Watching 100 over Cinema One last night. Scene showed women playing mahjong.

What is that, Caehl asked. What are they doing?

Uhmm (how do I put it), they're playing a game. Yeah, it's like a Chinese board game (proud of myself).

Mommy,  they're matching the tiles. It's called mahjong.

Eh you know naman pala, where did you see that? How did you learn about mahjong?

In Nanay's cellphone.

Hay!

(100 is written and directed by Chris Martinez, starring Mylene Dizon. http://www.clickthecity.com/movies/?p=3323)

Sometimes my husband Alex C. Capiz is the better mom http://twitter.com/therealgoodgirl

Sometimes the best way to tell somebody to stop is not to stop him at all http://twitter.com/therealgoodgirl

Caehl was drawing columns and boxes, and putting text inside the boxes.

Me: What are you doing?

Caehl: I am making a newspaper.

Music to my ears.

Last night, I heard a noise outside. Thinking it was Alex or my helpers coming home from a party, I opened the door, only to find that it's a group of carollers. When they heard me, they said,"O, one-two-three." Then they started to sing.

At first I was kind of annoyed at myself, and was about to turn my back on them.

But, when I saw that the group consisted of teenagers, I was suddenly reminded of my daughter Cae (who is about the same age) and how she would feel if somebody does the same thing.

I went to  my room.

I waited for them to finish and when they did, I handed the money to them and said, "Merry Christmas!"

It was only a small amount but the smile on their faces was priceless.