KC's 6 in 1 vaccination

Last saturday, Jan 23, 2010, was the scheduled vaccine of KC. The shot is a long overdue booster for 6 in 1 (see below). It cost us P3900. It was administered by her doctor.

Infanrix® hexa

Infanrix® Hexa is a vaccine used to prevent six diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B, poliomyelitis (polio) and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).

The vaccine works by causing the body to produce its own protection (antibodies) against these diseases

Before the shot though, he pedia checked KC first. She heard that the lungs are clear although KC still gets that occasional cough. Her weight went from 15.5kg to 15.1kg, so that is a concern. Her allergies on her arms are still there so the doctor said we should still continue with the hydrocortizone for another 5 days. KC's ears was also checked and it looks better now unlike the first time the doctor looked at it.

She also suggested the Smartgrow vitamins for KC which we will purchase once her Cherifer is already out.

If there is no improvement on her weight and occasional cough, we might already be doing a skin test on KC to test if she has primary complex (this is another test that hurts :( ... )

KC cried as soon as she saw the needles because she know what's going to happen already. But although she is crying, she still did not move so that we can inject her with the vaccine. She was not really able to move her arm for at least a day.

The following day though, the occasional cough that she has became a constant cough. So we decided to also bring her to Lola Idad (a manghihilot or a quack doctor) since she effectively heals KC whenever I bring her there. That evening also, she had a fever and she had difficulty in breathing again but not too much like what she had at the start of the year wherein she could not sleep. But since it is still there the following day, we decided to nebulize her using Duavent (I nebulized her 8, 12:45 and 5:45), while still continuously monitoring her temp bec she still gets the fever from time to time. Since she just had a vaccine, the fever was normal but not the fast breathing.

I went to work and then my husband texted me at around 9 that her breathing became fast again and her temperature is going up again. I have this theory that it looks like her fever is causing her allergic reaction because when I was a kid, my eyes would always become swollen everytime I have a fever.

Anyway, I will be bringing her to the doctor again tomorrow after work and then I would also bring her to Lola Idad (the hilot is a 3 day process) so that she can be completely cured. Some would say that one form of healing can make "kontra" the other form. I hope this not the case for me since I believe in them both that is why I am trying them both.

MGMS Foundation Day

This afternoon I went to KC's school (MGMS) for our meeting with regards to the coming Foundation Day. It would be held the last week of February.

We had a couple of agendas on the list:
1. The Nursery and Kinder would have Hawaiian theme on the cultural night on Feb 26. Sis Divine asked us to look for (and create) costumes for our kids. On the side is a picture of what the costume should look like. I hope I can find a floral tops and tights terno, and then I can just add in the straw.

2. We also talked about who would be doing the float for the parade on Feb 27. I suggested that we just try to find somebody we can pay to do the float. This is based on my experience last year wherein it should be the parents who should be doing the decorations on the float. We had a difficult time gathering the parents at that time so we had to bring in reinforcements. We would be contributing P300 for these.

3. We need to bring junks like old newspapers, plastic bottles, etc for extra fundraising
4. We were also given raffle tickets worth P1000 which we are required to sell.

As compared to last year's foundation day, this year hopefully would be cheaper. Last year, the theme of KC's class is Cotillon. The gown itself already cost us P1000. Hopefully, the hawaiian costume is cheaper.

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Business Trip to Malaysia and Singapore

Ramir is going on a business trip and Malaysia and Singapore on Feb 7-Feb 12. Although I am excited for him for his chance to visit other countries, I also have some little concerns

Tagaytay Fiesta in on Feb 10-11....although this is really not a big deal for me since I typically do not celebrate fiesta's, it would have been to have him around on those days, not really for my sake but KC's sake. So she would have him during those days.

I guess the main concern is since I am working nights, Nanay Betty would just be the one with KC at night. I hope that is OK

UPCAT Results (for SY 2010-2011) is now out

UPCAT Results (for SY 2010-2011) is now out

You can view the results in: http://upcat.up.edu.ph/results/

My niece is a 4th year high school student in Ramon Magsaysay High School (under the science program, which is similar to the more popular science schools) in QC , she took the UPcat exams but unfortunately, I did not see her name in the list :(.

I can still remember how happy I was when I found out that I passed the UPCAT exams. Back then, we had to go to UP Diliman to check if we passed or not. You can wait for your letter but that would take a couple of weeks.

It would have really been a big advantage for her (and for my brother and mother who is taking care of her schooling) if she passed because not only is UP one of the best schools in the country but is also considered on of the cheapest. They have this stratified tuition fee scheme wherein each student would have a bracket with 1 being the most needy. During my time, 9 is the level wherein you would no longer get discounts. At level 1, all fees are free plus the student would get a monthly stipend from the State University.

But there are still a lot of good schools out there. Plus a lot of scholarships she can apply to. I heard she took the entrance exam at Ateneo. It is also a very good school but I would not recommend that she go there even with scholarship since almost (if not all) students there are very rich. She might not be able to cope up with the expensive lifestyle of the students there.

Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakquel

Last Sunday, Ramir, KC and I watched the sequel to the Alvin and the Chipmunks. The part 1 of this movie is actually the first movie KC watched ever. I think she was 3 back then (she is 5 years old now).

How was the movie? It was OK but it still did not hold up the attention of my daughter the entire time. She would just be attentive when we have the Chipmunks and the chippets (not sure if it is spelled that way) are on the screen and they are singing and dancing. Story-wise, it is not that engaging.

Also, our very own Charice is there as one of the contestants in the singing competition the Chipmunks joined but it was really very short stint so if you blink you might miss her :). The other other contestants which is a dancing group for me is more impressive than Charice though.

Also, before watching the TV, I read some reviews so I did not really expect a great movie, but I was entertained and that is enough for me. I Chippettes are really cute specially when they are doing they sexy singing numbers.

KC's 3rd Quarter Exam Results

Last week was KC's 3rd quarter exam. We just got back the results today.
Her subjects in Kinder are Reading, Writing, English, Math, Science and Health, Filipino and Christian Living.
I reviewed her in all her subjects except for Math and Filipino where Ramir reviewed him since I did not have the time.
Guess what, she got a perfect score in Math and just one mistake in Filipino. Math is actually KC's favorite subject so it is her strongest subject but Filipino is actually her weakest subject so I my husband really did a good job in reviewing her.

I am a little disappointed though in the other subjects where I reviewed her. I started reviewing her in Reading, English and Writing the weekend before, so we had at least 2 days worth of reviewing. She had 5 mistakes in Reading, 6 and Writing and maybe 5 again in English. I am disappointed not because she did not get perfect scores but because I obviously have wrong methods in teaching her. I was able to cover in the reviewer I created for her the questions that was asked. My husband said I should have focused only on the topics where she is having difficulties on. I think I did that. But during the review process, I always get mad at KC. That might be a big factor why she is not paying attention to what I am saying. :(

By the way, I am not really sure but I think she had 3 mistakes in both Science and Christian Living.

I do not want my daughter to feel that I am disappointed at her because what is more important for me is that she learns and she enjoys while learning.