keep distance

there's this guy i haven't talked to in months.  the last time he called me, he was inviting me to okada manila.  i declined.
[actually, for more than five years now he's been inviting me every now and then but i've always managed to say no.]

then last sunday my cousin and i drove past okada.  whoa!  it looked massive!  i rarely go to that side of town so i've seen the structure only in pictures.  i had no idea it was that big.

me to cousin:  'suddenly i remember this guy who was inviting me there...  so that's where he goes...'

cousin:  'who?'

me:  'oh, you don't know him...'

guess what, this afternoon the guy suddenly resurrects and again calls me.

i tell him i just remembered him last sunday when we passed by okada then now he calls me.

he tells me he called me because he drove past our street.

wow...  parallels...  :")

hmmm...  parallel lines never meet...  ouch!  ; p

purpose

i picked up three generations for a day out, a grandma, the daughter and the grandson.

in the car, i noticed the boy's backpack.

me:  'oh...  so that's the backpack...'

[i order stuff online and send them directly to the recipient so a lot of times i see the items just in pictures.]

grandma:  'yes...  and this is the jacket...'

daughter:  'the jogging pants, too...'

awww...  i love it when people like AND use the stuff i give them.  that is how i intended it to be...  : )

there was a case where i saw almost all the items i sent stacked in a corner, still in their original boxes, still with the courier's packaging.

the recipient liked them but wouldn't use them because the stuff were "too nice" and they didn't want the items to get "worn or broken or stolen."

ugh!  i don't mind what happens to the items as long as they are put to use.  it is not my intention to preserve the items.  my intention is for them to make someone's days even just a little more convenient.

a pristine rag is nice.  but that's not what rags are for.

once is not enough

me:  'where's the key?'

reply:  'she can't get in?'

me:  'no...  where's the key?'

reply:  'she still can't get in?'

me:  'in the garage, yes...  in the house, no...  where's the key?'

reply:  'she can't get in???'

me:  'ugh!  she's waiting outside!  where is the key???!!!'

reply:  'there...'

it's supposed to be Q&A, not Q&Q...  : }

rub it in

cousin saying he's been wanting to go to hong kong but no one would accompany him.

cousin:  'imagine, everything free and still no one would like to go with me...'

me:  'haha...  do you know that after nine years donald trump finally blocked chrissy teigen on twitter?'

cousin:  'why?'

me:  'trump sort of complained that even republicans he helped were not looking out for him and chrissy replied, 'lol no one likes you.'  there.  he blocked her.

i'm gonna say the same thing to you, 'lol, no one likes you.''

nyahaha...  peace...  ; p

gift-giving

saw a goddaughter i haven't seen in more than twenty years... the last time i saw her she was still a young girl... now she's a full-grown woman... (ugh! i am old!)

guess what, she greets me then happily introduces me to her officemate as the godmother who used to give her books... she adds: 'different books... aesop's fables... nice ones... hard bound!'

whoa! i don't even remember those anymore... but i am delighted that she liked them... and really touched that she still remembers them...

i have another goddaughter i didn't see for years and when we saw each other again, she told me she used to look forward to the gifts i send her for christmas as the toys were really nice. a bride-to-be remembering her childhood presents?! aawww!!! :")

not all stories are as heart-warming though, hehe...

there was a time i kept on giving my older godchildren organizers. year after year, 'twould be an organizer. wide drawers, tall drawers, storage boxes, the like.

then one time the dad said to my goddaughter, 'your godmother keeps on giving you organizers because you're so messy!'

ooops... wahaha... i don't even know how my goddaughter is at their house. i was buying those gifts simply because i myself found them useful. i wasn't at all insinuating anything.. anyway, i stopped giving organizers after that.

i moved on to organic soaps. i gift them because:

1. i find them gentler than regular soap.

2. they'd be used up and won't contribute to any clutter, hehe...

disclaimer:
it's not because i'm implying that someone needs to take a shower... ; p