00:02Today's my life check.
00:04Sa life check vlog ng baguets na ito,
00:07iflinex niya ang samot-saring mga punot halaman sa kanilang bakuran.
00:12The random weeds that have been growing around it
00:15aren't actually its weeds, but the saplings.
00:19As you can see, they look beautiful.
00:21May patrivia pa siya na parabang si Kuya Kim,
00:25but English-spoken-ing.
00:27I found an anahaw tree.
00:30It's like a mini palm tree in the Philippines,
00:33and it's currently fruiting.
00:34Napaka-fluent with matching accent pa.
00:38And I realized, well, we don't have any trees here,
00:41so afterwards, they're going to collect the trees.
00:44Kaya naman, marami ang humanga sa kanyang eloquence.
00:50Eloquence?
00:50We never know what the world gives us next.
00:53Ang mga nakakausap ng batang ito,
00:56chockdown na magno-nosebleed.
01:00Spoken-ing dollars kasi.
01:02Ang viral Konyo Kiddie Vlogger,
01:05wala raw dugong foreigner.
01:07Patunayan, born and raised siya
01:10dito sa Karkar City sa Cebu.
01:13Hello, I'm Simeon Rafaela Was,
01:15and I'm 11 years old.
01:16Si Simeon,
01:17nagpakitang gilas agad.
01:19Ito, itutour niya tayo sa kanyang hometown.
01:24Hello, everyone.
01:26So, this is the Karkar Dispensary,
01:28or the Dispensary of the Karkar,
01:30which was a major hospital
01:32during the World War II.
01:34This follows the rule of Oro, Plata, Mata.
01:38So, let's count how many steps it takes.
01:41Oro, Plata, Mata,
01:43Oro, Plata, Mata, Oro, Plata, Mata, Oro.
01:50So, the last step falls on Oro,
01:52which gives the house or the place
01:55incredible fortune.
01:56I would say I learned my English accent
01:59from YouTube,
02:01especially from a lot of kids' videos back then.
02:04Si Simeon,
02:06only child ng kanyang Mami Katrina
02:08at Daddy James,
02:09na parehong work-from-home,
02:11VA,
02:12or Virtual Assistants.
02:14My mom and dad are both pretty fluent in English
02:18because they've worked jobs
02:19in which they had to speak to foreigners.
02:22He really is an old soul.
02:23Maybe because sa household namin,
02:25siya yung only kid
02:26and then only grandchild.
02:29So, he's with the older people
02:31most of the time.
02:32Ang mga pat-trivia naman ni Simeon,
02:35hindi lang niya gawa-gawa
02:36o hindi niya tayo dinodog show,
02:39kundi kanya raw pinag-aralan.
02:42Si Simeon kasi,
02:44wide and voracious reader
02:46mula pa nung siya'y three years old.
02:48So, this is my favorite book,
02:50Poblathion Houses in Cebu.
02:52I really like it because
02:53it shows the richness of Filipino culture.
02:57When he was young,
02:58binibilahan ko siya ng mga encyclopedias.
03:00I didn't think that
03:01ma-memorize niya yun kagad.
03:03Malamang,
03:04ang pinagmanahan daw ni Simeon
03:06sa hilig sa mga pat-trivia
03:07ang kanyang Daddy James.
03:09Mahilig ako sa general information
03:11kasi when I was in high school,
03:13I competed sa mga QSB.
03:15Lately,
03:16he mentioned something about
03:18eclesiastical law
03:19and I know nothing about it.
03:20So, I just had to Google.
03:21Hello everyone,
03:22so it's me again
03:23and I actually wanted to give you
03:24a little bit of an insight
03:26at ang husay ni Simeon
03:27sa pag-i-ingles
03:28at galing niya
03:29para ma-retain
03:31sa kanyang isipan
03:32ang kanyang mga
03:33general knowledge trivia.
03:35Mas naipamamalas niya
03:37nung siya'y nagsimulang
03:38mag-vlog.
03:39I've been planting so many trees.
03:41Ang madalas niyang gawing content
03:43mga halaman sa kanilang hardin
03:45na ang ilan,
03:46siya parao mismo
03:47ang nagtanim.
04:02At sa mga nagko-comment diyan
04:04kung bakit pa na'y English,
04:06si Simeon,
04:07heto ang kanyang paliwanag.
04:09I just use the English language
04:12so that I can converse
04:13with a wide majority of people.
04:15We make small talk,
04:17of course,
04:17the Filipino with chica,
04:18but I chose to give that up today
04:21especially because it's Lent.
04:23So, for 40 days,
04:24I've tried not to do maritist.
04:26At don't him, ha?
04:28Dahil hindi lang daw siya
04:29sa English fluent.
04:31Matatas din mag-Bisaya
04:33o Cebuano.
04:34Half kilo pali yung tea.
04:36Ha?
04:36Half kilo nga.
04:38One-fourth na, ha?
04:39Half kilo.
04:41One-fourth lang?
04:42Back then,
04:42lechonillo ang tawag sa lechon
04:44because babies were used.
04:46Pero naloy tao
04:47ng mga karkaranon
04:48o gihimogdag ko,
04:50especially ang mga anay sa ola.
04:52Ginginan ako si
04:52ang iyong mama na
04:54he has to learn
04:55na mag-Bisaya
04:57because that's the native tongue.
04:58At ito todo na raw ni Simeon
05:00ang pagiging multilingual.
05:02Inahasa niya na rin kasi
05:04ang kanyang Filipino.
05:05Kapag magta-Tagalog ako,
05:07of course,
05:07mahirapan
05:08kasi hindi ako Tagalog bo.
05:10Pero of course,
05:11since I'm a Filipino,
05:13I have to respect that decision
05:15because yan ang sinasalita
05:17ng mga bayani natin.
05:19Pati na Mandarin.
05:21Tadja hao,
05:22wajaw Simeyo.
05:24Ni hao Kaiwen.
05:25Nijaw shumung mingze.
05:27Mali.
05:28Poligloth yarn.
05:29Marunong sa iba't ibang mga lingwahe.
05:32Most of the people kasi,
05:34more on two languages lang
05:35yung kaya nilang ma-process
05:37or ma-master.
05:38So as an 11 years old
05:39na kaya gumamit
05:40ng iba't ibang language,
05:42it's very rare.
05:43Sa parenting,
05:44I think the general rule
05:45that we're trying to follow
05:46is to not show him limits
05:47and just have him follow
05:49his greatest excitement
05:50at that moment.
05:52At ang ipinagmamalaki
05:54ni na Mami Katrina
05:55at Daddy James,
05:56ang kanilang uniko iho,
05:58hindi lang daw multilingual,
06:00multi-talented din.
06:04Marunong mag-traditional calligraphy
06:06o lettering
06:07na sulat kamay.
06:09It shows the beauty
06:10of traditional writing
06:12and a writing
06:13that was founded
06:14a hundred and plus years ago.
06:16I learned this
06:17on the internet
06:18and slowly but surely
06:19I learned the steppings.
06:21Mahusay rin mag-drawing
06:23at magpinta.
06:26Aba.
06:26Performer din.
06:28Kaya niyang kumanta
06:29at umarte
06:30sa teatro.
06:38Katunayan,
06:38ngayong Abril,
06:39lilipad siya pa Japan
06:41para bumida
06:42sa isang stage play.
06:44Siyempre,
06:45we're very proud
06:45yung curiosity niya
06:47knows no bounds.
06:48Pero maituturing
06:49na banghenyo
06:50si Simeon.
06:51Nitong Webes,
06:53binala siya
06:53ng aming team
06:54sa isang psychologist
06:55para sumailalim
06:57sa dalawang assessment.
06:58Ang una,
06:59ang tinatawag na
07:00Tony Ford.
07:01It would measure
07:02what we call
07:03as fluid intelligence
07:04that would help us
07:06determine if we are
07:07some sort of street smart.
07:09The other one,
07:09by the way,
07:10is an adaptive scale.
07:11We particularly measured
07:12communication skills niya,
07:14social skills,
07:15and even skills
07:17for activities
07:18of daily living.
07:18For the test
07:19for non-verbal intelligence,
07:20actually,
07:21Simeon scored
07:22as someone
07:23who is above average.
07:25So it's above average.
07:27Above average
07:28is that
07:28the age equivalent
07:29is actually 16 years old.
07:32So he's 11,
07:3411 years old.
07:35And then
07:35sa daily living,
07:36this is where
07:36he scored high.
07:37And for socialization,
07:39moderately high.
07:40But overall,
07:41yung score niya is high.
07:42All in all,
07:42I'm very happy
07:43with my skills.
07:44Yay!
07:45Thank you, self.
07:47I want to learn
07:48a lot of things
07:49because I want to
07:50help people
07:51with the things
07:51I'm learning.
07:52This land was
07:53fought in for
07:54from our heroes
07:55and the people
07:57who died here
07:57on these very lands
07:58did not die
07:59just for our generation
08:01to play on laptops
08:03every day.
08:03I want them
08:04to be remembered.
08:05And I also realized
08:06there was a mini tamarind
08:08growing.
08:10English-spoken man,
08:12Maunang na-import
08:13ng lechon,
08:14tiniyangtod sa kanon.
08:15Sige, salamat ka.
08:17Proud bisda
08:18o bisayang dako
08:20at pusong Pilipino.
08:22Kung ganito,
08:23kakurious
08:23ang next generation
08:25will be planting
08:26so many trees.
08:27Aba!
08:28Ang future
08:29very bright
08:31indeed!
08:34Bye!
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