The Guangzhou Home
Let me introduce you to our little place here in Guangzhou, southern China. We live at The Garden Hotel in a two-bedroom apartment- one is the master’s bedroom and the other, the twins’ bedroom. We have a third room, which is near the kitchen, which Jeff arranged as our home …
2013 Videos – Reading Ruffolos
December 2013 23: Watch how Nick appeases Toni 21: Twin action in yellow! 19: December 19 with Nick and Toni 13: Viva Clap During the Inquirer Read-along in Bohol 10: Bootcheek and Toni 07: First Twin Video 05: Reading “The Mountain That Loved A Bird” with Bootcheek 04: Bootcheek “reading” October 2013 26: Hendrix …
DAD SPEAK: The Wonders of Comic Books Part 2
BY Jeff Ruffolo Remember the name – Jack Kirby. Stan Lee may have written the words to my childhood heroes The Avengers, Namor the Sub-Mariner and The Fantastic Four but the artwork was all Jack Kirby, who had the vision to take the words of his linguist partner Lee and …
Dreaming of Bibliothèque Mazarine
When Jeff told me we are going to Paris for our honeymoon, I thought about an article I read online saying that the city has 74 public libraries and the oldest of which is Bibliothèque Mazarine. (Language point: bibliotheque is the French word for library. Fiona, my French teacher at …
Parting Ways with the Loves of my Life
I am leaving for China this Wednesday to be with Jeff then fly to France (and then, Germany) on Saturday for our long-overdue honeymoon. After this trip, we will be moving to China to join Jeff, who for more than a year has been waiting for this great move. (We …
Smart Parenting
I was in Book Sale a few weeks ago hoping to find good picture books for storytelling sessions with Nicholas and Antoinette. I was treated to a wide variety of hardbound, second-hand books that blew me away with their colors, stories and prices. I gathered six big books for Php300 …
DAD SPEAK: The Wonders of Comic Books Part 1
BY Jeff Ruffolo Remember the name – Stan Lee. The name may not be familiar to you but unless you have been living in a cave, you certainly have heard of Spider-Man, Thor and The Avengers. To you, they may be comic book movies. But to me, they are just …
Picture Feature: Book Share of To Kill A Mockingbird
I never thought I could be so passionate in recommending a book to people. In a public setting. In a forum. You see, I used to be very selfish. If I read a good book, I don’t share it. I wanted to keep the story to myself. I should be …
We are all mockingbirds in this case…
Seldom can you find a book that you can read with fear of being ostracized in your adolescence and reread with reflective emotion on the matter of parenthood in your adult stage. That to me is Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM). I read the book as …