by Junnie Metro Manila is still wet. Some parts are still with knee-deep waters. One thing we have going for us is that we have strong faith that this too shall pass, and that the Filipino will rise above. It is October already and it seemed that no one noticed that we arrived Manila last Monday at the heels of the weekend Typhoon Ondoy visited the country. This week we celebrated the feast of the Archangels - Raphael, Michael and Gabriel, and last Thursday, we celebrated the feast of our Guardian Angels. What a whole week of heroic deeds from Pinoys helping their kababayans, and for all the angels in our lives. :)
"You can’t imagine your life with kids, until you have them, then you can’t imagine your life without them." ~Author Unknown It's been a week since two of our three sons flew to Manila to attend their classes. Even with the (remaining) 9 year old son at home, doing his usual stuff alternately watching tv, tinkering with his Legos, cutting/ folding/ creating things with paper and playing with the iPad, and making a ruckus all by his lonesome, the house is, weirdly, quiet. I often find myself introspecting... about the nest almost empty now and other similar thoughts. And I struggle to stop myself from wallowing in a mixed bag of emotions. It's not a bad thing, except, I could waste hours doing that. I thought I was totally in control and could dismiss the situation as another milestone, like seeing your child lose his first baby tooth. Nothing a warm hug or an ice cream could not fix. On the contrary, that hug at this time just exacerbates the yearning. It
Nice way to get out his attention from online games eh? hehe. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I love origami. Check out the yoda origami if he is fond of star wars. So cool.
ReplyDeleteoh! i would google that. thank you for sharing! :D
DeleteOrigami is such an art! That was something I admit I regret I didnt expore in the past
ReplyDeleteVery nice... It looks easy but I bet it is not so easy to make... TY! :-)
ReplyDeleteEliz
So cool! I want to try that but I have a hard time starting, I'm really not good with my hands.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in elementary days, I am very fond of doing origami. We made 20 different origamis as one of our school projects in arts.
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