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Piko o Hopscotch

Posted on January 15, 2009 by greenbucks| 22 Comments

Asul ang tema sa Litratong Pinoy. Paboritong kulay ko ito, karamihan sa aking mga kamiseta ay ganito ang kulay.

The color blue is the theme for Litratong Pinoy. This is my favorite color and most of shirts are blue.

Heto ang larawan ng aking mga anak (yung dalawang naka-asul na pantalon at maliit na nakapulang kamiseta) naglalaro ng piko kasama ang kanilang mga pinsan.

Here is a photo of my children, (both in blue denim pants and the small one in red shirt) playing hopscotch with their cousins.

Ano ang konek nito sa asul? Wala yata, gusto ko lang ipakita na meron pang mga batang masayang naglalaro ng mga larong hindi kelangan ng remote o kaya buttons na pinipindot.

What’s with the blue you ask? Nothing I guess, I just wanted to show that there are still children who enjoy outdoors games and not glued to things that have remote controls and buttons to push.

Yun lang, mga batang naka-asul na naglalaro ng piko. Hehehe, inistretch talaga ang tema di ba?Para di naman seryoso lagi ang entry ko 😉

SIge na nga, heto, iba pang entries ko na ASUL ang tema: Dagat sa Zambales, isa pang larawan ng dagat at  Rainy Day blues.

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Pula = Katapangan

Posted on January 8, 2009 by greenbucks| 29 Comments

The theme for this week’s Litratong Pinoy is RED.

Ang tema ngayong linggo para sa Litratong Pinoy ay PULA.

There are so many interpretations for the color red:  love, hatred, blood, bravery and prosperity. It may also symbolize energy, communism, heat and arrogance. Some even say that red is the color of the devil.

Maraming interpretasyon ang kulay pula: pag-ibig, galit, dugo, katapangan at simbolo ng yaman. Maaari din itong maging simbolo ng lakas, Komunismo, init at kahambugan. Sabi pa nga ng ilan, ang pula ay kulay ng demonyo.

For me, red for bravery is what we need right now. We need this not because we have to battle foreign oppressors like our ancestors but to battle the many hardships we are currently experiencing: financial crisis, lack of political trust and just about any daily struggles that should have been easy but tend to be otherwise.

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A New Bike!

Posted on December 29, 2008 by greenbucks| 7 Comments

The kids got their Christmas gift a week earlier before Christmas: a new bike (which they had to share since we still have a bigger and rarely used bike which belongs to my eldest daughter).

Biking in the house ain’t fun so we bring this bike if we go to my hubby’s family home where  the streets are much safer to navigate than those in front of our house.

Here is my son, guiding his bike as he gets ready to tackle the wide roads of our favorite weekend place, that place where we go walking in the woods on Sunday mornings, and/or have picnic,  and/or go to hear mass.

Just the perfect place to learn to ride a bike, which is like a bikers’ “heaven” during Sundays.

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Jingle Bells

Posted on December 18, 2008 by greenbucks| 8 Comments

“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way…”

“Pasko na naman, o kay tulin ng araw…” (hindi po ito translation ng Jingle bells, lol)

These are what we usually hear the carolers sing. Happy songs, they almost invite the listeners to join in the fun, making us remember that Christmas is near.

Masaya, kaiga-igaya and nagpapa-alala sa atin na malapit na ang Pasko.

Last weekend when we went to The Fort, we saw several wonderfully dressed and happy people singing carols and greeting people “Merry Christmas” It sure felt great to see them.

Nung isang linggong napadpad kami sa The Fort nakakita kami ng mga taong me magagarang damit. Sila ay masasaya at nagbigay ng ngiti sa mga labi ng mga taong kanilang binabati ng kanilang American accent na “Merry Chirstmas!”

Ayan, medyo nahiya pa ang aking unico hijo, napilitan yatang ngumiti 😀

There are my two younger children with Julian a bit apprehensive.

But do you know that there is another face to this happy caroling?

Alam nyo ba na may ibang mukha ang pagkakaroling na ito?

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Yuck!

Posted on November 20, 2008 by greenbucks| 24 Comments

We love in live in places where cleanliness is observed and reinforced. Who wouldn’t want that?

Gusto natin tumira sa mga lugar na ang kalinisan ay nakikita at ginagawa. Sino ba ang may ayaw nito?

But sadly, many Filipinos are not particularly bent on keping their surroundings clean. Not only should cleanliness be practiced with our bodies and inside our homes, it should also be practiced outside of it.

Subalit sa kabila nitong kagustuhan na ito, maraming mga Pilipino ang hindi ginagawang malinis ang kanilang paligid. Hindi lang dapat na ang kalinisan ay naipapakita sa ating katawan at sa loob ng bahay, dapat pati sa labas ay malinis din.

Look closely at the photo and see how blurred the background is. The background is blurred not because there is something wrong with the camera. The background is blurred because of SMOG or air pollution.

Pakitingnan mabuti ang larawan at makikita namalabo sa bandang malayo. Hindi malabo dahil me problema sa pagkuha. Malabo ang background kasi dahil sa smog o maruming hangin.

Ok then, here is another photo:

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