then and now

presented my ID as i entered a building...  uhm, my face was a bit too round and plumpy there...

guard:  'is this you, ma'am???'

me:  'yes...   years back...  20 lbs. ago...'

older...  hopefully wiser...  definitely slimmer...  ; p

that's it

cousin invited me to visit them in the US...

and then he said i might as well bring this other cousin of ours, too...

in the course of the exchange, the original one expanded to two then to four/five to hopefully six (from just me to me plus our other cousin and her family)...

and so the inviter went:  'Just like the line in Jaws --- I'm gonna need a bigger boat. Haha'

i didn't see the movie...  just parts of it too long ago, i don't anymore remember...  i was thinking when i read his comment, 'don't tell me he's gonna load the shark in his boat...'  i therefore replied i don't get the analogy...

well, my cousin explained he realized if what we were talking about materializes then he will need a bigger car...

oh...  so that really was the message!  wahaha...

sometimes that thing you discount turns out to be the main point actually...

note to self:
'keep an open mind.'

grown-up halloween

cousin's granddaughter went trick-or-treating at my place yesterday (yup, extended halloween)...

cousin:  'what did you give them?'

me:  'a butterfly mirror plus clip for the hair...'

cousin:  'oh...  i liked the mirror!  i like butterflies...'

me:  'ask her...  see whether she'll give you...  or you can go trick-or-treating yourself...'

in which case, if she knocks at my door, i'll opt for trick...  that would be interesting...  ; )

more

extended halloween (it's already november 2)...

me: 'kids trick-or-treating, mom...'

mom: 'is it <toot> and her playmate?'

me: 'yes...'

mom: 'they were already here a while ago... i've given them...'

me to kids: 'were you already here earlier?'

kids: 'yes...'

me: 'ah... should be just once...'

<toot>: 'we want again...'

me: 'try other houses...'

<toot>: 'it's here we like...'

me: 'trick-or-treat is different houses... you're not supposed to come back...'

<toot>: 'we want more of what we were given earlier...'

me to mom: 'they want some more, mom... what did you give them?'

mom: 'i gave them candy from singapore...'

oh... i'd come back, too... ; )

that much i know

i overheard the tv as my mom was watching 'Your Face Sounds Familiar'...  so someone got eva eugenio from the iconizer...

me:  'who's eva eugenio, mom?'

mom:  'contemporary of imelda papin...'

me:  'hehe...  i know eva eugenio, mom...  i mean, who got her from the iconizer?'

mom:  'oh...  kakai...'

; )