Invisibility Cloak

WHAT IF? What if I just posted the image above with corresponding message so that it will keep you at peace...

What if I tell you that I usually write randomly without the use of any writing tools?

What if I told you that I write randomly to the dictates of my own mind?

What if ... something that I have in my mind, the thoughts and flashback memory of the past is being rekindled and digested absorbed by your own mind is through my own memory?

Randomly.

This is my normal way of writing.

Draft mode? I use it as a bait.

I'm like a "fisherwoman" trying to catch the biggest fish. Ha ha! I would like the real fish.

Let there be no shark. Let there be no eel nor smallest fish from the ocean.

I'm a fisherwoman and a cook. I would try being a chef and study French. However that's already a "passe' Saint Bernadette and Saint Joan of Arc already tried that.

They are saints! Will you ask them if they were successful? Did they ever succeed in their mission?

Am I a saint? 

A friend of mine considered me a psychic. I think that's the biggest sort of flattery in my entire life. OMG! I'm not a psychic. I don't work for the future.  Lest assure that everything in this world happens for a reason and psychic ability of one's person depends on what Mother Nature has to offer. It is always sometimes deal with spirits we cannot see and identify. Spirits are invisible beings capable of doing the things we least expect and it can be scary when it can cause harm, havoc and devastation to the environment and you'll be affected from such unavoidable situation. There are bad and good spirit and I can only hope there are more than GOOD SPIRIT that can manifest in every decision we make everyday.

From Campbell To Comox

 

 Such a lovely day today, bright and sunny and the beautiful blue sky shows promising goodwill and perfection weather-wise. Then I noticed the hibiscus plant outside the house. The numerous buds bloomed into double petal flowers. The usual normal petal for hibiscus or gumamela is in singular type form. Double to quadruple petals is a hybrid. Awesome,  it's my favorite lilac color. Lilac, purple is a beautiful color.

 

 Hibiscus is a native flowering plant in tropical countries. You can see so many of hibiscus variety in countries such as Philippines, Hawaii, Bahamas, Tahiti, Guam, and other Caribbean islands. The plant favors hot humid temperature.  I know, my grandmother had a plant of two different kinds of hibiscus (2 hybrid of red color, yellow-orange and pink). They differ in colors of the petals but they had very dark leaves almost dark evergreen. Gumamela is the tagalog name for hibiscus and the latin name or scientific name for this plant is "rosa simensis." There is that medicinal content for this kind of plant. The  native people in Hawaaian  island used to make oil and shampoo from its leaves and flowers.

 

 Because it's sunny and the weather is favorable for us to go and visit the next city, we went for a less than an hour drive and on the way we saw the flagman wearing his bright workman's outfit  on the highway as he held the "slow sign flag" to make us aware on what's happening ahead of us on the right side of the road. There you see the busy BC Hydro workers fixing the wirings up there.

Imagine it as a rollercoaster. Would you like to have a ride? J/K

Hmm, what happened? There's no storm. It could be faulty wirings or cable lines that they are connecting whatever.

 

 My husband's driving and I was so sleepy because it's noontime and when it's noon and it's hot I feel so sleepy. However, I was about to close my eyes when I looked up the sky and see that weird cloud up there so I'd better take a snapshot of it and that's what you are seeing on this blog that makes me smile. Wow! I'm awake all of a sudden.

 

 And those brown cattle sunbathing grazing contented out there. My goodness! Imagine them as people sunbathing on the hot, hot sun ... tsk! tsk! No wonder there's no white cattle from among the herds. lol. Thank goodness that because there are thousands of cattle here therefore the beef we used to buy at the supermarket are "really beef and they are fresh."

As usual there are so many shoppers in that shopping mall. Would you believe that there are visitors as far as Ontario, USA, Germany and China. That's great. Did you know that there's Costco warehouse too in Mexico? Therefore, corned beef are actually BEEF not the kind of caldereta meat from the movie of Sylvester Stallone's "Demolition Man."

We drove back home after shopping and surprise to the new landscape WELCOME SIGN  made by diligent hardworking city-workers. Look how beautiful and colorful the flowers are. Good job!

From awesome yellow daffodils to this picturesque view of wonderful bright five color combination of floral so captivating as it is.

Do I need to recite the poem

"I wander lonely as a cloud"

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Amazing!

 



Zoom-zoom

 

From Campbell River to Comox,  Comox to Campbell River!

to

the

NEVER ENDING STORY

 

Return to our main dwelling, to our newfound HOME and unload the groceries one by one and prepared the food. Dinner at 6:11 PM. Happy now?

Flavor Of The Month

Because my husband loves the blueberry cake that I baked last wednesday, I was inspired to bake another cake. How about a pineapple upside-down cake with blueberries? So I did try change a bit of the usual recipe that I applied on the blueberry cake and added pineapple. I know ... I should have just the pineapple in it because the flavor might be overwhelming or a clash. Something sweet and sour? Not really. The canned pineapple soaked in sweet syrup is not sour but so sweet actually. Besides the pineapple is soaked in brown sugar to give a caramelized effect at the bottom for this cake. With all the ingredients such as:

MIX THE FIRST 3 INGREDIENTS thoroughly IN A Stainless BOWL: Mix and stir for three minutes.

3 cups of flour

1 cup of white sugar

1 tbsp. of Magic baking powder

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MIX THE 3 INGREDIENTS IN ANOTHER BOWL

1 1/2 cup of milk

1 1/2 cup of butter or vegetable oil

1 beaten egg

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Combine the FIRST (3) and SECOND (3) INGREDIENTS IN ONE BOWL. MIX and Stir for few minutes until thoroughly blended. Then set aside.

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1/2 cup of blueberries (optional)

1 can of round-sliced pineapple ( 6 pcs. only for a 12"X8" pyrex bakeware) You can place the sliced pineapple mixed with 2 tbsp. of butter and 2 tbsp. brown sugar caramelized the sugar and butter first then mix it with the pineapples. Place these pineapples at the bottom of the pan or bakeware and pour the rest of the mixed ingredients above (Flour, sugar, baking powder, oil, egg, milk).

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Direction is easy. I learned it from watching a cook at Gusto Channel. She used a hot iron pan (on the stove)

to heat the butter and the pineapple slices first and then poured in the mixed ingredients in the same iron frying pan. Then she had the pan in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes at 400 degrees C. Did you know that it's better to turn on the oven first while you are preparing the ingredients so that the oven is already hot when you place the pan or bakeware inside the oven rack. To make sure that the cake is properly baked, use a clean bbq stick to prick the brown surface of the cake down to the bottom of the pan. If the stick comes out clean then it's ready. Off the oven and take the cake out from the oven. Let the hot pan or bakeware cool down a little bit. Make sure that the edges of the cake is not attached to the bakeware anymore before you flip the cake to another platter. Then cover the pan with another cake plate before you flip the cake on another flat cake platter to reveal the moist pineapple cake. I hope you had a perfect turn over because this is what happened to the CAKE I baked.

Sure, I should have used the round iron pan (for pancake) instead of the pyrex bakeware (12"x8")

Maybe it wont look like this. I should have not added blueberries in it and settle for plain pineapple instead. But you know what? After I tasted it? The cake was absolutely awesome! The taste and flavor didn't clash. It was perfectly delicious. It was not boring at all. I know it looks like the colors of pansies or violets. lol. When it was hot from the oven I first thought I cooked the best coffee cake ever. The next day I realized the taste and the firmness of smooth cakery is similar to my mother-in law's Norwegian cake. Wow! I know that a regular Norwegian cake should have 12 beaten eggs on it to make a smoothier feel and great taste to the cake but in this pineapple upside down-cake with blueberry the "taste" is just the same.

You can add the blueberries if you want or you can have other option (preferably the fruits of your choice)

Likeables?

Cloudy day today and it may progress to low precipitation and it might rain and who knows maybe there'll be a storm? Who knows? Remember weather is supposedly unpredictable. Let God worries about what weather we'll have in the next day and the next day after. All you need to do is just "be prepared just like Girl Scouts do."

In this part of the island there is no hurricane, no flood, no calamity whatsoever. We are lucky in this part of the world. However, unemployment is higher than usual after the pulp mill closed and the saw mill shut down and the mining was stopped. Well, I think the mining industry picked up again. What's the biggest livelihood in this part of the island is the fish hatchery, winery, cattle raising and sheep raising, fishing and realty business opportunities. This year so many new houses were built and sold. That's unbelievable despite the worth of the house and lot. Unlike in the metropolis Vancouver when real estate agents have problem selling houses. In the mainland because "it's the mainland" houses and residential buildings are worth more than million dollars, even just a piece of lot and a house that is almost like a century old dwelling yet the value is worth more than you can imagine. Awful and absurd! I think close amenities to the city and the skyscrapers can make any house big or small valuable in the eyes of people who want to live in that kind of urban area.

My family lives in the semi-rural area where there is that peace and quiet. An area where houses are built at least with enough space for us not to hear what's happening with the other family on the other side of the fence. It's totally different from the environment where I used to live way back in the Philippines when and where I can hear the conversation of other neighbors from my bedroom. Ha! The listener! lol. I can hear the neighbor's dogs barking most of the time and our radio is so loud enough for them to listen to what's happening with politics in the Philippines. Yup, we know what you are watching on TV and listening on the radio and every family knew each other's name including the name of their dogs and cats. Then there's neighbor who used to copy the numbers I used to play and bet for Jai Alai and he gets to win when I won those particular numbers. He's winning is bigger because he used to bet more money on those particular numbers.

Life in the Philippines is more interesting and exciting even if life's so hard. Here in Canada you have to entertain yourself by having computer and have all the gadgets to satisfy the needs of being pre-occupied. You have to pay somebody to talk to you. It's weird right? It's happening now too in Philippines when people have to buy computers, gadgets such as cellphones and iPads to talk to their neighbors. They have problem now too with talking because everyone's so used to texting. One day job interview will also be in "texting mode." While in school, teachers are teaching the students to be independent to mind their own work studying by themselves using their computer.

I admire those diligent devoted parents who will homeschooled their children and those who are homeschooling their kids at present time. Kudos to you parents especially the Mothers who will teach their own kids at home instead of sending them in school. Would that be good enough? How about their social-interaction with other kids? Somehow it will suffer. Their social skills will diminish and be devalued unless of course if the kids are socially inclined with their own siblings and their neighbors.

Socializing is done anyways through the internet nowadays and what to lose? It's the normal trend since the last 15 years. Problem is will these kids be employed because their background is through tele-communication using computers? The only people who are employed and have employment stability are those who are working WHERE? Yeah that's the million dollar question. Where can you find work? Some people will go on suicidal to find employment... you know. When there's so much competition it would be harder and so much  harder to find work. You can find work by being an employer and provide yourself with the right kind of work for yourself. Sad.

Even politicians will have to use their own financial means to have work and to stay afloat. That's the new trend now. Trendy eh? TV reporters will have to provide their own portfolios of how they can cope up with the news reporting and stay on their seats in front of camera.

There'll be more and more bloggers who will provide and make their own gimmick so that they can be read through the internet. Facebookers will use other people's wise sayings and quotations so that their friends will praise their attitude and thinking that is "similar" to the writers of those famous wise sayings. Beautiful photos and wonderful pictures of sceneries will be posted just to be admired and click "like" by your friends. Life will go on because everything that is good is pleasing and should be received by people with a good heart, mind and conscience.

 

Unexpectedly, my husband praised the blueberry cake that I baked. My God! This is the first time that he liked what I baked. It must be good. It is superbly delicious that's why.

F O O D

 

 Monday blues? Nahh... It's Monday I might as well post something here pretend that it's a working regular day. Besides I'm documenting what big catch my husband had to make sure that fishing is really worthy. It is indeed worthy! Think that a fillet of salmon in the supermarket weighing only 15 lbs. is worth over $30.00 and crab the size of the plate is worth $ 15 to $20/each.

 

  How about this gorgeous crab bigger than a plate? Measuring this crab from left claw to right claw including it's body is 21 inches long. I didn't measure the back just the front. If I have to stretch the claws which I have a hard time stretching it maybe the whole crab is 22 " to 23" long. Yeah that big eh? So, this is the biggest crab he caught and it's a male crab. The biggest crabs are the females but in Canada you should not catch the female crabs because they are left in the ocean to lay more eggs. How much would this big crab's worth in the market? It's probably $24/each.

 

This is the ling cod that Lorne caught from BC waters. It's probably 16 inches long. He fillet the fish nice and easy. He's skilled in the cleaning and cutting of fish to perfection. I think he learned it from his Dad and Mom who were also avid fishermen.

I told you when there's that marathon of "Tremors" the movie about the underground monsters, there'll be lots of sale of pork loins in the supermarket. QF had those fresh pork loins and my husband avail of such sale before the price goes up. It's better to stock up before autumn and winter comes. It's the right thing to do.

As you may have noticed that hunters go hunting now and so as the fishermen fishing for more loads of fish and crabs and other seafood to have that availability of supply. A reminder that living in a four seasons region you must know how to stock and store food in freezer and shelves either of perishable and non-perishable food or be sorry.

Seriously RACE is the Continuation of Life

It was very early morning that my husband went to work then realized it's Saturday and at very, very early morning before 5 AM? Uhm, okay that's absurd! He probably went fishing. The boat is out and so his truck so he is probably fishing together with brother in-law. .. out in the ocean.

I was asked why  I never go with my husband in his boating and fishing adventure. Yeah, why I never go fishing with him? I loved to go fishing before. My husband and I will go out at very early, too early at dawn at the dockyard somewhere past the pulp mill in Rupert and ride the small aluminum  motor boat. It was scary because the boat is just so small and the ocean is so wide and big, that only two or three to 4 people can fit in the boat and yet the two of us were so happy to go fishing and crabbing. We were so fortunate to catch two salmons, at least four crabs and so lucky to have caught two big sized halibut -the most expensive fish in Canada. That was twenty- two years ago!

Now that we have a bigger boat I don't feel like going. I think at my age I am becoming impatient. Waiting is not my thing anymore. I get so bored easily and there are only few things that I enjoyed doing most of the time. You know...just like what old people do. BLOGGING!

What other old people do?

 If you have seen so many elders hiking the trails up the mountains so high that's totally incredible and then sky-diving? At their age of over 60? There is something wrong. Older people climbing mountains so steep and so high must be dealing with some kind of incurable ailments. Otherwise why risk their lives and health doing such expedition?  There are no religious pilgrimage in America nor in Canada that the pilgrims are being done by reaching the summit. Only few people go to Church nowadays and if there are people who attend the mass every Sunday you can able to count them with your fingers. Hopefully by the time that I posted this blog more people will fill up the Church.

It's hard to tell what kind of pressures and obstacles they experienced and I'm in no position to mock their struggles. It's just that they should not risk their lives or their health climbing and hiking mountains just because there are group of old people doing it. Ah, maybe they are stronger, healthier and adventurer at age 60.  Maybe they look over 60 but they are only age 40 and 50. I could be wrong. Bitchy me! I am not envious. Actually I admire their courage beyond compare of being able to skydive because I wont risk my life and that's make me love my life. The life that God gave me to protect and save. As a human being you have to love yourself by protecting and saving it because you are not a cat with nine lives.  That by protecting yourself you don't give the worries and anxiety to your loved ones. Remember that for every mistake, error or wrong decision you make there are other people who think and pray endlessly worried about your safety and personal well being.

The true measure of RACE is having children and having family. The family members that will continue the race according to the dictates of good society and community where you live. Race is not about colors, custom and tradition. Race is about the continuation of life.

My husband arrived before 4 PM and brought home a huge size fresh ling cod, four crabs (only male crabs only) , the largest size crab weighs  3.5 lbs and measures 7 inches wide (both claws measure 6.5 inches x 2). Incredible catch! Wow! Lorne cooked the crabs and we had them for dinner plus the sinigang pork with bokchoy and beans for soup with rice. I saved one big crab so that I can cook it with coconut cream milk tomorrow. The ling cod? I will have it for fish and chips for the next day.

Seriously, I had this blogpost yesterday and had it on "draft mode." However being on draft mode doesn't guarantee that the written words are safe in that mode anyone can read it. I knew. So many snoopies around the internet. I could be wrong. Maybe there are millions of us having ESP. Now have to POST this now for everyone to read this because draft mode is > there are thousands of people who can peek through it and then pass around to the many people around the internet.

I'm Just Like The Wave Having problem Saying Goodbye. Aloha!

Know what? Somebody just called me a "bitch!"

Do I look-like a bitch? How and why "I'm a bitch!" Because I changed the weather? Ahahahaha!
32 degrees C is too much for the island. Over 25 degrees is also too much for VI.

It's now down to 16 degrees C at the island which is favorable for the location. You don't want the fishing village go stinky and lose your million-dollar business structure. You don't like the dumpsite go stinky on you. It's just that you can't win-win the kind of situation that is already been what is "known" for to something that is unknown and unproven.

It's not the Tourism Industry that thrives in a community like this. A forest and agricultural economy is more than a billion dollar industry and tourism is just a tip of the iceberg. It doesn't matter whether there is a tourist or hundreds of tourists they may add up like thousands of dollars to the community that's it. You know the difference about numbers, digits and fractions?

You can add a Life of Pi here if you want. The Life of Pi originally is of Philippine origin not Indian. I hate to say that. They might think it's "racism." It's good to know that the leading character in that highly acclaimed movie is the look-alike of my Uncle.

It's stormy weather in other parts of the world. Black outs and brown outs were felt throughout the entire metropolis which is normal situation when typhoon is stronger and on signal 3 to 4. Why electricity is cut-off? It's because they have to prevent electrocution when wirings and electric outlets are submerged on flooded areas. It's the month of July when storms, typhoons and hurricanes are felt in Asian countries. Every year different kind of storms came rushing in at the start of June, July, August up to September. Four months to be exact. Everyone should know that by now because EVERY YEAR there are typhoons, storms, cyclone and flood. So why are we always to be reminded about it?

There, I'm such a bitch to remind you over and over again what to do.

 It's cooler here but sunny. Don't you love the weather NOW?

GOOD!? Now breathe...

Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood?

At first would like to have a book of Stephen King's UNDER THE DOME however it's better to see and heard the dialogue and watch all the actions instead through the motion picture, movie or films.

If it's a novel by STEPHEN KING, the master of horror- suspense, psycho-drama and one of a kind never seen in another movie story then why not spend your time watching different exciting and horrifying traumatic movies. It will bring adrenaline rush to your senses.

I know for sure.

The captivating heart-pounding scenes will terrify you and will make you uneasy and wont make you sleep for days thinking how terrifying the story.

Where do you think Stephen King get all the ideas from his novels? Most of whom are stories about frightening hell-raising events and who would have a mind like Stephen? Anyway, thought provoking as it might seems to anyone who watched his novels made into movies as if you were not shocked about his other blockbuster novels and movies such as: Sleepwalker, Maximum Overdrive, Shining, Green Mile, Misery, Carrie, Children of the Corn, Pet Semetary, Running Man, Thinner < all these movies I mentioned I happened to watch them already and lucky for you that his latest novel UNDER THE DOME is available on TV SERIES. ON YOUR TELEVISION. Only if you have subscription.  Wow! Duh!

 

UNDER THE DOME is simply a story about less than a hundred cast of human beings living in a sleepy boring town until suddenly anything and everything made of metals are then blown away out of their house, anything made of metals or metallic objects are then carried by magnetic force and plastered on an invisible glass that enveloped the whole town. How and why the magnetic field surrounded their town is the main plot of the story, conflict, death arises and each one had their flash moments in their lives, how they will solve, how they will escape and how and why they are the subject of this tremendous magnanimous battle with the unknowns and unknown forces no one knows how it will end so better find it out for yourself. WATCH FOR IT and maybe you'll learn about magnets, magnetism, chemistry and physics. Observe the kind of energy, observe and be meticulous about the gas that surround your environment and most of all know your neighbors.

Loopers!

So many unbelievable NEWS nowadays and if there is something little bit of "truth" about it then it's probably happened in the past and they are trying to open it again just for the sake of "something to talk about" on TV because that's what politics are. They have to open gates for the politicians to be seen and heard and how their IQ through reasoning can be assessed.

IQ assessment is mandatory for every politicians who are rooting for votes in the next election. It is their turn to be SEEN and HEARD by the voting public.

You are over 4 or 8 years in office serving the government? Please don't exert so much effort because you will never have a chance to be voted again. There are so many government officials who are more than capable of doing their job and most of all they have the money, capital and business to do their work properly.

Helping the government and its people always need tremendous capital in the form of MONEY. CASH is like the oil that keeps the wheel of trade and commerce smooth and easy. You may contradict me in this matter but when suddenly your brain will command you that you also need money because your full of debts that you need to pay them one by one. Stop being a hypocrite. All these matters are thing of the past and yet so many of us never learned that and good for us that there is always somebody that reminds you time and time again.

Somebody can assure that there are people willing to volunteer for those work. Sure there are those "volunteers" without pay but you will never know that someday they will ask something that you wont be able to resist. It's always better to have receipts or a piece of paper that showed you paid something for goods and services to clean the matter. It's for the good conscience and good for tax purposes.

Loopholes are thing of the past? You wont believe that you are paying more than what you have to pay regularly and religiously. You want better loopholes? Try the FREEZE loops riding that crazy rollercoaster and surely you'll enjoy such excitement of a lifetime. Hey, why not the politicians try that Freeze thrill rides? lol.

Lalala Lalala )))))

Have you Seen God?

I know that for sometime you are looking up the sky and waiting for some miracles to happen. You are staring up in the sky as if Superman will appear from the clouds. Who amongst you who will stare at the sky and wait for God to appear like in a thunder-lightning flash He of all Supreme Being that we never see or will never see until each one of us passed away.

If you have seen God it only means that you died and no longer in this world.

But why so many of us keep calling God? We used to call when we need Him to protect us to keep us safe from harm especially when we are afraid of the unknowns and to thank Him for all the great blessings He gave us. For all the countless blessings, for the daily bread, for the many gifts and presents and for being the kind of person we all are. We thanked God because we are alive!

For the many obstacles or tests that we don't know when those obstacles will end as if its almost part of our lives.

There are so many things we have to thank God for. God is the "security blanket" the invisible cloak of our spirit and soul. By being a religious faithful follower of God and Christ you will never go wrong for you will always be in the right direction.

So only few days from now the weather will subside. The earth will cool down. I have to thank you in advance dear Lord God. I don't need to be impatient waiting for the hot weather to cool down. Hot climate is unfavorable for computers and when computers get toasted then it's goodbye computer world and goodbye technology. We don't need to go back to World War II you know what happened during that wasted opportunity and too many wasted lives where nobody wins. We don't need to go to war just because of the big divide of the "Have's and Have- nots." That's the problem that's been uprooting everyone's mentality.

You have it or you don't? Then they started claiming "they nailed it." Okay buy a kilogram of nails first then we'll know whom you nailed. If  it's IT you nailed then you nailed yourself.

Darn! I have to polish my nails again.

I Look At Clouds From Both Sides Now ...

 I love looking and staring up in the sky. I love the view up there especially when there are different fascinating cloud formation. The mackerel sky. Cirro-cumulus clouds up there. Beautiful!

Yes dude I am a cloud enthusiast. I am a "meteorologist" by heart. I studied the sky for so many years without the need to attend or go to university to study Meteorology.

I'm not a sorceress nor a witch it's just that I can foretell if it will rain or if there's a storm just by looking at the clouds up there.

 

 Beautiful clouds! Picturesque view and I feel like touching its image there. Like a cotton candy, soft and marvellous.

More clouds on this part of the sky, this time the wide array of clouds moved graciously to the wind's desire. You wonder how clouds are formed. Scientists thought the clouds are formed through evaporation. Water from the sea evaporates when the climate is hot. When the water is carried up to the air through the process of evaporation and then changed into water vapor clouds are then formed and carried to the atmosphere and when the clouds get heavier it will rain. That's the normal process. Then you asked you have seen those heavy clouds up on your sky's location but it didn't rain. The wind carried the clouds to the other location and there received the rainfall. That's why those islands with wind turbine can manipulate the kind of weather they have. They can have the kind of weather they want without any rainfall at all but is that good?

 Cirrus? With mares or tail? Looks like a tornado but is not. Like a fan or a mushroom. That's the weird cloud formation I have seen the other day while I was "stargazing." It's hardly moving for it stays there for few minutes. According to scientists cirrus clouds carried ice crystals with it.

CIRRUS is one of the main form of clouds with a tail. The second form is the STRATUS which is not pleasing to look at because it's only a layered formation of clouds on the horizon. It's like God brushing the clouds from left to the right of his canvas which is the sky. The 3rd form is CUMULUS which is fluffy hairy cauliflower-look alike shape with flat base.

CLOUDS are found from above the surface of the earth, above sea level from 1/2 to 7 miles (above sea level!) when clouds are formed above the ground you can call the clouds FOG.

Source image: The New Book Of Knowledge

 

 

So why there are so many cloud formation? There are: Fair weather cumulus cloud, Cirro cumulus clouds like a mackerel sky, stratus clouds stretching the across the sky in layers, alto-stratus clouds (greyish sunset bluish color clouds because of the reflection of the sun's light), cirro-stratus clouds are clouds where you can see a halo around the sun or moon, strato cumulus clouds are clouds that are loosely packed I think depends on its gaseous substance on that part of the atmosphere. While nimbo stratus clouds are clouds that are at the lower part of the atmosphere, heavy with its substance. Alto cumulus clouds have thin layers. Anvil cumulus nimbus are storm clouds (like cotton balls).

I think the clouds you are seeing on the images above are accumulated or formed from the kind of gaseous substance they have. What those gases above the sky?  It also depends on how heavy and light the water vapor they carry. In all these formation and process of cloud formation the WIND is the master of the task the clouds have to perform.

Not experienced? I don't need to look at the sky and clouds. If the water is needed by the earth, sprinkle your yard with water from your hose, from your water tap. Take a bath everyday so that it will refresh your body and mind. For the unbeliever? let them soak under the rain and storm.

Sort Of Strategy

Before I begin to blog I have so many rituals such as housework. Before that, I have to make my breakfast and the members of my family can have their own breakfast if they want. We don't sleep at the same time because the two boys would rather sleep at day time and wide awake at night. When they had their supper that's their breakfast actually. My daughter's breakfast is usually "just fresh milk." The best milk in the world is Dairyland. I never drink milk and don't find milk delicious or rather it's a pure white liquid enriched with calcium and other nutrients (Vitamins) however I don't drink milk or never drink milk UNTIL I discovered that DAIRYLAND Homogenized milk is the only milk that stays in my stomach and I don't need to throw up. Milk bothers me for sometime (lactose intolerance) maybe that's the reason. But with Dairyland brand I think it's the right milk that's too good and too great for consumption.

A gallon of milk was only $3.99/gallon when I first have a drink of milk and Dairyland is the best of all the best. You know how much is the milk this time of the year? It went up to $5.00 + /gallon , but you know what? It's worth it. All the while I heard that the price of milk will go up to $8/gallon? Are you sure? I think that's too much.

You should have a healthy drink of one glass of milk at least every day to avoid osteoporosis. Calcium is good for your bones, teeth and skin. It's good for your brain too. That's why it's the best source of food for babies.

Why I'm becoming so "commercial" here? Is this part of my blogging purpose? Did you notice that everyone of us becomes an advertiser the moment we wake up? From the time we take our shower or bath you'll be using products you have seen on TV such as soap (Irish Spring or Dove) , shampoo and conditioner (IQ Moisture Therapy), towel (Canon or Cambridge), toothpaste (Colgate) , toothbrush (Colgate). Daily rituals of being bombarded with product endorsement even if you are not in the front of your television.

What to eat? Anything that you eat comes from the supermarket. Which supermarket you go to? Department stores that once cater only dry goods, clothing, shoes, bags and accessories are also built with an extension of the grocery store. It's like providing consumers with the convenience they deserve, otherwise they will shop at the other shopping malls or department stores. Big box stores are everywhere now. The population of a city is only less than fifty thousands and yet there are so many big box stores around that frightened so many neighboring shopping outlets and their owners did what other small shop owners did in the past. They had their strategy. Strategy, plans, goals are the basic method and techniques used by specialized highly skilled business people. Competition is highly accepted in a very competitive world that it is also applied in the Blogging Community.

Do we have to go there and find out what those techniques are? Not really. Only if you are into the same similar business.

I'm hungry. I wonder what to cook next for lunch and dinner?

Too Good To Be True?

Sometimes there are so many numerous worthy quotes, unquotes (quotations) or wise sayings that we missed to acknowledge and there are so many valuable quotes we always ponder and remember that stick to the mind and heart as if it belongs to whoever posted them.

Anonymous will always be anonymous and so many quotes from anonymous that "these unknown persons are also popular" because of their unforgettable quotes.

Recently, this is what that Anon posted in the internet for millions of readers to read and think whether the message is true, correct or question what, why, and how and you could also ask who.

Really?

Every day you wake up in a bright clear day, sunshine makes the day go right and pleasing  for all of us to stay awake for the whole day and every hour there is that being who keeps asking for the key. You watch TV and TV personalities and celebrities keep asking the key obviously.

When I was working at this establishment (can't tell you where)  and they too keep asking the key. It's not the key for their vehicles they are after. It's not the key for their house. They are looking for certain key the right key for their goal. Who's got the key? Over and over again they keep asking for the key.

There are key questions to open up a dialogue or conversation. I think there are 5 key questions such as: Who, What, Where, When, Why.

Is there any other key to set things straight?

Why have to be burden with all the hassles? Why we keep asking and questioning when we can just tell them straight to the point directly. Bakit kailangan pang magpaligoy-ligoy? Be honest. Be truthful. Don't use too much idioms. Idiomatic expressions are great and it looks smart but it's cool to be true to yourself. Say what you want. Don't waste your time.

It's Time To Learn From The Veteran Cook

My husband Lorne went fishing again despite of the stormy weather together with Tyrel, Troy and Romy. No, they didn't know that there will be a downpour in the area where they plan to fish and camp. It was glorious hot weather when they left. It was so hot that they didn't bring any winter jacket or thermal blanket. Because it's July 2014 and knowing that month is a month that cooperates with outdoor fun time activities such as: swimming, biking, hiking, mountaineering, spelunking, yachting, fishing, seadooing, boating and all the outdoor adventures that are very popular in the islands of British Columbia.

 

Just as when I was looking for something at the side of the house and noticed that the prawn traps are there on the wall of the house sitting nicely there I knew that it's gonna be fishing only and maybe crabbing they intended to do. However they forgot the buoy.

 

The  weather is really unfavorable for their cause of fishing  they caught only few

salmons but at least good enough for those three days. Nine salmons big and fresh which they subdivided at the end of the day. Enough salmons.

Go fish for tuna.

 

One big fish measures 80 cms. long and probably weighs over 35 to 40 lbs. One salmon I can't even lift up and carry because it's heavy.

 

So what my daughter and I did during those days when the guys are out fishing aside from cleaning the house, cooking and watching TV, movies and computer work?

 

 

 We both watched Martha Stewart cooked. You know Martha,  right? She's the best celebrity cook and chef rolled into one. She is the veteran when it comes to cooking gourmet food fit for the Kings and Queens. She used the best ingredients for her food. Her recipe is one of a kind and always fresh and new. You'll learn from her that you can pound the bay leaves, sage leaves, orange rinds (peel), black pepper, coarse salt,  rosemary, garlic and other spices on a mortar & pestle way to ground them so that you can spread them evenly on top and all over the standing ribs. But before that she showed how those standing ribs are cut and sliced so that you can easily bend it around like a coil then tie them one by one to tighten their grip to make a circle then you can start marinating it with desired spices and other ingredients you know will make the roast ribs irresistible. Hmm... great!

What I forgot to include? Olive oil. I should buy olive oil. It's the best oil for salad and everything gourmet.

 

 Here she is again as she checked the cooked tender  meat and bones sticking out which she gracefully wrapped them one by one with adornments.

She cooked wild rice (rice pilaf?) with some delicious ingredients and placed it inside the standing roast ribs. Add mushrooms with butter and squeeze it with lime or lemons.

Wow! I will try to cook this on Thanksgiving Day or maybe on Christmas Day. To learn something new is good and better and of course another worthwhile experience to savor and remember.

One day I learned from the veterans like Miss Martha Stewart ( thank you!)  and some days they learned from me. Teaching is always a give and take process.

For dinner: I might grill beef steak, baked potatoes, vegetable salad and steamed broccoli. My husband is Canadian so the food is always of "Canadian western cuisine." Once a week I cooked Chinese-Filipino food because I'm the cook at our home anyway. Spring rolls and adobo are the most in-demand food that my own family will eat even if its served everyday. While I never get tired of pancit or chow mein because everyday is my birthday! LOL.

It's Not The 2012 Version. Promise!

 

 Awesome delicious frittata for breakfast? Why not? It's the best omelette ever with bacon on top. Oh my! I seldom have breakfast because I would rather have light diet, coffee and tasty bread that's it. I feel awful when I over eat. I have to go up and down the stairs for no apparent reason rather than to lose weight. I could go for a walk everyday but I should have a dog with me walking side by side but we don't have a dog and my daughter doesn't like getting out of the house. I have to beg her to get out once every month at least. I beg her to go out at least in the backyard or front porch but no she doesn't like to see what's happening around her. She loves her room and her computer and TV of course. I think it's because she is happier being at home. All my kids are. When the kids are happy and contented they feel at home most of the time they don't like being in another house, or being in another place.

 

 We have visitors once in every extra ordinary day. They are garden visitors. Mostly cabbage moths and bugs of all kinds due to the heat wave, summer time effect;  but recently of all wonders the orange peach lilies had fluttering butterfly around its splendor and it was my first time to see such a butterfly instead of a moth in 14 years, so I aimed my Canon camera for a good shot. I tried to move closer to the spot where I could take a better view but the noise of the zoom lens disturbed the colorful butterfly. It flew somewhere I can't see it anymore. Sayang! What a frustration that is. I decided to visit the many floral around the garden maybe I could spot the butterfly again instead, it's another colorful insect I found crawling on its almost invisible web.

There you are "peter Parker!" Ha ha ha ha! Spiderman, spiderman )))))))) Hey look at the colors! It's not Spiderman's color. It was black, orange, white, brown colors on its body for that 1.5 inch spider. I used to pay a visit on that corner of the garden and never see any spider from the hosta plant.

Fascinating and mysteriously the colors for that day at the start of having that colorful omelette. What a coincidence. Or it could be a Bell. How that happened that certain colors will eventually inter-connect each other in just a matter of 12 hours without the interference of other human forces except naturally... if you know what I mean.

Aimed my digital camera on some other plants and focused the lens upward to capture the amazing blue sky.

 

Then have to focus  underneath the sky, underneath the Japanese maple trees whose leaves are like fans giving so much shade.

 

What a beautiful day it was when the blue sky is clear and bright. With all those cottony white clouds who thought that it will collect so much water vapour and so much precipitation afterwards and within three days of rainfall? Unimaginable weather follows.

What could be the weather forecast next? Stormy? Bright clear new days ahead? Manitoba and other parts of Calgary are flooded because those two provinces are located in the plains. There are no mountains high, the two provinces are the wheat lands and cattle, pigs, horses grazing locations for live stocks and variety of  crops. In other words they are the farmlands.

So bunny baby, I know your fabulous gorgeous suit embodies all the animals in the zoo. You have elephants, rhino, tiger, giraffe, zebra, lions, panda and plants. You forgot something you know...

Do You Have Enough?

I had another dream and It was scary. I kept screaming and screaming at the top of my lungs but there is no voice coming out from my voice box. That's how scary it is. Really! It's because of that I cannot remember what transpired. There, I can't have a record of it.

I usually made a written record of all my dreams since I was young. I had them written on a notebook and guess what, I don't know where that notebook is. Now I have to regain it through my memory bank. Or I can retrieve my dreams through my internet blog at Blogger.

It's one of those situation that's uncalled for. So, would you like to thank that you have COMPUTER that can store and restore DATA and store certain back-up. Thank God for computers whose Megabytes and Gigabytes of DATA can store and restored any kind of data and information when something is lost in the handwritten data of the past.

Do I have enough? Who do you think have enough? Even the most wealthiest, powerful and influential people on planet Earth don't have enough. Why? Human beings when they are alive they keep moving and through these natural movements can't get enough. It's not a funny ridiculous matter. It is what it is.

The resources and natural resources that we have in our generation today is scarce. There is that scarcity of resources and that's where the problem is. That's why I took ECONOMICS degree instead of BS PSychology and or BS Veterinary Medicine. There are too many theories in Economics that were theories and it's up for me to disect them one by one. Experience is the best teacher. You wont know those theories until you apply them to yourself.

Nobody likes to take Economics in the University where I graduated. Actually there are few grads of this diploma course because Economics is boring, and truth is "hard" rather difficult confusing subject when your heart and mind is not into economy. It was at the time when the economic system of the Philippines is crucially low because of too many political instabilty and the many rational wicked demonstrators who were tired of the system and because they are in the "hot seat." The weather is changing drastically and the global warming was evident in the 80's. Blame it on the climate change. Canada and the US are feeling the burden and they want to change the world order. You wont believe that PHILIPPINES under Martial Law and under the Marcos regime is the seat of power for the whole world to see. The Big American corporations were all nestled in Philippines not in America. Or is that a mind game only because Philippines is an archipelago that belongs to the United States of America. Why I have to explain this over and over again? That Canada also belongs to Philippines.

What will happen to Tacloban after the devastating typhoon that washed away the livelihood of that island? What happened to Indonesia after such devastating tsunami? What happened to Japan after the Fukushima disaster? After all the cleaning, ethnic cleansing, after all the developments and improvements you wont know what kind of island and in what locations they are placed in the map. Just like you wont know exactly where Korea and Hongkong and where those small islands are placed in the map because they are barely seen through the map. There are mountains and hidden tunnels all over the Earth. There are Marianas Trench. How many? You think only one? You have to be a pilot or ship's captain or navigator to pinpoint exactly where they are located strategically. There are abyss, the bottomless pit and to explore the deepest of the ocean will lead you to another country, to another world and maybe to another planet. The planets are not above earth. It's down there where the water is. Planets cannot be revolving and rotating  up there in the sky that's impossible. THINK. Are you so sick of the spin?

Watch Bridge on the River Kwai and you'll find out that it takes only a bridge, rice field and river to cross Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and India. Long time ago you can cross the land bridge from Borneo to Mindanao. You can walk, paddle your boat when there's water and walk, run and jog simply the movements of people from one place to another has no boundary until trading and commercialism took place. People need money. They have to live and survive. Money is best utilized because its the best currency and trusted the world over. Believe in the power of money because they are made by human hands and machines. Trust that money is a legal tender and it's used for buying and selling of goods and services. People have to be compensated for their work and the rich people believe in the world of work with pay. Do you think the poor people and the middle class have the same kind of mentality?

Have A Nice Day!

 We all have to thank that we owned TV set to watch what we can watch. To see things, events, and people who we can watch and rely to when it comes to news. Thanks CBC news for broadcasting important news and events.

The big celebration of Canada's 147th birthday was held at the Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It's always been the right place to celebrate because it's the capital of Canada.

Ottawa. What's the true meaning of the word "Ottawa?" I don't know the true meaning but I can offer you a hint. It could be something funny or happy. Yeah pertaining to "happiness" maybe. Ot tawa.
"Ot" as in Overtime and "tawa" means laughter. Ot could be an oath. Ot as in oats. lol. Ot could be a rye but we already have a WIT.

It could be when Ottawa was named as the capital the Natives had a message to the world that "happiness is finally found."

Then the fireworks spectacular in its splendor amazed the many inhabitants of Canada. Fireworks were originally introduced at the time of Marco Polo during his travel in China and from there brought the magic of fireworks to the mainland.

 

Governor of Canada: His Excellency GG David Johnston as he delivered his speech.

 

 Canada's birthday is always celebrated with dignity and pride since 1867. In this year's event they added words such as "true North strong and free" and why not add the word "brave?"

The water is safe and drinkable. Thank goodness! Is that a commercial? it's how he deliver his speech. It's not long and it's not short speech but with substance.

Prime Minister of Canada, Honorable Stephen Harper delivered his speech that can make every Canadians open their eyes and ears. Will they open their purse too? Who knows?

 

 In his speech he mentioned Clara Hughes, the Olympian athlete who competed in the Summer Olympic Games (Cycling) and Winter Olympic Games (Speed skating) who is also the spoke person for people with issues on Mental Health.

There's really no need to prolong the issue. It's about why we have to inform them that Canada is a country in the Northern hemisphere and it's because it is above water when it comes to elevation "so high" you can almost touch the sky therefore the way of thinking is too different from those of the people living in another low lying  environment. "Too high here?" It's normal for us to feel the HACE. What is HACE? It's the "High Altitude Cerebral Edema." Common mental experience being experienced by people close to the stratosphere. There could be spinning and there are too many spinners. That's why you have to wear toque most of the time during winter. Wear helmet if you want. Just like babies when they come out in the open from the wombs of their Mothers they all need to wear bonnets. It's okay. We are all too high. It doesn't bother me even if I was not born here. Let those people climb up and experience the CLIMB.

 Mental Health is my Psychology 101 subject in College and it deals with the human brain and its purpose of thinking, analyzing and perception. It's about personality and growth. There's nothing wrong with Mental Health. What is wrong is > some individual's attitude is bad and they have  wrong perception about things and behaviour of other people.

 

 Anyway, to the many people with crabby mentality here's my reason why I have to eat crabs.

 

 You think crabs are delicious? You bet they are. For those with allergies need not consume crabs. Okay?

 

 So my husband went fishing together with brother-in law and my son Tyrel. They didn't catch any salmon. There are lots of dogfish but they released them on the ocean. They caught fresh crabs and they are big. They are crawling strong and mighty. There are fresh herring and I love herring so I pan-fried them right away. So great! Fresh fish or any seafood are good when they are truly fresh from the ocean.

 

 Piggin' and nibbling fresh cherries. Philippines has duhat and liputi while Canada's cherries are the best. You know why? It's the gentle sweetness without adding sugar to this fruit because they are naturally sweet succulent fruit. To handpick cherries right directly from its trees you can travel to Okanagan, Vermont and California's orchards.

Take a bite of crabby crabs again and dipped it on soya sauce with spices, chopped tomatoes and onions and minced garlic. Superbly, deliriously  delicious!

Have fun! Hasta la vista. Arrivederci. Sayonara. Aloha. Ciao! babuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

It's Canada Day! 147 Years and Still Counting

Happy Canada Day? Sure is... Canadians are more than happy to be Canadians. Diversity is the right term that defines the people of Canada, it is now the "melting pot" of every known race in the world.

Canada is the New World for new immigrants. It's the place to be. But the million dollar question is, " Is it the New World Order" happening in this well-diversed country or just an extension of the United Nations?

Canada is the recipient of the many victims of "war- torn countries" and that's not a secret. You cannot hide secrets here because every stories are recorded through the help of professional journalists, media people (Press), television reporters and newscasters. As one public speaker once said it's a place where you can't hide because once you come here there are too many "visitors" at your doorsteps disguised as friends, politicians, parish priest, missionaries, Jehovah's, mormons, buddhists, and the many representatives from various sectors trying to know you and your family. Then the change of weather. The climate suddenly drastically changed not according to your preference and visitors started missing their daily turns at your home. But wait there are numbers of visitors coming out without permission. Too many wild animals starting to roam around your house. How nice! It's nice living in a forest. Grizzlies, wild deer, wild birds of crows, ravens, seagulls, woodpeckers and starlings. At night there are rodents pestering your basement such as raccoons and beavers. Yeah one big happy family out there. It's okay that's only for the first few years and you'll get used to the standard of living.

People who can adapt easily for the purpose of living permanently and there's no turning back from where they originally came from, are the people who can stay comfortably and happily. Learn to choose the right way and right direction. HOME is where the heart is.

Remember what Robert Louis Stevenson said, " An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding and can only be found in the heart itself."

Let me add this quote from anonymous, " Don't think of the things you didn't get after praying. Think of the numerous countless blessings GOD the almighty gave you without asking."

How nice! So have that faith restored in yourself and THANK GOD, thank your good FAMILY and the many people who took allegiance, those people who helped you come here to Canada or any place where you want to be. Acknowledge the good deeds, the good people who supported you every step of the way. Of course don't forget who made you laugh because that's the only sign true of happiness.




E. Verna V. Turner
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Signing off
Old MacDonald had a farm EI EI O
And on his farm he got ------------ what?

Dr. Seuss ... ... ...

Old Macdonald is Abraham Ei Ei O ))))))))))))