Continued from Tony Perez's Electronic Diary (October 19, 2018 - March 12, 2019) http://tonyperezphilippinescyberspacebook41.blogspot.com/

Photo by JR Dalisay / April 21, 2017

Friday, March 31, 2023

Worked an hour on twenty-third layer.

Layering is done. Glazing commences next, but, I think, I'll do that tomorrow

A vendor arrived with something I really like.

Rayven watered the plants in the roof deck, side balcony, front balcony, and ground-floor gardens.

Good morning, Cubao!

Gnomes' laundry day.

Good night, Cubao!

The gnomes hold their monthly, nocturnal procession through the house, from the ground floor all the way to the rooftops.

One Message for One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Love consistently, for you are being loved consistently. Get rid of all insecurities that tell you otherwise.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Q. 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 snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A delivery arrived for Angelique.

Goodies from Mico.



M. and Q. send us a pan of sotanghon.



Do not seek to die in action. Retire when it is time to retire, and enjoy retirement completely before the end comes.

Worked an hour on twenty-second layer.

Bought jalu-jalo at a hawker's stand for Aubrey and myself.

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Worked an hour on twenty-first layer.

Aubrey came down to fix her lunch in the dining room, Angelique at work.
Good morning, Cubao!

The sun shines on fighters at training camp.

Good night, Cubao!

The gnome children go to bed early in mid-week.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Never assume that you are always safe and can defend yourself. Crime, including street crime, is on the rise. Always be alert and wary.

Staggered dinnertimes; Aubrey and Roi are having take-out food, Angelique not yet home from work.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A painting is a fingerprint of the artist's soul.

Aubrey and Roi arrived.

Worked an hour on twentieth layer.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Worked an hour on nineteenth layer.

Princess, the cafe baby, is watching Frozen in the cafe. I can hear the soundtrack through the studio area wall.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky is spray-painted with layers of white clouds.

Good night, Cubao!

The gnomes' toy factory has two night shifts.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Take the coming weeks very seriously, and rest completely during the designated break periods.

Angelique arrived from work.

Staggered dinnertimes; Aubrey preparing for her night shift.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Worked an hour on eighteenth layer.

Brought a lot of bed linen to the compound laundry.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Worked an hour on seventeenth layer.

Two deliveries for Angelique arrived.

Princess, the cafe baby, visits.

Lunch at home with Aubrey; Angelique at work.

Good morning, Cubao!

The day is a sink full of exquisite, porcelain ware.

The dining room in M.'s cafe closes 10:00 PM. The soda and take-out counter closes 12:00 MN. The noodle stand in front of the cafe, however, is open 24/7.

I often ask myself:

Why should I write a play for 25,000 if I can sell a painting for 250,000?

Good night, Cubao!

The goddess of the moon is also the goddess of hypnosis.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Always drive safely. But if you have to travel anyway, enjoy traveling instead of looking upon it as a chore.

Angelique arrived from work; Aubrey preparing for her night shift.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Q. 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 snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The best award you can ever win in your entire life is having a happy and beautiful family.

Worked an hour on sixteenth layer.

Worked an hour on fifteenth layer.

The painting is already coming alive.

Monday, March 27, 2023

Gave the doggies a bowl filled with ice cubes.

Lunch at home with Aubrey; Angelique at work.

Good morning, Cubao!

Warning dreams from your psyche always occur at 3:00 AM. 

When you wake up, and you immediately will, record everythng.

Every night a balut, penoy, and chicharon vendor situates herself outside M.'s cafe. Very tempting.

Good night, Cubao!

It's Bingo night for the gnomes round the base of the dragon tree.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Pace your events with adequate rest periods in between.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Q. 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 snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Worked half an hour on fourteenth layer.

An early lunch at home alone.

Worked half an hour on thirteenth layer.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky is tented with gold and silver organdy.
At last, this day is over.

Good night, Cubao!

Do not rush anything from 6:00 PM onward. Allow the evening and the night to unfold naturally.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Turn your back on the sadness in your past. Focus on the present and the future, and smile.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Oppressive, afternoon heat.

Bought golden mangoes and Indian mangoes at the hawkers' stands.

Rayven is now watering the plants in the roof deck, side balcony, front balcony, and ground-floor gardens.

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Back from, jalan-jalan at the center and lunch out with friends.

Great-Gatsby-summer hot.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun plants his feet on the earth and judges the unworthy.

Good night, Cubao!

The night gnomes are holding weekend concerts on the tin rooftops. You will hear their music as you drift off to sleep.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with four syllables in your name: Always be sensit8e to your wife and your children. Do not make your relationships analogous to a love triangle.

Staggered dinnertimes.

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

Night chores.

My favorite time of the ay has come again: an evening shower, and then snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

As long as my family is happy I am also happy, and I want nothing more.

Friday, March 24, 2023

Your Messenger message:

"Hi sir Tony, good morning po! What does it mean if someone's protective stones like obsidian worn around the neck, or other such keep breaking or getting lost?

"Would that be a psychic attack?

"Not mine. My wife's. I gifted her one last December and it just broke"

My reply:

Hello _____!

We should not read too much meaning when things like this happen.

1) More often than not, when something breaks it was "time" for it to break--because of its physical composition and due to deterioration, for example.

2) When the item that breaks is valuable, however, the usual interpretation is that it saved the owner from harm or from ill-wishes sent his way.

3) It is also possible that either you or your wife subconsciously wanted to get rid of the object and what it represents to both of you.

4) If #3 is not applicable, simply buy her another semi-precious stone pendant.

Good morning, Cubao!

Zephyrs pause and rest, away from the heat of the sun.

Good night, Cubao!

Everyone should be happy at the end of the day.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Drive safely. Always be aware that the god of iron feeds off road accidents.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked David 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 snuggling in bed with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Worked half an hour on twelfth layer.

Angelique, Aubrey, and Jazz are off to a coffee shop and then dinner out.

Q. and Bertod walked Yukiko Taka and Cloudy on the compound, then gave Keiko Kashigawa, Yukiko Taka, and Cloudy a bath with anti-flea soap followed by anti-flea shampoo.

Afternoon chores.

Your Messenger message:

"Hi sir, Kamusta na?

"I hope you don't mind but i have a couple of things i want to ask. "Would you know anyone who could do a reading? I know you are retired from these. "In line with that, i got one from someone here in Canada who was a former paranormal investigator. I'm pretty fascinated by that but when I asked about mythical creatures here as i was curious what are here, she just referred me to places to go to. "Then i realized, i should probably ask someone closer to the native tribes here. They call them the first Nations. Which ties it to this thought that, i wonder what the history of the mythical creatures in the ph are. "Are they tied to the tribes? Which ones? Similarities and differences? Just a fascinating train of thought.

"Truth be told, i wasn't too impressed by the read i got but I'll take it."


My reply:

Hello ______!

In order to obtain an exhaustive reading, the reading must be done face-to-face. A reader's first task is to connect bridges between his chakras and yours, and that cannot be done online.

Do not settle for a mediocre, unsatisfactory reading.

As to mythical creatures, while there are sources available online, it is better and more interesting, again, to obtain information from persons who've had firsthand experience with such creatures.

I suppose this sudden interest in creatures is because you watched a movie about the chupacabra? 

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun is a sizzling welding rod.

An important meet-up at M.'s cafe.

Good night, Cubao!

The night fairies make an inventory of their sapphire jewelry.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Always have an office, private den, or man-cave in your house, no matter how small, so that you can have your privacy, your "me" time, and your solitude.

 Angelique arrived from work.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with a book. Finished reading While the Light Lasts last night. Another collection of fine mystery and romance stories by Agatha Christie. I am actually also a fan of her Mary Westmacott novels. All of her works, as I look back, are really neither about murder nor romance. They are all about deep and penetrating psychological insight.

Tonight shifting to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Valley of Fear, also from my youngest sister Sylvia in Sydney.

Worked an hour on eleventh layer.

Q.'s noodle stand in front of M.'s cafe opened today. The noodle dish for the ay is pancit lomi. Tried some, not bad at all. It's 50 PHP a bowl but has good ingredients. 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Lunch at home with Aubrey; Angelique at work.

Worked half an hour on tenth layer.

Good morning, Cubao!

There are barbecue grills in the backyard of the sun.

Two of My Poems in Russian

ĐŸĐ°ĐŽĐ°Đ”Ń‚ ŃĐœĐ”Đł,
ĐĐŸ ĐœĐ” Оз Ń‚ĐŸĐč жД Đ±ĐŸĐłĐžĐœĐž
ĐšŃ‚ĐŸ ĐżĐŸŃŃ‹Đ»Đ°Đ”Ń‚ ĐŽĐŸĐ¶ĐŽŃŒ.
ĐĄĐœĐ”Đł ĐżĐŸŃŃ‹Đ»Đ°Đ”Ń‚ ŃŃ‡Đ°ŃŃ‚ŃŒĐ”,
йаĐș Ń‡Ń‚ĐŸ ЎДлаДт ĐŽĐŸĐ¶ĐŽŃŒ,
ĐĐŸ я ĐœĐžĐșĐŸĐłĐŽĐ° ĐœĐ” ступоть ĐČ ŃĐœĐ”Đł
И я ĐœĐžĐșĐŸĐłĐŽĐ° ĐœĐ” Đ·ĐœĐ°ŃŽ, ĐČашД ŃŃ‡Đ°ŃŃ‚ŃŒĐ”.



ĐŻ пДрДĐČĐŸŃ€Đ°Ń‡ĐžĐČаю ĐżĐŸŃ‡ĐČу, ЎДржа ĐČ ĐŒĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœŃŒĐșох ĐșĐ°ĐŒĐœŃŃ…
ĐšĐŸŃ€ĐœĐž Đ»ŃŽĐ±ŃŃ‚ сĐșручоĐČать ĐżĐ°Đ»ŃŒŃ†Ń‹
И ĐČыбрасыĐČать Đ±ĐŸĐ»ŃŒŃˆĐžĐ”. Đ’ĐŸŃ‚ ĐŸĐŽĐžĐœ - ĐœĐ”Ń‚,
ĐžĐœ рушотся ĐČ ĐżĐŸŃ‡ĐČу - Đž ĐŽŃ€ŃƒĐłĐžĐ” - ĐœĐŸ, ĐŸĐżŃŃ‚ŃŒ жД, ĐœĐ”Ń‚,
Đ­Ń‚ĐŸ пластОĐșĐŸĐČŃ‹Đ” ĐŒĐ”ŃˆĐŸŃ‡ĐșĐž, ĐŽĐ°ĐČĐœĐŸ забытыД,
ĐĄĐŸĐŽĐ”Ń€Đ¶Đ°Ń‰ĐžĐ” ĐŒĐ”Ń€Ń‚ĐČŃ‹Đ”, Đ»ŃŽĐ±ĐžĐŒŃ‹Đ” птоцы, ĐșĐŸŃ‚ĐŸŃ€Ń‹Đ” я Ń…ĐŸŃ€ĐŸĐœĐžĐ» ĐČ Ń‚Đ”Ń‡Đ”ĐœĐžĐ” ĐŒĐœĐŸĐłĐžŃ… лДт.
КаĐș бы ĐŒĐœĐ” Ń…ĐŸŃ‚Đ”Đ»ĐŸŃŃŒ, Ń‡Ń‚ĐŸĐ±Ń‹ ĐŸĐœĐž Ń†Đ”ĐżĐ»ŃĐ»ĐžŃŃŒ Đ·Đ° ĐŒĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœŃŒĐșОД ĐșĐ°ĐŒĐœĐž
КаĐș Ń€Đ°ŃŃ‚Đ”ĐœĐžŃ, Đž ĐżŃ€ĐŸĐŽĐŸĐ»Đ¶Đ°ŃŽŃ‚ Đ¶ĐžŃ‚ŃŒ.
ĐœĐŸĐč ĐżĐŸŃ‚ Đ»ŃŒĐ”Ń‚ ĐŒĐœĐ” ĐČ Đ»ĐžŃ†ĐŸ, ĐČ Đ·Đ”ĐŒĐ»ŃŽ
И, ĐșĐŸŃ€ĐŸŃ‚ĐșĐŸ, Ń‚Đ”ĐżĐ”Ń€ŃŒ, я Đ·Đ°ĐŽĐ°ŃŽŃŃŒ ĐČĐŸĐżŃ€ĐŸŃĐŸĐŒ, яĐČĐ»ŃŃŽŃ‚ŃŃ лО ĐŸĐœĐž ŃĐ»Đ”Đ·Đ°ĐŒĐž.
ĐœĐŸĐž Ń€Đ°ŃŃ‚Đ”ĐœĐžŃ ŃĐŸŃ…Ń€Đ°ĐœŃŃ‚ ĐżĐŸŃ‡ĐČу,
ĐŸĐŸŃ‡ĐČĐ° ŃĐŸŃ…Ń€Đ°ĐœĐžŃ‚ ĐŒĐŸĐž ĐČĐŸŃĐżĐŸĐŒĐžĐœĐ°ĐœĐžŃ
Пэт птоц, ĐșĐŸŃ‚ĐŸŃ€Ń‹Đ” ĐżĐŸĐżŃ€ĐŸŃ‰Đ°Đ»ĐžŃŃŒ.

Good night, Cubao!

The traveler's inn takes in guests even in mid-week.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Always monitor the jobs you are paying others to do. Make sure that you know where your money is going.

Angelique arrived from work.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Worked half an hour on ninth layer.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun spends a day at the seaside.

Good night, Cubao!

The gnome family members do night chores as a coordinated team.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Save up your money to build your new house and have it built while the money lasts, because money does not last forever.

Angelique arrived from work.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Worked half an hour on eighth layer.

Brought Angelique's bed linen to the compound laundry.

Rayven is now watering the plants in the roof deck, side balcony, front balcony, and ground-floor gardens.

Some event  must be coming up. The boys are volunteering to do house cleaning and day chores tomorrow.

Monday, March 20, 2023

Lunch at home with Aubrey; Angelique at work

Worked half an hour on seventh layer.

Good morning, Cubao!

The clouds are buckets of deep-fried chicken.

Your Messenger message:

"Just curious if you conduct one on one sessions , sort of a consultation .

"Am in my mid age and am still searching my 'breakthrough ', I have been given ' much' but I can't seem to find where I belong or what what exactly is my purpose. "My life has been my greatest education that it taught me how to survive the most difficult circumstances ,like that of belonging to a family of having mental illness , am a single mom to a __-year old son with ____________________ and a lot lot more . "I listened to ________________'s counseling radio show back in 19__ that at one point made me uncomfortable that I have to seek professional help from him,however he referred me to Sister ____________________________ ,the _________________ nun , who in turn referred me to Ms. _______ , a psychology professor of _____________________ ( sorry memory gap invasion 😂) . "That was in 19__ . During those times that I listened to _________________ and my psychotherapy session with Ms. ________r, I felt liberated from the bondage of my past and I thought that I understood everything then , why things happened and a lot more I thought I understood . But in the next years until this moment , God placed me in circumstances that I had to understand and discover more of myself , of others and of God. "I've been searching for too long , I prayed a lot , some were granted and a few were not and as the days and months to years wore on I understood why these were not granted . "I know God has something great for me , I believe He has but I feel I just need to find the people to help me unlock myself. Perhaps . "I am hoping one day I could meet you and maybe I could have an idea where to start. "Hope you don't find me a nuisance in your friend list , am forever a learner and a borrower of wisdom 🙂 "Advance Happy Birthday po"


My reply:

Hello _________!

I retired in 2015 and am now a full-time family man, writer, and painter.

I will refer you, however, to one of my former students who I am sure can help you.

Keep working on your life, and never give up.

Waited at M.'s cafe for a night delivery.

Good night, Cubao!

Enjoy your meals and your snacks, keeping in mind that they should be healthful rather than harmful

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Make this a week of serious work. Compensate for everything you missed doing the previous week.

Angelique arrived from work.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Q. 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

One-hour, late afternoon nap.

Bought haluhalo at a hawker's stand for Aubrey and myself.

Worked half an hour on sixth layer.

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Worked half an hour on fifth layer.

Good morning, Cubao!

Warriors always live within the day and sleep at night.

Good night, Cubao!

A perfect night for storytelling before bedtime.

One Message For One Of 1,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Always be gentle with your wife. You are two legs of a table, she is the other two. The table must be stable for your children in your entire lifetime.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Bertod and Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie. 

Round a table with friends, men will either fold their arms with their elbows resting on the table or clasp their hands together in front of their faces with their elbows resting on the table. It's their non-verbal way of saying, "I am a friend. I am not a threat."

Asked Brian to go to the center to pay our water bill.

I can't be bothered to get dressed and leave the house.

Worked half an hour on fourth layer.

Brian is now doing electrical work on the ground floor.

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Worked an hour on third layer.

Angelique and Jazz came down to a late lunch in the dining room; Aubrey sleeping after her night shift.

Henson's Photos of Last Night's Dinner






Your Messenger message:

"Good morning, sir Tony!

🙏 "May I ask some insights from you regarding luck? "Is luck one of the drivers in our life? Or whatever happens to us are part of our fate and karma? "I believe in hard work and dedication to the things we do most especially in our careers. "That the be all and end all of our success is ourselves. "That we should always be equipped and ready for whatever. "But I cannot discount that there are people who are really just lucky! 😁 "Lucky in getting a job, lucky in a way that blessings pour on their lives, lucky to have opportunities just rain on them. "Are luck and karma conjoined? "Thank you for always being generous with regards to advices and insights with us, your followers. "Have a wonderful Sunday! ❤️🙏

"

My reply:

What you call the good luck of others is their good karma.

I suggest that you read up on Carl Jung's synchronicity.

Good morning, Cubao!

Every day is a day of exciting choices.

At the rate I'm going, which is quite slow, it looks like my exhibit will be ready for scheduling in June.

Good night, Cubao!

A fruitful day ends with a cozy car ride home.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Take your mind off luxuries and comfort and focus on your training. discipline and hard work will always be the order of the day.

Back home from a dinner with Peachie's Sprit Questors and an agent at Green Bar in Makati. 

In the meantime Angelique, Aubrey, and Jazz are having dinner and coffee out.

Asked Q. 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Friday, March 17, 2023

Lunch at home with Angelique and Jazz; Aubrey sleeping after her night shift.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun fairies press white uniforms for the coming week.

Good night Cubao!

The stars twinkle like fireflies above the dragon tree.

One Message For One Of 2,600 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: You dream of becoming a star, even at your tender age. Take a reality check from time to time. Be like other, normal, children. Otherwise you face a life of illusions and delusions.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Good morning, Cubao!

Day gnomes take strolls through neighborhood side streets.

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Good night, Cubao!

The gnome singers hold a concert dedicated to the moon.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with three syllables in your name: Note that your co-faculty members are generating intrigues about you and others. Fight back if you have to. Everyone should knowhow tough you really are.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Mike sends me a new batch of joss sticks.




Worked half an hour on second layer.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Worked an hour on first layer.

Good morning, Cubao!

The day unfurls like a bolt of white cloth.

Good night, Cubao!

Dreams of April already begin midway of March.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with seven syllables in your name: I'm hoping that you can model for one of my paintings for Maryhill School of Theology. I am but halfway through that project.

Two deliveries arrived for Angelique.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Q. 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Finished reading Problem at Pollensa Bay last night. A fine collection of short stories, some of them deliciously noir.

Reading While the Light Lasts tonight. It's another collection of her short stories.

Rayven watered the plants in the roof deck, front balcony, side balcony, and ground-floor gardens.

Worked half an hour on construction lines.

Construction lines are done. Will commence layering tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Swung by the neighborhood grocery and did minor groceries.

Glowering skies above Cubao.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun celebrates life. The sun celebrates everything.

Good night, Cubao!

Moonlight sparkles on sapphires of different colors.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Be wary of those who covet what you have, especially because most of them are your friends.

A delivery arrived. Bought the rider dinner at M.'s cafe.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

The air-con service center's auditor dropped by to check the service persons' work.

Work now done.

Worked another half-hour on construction lines.

Monday, March 13, 2023

Worked half an hour on construction lines.

The air-con service persons arrived.

Good morning, Cubao!

The family members snuggle in bed a little longer on chilly mornings.

Good night, Cubao!

On chilly nights the gnomes light bottled candles in bronze braziers.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with nine syllables in your name: Give priority to your studies; do not allow yourself to be distracted by other interests. Obtain your degree and pursue a gainful career, and test your marketability. Your family's security depends on it.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Q. 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

A delivery arrived for Angelique.

Worked another half hour on construction lines.

Finally--worked half an hour on construction lines.

This painting begins today, March 13, 2023, my father's birthday.

Sorry, no more visitors allowed.

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Two crystal balls were delivered yesterday.

This morning Aubrey's new air-conditioning unit arrived. It is scheduled for installation tomorrow.

Renovation work ongoing at M.'s cafe.

Still haven't begun my Prologue Painting.

My father's birthday. Lighting a white candle and lamps at our family altar and columbary.

He was born on the 13th, I on the 31st.

He was a Tiger, I am a Rabbit.

Good morning, Cubao!

The messengers of the sun deliver parcels to front porches.

Good night, Cubao!

A local local should be able to offer the neighborhood as many services as possible.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Be consistent--in your career, in your family life, in your love life, and in your social life. It is one of the desirable qualities of manhood.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

M. has already added a noodle counter to his cafe. It might be open 24/7.

Your Messenger message:

"Hi Pai. How’s your day? I want to ask about something.What would you do if you are interested to make friends or introduce yourself into the other beings if you are in a new place. Would there be elementals,fairies,gnomes or elves around here? There were some things appearing in my mind the last time i when i got here.The images of the forest with some beings that not really clear to me.Hope I am not such a disturbance to you.Have good night there Pai!
😊✌️

"I used to run around the forest during the summer.After i jog,i would go inside of it and will pick berries.Though the feeling is like im being watched,it was peaceful and have a unique quiteness of the nature there."

My reply:

Hello _____!

Just continue communing with Nature by staying quietly in the forest. The elementals will eventually scan you and your intentions, and they will take the initiative by making contact with you. 

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Back from lunch at the center with family, celebrating in advance my father's birthday and my birthday this month.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun travels along the main highways and roads. 

Goodies from my Baguio City friends. Love those Team Lakay T-shirts!






Good night, Cubao!

The enchantment of even a brief, magical meeting lasts for many weeks to come.

One Message For One of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: It is all right to be involved with social issues and to join movements for worthwhile causes, but never sacrifice your personal life and your happiness in doing so.

Back home from dinner at the center with Baguio friends.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Friday, March 10, 2023

Fried chicken delivery.

Staggered lunchtimes.

A welder is now assembling a new, iron food service stand in the driveway for M.'s cae.

Ordered ten, five-gallon jugs alkaline water.

Good morning, Cubao!

The clouds are packets of white gummy worms.

Good night, Cubao!

Everyone in the household is preparing for a cozy night in bed.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: At a certain point in life, every man should lose interest in power symbols, otherwise they are mere indications of an extended adolescence.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

The last piece of cradled canvas for my next exhibit now rests on an easel, awaiting construction lines which I might do tomorrow or Sunday. This will be the canvas for my Prologue Painting.

There is no sight more pleasing to a painter than a new, blank canvas. It always feels like the Dawn of Creation.






Sunset Delivery

Look, Dick, look!

Just before twilight the framers finally delivered two framed paintings for my next exhibit and a piece of cradled canvas, the last piece, for the Prologue Painting for my exhibit. As it turned out, the delay was due to the death of one of the framers' 13-year-old boy.

I started painting for this exhibit in January 2022. It's been a year and three months already, too long a wait for me, and I don't now if I want to exhibit again after this.






Thursday, March 9, 2023

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun fairies brush the blades of grass with golden sunshine.

Good night, Cubao!

A cozy night at the travelers' inn during the screening of a really scary horror movie. 

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: How far have you gone since you graduated? Are you ahead of your former classmates or are they ahead of you?

At this point in your life, what do you really want to achieve and make of yourself?

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Q. and Bertod walked Yukiko Taka and Cloudy and then gave Keiko Kashigawa, Yuki, and Cloudy an anti-flea shampoo.

Asked Q. to buy banana fritters on sticks at a hawker's stand.

Also bought a sliced, seedless wastermelon and a bag of peeled Indian mangoes.

Angelique arrived from work.

Good day, Cubao!

The electric guitar is the instrument of nostalgic afternoons.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Good night, Cubao!

Night prayers need not be articulated, but spirit guides like hearing them even if they know what we want and what we need.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with two syllables in your name: Continue to explore and expand your talents, but make sure that you are able to gainfully retire when it is time for you to throw in the towel.

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

Night chores. Did the dishes but asked Neil to lean the dog cage and feed and water the dogs.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Good morning, Cubao!

The day gnomes make deliveries on mountain bikes.

 Good night, Cubao!

The travelers' inn adds four double-deckers for additional caregivers.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with nine syllables in your name: Love the spirit children who come to you, as a parent loves her own children. They will bring you protection, success, and prosperity.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Asked Rayven 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie.

Monday, March 6, 2023

Your Messenger message:

"Hi Sir Tony. I always dream of our hometown in the Philippines. I meet the usual people there, those who are still alive and those who died. But I never stop by our house. I just pass and continue walking until I find myself in another place.

"By the way, the entities or elements stealing our money seem to have left. I hope they won't bother us again.

"I hope you are doing well."


My reply:

Hello ______!

Your dreams are the result of your denial of homesickness. That is the only meaning you should attribute to them.

Good morning, Cubao!

The clouds are towers of white pancakes.

Good night, Cubao!

The gnome children bring in fragrant flowers from the garden and place them on bedside dishes.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with one syllable in your name: Your fear of committing yourself has been preventing you from finding others who are willing to commit themselves to you.

Know what you really want, and go for it.

Your messenger message:

"Good evening Sir Tony. It's me again. We have a little family problem. I prayed to my papa and brother. I dreamt of my papa. I saw him enter our front door. He is healthy and went normally in the house up to the kitchen, I noticed there are 2 form of shadow of 2 people in the kitchen parang taong putik. I am so happy to see him but he can't see or hear me. Tjat's all I remember. Bakit po kaya?

"Also my lola died recently, we were able to discuss all things including when she will see my brother and papa again. She promised me that she will visit me especially with my brother. On her deathbed she saw my father beside me but never my brother. I'm wondering why? I once dreamt of my brother treating us in a restaurant in new york with my mother and my daughter but thats it. "We are a grieving family. Their death affected our relationships. We try to be happy and move on but deep inside we are still hurting. "Thank you for taking time to read my messages. Hope you can give me some answer."


My reply:

Hello ____!

First, when we dream of the deceased they are not necessarily actual visits from them. More often than not, they are simply personifications of the values they represented to us when they were living, and some of these values have been internalized in our psyche,

The shadowy figures in the kitchen could very well symbolize your resistance to the idea that your father has passed on. That you father cannot hear or see you in your dream reinforces that idea.

As to the second dream, it is possible that your brother has reincarnated in your karmic group, but that you are not even aware of it.

Second, everybody dies--and almost no one, both the living and the dying, are ever prepared for it. Let time take its normal course of deaths and births without worrying about where the deceased have actually gone and without worrying about what else we need to tell them or hear from them.

Trust the deceased to be able to take care of themselves--as they must trust you.to be able to take care of yourself, whether in grief or not.

Another delivery arrived for Angelique.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked David 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 snuggling in bed with Agatha Christie. Halfway through Problem at Pollensa Bay.

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Angelique at work; Aubrey and Roi arrived from a morning out.

Two deliveries arrived for Angelique.

Another maintenance day. Q. cleaned the outdoor writing area on the side porch. Rayven watered the plants in the roof deck, side balcony, front balcony, and ground floor gardens. Now everyone is cleaning the alcove and re-installing the glass shelves there.

Called the framers. Two framed paintings are done, but they are still working on the cradled canvas for Joel's portrait/the Prologue Painting for my exhibit.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun is the calyx of a cosmic flower.

Good night, Cubao!

The gnome community will hold a night parade before everyone retires to bed.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with three syllables in your name: It is not yet the end of your journey, though you have weathered many a storm and emerged triumphant.

Jazz arrived.

Staggered dinnertimes.

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

Neil is washing the dishes and then cleaning the dog cage tonight.

Saturday, March 4, 2023

My elder son Nelson's death anniversary (1998). Lighting joss sticks and lamps at our family altar.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun fries golden omelettes on the park benches.

Your Messenger message: 

"Sir tony good evening po... am talking to one of my friends right now... may doppelganger cya, kanina uli nqkita ng isang friend namin. Told him that i did my thesis about spirit questors. So he asked me what to do with his double.... i wanted to consult with you... please help sir... last week, another friend of mone posted the same issue on his fb wall and sombody told him to burn his clothes."

My reply:

Hello ______!

Doppelgangers are nothing to be worried about. They are merely playful elementals who love mimicking humans and putting their physical identities. After shops and restaurants shut down, for example, they love pretending that they are customers, waiters, and salespersons, though only the sensitive can see them. I even recall that, years ago, during a visit to the Malacanang Museum, they lay on the beds and pretended to have sex.

If any person is particularly disturbed about having a doppelganger, he should go to the nearest tree on his property and make an offering of five grains round the base of the tree, or else pour a bottle of inexpensive, red wine in libation on its roots.

Angelique and Aubrey arrived home after an afternoon massage at a spa.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Asked Neil to bring some food over to M.'s cafe staff. Neil also washed the dishes and cleaned the dog cage tonight,

Friday, March 3, 2023

Maintenance day. Q. cleaning the foyer and writing area, Raven watering the plants in the roof deck, side balcony, front balcony, and side porch gardens, and Brian and Deniz installing a Turkish chandelier lamp in the alcove.

Bought a bag of Indian mangoes, a box of biko, and an entire, sliced watermelon and had it sliced. 

Good morning, Cubao!

Day clouds bleach under the scorching sun.

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Back home from jalan-jalan at the center. Neil and Q. escorted me. Went to the bank, changed dollars to pesos, paid our electric and phone bills, had lunch out, and sent some money to my younger son Chito.

Glad to have covered a lot of things today.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun solders together steel plates of sky.

I spent every summer of my boyhood and youth in our ancestral house in San Fernando, Pampanga. Every year, during that time, an annual carnival was set up on the grounds of the Pampanga High School, which had the most massive grandstand made entirely of wood. Our house was a few meters away from the back of the grandstand. At night I would drift off to sleep with the sounds of the carnival floating through the tall windows. This is the music the main tent always played:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDmHy-kkERM&list=RDhDmHy-kkERM&index=1

The music haunts me to this very day, and I will forever associate it with my summer nights. Years later, of course, I would write the musical Tolda for Ateneo Children's Theatre. 

Good night, Cubao!

The house gnomes are a-bustle with night duties.

One Message For One Of 2,500 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with four syllables in your name: Do not announce yourself to the world without first being sure of who and what you are. Until you are sure, be content to stay in the background as a mere observer.

Dinner at home with Angelique; Aubrey preparing for her night shift.

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

Wednesday, March 1, 2023