The Kids’ school, ABS-CBN Children’s Center, is offering summer classes this coming April. It is going to be so much fun! Last year, the Kids  both enrolled in arts and craft classes. They had so much fun creating wonderful art pieces! DJ also enrolled in violin lessons and Gabby – the rock star-wannabee, enrolled in guitar...

Our school went on another field trip again — this time at Enchanted Kingdom! It was so much fun, albiet only for a few hours. The weather was clear that day, so we were lucky. Check out some of the pics below, mostly general shots. More at the PHOTOS section. At the Lucky Me Noodle Factory before going...

Kids in Manila went to the 7th Philippine Toy Conference today at SM Megamall. The line was unbelievable! To think that we were there 30 minutes after the mall opened, yet the line was already a mile long! Thanks to Mom’s friend who helped us get in without lining up. Thanks, Tita Joan!^^ ...

Some schools in the US are paying the students for behaving well, doing their homework, or performing well academically. A report from AP: WASHINGTON – Friday is payday at KIPP DC: KEY Academy, and some sixth-grade girls gather at the makeshift school store trying to decide how to spend their hard-earned money. They received paychecks for behaving well,...

Wow, if our Mom reads this, she will definitely say , “Let’s migrate to Finland!”… High-school students here rarely get more than a half-hour of homework a night. They have no school uniforms, no honor societies, no valedictorians, no tardy bells and no classes for the gifted. There is little standardized testing, few parents...

Yipee! A balikbayan box from Canada* with loads of chocolates! Of course, Gabby a.k.a. Pacman, started gobbling them up. A few minutes later… Gabby says: Ooops! I farted. I think it was because of the chocolates from Canada that I ate. I guess, that’s what you call a Canadian fart**! *Thanks, Tita Diona, for...

Kid Nation, the controversial CBS reality show which brought concerns about child endangerment and exploitation failed to live up to the expectations on its debut. Report from the Associated Press says: “Kid Nation,” the CBS reality show that fanned concerns about child endangerment and exploitation, subjected its young stars to nothing more dramatic than homesickness and a...

Gabby’s sick. He missed school for the second day now. DJ, the ever responsible brother, got his brother’s homework from the teachers so that Gabby can catch up with the rest of the class. Gabby missed the lesson on common and proper nouns. He asked Mommy to explain it to him, and she did. After explaining,...

Gabby Says: Oh, yeah… Mom, we had an activity in Sibika today. I got all the answers correct! And I didn’t even understand any Tagalog word they were saying! How about that for a wild guess,...

The Americans had an early Fourth of July Celebration in Manila. The Kids in Manila attended the picnic sponsored by the American Association of the Philippines and MTV Philippines at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila. It was a fun-filled activities for the kids – parade with the Phil. Marine Band, games, art contest, inflatable rides,...