tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14045647101774579882024-02-21T02:52:26.322+08:00not so little anymoreof the antics and the stories of the little oneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-84148603977754720472012-04-02T23:59:00.000+08:002012-04-02T23:59:00.179+08:00Moving!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not the kind of moving that involves moving house, no.<br />
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But we are changing the address of the blog to <a href="http://kecilstories.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">kecilstories</span></a> in the hope of making the name easier to remember, find, etc.<br />
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This post shall be the last post on <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">imoet-moengil</a>, but the archives will be left as is at the same address.<br />
To follow the rest of Kecil's adventures, stories and such, do proceed to our new site, <a href="http://kecilstories.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">kecilstories</span></a>.<br />
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We'll see you there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-87898796648352645372012-04-02T10:39:00.000+08:002012-04-02T10:39:46.345+08:00Multiplier effect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Are you familiar with the multiplier effect? Not sure if that is the proper term, but in simple term it is what happened when you have 1 plus 1 equals to more than 2.</div>
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In the case of Kecil, Kecil plus Ami equals to LOTS of laughs and funny poses.</div>
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Just take a look at them.</div>
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We started with a simple walk, and some curious digging into the water drain...</div>
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The other party noticed, and doesn't want to be left out in the posing exercise ...</div>
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Not forgetting to check the results ...</div>
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This Mama used to have some reservations about taking two(!) girls for the Dog's walkies.</div>
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Here's for a good week ahead!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-50368698015299640772012-03-29T00:23:00.001+08:002012-03-29T00:32:29.142+08:00Recognition ceremony<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Were you wondering a bit about the erratic posts lately? Indeed Mama and Kecil had been a bit preoccupied. And the fact that Skool is over is so not helping with Mama's schedule.<br />
But yes, Skool is over. We are now officially on summer break, even if nature have not seem to realize it yet (we still have plenty of cold winds and dark clouds around!).<br />
And to mark the end of the Skool term, we had recognition ceremony, just like <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/mamas-friendliest-bee.html">last year</a>.<br />
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It's funny how as we are now in our third year in this location, we are already clocking quite a few recurring events such as this recognition ceremony, the food festivals (<a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/02/food-festival.html">this year</a> and <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/busy-days.html">last year</a>), the field trips (<a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-final-images.html">this year</a> and <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">last year</a>), even our epic holidays (<a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/01/epic-holiday.html">this year</a> and <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2010/11/little-girl-airplanes.html">last year</a>). But that was just this Mama speaking. Back to the recognition ceremony, we did not have it in Skool as the Skool community had greatly increased in size since last year, and so we had it in a rented venue near Kecil's house.<br />
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As it happened, Kecil had that paper crown of hers lying around in the house as we were getting ready. No escaping it, we ended up with a paper-crowned princess this year. The good part? Daddy managed to make it this time round, from the beginning!<br />
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Having had another recognition ceremony under her belt, Kecil is pretty confident this time round, less confused with all the hulabaloo. Look, she even agreed to pose next to the balloons for Mama!<br />
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And after taking a good look at her certificate, she went on to show off to her friend.<br />
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Look at the proud Daddy showing off Kecil's medals:</div>
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As usual, the highlight of the ceremony was the students' performance. This time round, Kecil did not freeze up in action, she was actually dancing happily and following the teachers' instructions. It was such a great sight to see, and it was so worth jostling with the rest of the proud parents for the best position to see the kids doing their stuff.</div>
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This Mama had decided to simply enjoy the moment instead of stressing over documentation. (Well... actually that was a lame excuse. Let's just say Mama got a bit teary eyed at the sight, hm?) But it was really good. I am so looking forward to more of the kind.</div>
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Well, Kecil, this Mama and Daddy are definitely very proud of you. With the summer holidays started, Mama might have to do more of entertaining the Little One and perhaps we'll be less present in this space as we go out to enjoy each other company and the weather, whatever it may be.</div>
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Cheers and until next time!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-58018437399788109712012-03-27T01:30:00.000+08:002012-03-27T01:30:15.051+08:00The Army dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The<a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/swimwear-preview.html"> swimming suit</a> was not the only gift from Eyang that she trusted to Kecil's Tantes to bring over. Among other things, she sent this camouflage pattern dress for Kecil, as well as the purple batik you saw on the <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/visits-walkies-bye-bye.html">visits post</a>.<br />
There was a bit hesitation on Kecil's part when Mama pushed this dress on her (it would have been such a waste were she to outgrow her clothes before wearing them, no?).<br />
After that purple batik, she has been a bit averse to dresses which are too long, but we managed to get her into the dress.<br />
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And so we had a bit of fun in taking pics this morning. The photo op was soon followed with a trip to the market (shopping!) with Kecil carrying her Dora pencil case as her 'purse'.<br />
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It was sunny and hot that day, and since we just got a new swimming suit for Kecil, we decided to go out for a swim, both for the photo-op opportunity and for cooling down.</div>
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So yes, we really do love the suit. Thank you, Eyang!</div>
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Among other things, we walked, and took pictures, every one of us: Mama, Tantes and even Kecil!</div>
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The journey from Intramurros to Makati took quite a while, and Kecil actually managed to sleep along the way. So since Mama was carrying Kecil during the trip, no pics. Thank goodness we soon arrived at our destination, and Kecil woke up. Mama's hand was getting totally numb. (In fact, it took about 3 days for the pain to go away, but that's a different story)</div>
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The beautiful late afternoon sun did help in making the scene even more beautiful.</div>
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We saw weird trucks and funny buildings, and Kecil got a hit from pressing all the pedestrian buttons at every junction. Soon, we managed to find our way to Greenbelt, where we just sat down and rest our tired feet. Kecil, however, managed to find her own form of entertainment.</div>
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The water fountain! Indeed. It's funny how little boys and girls are always attracted to water. Here's an old picture of Kecil in this exact same spot:</div>
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Those, I believe, were taken like about 2 years back. Nowadays, Kecil's game has gotten more sophisticated:</div>
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... complete with testing the waters, a new friend, even taking off her shoes and rolling her pants to prevent them from getting wet. Good thing too, because nowadays, Mama does not carry extra pair of clothes for her. She's a big girl already. </div>
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Look, she even can take a picture of Mama taking a picture of her:</div>
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Well, after Greenbelt, basically we met up with Daddy, had dinner and made our way home. It was a good, tiring day out. But the Tantes are still around, so stay tuned for more stories of Tantes' visit. Cheers!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-27676245745151283602012-03-20T01:12:00.000+08:002012-03-20T01:12:31.182+08:00A little admin note<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With the recent acquisition of some new tools, Mama had been adjusting her workflow these past few weeks. Some of you might have been surprised when clicking on the images brought you to my Flickr page instead of the usual lightbox provided courtesy of PicasaWeb.<br />
I have since revert back to using Picasaweb and you can now again click on the images to see the bigger version of the images. I am hoping to move those Flickr images in the interest of uniformity.<br />
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The day following Kecil's Tantes' arrival, Daddy had to attend a meeting in his office in Manila, and so we trooped back into the rented car and drove back to Manila, a day after taking the very same expressway.</div>
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Upon reaching Daddy's meeting place, we parted company: Daddy went for his meeting, while Mama, Tantes and Kecil went off to explore the city. To be precise, we wanted to visit the walled city, or Intramurros, and since we left the car with Daddy (there is no way Mama was going to drive in Manila, yet), we took the LRT.</div>
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Following the recommendation of Mama's travel bible (and after failing to cover reasonable distance on foot with Kecil in tow), we took the <i>kalesa</i> to go around the city.</div>
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Not only the <i>kalesa</i> is big enough to take all four of us, plus one driver (note: 3 big of us. Mama and Tante's are not exactly small, you know!), it was also pretty! And since it was not as fast as motorized vehicle, we did manage to take quite a few nice pics along the way.</div>
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Soon it was time to go back to meet up with Daddy, so when we finished the <i>kalesa</i> tour, we took <i>pedicab</i> and made our way back to the nearest LRT station.</div>
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T'was great fun, but we were not done yet as Daddy's meeting was extended.</div>
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After Intramurros, we actually took sometime exploring Ayala and Greenbelt Mall in Makati. But perhaps we'll continue with that in the next post.</div>
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Straight from the field trip, we got some company who had to be picked up from the capital.</div>
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Mama's two sisters were here for the week!</div>
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It was a late night/early morning flight, so we had to leave the house while it was dark (and stayed dark through the drive for quite a while!).</div>
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On the way back, we also had to slog through the madness that was the capital TRAFFIC.</div>
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Good thing we brought a few things that kept Kecil occupied during the trip. That was just Kecil playing with Mama's camera phone, but not pictured, she was also pretty busy 'fighting' with her Tante over the iPad games and Tante's iPhone. Let's just say they provide a pretty amusing entertainment for Mama & Daddy at the front seat. Haha...</div>
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Now as we were all tired from the early morning start, the long flight, the field trip and whatever nots, we spent the day basically at home, chilling, fighting for playing games on the iPad (ha!), setting up the various gadgets we all owned, and resting.</div>
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Around early evening was apparently the time when these ducks get fed.</div>
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A few students (and Mamas) noticed the ritual and started 'interfering' with the staff effort.</div>
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Privately convinced that large number of kids and proper care of animals don't quite mix, this Mama is very relieved when the staff wisely decided to move the feeding venue away from the kids.</div>
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We had some really good time with this year's field trip, and we would really thank the Skool and the in-house staff for arranging everything so well.</div>
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Kecil and Mama would also like to thank both Curtis and Cuther's Mamas for giving us rides to and from the beach back to town.</div>
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It was a very good field trip.</div>
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2011 Field Trip: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-pool.html">the Pool</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-beach.html">the Beach</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-afternoon.html">the Afternoon</a>, & <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">wrapping IT up</a></div>
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This year's Field trip: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-morning.html">the Morning</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-lunch.html">the Lunch</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-afternoon-activities.html">Afternoon Activities</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-afternoon-swim.html">Afternoon Swim</a>, and Final Images</div>
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In between making the kite and decorating the cupcakes, we actually managed to squeeze in a dip in the pool. Kecil finished her kite in record time, and so we had the whole pool practically to ourselves while the rest of the kids were still busy with their kites.</div>
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Well, but the sun soon was pretty low in the horizon and it was time for us to pack up for the day.</div>
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Last year's Field Trip: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-pool.html">the Pool</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-beach.html">the Beach</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-afternoon.html">the Afternoon</a>, & <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">wrapping IT up</a></div>
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This year's Field trip so far: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-morning.html">the Morning</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-lunch.html">the Lunch</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-afternoon-activities.html">Afternoon Activities</a></div>
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Among other things, the afternoon was spent again exploring the playgrounds.</div>
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I suppose when you are 3 years old, exploring playgrounds carries as much importance as breathing, or something like that.</div>
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But of course, there were other activities already lined up.</div>
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Like making kites:</div>
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Well... so.. since the process of making was a bit involved, we are just sharing the end results here.</div>
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We also did manage to bring the kite to the beach and Mama had a hand in getting the kite airborne. It actually flew, if for a while only before the string came off. I guess it was not tied quite properly.</div>
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Here was Kecil's Skool friend trying to untangle her kite from the tree.</div>
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And Kecil watching, fascinated.</div>
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She soon went back to more important matters at hand though.</div>
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The other set of activities involved the few things shown in the pictures above:</div>
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Cupcake decorating!</div>
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Unfortunately, it would seem that a certain boy's iPad is more interesting than the task at hand. </div>
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Well, but they all did all right with the cupcake.</div>
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While we were suppose to enjoy the cupcakes, however, Kecil's friend actually came up with a pair of paddles and a ping-pong ball, and so Kecil ran off to play instead of attending to her (decorated with Mama's help) cupcake.</div>
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And so Mama too ran off after grabbing the camera to keep an eye on those two.</div>
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And so ends this part of the series for now.</div>
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We'll continues (and hopefully round up) in the next post.</div>
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In the meantime, should you be interested in the rest of the series, both from last year and this year, you can simply click on the links listed below.</div>
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Last year's Field Trip: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-pool.html">the Pool</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-beach.html">the Beach</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-afternoon.html">the Afternoon</a>, & <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">wrapping IT up</a></div>
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This year's Field trip so far: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-morning.html">the Morning</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-lunch.html">the Lunch</a></div>
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And so it was lunch time.</div>
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So, of course Kecil had to stop and try the bridges first.</div>
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It's good to see that <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">after a year</a>, her coordination had definitely improved,</div>
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(Not many beach photos from last year due to some problems with the camera. The camera was still brand-spanking new that time, remember?)</div>
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In any case, we soon reached the lunch venue, where Kecil was served a kiddie platter while Mama got to enjoy some delicious food from the buffet spread.</div>
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It was a good, good lunch, especially in the company of friends for chats, giggles and, of course, pictures!</div>
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True to Mama's tip above, she soon found something else more interesting to do.</div>
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It was actually some beach sofa with some curtains/awning to block the sun. But it was a good place to play for the kids.</div>
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The "puppet show" went on for a while, at one point even involving a few other kids as well, but soon we were back in the fray at the obstacle course with Kecil working her way all the way to the head of the line.</div>
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Last year's Field Trip: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-pool.html">the Pool</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-beach.html">the Beach</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-afternoon.html">the Afternoon</a>, & <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">wrapping IT up</a></div>
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This year's Field trip so far: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-morning.html">the Morning</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-52011345266981468642012-03-06T14:39:00.001+08:002012-03-09T23:21:30.087+08:00Field trip: the morning...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just like last year, the first activity for the day was to swim at the Children's pool.</div>
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And so we got to see the various swimming implements that were brought along to ensure that the kids have a good time.</div>
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Thanks to the float, we actually managed to try out the bigger pools as well this year, even if we did not stay too long thanks to the sun.</div>
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Soon enough, the sight of sand and shadows under the coconut trees lured the girls to abandon the pools in favor for building some sand castles in the shade.</div>
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This was actually the first time Kecil showed any interest in playing in the sand without getting hysterical over her feet getting dirty, so it was definitely a good thing!</div>
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Next item in the agenda was some mass games. The kids were issued colored bandanas as they were divided into groups. One look at the dress up chest, however, Kecil declared that she was too scared to join in the game. And so we went off looking for refreshments: plain cold water.</div>
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And we sat off the big pool, under the shade, and just chilled while enjoying the view.</div>
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As we were chilling, we noticed that the rest of the group had finished their games and were moving in the general direction of the restaurant.</div>
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It was time for lunch!</div>
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We'll cover that in the next post. Hopefully you had a good one today!</div>
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Last year's Field Trip: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-pool.html">the Pool</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-beach.html">the Beach</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-afternoon.html">the Afternoon</a>, & <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">wrapping IT up</a></div>
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This year's Field trip so far: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a></div>
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For the Field Trip this year, we went to the same spot as we did last year, the beach.</div>
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Of course, it is good that we already know what to expect, which means that Mama is more prepared with all the packing. Float for swimming, bucket and implements for playing in the sun, sunscreen to block the harsh sun light... and of course, the big big camera to document all the coming and going.</div>
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But first, of course, we had to meet all the other participants in Skool before moving together as a group to the venue.</div>
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The kids were brimming with energy and anticipation, but they settled with playing with each other while we wait for the party to be complete.</div>
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Upon arrival, we have even more pictures to snap, all thanks to these extremely photogenic Girls.</div>
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And as usual, the first thing that occupy the Little One's attention was the playground.</div>
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Even if the rest of the party seems to be able to keep their distance from the said attraction.</div>
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From last year's Field Trip: <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-going.html">Going</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-pool.html">the Pool</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-beach.html">the Beach</a>, <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-afternoon.html">the Afternoon</a>, & <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-wrapping-it-up.html">wrapping IT up</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-39988525481126482252012-03-05T15:11:00.000+08:002012-03-05T15:11:48.179+08:00Busy days, again...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are really grateful that the <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/02/food-festival.html">Food Festival this year</a> is somewhat early. Last year, following the Festival, we went straight for <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2011/03/field-trip-going.html">Kecil's field trip</a>. </div>
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This time round, the field trip only happen a few days after, but was followed immediately with the arrival of Kecil's two <i>Tante's</i> from Mama's side of the family, and another outing to Manila.</div>
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To say that we were exhausted from all the activities barely beings to describe it.</div>
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And so, it is only now that Mama got the chance to sit down, sift through the mountain of pics (well... OK, the hill, not quite mountain this time), and maybe update all of you our lovely readers here.</div>
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Rest assured that we are having lots of fun, Mama, Kecil, the 2 <i>Tante's</i>.... </div>
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Only Daddy might be suffering from all the noise that we make. </div>
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We'll try to cover all our outings in the next few days. Crossing fingers.</div>
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After <a href="http://imoet-moengil.blogspot.com/2012/02/socials.html">the other day's socials</a>, the Kids got totally hooked. As we sent Ami home, we were reminded to just call her the next day when we are ready to go for walkies.</div>
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And so we have yet another set of pics of the two Kids, playing as kids this time.</div>
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Unlike the previous day, this time round the girls are a wee bit cranky with each other, with one insisting to go home, the other not wanting to be friends anymore... oh the drama.</div>
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Thankfully, all bickering was set aside once we got to the playground.</div>
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Not to mention running away from a certain shutter-happy Mama, who pretended to be a monster under the slide and who would happily grabbed both pics and slow legs that come across her way!</div>
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We did, also, make time for a few swings. Mama even got a pic of a certain very lady-like little girl swinging under the beautiful fading light.</div>
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We'll see you around!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-56383892205642848032012-02-25T18:33:00.000+08:002012-02-25T23:59:31.247+08:00The Socials<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week, Mama received some coaching on socializing.</div>
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Apparently, for ladies of quality, it means dressing up (in pink!), crafting princessy head gears, donning matching accessories and setting off to explore the potential surrounding.</div>
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Along the way, there is virtue in using your imagination to turn objects you find to anything that suit your purpose. Like... a no parking sign into an ice cream stall for thirsty little <strike>girls</strike> ladies, perhaps?</div>
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A lengthy discussion ensued to debate the supremacy of pink colored ice cream above any other flavors, including chocolate.</div>
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<i>Ain't they cute? The girls happen to play together when they decided to make crowns that day. And when I announced my plan to take the Dog out for walk, they both ran to get their respective (pink) bags as well as their crowns. Comments we encountered along the way include the question if there was a birthday party involved.</i></div>
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<i>Ah well... such is the way of Little Ladies, don't you think?</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-82052114127014874712012-02-24T11:17:00.000+08:002012-02-24T11:17:13.726+08:00not quite so small<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Little Girl of mine might be able to take pictures on her own. Her size also might rival older kids around the neighborhood. But me thinks, deep inside, she still thinks she's the same small, little girl.</div>
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So such was the case that weekend, while we were dining at one of the local establishments, Kecil simply act as if she was still.... small.</div>
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This year, we actually made our own way to the book shop to purchase the tickets (at an early bird's discount), and Kecil had her exciting moment of pointing out the similarity of the ticket design to the Food Fest banner outside the school.</div>
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Can't you tell if she's excited to go? This was taken as we made our way (on foot) to the school. Mama had dressed Kecil appropriately, because she knows what the main attraction would be for this Little One.</div>
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The school being an international school, of course you'd expect international food abound. And indeed, it was a pretty cool feast.</div>
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The Japanese food stall was especially a visual feast with all the interesting details, from brightly colored <i>yukata </i>and <i>obi</i>, the textures employed in the decorations, to Little Ami herself enjoying a spot of <i>onigiri.</i></div>
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As night fell and it turned dark, there were students' performances, from kindergardener like Ami to the bigger students from up to Grade 12. </div>
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<i>Following the Food Fest last year, we had Kecil's Skool Field trip, which is also coming this year at the end of the month. We are excited, but it would seem that the Epic Holiday series would just be left hanging. Haha... We'll see, we'll see.</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-81687202447589986492012-02-20T23:49:00.001+08:002012-02-21T00:03:32.462+08:00Neighbours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Right after a long, leisurely walkies with the Dog, isn't it great to find oneself in the company of friends right there in the neighborhood?</div>
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And so they all jumped and played, and shouted, and laughed, and basically had so much fun together ...</div>
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Even as the Dog sighed and waited patiently, for her turn of attention.</div>
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Later on, they all took turn to let Mama take a pic.</div>
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It was really great playing with you, Girls!</div>
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Just as any parent, this Mama also often wonder what this Little One would be when she grows up.</div>
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The last, not quite due to some unfulfilled desire on Mama's behalf, but more thanks to a 'performance' Kecil gave at the park on our walkies.</div>
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A performance on the park bench, no less.</div>
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Clapping at her own performance ...</div>
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Someday...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404564710177457988.post-78397322796304998892012-02-17T10:30:00.000+08:002012-02-17T10:30:11.133+08:00Grey weather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cloudy, grey skies is usually not Mama's real preferred weather to go out for walkies, lugging a camera to boot!</div>
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Mood improved, Kecil got to play, and you all got some pics.</div>
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There are only a few playgrounds near the house, so if you think you recognize the site from previous post, you are quite right.
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Kecil then moved on and almost gave me a heart attack as she <b>lost her footing and dangled from the slide's railing</b> for a while. <br />
Thank goodness nothing happened, because, as she proudly declared later, Kecil held on tight.<br />
Oh, yes, you did, indeed, my little, strong one. You did. And Mama is so very proud of you.
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We had a good time in the park, almost despite the grey skies, and Mama came home with a reminder of a forgotten lesson: <br />
Whatever the situation, it would always work out better when you embrace it rather than lamenting the lack of the so-called perfection.
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Today is another day with grey clouds and no sun, but rather than lamenting the weather, perhaps we'll go and grab the chance when the temperature is cooler to spend some time with friends outdoor, something that might not work on a very hot, sunny day.<br />
We'll see, we'll see.
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How's the weather on your side and how does your plans today embrace the situation?
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We are very lucky, indeed, that, although the Skool is located at some distance away from home, the timing is such that most of the time Daddy can drive us to Skool. </div>
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The ride itself, while sometimes quite uneventful, is usually long enough just in case Mama still need to feed/put on shoes/comb hair of Kecil's. Seriously.</div>
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(Then when Mama start driving, Kecil started appearing in Skool with uncombed hair. Ha!)</div>
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Going home from Skool, however, is totally another matter.</div>
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There are times when the car is not available, Daddy had to entertain clients, etc, that most of the time we just took public transport.</div>
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The ride is even longer, but I guess we have learnt to enjoy it.</div>
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We have, for example, made quite a few friends who took the same daily ride.</div>
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Lately, Kecil had developed some fascination for the door opening/closing mechanism, and she now likes to sit next to the door, to be put in charge for closing the door.</div>
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Oh yeah, that's my girl, all right.</div>
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And her pretty Mama, of course.</div>
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So for all the distance that we have to travel each day, going to and fro, me thinks it's been a great Mama Kecil bonding time, time for her to ask all her whats and whys, and tell her stories from Skool, time for Mama to tell her stuff, to show here stuff.</div>
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Here's for more opportunities like these, as well as an awareness, for the blessings that we have.</div>
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