Weekend Snapshot - Under Construction

The Rathaus is the City Hall of Vienna which serves as the seat both of the mayor and city council. It was designed (Gothic) by Friedrich von Schmidt and built between 1872 and 1883. The structure is built on #1 Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz, the street named after the designer. The Rathaus can be found on the other side crossing from the Parliament building.

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We went there for a skate because every winter the front lawn is turned into a big iceskating rink (Wiener Eistraum/Viennese Icedream), unfortunately, we were too early as it is still being constructed.

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Haircut- for a change

A woman's hair is her crowning glory...in this case, a girl's. True enough, the hair makes a lot of difference to a person's appearance.

My daughter has always sported long hair. She said she wanted it that way, she would always reply 'no' to the question 'would you like a haircut?'

Then one time on our way home, we passed by a salon, spontaneously I told her we'd go in and see how she'd look with shorter hair. There was no debate that time, she agreed and so off we went in and had her hair shortened just like mine :D except for the bangs.

I could make lots of "do's" to her hair when it was still long but now its a simple dry and wear hair. At times I put a little butterfly clip to tuck away the stray of bangs.

You might notice too the way she smiles, well I am not really a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow, but daughty seems to have a liking to her 'no-show-of-teeth smile.' Not! She lost 2 upper front teeth and wouldn't want others to know.

Some noted that she looked younger with her new hair, though I might not be so used to it yet.

;-)

Photohunt - Hats

How many hats does a girl need? :D My daughter has lots of them, but I won't show all of them anyway. This one is something you've seen lots of times already. This was her hat last summer that goes well with most of her dresses too. It also compliments her long hair, I think. ;)

Then this is her favorite during winter, a white barbie fleece hat. This one complements her short hair. I will try to take photos of her collection later, but this will be it for now.

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Schoolgirl (again!)

After graduating almost 9 years ago, I am back to school. Hello notebook! Hello ballpen, I should say, and hello foreigners too!

Last Friday I took the qualifying exams to determine which German course to take. I had always wanted and planned to enroll myself to a formal school so that I'd be more confident when speaking because I have only self-learned the language, asking the kids (I was an English-speaker, caregiver in an after school institution) how a sentence is to be said in German. I listen carefully during meetings, list down words I don't understand and look it up later in my dictionary. I would talk to older people, if they start a conversation, that is. I read the papers aloud, my German isn't perfect but at least I understand and I could speak when situation calls for it.

I was included in a class of 10 students, our teacher comes from Bulgaria and has been teaching German for more than 20 years. I have classmates coming from Peru and Colombia whom I exchange few Spanish with (Tagalog having same words and also recalling the few lessons I had back in college are a big help :D ). There were two Arabic students coming from Sudan and Egypt. Then there were three from Serbia, one of whom is the only guy in class. Another comes from Poland and the other from Slovakia. A really diverse group of students so to say...but we always have lively discussions whenever we go off the course topics.

This is quite different though as to how it was back then, because now, I have three kids (make that 4! haha=hubby) to mind before leaving the house. It's good that hubby can take the two boys to the kindergarten while I bring daughty to school.

Now, I make homeworks together with daughty instead of just checking hers. :D

Litratong Pinoy - Asul/Blue

Nagising ako ng bago mag alas sais, at eto ang nasilip ko (kuha sa balkon, Agosto 23 '08). Ang nasa baba naman ay kuha mula sa kwarto ng mga bata. Kung kayo ay napapadalaw sa isa kong blog ay marahil nakita ninyo na itong pangalawang litrato. At dahil dito ay hindi na ko nakatulog uli, tag-araw noon at kadalasan ay hindi ako maagang bumabangon (lol).

Kamakailan din ay asul ang tema ng memeng photo hunt, doon ay inilathala ko ang litrato ng mga mumunting bulaklak na asul. Heto and katulad na bulaklak noon, ang forget-me-not, bluebirds, ang isang bulaklak ay singlaki ng kuko.

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I normally wake up late on summer days but seeing this blue sky a little before 6 o'clock made me stood up, took some shots and just enjoyed the view. Its better to wake up than sleep off and miss a wonderful painting of God!

The blue flowers are as small as a fingernail and they look so beautifully laid together in a field...but upclose makes one see its beauty all the more.

Happy LP!