nicquee goes senti

Up close and Personal

That is the title of one of my most favorite movies. Nope, I won’t be talking about that in this post. In this post, you will be up close and get personal with me. I got yah! Hehehe.

I started this blog about 7 years ago but only got very active a couple of years ago. A while back, I would only blog when I am mad or happy. If I’m neither, chances are you won’t see any updates from me. Yes, you may call me a hormonal blogger before. But now, if you don’t see anything new, that means I’m swamped with work or I just can’t write/type. Writing is not really one of my best skills but you can be sure that I am working on it. Ok, let’s get to what I should be posting here.

My given name is Frances Nicole. Nice eh? Friends tell me I give the best names to my kids, I probably got that from my parents or that my hubby thinks of the best names too. I grew up being called Nikki. I thought the spelling was pretty common so I changed it to Nicquee back in college.

We are 4 siblings in the family and I am the eldest. And yes, you guess it right, I have the same traits most eldest children have, positive and negative. I am very independent and can manage finances very well as I know and stick with my priorities. These are probably my strongest traits. On the other hand, I can be pretty bossy and autocratic. My sister once told me I am miss-all-you-know during a fight.

I’ve been married to my husband for more than 3 years now and we are blessed with one lovely princess and another one coming very soon. Both hubby and I work in the IT industry. I can be techie but my knowledge is not that of an expert. Most of the time, I only know the basics, the rest comes from Mr. Google. You can be sure though that when you asked me to do something a bit technical, it makes my mind giddy that I won’t stop working on it until I finish it. Simply put, I like to troubleshoot things.

At home, when I am free, I like to read mostly chic literature and magazines. Otherwise, you’ll find me surfing the Internet. By free I mean I’m not playing with my little girl at home or we’re not out on the road going somewhere.

Given a chance, I would like to go back to my past loves like sports. I play basketball, volleyball, badminton and a few times I’ve tried mountain trekking. Mountain trekking is something I really wish I could continue. Perhaps when our kids are older, our whole family can go camping. Given a chance also, I’d rather work from home so I can watch over my kids and see their every milestone first hand even if it means less pay and benefits.

I am very prone to debt issues. Nope, I am not the one who is indebted. I told you I am good at handling finances. Siguro kasi mabilis ako maawa, and sometimes people take advantage of that. Too bad I’ve learned my lessons after two unfortunate events.

Blogging keeps me sane from everything and even if I don’t post that often, you can be sure that I always think of my blog.

Ayex’s Graduation Loot

This is the part 3 of Ayex’s pre-nursery graduation experience. Sorry for the delay. Chyng, after this, I will be posting the Bolinao trip, promise.

When Ayex and the other students marched, they were handed a brown envelope. It contained flyers where parents can get information about the next school year plus some pictures: the toga and class picture (for those who availed). The above photo is my daughter’s first picture in toga. I’m glad that she cooperated with everybody when this pictures were taken.

This is Ayex’s copy of their class picture. These are the people in the above photo starting from the top row, left to right:

Teacher Lalaine – Ayex’s teacher
Sir Ferdy – school director
Teacher Marlyn – school directress
Teacher Jade – Ayex’s teacher
Clarence – I think he is the eldest in the class
Lorenzo – the kid who always gives Ayex food
Ayex – the quiet little girl who became makulit and super playful at the end because of her kuyas
Lucas – the youngest in the class being a few months younger than Ayex
Frenchie – the little independent girl who still thumb sucks at 4yo

These are the symbols of the awards she received. The blue one is for Most Neat. She received it along with her first ever diploma, which by the way has an incorrect spelling of her name. I should call the school soon for it to be corrected. The red ribbon is for Best in Science. It came as a surprise but I noticed that this little girl is really interested in Science.

The photos above show my daughter’s diploma, outside and inside view. I have a pre-nursery graduate! The question now is, should I enroll her to a nursery class already?

Photos taken using hubby’s Canon 500D.

Ayex’s Graduation Experience – Part 1

I know this is a delayed post but please bear with me as we just got back from an instant getaway to Pangsinan. I didn’t realized how beautiful that province is given that it is where I spent most of my summer vacations when I was young. Sorry for digressing, I shall blog about that trip after this one.

Ayex’s graduation was very very very long. It tired not only the parents and guardians but most of all, the kids – both graduating and not. There was a point when everyone is already hungry but the the food cannot be served yet because the rites is not yet done. The whole program seemed to be a bit disorganized as well or maybe because they mixed the graduation and recognition rites in one event.

If there’s any thing I enjoyed as a parent, that would be the privilege of accepting your child’s first diploma and first school awards. Ayex was awarded Most Neat and Best in Science.

Today has been a busy day for me. I have to leave the office now I can make it home earlier. I hope you understand. Please come back tomorrow to read the details of the Ayex’s first graduation event.

Have a great night ahead everyone!