Monday, January 28, 2008

SOMEONE CAME KNOCKING

Someone came knocking (SOMEONE CAME KNOCKING)
At my wee, small door; (AT MY WEEN SMOL DOOR)
Someone came knocking (SOMEONE CAME KNOCKING)
I’m sure-sure-sure; (IM SURE, SURE, SURE)
I listened, I opened, (I LISTENED, I OPENED)
I looked to left and right, (I LOOK TO DA LEF EN RAYT)
But nought there was a-stirring (BUT NO,DER WAS NO STIRRING)
In the still dark night; (IN DA STILL DOORK NAYT)
Only the busy beetle (ONLY DA BISI BITOL)
Tap-tapping in the wall, (TAP-TAPING ONA WOL)
Only from the forest (ONLY FROM DA FOREST)
The screech-owl’s call, (DA SCREECH OWL CALLS)
Only the cricket whistling (ONLY DA CRICKET, WHISLING)
While the dewdrops fall, (WHILE THE DEWDROPS FALL)
So I know not who came knocking (SO I KNOW NOT, WHO KNOCKING)
At all, at all, at all. (AT OL, AT OL, AT OL)

My two-year-old can now recite a poem! This was the poem doting tita, Nanay Dit-Dit teaches all his nieces and nephews. And soon as my Gabriel was a few months old, she was already teaching him the poem above. Gabriel can already sing a few songs, but boy oh boy, listening him recite a poem makes me swell with pride. Thanks to Nanay Dit-Dit and her total devotion to our family's young ones. How lucky will her future children be, learning poetry from her, singing, dancing, oration, you name it. Here are a few pics below so you will see why won't Gabriel learn many things from her ...

















9 comments:

mira said...

ABE..U ARE ONE LUCKY KID TO HAVE TITA DITDIT..WISH I HAVE SHIELA AROUND AS WELL....ANYWAY KEEP IT UP..UR MAKING UR NANAY PROUD OF YOU!

Genevive said...

huhuhuhuh cry man ko ah.. happy ko kay abe . grabe ka gifted child.. kag i agree .. nanay dit2 is one of a kind aunt. da best mag atipan sa mga hinablos ya.. daw may magic spell sya when it comes to dealilng with all of our 8 kahinablusan.. one of them is my Rujim :) how i wish lapitanay lang kami ni dit2 haws hehehe .. hambala si dit2 tudluan ya man si 'Rujim sina nga poem.. tanan nga badilla apos should memorize that poem hehehe .. btw, grabe gid di ka proud si lolo kag lola panugid abt "someone came knocking" ga lalagpot laway nila hahahaha :)

cathyne said...

amu na gali ang poem that you're telling me....hahahaha manul manul gid ko ya anne.

but its really touching...abe is so bright..can't wait for him to go to school...

Anonymous said...

ay abaw!!! that's sooo nice!!! kanami lang no?? I'll be doing cartwheels if my son at 2 can do the same thing hehehe...

Unknown said...

thank you ladies! hehehe...mga 80 percent ma lang si abe sa poem. i mean he could recite the whole poem, pero syempre there are words that he can get right, tapos may words nga malaktawan ya pa. hehehehe i guess i will have to put in his own version after that poem i posted. it's really amusing the way he says it.

Anonymous said...

Wow ang galing naman ni Gabriel! And I love the pics! So candid, gandang i-frame.

Anonymous said...

BATA KO NAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iamquietheart said...

Ay anne, enjoy gid koni bala tan-aw sang gin post mo nga pics ni dit kag lil abe. balik balik ko ni tan-aw. funny no. gin pakita ko gid ni kay george kag kay joey. hehe..

burache said...

wooooww!!! cute2 sang mga pictures nila ni toto bah! huhuhu!!! ngaa ka mga sagad sa inyo mag sulat man? heheh, yup, all our kainablusan are all lucky to have manay!! when it comes to kids, nothing compares nanay dit2!! huhuhu