First stop, St. Peter's church in Quezon City.
To my utter, disappointment I discovered that my camphone wasn't fully charged. It started giving out this low-batt noise I'm allergic to. I only had one thing in mind: when I get home I'm gonna kill *bleep* for it seems he forgot to charge the phone before handing it over to me. Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust perfect! But then I decided that I wouldn't ruin Lemon's day just because of my urge to end *bleep*'s life abruptly. It's not fair that I let her suffer. This is her day, not mine. And maybe, no, surely God was on our side, because after a few minutes, the phone started back on.
Second stop: Avilon Zoo. It would have been a more tolerable ride for me (I can barely stand buses) if our guide was a little more sensitive. She mentioned this incident where a bus full of students fell into the river a few meters before reaching Avilon Zoo over and over. Gawd I wanted to stuff her mouth! Oh well, sabi naman nya, di kami dadaan sa tulay na yun. But still... ahh... you get my point.
The highlights of the zoo trip:
Nice facade. I literally fell inlove with the landscape!
The not-so-shy Ostritch.
The rather friendly bear named Orange.
Huge Tiger. RAWRRRRR! I only hope I could come closer. Teehee...
The owl and my brave Lemon.
At the end of the trip to the zoo, me and my babe are already dead tired (I was running after her all day). But in fairness, Lemon had behaved relatively well. Oh you should have seen those mean kids! One of the mums asked me how I could "control" my daughter. I simply answered, I don't.
Two stops done, only three more to go (oh my how my head ached!)
Third Stop: The Doll Museum in Marikina. We weren't allowed to take pictures. I was only able to take this one shot. Yeah, I know... I'm sooooo bad. LOLx!
Fourth Stop: The Shoe Factory. Not much to see really, plus the smell of the rugby and leather offended me. Kung rugby lang sana, ibang usapan na yun. Mwehehe!
While waiting for the rest of the class to get back on the bus, Lemon and I saw a truck filled with dogs. A guy ran after an askal, caught it, and loaded it into the truck. Oh how Lemon cried! She's just so compassionate and it filled my heart with so much pride and warmth.
Fifth and last stop:The Shoe Gallery I wasn't able to take a pic of the largest pair of leather shoes in the world (which btw, were Pinoy-made) because my stupid camphone died on me.
We were given half an hour to explore the Marikina Mall (which I've explored so many times already since I work nearby). Lemons asked for some stickers and sticker notebook. What is it with kids and stickers? When we got back to meet with the others, she sat on the floor, opened her bag of stickers and started working on her album. It only took one tiny scream, and half of the class was already there, seated around my Lemon. She gladly shared her stickers and let even the meanest bully of the class to dig in and violate her sticker album. All the mothers took pictures of the cute little monsters on the floor. Again one of the mums asked me, "buti di sha umiyak." I wanted to say, well kasi mataas ang EQ ng anak ko eh'" but then it'll be too much. I only said that Lemon, being an only child, loves to be around kids her age. And that she didn't mind sharing.
Then finally it was time to go home. While the other parents are busy checking their prized photos, I was hugging my already exhausted daughter and kissing her chubby face. I told her, "you know what, Lemon? You made mommy so proud." Yeap, I truly am proud of her, my little Lemon, my one true love. While the rest of the kids' parents took home with them nice photographs of the entire day, I was taking home with me the kid who shared her stickers with the rest of the class and actually felt good about it.
Ang kulet!
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