Cuteness Runs In The Family :p

Saw this on a niece’s FB page. :)

Caption reads:

I couldn’t agree more! ^_^

Something In Common

Mother’s Day is about 3 months away! Hey APPLE, you might want to consider this for your Mother’s Day Ads (WHY? ARE THEY PLANNING TO PUT UP ONE? ABA EH, MALAY NATEN?! At least, nanawagan na ko! ^_^).

Photo grabbed from brother-in-law's facebook

This is my SIL with her equally beautiful daughter Chloe in her most charming smile, busying themselves with Apple gadgets. Oo, kayo na ang mag-inang hindi mahilig sa APOL! ^_^

Dealing With Bullies

Hello everyone! I’d like you to meet Miko, my SIL’s eldest child. Chloe’s big brother.

Kuya Miko and 8-month old Amber. 

He was only 6 years old when they left for the states. This year, he is turning 13 years old. How time flies really fast!

Miko during their last homecoming, Feb 2010

When their family migrated to the US, Miko’s Pappy (as how he dearly calls his dad), Mike’s foremost concern are bullies that may badger Miko at school.

A few years ago, they enrolled Miko to Karate and Taekwondo, which the boy did enjoy. It went perfectly with their schedule since my SIL and Mike both work, Miko goes to his Karate class after school dismissals. His parents fetch him there before they all go home.

Because it wasn’t until he was 10 years old until he had a sibling, he practically grew up alone. He is a quiet child who most of the times contents himself with video games. But he is also a very smart and disciplined kid.

Lately at school, there is a kid bigger that him who always bullies him. Miko just brushes him off. Until one day when he and the other boy were left alone in the room. The bully approached him and was about to say something, Miko who was probably pushed to his limits, pushed him against the wall and said, "Don't ever to that to me again. You don't know what I'm capable of doing. I know Karate!".

Oh-ha! That was enough to give the kid a little scare to leave Miko alone.

I felt proud for Kuya Miko that he knows how to defend himself and for having the patience to wait for the right time when to do it.

After that, the kid no longer bothered him.

How about you, have you been bullied when you’re younger? How did you deal with it?

Amber and Chloe

I was browsing through old files looking for pictures that I would put in Amber’s scrap album when I saw these...

With Chloe's Papi and Amber's Daddy

These are Amber and Chloe, both at 7 months. Chloe is the daughter of the Hubby’s elder sister. Amber is only 18 days older than Chloe. These pictures were taken on February, 2010, when my sister-in-law’s family vacationed here. This was the first time the 2 of them met because Chloe was born in the US (our first time to meet her too!). They look so adorable together.

My SIL brought nice dresses for Amber, similar to that of Chloe’s so they looked like twins whenever we go out.

I wonder how they would grow up to be? I hope that despite the distance between them, they would still grow close with each other like sisters. They see each other every weekends through Skype though. Chloe fondly calls Amber “Ah-buh”, while Amber calls her “Cu-wee”, sometimes “U-wee”. Then they would babble and giggle and laugh at the same time as if they understood each other. They are just so cute!