A lot of things happened the past six months and kidding you not, I really feel the need for a vacation from all of these because I’m soooo exhausted.
I’m just going to ramble a bit, aright? And just share with you what’s going on with my life lately and what has kept me from updating the blog and the page for some time.
You’ll notice that I’m going to talk a lot about my kids because my life at the moment, is still mostly made up of motherhood. When they’re busy, so am I — just in the background.
Summer Showcase
Our two older boys, Pablo and Lukas, just had their Summer Showcase with the School of Alice Reyes Dance Philippines, which is so fortunate for them. They had the workshops at the University of Makati this year and the grantees of School of ARDP had the opportunity to join dance trainees from the Philippine High School for the Arts and from the University of Makati (UMAk). It’s a big deal because PHSA train all year long, so they bring so much skill and energy to the table, our boys don’t have any choice but to keep up.
Believe me, it’s a good thing especially for male dance trainees to be around fellow male trainees, because it motivates them to work harder, learn harder steps and to do better. I’ve seen it happen last year when the boys trained with them, too.
The workshop culminated in a performance at the University of Makati’s theater. UMak has a marvelous theater, did you know? I’ve always been at awe each time I get the opportunity to visit their facilities. I think that if there’s anything that the Binays have done really well, it’s investing on the city’s university that caters to a lot of low income Makati residents.
Will I consider sending my kids to UMak? Our answer is ‘yes, why not?’ We’ve met a handful of teenagers from UMak and a very dear friend of mine, our former Makati neighbor, graduated from there.
As far as we’ve observed from among UMak students around BGC and in church, and among those that our boys talk about when they get home, they are a happy, hardworking bunch who don’t put on airs. These are the kind of people that my kids love having around.
Now having said that, I’m not sure, though, if it would be a good fit in terms of programs. While ARDP started giving training as an extracurricular in the university, Pablo and Lukas are looking more into applying for scholarships that would allow them to earn a degree or a certificate in dance.
That…and the fact that we are currently not Makati residents.