Wife and I were talking in Filipino, when our little girl interrupted.
👧🏻: Excuse me, daddy, what are you telling mommy?
👨🏻: See? You can’t understand Filipino. I told you we can do a ‘Filipino Friday’ where we’ll only speak in Filipino so that you can learn the language but you don’t want to do it.
👧🏻: Masarap!
👨🏻 👩🏻: (laughed)
👧🏻: See? I can speak Filipino. Masarap!
We were listening to the song ‘We Need A Little Christmas’ from Pentatonix’ latest album.
Ysabella, curious – as always, asked, “Daddy / Mommy, why do we need a little Christmas? Why not a big Christmas?”
“Mommy!” I passed to her, “Answer that question.”
Ysabella and I were waiting for the School Bus this morning when an older man approached us and offered Sab a single peach.
I smiled and backed away, telling him, “No, thank you.”
He acted (he didn’t talk) insisting to give the peach but we declined the fruit.
Ysabella got a little scared.
When the man left, I asked my little one, “You know stranger danger right? It means you are not supposed to talk to a stranger or accept anything from him.”
“Yes, Daddy!”
“Why?” I asked.
“Because the fruit might be dirty…”
“And you don’t know the person,” I added.
I then gave her a scenario: “What if it was ice cream or lollipop? Would you accept it?”
“No dad. It might make me sick.”
“No, that’s not my point. I mean what if it was a toy. Like an Aurora Doll like what you always wanted,”
“I will wash the doll so that it’s not dirty anymore.”
“No, Belle. He would still be a stranger. You don’t know his name.”
“I will ask for his name so that he’s not a stranger anymore. Then I’ll get the Aurora doll.”
🤦🏻♂️
Marclee, who has been doing distance learning lately, saw a grocery store at metro station and read its name out loud, “Z-oo-m. Zoom! Dada! Like my school zoom!”
Atong went mulling and found some kiddie bikes on sale. He sent me this video.
After seeing this message I sent the following photos to him.
Later that day, he asked, “Nareceive mo ba video ng bikes?”
“Oo! Gusto nya dun Ariel. Nagreply nga ako sayo.”
“Anong reply?”
“Yung mga pictures na proof na ninong ka ni Sab. Thank you.”
“Ahhhh,” he realized laughing, “Yun pala yun.”
I don’t let used hotel soaps go to waste so I bring it home.
When my recent takeaway shrunk, I told my check in mates, “Kailangan na ulit mag check in kasi paubos na ang sabon.”
“Daddy, I want to sit on your shoulders,” she told me. For no reason whatsoever.
So yun nga. Work from home nga kasi.
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