Outbound Activity @UPLB

My younger daughter is 13 years old. Sometimes I suspect, the age gap between us is taking its little toll. Like this morning, as usual I prepared her lunch+recess box for school, in to her Igloo lunch bag which she herself bought by her own money. To my annoyance, she transferred everything in a small paper bag, kissed me goodbye and left for school. wt#.

Other than those small annoying teen's acts, this girl is actually very sweet. And still my tail, or so I thought..
cos it hurts to recall when she started to stop me accompanying her to school trips. Like a year or two maybe?. She thought otherwise thu'. She would tease me that I'm a clingy mom! haha.




Weeks ago her school had an outbound activity in U.P.,Los Banos, Laguna. I guess you could equate it to a day camp or a team building.
Ofcourse, I wasn't allowed to go with her. Tears :(:)

I just stole these photos from her schoolmates and teachers. Thank you.








Two days ago before that outbound day, she just got out of flu. So you could imagine how worried I was when I saw this photo of her mud crawling..

Notwithstanding the special considerations I requested from her school to be excused from extreme activities. Daughter said the kind principal was in anyway watchful of her and always asking her if she could do a certain activity before she was allowed.

But there she was.. all fun for her. She said yes to all activities, needless to say.

Some happy trekking photos..




Setting the bar a bit higher_ a little hiking up a low- highland?

The hiking/trekking  daughter loved so much. She said it was so easy for her to do this activity cos she's used to it. We frequent some adventure trekking like here., here, here, here, and I know there are more post links in my archive. I'm just lazy now to do it, haha.

I have never heard my daughter talked with praises about her school trips eversince. This was the first time she went home all happy face bubbling with recollections of the outbound activity.

This must be something for her.

When I saw her photos in F.B...

I'd say_yes indeed :)

p.s.: she also took home  muddy shoes and clothes :))
pps: and a box of delicious buco pie <3

updating going on...

I'm happy most of the photo links in this blog that have been cut for quite awhile,
are now working.

It happened, I was not aware that the host of my photos weren't able to transmit the images to blogspot.
Until a concerned reader ( ty so much my dear only one follower, haha ) emailed me that my blog photos weren't showing.
I checked and found out that indeed only scripts were left. No pictures.
wt#.




Almost 400++ posts since 2009 ( not counting another hundreds of posts at my other blog with the same predicament). Nos. of photos x nos. of post x nos. of years = nos. of photos to reload!!!






I got  overwhelmed just thinking about the works I have to put all over again to this blog ( and to the other one ). I don't even..
Anyway, my blogs are so low profile and if not stumbled upon, no one would know. No relatives and close friends read my blogs. Neither my husband nor my daughters (my blog muses) read my posts.
I reckoned, letting go (as in let my blogs die a natural death) is the easiest option.
Yes?
Oh no!
I can't.
My blogs are my personal recollections since 2009. I put so much heart and soul into them. Okey not so much soul, but cast them in the air? I'd die.
I'm a sucker of memories like that.

So I have started to update the photo links and thu' it has been  quite a wholatta works, I've been enjoying reading each old post.
Obviously, I'm my no.1 ( maybe the only one? ) follower. haha.
Haven't updated all the posts, but almost there..




In the process, I hope to be able to post new ones..

ps: hey, the last one is my own! it's actually a painting of me (w/o the scripts ofcourse) by brother. it has been up on the wall in my bedroom for the longest time. took a photo of it and tadah! how about a pat on the back. thankyou.:))

Alma Mater Matters..

Few months back, I went to visit my alma mater. First time since I graduated from college decades ago. It's a shame that I'm admitting I haven't looked back ever since  Haven't attended a single class reunion or any alumni homecoming. I was so totally cut off. I blame it to the stage of life called "adulthood', haha. I was consumed and still is, by the challenges thereof _ careers, marriage, children and infinite whatnots. Some of my classmates, I got reconnected only through Facebook, just lately.






I entered the familiar gate of my youth and walked the same corridors my black school shoe used to walk on a daily basis decades ago. I saw nuns and uniformed girls who mobbed me with  flashed back memories.

drama. cut!!!

I reached my destination. The registrar. I just had to get some school documents that would support my present venture. Done in a minute.



By the way, I went with my girls. None of them go to this school, just so you know.We made a little tour. I thought this would give them a little glimpse of their mother's student life.

It used to be an exclusive for girls school during my time. Today, it's now an open gender school and already a university.



Before I bid goodbye to my alma mater once more, I dropped by the prayer room with my girls, the same one I frequented when I was a student here.. many many years ago.

Crazy About The Hobbit

It all started with The Hobbit which they watched last X'mas holiday and fell in love with this pre-sequel of Lord Of The Rings. My girls couldn't get over it and had me dvd marathon-ed with them the trilogy..

..of LOTR : Fellowship Of The Ring, Two Towers & Return Of The King. We dedicated the recent weekends to be consumed by these 3 loong movies at home. Yes two days of LORT!!! Notwithstanding the fact that I had  seen them all in the theaters with husband on each actual showing.

Well now, blame me never if my Englishes gots my masters really confuses, haha.

Furthermore, my dreamy girls have raised the bar of their hobbit's craze. They are presently bugging their dad to bring them to The Hobbiton. Atleast, they want a promise from him. Not to make haste (haha, so hobbiton!), they can wait.

We all know that this location set is open to the public and offering Movie Set Tours for a fee ofcourse. In New Zealand. wt#???
In fairness to my girls, they know dreams come true. Their dad is actually currently based in this land of the hobbits.
So, maybe..

.. my girls' fingers are crossed. haha. Good luck my preeeciousss ( gollum??? )

p.s. in case you haven't seen this flight so full of hobbits, elves, dwarves, orcs && other LOTR characters

enjoy!