We went to the 29th Manila International Book Fair this morning. The Book Fair was held at the SMX Halls at the SM Mall of Asia. MyGirl insisted we go. She had mentioned the Book Fair several times during the week. She kept on asking what our plans were for the weekend and that she wanted to go there. I doubt if she would have accepted 'no' for an answer.
We had initially told her that we would go from 10 am to 12 noon on Saturday and that we would leave the house at about 9:30 am to get there. Well, we arrived a bit after 10 am and I think this upset her because she was dragging her feet as we went through the aisles and she refused to tell me what was wrong. I couldn't tell if she was unhappy because we'd arrived late or because she we would leave way before the scheduled 2:30 pm storytelling or because she didn't see a single familiar face around. I was ready to pull her out of the Book Fair and just bring her around the mall when we heard an announcement of storytelling at the OMF booth.
We looked for the booth and waited for the session to start. As they gathered the children to listen, MyGirl and I sat down in front to listen.
They had invited the authors to come and read their books aloud. The first book was Sandosenang Sapatos (A Dozen Pair of Shoes) by Luis Gatmaitan. The author and a girl named Mikee told the story. When they had finished, they asked some questions about the story they had just read and then gave away free copies of the books to the children who were able to answer correctly. MyGirl was able to answer one of the questions, so she got a free copy of the book.
The second story was Big Brother by Grace Chung. The author and Mikee only read the first part of the story, leaving the audience (including me) hanging.
I wanted to know the ending of the story!
Fortunately, MyGirl was one of those chosen to answer a question after the storytelling session. She won a free copy of the book and I was able to read the ending.
We extended our mall trip to 2 pm. After the Book Fair, we had lunch at ChowKing and MyGirl got her first taste of Krispy Kreme donut.
Needless to say, MyGirl was back to her normal, happy self after all that.
We had initially told her that we would go from 10 am to 12 noon on Saturday and that we would leave the house at about 9:30 am to get there. Well, we arrived a bit after 10 am and I think this upset her because she was dragging her feet as we went through the aisles and she refused to tell me what was wrong. I couldn't tell if she was unhappy because we'd arrived late or because she we would leave way before the scheduled 2:30 pm storytelling or because she didn't see a single familiar face around. I was ready to pull her out of the Book Fair and just bring her around the mall when we heard an announcement of storytelling at the OMF booth.
We looked for the booth and waited for the session to start. As they gathered the children to listen, MyGirl and I sat down in front to listen.
They had invited the authors to come and read their books aloud. The first book was Sandosenang Sapatos (A Dozen Pair of Shoes) by Luis Gatmaitan. The author and a girl named Mikee told the story. When they had finished, they asked some questions about the story they had just read and then gave away free copies of the books to the children who were able to answer correctly. MyGirl was able to answer one of the questions, so she got a free copy of the book.
The second story was Big Brother by Grace Chung. The author and Mikee only read the first part of the story, leaving the audience (including me) hanging.
I wanted to know the ending of the story!
Fortunately, MyGirl was one of those chosen to answer a question after the storytelling session. She won a free copy of the book and I was able to read the ending.
We extended our mall trip to 2 pm. After the Book Fair, we had lunch at ChowKing and MyGirl got her first taste of Krispy Kreme donut.
Needless to say, MyGirl was back to her normal, happy self after all that.
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