It's More Fun In The Philippines

It's More Fun In The Philippines! This is the Department of Tourism's new meme that would encourage foreigners to come visit the Philippines. Eversince the meme came out, many people have posted their own More Fun In The Philippines picture. Even I made my own.

 This is a picture of my son Ken. Behind him is the Christmas decoration in UP Los Banos.

 This is a picture of my husband in Puerto Galera.

 This is a picture of the hands of my friends piled up together after our get-together party at Bonito's in Los Banos.

This is a picture of the Ferris Wheel in the UPLB February Fair 2011. 

Making pictures like these made me even prouder to be a Filipino.

Reading is For Life

When I was three years old, my mother taught me how to read. And since then, I have loved reading. I have no idea how many books I have read, but I'm pretty sure that reading has helped me have a better life. That's the reason why I want both of my children to love reading. I hope my six year old boy, would love reading as much as I do. If he does, then I wouldn't have problems with his academics. For now, I have to train him with Dolch sight words everyday. I hope that when he turns grade 1, he will be able to learn how to read without supervision and he would be able to enjoy books on his own.

Eversince my first son was born, I have started to build his own library. I buy books from a bookstore that sells cheap children's books, and I collect them not just for my son, but for myself as well.
I hope that someday, both of my sons would be able to appreciate the magic of reading. My part is to motivate them. And I hope that with the library that I'm building, they would be motivated enough, and in the future, they will lead a better life.

So far, I have no idea how many books I have collected for them. It may be more than a hundred now. But as long as there are resources, I will continue building the library until they grow up.