A few days ago, P had a quiz in Chinese. When the quiz was returned and I checked it, he had an additional mistake, which would take his score to 7.5/10 (and this means “just passed”).
So, without mentioning the 7.5, I told him that he made an additional mistake in one number that his lao [...]
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13 Dec
It’s a Start…
11 Sep
Happy Things When I’m Sick
I’m been sick since last night. And I hate feeling sick only because I hardly am.
My joints hurt (eto pala yung feeling!), my head hurts, my throat hurts!
But despite all that, these are the highlights of my “I feel like sh*t sick” day…
17 Aug
7 over 10
Okay, so sometime into the quarter, S and I receive this note from P’s Chinese teacher that among the listening drills and quizzes he’s taken, he’s gotten a 7/10 and a 7.25/10. I told S about it but quickly filed it in the “it’s not a big deal” file. I mean, what the [...]
21 Mar
Lauriat
We attended a wedding of a cousin and brought the boys a few weeks ago and dinner was done Chinese style — a lauriat. This means that there were several courses (10 or 11!) from appetizers (cold cuts) all the way to dessert.
To make sure P eats (he can be picky), I checked out the [...]
10 Dec
Generosity
I’ve been feeling under the weather lately and felt the need for warm soup. So yesterday, Sunday, P and I went to Masuki (in Sekai Center along Ortigas) to have some noodles.
(side note: Masuki is from the same family who own and run Mamunlok, the noodle house.)
29 Nov
What is a Happy Gram?
Because of this post, I had several people ask me what a Happy Gram is.
Really, since I’m not from the same school as P, I have no idea what a Happy Gram is. Is it something that when you give it out, makes the receiver happy? It seems so because he was. [...]
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