Shopaholic alert: Father's Day Sales

Here's a shout to all shopaholics!

There's going to be a Nike-Adidas clearance sale up to 70% off starting today till June 20, 2010 at Megatrade Hall 1, SM Megamall. Great gift-hunting spree for Father's Day.

http://www.shopcrazy.com.ph/2010/06/nike-adidas-clearance-sale-up-to-70-off-at-sm-megamall-mega-trade-hall-1-june-16-to-20/


Here's another sale from Paul Smith (GB4 and Shangrila Mall) for Father's Day. They will be giving out a 20% discount on all men's lines.





http://www.shopcrazy.com.ph/2010/06/fathers-day-sale-get-20-off-on-mens-lines-from-paul-smith/


Let's go!

Are you going to the office?

Once she wakes up, my daughter Lia would ask me "Are you going to the office?" and based on my experience with this line of questioning, I would put on a really sad face and say "Yes, anak, hay, but I will miss you!" and she would also put on a sad face that we will leave her at home.

But now, instead of this sad face, she would really be putting a whiny answer which sounds like " grngnnsnng hmpp"...

Luther and I have exhausted our sad faces answer and we're beginning to understand that we are now again entering the separation anxiety stage that we thought we have graduated already...maybe we'll try to explain why we need to go to work from Mondays to Fridays, hoping that at 3 years old she will undertand it. Even on weekdends, she asks us if we are going to the office? and luckily, our answer is the one she wants to hear..." no anak, daddy and I will stay here with you!" A resounding "yehey! with jumping is her answer...o diba kataba ng puso, just a kid missing her dad and mom...yun lang pala : )

So I guess we should try and try to explain why we are going to the office...bakit nga ba?

Most Talkative

Is it possible to feel old and young at the same time?

My eldest daughter Lia attended her first day of school today. We walked from our house to the Holy Spirit of Quezon City,










(picture from the school's website http://www.shsqc.edu.ph/)

reminding her not to cry, listen to teacher Iza, dont forget to give her pencils to teacher, eat her baon, raise her hand if she has a question hehehe litany of reminders within a 5-minute walk, and really I am the one who's scared...what if...what if...but she looked happy to be walking, enjoying her brown uniform which is still a little bit big for her.

I learned from Luther than she was a bit talkative during the class, she was listening but also talking a lot, she raised her hands when she finished her clay circle, she did not cry (sniff big girl na baby ko!) but she often looked outside the room to check that Daddy and Ate Lala are still there. She did not eat all her baon (Zesto, strawberry fruit, ceraals, inipit bread), she only ate cereals..I asked her if she enjoyed school and she said " I'm a little teapot". Luther explained that when they were asked to get toys, she got the teapot...and when told to pack away the toys, she packed them away also...good job on your first day Lia...I hope you had a wonderful time, and would learn to love school and would love to learn...

Hey, not bad for my first day also right, I didnt have any separation anxiety but I asked for a detailed feedback on what happened at school. Tomorrow will be my day to bring her to school, and remind her that we parents and yayas are until the gate only...

I think what helped in letting children be independent is I let them try things on their own, assisting and correcting only when necessary, lengthened my patience and understanding when I correct them, and conditioning them that its fun to do things on their own. Teaching kids to be independent is hard noh?

P.S. when I was in Prep B at Holy Spirit, my mother was surprised that I brough home a worksheet with zero grade and "most talkative" marked on my sheet, because I was talking all throughout the session, I wasnt able to answer the sheet and thus, the zero grade...I am hoping that daughter now is not like mother me hehehe : )

nesting, school opening, gardening and more

I've been so busy this past few months, with the renovation of our house in April, moving in and final interior design in May, Boracay trip in mid-May, and now come school opening in June. yehey Lia will be in nursery already...sniff how time flies so fast. If only I could lengthen the time to 32 hours a day I would! more time for blogging : )

Our house is now a work in progress, the interior design is not yet complete, with paintings and other accessories not yet bought, i'm finding the time (and the money) to buy them...but slowly we've adjusted to our new home, will hold the purchases until I can unload all the things inside the boxes and arrange things in their proper places. I hope I can take pictures already for the before and after portion, maybe after school opens I can start on it, wait for it it another blog...but now we're more focus on preparing Lia for school...I've completed putting name tags to her things, its fortunate that we bought her school bag, shoes, and other stuff way back in January, so we wont be caught in the shopping frenzy now. bag, uniform, shoes, lunchbox, PE uniform/shoes, undergarment shorts -check; tags on school supplies - check; covered notebooks/books - check; haircut - yikes not yet, should be this weekend, maybe a trip to Toni and Guy will do the trick...

Putting aside my school mode, Luther and I started fixing our small patch garden in front of our house last weekend. We bought flowers (white angel, santan) and other yellow green and maroon plants (names I forgot) to liven up the home front. I know Im a green thumb, I know I am...the garden will be my test. now we're going to plant palm trees so the house will have more shade, less use for electric fans, less expense yihee!

ok im off to work again...see you on my next post...
P.S. hey mommies, what are you planning for father's day? share!

Yes I Can

Have you ever felt tired of doing something? Did you wake up one day feeling no energy in getting up and felt like delaying all the things that you need to do on that day?

Lately, I've felt really down, I noticed little things that irked me and I was more sensitive that usual, seeing first the negative of things. I can't even remember the last time I had a good laugh, that my tummy ached from it. Being me, I decided to read a book to wallow on my sadness, finally deciding on reading Nicolas Sparks' The Wedding. The book celebrated love and forgiveness and romanticism. And my heart was just overwhelmed with sadness, that I had to read this book to realize that life is what you make of it. If you wallow in sadness, you will always see things in a sad light, never realizing the beauty that lies beneath these things.

Procrastination, stress, or anxiety does this to people. Learn from my experience, by acknowledging first that you sometimes have your own “down/ lazy/stressed” time can provide an opportunity for you to transform this situation into a positive one.

Starting the day right by breaking up daily goals into smaller ones can jumpstart your day. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by all the things you need to do, you can set one specific goal and task at a time, and after completing that task, you’ll have more confidence of achieving your other goals for the day, and paving the way for a more positive attitude. This in turn will give you more energy to finish things that you’ve started. Maybe it’s all in the state of mind, really!

Once you decided to start your day right by positively thinking “Yes I Can”, your energy and positive vibe will give your mind and body the extra push it needs to succesfully complete your tasks, leading to a simpler hassle-free life.

Say it with me…”Yes I Can!”.

Now that wasnt so hard after all : )