Wonderful things

I captured this bonsai tree at the UP College of Music where I learned that one man provided the different colleges with his bonsai art. Amazing!

Also in the month of September, not only were we celebrating daddy Man's birthday but it's my son's first encounter with the famous "dirty ice cream" aka sorbetes. After school, he would look out the car window to check if a sorbetes cart was nearby. He loves the ube, strawberry, chocolate and mango flavors on top of the sweet cone. He still has to learn how to eat it correctly though. But the sticky fingers and the melted ice cream are all part of the enjoyment.
Just a little trivia: until age 5, Hansy never ate nor attempted tasting ice cream because of his fear of swollen tonsils and fever.
But when he asked me why it's called dirty ice cream, I just answered "when you look closely at the ice cream, it is not clear instead you will find bits which seem like dirt". Daddy's explanation on the other hand was dirty because the sorbetero who holds the ice cream cone has dirty hands which he also uses in getting the payment.
One sorbetes in ordinary cone costs 5 pesos, additional 5 pesos for sweet cone, and additional 10 for a larger cone.

Overcoming fear

Last September 2, we were blessed to have our brand new bicycles (the very first one for our son Hans). Now, after a few weeks of riding his bike almost every afternoon, Hans is able to enjoy his bike along the bumps, humps and uneven path in our neighborhood. After several knee cuts and bruises, he is able to stand up, pick up his bike and pedal again.

Then later that day, to show his appreciation for the bike we bought him, Hansy sang one of the songs he learned in school...
Mahal kita mommy, mahal kita
Hindi ko babayaan mawala sa buhay
Mommy, mommy
Mahal kita

Also in the early days of September, my son was able to overcome his fear of the Monkey bars. With the help of his teacher Jan and his classmates and friends during outdoor play, he proudly and confidently showed me how he was able to climb, swing and release from the monkey bars. I remember that in the previous months, he would totally avoid going near the monkey bar and he would rather play in the sandbox and slide, eventhough all the other kids were climbing the metal bars.

Passion and beauty tips

Someone once told me "if you're passionate about something, pursue it". Indeed here is a list of what I'm passionate about (at least at this moment in my life):

• Photography - whether it be digiscrapping, photo editing, composition, color and clarity... it's capturing life's precious moments and the beauty around us that makes this art very exciting and fulfilling. I'm inspired by the works of Regie Fernando, Archangel Raphael and so many other great Filipinos. It's not the camera but the talent behind it who has the "i" to see the image and capture it.
• Bonsai - indeed it is fascinating to do a miniature of a big ol' tree especially if you have limited space outside your house
• my son - he's growing up to be really curious about the things around him: his interest in music, monkey bars, jumping rope, riding a bike, drawing, word puzzles, pictionary, Ashley Tishdale and the cast of High School Musical, dominoes, train, Singapore, internet and so much more. I just hope to capture all these in a special diary.