Paolo Punzalan
Faith. Discipleship. Leadership. Family.
Why did I even do that? It was a quick turn around trip to Singapore. My son, Ryan, had a basketball tournament for he was selected to be a part of the 15 and under team for the 7th Asia Pacific Youth Cup in Singapore. I flew on a Thursday morning to watch his …
Our third child, Ryan, recently turned 13. And for some reason, he had the crazy idea of cycling from Tokyo to the foot of Mount Fuji and then hike up to the summit. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. It was his passage into becoming a man and my passage of officially …
Monday mornings are usually basketball pick up games for me, several pastors, campus ministers and those in full time ministry like LA, Patrick, Owie, Roel, etc. Others who are professional students like Josh join us too. (peace Josh!) One of the advantages of homeschooling is that I get to bring Ryan, my 8 year old, …
Ryan had a baseball game last Saturday. On the third inning, right before going back to the field coming from the dugout, he comes to me and asks me a question. “Dad, am I doing well? Am I doing well?” It’s interesting how kids come up to their parents to get encouragement as a young …
We were having a meal together as a family. Janina was eating “Lucky Me” chicken mami noodles. Jenn asked Ryan a question who was 3 years old at that time, “Ryan, do you want chicken mami?” Almost in tears and with a confused face, Ryan replies, “No, I don’t like!!! I want YOU, mom…not a …
Coming home from church one night, Ryan and Janina rode with me while Nathan and Joaquin rode with their mom since they used another car coming from a birthday party. A conversation between Janina, my 11 year old and Ryan, my 7 year old that made me bust out laughing went like this… RYAN: I …
Something very unfortunate happened this morning. After an awesome Victory group meeting with several men from church, I got home only to find out that one of my kids accidentally spilled water on the laptop. I went berserk and ballistic to say the least. Afterwhich, I grabbed the laptop to bring it to one of the PowerMac …
Please allow me to be a proud daddy for a moment and share this homerun video by my 6 year old, Ryan. This was last Saturday, February 6, 2010. So proud of Ryan!
Bringing kids to school is definitely an interesting adventure. Brought Ian Concepcion, Yodo Galvez and my son, Ryan to school this morning. Their conversation went this way… YODO: Do you like Christmas? RYAN: I don’t really like Christmas because of the gifts. IAN: Why don’t you like Christmas? RYAN: I like Christmas because it’s God’s …
After school, Ryan who is only 6 years old was in the bed with my wife, Jenn. She was massaging his back. Ryan: “I need my own masahista at home.” Jenn: “Why?” Ryan: “Coz I always get tired from school.” Man, what are they teaching and doing to kids today in school?