Peace, love and happiness to us all this Christmas and towards 2013! Cheers!
Love,
Badet, Jeff & Gwen
Working Mommy Blogger from the Philippines
Peace, love and happiness to us all this Christmas and towards 2013! Cheers!
Love,
Badet, Jeff & Gwen
The 3rd week of November is my mountaineer’s birthday. After my birthday celebration in Boracay, we headed to another favorite place, Hong Kong. And since birthdays are all about celebrations and making wishes come true, I gave in to Jeff’s prodding ever since Gwen’s was born to take her to the mountains. That’s my outdoors man, it’s all about adventures.
I’m pretty confident about this hike because we hiked the Dragon’s Back on our last visit, so I know that the trail is very safe and in fact, a family-friendly one. We took the shorter route this time because we expected that being with Gwen will slow us down with a lot of stops. She will also be carried (by Jeff) most of the time so that’s additional weight too.
Okay, are you ready for a hike?
The family that hikes together, stays together =)
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I received an interesting infographic entitled “Crib to College” comparing the costs of raising a child up until sending him/her to college. Although the year of comparison 1960 seem so far-stretched, still the trend for the cost is going up, up, up! And I’m really really nervous and worried every time I think of the time when Gwen goes to school. I hope Jeff and I can still send her to a really good school. =)
Meanwhile, check out this infographic and see what I’m talking about:
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Gwen started counting a few months back, she championed 1 to 10. We slowly added numbers 11 to 20, and we even taught her to count in Tagalog, isa hanggang sampu.
Now, the little-miss-independent who doesn’t want to be taught can still count….only with some numbers missing. Whenever we try to correct her by interrupting or saying the numbers while she’s counting, she will stop us and say, “Gwen na!”. She will repeat counting all by herself.
So, ladies and gentlemen, let’s hear from our mathematician…
1,2,3 in English:
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, teeeen! (proud na proud with conviction and a loud voice)
eleven, twelve, FOURTEEN, fifteen, SIXteen, TWENY! (at least slang ang 20!)
I don’t know where did the other numbers go…. yung 13, unlucky number siguro kaya tinanggal na nya =)
Tagalog naman!
Isa, dalawa, ANIM, pito, SIYAM, sampu!
Saan napunta ang 3, 4, 5 at 8?
Fact:
In 2011, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) conducted a study on the nutritional status of Filipino children showing that 3 in every 10 children, ages 0-5 years old, are stunted for their age.
A United Nations Development Programme study also revealed that the Philippines has the second highest incidence of stunting in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia getting the top spot.
This is a very alarming issue among Filipino children and parents today, growth stunting. That’s why Ceelin Plus launched its “Kontra Sakit, Kontra Liit” campaign to create awareness about growth stunting and how to combat it by having strong immunity.
Ceelin Plus Kontra Sakit Kontra Liit event hosted by Patricia Hizon
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I’m soooo sorry it took me so long to announce the winners! I promised to be on time but family first right? I just got back from our trip and even though a week has passed, my mind’s still on vacay =).
Anyway, let’s meet the 3 winners:
The lucky 12th commenter/joiner is:
Katrina Villareal
You can check out the comments section of the giveaway post to check =).
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