Lessons Learned

It seems that I was in a hurry when I typed those words down below The Click or Ticket. It's like cramming for words to say and type written. That's the so called "Barok Style." I sometimes wrote entry into my blogs without hesitation. As it is. I seldom take down notes. Whatever is in my mind at this point of time that's what you can read here. Unless of course if I'm writing just to please my readers or I'm worried about the composition and well, the grammar and spelling.

I would probably be particularly self- conscious if I'm receiving so much uproar the way I write or I'm receiving negative comments about how I construct my sentences here. Somehow nobody has the guts to complain.

I would love to hear complaints. Like hearing people say something nasty that my grammar sucks!

I read one comment lately that "someone or somebody" cannot understand what I'm trying to imply in my blog. Oh sometimes I myself cannot comprehend what am really trying to implement here. Or what kind of readers should I have to recruit to read my stories.

Did you ever remember in school when the teacher or instructor usually have a question whether you as the students understand what she or he is teaching you for the class that sometimes the teacher is being repetitive with that annoying question, "Do you understand what I'm saying?" And almost everyone would respond " Yes ma'am or Yes Sir! (if the teacher is a man)." Even if those who cannot understand will shout that they too understood what she meant. For the sake of the teacher not to repeat the lecture and proceed with the next lesson. Going forward not backwards. For the smarter kids they opted to studying at home when they are unable to follow the curriculum at school. Not all teachers are good at teaching. Some of them are good in writing their lesson plan but they failed in the delivery or communicating with their students. That's a proven fact! You know lessons learned from school is just formality. One hour of listening to the teacher's lesson plan everyday. While if you will concentrate reading and studying at home the absorption of knowledge is more than what you can bargain for. Anyway, in school you have the chance to socialize with other people, unless of course if you are anti-social and relationship with others doesn't fit your style. To each of his own .

What works best.

What works for me may not work for you. Vice versa.

Click Or Ticket?

Finally I re-planted the sunflower outside. Somehow I think the plant doesn't like being there outside even if it is two steps from our main door entrance. Nagtampo s'ya. I feel sad for that sunflower. Oh my gosh! Do I have to purchase another one?

I've been away from home for couple of days. I miss this blog although I must admit I have other blogs where I write most often. Besides, I might run out of topic to discuss if I keep on writing. Naks! Parang tunay.

The truth I never run out of topic. My mind is always fertile with good news. Bad news? Ah that's not my case of bringing or I'm not a bearer of bad news. You can always check the newspaper or television channel networks whose motto is to announce breaking news or whatever is controversial. You know they are the money-making channels that terrible news keep them seated at the front line as they tackle one news from another giving their viewers the latest headline

I would rather be the last to know. Why? Because whatever these false prophets are broadcasting online and on the boob tube are of course false! But because they want to be ahead of the game they don't want to waste any second, minute, and hour of the day. As they want to announce to the whole world they are the first to know. Then later they keep on apologizing. You know total drama effect. You guys should watch NCIS next time ha.

Then one blogger was asked about her expertise on photography by some whodunits. Any individual who is enthusiastic on having a good result in photo-taking or photography you should have a good quality set of camera, new battery for the camera and new set of memory card. Now in taking good pictures make sure you have STEADY HANDS. Hindi pasmado. Once you start clicking and your hands are not that steady with the focus then all the result of your pictures are blurred as in blurry. Also if the model or subject of your focus is like a beeboy (in the commercial) who keeps moving and you cannot have a good shot you should set your camera to "motion mode or setting". What else to remember? The setting should be bright as in daylight. Make sure the camera built in flash is working properly. The photographer should also know how to angle the camera lens. Baka kasi bulag at di nya alam kung sino ba ang object, subject or model nya. Whether the photographer's focus of attention is not the person but the inanimate object. You know. Hehe. The different setting in your camera (if you have one or two or three) that you can choose for the following description: P in program, Indoor, Face, Motion, Movie, Shutter speed,Aperture Priority, Manual, standard, Stitch assist, Night Scene, Indoor, Kids or pets, Night snapshot, Landscape, Portrait, Automatic. All you need is just clicking the big button or adjusting the lens. It's simple when all the buttons are marked with symbols. Even if you don't know how to read by following the SYMBOLS can make you an expert.

It's good to know how some experts focus their lens on different angles. Like the normal way of taking pictures were portrayed differently. How they managed to take a good shot of something simple like edges of the leaves, the different formation of clouds, shades of light rays, railways, trails and the many forms of inanimate objects seen in a very strange and odd perspective as their light enhancement being captured by camera lens and by the photographers who would like to excel their knowledge in giving out the details of what they see with their own eyes. Thank God for the visionaries who made digital cameras as gadget for modern technology. Thank God for the great light or else we're all gonna be inside the bat cave. Without light we're all look-like pre-historic. Cheese?

My husband yelled at me this morning. You wonder why. He wants me to plant the sunflower outside in the bigger pot outside the yard.

I could only muttered that I'm waiting for some of the seeds I planted from the other terra cota pot to spring up. I mean the seeds are like mung beans and it takes quite a while to see the green leaves to come out. It needs more sunlight I guess. Besides I 'd love to see the sunflower right where I can see it everyday, every hour at the kitchen.

I don't know what I'm waiting for.

I'm waiting for a big platter of a hybrid sunflower I think. You know sunflower that is bigger than your face. If there is bigger than the sun that would be too ridiculous huh.

Oh Jesus! I'd rather appreciate somebody's garden. My neighbor's garden has too many spring-summer blooms already. Her planter of lilacs are a joy to see. To smell them is pure evil. Oopss! No, what I mean it's sweet scented fresh perfumed lilac is really wonderful. I can smell it's amazing scents from the balcony. Next thing I'm looking forward to see climbing from the fence are the bright violet clematis.

All I can do is admire somebody's well trimmed garden. I'm not really into gardening. I might do few gardening know-how at my own kitchen. With my old plants still alive and surviving. You know the Christmas cactus, the oregano, the Japanese bamboo that changed its entire bio-composition since it was taken from its original habitat when planted on bare soil. Then the purple violet and jazmine-begonia. Aside from that and of the sunflower there is no other plant around my small garden indoor. Yes indoor, inside my home. I'm not really into gardening as I've told 'ya. I would rather keep artificial flowers and plants that never wither or die.

Although I would advise you people that if you have enough yard outside your home it's better to plant some veggies. You know fresh vegetables that you can harvest for your meal. Have a green revolution project. Grow some herbs.

Are You Thirsty?

HOW CLEAN IS YOUR WATER?

Weather, Whether You Like It Or Not

How can we change the weather? We're no longer in the dark ages. Almost half of the billion of population in the world has been educated at some point. At least we know that at this age in time that weather and climate can be controlled by technology.

We had astronauts who were able to land on the icy moon and probably built a "satellite dish" or has erected a "lamp post." Weird!! You might be saying unto me. Because the astronauts only had their boot marks on the moon surface and erected a flag. The American flag. It would be nice if they can post their flag on the SUN too. Wouldn't that be very enigmatic?

For the meantime the light that shines above is not enough because its covered by clouds and showers of rain, yeah the stupid rain is back. Don't you hate rain? Rain is okay before. Now? Don't you feel itchy when the rain touches your skin? That's what some scientists said about acid rain. Or the rain water is just giving us the grounded jellyfish from above. Billions of them. The hydra itchy jellyfish on water sprinkled through the rain. Jellyfish is 95% water! So think about it.

The Earth is huge. When I say huge it is gigantic! It looks small because we cannot afford to lighten up as far as Pluto. Would you like a SQUARE TELESCOPE?

Our resources are limited. We cannot keep on mining for precious minerals needed to power electricity or will end up living on water without land. Then let's say it would be powered by hydro (water) still is it wont work without the basic components found in land.

I don't have the power to boost(er) someone's ego. That's it for the day.

Adaptation

You know the plant that was given to me by my sister withered and died after having them in front of our television. Too close to the warm heat of our TV even if its been watered still is had its tendency to wither. Call that too much exposure to a bright light.

The plant jazmine begonia is already dry from its entirety and was about to throw it outside in the dumpsite when I said to myself maybe there is a chance. What if I change its habitat? What if I have it place at the kitchen where there is more humidity or the temperature is different from the living room would it change its fate?

So I hurriedly sprinkle water on this plant and pray my mantra. Mantra=meditation.

After about three days the jazmine begonia sprung few small tendrils from its stem. I was amazed! The plant is dead! Dried and withered. How could that be alive after 3 days? Strange?

Hybrid plants must have special kind of adaptation to extreme environment. Or its miracle happening all over again.

I really do want to HELP you people. Here is my first proposal PLEASE PAY what you owed from me or we can all have flood all over from non-stop rain since you love the rain so much.

Or you can have so much sunshine until there are lots of cracks on your land for being dry.

It's good to be true. It's good to be honest and most of all it's good to be direct to the point.

When is the time you can see lots of stars?

That's when you're being hit with asteroids!

A mild knocking at the door interrupted my children from what they are doing once hazy lazy afternoon. It was sunday. Hot sunny Sunday. I went downstairs to find out who that strange fellow is. As I opened the door, a cute little girl wearing pastel color blouse, plaid shorts and in her sweet voice saying, " I'm sorry you didn't get the paper on March 27."

"Ha!? What? " In my astonishment or call it amazement what is she talking about? It's already month of May.

Thinking it was the news paper she was unable to deliver and she was the one responsible for the paper route on our block I only replied," Don't worry about it because it's already May." You know Maggie May."

The truth is the paper route delivery should be as early as 6 am but the delivery usually arrives too late. After 2 pm. Since she is a little girl wanting to earn small amount of money for her school allowance maybe and she goes to school first then she delivers the paper after school.

At least she is that well mannered, courteous little girl who knows how to apologize. How many kids nowadays are courteous and how many have the humility? Not too many.

Don't blame the million of parents who want their children to behave as much as we like to or expected them to be. Blame the "system." Who's system? Do I have to reveal here the culprits to all these problems?

I bought the EARTH soil and the SUNflower at Canadian Tire and I end up in DOLLARAMA! That's how simple life would be.

What else we should lose in this life time?

That's what happened to the Last Emperor of China. As simple as that. Humor and wit? Wait until you see the big icy moon in 2010.

For the mean time enjoy lots of sunshine. It's PAID by me while I'm still alive.

CHEERS!

Keeping Up With Show & Tell

I get so easily fed up. Getting old maybe? I'm losing my patience once in a while. You know I'm so used to my old computer that listens to my command promptly, efficiently and twice as fast as in an almost speed of light. With the many complex command I think that the functions of my computer is hay wired. Yeah that's when it's probably connected to a group of people. That's why I have to be independent. That's right. That's the appropriate term for my program. I'm a weather satellite and it only follows simple command. You add something out of the ordinary and the computer get messed up. Can you follow?

I don't think so. See, I'm the one who answered all the questions here. Call me a double O.

Anyway, what's new out there? Or I should ask what I have done lately?

I was able to download too many pictures taken from Tradex. We had so much fun watching the volleyball tournament. Lots of memories. Tons of fun! I can't barely get enough of the many activities we did in and out of Tradex. The long driving from Cornell to Fraser H-way to Abbotsford to the airport. Picture taking with the humongous background > the Canadian airplane. Photo-taking inside the Tradex building. The delicious meals we prepared and brought there for us to share together. Then the drama began going back to our friend's house. You know the stormy weather at about past 8Am. The gusty wind that toppled some branches and twigs of several trees and were scattered on the road. Yikkes! Hazard? You betcha it was such kind of a spin out there. It's like being in a merry go round while the strong winds, stormy rain kept sweeping our vehicle on the slippery road. Thank God the bad ugly weather stopped at about 10 PM enough for us to focus on somekind of perspective. Too tired to even care about storytelling when we all get home. I went to bed and sleep and woke up when the noise of the passing train is heard. Then more trains can be heard after that. It turned out their home is located close to the railway.

The next day we tried to board the ferry. A small ferry just to get in to the other side of the island getting out at Fort Langley. Such a beautiful, serene village. Awesome! We're in a hurry that I was not able to take pictures of this historic site. One of the building that still stand out there is similar to the Nurse's Headquarters and the concessionaires in Fort Bonifacio in Philippines. Also I noticed one old historic building was built in 1932. Although not as old as the building that was erected in 1912 in Fort Bonifacio.

There are more stories to reveal however I just have to keep them in my "memory storage."All I can say we have "tons" of fun. Tons without soya! Ahahahahaha! Funny huh. Well you know me for being humorous so that's it.

Disgusting Morning!

As usual having problem with my computer. It's not like this before? Actually it's when infected or when someone would like to get the key from me and they cannot get it. They trying to stop what I'm doing. That's fine! Yeap FINE. They have to make lots of fine I guess because I'm brewing a STORM!

Storm as in HURRICANE!

Too bad! I think we need it so that you'll all stay AWAKE.

SORRY! Bye bye!