Shakers & Movers

I was browsing the internet about some big bargains (deals) at Ardene's and to my surprise it turned out that their branch closed down at the only covered shopping mall in Campbell River. After the Bootlegger shut down its department store recently what is there to replace these two fashion stores?

 Most of the clothes I'm wearing were bought from this fashion store. This is the place where my daughter and a friend used to shop for stylish clothing: dress, tops, pants, and denims. I mean their quality clothing is up to standard, fashionable and up to date.

It's sad that they moved out from the Commons (formerly known as Ironwood Mall).

Then the other fashion store also moved out from the Mall. What could be the problem? Is it the same old problem of high rental rates?Oh, just guessing.

Next year, rental houses, townhouses, apartments  in B.C. will also rise up to new heights. But you know, minimum wage will increase...I hope so. It's about time. You can't buy anything with $12/hour minimum wage anymore so it must increase. Canada is not a third world country so Canadians must set an example.

 What's left inside the mall is Hairstyling Salon A CUT ABOVE owned by Carol Chapman and other few small stores (retail outlets) owned by other businessmen and women.

Shoppers would rather shop from the outside of the mall with big neon signs that they can see more often than not. Thrifty's and Dollarama can be seen from outside but some department stores can't be seen from outside. We are living in the time when " time is most important and precious as gold." Shoppers, consumers are people who are always busy and wasting time is not part of their daily lives. They want to see what to see and choose what they want to choose in a glance. They don't stay in one place and stay there for an hour unless if they are relaxing or galavanting. You wont see group of people on standby in Canada unless if that area is a tourist spot or there is a Food Court.

I wish Forever 21 opens their branch here at the Mall. Or Shoemart SM Megamall opens their branch here. Ha ha! is that too much to ask? Well, only if the Commons will lower their rent per unit. It's too big of a place to lose its customers.

I wish that the economy will catch up and much better in the year 2019. We could only wish each other GOOD LUCK and look forward to a HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. Cheers everybody!

Shop Around

There are BILLIONS OF PEOPLE around the world but that doesn't mean billions of people owned cellphones and computers nor laptops. So, don't assume that these billions of people have Facebook account and everyone knows everybody because that's not the case. Maybe there are 100 millions of people with cellphones but in today's time maybe there are 10 millions of people who owned personal computers because computers are almost un-affordable. They are not cheap anymore.

I have two laptops but I don't have cellphone. I owned 4 digital cameras. My eyes are equipped with camera. Ha ha ha! Just kidding. I have long memory and I hope my photographic memory wont be affected when I grow old. Yuck! I'm old at age 55.

So the story is: I went to this electronics store together with my hubby and daughter. I want to avail of its cheap laptop/notebook that was posted in their company's internet website. The laptop was on sale! Wow! Upon reaching the store, there's no parking space available for their customers. We then looked for a vacant parking space somewhere another area on another side far away from the electronic store. Inside the store, you wont believe how many people there but you can see clearly who are the employees or sales clerk because of their neon colored shirts, the uniform they are wearing that time. I don't know if that's the same uniform for the rest of their day to day working days at the store. Whatever! We looked around and search for the one laptop we are after. It's the Lenovo brand 500GB HD for only $229 as advertised in their website. Well, we went around to the laptop/ computer section and there's no Lenovo brand with that description on the internet. OMG! The price of laptops went up so high now that's it is impossible that anyone can afford it unless if they are really into superfast games or they are gamers not workers. Are gamers paid for their participation in internet games? If you know what I mean. I am not into superfast computers because I am into blogging, photography and digital painting. Why should I be in a hurry? You want to be in a hurry, you end up without limbs, feet and hands.

I asked one of the clerks, he told me to show him where I saw the ad. I told him that I saw the advertisement in their website (meaning through the internet) or maybe we have to order it through the net not at their store. Whatever! He asked some other clerks to give me a hand. Or have somebody help me find that Lenovo brand laptop. Wow! He doesn't know what's being advertised in their own website. I told my husband we should just look for another brand of computer laptop in the next department store. There are another stores up there such as Walmart & Staples. We were about to get out of the store when our former tenant arrived. I recognized him right away. Greeted each other with the same old "Merry Christmas!" We shook hands and he said something funny. He is now a cop and he was with his younger cute son whose big mole on the face was very prominent. I can't take off my eyes of his dark mole. I hope that mole on his face is non-malignant, better be it's just a birthmark. We went to the mall, to Walmart to Staples and we saw them again in Staples. I think they bought electronics there and we? We decided to buy at the local department store in the city where we live.

Because we usually buy and shop locally to end up shopping in another city means driving there for 40 minutes to an hour. It's been two years I haven't been there to Courtenay there's no reason why... except for something that we would like to buy  something that the local stores don't have,  for my husband to see his employer or submit work reports other than that shopping is more convenient at the nearest shopping malls and department stores and supermarkets. Now that the price of gasoline is higher than usual really it's best to shop online or to the local department stores.

The Give & Take Process

The return of rainee days and thank goodness the trees are not swaying, it's not windy but of course there is air and probably there are waves up to to one to two ft. in height unlike from two days ago when the waves at SIHW beach were wavy and the waves height reached as far as 3 meters. Maybe the frogs are praying for such downpour to keep the ground wet and their natural habitat being naturally enriched with water. But pray it wont become a pond or tundra.

It's the 28th of December 2018, Friday morning. It's not as cold as previous days we had but it is still a bit dark outside.

What else is new with us? My son has to return to mainland after a 5 day holiday vacation to be with us. It's great that he was given 5 days instead of 3 days and now he'll be back to work this afternoon. Work and studies. He will have to continue to study for ES next year 2019. It's not an easy diploma course. Pertaining to Science is not an easy subject especially if he is working and studying at the same time. I wish I'm super rich and he doesn't need to work just study until he graduate because he is a smart young man and he deserves better. But at least he is gaining tons and loads of work experiences.  I remember one of our tenants who was taking a College course on Anthropology and she and her whole class with their professor has to dig deeper in Egypt, the Amazonian regions to Peru.

In Philippines, I don't know of anybody who is into something like that except Prof. Gregorio F. Zaide, the author/historian of World History book that I was reading when I was in Elementary School, the book owned by my sister when she was in High School. Well, there were two other dig deeper when I was in University and they were graduates from Harvard. I learned so much from these two strict disciplinarians and they cannot deny that they also learned from me.

Now what? My new computer laptop is somewhat slow. Darn! Windows 10. How could that be? My Windows 7 is way faster than any other computers combined. lol. No kidding! It's a satellite. I could climb up the highest Himalayan Mountain, EVEREST and it will probably works and functions perfectly and faster. Speaking of Everest... the movie, you should watch it. It's hard to believe that the actor Pierce Brosnan as one of the climbers (once given the role as James Bond) almost died in this Himalayan expedition. Actually his role in this movie made us believe about miracles. Why so many mountain climbers would risk their lives to reach the highest peak? That's the million dollar question.

Please Start Being A Human Even If You Are Using The Internet. Pinch yourself once in a while find out if you are a robot or not.

Something is really weird with the internet with all the connections and inter connections. For God sake what do you think of humans? ROBOTS?!!!!!!!!

All questions should only be answered with YES or NO. Too many cheche bureche! If the transaction will last for over an hour updating and upgrading WTH!!!!!

It's the computer. It's the internet. What else should each station, each website should know about each person using the internet? FGS!!!!!!

The reason why people or human beings used the internet nowadays it's because of :

1. The mailing and billing at present time is now done through the internet not to the post office. For somebody to steal the bill of the user or steal the emails of the rightful email account user should PAY for the bills.

2. Do you think that somebody with blogs and Facebook account user will lie about his or her name to their own family? Do you think somebody will lie about their names to pay the bills?

3. There is something really, really wrong with some weirdos out there. It pisses me off.

4. The computer, laptops, electronic gadgets are too expensive to be even used and it's not convenient anymore. It's more expensive to email, pay bills through the net now because you have to pay for electric bills unlike before when you have to pay for stamps. Stamps are cheaper that's for sure. But you know some agencies receive % (how much?) to make sure that people have to use the internet and the connections and inter connections will make them richer and greedy!

Well, here's my message to those internet thieves you should pay for the users bills and debts. Nobody is rich anymore. Everyone  pays for extra nowadays. Inconvenient truth!

Who cares if one person has another email address? What the hell is buying a new computer if someone doesn't avail of free email address. What the hell is a new computer if the old computer is already full and want to make a new account. What the hell is this batch of annoying software engineers who are up to something? Are you human beings? That is the question. Maybe you start talking to true real people so that you know what the feeling of being a human.

Talking about license? FGS! Are you James Bond?  Hello! This happened long time ago when Albert Einstein had enough of the crap, nonsense crap that those very greedy humans who are always into something hideous.

Time Changes Everything

At first don't want to post any photos or any story for today. I should not. You know I feel so moody today, maybe because I am so tired. I felt so tired last night and too tired to do anything today. I was wrapping lumpia (springrolls) and wrapping samosa yesterday and I was standing for more than two hours then I realized why I have to stand while doing this kind of task. I was standing preparing all the food and cooking the ingredients for samosa and lumpia for 3 hours. I should have sat down while rolling the lumpia and samosa. Darn! I know, used to do this kind of work at the restaurant as a line cook and would you believe at work you have to do the work while standing for 8 hours without the chance to sit down and where to sit there's no chair at the kitchen in the restaurant. I can't even rant when I was at work because it was busy like hell. The squirrel machine pops out orders like ying-yang split per second speed non-stop that's how busy that pub/restaurant along the marina. Thank God my work there is over. Tip was great. Wage was so great over minimum. Everything was great like cheesy great. Ha ha! Cheddar! But that was long time ago, long long time ago. I think that was ancient already as if the dinosaurs roamed the earth that time. LOL.

We have chairs at our own home at the dining room but why I stand? I only sit when I work on my computer. Yeah feels good. I'm the boss of my own blogs.

Christmas has been celebrated through out the whole, wide world. Ceasefire? Good for mankind. Everybody rejoiced and be glad that the planet is still the same old "home" for earthlings. Nothing has changed except of course the people who would like some changes and those people who changed their clothing and humans who grew up and mature for the betterment of their own kind.

I don't know whether have to change my attitude or they should change their own attitude. Whatever! PEACE! We all need some kind of peace to achieve happiness.

I had received what I want and received gifts unexpectedly not the kind of gift that I like but that's okay. It doesn't matter. Remember... it doesn't matter! Thanks to the givers, especially to my husband who gave me enough shopping money to buy gifts for my children and my sister's family. I hope the receivers are happy with what they had received. It's better than nothing. That you will always have to think. If you didn't receive anything from me today, think of all the gifts you received from me in the past and count those blessings. Then you'll probably think, it was you who never give anything. Okay enough being shallow because that's a waste of our time.

Wishing everyone a beautiful, wonderful, MERRY CHRISTMAS and a healthy, joyous, prosperous HAPPY NEW YEAR! Cheers!

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Baby Jesus!

Winter Solstice

Today is the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year...that's according to the scientists who were known to have observed this one of a kind phenomenon called "Winter Solstice."
I don't know if those celebrants will gather round at the Stonehenge.

I hope this is the end of the windstorm that knocked off power lines to 150,000 homes within B.C.
Last year we never experienced windstorm, instead it was snowstorm that caused such calamity. Now you wonder whether we have giant wind turbines or wind tunnels in operation somewhere here in Vancouver. It's not cool to have giant wind turbines at the island. It's gonna be so noisy and might affect the natural habitat of living human population and the population of animals. But you know, some people thought that's the answer to another source of power and to drive away fog. Yeah sure, maybe that will drive away people away from the island. Ha ha! Lessen the population. Wind power!

You'll stay at your homes most of the time because once the giant wind turbine starts spinning you'll be blown away to another part of the island and maybe you'll land in the Pacific ocean hope there is a beautiful island there waiting for your landing. He he just kidding. But you know, some earthlings already moved away from where there are giant turbines and relocated their livelihood away from such debilitating noise.Yup, they became homeless!

It's weird day Friday today, watching TV News about drones flying and hovering at the airport in London. All flights were delayed because of such disturbance. In another  airport somewhere, they waited for the birds to migrate in another part of the world before the flights resume to normal.

I hope today is not a freaky Friday. Have a nice day people! Happy shopping and pray there are more discounted items to buy, something that we can all afford and appreciate. For those who are traveling to come home for the Holidays, drive safe and be good.

Christmas Past & Presents

My children are peace loving, kindhearted, smart human beings so they will receive extra special precious gifts this coming Christmas. My husband worked so hard to give and provide for the family. It will be just like old times when everyone, all the members of the family received what they expect and dreamed of. Well, some of them were surprise gifts actually.

Me and my twin children Cade & Tamara on their first Christmas 1994

My children: Tyrel, Cade & Tamara celebrating Christmas Year 2000

 Tam received  Wii Fit gadget and all the completeWii gadgets and electronic devices

Christmas 2010

But you know, when children grew up and their taste, style and likes vary greatly on something that we cannot almost afford then that's the problematic case of gift-giving.

I myself have certain likes and dislikes and I would prefer something...? What could be? I have so many things on my list to ask everyone what I would like for Christmas, is like being mean and arrogant so whatever it is better be a giver than the receiver not putting stress and pressure on anybody. lol

Everyone would like a happy, merry Christmas not a dramatic, sad and lonely day of  commercialism and materialism. However, you as a consumer should help the economy of your country, in the city where you live and raise your family and be a part of the Global citizenship.  There, that's my economic mind of being a graduate of Economics. Whatever it is, just be grateful, be thankful and stop being a humbug and scrooge.

Options In Gold

Finally, no more windstorm and no more downpour outside and within the island. Thank goodness! Go away storm! Don't come back or I'm gonna kick you out of the island. lol.

So, my husband finally adorned  Christmas lights along the gutters of the roof of the house and the small tree shaped like a huge mushroom outside, at the front yard was also decorated with Christmas lights. The blue spruce tree at the yard which towers over hundred meters or more than 100 ft. tall in height need no decoration. It would be nice if its decorated too for the Holidays but you will need a long piece of straight pole or a scaffold to reach its height.

A neighbor came to deliver her Christmas greeting card to us. How nice of her. Thanks Denise and Rock. So we have beautiful, thoughtful and generous neighbors aside from Lynda, Gary, Shawn and harley the dog. Is there a cute cat there? Ha ha ha! We missed freddie the cat who lives in another subdivision which is about 15 minutes from where we live. My husband said he went to visit Freddie once or twice since we moved out from there and brought him some "temptations chicken flavor bits and pieces." Then Andre' came and he and my husband Lorne went to the hairdresser (hairstylist named Daniel) somewhere along the neighborhood. It's good that people get along with each other in this part of the town.

I'm thinking of having my haircut done by a professional hairdresser instead of me always cutting and trimming and my daughter would like to have her hair cut to a minimum length too. Yeah, one of those days I will have a short hair that I will really like, no need for hairclip or hairband. Maybe there's no need to consume much of the shampoo, hairdye and less water consumption. I mean less consumption on hair products and less water. I love water! fgs!

The morning news today on TV is about the "flouride" which is a part of the water system in Ontario. Not anymore unless if the Ontarians want it. I first thought the whole Canada has flouride matters in all its water system. It's okay, most toothpaste has fluoride in its content. What the Government should implement is to have more dentists in this country and maybe everyone can afford to visit their dentists whenever they like. You know, competition set the trend, price and availability and affordability. In Philippines, there are at least 5 dental clinics per 50  residential homes. Every year there are 5,000 to 10,000 graduates of Dentistry. Too many hundred thousands of dentists in Philippines. The supply of labor and supply and demand matters in every country. Why some people have to go abroad, to Philippines and other third world countries to have their dental hygiene, surgery, and denture replacements its because of affordability. No one can afford dental hygiene in Canada. My husband and son spent $20,000 just for dental care and root canal. Would you believe? That's awful!!!!! Crazy, insane hefty price that made us look poor after. Because we can't afford to travel because of dental care is super expensive here in Canada! Just look at those politicians? They are earning $100,000/year but so many of them can't afford medical and dental hygiene (?) Now you'll ask me why  ordinary Canadians can't afford dental care and  to travel where? Everyone can travel within Canada with their vehicles they owned and licensed to drive, without the Greyhound busline that shuts down its business recently, travel from BC to Alberta to Saskatchewan to other parts of Canada would be less frequent from most people who doesn't like long driving. Besides, at winter time traveling anywhere where frozen cold and icy roads and highways? Better stay at home. You can fly, why not? That too can be cancelled if heavy snowstorm and blizzards can impair the flights up in the sky. While I'm typing the last part of this blogpost, the downpour starts to cause havoc. Weird weather! Winter solstice on December 21 and if doesn't snow just buy an inflatable big snowman and display it at your yard and our neighbor is happy to place his inflatable on his yard. Snowman instead of Santa Claus. Whatever! If you've got nothing to do...TRAVEL is an option if you have lots of money to spend then comeback poor as a rat then better stay at home and live a simple life. Really, everything is about lots of money in millions and billions of dollars and you can travel anywhere, everywhere where your private jet or helicopter  can take you. Other people turned a blind eye on almost everything. I think we should watch the BIRDBOX of Sandra Bullock.

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When sometimes a simple story is not enough and a true story needs some kind of extra flare and flavor. That a good combination story must be 50% truth and 50% fiction.

TRUTH is when there is honesty, sincerity, and all the true emotions are involved in the story. A story that touches the heart and mind of the readers. Something that they can relate to. It would be limited. It would be a simple story and predictable.

FICTION is when there is fantasy, dreamlike sequences, extra overt emotions, imaginative thinking, using extra sensory power and perception, an awe of power of emotion and persuasion, there is shock value. Something that is unbelievable, unpredictable, complicated, confusing, limitless and hard to understand and makes you think over and over again.

Overna?

Our 2018 Christmas Tree

It was the 15th of December when my husband Lorne brought the tree at our home. Usually, the Christmas tree that we used to have is taller than us, over 8 ft. tall to 6 ft. tall. This time around we have a 5.5 ft. tall tree in height.

 It's a perfect shaped Christmas tree!

With only the angel topper holding a book

At first would like to have no trimmings or 

no ornaments 

hanging on the tree 

Just like that on the picture would be just wonderful

 However, Christmas is about lights

colorful lights and sparkly objects of amusement

So, there'll be lights that twinkle and let it shine

I adorned our Christmas tree 

with crocheted ornaments: bells, hats, umbrellas, trumpet, fans and snowflakes

Constant Cravings

It's windy today since early morning, probably 20-35 km/hr but life goes on in this part of the world. Is there a storm? Or just a normal situation at the onset of winter?  Years ago, at this time of the year the island was blessed with snow on the ground. So far, the snow is on the mountainous part of B.C. and in to the interior regions of British Columbia. You know, if the ground is really warm then no snow will ever stick. For the rich you can always have a built-in snowmaker and create your own snow... well only if you love the snow, snowflakes and snow angels.

I watched NASA Channel last night on how they monitor the surface part of the Earth through the mounted camera they installed at the ISS International Space Station. The slow movement of the planet Earth is magnify every second, every minute of the day. It's all white and light blue regions of the Earth we had seen for 10 minutes of watching. Then I changed the channel and when I returned o Channel 27 NASA the screen is still on that white and blue surface, looks like the North Pole. After few hours we can see the surface of the earth having more blue colors in it. I'm glad those astronauts have enough patience to watch us from above.They are our guardians from space. You know the agilent!
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My husband old me that every time he comes home he's always craving for food, sometimes something sweet. If I don't bake him cake, muffins or any pastry then he'll be the one to bake sweet bread or cinnamon buns. So he baked cinnamon buns two days ago, actually he baked cinnamon buns twice a week.

Then I cooked chicken, ham and veggies with noodles soup. Hearty meal for winter time. It's really good.

Food can never be enough for all of us. Because we are humans who love food and without food we cannot function and think as normal human beings. Food is part of our lives. Food makes us strong physically, mentally and psychologically. So, let us stay strong!

The Sphere

I was waiting for the second storm last night but it's not a storm but just drizzles. This morning it's all about drizzles nothing much. It's cold but nothing to get frightened of. (Thursday report)

What is drizzle you may ask. Drizzle is light liquid precipitation or liquid water drops from the sky. It is normally produced by stratiform clouds or strato-cumulus clouds.

Different Cloud Formation

Cloud formation shaped like a rabbit and crocodile

More like cumulonimbus

Cloud shaped like a snake

more like stratocumulus

I can't find the picture I shot before of a weird cloud formation shaped like

a huge E.T. on top of the neighbor's rooftop.

Almost like a huge balloon and its thickness.

Why at that height if its altostratus?

We lived somewhere on top of the mountain before where the cloud formation is more visibly

dense and clouds are formed and seen as if you can almost touch them

Spheres: Atmosphere, Trophosphere to Stratosphere to Ionosphere (TNBK)

How radio astronomy is revealed through this image and telecommunication is broadcasted. I was typing this last night and suddenly a player on TV said something like "sphere." Yeah right, coincidence or what that what I'm posting here is being carried right away to the waves. Huh! Dreaming. Defying gravity.

Once again, after 10pm last night, the wind blew its mighty gutsy wind and the storm has returned at the island so once again the yard is soggy wet today (Friday). Environmentalists are quite happy because it will fill up the hydro dam with water.

Just like that. Blog report in a draft yesterday and today is a thing of the past. lol. That's how tele-communication nowadays fast as lightning. However, do you really have to be in a hurry? For what when it's the year of the Pig > 2019 next year which is 17 days from now. Eleven days from now is Christmas Day. Yey! Ok go ahead buy me lots of gifts if you are in a hurry. LOL.

Beautiful Sunrise

It's not everyday that we can see beautiful, colorful sunrise like this one above photo image. It is sunrise here this morning and sunset at the other part of the world.

Hey no fog and the rain stopped from being a nuisance to everyone. Some people like the rain but I don't. The bermuda grass on the yard is still greener compared to other people's yard whose greens turned brown, no sight of any frost. Darn it.

I can't see clouds with particles of ice so there's no chance of snowy wonderland in this part of the island.

It's nice to walk along the beach which is walking distance from our house but my kids are not outdoorsy always want to be inside the house. Sometimes, it's nice to have a dog which is a good companion for walking.

I hope it's a beautiful day throughout the whole 24 hours and for the next days to come until Christmas Day. It would be nice if it snows on Christmas.

Differences

Heart-pounding, noisy sound of howling winds with the speed of 50-60 km/hour, it was stormy last night. I think the ladder and the patio chairs were blown away once again at the backyard. Crazy night. I think this kind of storm is Typhoon number 3 if happened in Philippines. So, I was wide awake until the wee hours of the night 'til dawn.

Where is the snow that we are waiting for? Fortunately the snowfall mostly in the interior of British Columbia and on top of the mountains of Washington and Whistler. Snowy winter wonderland somewhere in the provinces in the Atlantic. Looks like everybody's praying so hard not to snow in Vancover island.

While America is experiencing heavy snowfall and some states were covered and blanketed with cold snow. Imagine having 1,000 flights cancelled because of this freezing cold temperature. It's a menace for business people but it's also an incredible business for those winter parks and resort that cater winter sports: skiing, ice hockey, toboggan, ice skating, skateboarding, snowboarding, snowmobile, and other fun extreme ice sports that some of these guys play.

Made a delicious hearty breakfast (panfried ham and eggs + fried potatoes) for my husband before he went to work. At his age he should be retired and just relaxing but he doesn't like being seated on the couch the whole day and wait for nothing. Many Canadians still work even if they are over 65 to keep them busy and away from all the boredom and troubles of aging. In the United States people work even if they are over 75 years of age, look at those people in Congress and in the Parliament. Then notice and observe those old people working at Walmart and Superstore. Where are the young people in Canada and America? Culture shock? You can't see old people working in department stores in the Philippines except if they own their business. If you are over 65- 75 years old and still working it means you are old but your mind and body is still strong and healthy. Your memory is still intact (without dementia) and healthy enough to the test of time. It's when memory is failing no matter how strong you are physically then it's time to retire or quit. You have people with disability, on wheelchair and they still can work. Well, only in Canada and America.

Strange!

Santa Claus had given us 4 boxes of Christmas lights. It's only the 10th of December and Santa dropped by to give us some presents. Wow! that's totally strange. My husband said that Santa expect us to decorate the house with Christmas lights. We have our own Christmas lights stored in the boxes inside the garage, it's not that we don't have lights at all. It's only the 10th. We don't like wasting energy or using too much electricity. You know... we are being thrifty not stingy.

Christmas is Christmas we have to celebrate Christmas like every Christians and Catholic religious devotees. Our Christmas is about family having a special happy get-together Christmas Eve dinner and gift giving. It's all about family! Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. It's his birthday we are celebrating no one else's. It's not your birthday.

We have to come to our senses, especially those little ones should know that Christmas is the birthday of Jesus. Now why some kids are too special too for this holy festivity it's because too many innocent children and infants were beheaded by Herod and his savage men. Young innocent victims were slaughtered to their death in order to find Jesus but they cannot find Jesus because Mary and Joseph followed a certain path hidden from Herod's wrath. The three kings also hid the pathway to where Jesus was born. It's not your typical myth story, it's the Bible Story.

I was busy cleaning our kitchen sink one day, making it shine and sparkly clean and happened to glance from the window and I was surprised to have seen that the neighbor who lives right over the fence is Stephen King! OMG! Really?!!!!!

That's weird! He opened the door of his house and there he was. How could that be? It was one of the spur of the moment that you will never expect about something very strange.

Anyway, so I said that it's only the 10th of December 2018 and it's too early for us to buy the fresh Christmas tree (not the fake one). Because a fresh Christmas tree be of fir, spruce, pine or cedar withers right away in a very warm temperature house.

Hot and cold?

Stay Calm, Humble & Free

People are always hungry and thirsty for NEWS! No doubt about it. I think it is common way of life that everyone seek news from everywhere especially if that is their only profession or they work for a Newspaper and magazine publishing companies. They could be working for the Media and Press. they are the news reporter, journalists, writers, and novelists.

Everyday seems a new day but what if its all over again? Old news being revived as new news. Hoarded news coming out in the open. Why not now? Timing!

Could it be they hoard news because of the legal implication and when the news they kept for such a long time is now in good terms with the other party. Or ok lang sa kanila na ibroadcast mo because naging victima din sila.

Fabricated news is sometimes the opposite of the true news. It's a well-rounded news similar to the exact real news but with injection of fiction. It's fabricated as in made up news.

Stories and news based on lies and deception can cause for alarm. We wont know if the news are actually fresh, biased, not honest, and what it stands for?

Anyway, when human beings tend to sway and avoid the latest news around the world based on what they envisioned as black propaganda then they moved away, move on and do something worthy of a  cause, like why bother?

Kulelat daw ang Pinas when it comes to tele-communications. When it comes to technology nasa bottom daw ang Pinas? Tutuo ba ito? In the true sense, Philippines has no representative in the International Space Station or ISS. Philippines has no astronaut yet and no satellite in the stratosphere. Wala kasi tayong space station and rocket. Can you afford to fuel a rocket for space? May pipeline ka ba?  So maybe that's the reason why the information highway is somewhat slow. Uhm, not sure about that.  However, Philippines already has representative in the Olympic Games. Israel also joined the Olympic Games. Can't beat them, join them.

Note: I first thought it was a Filipino who designed the modular land vehicle that was used by astronauts when they first landed on the moon before year 1970. Radio communications was way faster in that period of time. However when missiles with high-tech laser beams were then used for satellites in space that's when we thought other countries such as America, Russia, China,  Korea, and India left behind the Philippines in the power of the grab for supremacy and superiority.

Ang sagot dyan? Eh, ano ngayon? Who cares? They can always fire their missiles and scare themselves. We can only pray that those missiles wont fall. Darn! Don't you have too many satellite debris floating everywhere? That too, we have to pray that those debris wont be eaten by sea mammals, by our favorite seafood such as fish, clams, mussels, crabs, oysters, prawns, shrimps, abalone, lobsters and scallops. ha! Ilang microchips na ang laman ng tyan natin?

naka! natakot ka naman. lol.

Your digestive power can digest everything.

Are You Hungry?

 There is that common denominator of people yapping most of the time when they are hungry! Yeah strange! sabi nga nung matatanda pag madaldal daw at madada ang isang bata kulang daw yan ng pagkain. Gutom lang yan.  Pag pinakain na they keep quiet and they go to sleep happier than most other kids. Kasabihan lang. Kung gusto mo magsurvey ka.

Clueless? I seldom deep fry halibut fish. Know why? Halibut is the most expensive fish in Canada. maybe it's cheaper in other countries. So, we have halibut meal once every month.

I caught two halibut fish sometime in year 1992 in Canada, along Skeena area region, farther away from the pulp mill. There's no halibut fish in Campbell River nor in the Discovery Passage. When it comes to salmons, not too many salmons this year. Where all the salmons go? It's okay, halibut is as good as salmons.

 Pork again? Why not! It doesn't smell much unlike beef. Keep the cattle away from being butchered especially those cows that give fresh milk. Yey! dairyland.

 As usual, I baked a delicious blueberry-banana cake.

Next, we had pumpkin spiced cinnamon chili cake for dessert. Nobody complains at home from being hungry or thirsty. My job at home is being a Mother and the COOK. I make sure that my children are fed with good food and surely they don't have any complaint at all.

Whatever!

One day we wake up with frost on the ground and frost on the rooftop of houses and it was chilly cold outside but today the ground looks warm as if its spring time. However, it's still dark outside and it's already 8 am. Weird! Unpredictability.

TV News: Huawei CEO was arrested! I don't know the true-real story so watch for it on your TV.

The former US Pres. George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) was finally laid to rest in Texas. Rest In Peace Mr. President.

The Golden Globes nominees include the Bohemian Rhapsody (Rami Malek for his perfect portrayal of Freddie Mercury the  QUEEN) Black Panther, Crazy Rich Asians, etc. Sandra Oh will co-host the Golden Globe Awards next year January 6, 2018.

PM Trudeau was interviewed by CBC News Network Correspondent Rosemary Barton on some important issues. Trade deals in the news again.

On HGTV: My husband and I favored FIXER UPPER. Chip and Joanna the couple whose expertise in construction, demolition and renovation + staging is the show to watch.

Marathon of THE BIG BANG THEORY show. Did you hear that they might end the show next year? While YOUNG SHELDON is becoming interesting adding some side shows of Sheldon's Mima and her old boyfriend whose got problem with driving. You can be sweet even if you are that old. lol Really!?? Crazy! Cheesy.

TWD or The Walking Dead? Still waiting are you? They will come back on February 2018. FEAR? Don't know when. 

SUPERSTORE Cloud 9. Mateo and Sayid were confronted by Glenn (Superstore manager) for their status as immigrant. Sayid was a refugee and was not questioned so many times by Glenn actually he even welcomed him warmly because he is a refugee. Without proper documentation. Just a refugee! Wow! Anybody can walk in and say he's refugee and it's okay. That's nice! I should apply at Superstore and tell them I'm a refugee. He he he! Glenn wants Mateo's social insurance number just to check him if he is legal or illegal immigrant. Mateo is just being cautious not to give his SIN. Why we have to be cautious? Because SIN can be stolen that's why. Jonah and Amy attended the symposium and were delighted of the many FREEBIES given to attendees such free iPODs, winter jackets, tech device and gadgets, etc. Nice, very nice!

For real? I think only in Philippines you get something like that. Big corporations pampered their employees with lots of freebies during the Holidays including big bonus. Generosity is something that multi-national companies can afford to promote their products. Why pay millions of dollars promoting your products on televisions and networks when you can give right directly to the people and then the people have the way to promote your products through words of mouth. However, the use of television for advertisement is wide spread and billions of people can watch them on the screen.

It's Totally Weird Out There!

Would you believe that some websites are not allowed to share in the internet because they are in the U.S. and if you click their video at their website just to watch it, they have their warning that people outside their country are not allowed to see the video. What video? You know that video of a TV doctor who speaks about Autism. Wow! That's weird! The actor, is he American or British?

I don't care! Care Card is no longer available in Canada dear Canadians. It's now BC Card. darn it.
Anyway, I was laughing at one starlet who informed that people from their country are suffering from head lice. No wonder why they wear head dress and hats most of the time. Headlice and nits are spread and scattered by birds of all kinds. Birds with feathers. Now you know...

So, what else is new? Are you into game once again?
I watched the movie everyone's talking to in Hollywood, many moths ago. Late na ang report ko.
CRAZY RICH ASIANS. Asians becoming Americans. Great influence dude!
Modern day Cinderella meets an American-Singaporean rich and humble. His friends are richer in a way of how they flaunt their wealth, eating and sharing street food. Living in mansions and outdated hotel that needs to scrape those exotic oriental wallpapers. Asians are friendly especially to foreigners you wont get bored nor lost to their partying that last until dawn. Party all the time, lavish food and drinks abound.  One scene when they were driving to this very familiar path... I was surprise! Are they in Philippines? Singapore in Philippines? WTH!

Starring: Henry Golding & Constance Wu

One thing you wont be crazy about is their clothes. I was not impressed about their wardrobes. They look old and outdated. Asians in true sense are fashionable and when it comes to clothing they love colorful dress and jewelries. They are trendsetter.  However the wedding ceremony is quite impressive, stunning and something new. The lead roles/characters are attendees to the wedding. Nick was chosen as best man by the groom and Rachel came along with Nick and met his affluent family. Akwafina and Mateo acted us informative friends. rating: 4/5

In fairness, Rachel Wu is a University professor in Economics and Nick? You wont believe how much financial burden to get a University degree in the US. You have to be a millionaire to own a condo unit in New York. The standard of living is outrageous and life that you know is different from Asian countries of course.


Now what? What so crazy about this movie is an educated Asian woman sleeping with a man who never knew about his family background or she doesn't knew who he really is. That's strange right? Whatever! The story calls for something that we can all frown upon and maybe learned from it. At least we are not shock that Nick is not a from the family of vampire or not from the family of aswang.  lol The movie is a comedy/drama/entertaining show it's no different from other movies you watched before except that the movie actors and actresses are mostly Asians. So girls, before you end up in bed with your boyfriend ask questions first, investigate if you will end up as the first wife, concubine or the slave or the organ donor. Or know if the family is of good standing or what is his religion, does he belong to a good family, family of legacy,  religious family or polygamous family or what kind of family background. Background investigation is a must nowadays. In this movie, it was Rachel Chu who was background investigated by Nick Young's family.

Rank & File or Dunk & File?

Do you believe rank and file is necessary? Yup, no doubt about it. Before any case is passed to higher authority the case should be taken seriously first by the one in charge of the task. Let the nurses feel the void of doing the task first before the doctors in the Hospitals and clinics. Funny? Low budget?

Most of the necessary procedure, before any face to face appointment at the doctor's office, a patient must be administered and interviewed first by the attending nurse on case per case only basis. The patient should be checked first on BP or Blood Pressure, weight, height and other medical precautionary symptoms and diagnosis of any ailment the patient is experiencing and the nurse should make a record of the patient's interview and the findings should be relayed to the doctor who follow up the case. The attending doctor will have to ask the same questions if what the nurse had recorded in his health record is correct and then the doctor will have to examine the patient's breathing with stethoscope, find out if his reflex is normal or not, inspection on the patient's ears, nose, mouth, eyes (vision) and check pulses. Only then the doctor determines whether the patient needs other exams such as pelvic, urine test, stool and X-ray test. If the diagnosis is correct it's time to prescribe medication. Only eligible registered doctors are allowed to prescribe with their signature on the Rx paper that you are allowed to purchase such drugs in the drugstore or pharmacy.

No one is sure right exactly whether the diagnosis is correct right at first instance that you see the patient unless if you happened to be a specialist or had so many hundreds of patient with the same ailment. On skin diseases, dermatologists had probably been experts in seeing many patients with those suffering from dermatitis as they can separate one patient with eczema from a patient with psoriasis. Or patients with plantar warts and another patient with acne and for every infected skin different generic or brand name topical solution are available.

Whatever! I should not stress or pressure myself into this kind of thing. It's just that there are too many information out there that you can avail and maybe would help you find the peace of mind that you are looking for.

Doctors, Are You Ok?

Darn it! The season finale episode of THE GOOD DOCTOR is very alarming. Something to think about whether the doctors knew right away if a quarantine is necessary or not.  Is the diagnosis correct or not. Are they sure? Based from the story (fiction?) two passengers from an airplane were brought to emergency room by a security guard or uniformed man. The first patient succumbed to his death right away and cannot be questioned anymore. Dr. Murphy noticed a distinguished red rash on the man's neck and the woman patient also had a rash and suffering from the same ailment. They all rushed to conclusion that the rash was some kind of virus and there's an outbreak. Right immediately the two female doctors including Dr. Murphy covered themselves with protective clothing, they wore gloves for their hands and their heads covered with protection too with small transparent glass or plastic opening for them to see the patients. They haven't done biopsy nor done any test of what could be the rashes about whether its virus or what. Maybe it's a virus. But then with Shaun looking at the ceiling and hearing noises from above the ceiling he was really feeling uncomfortable. Nobody bothers. Everyone was concentrated on those two patients who died within that day. Then next, the security guard also was experiencing the same kind of trauma. Resuscitation or to revive the patient was not working. Until the female surgeon also happened to be infected and there's no need to cover herself.

It's weird when those people who were quarantined were just being watched on the screen by other doctors at the hospital and the Hospital president seemed not to care. People are dying at the emergency room and outside the emergency only those who were concerned are the people next of kin. Story unnerving? People are just too busy to care. The emergency room had doctors and nurses and maybe paramedics who knew what they are doing but in a case of "Quarantine" is like being "doomed." Either solve what's going on inside the room or get out to save yourself (how?) or ask for extra assistance from other doctors expert in case of such an outbreak.

NOTE: The possibility of extra help rescue from the CDC (Communicable Disease Control)
No outside help from them would mean ELE at the Emergency Room where Dr. Murphy and the rest of the doctors and patients trapped to their fatal death.



What if those patients were suffering from meningitis? The other patient who died had fever only. Another patient who collapsed was thrown at by a vomitting Santa who is suffering from stomach ache and had a twisted intestine (?) and before the operation he was given the first aid through his anus. I don't know the story is really weird. After that Santa was feeling ok and he started helping, lifting the spirits of the other patients including the pregnant woman. Not for long, later he was under the knife and the two resident physicians were having operation to the dictates of the much experienced female doctor who was about to collapse trapped in the glass room with the dead infected patient.

What is airborne? Through air. Could it be that the air ventilation in the emergency room is contaminated? What kind of air they are breathing in there? Carbon monoxide? What's the sound or noise that Dr. Murphy hears? Sound barrier? duh! His autism has returned and he is having panic attack.  The wirings probably been swarmed with bugs, bees and yellow jackets. Just guessing.

 Another story away from the emergency> What Dr. Glassman finds out from his medical document? Is the diagnosis wrong? Was he just framed or taken advantage of by the female doctor who had performed the brain surgery on him? What could be? Next season premiere could be next year 2019 for THE GOOD DOCTOR.

Something that appeals for would-be-doctors are the many mysteries of human anatomy, the ailments, diseases and its cure. The challenge of what they can do to save lives and be the heroes. Or are they really after hefty sum of money as they were paid more than what average workers are paid. The prestige, the honor and integrity of playing God with Godlike qualities to heal and save the dying from imminent death.

If you can save your life, SAVE YOUR LIFE because you never know what other people think to save or eliminate you out from the race. If you think that OTC or over the counter medicines is the right for you when you have stomach aches , pain, fever and minor ailments just cure yourself. Look and read your medical book to look for symptoms of what ails you. People who goes to hospitals are those who are hopeless, had accidents, very sick, those who have heart attack,  and have less chance of surviving. Don't be the guinea pig for an experiment. But you know it depends. God bless everyone and take care of yourself, people.

Third (3) Day of December

December 3, 2018. First Monday of December 2018. We don't have the Christmas tree yet because it's too early to have a real tree in our home. At the front yard, we have that huge Christmas tree outside. I don't know yet if my husband will adorn it with assorted lights.  My husband doesn't like artificial tree. Allow me just to show (above photo) our Christmas trees from the past: Year 2011 to Year 2017. Different shape, size, height and different color ornaments and different Christmas lights adorned the trees.

Christmas is about families celebrating the birth of Jesus, the son of God, the Savior, the Redeemer the baby born in the manger in Bethlehem. Supposedly, Joseph and Mary who were actually cousins, descendants of King David were out to pay tax and they travel far and wide to get to their destination riding a donkey. Mary was pregnant! She is a virgin and she is pregnant and who the father of her unborn baby was explained in the Holy Bible for you to decipher and unravel. Confusing? I know if you are not that religious that story could be very confusing and unbelievable. Anyway, don't want to inject controversy in our celebration for the festive holidays.

Christmas time  is a family's traditional celebration of love, hope, unity and peace towards mankind. It's always a truce for all enemies fighting at the forefront of war. It is the gift-giving ritual, giving and sharing. Food? Lots of food and drinks. Ah, just dreaming. lol . There will be  exchange gifts for those who would like to give and receive. Giving is receiving in return. That's fair? Looks like it. For sentimental value, for commercial value... it's tradition at its stake.

In whatever religious denomination you have, it's nice to have Christmas trees at home for the festivity to welcome the birth of Jesus. I told you it's TRADITION.

Who Are In Control Of Your Life?

Today is the first Sunday of the month of December 2018. I should have just sit and relax, watch TV and be happy not to worry about what's happening everywhere around the world. Right?

If our own leaders doesn't care about everything under their own domain who are we to even care? For the rich and famous they probably think about their own lives and how they can make their families happy and fabulously rich too just like them. Tell me who cares about another family beside their very own family? It should be your own family first and foremost. When you cannot look after your own family what and why is it you have to be worried about others. Same old, old story of not being selfish but charity begins at home!

Worry about yourself, your children and your own family. If you have more than enough, if you are so rich and wealthy when you cannot hide your wealth anymore maybe it's time to give. You have more than enough...spare what you have. You are a fool if you give your wealth so that you'll be praised for such generosity? No, mankind will look down upon you as foolish. Foolish enough to be a beggar. Nothing is enough. Food is not enough if you have to poop everyday. Are clothes enough for you? People grow up and increase their waistline and hipline. There is always scarcity out there. Housing facilities are getting scarce too. With population explosion, housing becomes scarce just like food, clothing and employment.

There is that rumor of millennials who are born poor because it's their parents' fault. Really? Who are the millennials? I first thought millennials are humans born during the Millennium (after Year 2000) during the Y2K hype. Bankrupted too many businesses around the world including the government. But according to the information highway, millennials are kids born from 1981 to 1997. They were kids who were born at the age of high technology when computers started to cause changes in the way employment should be. That one tech geek expert can take away 100 workers out of work in the workplace. Now you can understand why OFW's were then the most sought after in the Middle East? The economic downturn happened when the Reaganomics didn't work for America. The Desert Storm war, the war in Iraq, the fall of the Marcos regime (The Yellow plague boycotted the multi-national companies that employed millions of Filipinos and thus sent them to other countries to work > the Exodus Part II) but opened immigration to foreigners. Wow! What a huge exchange! The Saudis want those OFWs to create an oasis for them in the wilderness while they spent their lives in Philippines like as if they are the Filipinos. Wish that you grab their masks and stop the wicked disguise.  As if we don't know. Everyone knows! IT is not high tech, not computer generated IT. It was some sort of ring a ring of posy pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes... luma na yang strategy na yan.

The Millennials are still poor and in poverty up to now. Thanks to high technology. You spent too much time using cellphones when you can use landline phones. You spent too much time working on computer without pay. You have cellphones and computers, you all work to be knowledgeable and informative without pay. Nobody's paying and the billionaires cried out loud that they are not paid for their business. They are paid one dollar per year as stated in Wikipedia.  When you have "billions of people" subscribed to your website you are most likely THE GOVERNMENT. It's not that hard to understand. Bill gates and mark Zuckerberg have BILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS or workers without pay working as volunteers. THE NEW GOVERNMENT! Hindi sya mahirap intindihin dahil obvious na obvious naman. Sa tutuo lang ikaw mismo ang nagbabayad para may makausap ka at makakita ng dapat mong makita. Hindi ka nga nagbabayad sa website na yun pero nagbabayad ka sa internet at electricity. It's a great power grab!

Millenials are mostly poor because they allow themselves to be exploited and work for FREE!
When do you think the world's population exceeded billions? Do you know? It was in the year 1900. That's why before 1900, there was that Spanish-American war (in Philippines) followed by several wars: World War I  and II. Elimination of race. Billions of people were  too much for earthlings to breathe. Before Year 1970, astronauts landed on the Moon for what? OMG! What is the secret they were hiding from us? lol

While the baby boomers were the richest and wealthiest of all of us because after World War II they didn't allow themselves to be exploited by Hitler, the Fascists and the Communists. They could have the convenience of modern gadgets like cellphones and computers! But they tried hard to slow down. They are the hard knocks, they are stubborn, brave, highly intelligent and independent, they educated themselves through books and using the rote system, they are the warriors! They don't have computers and cellphones that time when they were growing up they cannot afford high technology.  They only had landline phones, television sets and radios and its their parents paying for those modern gadgets. However, they allow themselves to be spanked and discipline is worst than being in the military. Nobody spank kids during the Millennium, nobody punish kids  when they made mistakes. The millennials  will have to learn from the baby boomers like the Clintons, the Bushes, the Marcoses, and the Putins. The Millennials of today will only follow the Gates, Sergey Brin and Zuckerberg. Can you blame them? The Millennials are the smart kids who learned fast, they are faster runners, they are too smart for baby boomers and they are in poverty. They are the kids who inherited the world's pollution, the asbestos, radon, and cancer of society. Now who you think are the true real Hitlers and Nazis in our generation?

Now what? What's the solution? Nothing? There's nothing you can do if billions of people want to be connected with those websites. It's a free will. Nobody is forcing you to open an account nor nobody coerce you to do what doesn't appeal to you in those websites. Bahala ka sa sarili mo!

Hot & Fresh

 Hot fresh from the oven!

Yummy, delicious, sweet cinnamon buns!

Thanks to the true-real baker man in the family

My husband Lorne's the expert when baking amazing loaves of bread

 hot buns (pandesal)

Butter tarts, pies, and other tantalizing pastries

Also thanks to this wonderful Hitachi breadmaker machine for its handy usefulness

in mixing the dough thoroughly and efficiently.

This Hitachi breadmaker machine is a real winner too.

We had this machine for such a long time, more than ten years and works perfectly alright.

Therefore, I Exist In Battery Island

While the rich and wealthy people travel and shop around the world  we moved from different houses in the island every two years. From the east to the west, to the south then to the northern side. I don't know what term to call this kind of tenancy. Sort of experimentation? How the mighty wind blows? Where is the hottest part of the ground? How water runs and flows in certain geographical site and how silent or noisy humans are? Or could it be where the spot of the land is alkaline and what part of the ground is acidic. Are we in battery island? Uhm, don't think so. No compass works in battery island.

Where magnetosphere is located and what part has no magnetos. I could be an environmentalist and a sociologist, maybe I am a mentalist, realist, idealist and existentialist...therefore I exist!

I had my practicum in sociology and botany when I was in College, outside of my alma mater and I'm still practicing until now for fun. Practice, practice, practice. How traffic congestion brought so much indifference and severe migraines to every commuters. How to solve the problem of over population in one demographic area and how to solve and provide solution to the burgeoning problem of population explosion. Hard to solve. There are millions of solutions but after solving one problem after another, other countries seem to dump their own population to an already chaotic problem in another country. The brain drain and the bird's brain. lol.  For those in search of period... ha ha ha just teasing you with that tiny dot called period. You'll be glad if you have an early menopause. OMG! So many nosy people in Canada and they are members of the Media. Whisper, keep on whispering and murmuring like as if the walls have no ears.

Why there is rainfall in another part of the town while it's dry on the other side. Darn those clouds are ever moving and unsteady. Why there is snow on one part of the city and not any snow nor its been touch by snow in another part within that same city. How hot is the ground surface of one's land and cold on another surface of the land within one city. What's underneath the ground?

Whatever! Wether you like it or not...expect the unexpected when it comes to weather temperature and humidity and all the changes that takes place within your environment. We only can control what your money can pay or the extension of how much wealth you have and own, the budget allocated by certain municipality to control the extent of nature's conservancy. For the house owners who felt trapped in their own homes and can't move they managed to just go for a yearly vacation in other countries and cruising is the economical way of getting away to escape in luxury. For those who cannot afford there is computer. Travel  through the internet.

Of course nobody can control mother nature's wrath. It's always been God has the ultimate power to control and make use of the world within and its nature of God's plan.

Work, work, work!

 It was windy and wet yesterday and today. Thank goodness, my hubby was able to cut the grass at the yard 3 days ago. Our backyard is no longer the forest that we once admired for its trees of maples, oak, douglas fir, spruce, cotton trees, alder, and other forest ferns and shrubs. No more sightings of wild animals like bear, wild deer, raccoons, ravens, robins, chickadees, and humming birds. We can still see birds of different species up in the sky and rooftop. I think those white birds are seagulls or snowbirds? There are many blackbirds mostly crows and few ravens and they don't stay on our backyard simply no trees there and probably they will come gather at your yard if you feed them or you scatter and spread some bird seeds on the yard.

After lawn-mowing using his tractor, the yard looks so amazing. It's winter but the yard looks gorgeous right as if its  spring time. I don't really know if we'll receive snow this time of the year.
It's great that we have enough ground to plant some vegetables next year.

 Did you know that vegetables at winter time is super expensive? The group of veggies above photo is worth $40. And at winter time most of fresh veggies and fruits are imported from other countries that's why. We decline to buy lettuce because of its rumored "e coli" whether they are real news or fake news better not buy lettuce.

Know what? You really have to wash vegetables of all kinds. I washed vegetables especially the green leafy vegetables 4x using a bowl and then let water run down those veggies for 30 seconds to make sure they are clean, no bugs hanging around, no sand or soil, and just to make sure that my family is eating fresh clean veggies. If you are paranoid, better cook all your veggies according to desired temperature. For veggies you are not to cook right away, better place them inside your fridge in the vegetable crisper to keep them always fresh and cool.

 Hubby bought new light fixture for the ceiling above our dining set. OMG! Now I can see! lol.
A beautiful fancy light fixture was once hanged above there but it was quite heavy and the 5 bulbs are too expensive. We only need two bulbs in it instead of 3 in this new 16 " pewter finish mounted ceiling lamp fixture.

 He also replaced the light fixture above the ceiling at the hallway with 12" pewter finish flush mount ceiling lamp.

 Supposedly I was about to bake my own cake and cupcake then suddenly my husband was in the mood to bake using our breadmaker machine. He measured all the ingredients correctly and poured them inside the metal container, cover and press the correct time and set the timer. After the dough was properly been mixed and out from the machine, his hands massaged the dough like magic and set it for few minutes until the dough rised, etc. etc. and put the desired size of raw buns in the oven...

Presto! Yes! It's FRESH! HOT PANDESAL!!!!!!! OMG! My husband can bake hot pandesal. Hot pandesal at night!! The butter melts on these hot buns and they are superbly delicious. My kids love it. I love it too. Only 3 remaining hot buns for this morning and these buns are for my breakfast.

Crazy, Twisted Plots

Rescue mission proved to be futile. How many rescue missions did the original TWD (The Walking Dead) original cast had done in the past? Many rescue missions, can't count them all but every time the one who rescues get to sacrifice their own life. It's unfair? The changing tides. Pioneers being replaced by much stronger, younger candidates. It's more like fascist movement.

EVOLUTION the latest, the season finale of the TWD begins with the brave Jesus, Aaron and Daryl watching from a distance group of zombies in almost  circle formation. They seemed that the formation of these 140 zombies were absurd and dubious. Ambiguosity is the name of the game. Just three of them + a dog over 140 zombies? They decided to stay away from them but then their noise is somewhat different from ordinary zombies that Daryl threw a mickey mouse clock on their path. They were able to locate Eugene from inside the dark barn, with their flashlights and the obedient dog  they knew that Eugene was there hiding underneath pile of  hay, under the basement. They rescued Eugene and then the zombies arrived. They escaped from the zombies wrath and end up at the gate of the cemetery. They fought real hard, Aaron and Eugene managed to get through the gate while Jesus fought alone using his martial arts expertise and using his sword. There was swarm of zombies everywhere, fighting alone in a foggy atmosphere in the darkest night while the rest of the cast watched in agony and fear, Jesus was taken by surprise. Where is their gun? Nobody has gun? These group of zombies are different from the abnormal zombies, they evolved. It turned out they were just wearing zombie masks to blend in with other zombie walkers. What now, Jesus is dead?! Jesus entrance to TWD is somewhat one of the most fascinating story of a thief and with houdini style of escape. Allowed himself to be used as the bridge to Hilltop and Alexandria and had given a home to Maggie. The deal between Maggie and Hilltop owner to eliminate the Saviors who were murdered while they sleep in heavenly peace causing the death of Glenn and Abraham. Gregory was later killed by hanging under the order of Maggie because if its not him then it's her. Story of revenge and manipulation, yet they made grave mistake when they let Lucifer Negan live.

JESUS the Savior, the Redeemer, the Son of God is alive! Jesus the actor in TWD is somewhat dead  (Tom Payne). Eugene vs Jesus and they had chosen Eugene! Ask Robert Kirkman why the script and story of TWD is crazy?  The next episode is ready by February 2019. The presence of insurgence, the underworlds and maze runners in The Walking Dead is sure fiery, creepy, darker and morbid. With Negan out from his cell and a shovel came hunting one of the houses in Alexandria. There was a storm. What do you think? TWD feat with FEAR?

That's another long time waiting. I think we should focus on the fast approaching Holidays. Twenty nine days to Christmas. Jesus is alive as a baby born in Bethlehem.