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! 🍬😊