Something's Strange In The Neighborhood

 Looks like troubles wont go away.

Days ago, early morning as I was about to turn off the light from the back patio, noticed that the 3 bags full of empty soft-drink cans are missing. I asked my husband what happened to those bags of empty cans, they're gone! Wow! You mean stolen by thieves? Why they have to steal empty cans? Maybe because those big bags of empty cans when return for the recycling depot could earn the thieves at least $50 worth of cash, that's why. I wonder why they didn't steal the fishing rods or those rubbermaid storage bins. Each bin is worth $15. Fishing rod is worth $100. The patio set is old so they wont steal the set, I don't think so. lol. I'm glad they didn't steal the lawnmower and tractor.

Then next, our neighbor in the same apartment/townhouse reported their bike missing. Oh no! Their bike was stolen and the thieves or thief (?)(how many of them though?) had stolen 3 bags full of empty cans from our backyard.

Yesterday morning, RCMP vehicle was parked across the street. Hmm, wonder what's happening? I want to get out and find out for myself and my hubby stopped me from looking out. Why? I want to know. 

Anyway, don't really know whose house the RCMP officer went into across the street. I don't like being too nosy.

My hubby said, he will set up a motion detector or a hidden camera outside.  I don't think those thieves will have the guts to do something nasty again. I hope so.

UPDATE: Days ago, husband was asked by neighbor to help him replace the tire on his car. He obliged to help him. He was overweight and cannot get down to the ground to fix his car's tire. Then yesterday, another neighbor had his car tire's out of commission, flat tire. Then another neighbor had flat tire too. Wow! is that coincidence or what? 

Good that snow hasn't drop yet at the island. What we have right now is another gloomy day of rainfall but not enough to cause flood. We are located on higher ground so nothing to worry.

Being Busy Keep Troubles Away

 I told myself I will be very busy sewing for as long as I have the extra fabric or textile for my project.

The continuation:

Yey! The pot holders are sewn and it's finished. Husband tried the  pair of pot holder on his hands but too short for his big hands. Ha ha! Because the pot holder is fitted for my hands only that's why.

Then more extra fabric to sew two aprons using the same fabric material: 100% cotton, with the exotic birds, paisley and flowers + stripes print designs. One apron for me and the other apron is for my daughter Tam.

When I'm busy, our family had to minimize on what kind of meals for lunch or dinner. The frozen already made lasagna is one of those options to bake in the oven for 1 1/2 hour until it is baked on hot temperature.

Dessert of lemon vanilla cake. Husband said it's a bit dry. So he baked his favorite cinnamon rolls.

He's good at baking all kinds of buns including "pandesal." Cinnamon bun rolls is his specialty. He can bake of course and he is much, much better than me when it comes to baking cake, loaves of bread, biscuits, scones, and squares. I must admit not a baker by profession. lol. I can only bake few baked goods such as muffins, banana bread, blueberry cake, some simple way to bake and must include ingredients that I really like such as blueberries, banana and zucchini.

Changes. The Changing Tide

 My early morning was spending time watching news on TV while I had my breakfast. Husband doesn't like breakfast for today, too early he told me. Whatever!

In the news: Canada's PM Justin Trudeau had a visit in BC to find out the damage of the flood. He also had a "talk" with Premier of BC, John Horgan who looked kind of looking better after the surgery on his throat. In the scene were the ARMY or Canadian Armed Forces who helped built the sandbags along river banks and dikes for flood waters. Another batch of rainstorms soon to approach when parts of BC is still submerged on flood water. Wow! That's crazy weather we have in Canada. A levee should be installed if frequent floods or how frequently the floods could damage that area.

Is it really a global warming sort of as to who should we blame the cause of flood or just that snow on mountains are rapidly melting and never stay grounded or that snow never stick that long on the ground? That the earth is hot inside? What's boiling inside the earth? Molten hot magma or lava? lol. I don't know if there are active volcanoes in Canada especially in British Columbia. If BC is the ancient Chile & Peru combined probably or possibility that there are hidden volcanoes underneath those mountains. But Chile and Peru is down there in South America if you are to look from the Google Map. Or somebody, such as the cartographers were drunk when they created the map. Oh ghee, better ask the ISS because they are the eyes of the sky and down through earth. They have better knowledge of the geography and land surface and they can measure it too and can control the weather for each country as in the Geostorm the movie had it. However do you think the astronomers fight on whose country gets better quality weather? Who gets the sunshine or rain and clouds? They could probably forecast weather per week basis however if you have giant wind turbines that could set another weather pattern so it's a  clash.

I think it's about time to have a NEW MAP instead of using the OLD MAP.

The map that we are using in schools and  THE ATLAS was since at the time of Columbus.

Too many mountains were rediscovered, too many islands sprouted like giant mushrooms all over the Pacific ocean. For one thing, there are at least thousands of mountains, hills and valleys in Colorado, USA without names yet. There are newly discovered hills and valleys in Philippines without names. Volcanoes once had eruptions in the Pacific ocean could lead to sprouting small islands on the oceans.

I sometimes viewed some mountains from Vancouver island to the Quadra island and corresponding islands out there and there was that "aura" that tells me that part of islands are "the Cordillera mountains." BUT, yeah the but issue...How could that happen and why? Cordillera is in Philippines, duh! But again...the shape and mountain formation looked like the same mountain, that's why. 

On long driving the regions of  Alberta and if you are not familiar to that place coming down from BC, there's that entrance that could make you surprise yourself as if being nostalgic... hey " Ive been here before" but this is in Canada how the hell I saw this place in Philippines from Bulacan to Laguna. OMG! But that was long, long time ago. I was a young girl when I saw those two provinces that had similar "scenery" in Calgary. Gross. That could be AREA 51. Ha ha ha! j/k 

Where's E. T. ?

I'm not crazy yet. Don't worry. There are many wealthy developers that could change the scenes of your province and you wont know it until you get there in physical form. Look at what happened in Fort Bonifacio, Makati where wealthy developers (who they are? rather, who are they?) bought the Headquarters of the Philippine Army, the land area for the military installations and turned the land into GLOBAL CITY Fort Bonifacio, and what happened to the Army? It's no longer the same "view or scenery" when I was there living with my family, 28 years ago? OMG! Not 28 years ago. 29 years ago. The Army Hospital was gone, no sight of that building. That hospital (built in 1912) was my playground and my library when I was a child, for God sake! The acacia trees? Gone! My father's 2 acre garden beside the hospital's GONE! Too many skyscrapers, mega malls and shopping arcades replaced the hospital and its adjacent training ground for military. Yeah, quite impressive on how super rich and wealthy those developers, are they foreign or domestic?

Do you think if former President F.  E. Marcos is still alive he will sell those lands for the military? I don't think so! But it's another former Phil. president who sold that military land. I was not there in Philippines that time, I could be one of those people who would stand by and protest including the famous "White Lady" at the American Cemetery. 👻

Too late now. The Filipinos, majority of them love the new FORT BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY. Why? Modern buildings, the architectural structures of those buildings made them famous. The luxury of shopping closer to their town is more convenient than ever before. The developers created a little scenery of the grandiose VENICE of ITALY and more structures of modern condominiums named after cities in Italy. It's more like, why visit Italy when you can have a brand new Italy in Fort Bonifacio & Taguig. You can also ride the gondola on Venice canal and pass the bridge and have sightseeing of the multitudes of shopping outlets and pubs and restaurants. What else could be included in the plan? Will they bring ROME, the POPE and VATICAN inside Fort Bonifacio?

Now what?

What will happen to BC after another mighty storms? Do you know? 

Will you build a huge structure for the sequel leading to the movie  ANNIHILATION?

Those richy-wealthy developers have lots of money! They can move mountains. They can make the world go round and round. Hanggang mahilo ka. They can create holograms and iron curtain and all the barriers in another country and develop their own country for its base of annihilation. They can make you sick, disoriented and pandemic is one of those moves that trigger ripple effect. You think you are crazy. You are not crazy it's just that maybe you are not included in the plan that's why YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. Because I don't want anybody being left behind that's why I'm including you in the story. Never ending story of conquest.

 

Where The Choice Is?

 I watched the Fifth Estate documentary show last night and the total devastation of the "floods in mainland Vancouver." There's nothing like that of such magnanimous proportion only this month of November because of the continuous rainstorm that flooded the area of Abbottsford, Sumas Prairies, Fraser Valley and connecting agricultural lands, dairy farms, it is the flat lands actually so when snow melted that area could get flooded so easily but not this kind of devastating flood that part of the BC province is submerged in flood waters for more than a week. Flood waters are over 6 ft. in height, you can use a motorboat or canoe to paddle through the waters. The saddest part of that cruel situation is the death of hundreds of cows and bulls and other farm animals. The connecting towns and cities also happened to be in the flood zone, hundreds of those people have been evacuated to dry lands while their houses were still submerged on flood waters and some of them cannot go home. 

The show also documented the landslides and the muddy area where drivers and their vehicles were stranded, those who were brave enough to rescue other people met an untimely death as one or two of them were carried by rushing flood waters. 

Not long ago when during summer time when wildfires consumed the whole community in the interior part of BC and has turned thousands of people homeless. This time around it's the flash flood of the century. Hard to believe this calamity and disaster would happen in BC. But it happened. 

But you know, it's not only in Canada that you have seen these kind of floods or wildfires. It's just uncommon for this country to have something of this magnitude to happen because Canada is always been the country that helped other people in the rescue relief effort when there's flood, wildfires, earthquake, hurricane and tornadoes that happened in other countries. 

It's unlikely that other countries would help Canada with this kind of problem. So, wake up CANADA!

Canadians in BC are questioning whether the Prime Minister of Canada will see for himself the disaster caused by "Mother Nature" in those farmlands. The flood is real is not surreal. It is surreal in the eyes of the beholder. 

To think that there are thousands of homeless people from the wildfires and now homeless people because of the floods and then the houses available for sale are worth in millions of dollars. The cost of housing, the rental houses had gone rocket-sky-high since the pandemic. 

In 1996, the rent for newly built 2 story , brand new 2 bedroom townhouse with 1 1/2 bathroom was only $600/month with 5 appliances, with 2 parking space (utilities not included in monthly rent). Then it went up to $ 1,000/month in year 2019. The population is growing in rapid manner. ? The influx of immigrants? Or the influx of old people who are retirees from big cities coming to rural areas?

In the year 2018 to year 2019, you can still rent a $1,500/month (3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms rancher/with garage, parking space, storage) house with large yard but you have to provide your own 5 appliances + pay for your own utilities,  you have to keep the maintenance of the landscaping and yard maintenance that is costly too:  $200/month 

Year 2020-2021 the price of houses are too costly for ordinary Canadians. It is the pandemic war on housing. It is at the year of the pandemic when the price of houses and rentals catapulted to new heights. The low income families are those wage earners earning $ 55,000 - $60,000/annum. After paying taxes, not much to spend actually but for FOOD and utilities and mortgage only. Is there enough allowance for travel expenses? NO. It's always ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD FIRST.  Remember the standard of living is super high in Canada. I know, how happy those politicians that they can afford anything and they were given FREE HOUSES to live in  with their families. I wish they could do more helping because it's the Government's money that pay for their salary and allowance. The people voted and elected them to do their work and they should be responsible enough to do their work. It's their job. It's not my job to tell them, hey you guys should WORK because you are paid. If you are paid and you are not working what the hell you have to be in the seat of power?

So, is it hell or high water?

Some families who bought houses during at the time when the economy was at its lowest point had only $800/month mortgage. While some families relying on rental homes, paying $1,500 to $2,500/month on those rental homes can make them broke. But not as broken as those whose properties were consumed by wildfires, tornadoes, and floods.

The question is why there is not much of the action plan or any kind of plan to build more houses. The Conservative Party promised such plan but you voted for Liberals. The population of immigrants and refugees including those Canadians who lost their homes who are also in dire need searching for affordable homes. Nothing much to choose. There's not enough. I myself would like to move in "affordable home" that I could be happy and contented with. But there's not much of a choice!

Today is another busy day!

 As of now, haven't finished the making of pot holders but I'm done with sewing table napkins made of the same material fabric. 

 

Thank God! Thank goodness the sun is shining today! 

Today is warmer at 8 Celsius outside  20 C inside our home and I already had my first cup of coffee and half piece of blueberry bagel. Husband RLT laughed at the coffee cup I was using. 

Coffee cups and mugs were still in the dishwasher and in the process of cleaning/washing/sanitizing. So it's the creamer cup I am using for now. It's okay, kind of cute though. Ha ha ha ha!😃😄😎

What else should I be doing at home? Finished vacuuming the carpet and floors downstairs. I'm done with polishing the floors (wood and tiles) with swiffer. Using swiffer pads to mop floors is very handy and convenient than using the old mop, that's for sure. At least those pads are biodegradable.

I cleaned windows recently and its window sills. I will vacuum the carpet upstairs, sooner than later after I'm done with my blogging.

Yesterday, I was busy sewing a lounge wear and I'm wearing it now. OMG. 😦😲😬Then the "proverbial update failed message" stating "Update failed" appeared on my computer screen. Weird right? Do you have that annoying message sometimes? For whatever reason that my computer's connection had it too on airplane mode. WHY?

Hmm, what to cook for lunch and dinner?

Maybe roast chicken for dinner and ham sandwich for lunch.

Okay, ciao for now & have a good day everybody! 🙋

Things To Do At Home

 We can feel how cold it is outside and it's because of the draught from under the door. The cold air current from outside getting inside can lead to high electricity bill. At first, we are using a blanket to cover gap under the front door. 

Then later on husband decided he should take matters into his hand by buying what he needs to cover that gap to prevent the cold air from coming inside the house. He bought a foam window seal and under the door panel stopper or under the door seal. He's got his own cordless drill kit. He knows what to do. This is nothing to him because he is a handy man and he is a highly skilled worker (although semi-retired already). He had fixed so many doors before.

Materials: Foam window/door seal, Under the door seal, Cordless drill kit, screws

Well that's it. Fixed. It's not broken but the gap has been covered.

Then I get busy in my own way. All of a sudden I have the urge to sew again. 

I have enough material to make some placemats, rather set of placemat.  yey! The material or fabric is 100% cotton with floral- paisley prints and stripes with beautiful exotic birds in different array of colors: green, sage, brown, white, orange,  yellow, crimson. I know it's beautiful.

Materials: Fabric, pair of scissors, thread, sewing needles, pins, and my reliable BROTHER sewing machine

And it's finished within an hour. Six (6) placemats + Three (3) extra small sized placemats. 

I might also sew simple pot holders. Well, if there's a remnant or left over fabric for me to create those holders.

Simple Foods

 Because we are always having pork for lunch and dinner I opted to cook the proverbial corned beef! Yey!! Hereford corned beef from Brazil.

Just a simple hot corned beef with lots of onions, add dash of salt and ground black pepper and with jazmine steamed rice, good enough for lunch or dinner. 

What we had for lunch actually is the square pizza. the corned beef ends up as dinner or supper.

 And if I'm not that too lazy and tired to cook... This no egg yolk noodles with pork and veggies is great for dinner. Yum-yum-yum!

I get tired too just like ordinary humans. I know some of you would rather go to the nearest restaurants or pub or fast-foods and dine, ordered the best meals ever for pricey menu and minus the cooking and dish washing, no cleaning the kitchen would mean greater price to pay. Luxury that some old people had when they can no longer cook at home. But there are younger people who also are always in the "fast lane" of having to order online through the delivery process.

I don't have those options. I have to cook for the family. I have to plan after breakfast of what we have to eat for lunch and dinner for the day. I sometimes asked my husband what he likes for lunch and dinner. He always had this answer " I don't know." 

Me? I have to look at inside the fridge and freezer. We had pork loins (cut into pieces), one last ziploc bag of the ground beef, two whole chicken, 1 box of pizza, 1 loaf of bread, 4 bags of frozen peas, bags of prawns and shrimps, a piece of pompano fish, a piece of frozen salmon that was supposedly cut after it was caught but it is there inside the freezer for more than 10 months, a piece of smoked salmon (the last piece), bags of frozen berries: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries), a pint of vanilla ice cream. Then the fridge cooler: We have two bags of green beans, fresh tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, onions, garlic, gallon of milk, pop in cans, yogurt, margarine, butter, mayo, sauce in bottles, catsup. I have to throw those things I don't really need for cooking, just occupying space in my fridge. My fridge's cooler would be empty for sure. lol.

When you listen to the news on TV about NO TO PANIC BUYING! But then you went out to find out in the supermarket to buy consumer goods and nothing to find because it is empty of those goods. There's not enough people inside the supermarket to be in panic buying because there is no stock of such items. Then this morning the news on TV is about NO TO TRAVEL UNLESS IF NECESSARY (Pump gas for certain amount as in not full tank. What?) because not only the price of GAS is expensive but because NO GAS in certain gasoline stations. Now that's getting weird by the day.

What does it means? STAY AT HOME! If you've got nothing to do outside  STAY AT HOME! 

It is frigid cold outside so just stay at home and watch TV. Entertain yourself. Amuse yourself and be creative by blogging using your computer.

Hey, could be that they are already following the GLASGOW PROTOCOL. Are the leaders in other 196 countries following the rules? Protocol is about set of rules.

Thank God It's Friday!

 So much flood waters! It's almost like an ocean in Sumas Prairies up to the Fraser Valley! Wow! Suck the water in through the pump going to giant sewer pipes and turn the flood waters into GOLD. That's the only way you can make an impact of such calamity. 

Now that the flood zone is becoming evident... the possibility of  having amphibian vehicles for use in British Columbia could mean "for the greater good." Hm, is there an EV Amphibian?

What lesson we could learn from this mother nature disaster for the future generation to watch out for.

At this point in time, the military are the forces that support and make it easy for the rescue operation to move faster. There are about more than 17, 775 people who were evacuated from their flooded homes. Be thankful for the MILITARY, the Armed Forces of Canada.

Of course the cows and bulls were helped too, one by one those cows were on a leash and hauled up to the higher lands on dry lands. Some cows and bulls are reluctant to get out from the flood waters as shown on TV screen. OMG! Acting like pachyderms. lol.

No panic buying? Hoarding of consumer goods especially at the meat section? Actually there are supermarkets without those products on the shelves and coolers because the truckers and their trucks of supply were stranded on highways because of the flood and broken roads. 

The inconvenience of such calamity will teach us, all of us a greater lessons and knowledge that is as valuable as anything on Earth.  

Learn: Where You At On Planet Earth?

TGIF. 

Environment of B.C.

 NEWS TODAY ON TV: 

From the Premier of B.C. Hon. John Horgan: NO PANIC BUYING OR HOARDING.

Okay. Agricultural products in British Columbia will increase its price or dramatically increased its price because of the devastation of the agricultural lands in B.C. The flood waters on Fraser Valley has receded but then according to the news report it is starting to rain again. Isn't raining man, allelluiah it's raining man? WTH! If its not wildfires then it's rainstorm and tornadoes. Heh! No tornado in BC. 

I remember the book "Come Hell Or High Water " written by former Prime Minister of Canada, Hon. Paul Martin. Have you read it?  Canada has been battling a different kind of war: Wildfires & High Water.

I wonder if those two calamities are just normal within B.C. 

As far as I remember when I first arrived here in Canada in 1992 and my husband and I were long driving, traveling to the Fraser Valley area to the connecting towns and cities  and the radio inside the car had its news about lowland flooding. Because those parts of B.C. province are the flat lands and consider to be the land for anything like farm lands and dairy farms so when the snow melted at springtime to summer time the water flows freely like instantly to the irrigation system. However, this  time of the year...when snow is accumulated by the tons on the mountains and then the rainstorm is non-stop for more than a month and the snow melted quickly and rapidly, the water can flow like rushing water falls from the mountains down to the slopes and can ruin the concrete highways and bridges. Then the inevitable flash flood and when the flood gates are closed then the whole communities within flat lands (agricultural lands) will be dealing with flood waters and houses submerged on flood. 

This is the first time that incredible amount of flash flood has devastated the agricultural sector in B.C. Several years ago, Alberta suffered devastating flood of the century from rural area to urban cities of Alberta were submerged in filthy water for more than a month. 

Then it happened too in BC.

 

While BC flood wont have those filthy waters stayed that long as it is receding now. Good that they open the flood gates. I wonder why it was closed before?

So, no panic buying. Beware of the hoarders. Darn it. I want some chunks of beef! I need iron in my body. lol.

Are You Against Mother Nature?

 It is still NOVEMBER 2021. Cold and a bit windy outside. At least the stupid rainstorm is gone and wont be coming. So let us pray for beautiful weather ahead and do not let the bad players rule by making choices on what kind of weather or climate is appropriate for the months of November, December & January. Why? It's because you are always fighting with MOTHER NATURE!

Anybody who wants the hot climate for the months of November, December & January should go back to where they belong!You don't like the cold winter months because you love the hot weather? Please stay in volcanic islands where hot lava flow like melted iron.

Or you can meet Einstein in purgatory. 

Or you can battle the unforgiving World War I and World War II again and again and sacrifice millions of innocent lives again.

Sinsabi Ko Na Nga Sa Inyo Eh...

 O ano? Eh di ba tutuo ang mga sinasabi ko or sinusulat ko dito sa mga blogs ko. Ayaw nyo kasing maniwala.

Oh my, basta sa mga futuristic events uunahan ko na kayo.

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

If history repeats itself why nobody wants to stop certain events from happening?

Yun na mismo. It's unbelievable at first. Who would have thought that a global pandemic will come back? Or it's because every one hundred years a pandemic is just  means of renewal? 

Or you can read Nostradamus quatrain of predictions.

I think have tackled this subject before in my other blogs. Paulit-ulit, nakakainis na. 

Ako pag redundant inis na rin ako no.

But then about that summit regarding climate change. It's true that there is global warming and the iceberg is melting at rapid fast because where on earth that iceberg wont melt if the population of the world is in billions of people (counted through statistics or census) but what if there are millions of humans who are not counted and can you put a tag on trillions to quadrillions of animals, birds and marine species? That's totally impossible, but they are trying to tag them one by one as in "catch and release project." Can you just imagine of how many billions of people who consumed food and what about their waste? Where to put their waste and garbage? Imagine yourself having babies and how many diapers they used everyday multiply it by how many million babies pooped per day. That alone could trigger pandemonium. Hey, I am pro-life! I am once a youngster, I was once a baby and so you are. Then if you grow old and you can no longer hold your bowels then and you'll need diaper... that too can add up to piles of waste and garbage. With all those garbage from food, paper, wood, glass, plastics and all those scrap yards and so many debris out there where you think those garbage will go? To the landfill. Some of them are recycled and some of them are burned down. How large would be the incinerator machine? Some of those garbage end up as ashes and some of those garbage will become fossil fuels. The recycled plastics and recycled glass particles have other usage and purpose for particular industry. 

Then have you ever think about those stadiums and sports arena with capacity of 40,000 to 50,000 people? They eat, they pooped and they peed. How many washrooms they have for such capacity?  That too can trigger a massive waste outflow. I don't know how the sewers are built. 

Do you have neighbors who happened to have swimming pools? Or do you have a community pool in your town or city?  Do you know where the pool water flows? Sometimes, there are floods in those communities where swimming pools abound. Not as always the case but could happen...sometimes.

Planting trees through seedlings is part of the initiative of some smart-minded humans who want a greener pasture and future for the next generation. It will take half of a millennium before those trees are harvested if they plant those younger trees today. If it will begin with seedlings then wait for 75-100 years before harvest time. It depends actually. Would you harvest a tree that's over 500 years old? OMG! That was the time period of the Spanish Inquisition in Philippines.

According to those experts in Philippines, the pandemic is now at Level 2. It is no longer a pandemonium or no longer scary. However, the people are still having doubts by masking up, and avoiding crowds. Okay that's good! It's not about paranoia. It is about precaution. Just be cautious and stay safe, follow the rules of safety and cleanliness. Besides majority of people are so used to wearing face masks and isolation staying at home to keep safe is the best option. I think some people would rather work at home. Home is the safest place that's why.

Toxic Chemicals

 Probably you are experiencing of so much negativity since the pandemic and comes along the severe anxiety. Who wont be anxious when the pandemic is not over yet? It's almost 2 years...almost! FGS!

If you are losing your sleep, losing your hair because of alopecia, having nightmares, cannot be contented on so many issues because so many millions of people are out of jobs and they might lose their homes and properties...

Well, so many thousands of people had lost their homes actually due to wildfires this year at summer time in B.C. Now some people in the community (ies) of B.C will lose their homes due to severe flooding and continuous rainfall. Isn't that totally weird? Evacuation alert happened at a faster rate than you could ever imagine.

Note: Two weeks ago it was Italy & Rome that experienced the same kind of calamity. FLOODING. 

UPDATE: Today Nov 16, 2021, the news on TV -  is the rapid shifting of weather temp. to negativity. Yup, it's snowing once again in interior part of B.C. Looks like they are trying to control the snow from falling yet it's already November.

Losing hairs. Your head is losing your hair? Is that common? That could be side effect. ? I don't know what people are using for shampoo or how hot their water for shower and bathing. Or side effects of vaccines?

Did you know that there are so many harmful  chemicals used in the manufacturing of bath soap, detergent soap for laundry and dish washing? You really have to be an observant, keen observant and meticulous on what you purchase from the stores. Bring your magnifying lens. Always read the labels or ingredients in the making of your favorite brand of soap, cosmetic (make-up/foundation/lipsticks) , perfumeries or fragrances, hair dye, shampoo and lotion. Make sure those brands are not fake and wont cause any allergies. Make sure that those products had passed the Quality Control or approved for retail. Sometimes the formula or ingredients used in the production of such products are mind boggling crazy. Who they are to kill? Why those hazardous chemicals are used for such when it's the humans are the benefactor of such products? Know why? Animal lovers had protested before against use of animals for new product testing. They would rather have humans to be the guinea pigs or laboratory rats.

 

Recently, there was a documentary/research on the show Marketplace (CBC News Network) about toxic chemicals on brand new clothing. TOXIC. How toxic those chemicals are? Well, you should find that out smart ones.

 

Also, an episode on the famous medical series HOUSE, had two students were rushed to the hospital having convulsions had severe trauma and were comatose due to severe hypo-allergic  reaction to the brand new clothing (pair of pants) they were wearing. That's why it's best to wash your newly purchased brand new clothes first before you wear them. It's the dye stuff that were used in clothing garments that trigger such conflict.

Books

 Oh no! My husband's favourite author of books had passed away at age 88. The famous WILBUR SMITH, his bestsellers books we are collecting, the man who is the world's master storyteller is dead!?

It's hard to believe... I haven't even finished reading the book that I'm supposed to read for this month which is the DESERT GOD.

 And I haven't purchase his latest book THE NEW KINGDOM.

However, I finished reading most of his other books such as LEGACY OF WAR, GHOST FIRE, WAR CRY, THE COURTNEY's WAR and a lot more of his books as shown here in the picture.

The photos of me here are way back months ago after reading LEGACY OF WAR.

Actually first thought this is the last novel with another author in it.

Wilbur Smith, the greatest novelist the world has ever known will surely be missed. 

 

Yesterday, he was in the news on Facebook. At first thought it was some sort of a prank or a joke but the news also streamlined on CTV News Network and CBC News.

WILBUR SMITH, the famous author is dead. He passed away yesterday at the age of 88. 

And I have a photograph of the prolific author in this post but suddenly disappeared. Wow! What an incredible mystery.

NOTE: This is not a part of the LOST SYMBOL by another famous author DAN BROWN.

My blog is MY BLOG + MY UNIVERSE

The Author is me: E. VERNA TURNER

Who else? It cannot be YOU.

Bloodsuckers!

 Look who's waiting outside? Oh my gosh! That bloodsucker! I wonder how many thousands millions of those mosquitoes out there eh?

You know that it's not really cold outside in November of 2021 if those mosquitoes still are visible by the naked eyes.

While the rest of the interior of B.C. are enjoying the winter wonderland, the grounds here are wet, soggy, & muddy because of the continuous downpour that almost wont stop. 

Can't wait for the snowfall to blanket the grounds. 

What happened at the COP26 Summit?

I am not into waiting for the result of such summit actually because sometimes it's Canada who suffered much to the "protocols" and don't know if other countries followed the rules. First it's because there are lots of "dont's."

The closure of the major industry such as the pulp mills and saw mills and mining in Canada had crippled the economic condition of Canada before Year 2000 up to now. Millions of Canadians lost their jobs. It was a domino effect that some well developed cities suddenly became ghost towns. 

How about the coal production? The use of coal is simply filthy for every country to use but do you think other countries will stop from using coal? Simply because they don't have hydro electric power. The proposal of using EV or Electric Vehicle as means to control the use of gas powered vehicles could mean extra expenditures on behalf of Canadians. The cheapest EV is $50,000 to $60,000 + tax. You might as well use and drive  electric golf carts around town and use only ordinary gas powered cars or trucks for long driving. Hey, golf carts are already in use in HK for daily use around their community.

                                            Source: Google images  -  Electric golf cart

Not that bad actually during summer but not for winter. Probably the car much needed on planet Mars.

How about the climate change? What caused the climate change and why icebergs are melting in the North Pole? Too much commotion or too much exploration in the North and South Poles? I don't know. The global climate is rapidly changing. OMG! Really? Part of it is BILLIONS OF HUMANS and trillions of the population of animals? Billions to trillions in population of living organisms inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide. There are trillions of trees maybe and large vegetation for planet and inhabitants to stay alive for such precious oxygen but then there are other important gas such as nitrogen, methane, radon, and other elements that are invisible in the air but life like this from the very beginning, as in those gaseous subtances are present since the age of Dinosaurs. What kind of gas that is new in its existence then?

WHAT COP26 is all about? Do you know?

The Twelfth Of Never

 I tried my best not to post anything yesterday's celebration of REMEMBRANCE DAY.  I told myself that it's time to give PEACE A CHANCE and let the heroes rest in peace! You know they did their very best to sacrifice their one precious life to save mankind in the awful war that should not even happened in the first place because of the two idiots of World War I

Do you remember the true story of the World War I why it happened?

It was the true story of two idiots!

It was mentioned specifically in Encyclopedia how it happened and the blame is on two European idiots!!!!!!

You wonder who those two idiots are? Do your own research and find out.

I watched the old movie SAVING PRIVATE RYAN from our television, starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, etc. The very beginning of the movie was a reminiscing of the saved soldier, saving Private Ryan is a matter of a miracle and saving him put him in agony, confused mind thinking what's in him that he was saved by his Captain? Private Ryan doesn't know why he needs to be saved. Dude, your three brothers died! 3 brothers who gave up their lives as sacrifices for the cause of that war. For Pvt. Ryan to die in that war would mean 4 brothers sacrificing their lives for that war is too much to bear for his parents. It is mind boggling CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unjust and unfair. Where justice should be placed? That they have to sacrifice themselves to save one Private Ryan.

When the American soldiers landed at the beach their troops were already being attacked simultaneously, non-stop firing, it was messy, it was bloody. Soldiers were being ripped off, their bodies exploded and their intestines out and they bled to death. The war was barbaric. The flamethrowers they had was useless and caused their tank to explode in their own bodies.  The soldiers were met with rapid fires from the enemies as if they knew they are coming and they were ready and prepared. I think there's no snipers yet in that period of time that's why.  It's not that what you will expect when the SEAL TEAM had their strategical attack when they landed at the beach... But it was cinematic for the "old, old wars"  that we never even knew it happened only through the stories of those who had lived to tell. It's different way back then. Darn it, sorry. I should not compare how combat attack are to happen just like that as being unprepared. It was just so strange as those young soldiers are used as real sacrifices. Such an agony of war. SUICIDES. It 's quite sad.

What happened just happened and we can only offer our fervent prayers for the lives lost for their gallant battle and hope that there will be no war after World War I & II. No more wars after wars nor rumors of war. However, war still happened because somehow infrastructures are met with explosions after explosions. If leaders would like to wage war they should just choose a duel. Duel between two stubborn leaders. They don't need to conquer another land just to be ahead or just because their egos are so large and the earth cannot hold their weight. Let those leaders fight against each other and do not use the people to fight each other and sacrifice their lives. We are in a highly modern civilization and maybe if the duel between two tyrants are not effective, they can use drones. That's how it would balance the outcome. DRONES vs. drones or robotic drones (re: War Of The World's series on TV)

FOR THE TRUE, REAL HEROES:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.🙏💓

 

SEEing Is Believing. To see is to believe!

 You know what I hate doing? Giving a sermon everyday especially when I'm not a pastor, not a priest and not a very religious human being. I am religious but not very, very religious and not superstitious either.

I believe in God and the doctrines that go with Catholic faith but to give sermons and moral lessons about religion is ...makes me creepy sometimes. lol. I'm not a creep, radiohead.

I wish everything turns to normal as soon as possible. Imagine only 45 days to Christmas and several department stores are adorn with  Christmas decors already including those Christmas gifts available for their patrons and customers. Christmas decor festivity started at the time of Halloween celebration! While Americans haven't celebrate Thanksgiving Day yet as it stated in Calendar for November 25, 2021.

However, the many salesmen on TV still propagate the pandemic scare tactic and still promoting the vaccines. Actually some old people are having their third doses already. 3rd doses of those highly promoted vaccines! Wow! While some health care workers are not vaccinated yet when they should be the first humans to get vaccinated. What a thrill. Thriller!!!!!!

All these events will pass away and you can laugh or not laugh at it after maybe two years. Start from the very beginning of the pandemic and if you can read between the lines on how it all started as in PANIC that triggers the onset of this pandemic of 2020 all were done in a manner of such a demand for a global drill. Drill baby drill. If you are that curious kindly read and have a thorough research of History and you'll find out that what triggers certain events have something to do from what happened in the past. The Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 then the pandemic of COVID-19: 2020-2021. Year 1919, EINSTEIN The genius world renown physicist was still alive and had produced the famous formula. Too bad we don't have another Einstein in our generation. Go over what happened in the years 1817-1818... then what will happen in the year 3030-3031 or 3031-3032. What will happen in 2039-2045? Will history repeats itself?

Uhm, I wish I'm a psychic so that I can see the future. 

You Are The Master Of Your Own Destiny Nobody Else

 TEACH THE TEACHER motto or slogan for students to tackle with in Elementary, High Schools & Colleges or Universities could mean a very challenging factor to get the grades higher in such a way that you have to prove your own skills and mindset to defend your goals.

TEACH THE TEACHER & PROFESSORS TO TEACH.

 Respect their skills and intelligence to show every student that they will have to LEARN the skills and concept and methods from their teachers. Learning the skills from teachers! Do not let their teachers just stand and sit on their chairs without you learning from them. You don't let them waste your time. Parents count on how you learn from teachers. You have the right to learn from them while they are paid to teach. Remember they are PAID TO DO THEIR WORK. Nobody is left behind if only teachers have the intelligence. Teachers be responsible. True, you must invest in your students so that the parents and the Good Government will invest in you.

Teachers and professors go to class rooms with the text book they probably memorized since at the time when they are teaching one subject ENGLISH (re: Technical Writing). Or a Physics professor has memorized her lesson plan and the whole PHYSICS textbook that every word for word & formula  from the book is mentioned in class. Look, in other words, one teacher or professor can be very skilled with just one preferred, prepared subject for the long duration of her or his life as a teacher. While a student has at least 6 to 8 subjects per day. So it is not that simple as "teaching the teacher" and provide the whole class with visuals and topic of discussion for one hour. Yes, it is true that's unfair for a student to be doing the oral report for that one subject when in the next hour you have to be in another classroom in another subject totally different from such. Before teachers are "teachers" they were students first. Do not let your students suffer the way you do. Do not avenge or use revenge as means as method of difficulties.

I know, I had that situation before. I had a very difficult experience and incredible situation on how the humongous data could fit in my brain especially if on one day the test would be at the same day and I have to memorize all the data or information for 6 subjects: Philosophy + Botany + English + Political Science + Economics + College Algebra. Extra subject on Physical Education: Modern Jazz which I have to dance the sequence of the modern jazz in front of 50 other students and the rest of the class followed the same dance sequences. One by one. That's totally mind boggling and after that day is finished, my God! My head kind of bulge in because of severe headache. Next semester is mind boggling and incredible harder and you have professors who are "god-like with superior mentality." It's not easy. Never been easy. With the hot weather temperature in Philippines it feels like your brain is being cooked in hot oven.

I'm glad everything's over and I wont let my own kids suffer the same way because supposedly there is nothing as such of suffering when you are just educating yourself but that's how College life is. With modern high tech gadgets, computers its probably much easier and most convenient. The making of thesis and feasibility studies and doing research is much faster, almost at the speed of light. The worrying situation sometimes is about the many hindrances, barriers and hurdles along the way,the financial aspect of whether tuition fees could be paid before the exams. Nobody can get an exam without paying for tuition fees. So many problems that arise but it takes one point of direction to get ahead, make sure get things done in perfect order. Stay away from troubles, avoid peers and peer pressure. FOCUS. Concentrate.  Never compare yourself with others, just do what best that can lead you to the right path. Be righteous and follow your heart and mind. You are the master of yourself, nobody else. You can make it or break it but it will always be you,  the owner of your own ambition, your own goal and purpose in life.

Just Do It!

 STAY AWAY FROM TROUBLE: Choose Foods.

Begin with cinnamon bun with melted butter on it and have a hot brewed coffee with milk. That's breakfast.

Lunch time: Hot eggrolls with chili sauce

Dinner would be Cheeseburger.

Dessert: Yogurt in variety of flavors: Mango, peach, pears, apple, blueberry

Or have a piece of banana.

And that makes the day so simple and ordinary.

Then what's for movie to watch?

How about 30 DAYS OF NIGHT? lol🙀😀

Happy Sunday everybody! Your Sunday maybe different from mine but you know how many times we have to keep other wicked people from destroying our happy lives? 

You know in Elementary Schools in Canada?  Teachers always asked the strength and weaknesses of your kids. For what? Are they Freud & Jung? Truth is better ask them too what's their strength and weaknesses to fight back. Schools & Universities are supposed to do the right thing and it is not another Auschwitz. If you can switch ahead of time, take and use your time wisely.

Heard of TEACH THE TEACHER motto/slogan of kids in the new generation? Well, do IT.

Be Prepared!

 Heavy downpour once again. We have a storm at the island and good to know that there is no hurricane here and no twister whatsoever. Only in the flatlands. I hate the rain, stupid rain. The wood deck outside the patio will soon get rotten because of the non-stop downpour. The mosquitoes multiply because of stupid rain. My God, hope this storm wont cause malarial spread. Some people should take a bath. Maybe that's the reason why it's raining all the time. Nothing's wrong with taking a bath or shower at least. But I know now why those humans have better skin condition...they don't really shower everyday because taking a bath everyday or twice a day can get your skin dry.

Besides if your skin is already "white" who cares if you take a bath or not. ha ha! LOL. Oopss, not funny at all. Sorry, my apology.

While we experience too much showers at the V island, the interior part of BC started having snow last night such as: Kamloops, Revelstoke,  Kelowna, Terrace, and Whistler. Good for them for an early Winter Wonderland. 

I don't know for sure when the first snowfall here in Vancouver. Only kids like the snowy winter ground. The adults hate the snow especially if they are used to hot climate or they were originally from hot-weather temp. environment. Besides, winter is the most expensive season in Canada for every drivers with vehicles will have their cars, trucks, all their vehicles tune up, replace their tires into winter tires and some vehicles need to have chains on tires. Good that hubby already had his vehicle with the right tires a year ago which was very costly. 

Tires and chains are very expensive. Bags of industrial salts maybe not costly but it depends on how wide the area of salting or for salting.

Just in case of snow falling within days from now... hope everyone is well prepared.

For those who are still in the advertisements of the COVID STUPID and if you are not vaccinated yet please get your vaccines NOW. It's FREE!

Still reluctant? Unbelievable news? INVESTIGATE. Do your search and research. Get out on your comfort level and investigate and find out if the Covid news is actually true to its context or just an ordinary daily advertisement for Pharma. If some health care workers are not vaccinated yet until now, maybe there is "doubtful evidence." Beyond reasonable doubt!

If you are stronger than most no vaccine required. Are you stronger, higher, faster? Or you want to be the strongest, highest and fastest? BE WISER.

GOD BLESS US ALL.

Note: Draft mode (Nov. 5, 2021)

Open Your Eyes

 For your information, I blog at my blogsites randomly. Whatever I'm thinking at this very moment that's what I'm typing on this blogform. So I get mad sometimes when suddenly my blog post gets hacked or deleted accidentally because of computer glitz.

Finally, I read a post from an English teacher from the US. I haven't heard any story from her since several years ago, about 3 years maybe and then suddenly she posted a personal story of her experience as a High School teacher teaching English. 

I'm not bragging but most of my English teachers liked me from Grade School, High School up to University. I was their favourite! I don't know why. I think because most of my theme writing, topic or subject of my theme were somewhat funny and "out of this world." I made them laughed so hard. I was silly, funny, ridiculous or just that my sense of humor is upbeat and made them happy. I like to entertain. It's not always that I write about suspense or mystery and scare the hell out of everyone. I am not a famous Stephen King. I'm not Wilbur Smith and definitely not Dan Brown. Those novelists I mentioned are truly geniuses when it comes to telling stories in papers. I wished I can be just like them but not by inch that I could end up like them. First, my English vocabulary is not that much of Webster's and you really have to travel far and wide, you've got to explore and have more valid, vast experiences and most of all you should proficiently an English-speaking entity that every word, every text, context, every syllables, statement, stanza, paragraph, grammar and comprehension glides smoothly and perfectly accordingly to your mind and heart's desire. Besides, my words are not demonic.

My University professor in English was once a Harvard University grad. and she's a Filipina. ? She's probably half and half. Mestiza. Never heard of her speak Tagalog. Hardvard should have been the correct word for such professor who was very, unusually strict and orthodox in the method of teaching the "old school way." She never smiles, always that very serious facial expression, her words are stressed firmly and she's very authoritarian. At first she doesn't really like me because I never look at her. I don't like looking at somebody else's face when I was in College. I don't like meeting my professor's eyes because of one thing...I don't like being called for recitation. But for whatever reason, as in always been the case my name always come up to that situation, difficult situation of being called to answer the professor's question. Sometimes, I would like to counter-act and asked, "why always me?" is there anybody who could answer the question? Anyway, long story don't like long story in a blog. However, I am very grateful, thankful that I don't have difficulties speaking the language nor write English as my second language. The medium of communication in school, inside the classrooms in the Philippines is English and in many business establishments, English is the most convenient communication or medium of conversation everywhere.

There's one thing that made me chuckled from long time ago when I was a medical representative for pharmaceutical company and one of the doctors on my list for detailing happened to ask me something and because in my kind and line of work, we usually speak in English, lo and behold found out that the person I was speaking to was actually an Indonesian. All the while I was thinking that she was a Filipina doctor.  OMG! How many of them in Philippines? I mean, hello... That reminds me of so many of my classmates in College who are English speaking entities who never even speak Tagalog. 

OPEN YOUR EYES! I usually heard that from my University professor in Political Science (lawyer & judge) always having  the topic of discussion is about infiltration. 

Open your eyes...and SEE.

NOTE: It's ok. I think Philippines like being infiltrated by other countries especially by the Koreans!😏😜

WISDOM

 I was once in a classroom full of  "geniuses" and although it's not that easy or convenient for me to reply or answer to tough questions I have to answer them calmly. I know the answers to such question because I tackled them to my blogs long time ago.

I remember way back then when I suggested to my son that he should take "teaching" in College and be the teacher or professor at least instead of taking a "long course to study about environment."

He told me, "Mom, you don't know what and how it feels to be in a classroom in Canada." So true. I know. Have you seen the GOLDBERGS' show? There is that Beverly the helicopter mom who butts in everywhere her kids and what they are up to? All the moms in the world should be just like her.

Look, I'm not bragging when I informed you readers that I was a student-teacher in my class when I was in Elementary School. I was in charged for at least one week to take over the class and became the substitute teacher when my teacher was sick. The school Principal was sick too (Mrs. U.) and the Vice-Principal Mr. G took over in daily routine of classroom inspection, he asked me if our class of 50 students need a substitute teacher instead but the whole class said no because I was taking over the class because I was the President of the Homeroom. I took over and the lesson plans and the subject has been tackled for the whole week. We had our quizzes, oral report and daily practices. The agenda of daily needs for students to learn and master are met. I have a Staff who are in their best behaviour and doing their tasks properly. I have Vice President, Secretary, Sgt. at Arms, Treasurer, P.R.O. Auditor. Each one has a task to do. It's not easy when there is one or two who opposed to my role as President of the Class but those two were pacified by my 2 Sgt.at Arms who were in charged for security and peace inside the Class Room. ELEMENTARY. That's how discipline is created and that's how we learned the basics, the basic fundamental value of education, respect, social interaction, policies, the rule of law in small community called "school." It was during the MARTIAL LAW period that's why the students are more disciplined and complied to the rule of law even in schools. LEARNING BECOMES THE NORM. And we are sons and daughters of soldiers that's why tough discipline is just way easy to comprehend and understand.

Can you do this educational concept or method in Canada or in the US? I don't know. Maybe the system of education here in Canada is different due to large divide or diversity of different humans beings of different culture, religion, language, beliefs, psychological impact of those students from war torn countries being schooled in the same environment where locals are schooled. The differences in the language could be the barrier to such learning. Study your Psychology Book page 349-page 378: Mental Abilities And Their Measurement. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY by Atkinson/Hilgard?Atkinson.  Find out if  OVER THE ROOF mentality is what sets the trend. Or OVER THE SKY is actually not the limit in acquisition of  Higher Education because Education in Canada is ROCKET SKY HIGH and STRATOSPHERE is maybe the final limit to such destination. While the rest of the underdeveloped countries and developing countries are laughing out loud because they can pass anything smoothly. Simply because they don't have rockets! In the true meaning of such statement? They don't have to compete with robotic machines. Teachers always help their students SUCCEED.

One factor I observed was when students of Grade One & Two are placed in one class room without divider. Grade One facing the blackboard with their teacher while the teacher talks about the subject and Grade Two students facing the other side of the room with their teacher and assistant teacher having their own lesson plan.  Imagine of the class room size. Grade One has 10 students and Grade Two has 20 students. Can you manage the noises inside the room without divider? Oh, you think it's the Stock Exchange company employees shouting the stocks and yelling at each other non-stop? For the teacher to express her anxiety over the situation is well, it's true that was tough and her problem of having kids with developmental problems? Who wont be at peace or who in his right mind or her right mind to do the task of being a teacher in such "environment?" Chaos. Poor kids having to suffer to such "experiment" of being observed for such task. Poor kids being in such situation in just one room, how they can concentrate with their study? Weird! Teachers always into behavioural inspection, recording of students thoughts and actions, always observing students. What teachers have to do? Teachers, you have to TEACH! For God sake! You are not there as babysitters. The role of teachers in schools. ? If you failed as a teacher, remember your students failed because of you.

IF STUDENTS FAILED, BLAME THE TEACHERS!

And that's one of the reasons why so many schools had shut down because of many lawsuits.

What happened in High Schools and in University? HS is probably not designed for a CARRIE movie. High Schools in Canada are much disciplined in a way that fit all complexities and achievements and UNIVERSITY? OMG! Anybody who is accepted in University in Canada is probably highly achiever. So many of them are working students and when you are already working while studying your work  ethics and maturity has finally helped you in so many ways. You are more experienced than those non-working students. You are ahead of those non-working students. You value your time, money, and you know what works best for your well being. Setting your priority on what works best. 

 

Some people study to learn and then search for work after graduation. That's the usual mentality. If you are working already earning minimum wage of $15/hour which is good but not good enough that's the reason why some human beings have to finish their College or University Education so that they can at least raise their status, raise their voices, raise the bar, raise their wages, raise their competitiveness and skills? Most skills are actually applied in the workforce not in Schools not in University. Experience and skills are to be applied while working at work. Or you can teach your teachers and professors to seek wisdom.

LOGIC. WISDOM. Sometimes, you cannot learn logic and wisdom from any schools and universities. You cannot buy logic and wisdom either, anywhere.

Keeping Clothes Clean & Neat

 I'm almost finished loading the 5th loads of laundry in the washing machine. Too much loads of clothes for a day eh? It happened yesterday when I was looking for my daughter's Halloween costume and I touched some of the clothes hanging from inside the closet. Oh my! All those clothes: dress, pants, blouses, shirts, skorts, jeans and square pants are actually cleaned before we moved here in this house last March 2021. Maybe because they are all in the hangers and not been used so they are dusty. Of course those clothes can accumulate dust like anything in the house such as furniture, beds and bedding. That's why dusting off everyday is a must. What I did is to wash again all those clothes in the closet. Whether I didn't wear those clothes or my daughter didn't wear those pair of pants and shirts  then better to wash and clean them in the machine. 

I remember the time when I was working in HK and my employer will change all the summer clothes from her large closet and have those winter clothing re-arrange and hang those autumn-winter clothes instead. What happened to summer clothing from the closet will be thrown away or given away especially the small sizes that wont fit her body anymore. Most of her clothes are "designer jeans, coats, tops and fancy party sexy dress." I was the recipient. I only had chosen clothes that would fit my "girly body." If she was sexy slim, I was slimmer. I was only 94 lbs. (Vital stats: 32-22-31). Yuck.  

Because I was not that wealthy compared to her, I don't really throw my clothes away or give anybody of my clothes. Oopss, I think had given some of my clothes and my kids clothes to my nieces and nephews. They were clothes worn once or twice, not really old clothes. It's just that my kids had outgrown their clothes so fast. Clothing and accessories (belt, shoes, bags) are very costly in Canada especially the designer ones. Even the unknown designer's clothing are expensive. Most of the fabric or textiles in Canada are imported from other countries. Before, Zellers, K-Mart, Woolworth's the place to buy clothing but these department stores closed down already many years ago. The only big department store that you can purchase affordable clothes is at Walmart. Mark's, Reitmans.  Too bad there's no more SEARS! 😢😭

You can buy clothes from specialty stores but they are mostly made for seniors. Or you can go to Ukay-ukay in Salvation Army or Hospital Thrift shop where some richy-classy humans take their old clothes for donations or at the consignment shops.

Hey, nothing's wrong with ukay-ukay clothes. How many times some shoppers fit in new clothes at the department stores. So many times. How much dust those clothes accumulated from being on display in the store for more than 6 months or a year? That's right, same thing.   

So, with your dresses, blouse, shirts, pants hanging in your own closet for 5-6 months and you are not wearing them please clean them and throw them in the laundry machine and freshen them up or keep those old clothes in your luggage or vaults so that they wont accumulate dust.

Sewing + Dreaming + Adjusting

 SEWING IS LIKE DRIVING.

Sewing is like dreaming...

That's why I enjoy and have fun of such task at hand.

My Brother sewing machine helps me achieve such task.

Besides, get to enjoy fashion designing. 

Model for clothes I created. Oopsi...

Then thinking I should not be the model cuz I'm getting too fat.

There are many gorgeous tops I had from the past, all I need is to reduce or do the alterations so that those tops will fit my body. I hate throwing them or gave to my daughter when she doesn't like wearing feminine clothes {{ She's not a tomboy!}} {{She's not that into wearing dress, girl's blouse, tops or anything feminine}} {{I was like that when I was a teenager until I was in College/University. Simply because in the 70's & 80's the trend or fashion trend was denim pants, maong and LEVI'S brand is the most sought after casual clothing and so as HANE'S T-shirts. Wearing polyester and gabardine fabric clothing in Philippines is such a taboo. You'll be nailed to the cross or set on fire.}} j/k😀😄👌

TOPS or trendy blouses I still want to wear someday.

 OMG! Too small, size that will fit a 12 year old girl. 

Yup, that's who I am way back many years ago. Thin and slim not fat! The ivory colored blouse with lace, still have that in my closet. Wish I was petite size and could fit in to that lovely blouse. I bought that blouse in HK in 1990 from a fabulous boutique. I was 27 years old and had all the fun that I could have with cousins, aunts and friends.

Daydreaming. lol.