Passbooks are saving books where your money is safe in the bank and Mama wants my money safe there, so she wants me to open an account there but I was still too young to have my own account. A few days ago I finally could open my first own passbook account.

In the afternoon we went to PS Bank here in Dumaguete to open a saving account for me, but my money should be 5000 Peso to open the saving account but I only have 990 Peso so we look for another place to go and went to China Bank. It is just near PS Bank and near to Hotel Palwa. After we went in we sat on a chair and waited until our number was called. Next to me was sleepy foreign guy. Mama bumped his chair accidentally and the guy smiled. We were the last in the row and were very bored waiting. I started to talk to the guy that I am not so bored while waiting, so we talked and talked and talked.

When finally our number was called I went with mama to the counter and sat down. After our introduction, the girl of china Bank gave me 3 papers to fill up, where she highlighted the parts I need to answer. While I was answering, the highlighted questions, there was a part with the word “spouse” marked and I asked mama what that means. She explained me with a smile that I need to fill in my husband’s name. I told the bank employees Ate Joy and Ate Beth that I am still too young to be married. They explained me that I just need to leave it blank and apologized, as they are used to make those marks at the places on the paper. We had a bit more conversation and after that I got my first passbook of my first own bank account.

Now I know my money is safe and I had a lot of fun opening my first bank account at China Bank. Now I only need to safe more money.

Love

Daisy

In the month of May Lyka want to join the Pageant in her Baragay. She went to us and told us she was joining the Sta. Cruzan in Baragay Tabok Tubig.

This Sta. Cruzan will have prices some of them are trophy to the Miss Sta. Cruzan, 1^st runner up and 2^nd runner up. Sash are given to the contestant who are best in sports wear, best in talent, best in casual wear, best in production, best in gown and best speaker and miss friendship.

They will have money reward to the once who win. There has more money which is rewarded to the contestant, but it doesn’t mean the one who are not best in any attire can’t have reward, they will have some prices and small amount of money too.

In the afternoon the mother of my friend Lyka came to us and told my mom that we were invited to watch the pageant of Lyka.

It was almost sun set we are all ready done eating dinner so we can find a good sit in front of the stage so that we can have some pictures of the contestant.

We got ready to go in the Baragay. When we arrive we went directly to the place where Lyka preparing her self for the pageant.

I went around the Baragay and I said “hi” to every one I know there. I went back to the place near the stage for the contestant.

After 20 minutes the two announcers told us to stand and sing the National Anthem called “Lupang Hinirang”. Then they announce the beautiful contestant and after a while they dance for a while for their introduction number.

The contestant start going down the stairs and changed their sports wear, while the people were waiting the announcers give the people a dance number so the people are not going to be waiting so long.

When the contestants are ready they went to the stage one by one and start showing their sports wear.

After they show their attire they went down the stage and change their new attire again. While waiting the two announcers give the people dance number called ‘’The Rude Boys’’ so they will not be bored.

The contestant were ready for their casual dress and start showing to every one who has the most beautiful casual dress in the pageant.

They are all beautiful in the pageant but the contestant number 7 is the best in that night. They went down again to change there attire for there talent.

They have different talents some have dancing some has singing. Still people prefer contestant number 7 & 5, but I will vote 45% to contestant number7 and 55% for contestant number 5.

After that the announcers told us to have a break so the contestant will have a time to change to there gown. When the people were back just in time the contestants are near the stage they went to the stage and start modeling on the stage and walk like a celebrity one by one.

After that they prepare their self for the questions and answer portions but before that the Miss Sta. Cruzan 2010 was there and her final walk because she well past the crown to the next Miss Santa Cruzan for this year 2011. While she is walking the recorded voice of her was playing and it seems like she is talking while walking around and around the small stage that night. I remember the sentence was my Mother told my Friend Lyka that “When ever You win or lose Just take it as a great Experience, because at the End there is a lesson that you don’t have to forget and  Experience that  you have to treasure, the reality is all about your self that you have to accept.”

So meant the next time you do it you know what to do and what is not to do.

This will be a nice experience for me to witness the pageant how it was exiting, how nervous and how thrill it was.

Love Daisy

This is the first project of Thursday club.

The Thursday club is name of the charity club of the members of dumagueteinfo and other people who want to help local Filipino children.

Early in the morning mama wake us up because we need to get ready to go to the school. My older brother can not join us, he has  to go to Negros Oriental high School, because he need to take the entrance exam.

So only papa, mama and I have a chance to help painting the Calindagan School. It’s called Brigada Eskwela and is a preparation of the school year for the pupils of the Calindagan school, where pupils and parents cleaning the campus and repairing broken things.

Aside of cleaning, fixing roof, painting the stage, the Thursday club bought a lot of school supplies for the pupils for this school year.

When we arrived in the school kuya Steve and his wife ate Rowena were there already. Papa and kuya Steve talk about a lot of things while a man from the school mixing the paint we need for the wall and stage.

I ask the camera from mama to take some picture of the principal office, some teachers there and ask the people around if I’m allowed to take picture of them too.They said “sure”, so I’m happy to take pictures around the school and of some kids younger than me.

When the paint is ready mixed we start painting the stage. Some of the paint is delivered to the library that kuya Steve and ate Rowena can use it there.

The teacher are busy at the kitchen cooking  lunch for all of us. Papa received call from Kuya Gunther that he want to give us some drinks. Papa send mama to Casablanca to pick up the drinks.

Kuya Gunther is always giving food and some drink when the Thursday club have meeting at Casablanca. When mama is back she bring a white cooler with some drinks in it. Papa and other members of Thursday club are happy for the help of kuya Gunther.

Mama was helping us paint the stairs of the stage again, then ate Cherry and her 3 friends arrived and help us too. Even kuya Allan’s helper is busy painting walls at the library.

After few hours lunch are ready so kuya Steve called the members to get ready for lunch. We ate Grilled fish, meat balls, Pancit Canton, mongo beans and cooked rice. Some teacher were surprised to see foreign people eat local Filipino food. We were laughing about kuya Roger because he seems to eat the mongos from the big bowl.

Its so fun to help and we have big family lunch all together in the kitchen. Its so sweet of kuya Patrick that he even went home to pick up ate Crislyn his pregnant wife that she join us as a happy big family.

I wish all the best to The Thursday Club and I hope the next project would be successful and fun like this one. I hope there is a lot of support for that Thursday club  and more members will join  this club to help the community and those who are really in need.

Love

Daisy

The fruits of the Philippines are delicious.

Mango (mangga) – An oval shape fruit which can be up to 20 cm long and has large, flat stone. When the skin is green the fruit is unripe, hard and very sour, but taste marvelous salt or salty shrimp-paste called bagoong. If the flesh of the mango is yellow and juicy it means it is ripe. And it is the national fruit of the Philippines.

Custard Apple (atis) – Also know as “Sugar Apple” or “Cinnamon Apple”. This fruit has a scaly, grey-green skin and looks rather like a hand grenade. To get at its soft white flesh it’s best to cut the custard apple in to half and remove it’s kernel with a knife. The skin is not palatable.almost in the Philippines people sell this fruit.

Lanzones (lanzones) – Looks like a small potatoes. Under its easily peeled, yellow-brown skin is a delicious flesh. But be careful some of them have a very bitter seed inside its flesh.

Rambutan (rambutan) – Shaped liked an egg with a red-green, hairy skin. Inside its skin is a sweet pulp.

Jackfruit (langka) – Greenish yellowish coarse skin, it can weigh up to 20kg and may be big as a blow-up balloon. Some people eat the yellowish flesh as a dessert, salad or vegetables depending on how ripe it is.

Durian (durian) – A fruit with a bad smell when it is over ripe, but taste good, and made into candies, cake and more. It’s also a thick and a prickly fruit. The fruits are delicious and sweet even some fruits smell bad it still taste good not unless it is rotten. Some fruits smell good and taste sweet.

Love Daisy

This kabulakan festival is composed of five barangays who will perform in the showdown. We were exited when we heard mama said we were going to the Kabulakan Festival. Kuya (older brother) was more excited because it will be his first time to watch the Kabulakan festival showdown.

I saw the banner that it was the 5^th Kabulakan Festival but I don’t have the chance to took a picture of it because that times a lot of people in front of it. Even they are just sitting It’s covered by their chairs and some people keep passing in that area. I was busy watching the showdown of the Kabulakan Festival, and for sure if ever I have the chance I will not recognize that chance to take the picture as everybody’s focus is in the showdown.

In the afternoon mama was busy in the kitchen so my brother and I were cleaning our mess at the table and we washed the plates properly when my mom is busy doing the laundry. We ask permission  if we are allowed to play together with our neighbor’s in their house and my mom said “yes” if we finish all our task and if we are well behave, I’m so happy that she is allowing us to do so.

My brother and I had so much fun being makulit (naughty) but not so much makulit or naughty it’s just a kiddy naughty way. We play and play all around their house.

After a few hours of playing my mom, I called her (mama) told us to get ready to go to the city as the Kabulakan short street parade will start soon, and we need to find a good spot where we can take a lot of pictures.

We said bye to our friend and went home, changed our clothes and went to the city short parade. My mom told us that if ever we lose each other as for sure a lot of people are going to the city also to watch the parade we go to McDonald and wait until we three are complete, she also give us pocket money that we can used to buy mineral water  if ever we got thirsty. The parade start with the music then the dog parade start some dogs were afraid, some were not. And they are so cute but some of them are scary looking.

We saw the contestant are wearing very nice costumes and have lots of nice crops and they are all looks beautiful on it. After the short parade we went to City Central School. We bought three tickets and went inside the school.

We did not find a seat. It was hard to find a sit because when we went there it’s already crowded and no extra chairs to seat on. Good thing there was a person who was generous enough to us and offers his chair to us.

When the show start we all stand and sang our National Anthem “Lupang Hinirang”. The Mayor of Dumaguete City Mr. Mayor Chiquiting Teves Sagarbarria spoke to the people and blessed that show. Then one of the lady stood up and said a few words. She told us about how much the champion, 1st , 2nd and the 3rd runner up will have as an award. And who will get the trophy.

After she said some few words she told us to applause to the first intermission dance. They are good in dancing and they are dancing hip hop.

The second dance was also hip hop but they are better than the first one who dances, because they are older and they can do more nice moves. But for me the first one who performs are better than me good for them they can do that, I can’t do that.

The third one who perform was the “Karinyoso boys” and almost all of the people laugh because they make fun of their self and they act, dance and all of them are timing to the music all of us love their dancing.

After that the lady announcer was telling us to applaud for the first contestant of the Kabulakan Festival. The lady was telling the story and the contestant was preparing their crops ,and after the lady was reading the story the music began to play, because it was beautiful all applaud. It was the same but more people applaud to the Baragay Calindagan because it was showing about the life of Jesus, the love of Mary mother of Jesus and the flower grown with love and passion.

Soon people began to live the show. After the dance one of the ladies called the attention of the models in the dance. She told the models to prepare their self for the question. Almost all people start living the show.

Mama, my brother and I eat at a fast food and went home. We had lots of fun watching the show and we had a very busy day. I hope the next Kabulakan Festival is going to be better. And people will be happy.

Love Daisy