Larie started learning the saxophone early this year.  It's part of a program for Year 4 students in her school to learn a wind or percussion instrument.  She's enjoying it so much and she can play a few pieces already.  Her background in violin I think helped a lot in her picking up sax fairly quickly.

una carta para reponsder el ultimo poema de Dr. Jose Rizal -  “mi ultimo adiós”.

I have heard of your last good bye a long time gone.

I stand alone now carrying a sack behind me, barefooted, eyes swollen from the tiredness of my journey.

I came back from the fiesta where people enjoyed their cerveza that finished with the noise of the ancient fireworks.

When was it the last time, I saw your grave, of people calling your name, of your greatness and your travels, of telling us not to forget, yet now I search for your grave, thinking about all the scars, the tiredness, the fear, and the happiness I longed for my soul.

Once, I gained all the silver in the world and lost them all.  I had worn a suit most gentlemen would admire and of young ladies would lay before me for I had the breeding, a pedigree of prejudice judged and perfected by society. But now, I lost them all and I have nothing to offer you.

We followed you and traced the travels of your youth; we have spoken languages far more than anybody else could.  We have learned cultures that enriched us so much more than before.

But when I look at the mirror, I can hardly see myself as I am surrounded by the fog and the light that you often mentioned that should greet us every morning.  It never greeted us.

Is every morning a day of darkness and hopelessness for us?  I stand here only with a sack of my worldly belongings slung at my back looking for your grave.