Summer in England means a lot to kids. The two-month break allows schoolchildren to go on a holiday outside England and come back to school with tons of stories to tell. While I was there, my niece spent hers playing with her baby sister at the lawn. Disneyland Paris was quite an expensive trip. Anyway, that girl has already toured the world since birth.

While moms kept themselves busy with chores, birthday parties and recipe books, sale and mall events were big at the towncentres. On this particular site at Edenwalk, weekends were filled with fun activities for children – from storytelling to face painting.

This was where I actually got the idea. My cousin somehow encouraged it. She bought me a set of color palettes to bring home to Manila.