Topic #11 Sept 2 - 8, 2012
Facilitator: Maria Juana Palaraon-Paredes
I would like to keep up the light tone of the
discussion and delve a little into the quirky.
Harold B Lee said: "The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes."
Growing up, I had a myriad of activities that kept me busy - from daydreaming in my siblings' shared bedroom, playing in the front yard, climbing the roof and gazing at stars during some evenings - without learning much of the constellations (hehe), coloring books & working puzzles in the living room floor, singing in the shower, help prepare meals in the kitchen and so on...
But my most favorite of all was singing in the shower - which makes the bathroom my favorite room in the house. In there, I can imagine myself a young Regine V or Whitney Houston while belting out their hits. It hasn't made much difference because outside the bathroom my mother is the only one who thinks I can sing. But in there, I knew I had a fighting chance in the recording world. Hehe! So share with me -
Discussion topic: Which part / room in your home is your most favorite and why?
Growing up, I had a myriad of activities that kept me busy - from daydreaming in my siblings' shared bedroom, playing in the front yard, climbing the roof and gazing at stars during some evenings - without learning much of the constellations (hehe), coloring books & working puzzles in the living room floor, singing in the shower, help prepare meals in the kitchen and so on...
But my most favorite of all was singing in the shower - which makes the bathroom my favorite room in the house. In there, I can imagine myself a young Regine V or Whitney Houston while belting out their hits. It hasn't made much difference because outside the bathroom my mother is the only one who thinks I can sing. But in there, I knew I had a fighting chance in the recording world. Hehe! So share with me -
Discussion topic: Which part / room in your home is your most favorite and why?
- Sonja Chan Guess what, Marie.... my favorite in my childhood house was not a room! it was out in the backyard! Why? Inside the house, kids had chores: help in the cleaning, in the caring for the younger members of the family, in one hundred and one other chores (I may be exaggerating! :))... there was also the study time, the homework time, the family prayer time (yes, we did have this!).. thus, the backyard! It was here where my brothers and my cousins could enjoy the carefree world - a break from inside-the-house responsibilities! It was out in the backyard where we could run and chase each other in wanton glee... even run up the guava trees of my grandfather and swing up and down the branches to tag the other. Did I ever do that? Believe it! Lol!September 2, 11:02 am
- Maria Cristina Bejar Gallardo Nice question Marie! My favorite room while i was growing up was my own room. It was my sanctuary. There i could paint, read, write stories, listen to music for hours. I think for an introvert like myself, there was no better haven. ♥
- Sher Moran Mine was on the rooftop! Remember the library in our house that I talked about in one of the discussions? One side of the window opened up to the roof. Being motherless at age 7, I was more a stray cat that would bring things up the rooftop, considering I kinda had no “parental guidance” with my father more absorbed with work after my mother died. I had a wide rug that I pulled out one of the rooms, permanently following the contours of the roof as it got rained on and dried to a crisp the next sunny season. I had my pillow and blanket, books and magazines, game boards, a small table to keep steady the food and drinks I prepare on long afternoon breaks. In my comfort zone, I literally sleep on the roof as often as I can on clear starry nights. Come to think of it, I guess this began my romancing the outdoors.
- MariaJuana Palaroan-Paredes Wow Dr. Chan - i can tel you had a great childhood with the luxury of the backyard outdoors, siblings & cousins & climbing guava trees. I remember i do love the outdoors too. So much that when the time comes to roost at home, I had to avoid my grandparents from coming at us with brandished sticks to chase us home! Hehe! Maria Cristina - yes, one's room is one you can call your own. Where one can nurture artistic talents & indulge in personal liesure such as yours. I never had my own room bec I had to share with siblings & sometimes they tease you to embarrassment when they chance upon a a wierd antic of mine. Harumphft! ;)
- Glenn Gattud Loved the quote from Harold B Lee. Are you LDS? On the topic. mine was neither a room nor any part of the house but a fallen avocado tree in our backyard (before a broken sewer line eroded it away). It was my Laputa, my castle in the sky where I just lay back and watch the clouds do battle with the wind and count the butterflies which back then were as large as a hand and as yellow as butter. I remember falling asleep there once and waking up to a cricket chorus with a toad chirping a unique solo.
- MariaJuana Palaroan-Paredes Hi Glenn! :) It seems that many of us have marked the outdoors or part of the outdoors as a favorite place from home. It provides us access to the expanse of nature from a comfy place & enjoy what they offer. And with the kind of imagination kids have, its perfect for more than that. Your avocado tree, tho fallen, provides an excellent spot. Would have enjoyed it too. These days its quite rare to find huge butterflies even in the province - they look the size of big moths these days. Btw, what's LDS? Hehe!
- Glenn Gattud Totally agree. I live in the boundary of Antipolo and Angono with a couple of mango trees in my backyard so I can still hear a cricket chorus and see a couple of moths every now and then. Well when you share a room with three brothers it is kinda difficult to find a space to call your own but if it has to be indoors that would be the drawing table in the corner between the kitchen and my parents bedroom where I kept all my stuff and spent my high school freetimedrawing all over my notebooks. I remember I had several artbooks there, a couple of Rotring pens, HB, F and B pencils, kneaded rubber and a few broken pieces of pastel chalk (not crayon). Felt like an artist then :-) Few folks who arent LDS know who Harold B Lee is, or for that matter David O mackay who said, "No other success can compensate for failure in the home" :-)
- MariaJuana Palaroan-Paredes Ah. =) To be honest I dont know Harold B Lee much except that he said what I quoted above. I appreciate good thoughts about home & family because that is where we all grow from. Esp now that im starting my own. =) my grandma used to get us pastel chalks too to draw on pads & design our shirts (then iron them to keep fast). I love pastels. But im more fascinated with the kneaded rubber that can erase marks so neatly & leaves very little trace of previous marks. =)
- Glenn Gattud I had a mentor, the late UP Professor and La Trinidad Counselor, Jeff Carantes who taught me how to use kneaded rubber to make white highlights on charcoal drawings (I previously used white pastel chalk but they tended to be messy). Yup, Harold B Lee had lots of thoughts on raising good families. Best of luck and have fun building up your family. Best experience one can ever have
- Lester Cusi Hope this one still counts. Been battered with lots of problems at work, I hardly had time to visit my account here in FB. It is interesting that some of us really like that big room under the sky. Outdoors is fun and exciting. But my outdoor experiences were farflung-- Sorsogon, Cagayan Province, Quezon.... very far from Angeles. So my favorite room is the T&B. There I can visit the same places, re-live the moments, hear the beach through the faucet, reminisce the very bad smell of Apun-apung (a king of flower that smells like cow dung, but so strong you cannot come within 8 meters of it-- about 2 feet in diameter), hang on to the shower of rain and the curtain rod as the trees I used to climb; its where I can be the king of the world and a superhero who saves the day; dream of the beautiful damsels available in my mind and the most important thing--- it is where I have a clear and serious communication with the Almighty. Weird huh?
- MariaJuana Palaroan-Paredes Hi Lester! Of course your thoughts count. Technically, this topic still has appr. 36 hrs. But anyone can just add beyond this time if they feel like it. =) you have a very creative imagination in & with the T&B! And I couldn't agree with you more on the possibilities even if T&B is one of the smallest rooms at home. I do have some friends who also love their T&B that they have small shelves of books close to the "throne" for reading to pass the time while waiting for relief! Heheh! =)
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