Kids Around Halloween

The word Halloween probably goes back around the 17th century and even has its Christian origin. The word "Hallowe'en" means "hallowed evening" or "holy evening." Guess, many kids around the world hold this day as "holy" in terms of getting dressed as their favorite characters. Many kids passed by our old Greenhome along Daisy Street during the 2015 Halloween Celebration. They came in all shapes and sizes, colors and costumes. Even a couple of young teenagers gamely sat besides #RafaAndAngel for a picture.

Thor and Princess for Halloween

It was going to be our last Halloween celebration around Daisy Street as we were all set to move few blocks down the road to Waling Waling. But the move would not get in the way of Thor and a Princess in celebrating their might and beauty this Halloween. Rafa raises his hammer and Angel shows off her pink dress in front of our Daisy Greenhome which was our home for the past two years, since we moved from Legaspi Village.

We don't take much family groupie pictures. Thus, this black and white snapshot of the #StepsOfOurLives inside the Ford Everest going to Esteban Luna would be a rare captured moment. There will definitely be more Halloween moments in our Greenhome!

Steps around SPQC

Back in the late 90s, Gil used to teach in St. Paul College, QC. Today, that school is now called St. Paul University. It has grown in size and height with new facilities and structures given the limited space. One sister who has made a very strong impact in our lives is Sr. Sarah Manapol, spc. Upon hearing the news that she was going to be transferred to Tuguegarao, we found time on Saturday weekend in October to visit her in Quezon City.

Sr. Sarah showed us around the campus and we all caught up with these HRM students practicing for a stage play at the Fr. Reuter Theatre.

Being around the halls and corridors of this school and even inside the IMC brought back many fond and beautiful memories of the hours I spend inside the AVR teaching Paulinians advertising and public relations. And most of all, putting into place the "KAROL Awards" Program which remains a part of the Paulinian tradition.

Drawing Dinosaurs

Rafa has picked up some creative skills on his own. And you give him the space in front of a white board and a white board marker, even if one color only, he would start drawing. In Gil's Ad Prac 4 classrooms, he showcased his early skills and talents in drawing a dinosaur. He called this drawing "Dinosaur Land."

He probably remembers the larger than life dinosaur skeletons he saw at the American Museum of Natural History during our last trip to the West Coast.

It wouldn't be a surprise at our Greenhome to see a lot paper scattered around the house with drawing and sketches, done by Rafa.