Fun-Filled Jollibee Birthday Party

It was Sunday of December 11, 2011 when my unica hija, Kendra Leigh, turned 6 years. her birthday party was celebrated at Jollibee. Her friends, classmates, cousins, aunts, uncles and Jollibee attended the party. It was a fun-filled day. Loot bags, gummy candies, and toys were among those brought home by the guests. Spaghetti, chicken joy, french fries, chocolate sundae and cake were among those specially served for the guests.

Counting numbers in six languages

It is amazing that my five-year old daughter can count numbers in six languages. That includes English, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, French and Spanish. She can count up to thousands in English; hundreds in Chinese, Japanese and Filipino; and tens in French and Spanish. She wants to learn three more languages for she is aiming to learn ten languages. I don't what languages she will get interested in next time... This is a repost from my Mylot discussion:http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2537368.aspx?p=0

Reclining Buddha

NEHANZO

The reclining buddha in Sasaguri Valley, Fukuoka, Japan is one of the world's biggest buddhas.

Canal City

CANAL CITY, HAKATA, FUKUOKA, JAPAN

Canal City is in itself like a city within a city. But don't be misled by the name, Canal City is not actually a city per se, it is a just a big shopping complex with hundreds of internationally branded shops, cafe, and restaurants. It also serves as a venue for internationally acclaimed artists and acrobats. I happened to watch a circus during the golden week that amazingly kept my eyes glued on the performances.

Hakozaki Shrine

At the entrance of Hakozaki Shrine.

This is one of the three major shrines of Hachiman god, along with Iwashimizu Hachiman shrine (Kyoto)and Usa Hachiman shrine（Ooita）. This shrine is dedicated to Emperor Oujin, Empress Jingu and Tamayorihime-no-mikoto. It was founded in 923, with the transfer of god from Daibu Hachiman shrine in Honami-gun, Fukuoka. Since the 12th century, as the role of Korokan (ancient guesthouse for diplomats) declined, this shrine became a busy juncture of overseas trading and has survived a series of fires from the Mongolian invasion. Numerous building structures, including the main hall, the worship hall, Sakuramon gate, Ichino-torii (gate) and wooden lantern, are designated as important cultural assets. Tamaseseri Festival and Hojoya Festival are held at this shrine every year and attract a lot of people. (Source:http://www.hakozakigu.or.jp/)

Visita Iglesia thru the net

It is Holy Week in the Philippines. It is time to repent, pray, do some reflections, visit churches, watch other religious activities. I used to do them all since I was younger. In the past, my sisters and I would go to diffrent churches for the visita iglesia. But this year, I missed it. I am miles and miles away from the country and there is only one Catholic church near our place. I couldn't visit seven churches this time..... I am glad that there is already a site where I can do the visita iglesia. At least it helped me do my yearly religious tradition. Check it out: http//visitaiglesia.net

Shinkansen, Japan's Fastest Train

I had the chance to ride on this very speedy train in Japan called the Shinkansen. It is a kinda luxurious kind of transportation yet very comforting. Its modernity is amazingly unbelievable.

Here are some of the descriptive facts about the shinkansen which I got from Wikepedia.

The Shinkansen (新幹線?, new main line), also known as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240–300 km/h (149–186 mph), 283.5 km (176.2 mi) of Mini-shinkansen with a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) and 10.3 km (6.4 mi) of spur lines with Shinkansen services.[citation needed] The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway and plans to increase speeds on some lines up to 320 km/h (199 mph).[citation needed] Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 581 km/h (361 mph) for maglev trainsets in 2003. Running at speeds of up to 300 km/h, the shinkansen is known for punctuality (most trains depart on time to the second), comfort (relatively silent cars with spacious, always forward facing seats), safety (no fatal accidents in its history) and efficiency

Kansai International Airport

After almost fours of riding the Cebu Pacific plane, finally we landed in Japan. We landed at the Kansai International Airport in Japan. It is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Ōsaka Station, off the shore of the cities of Sennan and Izumisano and the town of Tajiri in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is newer than the Osaka International Airport, which is quite closer to the city and now handles only domestic flights. It was ranked 4th overall in the Airport of the Year 2006 awards named by Skytrax, after Singapore Changi Airport, Hong Kong International Airport and Munich Airport. The airport serves as an international hub for All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Nippon Cargo Airlines.

Going to Japan

I am pretty busy carefully packing our things for our Japan trip tomorrow. It will be a new experience for me and my daughter as we travel to a place where we are both illiterate. LOL. Only few Japanese can speak English and it will surely be a hindrance for me to communicate with them. I just hope that my mastery in sign langauage, I mean, action words, will do good for me and help me in letting the Japanese understand what I mean. Let's wait and see. For the meantime, I have to finish packing our things. Bon voyage to us.

Loving the books

See the sign above? It says, "Reading books children while they are young helps develop their literacy and love for reading". Yeah, I absolutely agree! Look what happened to my daughter. I started reading to her bedtime stories at a very early age. Now that she can read, she just grab a book and read it. She certainly loves books.

You Belong With Me

You Belong With Me lyrics Songwriters: Rose, Liz; Swift, Taylor Alison; You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You, you belong with me, you belong with me Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself Hey, isn't this easy? And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down You say you're fine, I know you better than that Hey, what ya doing with a girl like that? She wears high heels, I wear sneakers [- From :http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/taylor-swift-lyrics/you-belong-with-me-lyrics.html -] She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time how could you not know? Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me Oh, I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry And I know your favorite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you? Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know? Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe You belong with me?

You belong with me

Hello Kitty

My daughter is a typical Hello Kitty fanatic. Most of her personal things do have hello kitty image on it. From what she wears to the toys she play with are mostly hello kitty. One mirror in our bedroom has stickers of hello kitty. Her pens and notebooks are hello kitty too. I also learned to love hello kitty especially that I never had hello kittly when I was still a kid.

This is the pinata I personally made during the 5th birthday of my only daughter. I simply used pink japaenese papers to wrap the pinata made from a milk box. I guess I just spend around Php30 for this. The hello kitty sticker was worth Php10 ( and I used 2 stickers) and the japanese paper was worth 10. It's amazing how I saved a lot of money for this pinata. Had I bought one from a party store, I surely had spent around P200 for this (without candies inside). I only spent around Php60 for the candies.

Trying to compose a song

This is a re-post from Mylot: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2495994.aspx?p=1#2_22193361 "I couldn't believe how my five year old daughter thinks. I always tell her that she acts and thinks like an eight year old girl. This morning, she told me that she will compose a song and that surprised me! I let her write her composition in a piece of paper and I am still waiting for her to finish it. No matter what the outcome might be, I would still be very proud of her consisdering that she is only five years old."

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Sweet Treats by Kenlee & Friends

This is my new business. It is a candy cart located at the second level of Robinsons Place Tacloban. My daughter, Kendra, is trying to pose as the store model. Isn't she cute?LOL