Last May 24, 2015 Adarna House, a children's publishing company celebrated their 35th Year Anniversary with "Peryang Adarna", a whole day carnival themed event which took place at the Activity Center of Trinoma Mall in Quezon City.
If you love reading, you had probably read one of their books. They have multi-lingual books as well.
Peryang Adarna had featured games and activity booths which both children and parents enjoyed. There were some inspired Filipino games too, like piko, tumbang preso and tirador.
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| I'd like to have this once the house gets renovated. |
And I am one proud mama here! I was with my Bunso during the event and he did not even know how to play piko. I just told him to observe the other children who were currently playing. After a few minutes, he said he wanted to play. We approached the representative and when he was asked if he knows how to play piko, he confidently said "Yes!". And he did finished playing it! Too bad all I got were blurred pictures of him while playing. Think that's the next thing I got to learn about photography. :)
And as a reward from playing piko, you got a free ice cream from Selecta.
And there was this one game that I did not even bothered counting anymore as to how many times we went back just to finish it! For those who attended the event I think you know what I am talking about, Yes! It's the Fishing Booth, where we need to catch five fishes, regardless of size in one minute!
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| The first try, and the next, well, I stopped counting after 5. |
And if you did not noticed it, not all fishes can be caught by the mouth, others can be caught by the forehead (?) since the magnet was placed there. And since Bunso got my Never Give-up Competitive side of me, we were able to complete the stamps in his card and qualified for the raffle draw.
And it seems that most of the parents played this game, including me! :D
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| Finally! |
Two mascots joined the crowd, Adarna House's very own Pilandok, and the big bird of Oishi.
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| Adarna's very own, Pilandok. |
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| His beak it too big for the picture. |
By 3:00 PM the program started hosted by celebrity mom, Camille Pratts. Too bad I never got a clear shot. I wanted to, but I just don't want to block the audience's view too. A special dance number by the Movement Studio together with Pilandok, musical performance by Pundaquit Virtuosi headed by Julliard-trained Coke Bolipata also took place on the event.
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| Celebrity mom Camille Pratts, with the authors and illustrators of Adarna House. |
And of course, the most awaited book reading by Luisito "Kuya Bodjie" Pascua and Earle Figuracion entertained, not just the children, but also the parents who were star strucked by Batibot's Kuya Bodjie.
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| Kuya Bodjie, reading the story "Nang Magkakulay ang Nayon". |
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Earle Figuracion, narrating the story "Ang Barumbadong Bus".
It seems that this guy had memorized the story already. |
As literature evolves online, Adarna House formally presented its newest venture, Adarna Digital. Its recently developed apps based on their popular books for a new generation of Filipinos around the world to enjoy.
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| He got a prize! |
And the reason why we visited all of the booths and completed all the activities, joining the raffle! :D He was actually waiting for his name to be called for the winners of Oishi products, but his name was called for the winner of school supplies by Amspec. Now he is using the pencil and eraser. We had set aside the other art stuff for a while, and will use it only if needed.
It was a tiring day indeed. But we enjoyed our bonding moment at Peryang Adarna.
Hoping to see and join events with Adarna soon!
