While some would wallow in self-pity because they cannot afford to buy the latest smart phone, or the latest shoes, bag and apparel, or the latest car model, I do not grieve over these things that only those with intangibles could afford. I worry about the intangible matters that a mother cannot afford. I Cannot Afford to be Sick. We are a family of four. We don’t have a help because we cannot afford,...
When I look at my friends abroad standing on snow covered pavements and roads, I try to imagine the coldness they’re experiencing at that moment. I doubt if I will do that even with a bogner ski clothing. It’s always good to have a sort of remembrance standing on snow, or a proof that one stood on snow but I can’t even stand the thought. I heard from a friend who had just...
Sincerity is a virtue that is sometimes hard to prove, and difficult to give when one feels averse towards another for some reasons, which in fact, are obvious at times. When one goes beyond his or her comfort zone to help or lend a hand without asking anything (not a single cent, for example) in return; when one is truly willing to spare time and do selfless or unselfish service even for others aside...
I have to start this post by saying that our sudden decision to stop drinking brandy was like a foreboding. Last January 16, Monday, I brought Papsie to the hospital, brought about by the tension in my daughter’s voice seeing her father look like squinting, and after his cousin doctor advised him. It was a case of a nerve palsy caused by stroke. The distribution of oxygen in his body was not normal. His...
Some old photos were found. Amazing to see how we look like about fifteen years ago. I could have shown you now but the scanner is in daughter’s room. Maybe some other day. We have lots of these photos from film strips or negative films. I could definitely use a scanner software for them to capture the images and save and group them in batches. These images could be sorted, too, with this software....
Surprisingly, Papsie and I decided not to rendezvous on a weekend (anymore) with one of our reckless extravagance – brandy. As both of our friends know, Papsie and I are brandy drinkers (and lovers). It had developed when Papsie’s doctor cousin told him, despite his condition, that he could have a taste of brandy, and off he went ‘tasting’ brandy. Later, I found myself loving it, too. The love story initially started from...
An update in one of my FB friends is very timely. It is about stroke and how it is possible to save a life, or save someone from suffering a lifetime effect of a stroke. It is even more timely because yesterday my blood pressure rose to 170/100. What was scary is the fact that I did not feel any obvious signs of the BP rise, or maybe there was but I just...
Happy New Year Everyone! It is another year to conquer. It is the year of the Dragon as I was told. A tough opponent I surmise. I do not list things as resolution. But there are things in mind for myself and Papsie that needs work out, and here’s wishing that we could both be successful. The previous year was a very challenging one that was sometimes made difficult by difficult people, and situations....
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