at a bank this morning, a woman wanted to exchange her demonetized NDS (New Design Series) banknotes for legal tender NGC (New Generation Currency Series) banknotes.
teller: 'deadline was june 30, ma'am.'
woman: 'you won't accept this anymore?'
teller: 'it's already july 5, ma'am. deadline was june 30.'
woman: 'how 'bout other banks?'
teller: 'i dunno, ma'am. you can try.'
woman: 'we found these bills just last night. it's very unfortunate if this money will go to waste...'
true. but there is such a thing as too late.
original deadline was december 31, 2016. it was extended to march 31, 2017. then again to june 30, 2017.
three deadlines and you found it after.
sometimes fortune is not in the mood to smile at you. just grin and bear it... ; )
it's not what you think
at an uncle's funeral yesterday, i told two of my nephews holding candles to stand on each side of the opening where the urn will pass through to symbolize his coming into the light.
ok.
nephew on each side. cousin placed the urn inside the tomb. then one of my nephews also inserted his candle inside.
me: 'ooops, don't. all i said was stand on the sides. the candles will remain outside.'
then i realized maybe he was just using the candle to illuminate the tomb as he arranged the garland of flowers around the urn.
i spoke too soon... sorry... :"}
= = = = =
cousin whose father was just laid to rest passed in front of me with a big bag filled with packed meals. he was the one who carried the urn in the funeral procession from the church to the cemetery.
me: 'ay, huwag na kayo.'
-> oh, not you anymore.
cousin replies he has already distributed food to those outside.
huh?! ooops... he must have thought i was stopping him from eating! :O
me: 'i mean don't be the one to distribute food anymore. you're the bereaved. just rest. we've asked the kids to do it.'
= = = = =
saying goodbyes at the cemetery. suddenly i smelled a candle.
me: 'do you smell candle?'
cousin: 'yes...'
i turn to a niece: 'you?'
niece: 'yes...'
cousin-in-law points to the tomb beside us: 'there are the candles.'
ooops... hehe... i thought it was something supernatural sensed by me alone...
ok.
nephew on each side. cousin placed the urn inside the tomb. then one of my nephews also inserted his candle inside.
me: 'ooops, don't. all i said was stand on the sides. the candles will remain outside.'
then i realized maybe he was just using the candle to illuminate the tomb as he arranged the garland of flowers around the urn.
i spoke too soon... sorry... :"}
= = = = =
cousin whose father was just laid to rest passed in front of me with a big bag filled with packed meals. he was the one who carried the urn in the funeral procession from the church to the cemetery.
me: 'ay, huwag na kayo.'
-> oh, not you anymore.
cousin replies he has already distributed food to those outside.
huh?! ooops... he must have thought i was stopping him from eating! :O
me: 'i mean don't be the one to distribute food anymore. you're the bereaved. just rest. we've asked the kids to do it.'
= = = = =
saying goodbyes at the cemetery. suddenly i smelled a candle.
me: 'do you smell candle?'
cousin: 'yes...'
i turn to a niece: 'you?'
niece: 'yes...'
cousin-in-law points to the tomb beside us: 'there are the candles.'
ooops... hehe... i thought it was something supernatural sensed by me alone...
keep smiling
at an uncle's funeral this afternoon, another uncle asked me: 'don't you have your camera anymore?'
me: 'oh, i do!'
uncle: 'then why are you taking pics with a phone?'
he wasn't the first person to ask me that. family and friends are used to seeing me with a cam. it's been like that since i was in second year high school. that is, uhm, decadeS ago.
my reply: 'i have pics of <departed uncle> on his birthday. he was so happy that time. we never expected that he would pass away the following day. i'd rather that those happy pics be his last pics on my cam.'
prayers for his eternal rest and everlasting joy.
me: 'oh, i do!'
uncle: 'then why are you taking pics with a phone?'
he wasn't the first person to ask me that. family and friends are used to seeing me with a cam. it's been like that since i was in second year high school. that is, uhm, decadeS ago.
my reply: 'i have pics of <departed uncle> on his birthday. he was so happy that time. we never expected that he would pass away the following day. i'd rather that those happy pics be his last pics on my cam.'
prayers for his eternal rest and everlasting joy.
KISS
i'm on my laptop.
sister calls me from downstairs.
sister: 'do you want to eat? there's fries...'
a couple of days before she also called me for fries. i love fries so i rushed downstairs. was my joy dampened when i saw that it was cheese-flavored fries. i like my fries plain... : }
this time therefore i asked first: 'what fries?'
sister: 'french...'
; )
sister calls me from downstairs.
sister: 'do you want to eat? there's fries...'
a couple of days before she also called me for fries. i love fries so i rushed downstairs. was my joy dampened when i saw that it was cheese-flavored fries. i like my fries plain... : }
this time therefore i asked first: 'what fries?'
sister: 'french...'
; )
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