Isang Alamat: Tallulah as Rosas

If I was unlucky to get a good shot of Sofia performing on stage during their group’s dress rehearsal, luck was on my side during Tallulah’s rehearsal last 04 March 2011 (Friday), and so I was able to take loads of pictures and some videos, too!

Tallulah, off-stage.

From bud to full-bloom ROSAS daw.

Here’s Tallulah with the other ROSASes. :D

Tallulah, looking for me while she's performing on stage. Her eyes lit up when she finally spotted me in the crowd.

Tallulah, having fun on stage.

Here are some video clips of Tallulah performing on stage.

Untitled from NaughtyLittleMaan on Vimeo.

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The girls’ actual play presentation happened last Wednesday (09 March) and Friday (11 March). Danny and I missed STP’s concert last Wednesday but we were in the best stage play ever – Sofia’s. I’m glad we were able to get good seats and I finally had a good view of Sofia doing her snake moves.

Then last Friday, we had a great time watching Tallulah getting bored on stage when it was not her turn to dance yet. :D We had dinner at Banapple in Katipunan afterwards. Akalain mo, natapos ni Tallulah ang Nursery. :D

Good times!

Super Good Times! :D

Isang Alamat: Sofia as Ahas

It’s March again. Graduation time. Last year, Sofia and her schoolmates did “Ang Paglalakbay sa Libro ng Hiwaga“ for their school’s annual play (instead of the usual graduation rite). This time, they did “Isang Alamat.”

The students were divided into four (4) groups and each group performed on different days /schedules and unfortunately, Sofia and Tallulah were not together in the same group, so we had to watch the play twice (or in my case, four times, including the dress rehearsals!).

Anyway, Sofia’s dress rehearsal was last 03 March 2011 (Thursday). She is an AHAS this time. (She was a Waling-Waling last year). I loooove her snake costume especially the snakes circling her arms. By the way, I did her make-up, bwahahaha! :D


The rehearsals were the only times parents can take pictures/videos of their little ones, so last Thursday, I got myself ready for battle and waited for Sofia’s turn on stage. Yup, BATTLE, because it was really like a battlefield inside the school’s auditorium with all those parents holding their cameras/videocams and firing away as soon as the stage curtains opened.


And because I was 5’ ft. flat (I swear!) and parents from the previous act/scene didn’t seem to have any plan to vacate the area in front of the stage, I had no choice but to stand near the rightmost side of the stage. And when the curtain opened and the stage light was turned on, guess where were the snakes doing their dancing and hissing? Right, on the leftmost side of the stage. So it was a challenge for me and my camera/flash considering further that the snakes are villains and the stage lighting is always 'dramatic dark' every time they come out on stage.


By the way, during the 20-min intermission, the parents swarming the stage finally went back to their seats and I grabbed the chance and positioned myself, this time, near the leftmost side of the stage because Sofia and the other snakes were almost always dancing on the leftside of the stage, so guess how dismayed I was when Sofia came out on the right side of the stage on the next act/scene. :D

Some few photos of my daughter performing on stage:


Curtain call. Sofia was also one of the singers who earlier recorded the play’s soundtrack. Mana sa Mommy. :D

Here’s a short video clip of Sofia singing their finale song.

Isang Alamat: Sofia as Ahas from NaughtyLittleMaan on Vimeo.

I’ll post Tallulah’s group’s dress rehearsal next. Weee! Tallulah in a stage play? Behold! :D

"Sabihin Mo, Ikaw Ay Pilipino..."

Sofia and her classmates were exempted from wearing Filipiniana yesterday because their class and another Kindergarten class performed in the school's Linggo ng Wika program. So I was right there in front of the stage (as in super front row) and the emcee started giving introduction from which you could tell it will be the little kids' turn to perform, and so I looked down to adjust some settings in my camera, looked up and voila! Ako na yung nasa likod! The little space between the first row (from my seat) and the stage was miraculously filled with excited parents! Grabe, 'di ko alam kung saan sila nanggaling! :D

Anyway, I was still able to take some pictures and a short video clip (with some Dad's hairy arm, hehe) of my litte girl singing. Proud mom! :D

Linggo ng Wika

Here's Tallulah wearing Filipiniana for their school's Linggo ng Wika program today. It's the same dress Sofia wore last year. Tipid, hehe. I am bringing the girls to school today. Stage Mom. :D

Sofia's School Play

Super few clips from Sofia's school play, taken by my sis-in-law. Yes, she knows she needs a gadget upgrade :D Or maybe I, too, need an upgrade, hmnnn... :D

Did you notice her 'jump'? Ang taas, haha! :D

Sofia's School Play

Dress Rehearsal
05 March 2010

Sofia and her classmates, off-stage

Sofia's a shy girl so I was worried that she might have cold feet and not perform on stage if she sees all the parents watching and swarming the stage to take pictures/videos of their little ones, but she surprisingly came out on stage looking confident and pretty excited. She's a waling-waling, by the way. Sofia earlier told me that she wished she got the role of one of the main characters of the play. I even heard her several times at home reciting lines which, I learned during the rehearsal, were not even her lines. I told her, maybe next year, she might just get the lead role if she learns to speak straight Filipino - she's still bulol at times. :D But she still enjoys being a waling-waling. :)I am amazed at how these little children can pull off a two-hour super cute stage play! Kudos to the school's faculty and everyone else behind it! Can't wait to watch it again on Gala Night when everyone will be seated, thank God! :D During the rehearsal, I had to squeeze myself into a pool of parents (all grabbing their humongous DSLRs or the tiniest videocams) just to get a closer view of Sofia singing and dancing on stage. Stage Mom, haha!

Family Day

November 22 was Family Day at Sofia's school. Sofia and her classmates were required to wear 90's costume, hence, the plaid top/baby dress. I hope it looked 90's enough. :D The kids had a short (but very hoooot!) parade but the parents didn't mind the scorching heat and just kept clicking away with their cameras. :D

There were games and lots of activities for the kids to enjoy. The girls enjoyed the bump cars but we (the Dad and Mom) didn't. We were worried the whole time they were inside the 'track' because even though there were some guys assisting the kids, the girls and some other kids didn't know how to 'drive' and so they kept bumping the walls or each other's cars.

There was also the famous kalesa ride. I wonder why kids are so fascinated with horses...Anyway, I joined the kids and too bad, Danny was not able to take some decent photos of our kalesa experience. :D

Then there was the ceramic painting. This one Danny and I enjoyed because we were able to sit and rest for a while. :D Sofia's Pikachu was good enough. Tallulah's Winnie the Pooh was..uh..well..okaaay. :D

We went home tired (but happy, of course!) after six (6) hours of 'baby-sitting' two big girls, and with big tummies after having quesadillas and burritos and snowcones and hotdogs and ice monsters. :D