New friends

I mentioned losing Knowell the other day. That same morning, I also gained a new batch of friends - and this time, for some strange reason, both short-stay and hema wards had lots of adorable 3-year olds! The cutest stage in a child's developing years is I think at the age of three or four. They laugh, play, giggle, chat incessantly and are already "sturdy" unlike their infant counterparts. Well maybe not that sturdy at Kythe since the children I met all had leukemia or some form of cancer. Nor chatty, as most of them had developed a phobia for bad and scary things like needles and big people in white (doctors!) But still very very cute. Here they are, immortalized in my blog, on a beautiful Thursday morning. I do hope somehow I was able to cheer them up even for a couple of hours.. That's 4-year old Adrian Orpo leafing thru the book "Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon". I think he enjoyed touching the pages more than listening to me stumble thru the Tagalog words. Antonio Anghel Quminales, 3-1/2, hemophilia patient, enjoyed his shape sorter blocks..but not as much as he enjoyed blowing those bubbles!! What a cute pouty face!! Ah, and there's Alexa Renzel Sordan, cute 3-1/2 year old princess, enjoying her princess doll dressed in a sky blue gown. But the one who stole the scene and everybody's hearts was Princess Navarro, see her here smiling like a future artista in her pale pink spaghetti blouse and floral peejays, she does have the makings of a child star!! Oh if only I could see her up on the silver screen 10, 15 years from now... Of course let's not forget the older kids. That morning, I had the pleasure of meeting again my friend from my visit last February 2, 14-year old Jessica Rebucion. And I was so glad that I had the chance to fulfill the promise I made to her - I gave her a showbiz magazine featuring her favorite artista Sarah Geronimo. Now that made her very happy! Twelve year old Roselle Gado had such beautiful, chic looking hair (without going to the parlor!) which just fell so nicely around her shoulders, I had to tell her she looked like a model! See her here, the girl in orange - don't you agree? And finally, the eldest of the lot... A 17 year old boy by the name of Gary Obasky. I tried my best to cheer him up by challenging him to put together a plastic car with many many small parts (the type I would NEVER be able to
do) and he put it together in a few minutes..
That was my morning at Kythe. I certainly hope I amused the kids and made them happy as much as they made me! They will forever live on in this blog, smiling, blowing bubbles and playing with their plastic cars and toy princesses!