
Here is a photo showing the first “helping” of steamed rice/carrots/beans, chopped clams/mushrooms, and slices of grilled calamari/squid.
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Here is a photo showing the first “helping” of steamed rice/carrots/beans, chopped clams/mushrooms, and slices of grilled calamari/squid.
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Maw has completed another hand-embroidered pillow a few days ago.
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Today is yet another lazy day of being un/deremployed. Taking a break for a while can be quite boring and unproductive. Had it not been for blogging, I’m already insane.
Here is a slideshow and/or gallery of 24 customized header images that I’m using for my personal blog: Courtesy of John Jr.
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I like the black and white images because these “gray scales” (not green reptilians) go well with my BLACK background and RED fonts.
I redid the images of my book by removing images with istockphoto.com watermarks and replacing them with colorful ones from Microsoft for FREE! Last night, I did sign up, only to find out that the subscription was too expensive for my small project. I wanted illustrations of cartoon-like images for my personal blog and nothing more. And now, my “fake book” of images is complete based on a common book design.

There has been deep manipulation going on at the home front since the beginning they met. Here is my summary (based on my presumed observations):
On August 13: I scolded the boy via text messages from my cellphone. I sent a text message for the girl to contact an elder. On the same day, the girl delayed replying to my text message and SCHEDULED to contact the elder the following day instead of simply calling up on the same day to find out if there is anything the elder needs!!!
On August 14: I invited the girl to come over the last minutes to discuss the earlier day’s situation with her and the elder. She refused: Bastos!
I received positive responses from the boy via text messages on August 14, 18 and 21.
Fast forward one month later without further communication from the manipulative couple, we received calls and text messages on September 12. Just like the Shill and the Chingster, we too refused to communicate with them and actually enjoyed our life without their presence. The poor card and helpless flowers were left at the door and outdoors in the freezing cold: Bastos! We will donate the flowers to the church so that the flowers will feel wanted.
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I’m sensing the boy is using the girl, who is trying to buy gifts to make it appear she is doing her job: Bastos! The elders refuse to see her face. The elders refuse to allow the two from entering the house UNINVITED and bringing their bad luck. If they play superstition to avoid people who are smelly, divorced and poor, we will play superstition, too, and avoid being TIs to their manipulations.
Go away. Go back where you belong. You are not needed here.


Got two AXIO ST 32 CIC with Impulse Technology (www.mthearing.com) for both ears. Took 30 minutes to dispense from C.H.A.C. by Mr. Rios. Here are two photos showing the smiling faces to my hearing instruments.
“Designed for vibrant lifestyles, includes 16 channels and 16 bands for optimal high-resolution sound imaging. Includes premium noise cancellation and speech preservation system that provides unprecedented sound quality, ease of listening, and intelligibility of speech noise. Features include: best-in-class feedback canceller, Live 3D Speech Mapping, T2 Remote, Music Processing, Voice Indicators, Appointment Reminder, Touchless Telephone Solutions and Television Processing.”
The Hearing Aid is set to “Best Fit”. The Reminder feature is set to come back after two months. The visit should take 15 to 30 minutes. The T2 is disabled. There are four memories: Normal, Crowd, Restaurant/Party and Touchless Telephone. He combined the second and third setting.
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“It sounds like the bathroom.” I said with my new hearing aid.
“I can hear the bird singing!” I exclaimed to my parents as we stepped out into the heavy rain.
Everything sounds louder and crispier. I heard the rain splashing on the road, the vents and signal clicker. Even the parakeets are too loud. I heard the scaping sounds from my jeans against my skin. The crunchy sounds from chewing brocolli was too loud. Maw’s voice is booming and the television sounds normal.
But this volume is set slightly softer for now until the specialist adjusts it in two months.
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A few minutes ago, I passed by the white, plastic colander of kumkwat fruit. Here is a photo showing a heart-shaped, burn mark on its orange skin.
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Fresh cut romaine lettuce and cilantro from the garden. Washed and draining in a wire colander. For dinner tonight.
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I awoke to a dream in which I saw a map. There were switchbacks on two paths. But I like taking the path without switchbacks. My dream self hovered over the terrain from east, north, west and then south, which is how I imagined one should be reading/holding the map. *There were directional arrows on the switchbacks, going in a clockwise direction.
*Addendum: The “right” side of the map is where I was “hiking”. The left side is supposed to be “west” in relation to today’s standard of reading maps with “north” pointing “upward”.
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It is 94°F but it feels like 100°F. The skies are very clear and blue. The air is still. It is ideal weather for hanging laundry and in 15 minutes the clothes are dry! Be sure to wear a hat and sun glasses as protection from heatstroke and blindness, respectively. Of course keep hydrated well. Lemonade is good.
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Summer solstice,
A time of fun
Under the sun.
Why sweat it out?
Come inside and
See how to be cool
And a shut-in
From hell’s heat…
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And you wonder why
God likes cream in
His black coffee…
It’s to take away
The bitterness
Of outmoded ways…
All-natural sugar to
Artificial sweeteners,
Just like his tastes
In women…
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