Filipino: Wika ng Pagkakaisa

Hello, hello! How’s everyone? There are rains everywhere, again. Dito sa Baguio, we had five nice, warm, beautiful days with Mr. Sun. Pero starting yesterday, ay, rain rain again not going away. Other than that, keri naman ang mga bagay-bagay.

Oh-em-gee! It’s August 18 na today. Tomorrow, August 19. And the day after tomorrow, August 20. And the day after the day after tomorrow, August 21. Holiday ‘yown! Long weekend ang mga kids! Well, maybe not all kids, pero my kids, sure na ‘yun. Nakalagay na sa school calendar nila. Masaya ‘yun…sana if long weekend din ako, ‘di ba? Oh, well, asa na lang ako.

And another thing, hambilis talaga ng panahon. Imagine, in less than two weeks, September na! Ber months na naman. I love the thought that it’s almost Christmas season again. I love the weather here in Baguio (and everywhere here in the Philippines) ’pag Ber months, medyo malamig. Yay, excited na ako!

But bago tayo mag-fast forward sa Pasko, I want to share with you ang mga happenings sa mga kids ko ngayon August. Op kors, Buwan ng Wika ngayon, so, ‘yun.

Two Saturdays ago (sorry, super late post), their school celebrated Buwan ng Wika. This year’s theme is Filipino: Wika ng Pagkakaisa.

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There were presentations from different grade levels – song presentation for pre-school and dance presentation for grade school. All of the kids were wearing Filipiniana costume, like baro’t saya, ganun.

Calli's Kinder 2 class sang Bayan Ko by Freddie Aguilar. I never thought Calli could memorize the lyrics of the song. She amazes me at times. She was right at the center and the front most row. Feeling ko siya ang bidang bida dun. #stagemom

Nikki naman played Lupang Hinirang with her xylophone along with the rest of the band.

Nikki’s Grade 5 class had a dance presentation. Filipianana dance syempre.

There was also food contest among grade levels. Filipino Cuisine ang theme churva. Calli is in Kinder 2. Rice cakes ang sa kanila. Nikki naman is in Grade 5. Any two Filipino viands. I can’t say cooking contest kasi when the foods got to the venue, luto na. Food presentation contest lang, ganun. I don’t know who won. 

There were also games like tumbang preso, tug of war, piko. Parents were forced invited to play tug of war. I was surprised on how "game" some parents were. Ako kasi si hiya-hiya. Plus, wala kasi ako energy nun. Charowt! 

Nikki and Calli and I had to leave early. Wala pa kasi akong tulog nun, mga ‘teh. Galing kasi ako sa night shift nun. Antok na antok na ‘ko talaga nun. Nikki wanted pa to stay, si Calli, okay lang umuwi na. Kaya asar na asar si Nikki when we had to go. Ayaw naman niya maiwan mag-isa.

Most photos of Nikki that I took, sapilitan lahat 'yun. She's at a stage right now na ayaw niya sa camera. I don't understand why.

Calli naman on the other hand is a completely different story. Walang hiya sa camera. ^_^

So there. That's it. I was really proud of the girls that day.

Kayo mga 'teh? Do you agree with the title? Ako, ahm, I can answer that in a couple of ways. I can say yes, and you'll know I'm lying. So, I'll say no na lang, para I can stay true to myself and everyone. 

Ciao! ♥