This is Efren, the most beautiful queen in the world. Everytime I go to see a beautician, I always ask him to do the job for me. Way back in 1989, Chana, the fairy godmother, would always cut my hair. Then one day he cut my hair really short, and I was very disappointed. He told me he didn’t hear me good, when I told him how I wanted my hair to be styled; so I got disappointed, and I never asked for his services again. He-he…chika…. Maria and Bianca had their first haircut in a beauty parlor, while we were in the Philippines. I didn’t think to consider their first professional haircut ...

Dentophobia or fear of the dentist is very common among children. Even I am still scared about going to the dentist, because when I was young I had a horrible experience. During a time I had a procedure for teeth extraction, and it was unbearable for me too. Growing up we sometimes waited until the teeth became loose. Well, it was a good thing that we had a dentist in my family; he was none other than my father. No he was not a professional dentist, but he would extract our teeth when it needed to be done. He had extracted some of my teeth with the use of thread. Whew! That was very painful, a...

Maria is taking Hip Hop and Jazz dance lessons at the YMCA. I have signed her up for 12 meetings. Her lesson is every Saturday. I think she likes it and enjoying every meeting. I try to introduce her to any of the extracurricular activities that she might be interested in. I would like her to focus on one music instrument, but she has not shown an interest yet. I am planning to send her to a typing class, I hope she will be interested. ...