual exchange of  each other day’s stories and most of all that we were complete and safe in each other’s company. Like I said, that kind of happiness is something money cannot buy. Thank you 7-11 for offering such a safe haven for us.

Ultimate Decision Makers

Over lunch, my colleagues and I swapped opinions on many issues.  One of which was the contention on which office is best to issue suspension of classes when there is no storm signal but there is continuous rain resulting to flooding. 

Micro blogging site, Twitter articulated the convenient conduct for it.  It eloquently tracked tweets:           ‏@Abi_Valte Text of EO 66, Section 2: Localized Cancellation or Suspension of Classes and Work in Government Offices, here: http://bit.ly/A0J45C, and @gmanews: #Banner Palace: LGUs should cancel classes by 4:30am http://bit.ly/MrjCsz".  LGUs received lashing for taking time easing in to the new protocol,  "@TV5manila: Palace scolds mayors for late advisories on class suspensions. ".

As parents and/or guardians, who are also working in an Academic Institution, we found it hilarious bordering on dullness of mind, the strong declarations from one mayor when he said, " @cesdrilon Mayor Lim to parents: Use your common sense in making judgment whether your kids should go to school or not.", and ‏@ANCALERTS Robredo: Suspension of classes has been localized. Maraming lugar na nababaha kahit walang storm signal.". 

We agree with Secretary Robredo that it must be the city mayor to declare suspension, assuming a mayor woke up early and surveyed his territory, at the very least main thoroughfares leading to Intramuros and Ubelt, both locales of big colleges and universities, he could already assume the responsibility of calling off classes because thousands of students, not necessarily residing in Manila, will traverse flooded streets. His accountability is not centered only on students of both public and private schools but employees of government and private entities. 

However, we found it outrageous that both Mayor Lim and Secretary Robredo said, “ultimately,     parents are to decide whether their children should go to school or not”.  

Don’t they know anything? We could not help but enumerate the reasons why it  is purely absurd to conclude this:  @jjunbana claims, “ Kids  do  not  trust  their parents.”.  While @obgines shared, “my  kids believe our neighbors  more than us.”.  He added his kids  would even shout out a neighbor’s  news flash!

What is even funnier, this mom of three, dean of the  biggest  academic department and multi-degree holder, does not  have the command  compared to  her children’s teachers. Who could  win  with, ‘Ma, my teacher will be angry if we are absent, or she will give a quiz.”.  Worst, you get the “ Ma, I can’t be  absent, we are not excused.".  

Notas

estoy feliz porque mucho reason:
1. mi padre es en mi casa.
2. tambien estoy excito tengo dos vestidos esta semana.
3. senor Fernando ensena los estudiantes bien.
4. mi familia es seguridad.

Manila es un lugar divertido y colorido.

Manila tiene varios lugares de atracción para visitar. Primero, usted debe visitar los grandes centros comerciales porque muchas marcas internacionales así como locales se venden. También debe visitar monumento de Rizal encuentra de Luneta. También debe ver la puesta de sol en la vista del puerto. Intramuros también es un lugar histórico junto a Binondo. Se debe usar ligera ropa, ya que está caliente. Filipino de alimentos se compone de cocina mixta. un extranjero debe tratar de Balot, un manjar delicioso.

Wen Reyes ocupado semana

Mi pasado fin de semana fue mucho ocupado. yo he reunion todo dia Sabado con mi faculdad. Tambien yo he ido Universidad de Sto tomas para en visitar mi doctoral de asesor. Ella ha leido mi disertacion papel. Despues, he ido en el Colegio de San Juan de Letran para una reunion con estudiantes. Mi domingo fue tambien ocupado. Mi padre ha visitado mi familia. Nosotros hemos comido buen desayuno en mi casa. Despues, hemos mirado para la mascota perro perfecto para mi padre. Tambien, yo he comprado dos los vestidos en Tiendesitas centro comercial. Despues hemos viajado por en casa. Hemos escuchado algo bien musica en la coche. En mi casa, yo he dormido todo tardes. Tambien nosotros atendido iglesia.