April 2007 Photos
My Daguther's Photos
April 29, 2007
April 27, 2007
Sharp Eye
My two year old daughter comes trembling to me with fear everytime she watches this animated scary movie and yet, this is one of her favorite past time videos. She had seen this movie at least one hundred times or more. It scares her a lot when she sees the animated creature. She eventually ran and hides under the table while her eyes keep still on the television set.
I appreciated the way it appealed to my imagination. It offered me funny and witty vocal performances to enjoy. The animation is beautiful. It is filled with little touches that help define, such as using a real little girl complete with nonsense words and songs.
The little girl in the movie is of the same age as my daughter. She could not talk yet. But whenever she wants something, she just cries and screams.
It’s been a week now since I stopped her from watching that movie. I noticed my daughter tries to imitate the way the little girl in the movie screams everytime she doesn’t get what she wants. My daughter seems to like to be like the girl cast. Good thing she now forgets about that cast in the movie.
I do have many collections of educational videos such as, Barney, Elmo, Sesame Street and many more. Sometimes, I let my daughter watch a non-educational children videos, just like what I am talking about.
But I realized, toddlers are very observant and can easily comprehend whatever they watch. Children should be watching educational movies and learning materials suited to their early age.
April 20, 2007
I Will Follow You
Hubby is coming in the Philippines and will stay longer this time.
We also have the same flight when we come back on June 20, 2007.
April 12, 2007
A Rare Impression
In a fast food center, about a week ago, I met an elderly lady who introduced herself to me as a nurse. She had a grandchild sitting (or seated) beside her. As I sat right across the table from her, her attention was drawn to my daughter’s skin and her beauty. This is because my daughter is different from the other children. I gladly responded to her, and we began to talk to each other. Then later, she found out my daughter has one half American blood.
The old lady was simple looking. She sounded like a typical Visayan woman. But, I heard her talk to her grandchild in English. It seems like in slang English, but it was perfectly spoken. When she was through, she turned to me and talked again in a native bisaya dialect. Then, because of her English accent, I asked her if she had already been to another country. She told me, she had been in the USA for over 30 years working as a nurse.
I had the notion that she is a smart lady and a fast-learner. And one thing that she left me with was the impression that she still embraces and has never forgotten her native bisaya accent.
And now, there is a big difference between her and my friend living in the USA , now, for eight years. Because, every time I talk with this friend, she responds to me like she is trying hard to make her voice sound like an American accent. Even the way she talks in bisaya, it sounds like a slang bisaya.
A moral lesson I got from the old lady, is that: Be true to yourself, speak in the natural way when you are talking to a person with the same dialect, and do not forget your roots; because it is from there where you found your way up now.
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