I'm Late!

No, not that kind of late.

I mean, I'm late in my lessons!! I have one more week to go.  Problem is, I'm halfway done with my week 4 video lectures!  Yikes! Have a lot of catching up to do! Sigh...  Hopefully I'll be able to accomplish everything in the next few days.  Our exams will be on March 1.  That means, I have a week to finish all the lectures, study and rewrite some of my notes (would write during the video lecture and my penmanship is a mess!).

Wish me luck!

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Last Saturday the family went to SM Mall of Asia to watch the first day of the Pyromusical.  It's an annual event that showcases fireworks display from different countries accompanied by music.  It's fun and the kids enjoy it. We try to go at least once every year since it began.  Once, we watched all the displays (it ran for 5 Saturdays) and it was fun even if it rained one time.  So yeah, we hope to make this a yearly thing until either the boys get fed up of it, or we're too old to go.  Har har!

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My parents are coming from Zamboanga on Monday!  So excited to see them!  I really love spending time with them since we hardly ever see each other except through Skype.  I also want the boys to spend time with them so they always have that bond.  I was (paternal) and am (maternal) quite close with my grandparents so I want my boys to form that bond with their grandparents and have special memories with them.  So yeah, looking forward to make memories with them... :D

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Ever since I started the business course, I have business on the brain.  I think:  What products will I sell potentially?  Who will my customers be?  How will  make sure that my customers buy from me?  How will I get the products to sell?  And all those... It's like I have so many ideas and questions that I either feel mentally tired sometimes or get so excited I can't sleep.  Weird.  But yeah, I have some ideas and hopefully, they will put me on the road to entrepreneurship...

At Rizal Park

We brought my cousin (who is from Canada but works in South Korea) to Rizal Park last Monday.  She has never been there and we thought she'd have fun seeing the place and going for a stroll.  We did not want to do the mall thing anymore because it seems as though in Manila, the easiest place to bring friends and family for entertainment are malls.  Since Rizal Park was only a ride away, we thought that it was the perfect place.  And my cousin did have fun. So did the boys.  In the photo, we are standing in front of the monument of Dr. Jose Rizal, our national hero. 

 

Lessons Proceeding Nicely

It's the first week of my 5-week course and I find myself enjoying it.  My professor (as I like to call him) is jovial and sometimes makes me laugh with his ad libs during lectures.  The readings are a bit tedious but necessary and I understand they are important to make me understand the lessons even more.  It's only the first week and I've already learned so much from the lessons. I hope to be able to remember them for future use. I am already quite excited about putting up my own business. :)

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We have decided to homeschool all the boys next school year.  I am not happy with Nikki's current progress, especially in English.  Sure, he's learning a lot from Filipino subjects and being with his classmates help a lot, but he's hardly doing arts now, or music, or even learning computer, which is supposed to be a part of their curriculum!  I just find it so lacking.  They don't even have clubs for the kids.  I think only the high schoolers are active in clubs.  It's just annoying that they do not give importance to extra-curricular activities.  Anyway, I know that the road we are headed is challenging but for my boys to grow up well-rounded and world-smart, then I know that we should - and can - do this.