Pam Catilo

Giftedness

Giftedness is involuntary – a natural gift. It gives no cause for claims of elitism. This is Russell Zachary Catilo Tan. He’s 6. He was born on November 15, 2013 at Thomson Medical Centre in Singapore. He is our first son, a beautiful gift from above. He was born healthy and very red. I deliveredContinue reading “Giftedness”

Badminton ❤️

Back track to where I was single,I was grateful that I was sorrounded by group of friends. My friends invited me to join them and part of our weekend activity is playing badminton. It was a nice day. We were having our casual badminton game at SG, Kembangan. I was waiting for my turn onContinue reading “Badminton ❤️”

Quarantine in Our Own Bubble

It has been almost two months since New Zealand went into COVID-19 alert level 4. It has been a roller coaster ride juggling these three musketeers in our own bubble. Yes, it is for every household that have kids that couldn’t stay still and do nothing. But I thank God that we survived! 😇🙏 AtContinue reading “Quarantine in Our Own Bubble”

Learning to play piano keyboard

It’s been a few weeks since the start of school holidays and two weeks since we bought a keyboard piano for Russell. He was really determined when he asked me to buy him a keyboard so he can practice on the real instrument instead of only playing on the phone with a piano app. IContinue reading “Learning to play piano keyboard”

Ethan’s Sunflower 5 months later…

It has been 5 months since Ethan brought his sunflower back from kindy to raise it at home. The children planted their sunflowers from seeds last year, mid August. And now, his sunflower still keeps on flowering. 😍 We’re very amazed with his sunflower – it’s very different from the rest of his classmates’ sunflowers thatContinue reading “Ethan’s Sunflower 5 months later…”

A day outside the house. ☺️

When you have kids that are so active and have much more energy than you 😀, it’s always very lively. Sometimes, it’s even excruciating when you either don’t have time to go out to bring them to the park to play, or you just want to stay home. You need to always have activities readyContinue reading “A day outside the house. ☺️”

Biking and walking 😀

What do the kids normally do during their holidays? The kids would love to stay home as long as they get to play video games on smart phones. And so, most of the time, we encourage them to go outside to the park to play, and sometimes, ride their bikes. NZ has lots of outdoorContinue reading “Biking and walking 😀”

First Saver

Today, we give our kids a kickstart to their savings by opening each of them their very own bank accounts. It has been a long overdue project. And now that we have finally opened their own savings accounts, I am happy that I can start to teach my children to value money and save forContinue reading “First Saver”

Perfect Gift

It is happiness for a mother to see her children receive gifts on their birthdays and, of course Christmas celebrations. As a mother, it is my joy to see them opening their gifts. I am overwhelmed with gratitude that they have gifts that they enjoyed so much – not only one or two gifts, butContinue reading “Perfect Gift”

Before I sleep on Christmas eve

What is the meaning of Christmas for me? When I was younger, about the age of my first son, to be honest, I had no idea what Christmas was about. Why do we celebrate Christmas? Christmas was just a yearly celebration where you receive gifts, eat ham and cheese on the table, and having aContinue reading “Before I sleep on Christmas eve”