Dear mouse,
My friend called me early morning (in her place, in mine, it was already almost noon). Her children are on school vacation and are driving her crazy.
They order their breakfast from their mother fast food style, like bacon and egg and french toast and the other kid is chocolate rice (sampurado). They won’t [...]
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Two Boys and Two Stories -Law and Order 101
Dear mouse,
The boy from hell strikes again. My friend was summoned by the principal. Her nine-year old son hit a classmate-a girl who he said was bullying him. In her presence, the principal gave the boy a two-day class suspension but he’s going to come to class and report to the principal’s office where he [...]
It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation-John Gray
Dear mouse,
Okay, guilty as charged. I still listen to friend’s whining. Anyway they call me to vent.
So it is the mother of the boy and girl from hell who called. She changed her mind again-she’s sending the kids to the Philippines. Ehmmmm. I want to pretend that I did not hear her but I sensed [...]
Dumb, dumber, EVIL
Dear mouse,
I do not want to label anybody so please do it for me.
I do not know what are you going to call a father who buckled a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained. He was fined A$750. Dumb?
What do you [...]
It is all in the ears
Dear mouse,
Yesteday, I heard a knock at the door while I was writing some mails which I like to drop in the mailbox for the last mailman’s pick up of the day.
They were two ladies holding each a bible and some religious magazines. I know what they want. I pointed to them my ears. I [...]
