I Just Learned Something New
It was the day of my 7-year old son’s field trip. He and his classmates excitedly participated in the tour guide’s programme as my fellow parents watched the children, amused.
We passed by Dangwa, a popular fresh flower marketplace, so the tour guide asked the students to name some flowers.
“Rose!” “Daisy!” “Santan!” “Sampaguita!” The children shouted in reply.
My son waved his hand in the air, until finally, the tour guide asked for his answer.
“Snapdragon!” He shouted.
The bus was suddenly quiet. I guess everyone was thinking what I was thinking - what in heaven’s name is a snapdragon?
“Snapdragon? I’ll research ha. I’ll look in the encyclopedia. I don’t know that,” the tour guide laughed nervously.
As soon as he sat down, I asked him. “It’s a kind of flower. I saw it in a videogame. ” I thought, hmm, this must be one of those flowers made up by moviemakers, or in this case, the creators of that game.
I hurriedly went online as soon as we got home, and found this, to my surprise.
That is a snapdragon. A real flower. Can be found in mid-winter areas. That explains why we don’t know this flower, we are in the Philippines, a tropical country.
My son saw the picture and said, “Mom, that is a snapdragon! Let’s look for a pink poppy.”
At this point, I was already very confident that there really is a pink poppy. But we looked for pictures anyway.
“Wow!” He exclaimed. ”How about a bluebell?”
Now, that’s a great educational game. I think I have to play it too, but I’ll ask my son to teach me first.
Photos from gettyimages.com
tikey:
hindi ba sinagot nung tour guide kung anong sagot nya? hehe!
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Lady Cess Reply:
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 am
the tour guide looked stumped. kahit yung adviser natawa, kasi hindi rin niya alam, wala naman dito noon e, hahaha!
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sunshine:
sabi sayo merong snapdragon eh
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1 December 2008, 1:41 pmMari:
It’s so rare that a 7-year old kid can remember the name of a flower that is not common in the Philippines. He’s a smart kid. Snapdragons are common here…and so are poppies which come out in spring time. Naisahan ng anak mo yung tour guide.
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Lady Cess Reply:
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 am
thanks for the compliment mari. i cant believe he knows those flowers too =D
last weekend, we were in Ace hardware, when he pulled me to where the plastic flowers were. “That is a snapdragon!” he said. I was like, aaaah, so meron din pala dito non, plastik nga lang, hahaha!
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CRY:
How about a dogwood, honeysuckle, bluebeard, witchhazel, daffodil, petunia?
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Lady Cess Reply:
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:56 am
hahaha! sige tatanungin ko siya =D
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noemi:
aww the things we learn from our kids. they do pick up something from video games.
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2 December 2008, 7:47 amJulie:
Smart boy, at least he gets to apply in realty what he learns through games
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2 December 2008, 2:34 pmKaren:
at least nalalaman natin na maraming natututnan sa video games, ‘yun nga lang kailangan pa rin nating piliin ang games na lalaruin ng ating mga tsikiting.
Napanood ko pala ang Kiddie Kwela kaso late night na MmyCess, hindi ko inaabot yung sa primetime.
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2 December 2008, 3:36 pmbem:
wow! smart kid!
bems last blog post..this one goes out
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4 December 2008, 3:58 pmchesca (exskindiver):
i don’t even know what a snapdragon is.
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