Chloe's Lupang Hinirang

Some days before the one-day program we had at the Busan Filipino School, I thought of teaching Chloe some starter lines from our Philippine Anthem.

Me: (Singing) "Bayang Magiliw, Perlas ng Silanganan..."

Chloe had tried to follow however she was struggling how to pronounce "bayang magiliw" since there's no one word-syllable sounding "ng" and "liw" in Korean...

Chloe: "Mayang magiliw..."

Me: No baby, it should have the B sound... "bayang"...

Chloe: Okay, I'll try it again...
(Rhythm fine... one deep breath)

"Bayang Bagiliw"...

...hearing herself out loud we both have a good laugh.

That's the spirit my baby!

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