The BUSY HANDS album in my Facebook account features activities of “busy-ness” of Meimei and EJ. But here I would like to write how the concept of BUSY HANDS started and when it started.
I grew up with 4 brothers and 1 sister, so yeah, we are a large family 
In most of our growing years we’ve had helpers doing the house works but our parents, especially our dad, always wanted us to work with them. He didn’t want us to be spoiled brats who just litter our stuff around the house and let the house maids clean them. We were tasked to fix our rooms, wipe the windows, feed the dogs (and even clean their poopie!), wash our clothes and all the other house chores especially when the helpers took their day off on a Sunday. That way, even without helpers, life was normal and we didn’t have to panic. I would like to make mention that my grandmother who was a very good cook lived with us and somehow taught me the basics of cooking. I can say that all of us (my brothers, sister and I) had busy hands growing up.
me and my siblings - we're really BUSY here! ;-D
Ten days after graduating from the University, I went to Laguna to work with Hitachi Computer Products. It was there that I felt pride in the training that my parents had given me because at that time, I became our group’s “mommy”. I went to Laguna with several classmates and most of them, especially the guys, I had to teach how to cook, clean the house, wash the dishes and iron their clothes. In days that I wasn’t so tired, I would even iron their clothes/uniforms for them. I usually cooked for my housemates during weekends as well. It was good I mastered how to cook instant noodles and fried eggs! haha! Taking care of the “Hitachi gang” became a very special thing to me because that had also been my role in the Boyero household (my family). So the more I missed serving my family back home, the more I served and loved my new “family” in Laguna.
Living independently on a far away land with no one to depend on but my God and myself, I learned a lot and I appreciated so much how my parents trained us with house works. So way back in 1999 I already told myself that when I have kids of my own, I will definitely train them because I have experienced how my house “skills” blessed my housemates.
Having helpers isn’t a bad thing, in fact, I can say house helpers are one of the blessings of living in the Philippines. However, having helpers should not take away the opportunity to teach our children responsibilities at home. Joey and I have decided that no matter how rich (and famous, haha) we get someday or how many helpers we will have, our kids will always have BUSY HANDS
