Mixed

OMG! I had a dream last night that I returned to College... to study again. Not in the Philippines, not in Canada but in the U.S. It started me being in a classroom full of young College students and diversity is more common than usual, it was like an international university with one representative from every country around the world. It shocked me when attendance was called and then realized that I was in a classroom for students majoring in Physics and Atomic Particles. Ngek! I was in the wrong room. What am I doing in the room with students who are like Sheldon? LOL. No pun intended.  I let the professor ends the first day lecture and out of the room in humiliation. I studied Physics in High School and got good marks, however Nuclear Physics is extraordinary and nothing to be scared about. When you think only Newton and Einstein can understand "Physics."  Nuclear Medicine is much highly regarded as in today's method of cure in modern hospitals. The brain scanner, MRI machines and what have you got in your hospitals that could diagnose and treat your cancer?

Ha! No, there's really nothing wrong with room with students who are taking Higher Physics. I think they are smart that they have to study atoms, protons and neutrons and its atomic behaviour. Valencing. How to valence (balance) your atoms? It's not only for genius out there! It's just that it's not my kind of tea. We all should not be pressurized to downsize.

By the way, this morning I have to take the keurig cup of coffee that my husband used to have instead of the other cup of coffee, another brand that is weird in taste. Yuck! Why that coffee tastes like nuts?
I looked and read the label of that coffee, there's no almonds on it, there's no nuts. It's just plain arabica, ground  and   why the hell it tastes like nuts? Grabe!  I hate when ground coffee are mixed with something else. Coffee should be from coffee beans only, nothing else. I think it's time for coffee manufacturer to stop monkeying with their customers. They should have quality control that look after the manufacturing, the packaging and labeling of their products.

You know that Epifen (EpiPen) is hard to find anywhere around the world right? So let me warn the coffee manufacturers that you have to do your work properly or face lawsuits. Do you really have to inject through the fabric of your clothing?

For those parents who are to give their children with juice drinks. Never, ever let them drink 100% concentrated juice. A 100% concentrated fruit juice is like wine and could be fatal.

Weird Or What It's STRANGE!

What a huge mess! Husband came home and he was pulling out some of the blue plastic containers from the metal shelves (roughneck and rubbermaids) and he asked me to clean them because he is starting to move his work tools/power tools from the garage to his workplace. So, he was the one who made the mess outside. But you know he left the mess outside and the garage is wide open for hours and hours without anybody watching what was happening there. Yeah, I am paranoid because of the many things that went missing before such as: 2 kitchen rugs worth $ 150 + tax plus one area worth $175 + tax. One ceramic vase, one big green ceramic green frog, my genuine Louis Vuitton shoulder bag, cosmetic bag, two crystal wine glasses, a big glass wall framed photograph of the Grain Elevator (Prince Rupert's Grain Elevator), and a lot more, it's in my list.

I suggested that my husband have a list of all his power tools and carpenter's tools from his collection of wrench sets, cordless drills set, ladders ( I know that he owns at least 2 long ladders and medium sized ladders), lawnmowers, electric saw, industrial paint spray machine, etc. etc.

Why the need to make a list of all these tools? It was advised to us by the RCMP officer when we made a complaint about the leaf blower machine that my husband forgot at the lawn at one of the place where he worked, this happened years before and the officer asked him to describe the leaf blower machine and the price of such machine, where he bought it and a lot of questions. WTH!
So, if whatever is missing or stolen a report of stolen items should be accompanied with "photos" of such item and receipt of such item. Would you believe? So, my husband went looking for the receipt that was clipped in one of the documents that were sent to the accountant when we filed for income tax that year. Wow! All those hassles? To report a stolen item you must have a receipt of such item that you bought such item. OMG! So, now you know why some people do not report any stolen goods, stolen by thieves from their own home? They don't have receipts to show. I recommend that everyone (consumers) should keep their receipts when they bought something from the stores, supermarkets and department stores. I know that's weird!!!!! We don't throw away receipts. We keep receipts for income tax purposes. We keep invoices and other pertinent papers for income tax records.

Do we still have RCMP Officers in our city? I seldom see anybody in uniform? Where are they? Do we have military personnel in this island? It seems to me that they don't wear their uniforms anymore.
After the PM Harper's term of power, the Military and RCMP's works are disregarded or underestimated as if they no longer exist. Well, I hope we are not subjected to in a fascist movement or communist country...eh? It's year 2018. I don't like a repetition of wars, civil wars or any kind of invasion nor alien invasion. Those wildfires? Non-stop wildfires it seemed like war.  My God! We are not even aware? FGS! I think the news network should not misinformed or hoard news. Weird or what that is something to think about. Our only guard now outside is Freddie the cat. The drone that frequently buzzed in...can't see it anymore. You know, you can make use of those hummingbirds, ravens and eagles. You can equip those birds with artificial intelligence. MZ likes AI what do you think he is concentrating nowadays? What is his AI?

You can laugh at my kind of intelligence but these weird/strange scenario happened during World War II and other wars in Europe. It's nothing new. Still you don't believe me? Please open your eyes and maybe study POLITICAL SCIENCE. You know...It pays to discover that if you have knowledge in military intelligence you are better in assessing the environment where you are in. Honestly. Seriously. Do not listen to the blonde woman on TV because if you do, I might dye my hair blonde too.

HEAT

So shockinggggggg!!!!!!! I went downstairs and noticed that the door from the laundry room to the garage is open and to my great surprise that the garage gate is open, wide open and some boxes are out from the garage and all the clutter as if a hurricane and twister had damage and swept away some stuff from out of the garage.

Did somebody had a fight or ramble downstairs? I should have heard. 

I could be wrong in my assumption of a hurricane had just arrived without us noticing it but maybe a burglar had ransacked and had stolen some of my husband's work tools and equipment. Those heavy power tools and handyman tools for carpentry, machines for building houses, paint brushes of all kinds, heavy machines for painting walls and  ceilings and wrench sets. OMG! They are not cheap machines and power tools. They are costly!!!!!

This is what is wrong with small space garage when your power tools are in hundreds from smallest wrench set, from smallest cords and nails to the bigger tools lawn tractor and lawnmowers and yes those appliances that are still in the garage. NOT FOR SALE! It's just that the garage is too small and it's cluttered the small space.

I can't wait to move out.

I hope nothing is missing or stolen from those work tools. Because you know, since my husband worked in this kind of business of carpentry and he's got that business without profit but has helped two persons (my son and brother-in-law,  for having gainfully employed and gained work experience) and had helped those EI's having beautiful houses for paying less than the amount paid for what it supposed to be as discounted wage rate). Anyway, so much drama, past is past and whatever happened in the wide open garage ... ghee don't we just have a hurricane because we never experience it here at the island, maybe that would change the non-stop wildfire that consumed the whole summer of  super heat and humidity.

Result of which...how many tons of glass, mirrors, ceramics, aluminum, iron and steel and other metals were created in this industry of  HEAT?

Happiness Is Doing Something That You Like Without Pressure

Did you know that sometimes I found myself too shy to post something at Facebook? I am embarrassed to post photographs of myself, photos of food that we eat everyday because you know that facebook is a website that deals with narcissistic behaviour or having those selfie images of what those people have and have nots. But whatever makes everyone happy and if they are happy with their selfies who are we to disagree?

While here in Google with "https" and with other bloggers who do not care about what everyone posted and had written because everyone here writes. It's not just posting somebody else's or shared thoughts of somebody they don't even know. If you have a blog, you are the blogger, you are the writer and you are the photographer. The one who posted the blogs and photos is the writer!

I know, some people would understand and others wont. So for now, let me savor what I had cooked for dinner. Above photo is our viand: Deep fried Calamare, steamed rice and cooked squid with coconut milk and lots of spices, steamed corn and pork chops.

My husband tried to have few pieces of the deep fried calamare before dinner. Yeah, it's great for appetizer. I don't have the tzaisiki greek sauce, my bad eh? You know what? The hot calamare with coconut milk is the best viand ever. I think had eaten more steamed rice with it. Yummy, yummy good to the last bite!

DIVERGE TO CONVERGE. Converge to Diverge

You know it's SUNDAY. We're not in Ireland to welcome the Pope Francis but we have TV and we can see the news and we can see the many loyal Catholic religious Irish people who worshiped the Vicar of Christ. Irish citizens are devoted Catholics since at the time of Saint Patrick 's  miraculous driving away the millions of snakes in their country.

It is also a time of mourning for the loss of  Sen. John McCain, the end of his long battle with brain cancer. He was a Soldier, Veteran, and a  Hero. All Soldiers are HEROES for their sacrifices and their valor and duty to their country and fellowmen. They put their physical bodies dodging live bullets to protect other humans who cannot protect themselves. Yes, you can be a hero just like him if you can offer yourself as a sacrifice. John McCain is a HERO, no doubt about it. He was captured by the enemies during the Vietnam war but who cares? He was Missing In Action for years and years. Too many MIA during the war. You don't know what the enemies put them into cages, in filthy prisons with rotten rats, crawling cockroaches and rodents and dirty garbage. You were not there to help them. You were not there to cover them from all the torture, hurt and pain. You were just sitting comfortably on your chairs watching news, reading newspapers and you were there hiding while heroes are being killed and savagely tortured until they bled.  Be on his shoes. Can you stay alive and survive? Can you fight and dodge bullets, hurts and pains? His life is not a movie. He is not RAMBO. He is not a fictitious character! McCAIN is a real character. He could be the PRESIDENT. His story is not fiction.

GOD BLESS THE HERO, Sen, JOHN McCAIN. Rest In Peace!

What honorable tributes and attributes you can give to your country? What kind of inspiration children can look up to? Can the kids respect and honor  your words and action?

Anyway, what problem solving we are up to? Are we to deliberately think DIVERGENTLY or CONVERGENTLY?

Diverge to different tasks and different paths. Off the beaten path. Adding imaginations and inventing new ones. Or we would be satisfied by sticking to the traditional acquisition of knowledge and answer to pure logic only?

Yes, it's me again writing.
Writing is a right and privilege of the few.

I AM , E. Verna Turner
is a writer
and a blogger

Autumn Come Early Please!

It rained! However, it's not enough for British Columbia. Looks like Hawaii is happier with the amount of heavy rainfall they received. It was hurricane though. Let's face it, some other countries and regions of the world need more rainfall because of the drought they are suffering and the many wildfires in California and interiors of B.C.

It wont be long, maybe weeks from now and the climate change will be felt.

Autumn here we come?! Let's hope and wish for early autumn. I don't need an air condition unit. Besides, I don't think air cons are available anywhere (all sold out!) I want everyone in Canada to feel the cooler weather that we surely deserve, after all Canada is located in the Northern Hemisphere of the world. If you know what I mean.

Food Again?

 My husband loves good food especially if they are delicious. He loves pastries, cakes and pies. He will come back again and again to that bakery in Overwaitea (Save On Foods) to find the best pie ever. Save On Food's Peach Pie is the best and they are hot from the oven. However, every time he goes to that supermarket, their peach pies are sold already, or sometimes still in the oven and when he comes back or return the pies are gone. So, what he did, he made sure that he waited until the pies are baked and paid and rushed home right immediately. So, he came home with two peach pies and they are warm. Know what? This is the first time that I had my dessert first before the main course dinner.
Now what? Got to watch JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH the movie?

Forget about the pepperoni, cheese pizza. Forget about the palabok, because my tummy is already full of peach pie. Great good peaches!

My husband and children love the palabok and its shrimp sauce. I seldom cook this Filipino sidedish or pancit with hot shrimp sauce and lots of superbly delicious ingredients of : sliced thin pork, sliced thin boiled eggs, shrimps, sliced thin beancurd, spices of garlic, onions, salt and ground pepper, sliced thin cilantro, steamed noodles. Palabok is similar to spaghetti, combining and mixing all the ingredients into one incredible, savory, one of a kind enticing viand. Yes it's a viand, it's a fastfood and it's a fanfood? LOL. Whatever!

Why always the show & tell in blogs? Is it the fad and trends in the Blogging Community? What is trendy and what is most common? What makes it right for you to blog?

There is really no rule in blogging. Whatever makes you happy and whatever makes you busy and if you don't do bad things to other people then you make a better sense of what humanities are. Why gossip? Live it to the people whose lives are making money from gossiping so that they can't sleep anymore. That they wont eat if they can't mention a name or two of other people and what they are doing. If I mentioned some "other people whoever they are with names or no names" its because it's part of the story, my story or because they happened to be doing that made me question of what they are doing to me or they want me to include them in my story whether they know me or not.  There are so many things in life that is worthy of discussion. It wont be about me all the time. I could generalize something of that event or situation but that doesn't mean that would be the story for the rest of my life. I am alive physically. I am alive, with heart, soul and spirit. I am not dead yet, therefore ,  I  EXIST.
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I know that there are too many of those criminals wanting to get of my IDs so that they can use it at the Hospital and Clinic just like the starlet who took my blood sample. Let me tell you woman don't switch my blood with your blood. I don't think we have the same blood type. You know who you are!!!!! Or you are going back to jail. You've been to jail why you have to go back to jail? Really don't know what she is after in the local hospital. She's not a nurse!

OMG! Why not we just have an ARMY GENERAL HOSPITAL with military surgeons and military nurses and staff. I just can't trust civilians.
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At one point in time when my High School classmate who happened to be at facebook and he was on my Friend's Friend List. I was in my soliloquy situation posting my messages and photos, and then saw what that guy posted in his page site and his message was "something is wrong with me" mentioning my name for all his friends to see and read." Know what, banong? There is nothing wrong with me. I'm a blogwriter. I write whenever and whatever pleases me. On facebook, you can post your messages and post photos just like any normal human being and there's nothing wrong with it. How about you? is there something wrong with you? I could give you an Rx to mind your own business. Mark Z. the founder of Facebook doesn't care what I posted and you posted on facebook and you, banong (if you can read this) how you can read messages that are secured and hidden from other people? Are you a hacker? Ok, don't want any drama in my blog. Do I want to publish this or have it on DRAFT MODE? Draft's better? So that we can catch the hacker? Uhm, sounds good idea! LOL
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For The Curious

Courtesy: Campbell River Courier-islander

Curiosity or what?

Famous stars and Hollywood celebrities still choose

and had chosen Vancouver island as their Summer vacation resort away from the busy

life in the limelight


NOTE:
Sad to say
Campbell River Courier Islander doesn't exist anymore

Calabasa

It was last week when somebody left this calabasa (squash) outside the front porch. My husband said that my brother in-law and my sister came to visit us but nobody heard the door bell ringing no matter how many times they rung the door bell or knocked at our door.

Huh?! How many times I told them that they have to call first. Ang sabi ko sa kanila noon tumawag muna sila dahil pag nasa itaas na kami ng bahay hindi na namin marinig yung mga katok. I don't know how many times I suggested or advised them about it. So many times since year 2014. I think they like to surprise us though, but I don't really like surprises.

Anyway, thanks for the cute calabasa. What to do with it? Turn the squash into a beautiful carousel or a gorgeous limousine? Ha!  ha! Too early for Halloween.

Nah, waited for days before I cut the squash for a viand. My husband was kind of impatient to know what's inside, because he weighed it and it's kind of too light as if it's a gourd of some kind as in hollow inside. I showed him the many seeds inside and when all seeds are taken out the squash look more like a bowl with thin walls. I mean the rind is somewhat too thin. Whatever, I cut the squash into cubes and used it for viand with shrimps and coconut milk.

The War On Smog

Are you starting to feel dizzy? Having respiratory problems? Is your throat itchy and your breathing worse than usual? Are you having asthma attack? Time to consult your doctor?

It was last night when my husband told me that the smell or odor from the wildfire smoke can be felt now here at the island. Well, air travels and circulate within British Columbia. The smog is so severe that the air is so cloudy and dusty. It feels like Desert Storm.

Are we to use and wear smog mask? How severe is this air pollutant to our health?

You know what? If the smog stays for a week without intervention such as rainfall, storm or wind to carry the smog out from the BC region then we are all in big trouble.

Would you believe that air travel is banned today and the next day depends on visibility problem. Smog is worst than fog. Smog is polluted air that can affect humans in more than ways than you could ever imagine. Smog carry minute toxic particles when inhaled can cause damage to your lungs and other parts of your bodies.

Please wear masks if you want to get out from your home. Carry a wet face towel and breathe through it once in a while (if you are in the severe extreme environment where smog is thicker like a pea soup). Keep yourself out from the danger of this toxic smog if necessary. Wear sunglasses because if the smog is toxic then your eyes and vision could be affected too. For overall protection and safety, stay inside your home and closed your windows so that smog can't penetrate.

Listen to your radio and or watch TV News  for further details.

Tantalizing Flowers

 I might as well post these lovely yellow flowers called yellow lilies

"Campfire dance"

Exotic name? I seems exotic for those who are not aware of its name

 Other people, other gardeners used to call them 

"Campfire bush"
because of its color.

Magenta colored petunia

It's red-violet!

I'm glad their blooms are still refreshing at the day that I shot them for pictography

Today, they are withered and not pleasing to the eyes.

Stubborn hot weather we had for the past days.

The wildfire still spreading in the interior of B.C.

I'm getting used to that kind of news because how many wildfire every year?

I can't count how many wildfires in BC, too many... 

it's such a boring news already

Only to be replaced by the death of a famous soul singer Aretha Franklin (R.I.P.)

and the birthday celebration of famous pop star Madonna 

Wishing the weather temperature lowers to favorable temperature that we can all be thankful

Seriously, we need cooler heads and thus,  we need cooler weather.

Fresh Ingredients From The Garden

 Our tomato plants at our garden had so much fruits to bear this year. The bigger sized tomatoes which are green (unripe yet) in colors had them cooked first and they turned out to be better than the ripe ones.

Fried green tomatoes! Heard about fried green tomatoes? So great!

For shishkebobs, the cherry red tomatoes are better than green tomatoes of course. I think this is the best barbecued pork I ever had. I'm glad have those pork cubes marinated first in a bowl for an hour in salt and pepper, plus soya sauce and lime juice. The red onions and sliced zucchinis not only add flavours but tantalizing colors to this unique viand.

Easy To Cook Meals

It's getting cooler now in the early morning yesterday and today, hoping it will last until Autumn and Winter. I hate hot climate. Well, maybe if only we have air conditioned rooms but we only use electric fans so we might as well have early Autumn.

Hibernation. I know students will be grateful if the weather calm down and the air is cooler when the school starts in the school year September of 2018.

 When the weather is favorable, chicken noodle soup is my favorite meal, fast and easy to cook adding one egg and few fresh veggies.

 I happened not to be lazy with marinating the sliced pork with lime juice, soy sauce, salt and pepper
before I barbecued them in the oven with zucchini, tomatoes and onions.

We have so much zucchini that I included them in every meal such as: fried rice, bbq, guinisa or saute', roast food, etc, etc, including in muffins and cakes.

I wish we can dine in at the restaurants once in a while but you know that's once in a blue moon and my husband prefers to be at home and maybe he likes my culinary expertise. Whatever!

I get so damn lazy too you know. I sometimes would like other people cooking my own food that never happen only maybe on few occasions such as Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year.

And when I'm really, really LAZY this is what I'm cooking...

Prepare the black roasting pan, then put all the ingredients in it such as: Pork in chunks (you can use spare ribs if you have them), take note of this that you must wash the pork first (any kind of meat whether they are beef, chicken,venison, must be washed or cleaned with clean water) (vegetables need to be cleaned and washed with water because you don't know what kind of pesticides used by farmers in their farmlands) the rest of the ingredients are potatoes, carrots cut in big sizes, cabbage, celery, onions, crushed cloves of garlic, sprinkle with spices, bayleaf, salt, pepper, soy sauce, pour 3 cups of water, sprinkle with ground oregano leaves, then cover the roasting pan  and placed in the oven. Roast the food for 1 1/2 hour in 425 degrees C. Serve hot! Tender, juicy meat and tastier, flavourful meal. No sweat!?

Never, Ever Tell Your Secrets To Anybody Even To Your Friends

Really? Do you still believe in SECRETS?

Nobody has secret anymore. There is no secret anymore. Oh, there is a SECRET deodorant! That's the only secret now, in our present generation. LOL.

With millions of hackers and millions of code crackers what else should you be hiding? And if you reside somewhere in Hacker way? Tsk! tsk!

Look and watch "Big Brother Show" on how they begin with hacking. Just the spark of  "scrabble" game will lead you to become the hacker.

Eh? That's how you become a hacker? Yeah people, look and watch your grandma and grandpa on how they play their scrabble at the Home for the Aged. They could be the hackers! Ha ha ha!

Better yet change your SECRET deodorant with VETO power to keep dry all day and night.

No SWEAT!

SWEAT IT OUT POPS!

Canadians! Not All Greens Are Your Favorite Stuff

 I was at the front porch doing my photography (days ago)  on my small garden of floral and perennials when suddenly something rubs my legs. Surprise! 

It was the orange cat.

That peculiar orange cat didn't stop rubbing its hairy fur on my legs until I opened the plastic box of

Temptations bits and pieces of chicken flavour snacks

So, okay here's what it looks like

 My husband said that orange cat has that habitual habit of rubbing its hairy fur even on his legs.

 The orange cat belongs to the neighbor. It seems that this cat is harmless, just like Freddie the cat.
Whatever! Freddie and Veto were in their owner's home and good that they are not out to see the orange cat. You think they will be on  a ramble? Fight to win the game. Uhm, lol... j/k

 By the way, here the latest of the dahlia variety and petunia species

that changed its colors due to high heat.

The red coating of red petunia started to turn white.

While the bright orange dahlia will soon change its brightness into light orange to peach. 

Chh Chha Changes--- 

Ha ha, sounds like the Bowie's Changes

Am I hungry?!

You know when I'm hungry I wont be cooking something that need an artsy fartsy style

of preparation and cooking

So, I am not that too impatient to prepare these

CRABS

My husband boiled the live crabs in boiling hot water in a huge pot

Pot - is an aluminum container

Just to remind Canadians that there is another vocabulary word for the meaning of pot! 

He cleaned the crabs, took the fat out 

(definitely not for miso)

Then when its cold enough for me to handle them and crack the shells taking the meat crabs

in the bowl enough for me to make crab stuffing for mushrooms.

Patience is a virtue in creating, making, and baking these delicious appetizers.

Mushroom caps stuffed with fresh cooked crab flakes

 topped with spices, vegetable salt, grated cheese, and ground cilantro and oregano.

CILANTRO & OREGANO!

Not all greens are your favorite stuff

Not all greens are soylent green

You don't have to be a zombie you know...

Yummy, yummy good crabs!

The Usual Canadian Meals

Above photo is the usual Canadian meals served in every home in Canada.

For those whose families are not pure Canadian or families who hailed from other countries such as

Philippines, China, Italy, South America, North America, Africa, and other Asian countries

then you'll notice that their servings on the table vary differently.

For the Italians and Chinese you noticed that they always have pasta noodles with choice of tomato sauce with lots of cheese and Chinese noodles  (chowmein)

for their meals for lunch and dinner, and hot soup is added value to their nutritious food.

For the Americans and Canadians they prefer to 

serve bowls of boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes and meat in the choice of beef and tenderloins

 While The Asians, must have steamed rice every meals and fish or seafood a must.

For those who are bored and tired of the usuals

They preferred to be amused by fastfoods

of hamburgers and fries

Anything Under The Roof

I have cravings for FABRIC. Hah! You think it's craving for food. Whenever  I started sewing a dress, pairs of skorts, pants,  shorts and blouses I don't want to stop until the fabric is finished into something that I can wear. Then I began with sewing again not with new fabric but with my slightly used clothes. House dress that I'm so tired to wear because it's so boring already have to do alterations. From a dress to a pair of shorts.

I know, had been to Fabricland  and bought that delicate textile. That was completed. Finished outfit in few hours.

Sewing is like driving. I don't drive. I should not drive. I felt like a car race driver when I'm sewing. And I might be driving all day and night for no apparent reason.

If I have a reliable, brand new sewing machine, I could finish a beautiful party gown in just one hour. My sewing machine is now 6 years old. It needs a technician to do the cleaning and inspection inside its parts. My sewing machines before were Kenmore and Singer brand. The first sewing machine I had was the Kenmore brand bought from Sears in 1992. It has 5 year warranty. I sewed some of maternity dresses and pair of pants using that Kenmore sewing machine. Maternity clothes are very costly in Canada. In the 90's the cheapest maternity dress is worth $50 + tax. Would you believe that the price of clothing and accessories were costly, almost everything is costly and there's no place where you can haggle. Discounted price goods? Where? Not in small community. SEARS Company is the only source of  high quality goods and services. Well, until they closed down for business! I think in today's standard of living, a heightened height of poor economic condition who can afford pricey clothing, shoes, bags and appliances and furniture? Okay show me your wealth if you are rich. When they go high, we tend to go somewhat low and you'll find out who are your true real friends, family and relatives.

  What is more important in our time , in our generation is affordable housing with reliable appliances, with all the utilities that you can afford and rooms that your family can live harmoniously, well of course with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms with toilet bowls. Thus, one old woman in the community advised that each child should preferably has a room of his own and a bathroom. It's for your own safety, sanity and good health. It's a Canadian way of health sanitation!!!!!!!!! Males should have their own bathroom and females should have their own bathroom. Men have their own way of using bathrooms and that's the reason why men should not use the women's bathroom.

Now, there are too many stores to choose from where you can purchase anything. My Singer sewing machine is good too. the brand speaks for its good quality. I used that machine so many times in my sewing project until it broke down in 2012.

At present time I use Brother brand sewing machine bought in 2012. It has quality assurance of course. For about six years the Brother sewing machine doesn't bother me until lately the bobbin is "acting up" and the needle gets dis-aligned or misaligned when it hit the press tab and from there if I don't watch out the needle gets crooked or the needle breaks and God knows where the broken needle will hit, my face or it gets stuck under the bobbin.

Sewing can be very addictive especially when you are born creative and artistic. It runs in the blood.
I can sew all day and night then realized I have a family who are waiting for their lunch and dinner meals.

When sometimes don't feel like eating. I'm overweight now. Eating can be very addictive too. Ha ha! I'm not a member yet of "Overeating Anonymous" nor the Overweights. Thank God!

Anything under the sun and under the roof. Wow! That's a catchy phrase for a book.

Great Deals

Why all those negativity? Why all those negative news? Is there something of a GOOD NEWS? Too much wildfire, disaster, mass killings and deaths. What could be the solution to all those problems?

Are humans really born with conflict the first time they open heir eyes? I think we should rename the earth.You know earth is a PLANet. We can choose our own planet once we are enlightened.

And you think am the only one who think about such plan.

Anyway, here's the good news: Discounted Items.

Shopping for economically priced goods at the price that your wallet can afford. You don't feel like being robbed, so consider that honest to goodness GOOD NEWS!

I don't have plans to shop that day but my husband wants to go to Walmart, so we did. He purchased what he wants to buy and  look at what I found...and PAID.

It's JUTE WEDGE SHOES !!!!! Sandals whatever! I was looking for a wedge sandals for such a long time and there's really nothing that suits my taste.Then suddenly saw this pair of wedge at Walmart shoe department. Well it's good for spring, summer and maybe autumn for as long as it wont rain. Good price! Sale for $15 + tax. Brand New! The Value of this pair of jute wedge is probably worth $100 in a boutique shop.

Some of you don't know what JUTE is. It's a natural fiber (golden fiber) produced from a long, soft, shiny stem of a weird vegetable that can be spun into coarse long threads. Imagine? Jute is another term for "saluyot."

JUTE is another imitation silk and imitation abaca. Just like those two special fibers: SILK and ABACA,  > JUTE fiber has many usage in very useful ways: They can be used as sack, cheese clothwrap, curtains, placemats, coasters, chair coverings, rugs and carpets, hats, bags, shoes and sandals + slippers, twines and ropes and other handicrafts worthy of praise.

Jute is 100% biodegradable. Great alternative when you don't feel like wearing rubber shoes and leather shoes and other synthetics.

Well, the famous, fabulous brand name ESPADRILLES are produced from jute.

The Hero

I had a very long dream last night. It started at Tim Horton's coffee shop. I ordered a medium cup coffee and a box of 12 assorted flavour doughnuts. The queue was really long and everyone's busy to attend other customers and each one of us was given a number on the card that we have to hold on until the number is called. I waited and waited but you know it takes too long to wait and I walked in to the other side of the coffee/doughnut/muffin shop. On the other side there's no line up and I was in a hurry to have cup of coffee so I ordered another cup of coffee. The lady cashier asked me something which I answered. She is being friendly and asked me again, not relevant to the one I ordered. She said that she was about to get the day off,  started cleaning the counter and then asked me if I know somebody who lives in Mandaluyong. Oh, I was kind of surprised when she started talking in Tagalog. Yeah, turned out that she was a Filipina and she lives somewhere in Mandaluyong and showed me her ID that she does resides in that area. I told her that I know at least two people who lives in that part of Metro-Manila. Then she looked on the screen and said that the number is being called and it's my number. Huh?! I was shocked that she knows the number on my card. That's weird. I took my order that was already paid and she asked me to go with her outside up to the bus station. While we were waiting for the bus, I saw those two women who were from Mandaluyong and informed her that those two women could be her neighbors. But those two women were on top of the layered streets, they were uphill and they were talking with some guys. I don't know how my eyes or vision could see them when I don't have binoculars. Weird, right? Oh, it's a dream let me remind you again. I told the newly met acquaintance that we could meet those two women and I will introduce them to you. She replied, no need because I was with her. While we wait for the bus to arrive, group of men, most of them were men yelling, screaming and harassing a group of people, instigating a fight. Then suddenly a ramble happened. All of a sudden there was a mad rush scene right where we at and we got nervous when we saw some men in bloody encounter, the fight became so bloody and we tried to escape from such place of chaos. It's almost like a zombie movie but it's not! We end up in the corner of a very strange place where two huge truck ( for logs and lumber) were parked. The two trucks occupied the space of the road. We hid there for a while, then suddenly the tight space became tighter and tighter until we are almost pinned down  when one of the truck's driver started its engine. We screamed for help and suddenly we saw the two women with his guy friends who stopped the driver from moving the huge truck. Wow! Heroes! Thankful that we are...You wont believe who one of those heroes who arrived to save us.

What a weird dream.  I first thought I'm the hero in my dream. Yuck! LOL.
That's probably the effect of watching every night of  " NIRVANA IN FIRE." Good that there's no NIF on Saturday and Sunday and  the marathon of The walking Dead continues from morning til night. That's a lot of zombies to see.

NOTE: Some people see people and some people see only numbers.

Movers & Shakers

Thunder and lightning amazed me yesterday after dinner and after posting my pictures on Facebook. Wow! What happened? What a coincidence! It's like a mystery novel. Uhm, I could write a story about it eh?

How about our topic today is "identity theft." What is our best solution to that theft? How to get rid of the thief that keeps hacking our blogs and our website on Facebook? What those thieves are after? Do they disguised themselves as "friends or relatives" that we know?

What if, that identity thief disguised as a "friend" of yours what could be that disguiser wants?  What she or he is up to? Is that disguised individual after personal information from the resume you posted or that individual is after everything you posted and used the information to obtain what? Selling your identity? That's what I heard in the news on TV.

An identity thief is a criminal. Just that term IDENTITY THIEF, the word "thief" is a criminal.
A thief is a thief!

If you are using another person's identity that's BAD. What is your purpose and motive why you have to disguise yourself? What is your true aim why you have to fool another person other than your own? Are you a bad human being? Are you a criminal? You are a criminal! Stealing information or anything with value is a CRIME.

You know, you can get information by other means using a simple technique of asking permission. Educated people used that process, not by force but through intelligent ways.

The GOVERNMENT can obtain information of every individual, the whole population of the country through legal process through CENSUS. This is how it's being done. CENSUS. And in census you don't include the dead people or has been deceased from such a long period time and you don't include them in the election voting count.

It's just that too many lazy people nowadays that they don't do their job properly and accurately. Obtaining information from a social network is a question of credibility after its been affiliated with the Cambridge Analytica and how they used personal information without the permission of the Facebook users. You'll never know really what those information they've obtain will be used for and for what and for whom?

Nothing to worry if you are a good conscientious person. Right, but sometimes the most righteous persons get into trouble because of the other group of people who are up to nothing but troubles. Do not infect the good people if you belong to the bad group of people. Plain and simple.

TRY CENSUS! Stop the suspense. You'll never know who you are after when you are the one missing in the action of righteousness.

NOTE: Then somebody reacted right away. Dude, you only proved that you are using so many aliases in the internet competing with those internet hookers, no wonder why crime is F' hard to crack. Kung tinatamaan ka sa crime mo dyan for disguising yourself maybe you are also lying to your own family. No offense meant to those who are really good, kindhearted humans. Yung walang konsensya pasensya ka! magbago ka na!!!!!! Before it's too late!