Saturday, July 4, 2009

rui's first week in school

[allaboutrui] it was originally my intention to write about rui’s 1st day in school and a day-by-day account thereafter but, hay, no energy left to face the computer to do it [although I stayed home that whole week due to bronchitis] … now I decided I’ll just write about his first week in school as a kindergarten student (",)..



of course, bert and I had already filed our leave for this day since this marks rui’s ‘initiation’ in school and we MUST be there to witness it, divah?..as expected, the problem lies in waking him up early in the morning [hmm, just like me eh, hehe..we are both NOT a morning person], but since we kinda anticipated that already, we woke him up 1-1/2 hours prior his class which starts at 8am. Since it was a rainy & cold morning, we allowed him not to take a bath when he said he didn’t want to, we just resorted to ‘naspu-naspu’ [trans: punas-punas or washing by wet cloth ^-^]…so, with his school uniform & black leather shoes on, wow, we can’t helped but feel proud looking at him & see how big he has grown already just by going to school -_- and since we can’t contain ourselves we took pictures of him, of course! n_n..the photoshoot wrapped up after a few minutes and the 4 of us [i.e. rui, bert, lola chi & me] rode a tricycle & arrived at st. Catherine learning center [the name of rui’s school] around 7:45am.

Several kids with their respective parents were already there and good thing we went with rui that day because an orientation of the kids & their parents was scheduled at 9am. sister letty [the owner & directress] wasn’t able to notify us about it since the schedule wasn’t finalized yet during the time we went there for enrollment. supposedly, an orientation of the teachers was scheduled at 8am but since they were not yet complete, sister letty decided to make our orientation at 8am and the teachers’ at 9am.

She started introducing herself as a former professor in polytechnic university of the phils. (p.u.p.) and the history of st. Catherine learning center which was founded 1997. She added that the school offers low matriculation but quality education [true..before we settled with st. Catherine, we also looked up 2 other schools in our area and the annual amount each school is asking was P24k+!..while here we would need to pay P9k all in..isn’t it great? J aside from the financial advantage, we also received testimonials from neighbors and acquaintances that getting education from st. Catherine is really worthwhile and fun]..

back to the orientation, she talked about some rules of the school like when it’s storm signal no. 1 or even if there was no signal declared but the rain and wind are really strong, there would be no classes already. The orientation was concluded with the election of officers among the parents who will help and support the school’s undertakings. His reminder notebook [notebook # 1] was left in the school, probably for the teacher to write some notices and the like.

While the kids were playing inside the classroom, we were given refreshments and talked with the other parents there. We peeked inside the classroom and saw rui quietly eating his snacks. since sister letty announced that no classes yet that day, Bert asked the teacher if he could take a picture [one of the rules is that parents are not allowed inside the classroom in order to train the students to be independent and not be clingy to their parents]…

After eating, we went to sm Fairview to unwind and buy things from his checklist which he would be bringing to school the next day..oh and a schoolbag too, hehe. After a couple of rides at tom’s world, we headed to national bookstore and looked for a stroller bag big enough for his books and things. Upon seeing the price tags, bert and I both thought ‘if only we bought the one we’ve seen last may’..why?..same kind of stroller bag but last may its half the price! L we decided to look at the department store and to our dismay, same amount so we just settled at a batman stroller bag [rui’s choice :p].

At home, we arrange his things inside the bag and randomly study parts of his books to familiarize him a bit…the first day went well and time to prepare for Tuesday… c:

series: hotaru no hikari



[series] hotaru no hikari





It’s been a while since I had this account but haven’t had the time to do some blogging or updating it…well, now that I’m just at home and kinda tired of resting >_<, might as well do something about it…for starters, I want to put up a corner featuring movies, series, music or books that I’ve come across and for me is highly recommendable and would be rated according to the way I see it and how I feel about it…guess I’ll start with a series which I watched several months ago, a Japanese drama (or jdorama) titled Hotaru no Hikari (with its english title Glow of Fireflies), which stars Ayase Haruka as Amemiya Hotaru and Fujiki Naohito as Takano Seiichi.


The story is about a woman named Amemiya Hotaru who works in a famous design company and can be described as reliable, organized, one who dresses smartly and very efficient in performing her tasks…but when she gets home, it’s as if she walks in another world and transforms into another person! How so? Untidy wouldn’t be enough to describe her house…clothes on the floor, unwashed dishes on the table, trash scattered here and there… and...her outfit inside the house is always jogging pants and t-shirt with her hair ponytailed on top of her head, n_n…but she still looks cute isn’t she, look at her picture n_n…but the story doesn’t end there because it turned out that her house is only leased out and that her landlord is the father of her boss, Takano Seiichi, who is currently homeless after his separation from his wife… now this is where this cute but enchanting story would progress…




Comment: this is the 2nd drama of Ayase Haruka that I’ve watched (the first one was with Kamenashi Kazuya) and I can say that she is really a good actress considering that her roles from the two dramas were so different from each other, so you can really see how effective she was in portraying roles given her…as for Fujiki Naohito…so far I’ve been hooked to jdoramas with young male leads but after watching him in hotaru no hikari, ahh, he’s not only good-looking even at his age but he’s also one good actor. I think he’s the first jap actor of his age whom I admire… so far eh…more to come? He , he…with regards to this drama, oh my, you will definitely enjoy watching this…it’s all about love and life with a lot of funny moments thrown in…it’s the kind of series you’ll watch not only once but again and again…look for a copy now or watch online…happy watching! (",)

credit for the pic: wikipedia