AFCC Update 4: Panel of Young Voices
One of the things that I recommended for the Festival was to give the young people a distinct voice. For a gathering called Asian Festival of Children’s Content, it seems a little bit off to not give the ‘children’ themselves a say about what kind of content truly captivates their fancies. Often enough, teachers and [...]
Photo Journal/ Weekly Photo Challenge: Today
We skipped last week’s photo challenge which feature Summer since I was in the thick of things with the recently-concluded Asian Festival of Children’s Content here in Singapore (see my posts about the AFCC here and here). Now that I am able to catch my breath, I am excited to join this week’s photo challenge [...]
Book Hunting Expedition (3): Library Love, AFCC Loot, and May Winner for the AWB Reading Challenge
It’s Sunday! Time for us to post the books that we have ‘hunted down’ during the week for our Book Hunting Expeditions Sunday theme. I have no recent acquisitions but I shall be featuring the books that I borrowed from our libraries here in Singapore as well as the books that were given to me [...]
AFCC Update 3: Philippine Delegates brought Passion, Music, and Vibrance to the Festival
The basic premise of the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) is to showcase and highlight masterful storytelling, artwork, imagery that is of Asian content and bringing it to the world’s children. This year, AFCC has upped the ante by doing a regional focus on the Philippines. This marks the beginning of a ‘global trek’ [...]
AFCC 2012 Update 2: Snippets from the Parents Forum, Celebrating Singapore’s Stars, and an Evening with Noel Cabangon and Candy Gourlay
Yesterday, I managed to post my first update from the recently concluded huge event here in Singapore, the Asian Festival of Children’s Content. Today, I will just share snippets from the Parents Forum, the panel on celebrating our stars here in Singapore, as well as a magical evening with one of the Philippines’ finest musicians, Noel [...]
