you get what you accept

8:13 a.m. i ordered ice cream from cara mia through foodpanda.

8:16 a.m. i received a call from cara mia confirming my order.  and then, ta-daaan!  the caller asked if it's okay if they deliver my order in the afternoon.

me:  'huh?!  your delivery fee is P80 (usual is P54) and you're going to deliver in the afternoon???'

caller:  'we schedule our riders, ma'am, and they're all out.'

me:  'hmmm...  if you're going to deliver in the afternoon just cancel my order.'

caller:  'we'll just try to schedule it earlier, ma'am.'

me:  'okay.  thanks.  but if it will be afternoon please just cancel.'

9:39 a.m. my ice cream arrived.

was i demanding or what?  🤔

new normal

friend inviting me to watch a movie...  he'd be at his place; i'd be at mine.  we'd be at different cities watching the same movie at the same time.

#SocialDistancing 😷😂

literal

handing my niece lab test results...

me:  'i got two copies.  this one leave here.  the other bring home.  put it someplace where you can easily see it.'

niece:  'i'll post it on the refrigerator.'

me:  'what?!'

niece chuckles:  'everytime you open the ref you'll see it.'

how appetizing 😂

other factors

friend:  'if a guy tells you <blah-blah-blah>, would you believe him?'

me:  'it depends...  i think i'll know whether someone is sincere or not...'

friend:  'no, you won't!  if that were the case you would not have fallen for <toot>.'

huh?!

nyahaha...

lemme explain!!!

he was sincere.
we simply don't make a good match.
those are two different things.

help

at 7-eleven...  guy not allowed to stay inside because he did not have a face shield...

(he asked whether he could just put on his helmet but the 7-eleven crew said no.)

after my transaction, i passed him outside the store...

me:  'would you like me to just buy for you?'

guy:  'yes...  yes...  <inaudible>...'

me:  'what?'

guy:  '<i heard hit>...  cigarette...'

me:  'hit?'

guy:  '<i heard hit>...  one pack...'

me:  'the brand is hit?'

guy:  '<i again heard hit>...'

me:  'hit???  sorry i'm not familiar with cigarettes...  i don't smoke...'

guy:  'never mind...  i'll just get my face shield at the office...'

ooops...  i'm not sure whether
he misunderstood my apologies as an objection to buy
or
he simply got frustrated because i could not hear him right.
(we were speaking through face masks with additional face shield for me.)

i should just have asked him to spell...

anyway, now i'm wondering what brand that was supposed to be 🤔

hold it

supposed to pay quezon city real property taxes last friday.  satellite office, however, would not accept payments as the system was down.

office personnel:  'what year are you paying, 2020 or 2021?'

me:  '2021...  next year...'

office personnel:  'you can pay up to march next year....  you'll still be entitled to the discount.'

me:  'really?  are you sure?'

office personnel:  'yes!'

me:  'in taguig, deadline for discount is year-end...  prior year...'

office personnel:  'in quezon city, it's march...'

me: 'would the discount be the same whether i pay this year or in march?'

office personnel:  'yes, 20% for full payment...'

me:  'good...  i'll just pay in march then...'

upside to the downtime 😊

inefficient

my mom and i opened three separate accounts at landbank - ali mall on november 25, december 10 and december 18.

all three times, they give you your ATM card and a piece of paper at the 'end' of account opening.  you're supposed to go to the ATM and activate your PIN according to the instructions on the paper.

all three times, PIN activation was unsuccessful and you had to return the card to landbank.  the manager would then go on the computer, return your card to you and ask you to retry.

all three times PIN activation was successful on the retry.

i don't know whether going to the ATM twice is really part of the design
or
all three times someone just missed a step hence the retry.

either way the process needs improvement.

ticket closed

at the bank early to open an account...  guard said they are offline and advised me to go to this other branch...  unlike the others who left after being told that, i stayed...

me:  'if i go to another branch, that will be my branch of account forever.  i'd rather open here.  since when have you been offline?'

guard:  'since yesterday.'

me:  'did you ever go online yesterday?'

guard:  'the system was up and down yesterday.'

me:  'ok...  i was in I.T.  before...  i'm sure your technical people are working on it now and they know the bank opens at this time...  i'll wait...'

true enough, the system went up around an hour after start of banking hours.  not quite on time but fixed eventually.

i feel you, guys.  thanks. 😊

simplify

on voice call with a friend...  czechoslovakia cropped up in the conversation...

friend:  'good thing this is a call...  if message, i'll still have to think of the spelling...'

me:  'if this were a text message i'll just say it's not in the philippines.'

😂

no dice

playing shopee poly...  i had zero points...

i clicked the die...
ta-daaan!  -50 points!

oh?
so what!  hahaha...
no loss...
actually, i felt like i won 50 points 🙃

messy

november 11 (11.11) i ordered something online.


november 19 the parcel arrived in the philippines from china.

december 4 my order was cancelled and my payment was refunded.

i checked the cancellation details:
Cancelled by Shopee
Cancel Reason:  Non payment

eh?

i paid!
in fact i was refunded.

i checked with Help Centre.
the agent told me that the parcel was lost.  🤦‍♀️😞

hmmm...  lost but tagged as non payment? 🤔

what a disorder in this order. 😂

override

i ordered

- one magnum classic pint
- one magnum almond stick
- one magnum white stick
from eds minimart through foodpanda yesterday.

when my order arrived, there were
- one magnum almond pint
- one magnum classic stick
- one magnum white stick
instead.

i thought it was a mistake.  but no, it was deliberate.  the rider said my choice of pint was not available and the store said the order cannot be cancelled so they switched items.

eh?!
i could have shrugged it off if it were a mistake but it being intentional kinda pissed me off.  you don't just change customer's orders.
(the rider said he tried to call me but i was not answering my phone.  i actually heard his ring but instead of picking up i immediately went outside thinking he was already there.  he wasn't.  i went back inside and texted the number that rang me asking who it was.  i did not get a reply.)

i know stores can cancel  specific items and entire orders.  that very same store has cancelled a magnum classic pint i ordered before.

one time i ordered water and a stick of magnum almond from 7-eleven also through foodpanda.  when my order arrived, it was just the magnum.  my choice of water was not available so the store did not send any.  that was just water!  they easily could have sent another brand or size but they did not.  i prefer that.

i pay.  i choose.

look and see

the battery indicator on my dashboard lit up as i was about to drive off from the grocery today.  i therefore went to the motolite website to check what i should order for delivery tomorrow.  so there the batteries were, different specs, different colors.

i know i've had both gold and white (enduro) before.  i want to get one that's the same as what i have now.  weird though, i can't recall whether the battery i currently have is white or gold.  i open my hood every single time i go out!

i see the battery frequently yet its color did not leave a mark on me.

i'm wondering now what other things i look at but do not see.

honesty

my mom's blind masseuse said she tests her guides with money.  she knows a bill is P100 and asks her guide how much it is.  there's a guide who said it's just P20.  sometimes she tests with P50 and even with that there are those who do not tell the truth.

she said, 'imagine, such a small amount and they lie?'

i'm definitely neither justifying nor condoning the liars
(i used to tell my staff, it's okay to make mistakes but it is not okay to lie.  i said if they err, i could still defend them.  the moment they lie, they're on their own.  that is something i won't tolerate.)
but to some P50 or P100 is not a small amount.  what's a pittance to one might already be a fortune to another.

but yeah, there are those who lie for a pittance.
there are even those who lie for nothing.
no gain whatsoever, they just lie, period.
pathological.

now if you lie for P50,
what would you do for P100?  for P300?  P500?  P1,000 and so on?

if you lie for nothing, what would you do for something?

Luke 16:10.

thoughtful

mom:  'there's leche flan in the ref...  you eat it...'

me:  'that's <sister's>...'

mom:  'it's been here since yesterday...  eat it now...'

me:  'just yesterday?  that's not long!'

mom:  'yes...  but don't let it linger...'

me:  'if <sister> does not eat it tonight, i'll eat it tomorrow...'

mom:  'she won't...  she's not fond of leche flan...'

me:  'then why does she keep on buying?'

mom:  'because she knows you like it...'

awww...  sweet ❤️

home sweet home

at sbarro...

me:  'is your pizza here buy 1 get 1, too?'

crew:  'no, ma'am...  that's only for grab and foodpanda...'

me:  'aw...  yeah...  i ordered from this branch through foodpanda last saturday and it was buy 1 get 1...'

crew:  'up to now, ma'am...'

me:  'ok...  i'll just order when i get home...'

#StaySafeStayHome

silver lining

told a friend the wall clock atop my door is now stopped as i permanently removed its battery over the weekend.

i said i'm done standing on chairs just to replace the battery of said wall clock up high.
(uhm...  i actually was the one who drilled the wall to hang that clock years back. 🤦‍♀️)

he said it's ok as the clock would still be accurate twice a day.

huh?!

wahahaha...  what a batting average! 🤣

but yeah, look on the bright side 🌞

whatever

12:09 a.m. friend tells me he's going to have dinner...

me:  "that dinner's too late...  that's breakfast already...  too early breakfast..."

regardless of whether it's breakfast or dinner, it will get him full.  that is what matters.  a label won't alter that.

some things are not essential.

effective

last tuesday, i got so fed up cleaning after a neighbor and posted a 2018 video of the stinky overflow from their drainage.

good thing videos don't capture odors.  the smell is disgusting  ->  the kind that makes you want to puke.

the drainage was not there before.  but then the neighbor's sink kept on getting clogged and in spite of repeated fixes the problem kept on recurring so the 'solution' they applied was to have this drainage, right beside their house, outside their property, right on the alley where other residents pass.

their kitchen waste flows there including rice, leftovers and oil.  you can even determine what meal they had based on the bits and pieces that float from the drainage.

thursday i posted a more recent clip, taken just the day before.

guess what, today, sunday, the neighbor had someone come over to have the drainage fixed*! the hole in the wall was cemented.  the drainage was cleaned.  the broken cover was remedied.
W...  O...  W...  wow!
i've raised it to them so many times before!  all were for naught.  i post two videos and they act on it within a week!  i could have avoided wasting my time by just posting a video right away! 🤦‍♀️

you really have to talk to people in a language that they understand.  it's unfortunate that for these people, that language is to see their irresponsible ways exposed in social media.

shame no shame.


= = = = =
*  i dunno whether it will turn out to be a real fix.  it's the stuff the neighbor throws that clogs the drain and causes the stinky overflow.  they can have the cover fixed but if they do not fix their ways the problem would recur.  we'll see.

beef, pizza and discounts

i was supposed to order beef pepper rice from pepper lunch through foodpanda.  but then i saw that sbarro has buy one-take one pizza.

suddenly i was torn.

i like sbarro's white pizza.
i love discounts.
i was craving beef pepper rice.

hmmm...  hmmm...  hmmm...

beef pepper rice will always be there.
sbarro's buy one-take one could be short-lived.
okay, sbarro be it.

i ordered white pizza plus carnivore for contrast.
i divided each pizza in two and put halves of each variant in the boxes.
i walked over to my parents' place and gave them one box.
guess what, they had beefsteak!  not quite the same as beef pepper rice but similar.

yes!  we could have it all 😊

#thankful

half and half

friend and i talked about peanut butter.  following day he tells me he dreamt about me  -->  eating his peanut butter!

me:  'haha...  is that true???'

friend says no.  he said he has finished his peanut butter so there was no more for me in the dream.

wahaha...  anything is possible in dreams!  he didn't even dream of enough peanut butter to share?

dream BIG 😉🎉

all for the best

i was supposed to order from pepper lunch with a voucher through foodpanda but did not proceed with payment because i wanted to change my payment method.

when i tried to reorder, the voucher would not work anymore.

i raised it to Help Center and the agent reinstated the voucher.

so proceed ordering i did and guess what, delivery fee changed from the P44 in my first order attempt to P39 in my final order.

the delay was not for naught 😊

customer service

i reported to foodpanda Help Center that the Lucky Hours voucher
(P77 off
from any restaurant or shop
for minimum order value P299
valid 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
until november 30)
does not work for the order i'm placing.
time fine.
MOV fine.

guess what, the agent generated a substitute voucher for me:
P75 off
for P100 MOV
valid anytime
until year-end.

thank you very much, agent and foodpanda 😊

an ounce of prevention

 i woke up this morning and saw a spider crawling on my ceiling.  i know how this goes.  countless times i was removing spider webs from the ceiling of my previous place.  not enjoyable.

i therefore went the extra mile (the extra height, haha) to remove the spider.  E...  F...  F...  O...  R... T!

some things you have to nip in the bud.

useless

 friend:  'do you use a password manager?'

me:  'no.  i don't want to.'

friend:  'same here.  but then my accounts are now messed up.  anyway,  i just need to dig up my secret lists. so secret, i myself don't know anymore where they are.'

wahaha 😂

security should not displace utility.

near and far

there are these stains on my wall that i've long been wanting to remove.  i've tried soap and water but they just remained there.

today, i tried alcohol.  ta-daaannn!!! the stains were erased!  i was sooo happy!!!  uhm, until i saw the wall from a distance.  the part i rubbed with alcohol became so noticeably lighter than the rest of the wall.  argh!

sometimes you have to step back to see the mess you've made.

subject-object

every now and then things slip through my headboard.  i have a hard time reaching for the objects under the bed so i decided to order a claw.  the thing is, it arrived broken.  (it was shipped from china to the philippines.  yes, i did get a refund.)

i eventually just made a hook out of a broken hanger.  (i like to repurpose stuff.)  i hang it on my headboard so if something slips through, i'll just reach for it with the hook.

well, guess what.  my DIY reacher was the one that fell off the headboard!

salt.

care to share

on viber with a friend...  he tells me he has champorado...

friend:  'want some?  i'll send you a pic.'

me:  'haha...  virtual?  i guess that will do...'

friend:  'well, it's not much anymore.  at least if pic, my snack won't be diminished hahaha'

wahaha...  sharing is caring!

2NE1:
♩ ♪  i don't care
eh eh eh eh eh  ♫ ♬

😂

thrown off

mom yesterday:  'there's [a family] zoom [meeting] tonight...  wear orange...  halloween...'

me:  'oh...  is halloween today?'

mom:  'oh...  i'll check...'

mom checks
then tells me,
'so it's tomorrow...'

i prepare face masks for tomorrow...

= = = = =

mom this morning:  'the zoom meeting was last night!  we weren't able to join...'

uh-oh...  ask a simple question 🤦‍♀️

sorry  🙇‍♀️

for immediate action

mom:  '"bon, message"...  it's your phone...'

me:  'it's ok...  that's not important...  "hello, bonsai" is...'
[i have different notifications/ring tones for different texters/callers.]

so i went about doing what i was doing, checking my phone only after i was done.  guess what, the notification my mom heard was from a courier!

i rushed outside

and there he was

still waiting for me!
waaahhh...
he handed me my package while i apologized profusely.

the eisenhower matrix came to mind:
not important
but urgent.
ugh!

above self

nephew:  'the water jug you gave is so nice...'

me:  'huh?'

nephew:  'the clear one...'

me:  'oh...  QuiFit?  it's with you?'

nephew:  'yes...  thank you...'

uhm...  i originally gave it to my sister-in-law...

#moms ❤️👩‍🍼

no filter

i posted a kinda cute (hahaha...  please indulge me...) drawing of myself in facebook the other day.  (no, i don't draw.  i just used the app MomentCam.)

following day, i went sawing.  (yes, A not E.  i like to tinker around the house.)  i was tired and all but before resting prior to taking a shower, i went on to sweep the alley between my parents' and my place.

so there i was broomstick in hand, exhausted and unkempt and dirty when suddenly a niece shows up (to  bring something to my mom).  she was so well put together, stark contrast to unpresentable me.  we rarely see each other  ->  and that's how she chances upon me.

facebook vs. face-to-face...
expectation vs. reality.

😂

a time for black

there's this app that i use, MomentCam.  it has templates for caricatures and stickers which when you match with a pic of a face, produces a drawing of the one in the picture.

i've created a lot of drawings, mostly for others.  i usually post the drawings on facebook friends' timelines on their birthdays.

over a year ago, i saw a caricature template of a girl sitting on the grass, wearing a simple long, sleeveless dress with two gold roses on the side of the waist as accent.  i liked it and thought of creating a drawing for myself.  the thing is, the dress is black.  i don't like black clothes.  the drawing therefore would be so not me.  so drop the idea i did.

between then and now, however, my dad passed away.  yup, that girl in black could be me now.

#bittersweet

apples and oranges

eating dynamite...

sister:  'this is hot!'

me:  'yeah...  it sure is!'

mom:  'it's not.'

me:  'oh?  it's really spicy!'

mom:  'mine's not.'

' turns out she's eating cheese sticks 😂

need to know

sister:  'would you like bicol express for monday?'

me:  'huh?!  how come you asked that?'

sister:  'i saw your facebook post...'

me:  'oh...  yeah...
[to mom:]  i posted in facebook that i was telling my friend i've been craving bicol express and he tells me that's what he has for lunch...'

mom:  'who?'

me:  'my friend.'

mom:  'who?'

me:  'my friend!'

🤐😉😄

turnaround

phone call from my sister...

sister:  'come over...  there's food...'

me:  'oh, thanks...  i've eaten...'

sister:  'there's pizza...'

me:  'thanks...  i'm full...'

sister:  'there's mojos...'

me:  'oh, yeah?  i'll be there in a bit...'

some things trigger a change of heart...

there's always room for mojos 😋

#fave ❤️

chalk up

i was driving home yesterday and suddenly felt like turning right instead of going straight.  guess what, there, two streets before ours, was the neighbor with their dog and right before my eyes the dog peed on the tire of a parked vehicle.

eh?
what timing!
i really had to chance upon that?!
(the neighbor's dogs,
past and present,
have been doing the same thing and more
to our vehicles
and
within our property
for yearS!)

everything happens for a reason.
and i think the reason i saw that
is for me to blog about it.

this is a recording...

🧮📒😉

medical clearance

someone sent me a copy of her Medical Clearance Certificate issued by the Quezon City Health Department.

three things struck me.

one.
it says, "RECOVERED from COVID."

oh!  i was thinking the certificate would say "negative for COVID-19."
but yeah, i guess that's for the medical lab results to state, if ever a second swab test was done (after the initial positive result).

two.
it cites "signs and symptoms attributed to COVID-19 infection such as fever, headache, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, or runny nose."

hmmm...  no mention of cough?
the World Health Organization says that's one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19!
(https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses#:~:text=symptoms)
well, the certificate does say "such as."  i'm just thinking the template would prioritize the inclusion of a common symptom over a less common one.

three.
it says the patient was "quarantined for 14 days (from <date of swab test when she tested positive for SARS-CoV-2>).
aw!  i have clips from my security cam that would show the person did not quarantine that early.  i sure hope she did not infect anyone.

good health, safety and protection to us all 💪😷🙏

spot the difference

there's this shop in shopee, everytime the P45 shipping discount voucher is applicable to their product, their shipping fee is P80.

on days when the promotional shipping discount is not applicable to the very same product, their shipping fee is P45.

🙄

on the contrary...

friend telling me about his shopee purchases...

me:  "did you get free shipping?  they have free shipping midnight to 2 a.m., noon to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  that's savings of 45 pesos.  you don't just stumble on that."

friend:  "yesterday i stumbled upon 50 pesos.  also 10 pesos."

wahaha...  #pwned 🤣

perspective

question:  'what's that?  apron?'

me:  'no...  seat cover...'

and i found myself wondering how  someone could mistake these hanging inside-out foam-exposed car seat covers for an apron.  what an awful-looking apron that would be.

later i realized we were at opposite ends of the clothes bar and on her side were aprons while on mine were the seat covers.

there is logic to the madness. 

all or nothing

cousin telling me she didn't join my 'contest' anymore because there'd be only three 'winners' and she saw that she was already late.

me:  'you're not late!  the day ended with only one qualifier.' 🤦‍♀️

background:
it was the last day of my quarantine and to 'celebrate,' i posted in facebook that i'll make a Moment Cam caricature for the first three to send me a private message saying
"good health!"

i wasn't sure whether they were not really gunning for the caricature but there were those who were so close.
some posted "good health" as a comment on my post instead of in a private message;
others sent me messages but with no mention of "good health" whatsoever.

only one followed my instructions to the letter.  only she got a caricature.

i thought of making caricatures for those who commented "good health" on the post instead of sending it as a private message.  i decided against it though.  uhm, i don't want to reward non-compliance. 😉

causation

dissuading a friend from going on a long (bike) ride alone.  i was urging him to find a buddy / join a group.

he said his buddy cannot join him anymore because of a cough.

he elaborated:
the buddy
was biking along the highway;
suddenly experienced intense coughing;
blinked;
wasn't able to brake;
didn't see the pothole;
hit the pothole;
lost control;
reached the sidewalk.

on the sidewalk, there were students waiting for the bus.
the buddy almost hit the group.
the students broke into screams.
good thing the brake worked.

the buddy fell.
kinda grave
(he had no helmet).
good thing the traffic group was present.
they helped him.
he had no injuries but the bike was damaged.
he had to walk home.
he even borrowed bus money from a traffic enforcer.

my friend said
the bike fit into the bus.
[i was like,
of course!  duh!]

anyway, he said the buddy cannot join him anymore because the bike was damaged.

to sum up,
he said the bike was damaged because the buddy coughed.

huh?!

ahahahahaha...  long story made short...  whatta jump! 🦋🦘🤣

good. enough.

i saw in foodpanda that seattle's best was at 40% off.  hmmm...  i am not a coffee drinker but i love discounts.  therefore...  hahaha

i was actually craving chocolates earlier.
(i couldn't go out to buy, however, as i am on quarantine having been exposed to someone COVID-positive.
->  i was chiding a neighbor for being out when they should be on quarantine because someone at their house is COVID-positive.
guess what, when results of her swab test came out, she, too, was positive, wah!  suddenly i myself had to go on quarantine!)

i checked the menu thinking maybe i could order hot chocolate.  then i saw that they had both almond and hazelnut latte.  i love my chocolates nutty!  instead of hot choco therefore, i ordered the lattes.

they were still very hot when they were delivered.

so there i was half-heartedly looking at my beverage and somehow thinking i should have ordered chocolates instead.  but nah, grocery delivery costs so much more than food delivery.  yup, coffee is good enough.

boom!!!
it suddenly rained!  heavily!

ei!  hot coffee on a rainy morning!  sehr gut! 🌧️☕😊

the universe saw me making do
and made my choice worthwhile.

incompatible

and so i thought of recording my shopee shake game.
you shake your phone and coins come cascading.
you can win up to 380,000 coins.
(i won 0.38. 😂)

when the game ended, i tried to view the recording.  ta-daaannn!!!
it was truncated!

eh?!

uhm, i forgot the recorder is set to stop when i shake my phone.  🤦‍♀️🤣

candy crush

yesterday, i passed level 1000 in candy crush saga. 
(right now it has around 8,000 levels.)
the game was released in 2012 yet;
i only started playing in august 2020, haha.
(i don't really play games.
last one was MyMiniLife in 2008-2009.
before that, pac-man and driving games plus some Game & Watch for a few months in the 1980s.)

my only target was to reach 1,000.  having hit that, i've uninstalled the game.
(i do get to stay in popsicle planet.
before that i was in
gummy, choco, pudding and salty planets.)

i'd like to thank my Fantastic Five teammates and those who sent me lives even if i did not request.  sorry i wasn't able to reciprocate.  i dunno how to send lives without being asked, wah!

'twas short but sweet...  tasty...  delicious...  divine...
sugar crush! yay! 🍬😊

escalation

i was in bed watching youtube videos at around 5:30 p.m. today when i heard an angry voice coming from outside.

i didn't mind it at first.  but then it was getting louder and louder and angrier and angrier so i took a peek.

all along i was thinking the woman was complaining about some misbehaving adult.  guess what, it turns out she was ranting about her ward, a youngster!

there on the alley was the boy and to his left was a full-grown man whom she was pressing to reprimand the boy!

whaaat?!

is that how you discipline children these days, you call the barangay?!

i understand Bantay Bata.
this reverse case, however, i find really sad 😢
->  and disturbing 😟

in the palm of His hand

i ordered five items for my dad's convenience:
-  two for moving around
-  one for eating
-  one for the car
-  one for monitoring

four were shipped from abroad...  the last has just been delivered...

he passed away last july 18 ⚱️
(after first being hospitalized on june 12;
and then again on july 14)

all items did not quite make it on time...   he was not able to use them at all...

well, he doesn't need them anymore 🙏

#GodOfAllComfort

sounds fine

picked up a food pack...
we thought it was under the name of my niece
because she was the one who ordered
and notified that we'll be picking up...

at the store, we said, "patricia..."

the store owner, however, replied
the one who called was "alona."

eh?

anyway, she still released the pack to us.

tiffany:
♩ ♪  i think we're alona ♫ ♬

backstreet boys:
♩ ♪  i don't care
who you are,
where you're from,
what you did,
as long as you pay me ♫ ♬

🤣

passbook and virus

today i went to the bank to make withdrawals.

first withdrawal was at an ATM.
time elapsed?
less than a minute.
no queue whatsoever.

second withdrawal
was a passbook withdrawal
on behalf of my mom.

time elapsed?
more than an hour.
long queue
because of the enhanced community quarantine.
most bank branches are closed.
banking hours are shorter.
social distancing limits the number of customers
allowed inside the bank at a time.

😷

nuggets

last night (yes, just last night!), from out of the blue it crossed my mind,
'i think i want a tablet...'

haha...  yup, i don't own a tablet...  i use my sister's, wahaha...  ei, not at all often...

i'm not a tablet person...  i'm a laptop and cell phone girl...

last night, however, i thought maybe a tablet would be good so i'd have something ultra-portable with a bigger screen than my phone...

well, guess what, at a family game today, i 'won' a tablet!
(enclosed in quotes because i decided to forgo it.  but hey, i still got a prize.)

my point:
verbalize to materialize.


second point:
i had no intention of joining the game because i was going to be taking pictures.  a cousin, however, told me i should because all you have to do is roll a dice.

ok.
join i did.
and win i did.

the point?
the first step to winning is simply showing up.


a third point:
at some point in the game i was wiped out.
but in the end, i came out on top.
->  tides turn.
it's not how you start.
it's how you finish.

😊

not that

me:  'i'll just buy libertea...'

brother:  'lemme...  what liberty?  [alaska] milk?'

me:  'hehe...  brewed tea...  from ArmyNavy...'

spelling counts...  😄

alphabet of gratitude

i am #thankful for

A ccomplishments
B lessings
C ameras
D resses
E nergy
F amily
G od
H ealth
I ce cream
J oy
K indness
L ove
M emories
N iceties
O rder
P als
Q uick-wittedness
R elatives
S oftware
T ravels
U tilities
V ehicles
W eb
X -rays
Y ields
Z oom

#ThankfulThursday 😊