Miscellaneous
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 [...]
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 [...]
AFCC 2012 Update 1: Highlights of the Teachers Congress
I am planning to do several posts about the recently-concluded Asian Festival of Children’s Content here in Singapore, breaking them down into snippets and highlights. Until now, I can not believe that the festival is over. It was all such a whirlwind – one minute it has begun, and the next minute it’s over. It [...]
Hunger Games in Singapore!
Yes, you heard right! I received an email a week ago about this wonderful event organized by our libraries here in Singapore, and I thought that it would be a great time to share this with you. Check out this poster. There will be short-story writing competitions and drawing contests based on the Hunger Games [...]
