Sophie, Free as the Wind

by Gil Camporazo

A two-year old Sophie went along with us as we spent our family outing at the beach every year. Inday Sophie is our youngest daughter from An An's (Gynrey) three daughters.

The last time we brought Inday Sophie was last year 2014 at Las Olas Beach. She was 1 year old then at that time. She was too daring to get into the splashing sea water.

In her second exposure to the sea water was more enjoyable. I even named her as Sophie free as the wind for hyper. She explored the water by running to and fro. And we're surprised when she did something that made us amuse too much and laughed out loud. See it for yourself by clicking the attached amateur video I made from my handy phone.

Eating and exercise to stay healthy

For married couples who are hopeful to get pregnant, health is so vita and fitness as welll. Their body condition, especially their well-being as a robust, a healthy body could nevertheless guarantee a better pregnancy among those couples.

Staying healthy and fit is one of the best things a couple trying to conceive can do next to pinpointing ovulation for more chances of conceiving. According to http://pregnancytips.org, our lifestyle nowadays has a great impact on our fertility. You and your partner may improve your fertility by choosing what you eat. Canned, processed and junk foods are known to have a negative effect on fertility so you may want to avoid eating those foods and instead choose to eat fresh fruits and vegetables instead which are not only known to boost fertility but also packed with nutrients and mineral that our body needs. If you or your partner is smoking or taking alcohol, it’s better to stop it as early as now.

Exercise can also help you and your partner stay fit and healthy to improve your fertility. If your partner is into going to hot places like saunas, hot tubs or Jacuzzis, you may want him to start avoiding that as these are known as the number one sperm killers and may not be helpful in your TTC journey.

The food-intakes and the physical tone of the body which physiologically functions normally is a must requirement for an expected would-be mother, especially in the conception period. Health and fitness may work a natural wonder to a conceiving mother to be.

Grade 3 Pupils Christmas Dance Presentation

by Gil Camporazo

Festival of Lights and Music is now a tradition annual celebration in the small city of La Carlota, Negros Occidental, PH. It is usually and officially opened every 15th day of December, which ushers the "Misa de Gallo", an early morning mass attended by the Catholic Filipinos in their respective towns or cities where they live. Since, this year the 15th day falls on Monday, the opening was held ahead, Dec. 12, Friday.

Dancing Panie

This month-long nightly presentation of Christmas songs and dances is separately sponsored by the different community organizations, religious and civic.

Schools in the Division of La Carlota have been assigned too to showcase their best Christmas presentation. And their date assigned to them is December 16. The three central schools like La Carlota Elem. School 1, La Carlota Elem. School II, and La Carlota North Elem. School have taken turn to present their own Christmas number representing the different grade level including the Kindergarten.

Our granddaughter, Stephanie Gyn Camporazo-Jaud, a grade three pupil, joined with her classmates at La Carlota South Elem. School 1 dancing to the mixed Christmas dancing music.

Zumba Dance Rehearsal

Annually the government of La Carlota City is holding a sportsfest among the employees in the different departments and sections of the city. And Zumba Dance competition is one of the contests participated in by the 6 groups of participants and the Department of Education (DepEd) division is included in the grouping.

My two daughters, Gynrey the eldest and Geeree the youngest, join the Zumba dance with the DepEd group to compete with other participating dancers for the La Carlota City Employees sports fest 2014.

Sir Dennis Villanueva, a school teacher of La Carlota South Elem. School 1, was the trainer for 30 dancers of the said group.