The Tsinay Writes

When hobbies evolve

The Tsinay — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:28:08 +0000

It’s interesting how hobbies just suddenly evolve with children. From blocks to clay, from watching their favorite shows to learning instruments, all in a short span of time. It is a welcome kind of “interesting” though since for a parent, knowing what your child can do and will do is important to be able to support and develop the talent.

From asking other parents, learning to play an instrument seems to be a normal “phase” for any child. My child has expressed interest in the piano, the drums and now the guitar. It wouldn’t surprise me if she suddenly blurts out that she wants one of those martin guitars from musicians friend. I’m sure it may take a bit longer before we can indulge on that but knowing that she’s working towards something she wants is success enough for any parent.

Instrument Mania

The Tsinay — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:27:30 +0000

One thing I am glad about the Music subject in my little girl’s school is that they are encouraged to take on any instrument they are interested in. Apart from learning at least 1 instrument a year as part of their curriculum, they also offer extra classes for other instruments.

What I’ve seen so far that is included in their classes is the Yukelele. I love that the school is providing the instrument to the children to learn with, aside from asking the parents to provide it. I hope that when my little girl is in the higher grade though, they also teach her how to use the best alto sax I’ve seen online. My little one and I absolutely love sax tones and we’re hoping that it becomes part of their lessons too.

Car repair

The Tsinay — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:21:10 +0000

We have wanted to have our Toyota Corona fixed for the longest time but we end up always postponing it. Be it to prioritize other things, or just not the right time, we always find a reason to delay it.

Just this once, we’ve decided to make the repairs made at the “casa” or at the car factory itself, rather than in one of the shops along the street. We think that because the model is pretty old, and because it’s such a huge part of our lives, we owe it to be handled by the best, and only original parts should be used for replacement.

After canvassing toyota factory parts, we were on track with our budget. Hopefully we can push through with the repair this summer months, especially since we have decided to have it re-painted.

Busy Holy Week

The Tsinay — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:15:05 +0000

Although it is Holy Week, we have still seen a lot of people in the mall and public places. Yes, we too went out, not because to have fun but to run some errands. The holy week was after all the last few days of the little one’s school days but it seems that it was like a regular busy week for a lot of other people.

One thing I’m glad though, that when we do go out on Easter, parking wouldn’t be much of a problem thanks to the automotive lifts I’ve seen in one of the malls. Having those lifts really help maximize the space for parking to avoid the inconvenience for a lot of patrons.

How was your holy week? Were you busy too?

A choice of children’s instrument

The Tsinay — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:09:28 +0000

Do you remember wanting to play an instrument when you were a child? Almost every child goes through that stage of wanting to play the piano, guitar, or violin. But one thing in common for most kids is that almost every child has or have wanted to play a yamaha flute. Come on, you did have a flute when you were a child, right?

Playing the flute is like a right of passage to music. Maybe because it is easy to purchase, or maybe because the sound of the flute brings back all those calming sounds when we were still in our mother’s tummy. Regardless of the reason, a flute is something that almost everyone has played with at one time or another. Yep, my little girl just bought herself a flute!