Saturday, June 7, 2025

COURAGE & BRAVERY in Growing Old

IF we could all live forever wouldn't it be nice and wonderful. That could be so amazing! 

Do we have to blame our ancestors, Adam & Eve the very first humans created by our Lord God according to the Holy Bible: Genesis. When they should choose the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good & evil and they had chosen only that one tree  not to include the fruit from the tree of life. And if ever they had chosen both what life would be? The world would be populated with all the gifted and they can live forever and ever and Earth is not the only planet of Life.

However, because knowledge of the GOOD & EVIL  has been acquired, it takes WISDOM to know the truth and discern what is false. It takes courage to make things right when you realized you have to battle wits with egocentric humans who know nothing about themselves and mind you too many with attention deficit in our generation. You, a peaceful human being tend to avoid those nasty, harmful entities that you end up a loner, depressed and mentally disabled. Depression can take a lot of phases a level of distress and distraught to your mental capacity that's why for the most part "road not taken" is the answer.


 Husband Lorne & I   at a party for the community sometime in 1993. We have a newborn baby and our lives were the best, happy and contented. then the twins arrived to complete our happy family.

At Age 50. Still happy and contented. Happy family... nothing sort of to be worried about until... what really happened after that? If I have to read my own diary of what really happened after 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 it was like downward spiral to something unstoppable and the weather patterns, the calamities and disaster  keep coming back like some sort of in- timing with what's happening in politics. Too much politics had affected the economic downturn of not only Canada but also USA and other countries in the world. 

Who we have to blame?  The MEDIA? The Artificial Intelligence? Modern Technology? The level of pressures too much not only for old people but for the youth of today. The conflict the humongous problems are overwhelming and even if there are solutions some humans do not accept them as in the ultimate answer for them is genocide, destruction and end of life.

Old people had  experiences before that could help us, those who had lived through World War I & II mistakes or human errors can lead to choosing the wrong leader or wrong "Messiah." False Messiah or the false prophet eventually leads to Prophet of Doom.

Before that happens in our real time and if we still have time 

BE BRAVE ENOUGH. BE STRONG! If not, if you don't have the courage to make things right then we are all set for destruction and the False Messiah lead us stray.

To think that those ALIENS Vs PREDATORS are out there causing so much destruction already.

Ha! You think that's funny? The false prophets of doom have new names. So be very aware.
 

 

SINIGANG for dinner?

Or what about my favourite viand: TARO LEAVES PINANGAT.


Taro leaves fresh from Edmonton. I had all the taro leaves washed and cleaned first. Then cooked (saute') the stuffings in hot boiling canola oil using a big stainless wok on high heat.Let it cool down in a bowl.

STUFFING: Sliced pork, shrimps, smoked salmon, ginger, garlic, onions, salt and ground black pepper.

Divide 12 taro leaves into 4.   Three taro leaves on top of another. Bigger sized taro leaf at the bottom, medium and small sized taro on the surface of the leaves  and then place the stuffing inside. Tie the taro leaves like a gift. Shown on the image below.

Who wont go wrong? The images provide of how its being done.

Place the 4 taro leaves -gift in a big wok with 2-3 cans of coconut milk and drop the 2-3 slices of ginger, sprinkle with salt and ground pepper. Cook the pinangat on high heat for 30 minutes, cover with lid. Check it. Lower the heat and simmer the pinangat for another 30 minutes until its cooked. Don't let it dry. Its better to have the coconut cream all over the pinangat.

Note: Most of the Filipino exotic foods are cooked in a very laborious way.


Yum!!! Best exotic spicy hot viand ever! Serve it hot with steamed jazmine rice. Enjoy!

If you have too many things to do life goes on without even noticing what's happening around the world, in your environment  and you don't really know what time is.

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