Sunday, March 30, 2008

Phineas and Ferb


Do you know who Phineas and Ferb are?

You don't?

Well, neither do I. At least not yet.


I DO know now that there are a hundred and four days of summer vacation (in the United States). At least that is what the song (which keeps playing in my head) says.

And WHY, pray tell, is this song playing in my head?

Because ... RD enjoys watching this Disney Channel show and for the past few weeks, whenever he has gotten a chance to sit in front of the computer, he has watched at least one episode of the show on YouTube. THEN, after he watches the show, one of his siblings would sit down on the PC and watch the same episode. And it is kind of hard to tune out the introduction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFAVwZbzVQ&feature=related

There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation,
And school comes along just to end it.
So the annual problem for our generation,
Is finding a good way to spend it.
--LIKE - MAYBE --
Building a rocket,
Or fighting a mummy,
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower,
Discovering something that doesn't exist,
(Phineas: Hey!)
Or giving a monkey a shower.

Surfing tidal waves,
Creating NanoBots,
Or locating Frankenstein's brain,
(Phineas: It's over here!)
Finding a dodo bird,
Painting a continent,
Or driving your sister insane!
(Candace: Phineas!)
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do
Before school starts this Fall,
(Phineas: Come on, Perry!)
So stick with us, cuz Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all! (x 2)
(Candace: MOM! Phineas and Ferb are making a Title Sequence!)

So now that we've got the introduction out of the way, let's go to the interesting part, the meat of this message.

Last week was Holy Week, so we spent most of the weekend at Cebu Avenue. This enabled the kids to watch cable TV and access the internet longer. Yes, naturally more Phineas and Ferb for them.

RD knew that the Disney Channel was having a contest called What Ya Doin' Contest -- Watch n Win related to the show. The contest was ending on 28 March 2008, Friday. This meant that last week was the last weekend of the contest. He asked his dad for permission to join the contest, to which he was told that as long as he didn't purchase anything online, it was ok.


GI was skeptical. He told his brother, "RD, it's IMPOSSIBLE to win in those things."

But that didn't stop my little boy from trying. Join he did. RD sent in exactly 48 entries. We even said a little prayer, upon his request, for him to win. MyGirl was especially excited because her brother had agreed to share his prize with her if he won.

When we arrived at Cebu Avenue this weekend, RD and MyGirl awaited the contest winners for last week. They were jumping up and down when they found out that RD won.


When they told me about it, RD started out with, "I have good news and bad news. Do you know Phineas and Ferb? Do you remember that I asked you for our zip code last week?"

Oh, my! That got me worried. Were we in trouble or something? I had divulged our zip code. Now our address has been compromised.

Eventually RD spilled the beans. The good news was that he had won the contest (he and MyGirl had seen his name flash on TV); the bad news was that he didn't know how many prizes he'd won.

I was relieved to find out that all his hard work had paid off.

Now, we have only one thing to say to his brother -- Impossible, my foot! Eat your words, big brother!


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