June 28, 2013
The trip to the UST Museum was initiated from a simple FB post made by my High School friend Maita who wrote about playing Chinese Garter in the College of Science. Since I was from the College of Science, I immediately thought of the egg sandwiches that I used to have for lunch and snacks there. I asked Maita if they still had them and they did!! That prompted me to meet up with her and combine a trip to the UST Museum since that's where she works.
Just for fun, here is the FB post where we were discussing the food at the UST Varsity Canteen :) The truth was, we've been planning to meet up for so long but we never quite managed to make the schedules work. But in this instance, fate was with us and we were finally given the chance to see each other!
By the time that Dylan and I arrived, it was already snack time so we trooped first to the 4th Floor of the Main Building and had our snacks there. Naturally, I had egg sandwiches and they were still the best. Sure brought back memories!! Dylan loved them too and it was an eye-opening experience for him to be eating at the top of a building hahahaha
After our merienda, we went back down to the UST Museum and Dylan and I were given a guided tour by Maita. There was a new wing to the UST Museum called the Hall of Philippine Religious Images that wasn't there when I was a student (okay so it was a long time since I've been back). This consisted of religious artifacts brought by our Spanish colonizers and some which were locally-made in celebration of the Catholic faith.
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| From the UST Museum website |
Dylan was especially fascinated by the Natural History collection. Who wouldn't? Even I was particularly interested in these specimens of Philippine fauna.
We were also fortunate that at the time we were there, students from the Conservatory of Music were holding their recital and we were treated to really good classical, symphonic music. The acoustics in the Museum were exceptional.
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| Maita, Dylan and I |
If you want to visit the
UST Museum, they're open from Tuesday to Saturday, 830AM to 430PM but are closed during Public and University holidays. Thomasians may enter free of charge upon presentation of UST I. D. or Alumni Card. Non-Thomasian Professionals will be charged PHP50.00 each while Non-Thomasian Students will be charged PHP30.00.
We're so happy to have Tracy visit us again. We can't help but take pictures :D
We were invited by my former officemate and friend Bobbie to her son's 1st birthday bash held at the Oasis along Aurora Boulevard. It was a Madagscar/Safari themed party and we were all excited to attend. 
Last August, our 20+ year old Goldstar refrigerator died. I didn't realize it was weakening and should have turned it off (as the repairman said later) so that I could save it. But, as it is, it would still have cost P6K-P7K to repair it so we decided to just buy a new one. It took longer to get the money to actually buy one and I also had to do my research to get the best one. We finally narrowed it down to the Condura Negosyo Ref 5G and I'll tell you why.
It's Dana's turn for a Buwan ng Wika presentation. Preparations for her school activity were a bit tedious because we had to create the props that she used for her performance. All the girls in class had the same headdress, bracelet and skirt but they had to source out their own black leotards and props to give the performance a colorful diversity.
Remember the Filipiniana costume that Dylan wore to the Nutrition month activity that I posted about here? Well, this time he used it for the Buwan ng Wika celebration in school. Buwan ng Wika is that time of the year when schools focus on celebrating the Filipino language through poetry, songs and dances, choric recitations and more. It is an expanded form of the "Linggo ng Wika" when the activities were celebrated for a week. 
One of the more recent school activities that I've experienced is Nutrition month. It's a very practical demonstration of health and fitness that makes it easy for students to understand its value. Teachers, though have to be creative when they plan their class programs. 
