If we have the budget, my hubby will surely want to go the beach. But vacation is not one of our priorities nowadays. For those who need a rest from their toxic work, you still have time to prepare and plan your three-day vacation. It is very seldom that a long-weekend starts on a Friday.

When I knew the theme for today’s Mommy Moments, I decided to skip again. Because the truth is, neither I nor my husband have any material thing which I can pass to our daughter or to our future son (we are still praying for a son). We both came from a non well-to-do family. If the Lord will enable us to send our kids to college and He will permit them to get a degree, that is the only thing we can give to them. But I realized that though my husband and I lack material things to give to our kids, we still have something to leave them, and that is our faith in God. Though we cannot force them our belief, we can teach them the doctrines of the Bible and we can influence them through our testimonies to follow the same decision we made when we accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and personal Saviour. I think that is the only and best heritage we can leave them.

So how about you? What is that something that you want to give your kids? Why don’t you hop to The Mommy Journey and play with us.

In general the program went well. But I have a little regret because I made the biggest boo boo on my daughter’s costume. I should have just put on her a ladies vest undershirt for her Kimona instead of just wrapping the Saya on her chest. Because as she danced, the Saya slid little by little until it settled on her waist. She could not move freely because she’s trying to hold her Saya and when the Saya reached her waist, she had nothing under her see-through Kimona. Her eyes started to look for me and when she saw me, I gave her a thumbs up to imply that it was okay and she was doing great. She was able to finish her dance gracefully but her teachers told me that she was allot better during their practice. When I was fixing her costume, I assured her that she did great and it was mommy’s fault. The same thing happen when they were singing their finale song, the “Pinakamamahal Kong Bayang Pilipinas (My Most Beloved Country, Philippines)”. I also told her that Mommy learned her lesson and next year, Mommy knew what she should wear. The program ended in a sumptuous lunch. Hubby was already too busy eating so he forgot to take some photos of the food.

It may not be as perfect as it supposed to be but I am happy to witness my daughter’s first school performance. I considered myself privileged because my current  job gives some flexibility in my working hours which allows to be with my daughter in activities like this. I am also happy because despite all the circumstances, the program was a success. I could see that parents enjoined their kids’ presentations and the kids as well had a great time performing.

Here are some photos taken before, during, and after the program. We also have a video of the dance but the size was too big to upload here.

my daughter with her classmates. She’s the one in Yellow Kimona

already sleepy even before the program had started

they were already asked to line up

I almost laugh when my daughter signed to me that she needed a make-up. I didn’t have one so I asked a favor from another mom, if she can put some make-up on my daughter’s face. In time like this, I missed her Ninang Myra who always do the make-up thing. So you see, my daughter is more kikay than her mother.

waiting for the rest of her classmates to sit down

their dance presentation. It was taken during the beginning of the presentation when her costume was still fine.

their finale song with the rest of her schoolmates

notice that her inner garment is already sliding… but she still managed to imitate the action of her teacher. The show must go on, LOL.

here she was after the presentation

]]> http://www.mylenerabago.com/month-of-the-philippine-language-the-presentation-buwan-ng-wika-ang-pagtatanghal/feed/ 0 http://www.mylenerabago.com/buwan-ng-wika/ http://www.mylenerabago.com/buwan-ng-wika/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:37 +0000 Mylene http://www.mylenerabago.com/?p=2445 Better late than never. This is probably the stand of the staff in my daughter’s school. As we Filipinos know, August is the Buwan ng Wika (Month of Language) and many schools celebrated their “Linggo ng Wika” on the 3rd week of August. But not in my daughter’s school . They will have it tomorrow and on Friday. So tomorrow will be my daughter’s first participation in a school program. She was asked to memorize three Bugtong (riddles) and one Kawikaan (Proverb). But according to her teacher, the entire class will recite them at the same time. They will also sing Pinakamamahal Kong Bayan. She was also assigned to bring sixty pieces of puto. She will wear kimona and saya with matching bakya.

On Friday, they will have Palarong Filipino. Parents and kids will play. This will be exciting but I am not yet sure If I will still be permitted to report to work late. I already got the approval for tomorrow but haven’t asked permission for Friday yet. Probably, Hubby will join my daughter on Friday.

Iam really excited about it since this will be one of her firsts. I don’t know how she will perform but as long as she goes up the stage, that is enough for me. I just want her to enjoy and I’m sure she will.

Another disadvantage of just renting is the limitation of the tenants to renovate and restructure the house. Tenants like me will surely agree that we only have limited power to modify the house. We are not allowed to do major modifications like adding  fixtures and facilities specially if the added facilities we want needs digging or breaking the walls or floors unless you will opt to use Saniflo products like Saniflo toilet. These kind of facilities can easily be installed without breaking the walls or the conventional plumbing system. But other than these facilities, I don’t think it is also wise to invest on fixtures because we cannot bring them when we leave our rented-place. 

I am hoping that our government will provide more options to ordinary employee like me to avail affordable yet decent homes. I am hoping that they can offer more rent-to-own houses to us who can’t afford the expensive condos and townhouses of known builders.

Her mistake in Math was not  in answering the actual question but on her name. She missed to write the m in Jyma .

In Science, most of her mistakes were in following the instruction. Instead of box, she placed the object inside a triangle. Probably, she couldn’t perfectly draw a square yet. But she already had a good understanding of the concepts.

Lastly, she really needs to improve her writing skills.  Her control of a pencil is still poor. But with consistent practice, I believe she can do better next time.

Generally, the result is not exceptional but still satisfactory and I am happy about it. The result of the periodical exam will comprise the 25% of the actual grade in her report card.

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She’s been praying for four things; Princess Bike, Boots, Dora Umbrella and Princess Trolley Bag. She started praying for those things when she asked me to buy them for her. I told her to pray for it. When she prayed, instead of asking God, I usually heard her thanking God. Every Sunday, during the invitation, she would kneel on the stairs of the church altar for a while. After that, she would whisper to me that she’s done praying.

When her request had been granted, I asked her to thank God because those things were from the Lord. She immediately obeyed me and also thank God the remaining requests. I want to instill in her mind that everything comes from the Lord and He should be given the sincerest thanks.

I want her to stop drinking milk from her bottles but I not from drinking milk. I want her to continuously drinks her milk until she’s grown up because milk is important for the body. My dilemma is if I take away the bottles forcefully, she might also stop drinking milk. This is the usual experience of the other mommies I’ve asked. So what I’m praying is that she’ll voluntarily give up her bottles. I also grab every opportunity which I can use to persuade her leave the bottles and use cups or mugs instead. When we went to Daiso, a Japanese store, one time, she eyed a fancy mug. She asked me to buy it for her. I told her that I can buy the mug but she should use the mug for her milk instead of the bottle. She agreed. But she immediately returned to her bottles after two tries. Needless to say, the first attempt was a failure.

Couple of days ago, I started another attempt. My husband and I were planning to switch her milk to another brand. But we need to know if she will like the prospective brand, so we only bought a sampler size. When she saw that I was getting another milk, she told me that she wanted it. So I told her, “Okay we will buy this, but you have to throw away your bottles and drink this milk from your mug.” She agreed again. That night, my husband and I asked her to throw her bottles. We handed to him a clean but used plastic bag and her bottles. We let her be the one to put the bottles in the plastic bag Then, I tied the plastic bag and let her saw that I put it in the waste bin. That night, she also drank her milk from the mug.

The next day, she was looking for her bottles. I reminded her that she threw them the night before. She checked the waste bin and found it clean. Hubby woke up earlier and cleaned the mess She’s drinking her milk from her mug for two days now. The frequency of her milk intake decrease but she is compensating it with eating solid foods. I do not also allow her to go bed without drinking her milk. If she don’t want to drink it directly from the mug, I just spoon it for her. It is too early to say that we win the battle this time but too early too to say it is another failure.

Do you have the same battle? How did you win the battle? Let your victory be heard.