My Kyle's Gift

Patrick Star and Spongebob drawing my Kyle on his Grade 4 pad paper.

I understand that each child has his own talent. He may start in just plain doodling then to sketching, then coloring, then to impressive art and craft works! I am amazed at Kyle's ability to focus well each time he picks up a pencil. He seems to be on his own world when he starts to draw and doodle figures. It's like he's making me guess what object he's up to, and usually I don't get it right. 

Kyle's self-portrait with his PSP while holding baby cousin Francine.

As a young child, it was easy for me to realize Kyle's innate gift for the arts. At the age of three, while most of his peers would still try hard to hold a pencil, Kyle had a firm grasp on them. I could vividly recall how he wanted to get as much scratch paper as he can, just so he had something to write on. He would say, "Let's write K-Y-L-E" to his older cousins without thinking it was really his own name that we're teaching him to write. Since I do not encourage on watching too much TV, I'd leave boxes of crayons, colored pencils and markers on his own nook while I do my own stuff. And I would later see him with cute drawings, which I hold on dear up until this very day. I had them compiled so that when he grows up, there's something I could show him. 

When he went to school, his teachers also noticed and recognized his talent. Soon, he represented his school in numerous art and on-the-spot drawing contests/poster making competitions. Of course, we don't always win. But this experience gave my young boy a chance to show his God-given talent and it had given him confidence. As a parent, I can't help but feel the pressure each time he competes just like today.

Kyle had participated in their school's poster-making contest for nutrition month. Instead of him being anxious about it, he'd say cooly, "Don't worry. It's going to be fine. I'll do my best. Whatever happens, I've given it a try. That's what matters, right?" He recently got a flak from his class adviser (yes, of all people!) when he had shown what he had planned to draw for today's contest. The teacher said it was malicious and offensive to draw a mother breastfeeding her baby. But Kyle only thought of that because the nutrition month's theme goes like this, "Isulong and breastfeeding, tama, sapat at eksklusibo."  I mean, you probably see my point now why Kyle had chosen to draw one breast revealed showing a baby sucking his mother's nipple for milk. I don't see anything wrong with that. I'd like to believe that it is his teacher's thoughts that are malicious. 

As a parent, I really felt bad about that. It even came to a point that Kyle wanted to quit the contest. It was his class adviser (yes that same teacher) who was supposed to support him was the same person who discouraged him. It was a good thing, Kyle listened to us. My mom (his grandma) and I tried our best to explain things to him. We made him realized that there's a bunch of group who believes in him and are behind him all the way. We made him talk to his former teachers and I was glad they had given him some kind of pep talk that somehow cheered him. 

As of this time, we still do not know if my Kyle had won any of the top three awards at stake. But this early, win or lose, I know that life had given him some painful truth about this world: That no matter what you do, some people would always want a piece of you, would always criticize. But a good man (in his case, it could be a boy) can never be put down. His teacher had to be proven wrong. If he ever wins, using that same drawing, it's going to be one big slap on his teacher's face. But for now, we are all praying for his win. 

I just let him be. Right now, he's done with the Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star which he doodled on his Grade four pad paper. Whatever happens, I will make sure Kyle feels blessed for the gift of his hands, because not everyone is just as lucky to be given the talent to draw something so magical, like having a real masterpiece of his own. He will continue to be my sense of pride, and I will always be proud of him.

Urbanears: The Perfect Headphone for Superb Listening Experience!

I listen to music practically the whole day when I’m at home.  But since I live with my relatives, one Aunt with a baby, I can’t make my music full blast even if I wanted to.  And that’s exactly where nifty listening device like Urbanears come to the rescue. Yes, I need to plug my ears with headphones to experience the full sound experience I wanted without being rude to any of my housemates. 

Urbanears is really something to rave about. It’s got amazing specs to boot. They are available in heaps of vibrant colors.  It had four different designs to choose from: Bagis, Tanto, Medis and Plattan. You’ll surely be an envy of your friends if you have these awesome listening devices. For its Bagis model, it’s an earplug construction for a direct sound and efficient noise reduction.  It has a microphone and remote compatible with unprotected 3.5mm standard such as iPhone, Blackberry, HTC and more. It comes in a rubber housing and tangle resistant fabric cord with earpieces that one can snap together, thereby making it easier to carry around the neck when not in use. This way, you’ll know exactly where to find it ‘cause it’s right in your neck. 

The author with Mr. Carlo Ople of unbox.ph.

Urbanears has a variety of colors to choose from. 

The candy colored Plattan designs in cerise, yellow, wine and mocca.

The Tanto is a lightweight and portable headphone made for everyday use. The Platan is designed like a typical headphone but with a twist. It folds down to a fist size and comes with a zound plug, allowing for a friend to plug in and share your music. The Medis combines ergonomics and functionality with its earclick solution that secures the earpiece at two separate points rather than one. And unlike other earpieces, the Medis stays in place.

Fellow bloggers: Bedalyn Aguas, Marjorie Pineda and Dennis Esplana.

The guy from Urbanears introduces their unique product.

Urbanears is all about making a loud statement that they’re new and something different so they make their products in loads of different colors from the spectrum or pantone colors. They exchange the colors available on the market from time to time. If you want a particular color that isn’t in their line, you could even freely suggest it to them. I got mine in its crisp grass color and I love it! It reminds me of my other alma mater, La Salle.

Bloggers happily smile before my camera.

My own grass colored Bagis design Urbanears. 

There are a lot of headphones and listening devices available in the market today but I’d like to think my Urbanears’ Bagis fits me to a T. I swear, once you’ll try it, you’ll never go back to your old ordinary listening devices. Nothing beats its superb listening experience. Once you plugged it in, you’ll have the entire music world to yourself.  And I’d have to say that you’ll never look at headphones or any other listening device the same way again.

To find out more about Urbanears, you can check them out at Digital Walker outlets or visit www.urbanears.com or email hello@urbanears.com.

The Purple Fairy thanks Mr. Carlo Ople. 

Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Special Movie Screening

Photo taken from the lobby of Shangrila Plaza Mall's Cineplex

It was my first time to be invited by Nuffnang and PLDT MyDSL for a movie screening. And I had to admit, I was very excited about it. Not only because I know most of my blogger friends were also invited, but more so because Kyle and I had always been a fan of Transformers movie. We had seen all three films together, even to the point of going to pocket events of these films by Cybertron Philippines. 

So you could just imagine how we both anticipate this film. We were super excited upon learning that we've made it to the list of invited nuffnangers. Kyle immediately went home straight from his classes in school to make sure he's going, that there's no way I'll be leaving without him. Afterall, Transformers 3: The Dark of the Moon was said to be the last Transformer film according to director Michael Bay.

Kyle posing with his fave Autobot Bumblebee.

Upon arriving at the venue, Shangri-la Plaza Mall Cineplex, Kyle suddenly began to ran. At first I did not undertand why, until I saw cosplayers surrounded the area. Kyle begs for me to take photos of him with his fave autobot Bumblebee right away. So I had him posed with the cosplayers--and he didn't want to take his jacket off even if it's quite hot in the said area. 

Kyle with Transformers' leader Optimus Prime.

This third Transformers movie was the best among the rest of the movie installment. Visual effects were good, acting was excellent, adding to the fact that it had Patrick Dempsey on it made it more pleasing. And for a change, instead of playing his old goody-goody roles that he's known for, Dempsey plays a villain here. Shia LaBeouf looked a bit banged up after the epic scene, but he's still way too cute on the huge silver screen. 

The movie standee that shows the Dark of the Moon.

Back in the Cybertron Civil War, a mysterious object was rocketed to Earth. Unfortunately, it landed on the dark side of the moon. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union detected the crash, and began a space race to see who's going to get hold of the alien tech! So apparently, all the moon landings were just an excuse to dig up Transformer tech on the far side of the moon. The mysterious transformer that crashed on the moon was none other than (if you intend to see the film, stop right here, Spoiler alert!) the Ark: the giant massive Autobot spacecraft with Sentinel Prime on it. 

With Autobot turned villain Sentinel Prime.

Unlike the shenanigans of the past Transformers films, dark of the Moon was an invasion of Chicago. So you'll dive into the thick of battle with buildings and all. A gigantic snake like transformer attacks one of the buildings where Sam and Carly are in. Get ready to meet Sentinel Prime and Shockwave. Those big bad Decepticons are sure to come your way. Gigantic missiles firing Decepticon ships pummel buildings with their high octave salvos!

Overall, the movie was great. Kyle and I had truly enjoyed the film. Purple Plum Fairy thanks Nuffnang Philippines and PLDT MYDSL for the invites.

Cute Photo Balloons

Your photo on one side...

I don't know about you, but if you haven't seen one of these cute photo balloons with your picture or name on it, then you must have had too much television in your life that you don't get the chance to go out anymore. If it had not been through bloggers buffet, organized by tenminutestops.com creator, Mr. Tristan Maharlika-Mirasol and Carol's Texan 5 owner Ms. Carol Chan, I would have been sent to boredom hell. 

I came across these cute little photo balloons during the bloggers buffet held last June 23. For more details, you may check out my other blog (yup, I write food trips on my humble food blog), please visit http://angtakawko.blogspot.com. 

Anyway, if you are interested on BoothsRepublic's photo balloons as well as their other services, here's their numbers:

Contact Ms. Lala Tsai or Sarah Chan
02- 5025193
0917800-3323/0922-8980314
email: boothsrepublic@yahoo.com

enjoy!

And the brand on other side...

Forever Kids: Say Buh-Bye to Vitamin Spills the Fun Way!

Forever Kids bottle.

I hate having to call Kyle to take his Vitamins. As a toddler, I remember my sister needed to hold Kyle to sit still and make his mouth open widely each time he’s asked to take his medicines. Now that he’s eight, nothing much has changed. He’s still as fidgety as ever. His bed sheets and toys would either have stains of medicine syrup that he’s just taken. And that clearly annoys me because I’m the one in charge of washing his clothes and beddings as well. 

At his age, his pediatrician says he’s allowed to take medicines in capsule and tablet form only if he wants to. And we must be careful with it as it might go through his larynx instead of him swallowing the pill. To be honest, Kyle abhors to take in anything regardless if it’s sweet flavored vitamins or bitter medicines. And when he says he won’t take it, nobody can ever make him do so. Unless, you bribe him into something he truly likes. But it’s something I do not want to do because it's not proper.  So it’s usually a difficult time for us when he gets sick, the technique that we did was make him swallow half banana with the pill stuck inside it.  Yup, this trick does help. Since Kyle loves bananas, making him swallow the huge chunk of banana was a whole lot easier than making him pop the tablet. 

I wish there are still chewable vitamins today just as I had when I was a kid. Things would be easier if Kyle would take it instead of anything syrupy. I could not thank the high heavens when a friend had given me sample of Forever Kids.  This chewable vitamins contains carrots, acerola, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, apples, cranberries (good for the kidney), tomatoes (has lycopene that fights certain kind of cancer) and citrus fruits on it. It is rich in phytonutrients and it has a complete vitamins and mineral for both kids and adults.  When you take a closer look at it, its got everything you’ll ever need in a vitamin supplement. 

And what’s more, I could now say buh-bye to vitamin spills and that large chunk of banana with capsule inside we used to give Kyle.  The best thing about Forever Kids, Kyle loved it! Since he does, I figured it must have really taste great.  But I decided to try it for myself so I took one tablet. Alas! It tasted like real orange and grapes with the best part—each tablet had animal shapes. 

Reading the label is very important to me before actually giving it to Kyle. Since he’s got ADHD, I’m very particular about the kind of ingredients each product was made of. I’ve learned from parenting seminars I’ve previously attended that the first on the list among its contents meant that it had the most among all the other ingredients on the list. With ADHD, Kyle isn’t allowed to take anything with contents of allura red, sodium benzoate, yellow number 5 and tartrazine. 

Forever Kids is safe for Kyle and was made for two years old and above, even adults. It had no artificial color or ingredients. It is made from all natural ingredients. I have also noticed that Kyle does have the appetite he needs daily. This product from Forever Living is making wonders for Kyle’s health. He used to be a picky eater. But since taking Forever Kids, he’s able to eat two cups of rice per meal time. It’s something really amazing for me, knowing fully well that he can’t even finish his plate before he started taking this amazing chewable vitamins from Forever Living.

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