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Archive for March, 2008

Of Grad Pics and Yearbooks

Posted by mamie ami on March 17, 2008

I just received my daughter’s kindergarten yearbook last month.

Too early you say? Too quick? Of course not!

She was in kinder two years ago! Yep that’s right. It was fully paid TWO YEARS ago and the school released it only last month. Paying the full yearbook fee was required two years ago or else they won’t sign my daughter’s clearance. They made us wait for two years and when we had the yearbook, we found out that my husband’s name was misspelled!

Tell me, all you guys in the publishing business, isn’t it jurassic to release a yearbook after two years even if the school has students from the pre-elementary to college levels? With all these digital camera and state-of-the-art color separation technologies and camera ready publishing, isn’t it medieval to have parents wait for two years before getting hold of a yearbook that contains their children’s baby faces?

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PMN FamPics for March: Learning

Posted by mamie ami on March 6, 2008

I was late for this but I’d still like to share some photos for the Pinoy Moms FamPics

1. That’s me (left) during an interview with a farmworker’s wife. LEARNING with the PEOPLE is one of the better ways of LEARNING ABOUT LIFE.

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2. My baby boy LEARNING how to walk @ over a year-old. Quite late they say… I don’t mind and I don’t care as long as he learned to..

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3.  My second daughter shows LEARNING to put on her sandals @ 2 years old … take 1… take 2!

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