off the shelf: where is brainy?

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Here is another one of my favorite books that I would like to tell you about. Mum got me this pre-loved Smurfs book from one her Facebook groups late last year. I was on a Smurfs-mania that time and was watching the Smurfs movies one after another. I was also playing with my Smurfs Happy Meal toys then.

Where Is Brainy? is a book filled with pictures that are filled with the cute and blue smurfs + their everyday adventures + misadventures. In each picture, the readers should locate the whereabouts of one famous Smurfs character, Brainy. He is easier to spot that most of Papa Smurfs children because he is wearing a pair of glasses. You will more often see Brainy’s head buried in a book or busy reading in his hut. Some photos also feature the Smurf’s enemy, the bad wizard, Gargamel.

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There is also a summary of all the lovable Smurfs characters as shown in this photo.

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out + about: going to the playground

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Since the rainy season started, we can no longer spend as much time outdoors as we would like to. I miss spending time outside playing + wandering, + I miss biking most of all. Since summer ended it was only mum who gets to ride her bike sometimes, bringing my lunch to school.

I miss playing outside so much that I was really happy that we were able to do just that a few weeks back. There was a storm that day and classes were suspended. Luckily, the rain was not so bad that mum thought it was a good idea for a trip to the mall. Mum bought new clothes and shopped for postcards and cute stuff from one of the shops in the mall. We also ate lunch in one of our favorite fast foods!

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off the shelf: ang barumbadong bus

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Hi there, it has been awhile since you heard from me. Things are a tad busy at home with mum doing a gazillion of things and this school boy, busy with school work and other stuff.

One of the many things I would like to share with you are my favorite things, so today I am talking about one of my favorite books ~ Ang Barumbadong Bus.

Here’s a brief summary found at the back of the book:

Isang bus na kaskasero ang naghahari-harian sa kalsada.

Wala siyang pakialam sa kapakanan ng iba. 

Basahin sa kwentong ito ang sinapit 

ng barumbadong bus dahil sa kaniyang kayabangan.

This story is about a temperamental bus called Kas, who wants to drive fast in the street, passed the many other cars and vehicles, whom he bullied as he zoomed by. This bus only cares for himself and does not care whether he hurt the other vehicles as he passed them by. Even his passengers are afraid of him because he is known to race in the street and to speed on without waiting for the passengers to fully exit his bus.

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