What would summer be without those multi-colored kites made of bamboo, paper and plastic adorning the skies? Like the seasonal children’s games of tops, spider-fighting, rubber bands, and assorted native games like tubig-tubig, biko, siatong, and bato-lata, these allow children to have quality time with each other and keep them from harm’s way. Basically.

When there were fewer people in Cebu and there were more open spaces, nobody really minded kids and adults flying kites. But injuries and even deaths have occurred because people’s kites got entangled in electric wires.

Mark, a 14-year-old who practices the Filipino martial art of Yaw-Yan, also loves flying kites. He said it’s fun. Mark experienced having his kite entangled in electric wires. Asked if he tried to get his kite back, he said, “No I didn’t. I knew that I could get electric shock.” Read the rest…

Personality Development Avenue (PDA) has an integrated workshop in public speaking, vocal music, dance and modeling organized by Art Dynamics Cebu (ADC). At PDA, kids aged four and above are taught to conquer stage fright, bring out their artistic potentials and develop their capabilities relating to arts and communication. As the tagline reads, “Dare to dream, shine and grow”, workshop undertakers are challenged to perform with confidence and shine on stage.

Aside from hands-on sessions in speech and talent conducted at the SM Board Room, participants will be able to experience fashion and variety shows in Metro Gaisano, Robinsons Place, SM City Cebu and Elizabeth Mall plus a radio interview at i-FM, pictorials at Desires Studio and Marco Polo Plaza Cebu, fun day at Storyland, and publicity exposure on local dailies. Read the rest…

If you want to experience an Easter Egg Hunt, you can ask your Dad and Mom to visit Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort this coming March 22 to 23, 2008. Read the rest…

To make the youth aware of the role of the postal service in society and to foster affection for writing letters despite the modern modes of communication, the Philippine Postal Corp. (Philpost) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) based in Berne, Switzerland is launching its 37th International Letter Writing Competition.

The competition’s there is “Write a letter to someone to tell them why the world needs tolerance.”

This year’s competition aims at creating a world in which all people shall live in harmony. Read the rest…

Celebrate Friendship Day and the holidays at Robinsons Place Cebu!

Your friends Dora and Boots are going on a mystical adventure at the Rainbow Rock.

Catch it all live with your friends and family and get a chance to meet and greet

Dora and Boots, only at Robinsons Place Cebu on December 16, 2007 at 4 p.m.

Visit Dora items at Toys R Us Christmas Exhibit for the whole month of December at the mall’s fountain area. (PR)