School Field Trip

Last Thursday I accompanied my son with his school field trip. This would be my first time to come with him since for the past two years it is his dad who goes with him. I woke up around 2 am to prepare our food. I just cooked fried rice and chicken nuggets. I ready our snacks and other things to bring like water, extra clothes, etc. I woke him up at 4am to get ready. We were picked up by our school service around 5am. There are lots of students and parents already in school when we arrived. My foot got tired waiting. I think we rode the bus past 6am and left the school past 7am. Since we did not eat breakfast we eat the fried rice and chicken nuggets, hehehe.

Doll Joy Factory (Pasig) - this is our first destination. They let the kids know first of the history of how they started. I remember its from a couple who had 5 children and loves dolls. After the introduction they let the kids watch a short cartoon show then the tour started. Within the factory we are introduced to different types of dolls they manufacture like wedding dolls, ballerina dolls, clown dolls, Christmas dolls, sports dolls, dolls around the world, Native Indian dolls, etc. They even make the Precious Moments Dolls. They also let the kids try to dress their own doll. There was a part there where kids where ask who the dolls are and David is quiet while everyone are answering with a loud voice. It saddened me because he doesn't recognized the popular classic fairy tales characters like snow white, cinderella, peter pan etc. It made me think I need to buy him books or dvd for him to know those classics. Its my fault not introducing him to those. Anyway part of the tour also is showing how the dolls are made. It was a fun trip for me and my son. I bought him a robot and a small bear for her sister as a souvenir. 

Ayala Museum (Makati) - 2nd destination. They first let the kids watch a film showing the story of Ninoy, EDSA revolution, about Marcos. I was touched by the show, I was a little kid when Ninoy died. But I think my son who is 6 years old did not understand anything. Anyway its a good thing I guess for them at that age to hear story about our history. Afterwards we had a tour inside, we saw different paintings of Juan Luna, Amorsolo etc. I remember I went there when I was in grade school and they still have there what do you call it like miniature of different events that happen in the Philippines history. I am not good at history so I just told him a simple explanation of each scenario. Picture taking are not allowed in the museum. 

Blue Wave (Pasay, near Mall of Asia) - Its already 1pm when we left the Ayala Museum and almost everyone are really hungry.Good thing we had rice and nuggets before the bus left the school. We are given one hour to have our lunch. We had a light lunch at Shakeys. We order mushroom soup and spaghetti and had a chocolate shake (just for him) for take out. 

Seriland (Ocean Park in Manila) - I am not aware that Ocean Park have other fun activities for the whole family aside from their beautiful aquarium. We visited three places there. First is the Art Trick. Its called art trick because they have paintings there that can look 3 dimensional when you take a picture. David have fun posing on each of them. Next is we watch a 3d movie about dinosaurs. This is David's first time and he really enjoyed the 3D, he said he feels like he can touch the dinosaurs and though a little scary he find it really amazing. The last part is the Kid's Paradise it similar to those playground for kids that you usually see in the mall but this is bigger. After the fun we are given 45mins to stroll around to buy souvenirs and to eat dinner. We bought a small nemo stuff toy, toy for him (it has a sticky balls and two round green plastic for each player) and a ref magnet. 

By the way, thanks to Kuya Temmy our tour guide. He makes the travel very informative and fun. Thanks also the the teacher who assisted us, Teacher Hope and Teacher Rose. I am looking forward for another school field trip next year.