Khane says goodbye to pre-school

Today, Khane finally said goodbye to pre-school in a 'moving-up ceremony' held at the Adonai Integrated Montessori (AIM).

Owing to his 'working' mother and father, Khane was almost born to grow in pre-schools. At less than 1 year old, he started going to a ninka hoikuen (public daycare/nursery) in Japan where he learned to take off his shoes before entering their room and put it in a hole with pigeon picture, learned to eat by himself with spoon and fork, learned to say arigato. When he was 2 to going 3 yrs old, he went to PhilRice daycare for an hour or so just playing, coloring, drawing lines etc. When he was 3 going 4 yrs and  4 going 5 yrs old, he entered the JCLGF Little Lamb Foundational Learning Center as nursery, and kinder, respectively. Before turning 6, he entered the preparatory class of the Adonai Integrated Montessori. Such a busy pre-school life all because his mother cannot take care of him full time. Or maybe it is also because it's the common route for children these days.

Now able to read and comprehend, write, add, subtract, multiply a little and divide a little, the system says he is ready for Grade 1.

His comment: "yehey, gagraduate na ako, bakasyon na forever... joke lang".

God bless you son.

  

Live according to God's abounding grace

(To celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary, we visited our ninong who recently suffered a bad stroke that caused him to go from a journey of coma, to a battery of medical procedures, to now almost normal condition except for motor skills. While we went there hopefully to encourage, we were the ones tremendously encouraged. Following are his random counsel:
 
**What does it mean to live according to God's abounding grace?

C - commit to serve
L - love God
I - inspire people
N - no negative thoughts
G - give time to our family

**Love your wife

L - less of me, more of you
O - overcome selfishness
V - verify everything before you argue
E - empower her through prayers

**Submit

S - elfless act
U - use time wisely with your family
B - be courteous
M - maximize your effort to maintain your relationship
I - intentionally date
T - thank him/ for every effort exerted


(Thank you Ptr. Clave and Ninang Andrea for living the gospel, and encouraging us and many others in the process.)

Three generations of Launio

Generation William: shy pose
Generation Marlon: say cheese!
Generation Khane: pouting pose haha!

William Saroy Launio; Marlon Ponipon Launio; Khane Kits Casiwan Launio

 Take 2: William generation: a little smile
              Marlon generation: a bigger smile
              Khane generation: a laugh haha!

William Saroy Launio; Marlon Ponipon Launio; Khane Kits Casiwan Launio

A card from Khane

We figure the first face is smiling, the next is pouting, the last is his classic tiger look. We want the first one always darling.-mama and daddy

The brothers

And in His perfect timing... He opens the windows...

(A letter sent to me confirming the earlier call from BSU-HR. Thank you God.)

Neuro-psychiatric exam

As a requirement for something God has cooked for me,  I went to take a neuro-psychiatric exam. I thought it was just one of those medical examinations only to find out that it was a battery of paper exams including an IQ exam, and drawing a boy and a girl haha. Questions I remember being asked:
- What was your happiest moment?
- What was your saddest moment?
- What is your greatest weakness?
- What is your greatest regret?
- What are the qualities you like with your husband? or something like that
- Complete this sentence: My father is ________________.
and some hundred other questions.

Anyway, while I was able to draw a boy and a girl haha, I wasn't able to complete the IQ exam because time was up, which probably shows that my IQ is below or just average. That, I already know. My old usual line goes "I don't have high IQ, I am just hardworking." I upgraded that line some years back to "I don't have high IQ, everything is only by grace and hardwork."

After two hours, I was finally done and felt tired. The song "Who cares" from one of my favorite albums- 'What Ya Gonna Do' - Jubilation' came to mind...
the lyrics goes...
... I don't need the wealth of a king
'Cause when I found Jesus,  I found everything...
... Who cares if I'm not always there
... Who cares if I'm not a millionaire
... Who cares if the world thinks I'm square
'Cause I fin'lly found someone who cares...
... I don't need my name in neon lights
... I don't need a doctor messing with my mind
I don't need to hear you're? every/average? plan
'Cause my embarrassments are in glory land...

Overall, the experience was educational, and while I will never know the results because I am not allowed to open the results, the verdict is probably that I am sane and don't have severe mental disorder? below average or average IQ?...

But like what the song above says... Who cares...I don't need a doctor messing with my mind... because thank God, ...my embarrassments are in glory land...