Last two bit-sets bago iintrodyus si Bunso. Wala namang napakalaking nagbago sa buhay ni Kuya hanggang bago lumabas si Bunso. Tuluy-tuloy lang lumawak ang mundo niya kaya nadagdagan ang mga dating interes.
He still loves to read (though kapag pinapadoble namin sa pagbabasa ng school notes niya ay may kaunting reaksyon -- which he transforms into fun so he ends up rapping his notes instead of plainly reading them aloud :)).
Still loves Thomas and 'setting-up' his years-old stuff and doing his good-old monologues. Only he has integrated into his train stories penguins and soccer players -- which form part of his current loves, we'll see.
Still loves to draw as inspired by his current favorites. We think Einstein Christensen's Faber Castell videos that came with cds which were gifts titos, titas and friends inspired him to be more playful with his work. The text might look familiar -- book titles, his options in attempting to describe his theme, which would also be inspired by what he reads or watches or plays online.
So with that he loves to write -- if you'd call making up his versions of his favorite characters' stories that -- along with scribblings like this one from time-to-time, "documenting" stuff.
Before we found out what Bunso's gender was, this Kuya decided he preferred Baby to be a boy because he already has lots of sisters at the office -- officemates' kiddos -- one of whom would be this very lovable little girl.
Of course he also has a favorite Kuya at the office; in the meantime allow us to locate a photo of theirs :)
When in good health -- meaning when he's not coughing and sneezing with asthma or allergic rhinitis -- which unfortunately wasn't so often during this year's earlier half -- Kuya gets to visit Loloheart and Lolaheart. It's always a treat despite the relatively long travel to the province at the outskirts of Manila -- fresher air, a semblance of peace and quiet.
Itong park na ito ay isa sa (samutsari at napakaraming) simpleng joys nina Loloheart at Lolaheart. Madalas kasama nila si Trick, ang canine Tito ni Batangthomas, sa pamamasyal :)
Isa pa sa simple joys nila ang mapasadahan ng masahe ng maliliit na kamay ni little Kuya with a pangpmasaheng gadget :)
And before Grade 2 ends Grade 1. He sat among these kids on Recognition day -- artsy photos courtesy of Batangthomas' Tay by the way -- and there go our little Kuya with happy grandparents Ma and Pa.
Finally here are among his most recent loves -- Animator vs. Animation which he and Kuya Ots pursued reading on after officemate Tito Edong introduced the interesting presentation to Tay which Tay presented to us. This is his version done on Paint.
Another would be cool Club Penguin which Nay also appreciates for the cool soundtrack -- this would be Batangthomas' version too, on Paint.
Last but not the least, Inazuma 11. The cartoon soccer drama that led our little Kuya to love soccer and... sing Japanese. Nay and Tay appreciate the drama and values, too -- but we had to decide cutting his daily viewing to strictly once a week only because we realized that we have to continuously modify the balancing act as his interests--and focus--may be affected if we parents don't watch it.
This simply deserves special mention when talking about things that make Kuya beam, all excited and laughing boisterously despite the usual little fights, harutan, tampuhan and occasional long-time-no-sees -- Kuya's cousins, beefed up by the presence of Tay's Ma & Pa, siblings, in-laws. The latter photo would be that of an afternoon they spent together while waiting for the new Bunso to be taken out of Nay's belly :)
Finally, the other major major bit nitong summer until before Kuya was struck with chicken pox would be his swimming lessons with Coach Herman. It's significant in that he'd finally overcome his apparent fear of water -- at least to a certain extent. Coach Herman, a Lozada instructor, happens to also be a psychologist, counselling highschool students on weekdays. So somewhat he knew how to psyche little Kuya up to come into the water -- they trained in the 6-feet deep portion of either the olympic-size Philippine Army or Marines training pool. We hope to be able to see Kuya hurdle it through to ultimately overcome his anxiety with regard to going into the deeper pools when at play.
office pals
at beloved cousins Tay side (minus the panganay na cousin na mailap sa camera, he he).
Isa pang precious -- yung lumang tren na pamana ni Loloheart sa kanya. Inumpisahan na nilang kabitan ng pangremedyong parts (floppy disk boxes, floppy disks, etc.) --
