EVANTales: Graduation Day

March 19, 2010
Philamlife Auditorium, Manila

My lil 4yo man finished Senior Nursery, snatching the English Ace award! We are absolutely and completely proud parents. :)

His "super friends" came to celebrate this special day as well. Can you catch all of them in the vid? :)

Awesome vfx and edit by superdad Riki. Awesome voice-over by the Graduate himself. \m/

EVANTales: Lab Story

February 21, 2010
Enchanted Kingdom, Laguna

It was Family Day for Evan's pre-school. Children, parents and teachers all had fun playing games, eating treats and trying all the park rides.

Riki, on the other hand, took a lot of pictures of Evan and his friend Anci when they were innocently playing together, stitched the photos to a vclip and made up a (love) story. With a funny twist as an ending. Hehe...

EVANTales: Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni

February 12, 2010
Makati

And finally, here's my 4yo rocking his cheongsam, singing with his awesome and uber-cute preschool friends, wishing everyone Gong Xi Fa Cai! :)

Kids rock!

EVANTales: Chinese Poetry

February 12, 2010
Makati

He is not just the dragon dancer, he is also a member of the Poet Society! Here is my lil rocknrolla reciting 'Dong Wu Yuan Li' (Inside the Zoo).

Evan rocks! :)

EVANTales: The Dragon Dancer

February 12, 2010
Makati

Celebration of the Chinese New Year will not be complete without the dragon dance.

Evan was chosen to be one of the dragon dancers for their pre-school's CNY program last Friday. He did a magnificent job! We are so proud!

*With special appearance by the "Year of the Tiger" dude! Find him! hehe!

Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone! :)

EVANTales: Zoo Field Trip

February 4, Thursday:
Avilon Zoo, Ortigas

To wrap up their class discussions about endangered animals, Evan and the rest of the Bel-Air gang went on a field trip to the zoo.

As my boy's previous experience with zoo trips involved going around hectares of land, he insisted on bringing his binoculars. He won't budge even if we told him this zoo is indoors. Lola ended up carrying it the rest of the morning. Hehe.

Evan is an animal lover, so as expected, he had a blast (and requested the family to go back there by the coming weekend...oh dear).

EVANTales: Family Day in School

November 13, 2009
Makati City

For Family Day, parents were encouraged to share to the class what are their bonding activities with their kids.

The super duo Riki and Evan wowed everyone with their awesome videos of daddy-son Wii and soccer games, passion for robots, and yes, even counting in Chinese!

Mom (as useless) was nowhere in sight, the corporate slave that she was. :(

Evan's Dad, you're the best! Mwah!

EVANTales: Trick or Treat @ School & Work

October 29 & 30, 2009
Makati City

I bought Evan new Ninja (Snake Eyes) and Vampire (that Cullen) costumes this year for his Halloween gigs. But during "dress rehearsal", he ditched them all over his old Gryffindor robe. I couldn't be happier! Haha!

It was such a hit with his teachers and classmates in school! And yes, even my colleagues in the office loved it! They all wanted a picture with him :)

And most important of all, Evan had a blast trick or treating this year! He said so himself. :D

"Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn and cauldron bubble
Double, double toil and trouble
Something wicked this way comes!"

Happy Halloween Muggles!

EVANTales: Let's Count in Mandarin!

October 2009
TGR Home

After doing review sessions with Evan for his 1st semester exams, we realized he is now way better at speaking Chinese than us. We may know the Pinyin words, but we can't pronounce it properly. Evan ended up correcting us all the time. Haha!

The parents have a lot of catching up to do!
Now let's learn how to count (and say it properly) in Mandarin!

EVANTales: First Day in Senior Nursery

June 21, 2009
Makati

New school, new friends - hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ!

Evan was sad leaving behind his old buddies in his previous school, but after a week, he had quickly immersed himself in his new group. Good thing parents were allowed to stay in the waiting area for the first week, so we were able to guide and watch Evan adjust to his new environment.

Now he looks forward to each school day! :D
Wǒ xuéxí pǔtōnghuà!

EVANTales: Moving Up Day

March 24, 2009
Makati Sports Club

After just two months in school, Evan joined his class for Moving Up day already! He aced all his exams (arriving late yet 2nd in class to finish + getting perfect/almost perfect scores). I am such a proud Mom :)

He had learned so many things and developed so many new skills during those two months, we are so grateful to his kind and competent teachers.

The Moving Up Day itself was quite a fun riot, imagine 25+ active kids being forced to listen to guest speaker speeches and song/dance numbers. Evan got the Most Obedient award so Daddy got his chance to go up the stage and put on his medal. We are very proud parents that day.

To education! :D

EVANTales: First Day in School

February 2009
Makati

My little man's first ever school day, and I missed it (I was in the US on a business trip...boohoo).

Good thing Dad was there to document it all for me. He said Evan immediately warmed up to his classmates/new-found friends and quickly caught up on the lessons. That's my boy! :D