Two-hour, afternoon nap.

An early lunch at home alone; Angelique and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Must go jalan-jalan at the center in a while.

A heavy, The Color Purple breakfast.

Good morning, Cubao!

Sky fairies play volleyball with orbs of sunlight.

I was done with Painting #19 after noon today and am now studying the sketches I made for Painting #20. Hoping to have a deep, restful sleep tonight.

Can't be bothered to Post a photo of the recent painting. Will do so on Thursday.

Do not venture into businesses that people do not avail of everyday. The safest businesses continue to be food, shelter, and clothing--in that particular order.

Good night, Cubao!

Wait for the giant bat's annual visit to your neighborhood.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time with Bounty Hunter D, Patty Mayo, and Paula Zahn.

Paid Firs for his service. He wants to come back sometime within the week to clean the front balcony. As I predicted, cleaners will come to us many times this month for Christmas money.

Possibly the same for my masseur.

Know that many spirit guides are the most unlikely.

When you come back and it is no longer there, then it was not meant for you at all.

When an acquaintance expresses that he/she is in love with you, check very carefully whether he/she is really in love with your money.

Careers based on physical prowess taper off in old age, that is why only practitioners who die young become immortal.

Never pick up from where you left off with an old relationship. It isn't worth it because things will not be the same as what they used to be.

Be forewarned: many middle-aged con women are roaming the city, and they aim to take your money away from you.

Very frequently, your spirit guides will work along with you, and you will feel that they are doing so.

Your subject matter is subconsciously dictated by the supply of colors in your paint box.

When a man builds, other men will desire to build also.

The sea never gives back what she claims for herself.

The best thing about domestic chores is that, when you do not feel like doing them, you can skip them for the moment and do them some other time or day.

Monday, Monday

UnFriended more non-interactive Friends from my List. It was like lopping off dead branches from a resplendent tree.

Now down to 4,828 from 5,000.

Swung by the neighborhood grocery.

Mario the flower vendor a.k.a Firs from The Cherry Orchard stopped by to earn some money. I asked him to clean our side porches.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Worked half an hour on thirty-fourth glaze.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun knits skeins of rain into silver clouds.

Good night, Cubao!

Look at the moon through a telescope from your roof deck or parapet.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching Bounty Hunter D, Patty Mayo, and Paula Zahn online videos.

Cozy, drizzly night in Cubao.

Almost done with my Painting #19. If I'm lucky I'll finish it tomorrow. Sadly, I'm already beginning to feel an emptiness inside me--a feeling that comes to me whenever I get a painting done--and must order a new, cradled canvas as soon as possible to keep me occupied all over again.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Worked an hour on thirty-third glaze anyway.

Worked an hour on thirty-second glaze.

Calling it a day for painting. Must wait for these glazes to dry.

It is springtime in the Philippines immediately after the rain, no matter how long or how short that period is. As such, we have springtime several times in a year.

Worked an hour on thirty-first glaze.

Worked an hour on thirtieth glaze.

Aubrey, Angelique, and Jazz took a late lunch in the dining room.

Lunch at home alone; grandchildren still resting upstairs.

The sun sits on his front porch like a grandparent watching his grandchildren play on their front lawn.

Good noon, Cubao!

Slept nine hours last night.

Good night, Cubao!

Night gnomes love playing with toy building blocks.

Brought some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Done painting for the day. Must wait for these glazes to dry.

Dinner at home with Angelique, Aubrey, and Jazz.

Lennoel helped me bring down the canvas to floor level on the easel.

Worked an hour on twenty-ninth glaze.

Jazz arrived.

Worked an hour on twenty-eighth glaze.

Worked half an hour on twenty-seventh glaze.

Swung by the neighborhood grocery.

Angelique and Aubrey came down to lunch in the dining room.

Worked an hour on twenty-sixth glaze.

An early lunch at home alone; Angelique and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Worked an hour on twenty-fifth glaze.

Shared from Leng Leng and Rene.

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Good morning, Cubao!

Rivers have waterfalls, skies have cloudfalls.

Good night, Cubao

The Rabbit of the Moon shares the recipe of the elixir of immortality only with a chosen few.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Nothing is ever 100%.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

The weekdays trudge, the weekends march.

Be satisfied with what you have and the universe will send you everything in your most wonderful dreams.

As a water heater allows you to mix hot water with cool water, an air conditioner allows you to mix cold air with warm air.

Inconsistent persons make the worst lovers of all.

It is zinc white, not titanium white, that one must use to highlight and mix with flesh tones to prevent the overall effect from looking chalky, for zinc white is essentially transparent and allows the tones underneath to show through, while titanium white is opaque and tends to obliterate all previous tones.

Nature herself will tell you to slow down.

Are you painting, or are you really just doodling the same, old images off the top of your head using a brush instead of a pen?

Your mind wanders while you are in the shower. Remind yourself that you are in the shower at least five times.

Your psyche is a council comprised of your Higher Consciousness, your Ego, and your Shadow.

It becomes easier to unFriend non-interactive Friends as your List becomes shorter.

As the First World enters a neo-Victorian era, Sigmund Freud will once again be in vogue.

Worked an hour on twenty-fourth glaze.

Back from jalan-jalan at the center.

Had money changed for the weekend, bought a stainless steel strainer for french fries, a pack of shrimp dumplings, a pack of crabsticks, a bottle of chili oil, a bottle of Chinese hot sauce, and a box of kimchi. Then went to the Christmas bazaar and bought Vigan empanada and two servings bagnet for dinner.

A drizzly afternoon. Lopped off hours from my painting.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey; Angelique's noontime online class was called off.

Happy 80th Birthday to my spirit guide Bruce Lee!

Good morning, Cubao!

Cirrus clouds are white canoes slicing through the rivers of sky.

Good night, Cubao!

You may count on elves to work for you overnight. Their intervention will be indirect, and will sometimes consist of their bringing other people to you to assist you.

Asked M. to bring some food over to his cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Worked half an hour on twenty-third glaze.

Calling it a day for painting; must wait for these glazes to dry.

Worked an hour on twenty-second glaze.

Worked an hour on twenty-first glaze.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Your Messenger message:

"Hi Tony hope you are well, despite this situation we find ourselves in.

"Just wanted to reach out because had a very vivid dream with you playing a very prominent part in it. Hope you don't mind if I share it:

"I was back in a class with you as the professor. I remember that the class had a very diverse make-up of students, co-ed and various nationalities. You were going to take us to a sacred lake that was accessed by going up a short flight of stairs. There were stairs that were facing each other so that from the front it would look like a triangle. Once you go up, there was a small lanai but then the whole vista would greet you: the lake including some mountains in the backgound and even a small waterfall. There were other people also swimming around and enjoying themselves but it was not crowded. I told a classmate that I was happy to see the lake because I had a faint memory of visiting the place before but, until that moment, was unsure whether I had actually gone there or simply imagined the place. The name of the place I had in mind for the place (in the dream) was Maryhill. You had been at the corner of the lake, handling our other classmates then suddenly and forcefully called me and a fellow classmate out. You approached both of us and said that we were possessed or being used by a negative energy/spirit. You had us come closer to you and I remember you placing your hand on my head. Next memory was I was on my back looking up at you while you traced some symbols on my cheek and other parts of my face. I distinctly remember that i was viewing you through a grayish haze and though you were writing on my face, I could see the tracings and symbols that you were writing (like I was watching it all a step behind myself) I remember feeling dazed and waiting while you did the same to the classmate beside me. You then asked both of us to follow you to the edge of the lake. Still somewhat dazed, I made my way to the lake edge, half-crawling where you had us sit on a small rock or platform and immersed us backwards into the water, similar to a baptismal ceremony, back first. After this i felt refreshed and my mind had cleared. We were then heading back on the bus and remember going around the vehicle to talk to my classmates on the vehicle and asking them how they felt about our activity. I recall that most, if not all of them experienced a "high" or positive reaction to the activity, some more than others.

"Anyway, that is it. Hope that you have been enjoying your very creative retirement from what I've seen take care"

My reply:

Hello _________!

I remember you as one of my students in 1995. You were a quiet young man and preferred to stay in the background observing others.

These are the readings I derived from your dream, which may not seem apparent to you because they are completely unrelated to the dream images and the dream narrative:

--The dream is about unhappiness and about fear. The unhappiness could be due to the fact that you recently hurt someone you love or were hurt by that person, and it still causes you great embarrassment. The fear is concrete; it is your great fear of yourself, for you know that you cannot trust yourself even in the most satisfying relationships. 

--You are currently in need of spiritual and emotional cleansing, yet you do not quite know how to go about it.

--You tend to fall in love with persons who you know will not be able to love you completely or will only love you temporarily. Your fantasies are comprised of convoluted processes of reconciliation with those persons.

--Even at this point in your life you have not yet attained the career and the hobby/ies that would make you whole. Are you dissatisfied with your present job and situation? 

My friend, let go of everything that disturbs you. Be selfish and live. Do not compare your life with the lives of others. Go back to the path you abandoned and resume your journey to your own, unique bliss.

Aubrey's former high school classmate picked up the clothes we set aside for disaster victims. We gave her four huge bags full of good, usable clothes.

Good morning, Cubao!

Sunbeams tumble on rooftops like butterscotch candy balls.

Good night, Cubao!

When bottom chest drawers are left empty, they are turned into cozy apartments by beneficent gnomes.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Brought some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Worked an hour on twentieth glaze.

Worked an hour on nineteenth glaze.

Worked an hour on eighteenth glaze.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey; Angelique has no online classes on Wednesdays and Aubrey was done with hers this morning.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun pulls cotton cloud trousers over his long legs.

Angelique ordered a bacon, ham, egg mayo, lettuce, tomato, and cheese sandwich from M.'s cafe for her dinner. Aubrey ordered Korean food from outside.

Now having a bag of chips and a canned Pepsi, also from M.'s cafe, for a bedtime snack.

Good night, Cubao!

Let gold and silver fairy dust sparkle in the moonlight.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching Patty Mayo, Bounty Hunter D, Paula Zahn, and Dragons' Den videos.

Dinner at home alone; Angelique taking her dinner later and Aubrey taking her dinner upstairs.

Worked an hour on seventeenth glaze.

One-hour, afternoon nap.

Worked an hour on sixteenth glaze.

Worked an hour on fifteenth glaze.

Lunch at home alone; Angelique and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun dresses as Mars to a planetary costume ball.

Good night, Cubao!

Sleepy moonbeams rest their heads against the mullions of bedroom windows.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time with Patty Mayo, Paula Zahn, and the Dragons.

If restoration is too expensive, simply forget it.

Very few people realize that modern art becomes really boring after a year of hanging on a wall. That is because human beings dream of literal, albeit surreal, images at night rather than abstractions. As to other visions generated by other, altered states of consciousness, they are essentially artificial, since they have to be induced by synthetic means.

Do not forget that God has a sense of humor.

In view of your own death, do not plan to leave a lot of junk behind.

The sun sets all too soon for every insomniac.

Flood waters subside not only because of corrected drainage but also because of rapid evaporation under the blazing sun.

Theseus was one of the truly greatest Greek heroes of all, for he subdued the Minotaur, who was nothing more than the Shadow within the labyrinth of his psyche.

Where you cannot physically isolate yourself from others, isolate your mind.

Worked an hour on fourteenth glaze.

Non-interactive Friends--silent observers--are creeps. Coming across them in my Friends List is like coming across corpses in my basement.

That is why I unFriend at least ten of them every Monday.

Worked an hour on thirteenth glaze.

Aubrey took a late lunch in the dining room.

Then we went to the neighborhood grocery to do major groceries.

Monday, Monday

UnFriended more non-interactive Friends.

Now down to 4,864 from 5,000.

Lunch at home with Angelique.

Daylight chases the goblins out of their darkest lairs.

Good morning, Cubao!

Slept nine hours last night.

Good night, Cubao!

A glass jar of fairy dust--gold and silver glitter dust combined--in every bedroom assists one in astral traveling.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching Paula Zahn  videos.

I've also been watching Dragons' Den videos. Had I been a Brit, I'd be bringing a lot of stuff to their tables, since I loved inventing things since the age of nine.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Worked an hour on twelfth glaze.

Put together a lot of unused shirts and shorts for Aubrey's former high school classmate, who is collecting clothes for disaster victims.

Also started getting rid of my vintage tins, since I already have a lot of boxes made of hand-carved wood and camel bone.

Worked an hour on eleventh glaze.

Angelique and Jazz arrived from the mall.

Lunch at home alone; Angelique and Jazz having lunch and coffee at a mall; Aubrey had a mid-morning breakfast and still resting upstairs.

Good morning, Cubao!

Gnomes plant live sunbeams in your rooftop garden.

Your  e-mail message:

"Email po ba ito ni Mr. Tony Perez.

"Gusto ko po sanang malaman kung anong past life ko kasi hanggang ngayon po masasabi ko na hindi ko pa gaano kilala sarili ko. 

"Lagi akong nag tataka kung bakit ako mahilig sa lumang bagay, makakita ng lumang bahay, amoy ng lumang mga bagay o damit. 

"Gusto ko din pong malaman kung paano magkaroon ng control sa third eye ko kasi these past few days, lagi akong nkakaramdam ng something na hindi ko mapaliwanag"

My reply:

I'm sorry, I have absolutely no interest in your problem and your situation.

Good night, Cubao!

Moonbeams are bolts of sheer fabric that unroll and descend to Earth.

Asked M. to bring some food over to his cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos. Currently hooked on Paula Zahn cases.

Dinner at home with Angelique, Aubrey, and Jazz.

Bought a bag of chips and a canned Pepsi at M.'s cafe.

Worked an hour on tenth glaze.

Now Aubrey arrived from a three-day stay at a friend's house.

Worked an hour on ninth glaze.

Jazz arrived.

Worked an hour on eighth glaze.

Lunch at home with Angelique. She has no online classes today.

Good morning, Cubao!

Sky fairies paint the firmament a deep turquoise.

Good night, Cubao!

The shining moon showers silver coins on the surface of the sea.

Asked M. to bring some food over to his cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique.

Worked an hour on seventh glaze.

Worked an hour on sixth glaze.

A very early breakfast, followed by a four-hour, morning nap.

Then lunch at home with Angelique.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky is a smorgasbord of ice cream flavors.

Good night, Cubao!

Cultivate flowers that bloom at night aside from those that bloom in the daytime.

Asked M. to bring some food over to his cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique.

UnFriended more non-interactive Friends.

Now down to 4,877 from 5,000.

Doing well!

One-hour, afternoon nap.

Worked an hour on fifth glaze.

Back from jalan-jalan at the center. Paid our water bill, bought another ceiling light bulb, and sent some money to my younger son Chito.

A sweltering hot afternoon.

Strange how cute puppies and kittens grow up to become beautiful dogs and cats, but how cute human babies don't necessarily grow up to become beautiful men and women.

I think, it's the acquired knowledge of and distinction between good and evil on or around the age of eight. That, plus vices and a very bad diet.

Having fine taste is really quite useless if one doesn't have the income to realize and sustain it.

Lunch at home alone; Angelique still resting upstairs.

Must go jalan-jalan at the center in a bit. 

Hoping to commence fifth glaze when I get back home, but will see how things go. Been taking things slowly since I retired in December 2015, and I love the pace.

Happy Birthday to my eldest sister, Lourdes!

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun tends his rock gardens of semi-precious stones.

Good night, Cubao!

The moon is an old soccer ball.

Saw D.'s black-and-white, phat q'aat sitting snugly on the threshold of M.'s cafe's service entrance. Q'aats sure know where the food is and where they are fed leftovers.

As for Yukiko Taka, she loves chicken wings. Whenever she walks off with a chicken wing in her mouth I am reminded of TinTin's Snowy. Every time I am in the kitchen she begs for something to eat. Soon to be a phat puppie doog. 

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique.

The rain, the floods, and dust bring on a skin disease that produces minute, hard pebbles on the surface of your skin.

Don't just desire to paint. Desire to paint IN THE PARTICULAR AND DISTINCE STYLE YOU HAVE IN MIND, and let all of your studies and your exercises lead toward that.

Even imperfection is imperfectly imperfect.

Ride on a thought to produce another thought.

When a person asks that his ashes be strewn on the earth or in the ocean, it is because he wants to embrace God's Creation in this lifetime's existence.

It is possible to choose your form of karma as long as it is commensurate to your transgression.

Karma entails living your life for others more than for yourself.

Where melodic music fails to heal, rhythmic, percussion sounds succeed.

When disaster occurs once again, you are in trouble mainly because you did nothing about it the first time around.

A good teacher never recruits students. They come to him of their own accord.

When your hands are not idle, neither is your mind idle.

How much time do you spend not making any money at all?

Three-hour, deep tissue massage.

Your Messenger message:

"Good afternoon po.. Nais kopo sana pa consulta sa inyo ang aming lugar. May mga puno po sa amin..nabuwal posya sa bahay namin.. Sobrang ikinalungkot kopo na hanggang duon nalng posya..at kailangan na kahuyin..."

My reply:

Walang punong nabubuwal na walang pahintulot sa Kalikasan. Pumutol ka na lang ng tangkay na maaaring magsilbing baton sa mahika o kaya'y bahagi ng palamuti. Magtanim ng panibagong puno kung kailangan.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Good day, Cubao!

The sun takes a nap on a cozy roof deck.

Good night, Cubao!

The moon is a round pan of coconut pie.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Worked an hour on fourth glaze.

Alkaline water delivery, 45 gallons.

Worked an hour on third glaze.

Aubrey fixed herself a very late lunch in the kitchen.

Angelique has online classes 4:30 - 9:30 PM.

Worked an hour on second glaze.

Angelique came downstairs to lunch in the dining room.

The alkaline water man arrived to pick up nine, empty, five-gallon water jugs.

A very early lunch at home alone; Angelique and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun visits its favorite resort mansion by the sea.

Good night, Cubao!

Search for the white temple on a mountain of the moon.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Worked an hour on first glaze.

Worked half an hour on eighth layer.

Swung by the neighborhood grocery.

Aubrey came downstairs to a late lunch in the dining room.

Monday, Monday

UnFriended a lot more non-interactive Friends. It was like chiseling chips off white marble to reveal the sculpture underneath.

Down to 4,897 Friends from 5,000.

Dreaming of eventually having 500 real Friends only.

Even if we set back the time by an hour every year, everything would still age as usual.

Lunch at home with Angelique; Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Good noon, Cubao!

The sun takes a day trip in a golden van.

Ordered a Very Veggie sandwich from M.'s cafe.

Cozy Sunday night. Moved Yukiko Taka's bedding, night lantern, and food and water dishes to the laundry room again, now that work there is done.

Gave her another sponge bath earlier, now that it's become quite warm.

Good night, Cubao!

Moonbeams are teardrop lights hanging from the moon.

Looks like Donald Trump is turning out to be a male Leona Helmsley.

M. borrowed a ladder to install lights on Chito's ficus tree outside the cafe. I also gave him gold and orange fabric poinsettias for the cafe interior.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Worked half an hour on seventh layer.

Swung by the neighborhood grocery.

Worked an hour on sixth layer.

Angelique and Jazz came downstairs to lunch in the dining room.

Worked an hour on fifth layer.

Lunch at home alone; grandchildren still resting upstairs.

I wonder how long it takes really stupid followers to see that a fake mage is a fake mage.

Good morning, Cubao!

From your bedroom window, watch the story of life unfold in the sky.

Good night, Cubao!

Silver streetcars trundle on stainless steel tracks round the moon.

Dinner at home alone; Angelique, Aubrey, and Jazz taking their dinner upstairs.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

4:30 PM. The electrician finished installing two ceiling lights.

This day wasn't about me. Didn't have time to paint all day.

Back from jalan-jalan at the center. Bought a jug of linseed oil, two waterproof bulb sockets, and two ceiling light bulbs.

Finally hired an IT to stop Microsoft Edge from invading my computer.

Lunch alone at home ahead of Angelique, Aubrey and Jazz. Must go jalan-jalan at the center in a while.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun paints murals with gold-handled brushes.

Good night, Cubao!

A miniature cat should reside on every dollhouse rooftop.

Jazz arrived.

Worked half an hour on fourth layer.

Dinner at home alone; Angelique and Jazz are taking their dinner upstairs; Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Worked an hour on third layer.

The laundry room floor drain is done, and so is the washing machine floor clear-out drain.

One of the workers always lingered to watch me paint in the studio during break time. He seems fascinated with oil painting. I recall that I used his feet, years ago, to paint the finishing touches on Christ Calming The Storm.

Angelique and Aubrey came downstairs to lunch in the dining room.

Worked an hour on second layer.

Sent one of the workers to buy more stuff at the Sitio Catacutan hardware store.

The two construction workers reported for work this morning.

I myself must get back to painting today.

An early lunch at home; Angelique and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

November 12, 2020

Morning after Ulysses

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November 13, 2020

Ulysses gone. Blazing sunlight on the rooftops, dappled sunshine on the driveway, through the foliage of our dragon tree.

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Good morning, Cubao!

The sun wears a gold circlet encrusted with diamonds.

Good night, Cubao!

Gnomes vend power potions in enchanted bottles.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Never leave cryptic clues for others to find, for not everyone is a detective.

Empty arrogance is every fool's downfall.

Love is not the answer when the stomachs of the hungry growl, for love without charity and compassion really is not love.

Poverty is worse than intermittent disaster.

You cannot be a revolutionary and a rebel at the same time, for those are two completely different states of being.

It is truly tragic that potentials are seldom recognized, seldom realized, and even more seldom developed.

Think, but stop talking and take proper action.

Too much religiosity renders the sane, insane.

Complete humility is impossible for those who want something more than what they already have and want to be something more than what they already are.

Distinguish between social realities and social illusions.

Conservation and restoration are never permanent procedures.

An object that generates positive energy for one person will not necessarily generate the same energy for another.

If an object generates negative energy for you, wrap and store it in a dark place for three months, and afterward expose it again.

Valleys are best for growing crops and orchards, not for establishing residences.

One-hour, afternoon nap with a tea light in a lantern on my bedroom windowsill.

Humans discriminate by color and by breed.

Animals discriminate neither by color nor by breed but by attitude.

Feeling drowsy after a rough night of storm watch.

Lunch at home with Angelique; Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Outside, everything is as still as the moment before the Creation.

Your e-mail message:

"Good day, Sir Tony. I hope you are safe and coping well during the pandemic.

"I saw your email address in your electronic diary. I'm _____, and actually emailing you on behalf of a friend who is currently grieving. He lost his baby while __ months in his wife's womb and later lost his wife due to pregnancy complications. He is alone now, depressed (with suicide ideation) but seeing a professional to strengthen his mental health.

"He is deeply in pain that he cannot feel his wife's presence, even in dreams, and would like to consider seeing an expert who can help him speak to his wife. 

"I wanted to help him out, and maybe this will give him closure and strength. What do you think?

"Anyway, I am writing to ask if this is still something you/your team can do?

"Thank you for your time, Sir. Looking forward to hearing from you.

"_____"

My reply:

Hello _____!

I would allow your friend to grieve the normal way. Time heals with or without supernatural intervention.

Here's hoping that his counselor is a good one. I never step in when someone has consulted someone else.

Good morning, Cubao!

Place an image of the sun in your medicine cabinet.

Good night, Cubao!

Night fairies plant white gardenias under the light of the moon.

Worked an hour on first layer while Angelique and Aubrey took their dinner in the dining room.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Steady evening drizzle in Cubao.

Dinner at home alone while Yukiko Taka kept prancing on the kitchen and dining room floors. Angelique and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Afternoon rain in Cubao.

Angelique, Aubrey, and I went to the grocery store under umbrellas and did major groceries, just in case the storm decides to pass through tonight.

Worked an hour on construction lines.

Hoping to commence first layer tomorrow.

Work on the laundry room drainpipe resumed after lunch break.

Aubrey came down to a late lunch in the dining rom.

Commenced construction lines for Painting #19 for Maryhill School of Theology.

This painting begins today, November 10, 2020.

Sorry, no visitors allowed.

Lunch at home with Angelique; Aubrey still attending an online class upstairs.

Yukiko Taka is having rice, chopped liempo, and chopped, breaded chicken for lunch. I note that I fed her chopped. crispy tawilis yesterday and that she doesn't like fish.

Gave Yukiko Taka her morning fresh milk and alkaline water.

Work on the laundry room drain pipe resumes.

Good morning Cubao!

The sun shines gently on weary travelers with rucksacks.

Good night, Cubao!

The moon wears a gown sewn with silver sequins and gray pearls.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Barely 15 days old, Yukiko Taka is already frisky and loves chewing our flip-flops, not to mention trying to bite our feet. She consumes all of her milk and eats everything I give her for meals.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching online videos.

Look, Dick, look!

A new cradled canvas arrives for Painting #19 for Maryhill School of Theology.

Between attending to Yukiko Taka and the floor drain workers I need to find some time to commence construction lines, hopefully tomorrow. 

Finished up work on the laundry floor drain for the day; will resume tomorrow.

In the meantime Mario the flower vendor arrived to continue cleaning the side porches and the side balcony. He said he needs the money for someone's funeral service.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Gave Yukiko Taka her morning fresh milk and alkaline water.

A cup of Ma-ay's fabulous, very black, Cotabato coffee.

One of two construction persons arrived. He began work installing a drain pipe leading from the center of the laundry room to the rear passage gutter. Will eventually have to have the laundry room and service passage floors retiled, of course.

Moved Yukiko, her bedding, and her night lantern temporarily to the kitchen.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun sparkles on the tips of live welding rods.

Good night, Cubao!

The old gnome collects rare, antique, clothes buttons and stores them in a wooden chest.

A restful afternoon.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked M. to bring some food over to his cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching videos.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

The granddaughters are back to regular, online classes after the Halloween break.

Monday, Monday

Accepted ten more new Friend Requests, but unFriended a lot more non-interactive Friends than that.

UnFriending non-interactive Friends is like throwing away expired, tinned food from the darkest corners of my kitchen shelves.

Now down to 4,927 from 5,000.

Till next Monday.

You don't just sing a song. You first get into the character the lyricist and composer created.

Good morning, Cubao!

The day fairies help you set your table for meals.

Cheap paper, when folded and scored, never tears right.

"All the shine from a thousand spotlights/
All the stars that we steal from the night sky/
Will never be enough/
For me/"

Good night, Cubao!

Swaddle yourself with good thoughts and drift off to deep sleep.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching videos of The Titan Games.

I can understand and appreciate why Hogwarts Castle looks very old, but why is the faculty dressed in pre-medieval and 1940s clothing while the students are in modern clothing? And why does Dolores Umbridge's wardrobe look like it's straight out of the 1960s closet of Jacqueline Kennedy?

Why also not skip some of the magical communication with gadgets such as laptops and cell phones?

Sit beside our translucent cathedral and make a wish for Christmas.

Yukiko Taka is temporarily residing in our laundry room and service passage.

Gave her another sponge bath.

Be patient with yourself, and you will be patient with others as well.

Science and medicine will always have a long way to go, because if you accidentally harm an insect and tear off its leg or wing, no surgeon in this world would ever restore it.

They would not because of the time and expenses involved.

Which speaks volumes about other things they would not do for people.

When you campaign against any person, you really campaign against yourself.

As long as you have enough money, when someone deprives you of something you will feel as though you've lost nothing.

Invest only in Christmas decorations that increase in value rather than in flimsy and gaudy junk.

 My granddaughters report that Starbucks is offering its 2021 planners, but we all decided to pass on this family game this year. We won't enjoy going out frequently to collect stickers, after all.

I shall be the only one using a planner next year--and I intend to just buy a really good one minus the coffee advertisements at a bookstore.

Only a half-hour of every one-hour news program really counts.

Time and again it has been proven that, when the Americans do something, the Filipinos follow suit.

Back from jalan-jalan at the center.

Rode with Angelique and Jazz to the center, where we had new lenses refracted for Angelique's glasses. Saw a pair of reading glasses with crescent-shaped lenses a la Albus Dumbledore and held back the urge to buy them on the spot. Then we had a snack at Taco Bell; bought Aubrey a taco order for Angelique and Jazz to take home.

Left Angelique and Jazz at Taco Bell, since they had to go back and claim Angelique's glasses with new lenses. Had money changed. Bought a stainless steel drain cover for a drain pipe I plan to have installed in our laundry room floor. Also bought six packs of scented candles for the kitchen.

Must take Aubrey to her optometrist next.

An early lunch at home alone; grandchildren still resting upstairs.

Good morning, Cubao!

Keep within, like cheerful grandparents in their cozy house waiting for their children and grandchildren to visit.

Good night, Cubao!

Search for the miniature staircases round the trunks of enchanted trees.

Dinner at home alone; Angelique and Jazz ordered food from outside and took their dinner upstairs; Aubrey fixed herself dinner in the kitchen and took it upstairs.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching videos from The Titan Games.

Lazy evening.

Gave Yukiko Taka a sponge bath.

Lunch at home alone.

A delivery arrived for the granddaughters.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun wears a belt festooned with brass bells.

Good night, Cubao!

Cabinet tops are lofts on which night gnomes reside.

Angelique and Jazz came down to dinner after Angelique's online class.

Asked M. to bring some food over to his cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then watching American Ninja Warriors 2020 and Titan Games videos.

Jazz arrived.

Dinner at home with Aubrey; Angelique still attending an online class upstairs.

Spent most of the afternoon keeping the white puppy company.

Angelique and Aubrey came down to lunch in the dining room. They named the puppy Yukiko (Child Of Snow). She has been assigned to stay in Aubrey's room. Am preparing a safe cradle for her to use. She likes dozing on our laps, though.

Our neighbor gave us a white puppy and I had to spend most of the morning to make our kitchen puppy-proof.

Lunch at home alone, then Angelique and Aubrey came down to take their lunch in the dining room and watch the puppy.

Swung by the neighborhood grocery to do minor groceries.

Good noon, Cubao!

The sun bleaches darkness into bright, white light.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching American Ninja Warriors 2020 videos.

Back from jalan-jalan at the center. Bought three lanterns, then went to the Christmas bazaar and bought two double-double Vigan empanadas with brown vinegar and a bibingka. 

Angelique and Aubrey came down to lunch in the dining room.

Moved an antique, toy teacup to the china cabinet and an aromatherapy lamp to the kitchen. 

Cleaning and rearranging the house for Christmas is ten times better than decorating for Christmas.

Your Messenger message:

"Good morning, Sir Tony. I hope this message finds you well. Your posts on how one should try to live a normal life always surprise me, knowing the great deal of work you have done in and for the spiritual community. Your responses that lean on the psychological and scientific help me ground myself even if the message wasn't really for me.

"A few times in the past I would see 'flashes' or images of people I know in caskets. Two of them died shortly. It happened again today --this time it's a guy I really like. He already has diabetes so perhaps it's a factor for thinking that he's not gonna live long. Still, I hope these images are just nothing? Besides I find this gift--if this is even a gift--utterly useless. Do you think I should consult a professional? I'm afraid I sometimes cannot tell between the product of overthinking and that of clairvoyance. "Thank you sir for reading. May the gods bless you.

"PS. The guy is still alive. I was hoping my 'vision' is wrong."

My reply:

Hello ________!

As a general rule, when other people figure in your dreams, they are those people's values and characteristics that you incorporated in your life, and so, they appear in your dreams as parts of yourself. What, then, could this dream be trying to tell you? Are you taking too much sugar? Are you in fear of becoming ill? Are you giving up on your liking this guy, and are you metaphorically burying him away?

To a certain extent, everyone has precognitive dreams. They occur in flashes and are inconsistent. Neither will yours be consistent, and, therefore, do not rely on them or give too much importance to them. After all, if your dreams are indeed precognitive, why do you have to consult anyone at all? All you have to do is ignore them.

A psychic's duty, first and foremost, is self-development. It is not necessary for him to drag other people into his psychic activities.

An early lunch at home alone; Angelique resumes online classes today and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky is blue pudding, the clouds, dollops of whipped cream.

Nonon urged me to watch Secret Knowledge by David Hockney on YouTube, and so I did. (I've had the book for several years and my eldest sister Lourdes even ordered of one his modern camera lucidas for me, but I've never actually used it.) Fascinating, and I like Van Eyck's works most of all. Hockney is such a dull commentator, though, and a horrible draftsman. He should have hired other artists to draw and paint over all those projections.

Good night, Cubao!

The night scents bedsheets with its sweet perfume.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching videos.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Brief, evening drizzle in Cubao.

Ma-ay sent me another precious supply of black and brown coffee from Cotabato City.

Back from jalan-jalan at the center. Yes, went back to have money changed because I feel insecure without a substantial supply of pesos in my wallet.

Paid our electric and phone bills, and sent some money to my younger son Chito.

Nature provides everything we need to live, to love, and to heal.

Good day, Cubao!

Slept nine hours last night.

Woke up really late and had to get dressed immediately. Went to the bank with Angelique and Aubrey. Toto drove for us.

My favorite money changer was on leave, so I'll have to do that tomorrow.

A late lunch at home.

Good night, Cubao!

The moon is a ball of crumpled manuscript.

A brief, light rainfall.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey. They ordered pizza.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time watching short videos.

 One-hour, afternoon nap.

Joey successfully cleared the gutters in our rear passage. The kitchen drain is working perfectly again.

Sent Joey to purchase electrical stuff at the Sitio Catacutan hardware store, then served him lunch in the kitchen. He is now working on two new electrical outlets on the kitchen's north wall.

In the meantime Mario the flower vendor arrived in need of money to buy rice for his family. He offered to do some house cleaning again. I assigned him to clean our two side porches. 

Mario always wears a kerchief round his head, bumbles, and mutters nervously to himself. He reminds me so much of Firs in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard.

At around this time--November through the end of December--lots of service persons want to come and clean the house, because they need to save up money for Christmas and the New Year.

Angelique and Aubrey made pancakes for a late breakfast in the kitchen.

Now Joey is checking our kitchen sink drain and electrical outlets.

La Paz batchoy for breakfast. Thank God for the Ilongga food hawker, who also cooks fragrant lasua.

Good morning, Cubao!

Listen to the voices rising from the earth, listen to the songs descending from the sky.

Your Private Group message:

"Couple of years ago I dreamt of looking at this wonderful city sorrounded by water.It was as if we were on a tour.We were at the top of this magnificent building.As I turned on the right side,suddenly there were 4 horses with different colors-green,red,white, and black. I said to myself, 'Please not the black horse'"..I knew they were the horses of Apocalypse then.But the horse swayed its sword and we fell from the building.As we slowly fall,I saw these people in the building calling for help and crying.The building was burning..After that I woke up..After two weeks my dream was realized..The wonderful city was New York and the building where I was were the World Trade Center now the Ground Zero.I was shocked and sad as I watched the news.And the people I saw in the building were the same scenario I saw in the news..

"Why did I dreamed of this?I also dreamed something like this prior to 9/11 attack."

My reply:

Hello ______!

There is nothing precognitive about these dreams. They occurred at times in your life when you were confused, lonely, possibly friendless, and desirous of being noticed and recognized. Your psyche used a vocabulary taken from within your favorite frames of reference. These images were transferred to your dreams via the defense mechanism projection.

Never trust what you believe to be "precognitive" dreams. After all, even the most accurate psychics make grave mistakes. Instead, focus on living as normal a life as possible, and have fun in normal ways.

As I advised you on Messenger, consult an understanding, elder psychologist of your own gender. I do not handle women, and I never will.

Good night, Cubao!

Gnomes will always linger in serene rock gardens.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores

Lit candles and evening champa joss sticks in incense burners at three ground-floor altars.

My favorite part of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time with Patty Mayo and Bounty Hunter D.

Your Messenger message:

"Sir good evening, ___________ po driver sa __________________. Ako po yung driver nyo nung nagpunta kyo sa Marinduque. Kamusta na po kyo?

"Ask ko lang po. Ano po ang pwedeng suotin o gawin pangontra sa kulam."

My reply:

Hello _______!

Magsuot ka sa bulsa ng pocket mirror na ang salamin ay nakaharap sa labas.

Basahin mo rin ang dalawa kong librong ito sa cyberpace:

http://tonyperezphilippinescyberspacebook27.blogspot.com/

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When your body changes, your mind also does.

Now only two months of the year remain. Make them matter.

Some people do spring cleaning, but there is one time of the year to do a really good house cleaning, and that is after Halloween/All Saints Day/All Souls Day, to clear out all unwanted stuff and accumulated death energy.

Remain sophisticated even in the company of the unsophisticated.

The aftermath of anything always counts.

Always intersperse your mental activities with physical ones.

If shores have breakwaters, so should your spirit against overwhelming emotions.

Repurpose, but only wisely.

Monday, Monday

Accepted 20 new Friend Requests but unFriended more than 20 non-interactive Friends. If my new Friends turn out to be non-interactive I shall unFriend them before the year is over.

Now down to 4,946 Friends.

Swung by the neighborhood grocery and did minor groceries.

Lit champa joss sticks in the incense burners on three ground-floor altars.

An early lunch at home alone; Angelique and Aubrey still resting upstairs.

Angelique resumes her online classes Thursday, Aubrey, tomorrow.

Lit another pair of candles on our family altar and columbary,

Lit palo santo and copal, and champa joss sticks in the incense burners at three altars on the ground floor.

Good morning, Cubao!

Diamonds shine like the morning sun.

Good night, Cubao!

Night fairies gather round abandoned babies and take care of them until they are rescued.

It's gotten quite warm again, and I had to shed my black robe. Anyway, am just so glad that our house remained safe and dry.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Lennoel to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then spending some time with Patty Mayo and Bounty Hunter D.

Your Messenger message:

"Good afternoon po sir Tony!

"I have something to ask about my dream last night po. In my dream, all of my front teeth were falling out. Natakot po ako kasi sa mga kasabihan dati dito sa amin na kapag nanaginip ng ganyan ay may mamamatay na kapamilya.

"Salamat po."

My reply:

Hello _______!

Here is the meaning of your dream:

You recently lost control of a situation involving a loved one, perhaps a spouse or a parent, and you are currently feeling helpless about it. 

Take things in stride, exercise good judgment, do the best you can, and resume living with a clear conscience. 

Napped three times today: an hour before lunch, an hour mid-afternoon, and an hour late afternoon.

Aubrey came downstairs to take a late lunch.

A delivery arrived.

Angelique and Jazz came down to a late lunch in the dining room.

Keeping attuned to typhoon watch news.

Lit afternoon palo santo and copal joss sticks in the incense burners on three altars on the ground floor.