For this summer, my hubby and I enrolled 5 year old kid in the Swimming Clinic at Jardin de Dasmariñas Resort.  He had the Water Safety or the Toddlers course.  The class is for 10 days and 1 hour per session.

There are eight students for the class and two to three coaches for each session.  We were asked to buy goggles and kick board. 

On the first day, all the kids were given floaters and had water familiarization.  They let kids enjoy and play in the water and a little bubbling exercise.  For the succeeding days, they practiced the bubbling, breathing, floating and kicking until they became good at it.

Now that the course is done, I can say that my kid became not really a good swimmer but he knows the basics.  He now enjoys the water and loves it!  

My realization for this activity is that my son may be fast learner in school or in other things but to some other activities it takes some time for him to learn.  It might challenge the trainer on how he would make him learn but he’ll definitely learn.  It just takes time.

We will definitely enroll him again next summer.  Thanks to this summer clinic, my kid enjoyed summer!

I turned 36 years old yesterday!  

Four more years and I'll be 40! I feel so old, really! I know it's just a number.   But realizing that I am getting older, I am becoming more afraid of getting sick and dying without finishing my responsibilities here on earth.

There were no party, no balloons, no cakes, no flowers, and no gifts! My kid was even asking, why there was no cake! Our family had a very simple celebration.  We ate out and had mass.  I got my wish of visiting Padre Pio Chapel in Libis and being with my family made my day special.  I did not take pictures at Padre Pio Chapel.  I was shy to distract people who are praying.  The place is so peaceful and sacred.  We lined up and pray to the life size St. Pio image.  There were so many testimonies of people who prayed to the saint and were granted that made me really believe that my prayers will be granted too.

My birthday wishes:

• To be healthy and live decades longer than my parents did for me to fulfill my duties as a mom and as a wife.

• For me not to lose my source of income as this is where I mainly get the means for our living.

• For our family to have another baby!

I pray to God that He will grant me everything that is best for me and my family!

Happy Birthday to me! :) Thanks to everyone who remembered and greeted me on this special day.  Thanks for the wonderful wishes.

Happy Mother's Day to all moms in this world!

Happy Mother's Day to my mom in heaven, my MIL, my sister, aunties, in laws, friends!

One resort to visit in Dasmariñas City, Cavite is Jardin de Dasmariñas Resort in Brgy. Sabang.  It is not big as Volet’s Resort but it can accommodate several people.  It has Olympic size and kiddie pools.  They have lots of cottages with electric fans.  The fees are affordable.

They also accepts private pool parties.  They have reception halls for parties also.  They have rooms for overnight stay.

Sharing my pictures of Jardin de Dasma:

Playground

Rooms for overnight stay

Olympic size pool and cottages

Olympic size pool and cottages

Private pool for occasions

Videoke Room

Kiddie Pool

Cottages

With electric fans each

The rates are posted here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.415476681801693.115026.139608829388481&type=3

I got this from Facebook.  You might want to join and get a token for your mom on Mother's Day.

I am not joining the contest.  My mom is in heaven since 2000 after her battle with cancer.  Though she is not here anymore, I still would like to answer the question in my blog: What’s make a mother?

Being a mom entails a lot of sacrifice.  I know my mom loved all of us her three children from the day we were conceived until her last breathe and I believe she is still loving and watching over us from heaven.  My mom took care of us, sacrificed her own career to be with us and then went back to work to help my dad finance our education.  We grew up with household up.  Before going to work, she would wake up early in the morning and prepare our needs for school.  My mom who was a teacher and a guidance counselor at the same time would accept several teaching loads and finish work so late.  During the weekends, she does the laundry; go to the market, groceries, and others.  She guides us her children with our assignments and projects in school.  I remember my mom would do reviewers for us during examination days. 

She was not only a mother of us but also for mother for so other people, her students, co-teachers, nephews and nieces.  She was a favorite principal sponsor for weddings of everyone she knew.

After my graduation from college and gotten my first job, I wanted my mom to enjoy her income for herself and not to support me financially anymore.  She travelled, enjoyed her life, bought things she needed, repaired our house, everything she’d like. 

But she haven’t enjoyed much, she got sick and eventually passed away.  I know she does not want to leave us and was thinking of us her children.  We assured her that she and my dad rose us up very well and we can handle the situation.

Now that I am already a mom also, she remains to be my inspiration.  Her words and advices are still vivid in my mind up to this day.  Everything that I have learned from my mom and my dad too are my guidance in raising my kid.  I know they are guiding me from up there.  I hope I can be like my mom, the best mom that I can ever be.

How I'd wish my Mom is alive and double celebrate Mother's Day and our birthdays!

I am not preggy but my taste buds are recently craving for my favorite foods in Quezon Province, the foods that I grew up with.  I would like to eat any of the following (asap! :)):

Budin (Cassava Cake)

My favorite afternoon snack since I was a kid.  A mom usually brings home plenty of this from the market every weekend.  I like its softness and creaminess.  I like the edges of the cassava cake though they are usually dark, they are sweet.

Broas (Ladyfinger)

I remember when I was a kid, it was popular every Christmas season.  But now, they are readily available anywhere in Quezon even in the leading supermarkets.  


Pansit Lucban (Pansit Habhab)

Pansit Lucban is my favorite merienda after school.  It is popularly known as pansit habhab since it is placed in banana leaves and eaten without spoon and fork.  It is best when poured with vinegar.

Meringue
This is so sweet but I love to eat this while chitchatting with my cousins. 


Thanks to Buddy's, I will eat pansit habhab tonight! Yehey! :)

I am a subscriber of SMART Bro Fixed– Plan 999 Unlimited at home since 2008.  It’s an unlimited internet connection with antenna outside for P999 per month.  Before I chose Smart, I did a research on what is the best and fast internet in our place.  Since most of people in our neighborhood are using Smart, I also chose Smart.

I don’t know if Smart still offers this same plan but Smart never failed me from the start until now.  An internet addict as I am, I am online more than 10 hours per day and I got a strong, fast and reliable connection whatever time of time and whatever weather it is.  I remember, I was online during Ondoy strong rains.

For over the years, I changed my laptop to a desktop and added a router in our internet so I can also connect through my laptop and phone when my kid is using our desktop.  With the maximum connection of four that I had, the connection is still fast.

Also as a loyal subscriber, I was rewarded with a Samsung N150 netbook that I pay for additional P450 in my bill for two years.  Not bad!

I hope the Smart services will still be the same or get better and better and I will be a loyal subscriber!