AI : Adjust & Improve

 It's already 11:19 AM and had finished our lunch meal. Only 20C today, warm and it seems like today is a boring day. Housework are done for the day and it is time for me to blog. Usually I blog earlier at about 7 AM or earlier but because I am always prepared and there is something unusual that happened such as a new dream or nightmares or what I have watched the night before on TV. 

I want to post about the sports I watched this morning but no need to be fakey or wrote something that could hurt some people especially "those die hard fans." Yeah, don't mess up with those "die hards." You'll get bruises from them. Ha ha!

I was able to watch the Inauguration of the 17th President of the Philippines, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.,  last night LIVE telecast on TV. Excellent speech Mr. President! He tackled some important tasks that he will do  (in his speech) what he knew would be his legacy for the 6 year term of his presidency. It was a very long speech. Just like his father , he is also an eloquent speaker. He stated that your dream is also his dream. Or your wish is also his wish. DREAM or WISH for the word "pangarap." 

Is your dream your wish? You wished?! lol. His dream is probably the continuation of his father's dreams and wishes for the Filipinos and the whole country. Is that your dreams and wishes? It takes to experience hardship, struggles, failures to know how the other people feel. You wont know other people's feelings without being in their shoes. 

How'd you feel being in shoes of another person who is struggling, having to deal with certain pressure and anxiety. How you'd feel if you don't feel anything? Are you a complete human being if you cannot feel the hurt, or any emotional and psychological outburst and all the mistakes other people  unexpectedly made. BE A HUMAN BEING. Are you a human being?

Hmm, anyway...everyday is a new beginning. Everyday is just another day. Some people take it lightly and move on. There is nothing that you can do to make amends of the past mistakes. Learn to forget and forgive and learn from such failure. LEARN FROM IT. Take it like a grain of salt.

It's not the end of the world yet. You are alive! Your ego is not as big as the earth so there is enough space to adjust and improve.

Oh my! Time is the essence and space is not enough for me to rant here and let us move on and relax. There's another day.

Lesson: Adjust. Improve. Be Flexible.

NOTE: My grammar sucks. It's hot here at my place and my thinking seems impaired. lol. I should not post this composition but have to. Hey, we all learn from mistakes and let me know how you feel and think. 

Just like what an awesome, amazing writer once said WRITE AS IF NOBODY's WATCHING. Write as if nobody's reading your blog.

Shooting

 I'm glad that the weather temperature has dropped from 28 C to 18 C today. Our electric fans were rotating non-stop yesterday, omg, and we have to open the sliding doors at the kitchen including windows. I hope those bugs didn't pass through the screens. lol. But who knows some bugs are so tiny, so minute and so damned pain in the _____!

Because it's summer and it is very hot, pollinators are everywhere. So many thousands of those bees, hornets and yellow jackets at the yard. Those insects love the chives, I mean those flowers from clovers. Pansies, and dandelions are a plenty in the yard and they grow at a faster rate. Husband did the lawnmowing last week and he's gonna cut those weeds and grass again including all the clovers, pansies, dandelions and wild ferns. Before that happened let me take some photos first. Shooting is one of my favorite past time.

Hey coincidence that there was a bird on the fence that when I was aiming at it then it abruptly flew right away. Too bad! It's okay that bird is not an attractive one so it can fly and to never return good for you. I don't really care. lol. Simply that bird is not that pleasing to my vision, unlike those beautiful birds such as hummingbirds, magpie blue jays, cardinal, and other birds with beautiful, colorful feathers.

Then suddenly heard that annoying noise from above the tree. That bird was quite very noisy. Where it is? Where are you noisy creature?

 

And there you at...

The bird was up high on that branch of the tree making so much annoying noise. Yuck. Are you a crow or a raven?

How about SUNFLOWERS?

Pretty in pink bougainvillea

Sunday Rants

 Nothing's new right? ZERO to ONE. Ha ha! What a boring day especially on hot summer days like these 28 C as of this writing. There are few people out there walking, shopping, probably at the beach, having picnic or what could they be doing on Sunday. Maybe there are still several religious people attending the Sunday mass. They should. If not they should at least pray at the convenience of their homes. 

Who said you cannot pray everywhere?

GOD IS EVERYWHERE.

So far, no news of wildfires. However, I heard sounds of siren this morning. I don't know if that's for ambulance, fire or accident. I'm glad the sound of backhoe/excavator is not a nuisance anymore as the neighbor looked like clearing their backyard and wonder what they have to build or create, fence, garden, workshop or a small swimming pool maybe?

I'll start to cook our dinner meals at 4:30 pm. Entrees for our supper would be: pancit canton, sauteed sausages with bokchoy, panfried baby potatoes, steamed rice.

What to watch on TV. Nothing seems exciting to watch anymore on Sunday night, maybe I will have to rent a video/movie. I know lots of movies to watch. Actually so many of those horror/suspense thrillers. I don't even know who those actors and actresses. But sometimes, unknown actors and actress get their fame first from such horror movies. Who would have known Jaimie Lee Curtis if not for the movie "Halloween" with several sequels. Robert Pattinson for "Twilight" and its sequels.  Neve Campbell for "Scary Movie." Kristen Dunst for "Interview With the Vampire." etc.

So, that's my plan to order and rent a movie for tonight make myself happy by watching something scary. Ha ha. I don't know if scary is a joy to watch. I'm just kidding. I don't like romance movie, too many blah-blah-blah. Too much plasticity and fakery. If you want to watch romantic movies, there are too many free one hour movie for such genre and they are somewhat hopeless romantic or too corny for everyone's taste. I don't know your taste for any kind of movie. I think when you reached that certain age you tried to stay away from all the b.s. and avoid  all the ______!

Why? Have you seen, watched or listened to the news of today and yesterday? You have those men and women having protest in public about the rights to abortion. Hey, where is the love? Are you guys doing it only for pleasure and its okay to abort fetus because being pregnant is not part of the plan. Then maybe the justice system in the US ruled out to bring justice where justice should be. There is always exception to the rule especially when abortion is for reasons that it might cause the death of the pregnant women, or because pregnancy brought about from force, coercion, rape, incest and maybe because the would be baby died inside the womb of the pregnant woman as in everyone's case is different from another woman. Let them decide what is best for them. Abortion is also a risky decision and might cause death of  pregnant mother of course the death of the fetus. Nobody wins in that deadly process. ABORTION is the process whether is legal in another country still lingers in those abortionists that they are part of the death of the fetus or babies. Assessment and psychological testing of the pregnant woman and or women should be analyzed first and foremost before the process is done but in the US, as the law permits that ABORTION IS ILLEGAL and IMMORAL. It could be legal in PRISON.

 

DO NO HARM

 Choose PRO LIFE.

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So what to watch?  I have the option to choose: Death At The Nile, Unchartered or Spider-Man: No Way Home. 

We watched SPIDER-MAN: No Way Home. 

Not that bad. It was a two hour + 20 minutes movie. Star-studded movie, lots of action. It is science -fiction and its worth the $7,  two day viewing.

MORAL LESSON of the movie:  DO NOT TRUST EVERYBODY. Trust no one. Hmm, seems like you have to think over and over again whether you can trust somebody especially the "very wicked & evil" and especially those who are into power play. The power play of the past is totally different from the power play of this year.

Do you trust the latest WAR PLAYBOOK:Russian against Ukraine? To include the latest group of G7?

You probably have trusted the OLD GROUP OF G7: USA, CANADA, GERMANY, FRANCE, RUSSIA, UK, ITALY. They are the great ones during the BUSH ERA. 

This year, you have to be worried and be aware of the new set of G7.

 

 

What IF?

 The war in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush era together with all the G7 Countries didn't end up in rocket skyhigh inflation. Know why? Because only recently they discovered that most of the prime basic needs those great countries enjoyed were actually coming from RUSSIA.

What if the reason why the war between Russia and Ukraine was Ukraine's leader don't really want part  of their country to be the gateway or pathway for the distribution of such goods such as gas, oil and grains (wheat, barley, oats, etc). What if its Ukraine who are greedy and manipulative hinder all the distribution, slowing the path of commercialization of all goods from Russia to Europe and Asia?

Because truth is it is probably the truth.  ?

Let me state it otherwise...

What if the exportation and importation of basic commodities from tanker to tanker, to trains to railways to its destinations from Russia to Turkey to Asian countries and to Western worlds are through the routes from Ukraine and Ukraine's stopping such mobility and movements. Then  you helped Ukraine for such movements of commerce to stop. Then whose fault is that?

Oh, you believe that artist or starlet  who is over acting and gaining so much attention from Hollywood that a Zelensky's path is the right way? Then let us all struggle and suffer. His ambition to be the next Hollywood star is far from over so suffer more.

Maybe study WORLD HISTORY, Russian History and the NAZI's world dominion. Putin is not a NAZI. Not because Zelensky is a Jew doesn't mean he is a prophet. Judas was a Jew  so want to have that carved in your head. But an ambitious artist just like Zelensky could put all Ukrainians to die for Hollywood fame. It's no longer fifteen minutes of fame but almost 3 1/2 month of forced fame. Zelensky is a dormant volcano waiting to be active and he's loving the attention. Can you perceive his intentions when he acted like charismatic asking for more, asking for more weapons and ammunition so that Russians distribution and movements of goods and services are put to stop. There is one sided views of what is happening whether whom you approve as such that what makes you in favor or whom you favored then the wrong sides could make or break you and put you in hunger games and poverty.

Another news reporter once said, "Ukraine is now called KIEV. Ukraine is dead!"

How To Survive After The Tsunami

 I watched the movie THE CALM BEYOND last night starring Kara Wong. Who would believe that Hong Kong will be the site of a devastating disaster brought on by a powerful typhoon, tsunami, great flood and not just an ordinary flood but the flash flood of the century that caused the death of millions of people. A chaotic flood that was almost over the roof of the skyscrapers? Wow! Gigantic. That's not just the cause of typhoon, impossible. That could be the cause of massive continental shift and drift and structural damage. The irony is the tsunami happened in Japan not Hong Kong. But because this is fiction and HK was used for the story.

 

At least its only on movie. It is a science fiction. THE CALM BEYOND

is a suspense thriller movie and worth your money, recommended and learn how to survive in times like this.

It could happen in small islands in the Caribbean or Mediterranean or in the Pacific. Depends on what the cause of such gigantic typhoon tsunami or hurricanes.

How to survive before any natural disaster to happen? Wow! Mindboggling question.

When it comes to weather better be aware of daily weather changing patterns, watch and listen to WEATHER NETWORK. 

It's the earthquake and tremors that nobody can predict unless if the tremors or quake are from a distant or  seismic record  from volcanologists in your local area where you live along volcanic rings of fire. 

It's getting dark once again...

SUMMER SOLSTICE yesterday and to think that it's not that wicked hot here at the island. So we are lucky and fortunate not suffering from the heatwave.

 

What Can Make & Break You?

 Today, June 21, 2022 - Tuesday. I was not about to wake up early, my mind is wide awake my eyes are closed. The windows are closed in the bedroom but the sun shines so brightly and I feel so damned lazy to wake up. Then my daughter turned on the TV and she watches the news while I was still on the bed with my eyes closed.(My husband was there at the living room watching news on TV, different channel same news). It was already past 7 AM then finally told myself better get up and have my breakfast. Husband had his breakfast with my daughter, panfried potatoes and fried eggs. I had my piece of zucchini bread and cup of hot brewed Van Houtte coffee, ran out of scones and bagels.

This is what SUMMER SOLSTICE. HOT!? I wish for something else. Then all of a sudden it darkens. The sun was all of a sudden was covered with dark clouds and it rained. Wow! Looks like the spirits are still listening to me.

I want to go back to sleep again. Those television shows/series made me sleepy today. I should have not watched those reality tv shows until 11 PM. LOL. I enjoyed reality television shows those without script (unscripted). 

Now what to do? Thinking and planning for meals for our lunch. Laundry and housecleaning (vacuum floors, carpets) etc. 

Life in a small island of Vancouver can be very boring sometimes. Living in a rural area should be fun and exciting. Maybe living in the metropolis or urban city is more exciting and fun. I had so much fun when I was in Hong Kong, just seeing those skyscrapers and other architectural high rised buildings, parks and modern edifices are worthy of viewing and that also great for photography. I think had enough of just looking and watching natural wonders such as mountains and hills, oceans, rivers and lakes. What to do? Changing the climate is what other people wanted and wished and yet no matter how many protests they had and voiced out their grievances nothing had been into effect as fruition to their cause. They have the little girl Thurnberg (?)  to deal with their cause.

How you can alter the minds of others. That's the only solution. When you don't have the power to change the climate and the weather have to alter minds and their attitudes.

TV NEWS TODAY: The unstoppable January 6 Riot in Washington

JANUARY 6 is actually the birthday of the SAINT JOAN OF ARC. I remember that I had a dream on that very special, extraordinary day. However, in the U.S. January 6 proved to be fatal event in Washington. Watching the events unfold on TV as if its part of the movie DAYBREAKERS. What kind of coffee they had on that day?

Chili Beans For Father's Day

 Chili beans for Father's Day!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

There's nothing that you can do if that's what best for the breadwinner of the house. The father of my 3 children would rather have chili beans, spicy and hot!

He's the chef for the day and he gets what he wants. Everybody loves chili beans except my daughter who opted for something else. That's why he also cooked steamed jazmine rice and I cooked pork adobo with eggplant and okra. 

 

Simple meals for Father's Day eh? 

For our dessert > Chapman's Collection - almonds milk chocolate ice cream bars.

Why the simple meal when its supposedly special meals should call for great celebration? My husband is a simple man. He doesn't like going to restaurants to dine in. He likes going shopping for groceries, he likes shopping alone to get the best priced items. He is that very thrifty. FOOD is very important in our home. He wont starve us for sure.

We may live in an inexpensive house to live but he doesn't like us starving for food. Never. Never even if there's inflation. 

Besides, it is easy to cook anyway well only if all ingredients are available.

Easy to stir-fry : Sliced beef with broccoli, onions and spices + oyster sauce

Easy to cook spaghettini-macaroni shells with corned beef, red bell peppers, tomatoes.

Easy to boil mussels and baked mussels with two types of cheese (cheddar & mozarella) with spring onions and other spices.
 

 Everything's easy if you know how to cook. Sometimes you can learn cooking and baking just from watching through TV cooking show or segments or watching You Tube cooking styles of those famous and not so famous chefs and cooks.

If that's not enough, hold on to recipe book or recipe from your grandma or mother and follow instructions on how some specialty cuisines are cooked to perfection.

H.O.P.E.

 HOPE.

HOPE. 

What HOPE really means?

Hope is like a wish. I hope you have a wonderful day and hope we are all in this together.

H.O.P. E.

I also listen to those group of seniors they hope that HOPE is about 

HEALTH OPPORTUNITY for PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

True. Why not? 

Maybe the pandemic is brought on about humans who are not insured or without health insurance and they cannot be admitted or allowed in hospitals and thwarted out from health care because they cannot afford being admitted or have primary care from health care workers. Then whose fault is that?

Not a joke. In other poverty stricken communities and third world countries when and where patients are not admitted even if they are already dying and but because they don't have down-payment to be admitted to hospitals. Whew, would you believe that? Crazy right? How many times it happened before not only in movies or television series. 

Pregnant women who would rather have normal delivery in the bath tub because maternity/hospital normal delivery is costly $50,000. Would you believe, that's in the US. No wonder why nobody wants to get married and nobody wants to have babies. According to a survey that it would take $750,000 to raise a child. Hmm, if you have 3 children that's very costly eh?  Great that there is child tax benefit for families in Canada whether they belong to low income families or higher income families. 

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Bring back

 DR. HOUSE. 

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But you know what? Because of the pandemic, people are afraid to even see their doctors or visit hospitals even if they have health insurance. So with all the negativity add up to the incredible health woes, worries and anxiety. Who are the most infected humans with covid-19 other than health care workers! Sure does because they were the ones exposed! Avoidance and precaution is sometimes is the key against infection. 

Whatever. every situation is different. Let us just HOPE that everything will be alright and we can defeat whatever ails us.  BE STRONG! BE BRAVE. BE HAPPY.

Stop the crap. Stop the kraft. I want roast beef!👍😋

 NOTE: Health insurance in BC: You don't pay for Health Insurance in BC. Low income, high income HEALTH INSURANCE > FREE. 

Even if its FREE HEALTH CARE, you still have to pay for your meds.  

It is the DENTAL CARE that is much needed in Canada. Obviously not too many people are being helped when it comes to Dental. You might as well ask the RED CROSS to help you with that. Or go to Philippines for cheaper dental care that is affordable.

 

 

High Inflation Rate

 Husband went out early this morning didn't tell me where he was going and then came home almost pissed because of what he bought.

Palmolive liquid dish soap, Pine Sol floor multipurpose cleaner, dish scrubber, Swiffer cleaning floor pads, floor mop, a package of curry powder and a package of bay leaves, one box of Van Houtte = Total $ 85. 

That's all for $85. 

No meat, no chicken, no fish, no rice. 

So if you want to get pissed go visit your local supermarket and buy things that you wont believe are over priced.

INFLATION the true meaning as it defines in Webster dictionary. Google it. Do not  think of "in play shown" or you'll end up in the bucket list.

Alone ATLAS

 Watched last night's episode of ALONE (2022). One of the contestants tapped out when he can no longer find a way to build his shelter as he was too weak, lost 25 lbs. Alone in the wilderness of Labrador with only few edible food to choose from: wild berries, fish (trout), squirrels, wild bird, beaver, seaweeds and one piece of mussel. What the hell only one piece of mussel can be found on the shore of that river? While other contestants were able to build a full complete shelter using tarp, woods, clay and branches from the trees that one lone man cannot complete his shelter. I think his mental health was affected. Actually he was the second man affected with depression. The first guy who tapped out first within first week of its showing ALONE survival show tapped out when he can no longer have the guts to kill squirrels anymore. His guilt or conscience bothering him for quite a while and he tapped out. He was the youngest, 23 years old,  in the group of older survivalists. From 10 down to 8 remain.

It's the kind of food that would let you tapped out right away. Who would like to eat bland food, without salt, without spices? 

Now you wonder why those ancient humans such as the Vikings and ancient Mongolians would rather journeyed to the high seas in search for spices, for exotic foods because it is what it is. You are not animal, you are humans with incredible choices. Humans wont ever be satisfied with just simple way of life what more with choosing the life of survivalist just to earn and gain the coveted $500,000. What's the importance and value of such large amount of money when you'll die or starve yourself to death? Or die from the kind of food that will surely give you illness from the parasites and microbes embedded on such wild animals. At least there is one contestant who brought Himalayan salt. SALT is a very important source of sodium and medicinal purpose of salt for food is unbelievably very important.

Would you believe those women contestants were the first to build their shelters and able to find where the source of food? There are skilled survivalists who happened to be happy and satisfied with just fish (trouts). Ancient Vikings were mostly fishermen and value the amount of fish in their diet. For as long as you can cook fish, deep fried or use it as soup you can live without meat from beaver, squirrels or birds. 

What could be next? The weather pattern changes in the wilderness. If you don't have shelter and your campfire is not closer to your living quarter then you might suffer. Hypothermia sometimes could lead to health hazards and undetermined cause of death. I hope not.

The contestants are highly skilled survivalists. They are not there for nothing. If they are  for some kind of experiment or research and exploration  then  that's a good thing. 

EXPERIMENT IN SURVIVAL. Archaeology? History? What could be?  

Search and research. Dancing with the wolves.

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Hmm, we run out of coffee. I hope hubby bought a brand of coffee that wont put me to sleep. Strange at it is that coffee is known as brain stimulant and will keep you awake but lately, just recently those brand name coffee worked like magic and putting me in sleepy state of unconsciousness. JUST COFFEE with MILK. Timothy's, Tim Horton's coffee are somewhat not coffee anymore. WHY? Then Van Houtte has the same formula now too that can put you to sleep? What is wrong? What kind of coffee beans are grounded? Where they bought the coffee beans? What they added in the ground coffee? 

Coffee is getting costly! So maybe they have added some kind of "grounds" in it.

Space: Deep Space

 Husband was watching the survival show ALONE on TV. Big prize money ($500,000) for the winner but the obstacles, the struggles and the source of food is crucial for their survival. The kind of environment and weather, climate also a factor that determines the contestant's longevity whether to stay or tap out.

Build a shelter first. Build a fire. Hunt for food (animal) or go fishing at the lake or river. For shelter definitely easy to find wood from the forest with the right tools you can cut trees and build post, walls, floors and you can build fire with the dry wood. You know the only thing that is essential in that show is the amount of supply or what you can bring to that stay, for the long duration of their survival as in limited. You are only allowed to bring 10 items for the contest. TEN = 10. Only 10 items from the approved 40 items in the list. There are 40 items and yet you can only choose 10 ITEMS. That sucks!

1. Tent or tarp

2. Sleeping bag

3. Fire starter

4. Bow & arrow

5. Ax 

6. Knife

7.  Fishing gear: line and hooks

8.  9. 10. ?    Whatever you choose from the list of 40 items.

Clothing and emergency supply (First Aid Kit) provided including camera equipment for the long duration of survival to record and document the contestant's experience "alone" in secluded remote area where wild animals roam freely such as wild bear, snakes, elks, squirrels, rats, bugs of all kinds. Then if you want to TAP OUT a satellite phone is much needed that you want OUT and it's OVER, you are eliminated right away & it's good bye $500,000.

I know the game is totally different from AMAZING RACE & BIG BROTHER shows which will air on TV sometime in July 2022.

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Husband asked me what I'm watching upstairs. He told me to rent the $1 movie. Nah, it is a subtitled movie. I have to watch the movie and read the subtitles at the bottom screen of our TV. That's BS!

I used to watch Chinese movies depend on who the lead actors are. If its Liu Haoran then it's okay. Or when Park Hyungsik is the lead actor in Korean subtitled movie or teledrama. I love the action movies popularized by Jackie Chan.

Anyway, I have other fun ways to find where the entertainment is. lol. 

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I am not a boring person so I always find something to do and work on. If I could write at least tens of thousands of words per hour and not be tired I'll do it but I'm always after for "space." I need a lot of space. 

What You Don't Know Wont Hurt You!

 TEMPTATIONS. I was tempted beyond any reasonable doubt to post what happened yesterday after having to hear the tragic news. But knowing the subject was too sensitive and it is not my power nor my right to divulge such bad news and knowing how that certain family would have felt if other people knew what really happened to the couple and their baby. No, I wont be that very insensitive to post that news here nor the story. I don't like exploiting such story especially because I knew them personally. It wont help me nor help them bring back the past.

Maybe if I don't know them then better to exploit them? lol. Not really. Sorry! My God I  should not laugh. Me, being autistic. Sorry, my apology. Do you like Apollo? Do you like a climate change? What kind of wind you want at your place?  I struggle on being serious actually. I always have a cheery disposition. And I don't believe in bad news. It's just that I believe that there are too many liars in this world. You lied to me once , you'll be forever liar and you'll be in the list or wall of liars.

Now you know that true story is not that easy to write in a blog. That most writers would like writing fiction. A blog is tailored made for personal diary of the author of the blog. However, it's crazy mindboggling to tell everyone, especially strangers what you know and what you don't know. What you can and what you cannot do.

I'd like that as a topic. What you don't know wont hurt you.

Hmmm... So I have to use my sixth sense. ha ha ha!

Wow! 

 

Weird Or What: Bizarre

 If you are just a couple without kids it is better to have meals at the restaurant or fastfood. However, if you have 3 kids to more than 5 kids it is better to just stay at home, cook and  have meals at home, cheaper that way. Depends actually if you can manage a messy, clutter and smoky kitchen. The hardest part is cleaning the messy pots, kettles, wok, utensils because they are to be handwashed you can have all the plates, forks and spoons in the dishwasher including drinking glasses and  cups and mugs. 

Thinking all about the many tasks, the cleaning supply, the electric consumption, did you really save money? 

Well, maybe there are few times that somehow you probably saved something, few dimes and nickels then add up to few dollars. The heck with it. Going anywhere outside of your own comfort zone means money, money, money especially now that the price of gas is now $2.16/litre.

I would like to go visit Nanaimo's shopping mall because I haven't seen that mall since year 2018 and it's only 1 hour and 30 minutes from here where we are. To go there our  truck's gas consumption would be $150 bucks, back and forth would be $300. ? I know that's shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Twenty years ago, $300 pays for a flight from Vancouver to Hawaii. Thirty years ago, you can go to Hong Kong from Philippines via Cathay Pacific for only U$50 fare (one way).

It is quite disturbing now that the price of gasoline, the volatile economy, the economic crisis could end up people not wanting to travel unless if its very important or almost "end of the world saga" that you must visit that place before it vanishes or becomes a thing of the past.

You really need fat savings or you have gold card or platinum credit cards in order to travel to desired destinations. Then come back home and worked your ass out again and be prepared to work so hard until you are in your wheelchair. That's what other people are doing. Worked their asses out, worked their butts out and get paralyzed for the sake of being "hardworking!"

Movie to watch: ME BEFORE YOU? Or YOU BEFORE ME?

Whatever!

Conspiracy Theory Maybe or Maybe Not: They Are NUTS!

 Stupid news. They cannot make up their mind of how many people died from the heat dome in Canada last year. It was stated and told over the news on TV that it was 519 dead people then this morning the dead people were actually 619. You know maybe its not only 619. Maybe it's over 719 then 819 to 919. What's the better number? Is that good for keno? Jai -Alai? I like Jai-Alai. Ha ha ha!

Same thing with what happened in the Texas massacre with only 19 people dead then few more digits added to the casualty. Nothing is stable or certain nowadays. Whether the news is written or broadcasted. When news are like stock market that has its wavy length of upside down wont you turn inside out? NOTHING IS REAL...strawberry fields forever. Think of everything is gimmick, tricks and what could you think for SOMETHING NEW to make all those news networks afloat and make them being watched as in 24/7 everyday and every hour. 

CNN Cable News Network had its beginning of its 24/7 news relay since the 70's. Every news network is doing the same news relay nowadays. Using code numbers for the games they like to play. Sometimes it is obvious sometimes they cover up and when they tried to cover it up then the bigger mess it provides. Then the mess explodes and they don't know how to stop them. If Ted Turner backed out from CNN it's because of such anomaly. He doesn't like to be a part of such huge mess.

The life blood of news network is announcing, broadcasting news and only God knows if those news are real or fake. Who cares? It's their business. It's not my business. That's right! I DON'T CARE.

Whether You Like It Or Not

 Already 14 degrees Celsius at 5:45 AM, hope it wont rise up to 20 C. Who wants a hot weather condition? Oh, of course the farmers, the fishermen and the people who work under the scorching heat of the sun. There are many workers in Canada that are benefited from hot, sunny days especially those people working in the tourism industry, restaurants and pubs, beach and resorts. So, okay let it shines. Let us have hot, sunny weather until the beginning of summer solstice which is on the 21st of June and let us see if the heat dome and heatwave applies to majority of us in Canada.

Last year was the most awful highest mercury rising event that cause the death of 519 people because of such peak called "heat dome." What's really the cause? HEAT DOME? The heatwave caused the death of those who were already sick and or had medical diagnosis that contributed to their actual demise. Less oxygen. Did you know that heatwave can cause stroke? It can cause high blood pressure. Heart attack and stroke is the ultimate result of such heatwave. Then the covid... if you have covid and the weather temperature is hot and you think covid is the one that will kill you? Could be that high humidity and less oxygen are the factors that contributed to such fatal demise of those people. 

Anyway, when humidity is high and it's really, really HOT at summer time wildfires everywhere...where you think is the oxygen? Think about it. It's like being an astronaut in another planet deprived of oxygen tank. Whatever. Better to have electric fan and or air con in your house and if you cannot afford electricity make a disposable fan made from carton boxes, made from cartolina, oxford paper or hardbound paper. lol. Canadians are not that really poor unable to buy electric fans. Stop fooling around. Slum people from other countries can afford electric fans and you Canadians cannot? Something wrong with that. Well, only if electric fans are available and not out of stock in department stores.

Good that lower level of the house is much cooler than the second level of the house that we only have to use one electric fan. It's only 14 C so it is not that hot. It's warm. Whatever!

The good thing about being fat is the ability to withstand the cold weather temp. and you wonder why the polar bears can stay at the North Pole.

Whenever I'm In The Mood For Sewing

 I would like to sew some nice clothes, a party dress perhaps even if there's no party around just for "showing of." Ha ha ha! OMG! That's what blogging is all about for showing of. Grabe! I run out of fabric and the last fabric I used for sewing was supposedly for something else other than a drapery. Hmm, I should not tell you about this but when I saw those celebrities using fabric or textiles intended for curtains and draperies...what the hell is going on?

Trendsetting. Peculiar lifestyle and glamour beyond expectation. Like you have to be surprised.

I did what I can do with the fabric that is textured as if the fabric was made from a combination mix of abaca fiber , corn stalks, flax and pineapple fiber. It was actually great. It is easy to sew a it smoothly glides to the machine and the needle? I don't need to replace the needle this time around even if I sew to the lightning speed. I was glad that no broken needle ever! I think my Brother sewing machine chooses what gets into the machine as if it has a mind of its own. Because in previous sewing task, my machine will break down or the thread will loop around or starts to act and the loops underneath bobbin gets stuck until it becomes a terry towel. lol. I cannot explain that much until it happened to you and experienced such loop when the machine acts up as if its been exorcised.

My Brother sewing machine is my 3rd machine, the first sewing machine I had was Kenmore and the second one was Singer. The Kenmore sewing machine was purchased by my hubby in 1991. Then I bought the Singer sewing machine  in 2000 when Kenmore broke down. The Brother sewing machine was bought in the year 2012. Until now haven't used the embroidery features of Brother, and all other functions of such machine is great and beneficial to my sewing needs.

I don't know what 's next maybe when I have all the materials and sewing notions I will begin with my sewing tasks again.

The Next After & The Next...

 It is foggy and it's raining today, not cool as it warms up to 15 degrees Celsius today and hope that it wont rise up to the next degree. Who likes wearing skimpy suits and sundress, not me of course! I don't like wearing short shorts because too many bugs around. I'm used to cold weather that's why.

Early morning as I had my first brew of hot cup of Van Houtte coffee with blueberry bagel with butter for breakfast then husband had his oven-hot longganiza (sausages). I might try those spicy sausages, why not eh? Thinking of what's next to cook for lunch and what would be for dinner. Everyday that's what I'm preoccupied aside from blogging and what could be the best topic or subject to tackle with in my blogs I know some of the blogwriters also get to the same situation as in "what's next?" Like how many blogposts we had already for the past 5 years and past 15 years for the pioneers of us here in the blogworld. 

Truth is sometimes I stare blankly at the walls of our home and or look outside looking for what I could shoot with my digital camera and if there is something that is very interesting then that's my subject for the day. It would be nice if I could travel but there are too many travel vlogger adventurers and don't want to be one like them besides that's costly. Some of them travel not because they are actually vlogger but they have tasks to accomplish and that's part of their jobs actually. Travel by leisure and pleasure in this time? Wow! Who are you? lol. 

Know what this food makes me happy.

Remember I was craving for tuna? Hard to find fresh tuna in Canada. You can have tuna in can but the taste is different from real tuna. So told my husband, maybe I would take macky instead. 

Mackerel's available in Superstore. The price is so shocking though. One piece of mack is worth $5.83 each. Two years ago,  a bag of 6 pcs. of mackerel is worth $6.00 to $7.00

Better to understand INFLATION.

Anyway, I enjoyed the fried crunchy macky, the steamed jazmine rice, the veggies.

I get so crazy sometimes when all I eat are meat: pork, beef, ground pork, ground beef. It makes me throw up.

So when I started cooking those shrimps again husband cannot believe and warn me of my allergy.

The good thing about allergy is that it makes me feel more human like anybody else. Besides what I have to be careful now is to never eat farm-produced fish. I'm not bothered with halibut so it has something to do with those fishes in net cage or fed with dirty pellets.

For our dessert:

I couldn't believe this pineapple is really sweet. Most of the time we bought sour pineapple so we are lucky this time.