PTC Day- 1st Quarter

Last Saturday was PTC day. It was the usual card-giving day, and a little chat with your child's adviser. So, my daughter and I went to her school to get her report card. I dreaded this day because I know my daughter's score in her quarter finals examination. My daughter asked me, "Ma, natatakot ka ba?" I told her no, "Hinde ako takot anak, nervous lang si Mama. Pero kahit ano pa grades mo, okay na yun, naibili na kita ng gift e."

I relaxed a little while waiting for my turn to talk to her adviser. Turn out, there was nothing to worry about my baby. She was well-behaved in school. She's even one of the achievers (those who got the highest average), even if its only within her section and not in the over-all grade level. I am so proud of my girl! 

She is beaming while she makes kwento to her grandparents of her achievements. All smiles, I know how proud she is feeling at that moment. 

This is one of those things that I like with being a mother. Seeing your child all smiles, like its Christmas.

Doggie Instinct

            My family owns a two-year old aspin ("asong-pinoy"). A well-behaved dog, Icy gurads our house 24-hours a day.  A single sound in the midle of the night, and you'll be hearing her loud barks.

          Anyway, as my dad were cleaning the attic, he found this old football toy and he gave it to Icy. Smelling it and licking it, she looks happy playing with it. Then she accidentally steps on it, and it produces a loud sound. The way that Icy is behaving right now is that, we think that she thinks it is her pup, because the sound that toy is producing sounds like a loud cry of a puppy.

She doesn't want to let go!

She thinks its her pup

She's thinking where to put it.

         

Pastillas Part2

      So I promised that I'll be showing the final packaging of my pastillas business venture and here it is:

 

Pastillas with LOVE  :)

     I snapped this picture while it was displayed on my mother's stall in a wet market. I called it cookie pastillas because I shaped it that way, like a cookie. Parang lengua ang dating! It is sold either with sprinkles, langka flavor, coffee flavor or the plain variety.

       Oh, didn't I tell you guys that also do atchara? It's also a very promising home-based business. Till next... I'll write it next time.

Let's Start Cookin'!!

      My daughter has been watching all this Play-doh videos on Youtube. She wanted a kitchen-making play set. I told her that if she got good grades on her quarter exams, then I'll buy her one. She was so excited with that idea that she really did her best to study for her exams. Unfortunately, she got two subjects with very low scores. The first time that she showed me her exam results, she has this sad look and asked me whether I was still proud of her even if she got low scores. I was definitely disappointed and it showed on my face and she was quiet for sometimes, ignoring my presence and just went to taking her afternoon nap. 

        Seeing her so down just melted me. So I figured, hey, what the heck.. just give her a reward. At least for trying! And so, the last time I went to Divisoria to get some supplies for my shop, I did get her a kitchen set. I wasn't from Play-doh but she still gave me a very, very warm hug and the sweetest smile that shows how happy she was.

Got this Kitchen set for P800

 

What's inside the box.

Satisfaction -- Kuntento

I am in a battle with myself right now. I dunno what's wrong, pero nahihirapan ako. Nasasaktan. Hindi para sa sarili ko, pero para sa anak ko. 

I have been married for 8 years now. My only child, is 7 years old. She's in grade two. And as hard as it is na bumuhay ng pamilya, pinili naming mag-asawa na pag-aralin ang anak namin sa isang pribadong eskwelahan na malapit lamang sa aming tirahan. Nung maliit pa yung anak ko, around 2 or 3 years old, e issue ko na ito sa pagitan nya at ng ibang bata. Hindi siya naturalente na bibo, na palakwento. Nung maliit pa nga sya medyo bulol pa. Pero magaling sya sa puzzle at sa pagtago ng mga bagay na hindi kanya (mga laruan ng pinsan nya na nakakaligtaan itabi, kanya na daw yun!) Matagal bago nya na-memorize ang ABC at mga colors. She's 3.3 years old when she entered junior casa. She got an award not in any subject but an award in conduct. When she was 4, I transferred her into another school, yan na yung school kung nasaan sya ngayon. On her graduation sa preparatory, she got another award. Again it was for her conduct. Napakabait ng anak ko sa school.

My child is in grade 2 now, at since nag-aral sya, never pa siya naka-receive ng merit sa kahit anong subject nya. It always break my heart kapag nauwi sya at iiyak kasi tinutukso sya ng friends nya, kasi hindi daw sya kasama sa mga achievers (achievers are those who got a grade of 90 up on every subject). Sabi ko, okay ay lang yun, na nasa 90+ lahat ng subjects nya, pwera sa Math. Na makakahabol pa sya. Pero hindi sya nakahabol. Kahit tumaas na yung grades nya sa Math (88!) hindi pa rin pasok sa mga achievers. Overtime, naging ok lang sa kanya na hindi talaga tataas pa yung grades nya sa Math nung nasa grade 1 sya. 

Pero it was different with me. Kahit anong sabi ko na okay lang yun. Sa isip, sa damdamin ko, na sana matalino rin yung anak ko. Na achiever din sya. Na sana, mataas lahat ng score nya sa mga exam nya. Na sana gaya sya ng ibang bata na magaling sa comprehension, na magaling sa Math. Na sana, hindi sya mahilig manood ng teleserye kundi magbasa ng madaming libro. Puro sana. Puro comparison. Pinukpok ko sya ng husto sa pagre-review. Pinainom ng vitamins na maraming Omega-3. Hinataw sa maraming worksheets at exercises. Pero ganun pa rin. Puro dissapointment pa rin sa part ko. At nung umiling na ko nung nakita ko mga score nya. I saw sadness in my child's eyes. I saw how sorry she was for failing me. THAT WAS BAD ON MY PART.

I should be proud of what my child can achieve. Kahit maliit na bagay, I know that she tries her best to make me proud. To make me smile, and make me happy.  I should be satisfied with her abilities, her intelligence, her strength.  I feel like that I don't have the right to judge her just because she got a low grade on her math exam, or on any other subject, for that matter. Her happiness is what's important. Because, if she's happy, she can be confident in anything. She can achieve anything that her heart would desire, ika nga.

And when  I look at her as she sleeps, I feel disappointed  with myself for being so shallow, so insecure. She's only 7 and she can read a whole English book! Kahit pa sabihin mo na half lang yung naiintindihan nya na mga words.

Never again, I am vowing that. 

I will always be proud of my princess. Sa kahit anong bagay, sa kahit anong score. Si Einstein at Bill Gates nga e drop-out di ba?! Malay mo, sa kanya pala ako yayaman! 

If my princess is happy, then I, too will be happy.  :)