Tinker belle and Belle

People doing service

Halie's homework yesterday in Christian Living was -- Paste photographs of people doing service. I cut out from magazines and old newspapers pictures of persons doing service like persons working in a call center, employees in the restaurant industry, the Filipino CNN hero nominee with his "kariton" and the children reading his books, among other things. When I asked Halie to paste the cut-outs in her CL notebook, tinanong nya ako when she saw the pictures -- "Ma, sigurado ka na ito yon ididikit na pictures?" I said yes. She looked at me puzzled. I asked her why. This was her answer. "Ang pagkakaalam ko kasi sa service eh yon sinasakyan ng mga kaklase ko pag pauwi na sila after ng class namin. (Yeah right. School service...)

Anti-Virus

HALIE: Ano gawa mo?
CHONG: Nagi-install ng anti-virus.
HALIE: Hah? May sakit sya? (sabay haplos sa computer)

Art works

Halie and Hanie's latest.

Typhoon "Ondoy"

Isa pang tanong na hindi ko alam ang sagot.

During the typhoon yesterday, while we were watching the flooded street from our window, Hanie had this question - "Ma, bakit ginawa ng Diyos ang bagyo?"







The Lighter Side:

Still during the storm.
HANIE: Ma, baka baha pa sa Monday.
AKO: Ok lang yon, pag baha pa malamang wala pa kayo pasok.
HANIE: Ma, meron yan. Pero ok lang, magbo-boat na lang ako papasok.

HANIE: Ma, gusto ko rin mag-swimming parang sila (pointing to the children playing and swimming in the flooded street).
AKO: Eh di baba ka na.
HANIE: Totoo, hindi mo ako pipigilan? Baba na ako.
AKO: Sige, kaw ang bahala. Ang baho kaya ng tubig at ang dumi pa.
HANIE: Hindi kaya, parang river nga oh.

Katanungang Hindi Ko Alam Ang Kasagutan

HALIE: Ma, gusto ko mag-aral ng Spanish.
AKO: Saan ka naman mag-aaral? Wala school dito para sa mga bata. (Thinking that Instituto de Cervantes is not for the very young ones)
HALIE: Eh saan nag-aral si Dora?

HALIE: Ano sa Tagalog ang pangalan ko?
AKO: Wala.
HALIE: Bakit wala?
AKO: Eh sa wala nga eh, basta Halie lang.
HALIE: Bakit ganon? Si Jesus and Mary meron. Si Jesus, Hesus; si Mary, Maria. Tapos, ako wala?

After the 1st quarter, the kids made us very proud.

Picture muna while waiting for the food

Don't Pick the Flowers ka dyan!

What the ----!?

World Map

I bought a world map for some reason the other day. When I was looking at it, Hanie came to me and asked, "Wow! Earth ba yan?" Sabi ko "Ah, pwede pero map ang tawag dito." She asked, "Mama, malayo ba ang London sa Philippines? Gusto ko kasi magpunta don eh." Natawa ako. I told her na kailangan marami kang pera pag pupunta ka don, eh paano yan wala naman tayo madami pera. She answered back, "Ay ganon, ang nakakapunta lang ba ibang bansa eh yon mayaman lang?" Sabi ko, "Oo naman!" The next thing she said was this. "Naku Mama, eh di mayaman pala si Jun Pyo kasi nasa Macau sya, yon mommy din nya, nandon din. Grabe ang yaman pala Jun Pyo!" After which, kinuha na nya ang map sa akin at hanapin daw nya ang Macau at London.