Today marks the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence. In commemoration of this, I leave you with this poem by Aurelio Alvero 1896 – The Cry of Balintawak Freedom! The cry awoke Balintawak, And the echoes answered back:”Freedom!” All the four winds listened long To the shrieking of that song; Every poet struck its lyre With [...]
The Spawn and I started tackling some lessons from the Grade 2 reading list of Global Village School. I suggested we read Hour of the Olympics, Magic Tree House #16 by Mary Pope Osborne because the movie, Percy Jackson was a huge hit earlier this year which the Spawn loved. The Percy Jackson series is [...]
When I finally decided that we would homeschool, there was no question in my mind which program we would use… It would have to be the curriculum of Global Village School. When I was researching different homeschooling programs, GVS struck a chord with me because they are a secular school but they stress the importance [...]
I decided to homeschool the Spawn using the curriculum and teacher support provided with full-time enrollment at Global Village School (based in California, USA). More on why I chose this particular homeschooling program in a future post. Although he would be issued, US report cards which will be accepted at any regular school here and [...]
My friend Cris and I went to volunteer for the Walls of Hope over at the Children’s Hospital in Quezon City. The Children’s Hospital was built in the 1980′s, one of 3 medical centers built during the Martial Law regime of Marcos. It had many murals painted on it’s walls to make it look friendlier [...]
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
~Victor Hugo
Today, 27 November, is Ninoy Aquino’s birthday. However, any celebrations for the martyred hero of Philippine Democracy, and merriment over the long weekend (Monday, 30 November is the birthday of another Philippine Hero, Andres Bonifacio, and is a non-working National Holiday) is overshadowed by the sorrow we are feeling as a nation — and by [...]
Just came home from the vet because Dexter had his scheduled Neutering surgery this morning. He is well, procedure went on without complications. While we were in the waiting room as Dexter was recovering, 3 solders (2 women and one man) came in carrying a muddied up, injured beagle. They had just rescued it from [...]
I wasn’t able to post this past weekend because, as most of the world knows, Typhoon Ondoy hit the Philippines. The worst tropical depression to hit the country this year, with more rainfall than Hurricane Katrina, and flooding all over the country. The Twitterverse has been abuzz with links to relief efforts, stories of the [...]
This website has been around for quite some time now but it’s still a good share. Just play a game where you have to guess the synonym of the displayed word and each correct answer donates 10 grains of rice courtesy of the site’s sponsors. There are even varying levels of difficulty to challenge your [...]
