Your Messenger message:

"Dear Sir Tony, I just want to share this with you. My youngest son was born around 44 weeks. He was huge. His birth date fell on Black Saturday, 2005. He was an easy child. But as he grew up, he always had accidents. But fortunately, it seemed that there was someone who always protected him. When we left the Philippines, it was the same. He learned to take care of himself at a young age because my husband and I were both working. He was left with his cats and, later, his dogs. When he was around 9 years old, he always told me about his shadow friend, whom he called '___ ___________.' As the years passed, he no longer remembered ___ ____________. A week ago, while on his way to school and waiting for a bus, two students on a motorbike from a rival vocational college tried to attack him. He said that one of the students threw a firecracker, and then the backrider attacked him with a machete. There were few bystanders but they were surprised that my son was able to defend himself even before they were able to help him. Fortunately, my son knows basic self-defense and was able to disarm the boy and punch him twice in the chest. Incidents like this are common in _____________. It has become a public health and security issue. Since the boys were wearing helmet and there was no CCTV in that particular area, he reported it to the police for the record or blotter. But it did not end here. My son has many friends at that rival school, too. So, the incident spread and the attackers were found. On Saturday evening, my son told us that the kid who attacked him called him via messenger. He said the kid was remorseful, saying sorry, etc. My son forgave them and was the one giving them counsel of some sort. Then, on Monday, my son told us that the two boys had an accident while on their way back to the city. The boy who attacked him, named ____________, was instantly killed, while the other one is still unconscious and in the ICU.

"You know what, my son is still upset. He told me that he has this kind of connection with the boy - like he was a friend in his word.

"Despite the bad thing they did to my son, I also feel sorry for the kids because they never had the chance to change for the better. Their lives were cut short. I just hope the boy who died would find the light and the other one would recover."

My reply:

Hello ________!

Let things be for now. Light yellow joss sticks at your altar for the living and for the dead.

Killer Book Club

Good morning, Cubao!

The impatient always forget that time heals.

Good night, Cubao!

Already, the fairies and the gnomes are preparing for a celebratory weekend.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with five syllables in your name: Always make sure you have the last laugh. It is most enjoyable.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

Carter

Watched South Korea's 2023 Carter (2:13:57), not to be confused with the cartoon TV series of the same title.

`Dr. Jung Byeong-ho and his daughter Ha-na disappear en route to North Korea. Dr. Jung successfully developed an antidote to the deadly DMZ virus that originated in North Korea and used it to cure Ha-na. They are now sought after by the North Korean government. The American CIA, the South Korean CIA, and North Korean subversives plotting a coup, however,  also want to get their hands on Ha-Na.

Agent Carter Lee is tasked by the North Korean government to find Ha-na and deliver her safely to North Korea.

This is a wonderfully exciting movie well-performed by a South Korean cast and replete with breathtaking but fluid camera movements by drones, by AI-assisted and simulated drone shots, and by non-obtrusive animation. It is ten times more impossible than all of the episodes of Mission Impossible and puts to shame all of the Bourne series movies taken together. It is replete with twists and turns from beginning to end. While it is extremely violent, one is continuously made conscious of suspension of disbelief and has no other recourse than to enjoy all of the sequences as though they were in a long and protracted video game.

The North Korea-South Korea situation always lends itself well to the production of movies on Asian espionage. And, while the movie seems to be one, endless chase, there is a method to the madness, like a painting that uses the Greek Golden Rectangle as a template. Many of the scenes are actually symmetrical--the bathhouse massacre in the beginning and the laboratory massacre toward the ending, for example, are in complete balance of each other.

A must-watch for everyone seeking total escapism.

Good morning, Cubao!

The retirees sit back and are served the day on a silver platter.

Good night, Cubao!

Religious people do not evolve because they believe that they are already completely "enlightened". It will always be their distinct form of arrogance no matter how "humble" they pretend to be.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with four syllables in your name: Leave the wannabes to their tinsel trophies.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores,.

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

In muay thai tournaments, I note that when a fighter is escorted by a showy flirt whose body language says, "This man is mine and no one else's," the fighter loses.

Watching One Friday Fights 44 on One Championship Philippines.

Good morning, Cubao!

The fairies wear turquoise on the last month of the year.

Your Messenger message:

"I just want to let you know that I sent your reply to my sister. I know that she is also still grieving from my mother’s passing. She said she still can’t move on. She has regrets too. She said the night before my mom died, our mom called her through my father to tell her she can’t breathe. (My sister lives on the second level of our parent’s house.) She was having a hard time going downstairs because she has just given birth to his second child. She just check on my mom briefly and went upstairs thinking it’s just another episode of my mom just wanting a companion. The following day, my mom died. She was filled with grief after that.

"She’s never the same. When I got back from the US last July and saw her, I was surprised at how her whole being was changed. She has this 'loshang' look. I was thinking maybe because she just had her third child plus she works at night from home for a BPO company. "I know she still grieves for our mom because she would always post something on her FB page about missing my mom. I didn’t realize that it affects her greatly still even after I showed her your reply to my message. "I have been reading your books again because I think going back here in the Philippines make me miss my mom big time. I want to learn something from your books about moving on and share it with my sister. "We both don’t dream about our mom. No 'paramdam' at all so my sister was thinking maybe my mom is 'nagtatampo' to her. "I will send pictures of my mom if that’s okay with you. Maybe you can have a glimpse if she has a message for us or if she is at peace now.

"These are pictures of my younger and healthier mom."

My reply:

Hello ______!

I retired in 2015.

Your sister and you should seek help from an elder counselor of your own gender.

Good night, Cubao!

A soft drizzle cloaks enchanted gardens in the moonlight;

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with five and you with six syllables in your names: Every person has a surrogate father who fulfills everything his biological father was unable to fulfill.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then snugging in bed with a Netflix movie.

Back from lunch at Gateway 2 with family.

 I Unfollow everyone who Highlights Posts and Comments tagging Followers.

Good morning, Cubao!

Enjoy everything the day has to offer.

 Six deliveries arrived today, one for Aubrey and five for me, but I'm expecting a seventh which I hope will arrive tonight or tomorrow.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Tried our neighbor's vegan pork barbecue but it wasn't smoky enough for me. I like his vegan humba best and his vegan adobo second best. I think, I'll try his vegan eggplant katsu next. But, how wonderful to have a neighbor who produces and delivers vegan food. He lives on Planas Site but his restaurant is in Makati. The name of his restaurant is Cafe Poblacion,

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then watching the second half of One Fight Night 17 on One Championship Philippines.

Watching One Fight Night 17 on One Championship Philippines.

Good morning, Cubao!

Do not give just because someone asks.

Good night, Cubao!

The gnomes gather round the fire pit to discuss the latest goings-on in the district.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Do your best and that is good enough. They who love you will continue to be proud of you. 

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

1) What does Facebook mean when it says, "It looks you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way"? 

What is "a misleading way" when there is only ONE way--to simply POST something?

And isn't it NORMAL for readers who agree with you to Click on Like, Follow, and Share?

2) Facebook then threatens to suspend your account if you Post what you Posted again--WITHOUT showing you what you Posted and what IT doesn't agree with and why. "Community standards" is not a valid reason because there are INDIVIDUAL standards too, such as those by freethinkers who have every right to challenge the status quo. 

This, then, is one social medium that will never produce major philosophers.

Rayven reported to do work today. He's trying to make as much money as he can before going home to Bicol for the holidays.

Good morning, Cubao!

The day is a line-up of holiday parcels.

Two-hour, deep tissue massage while Rayven watched an action movie on Netflix.

Ended 11:50 PM.

Good night, Cubao!

Always tune in to the enchantment of a long weekend.

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You with six syllables in your name: The year will not end without unexpected disappointments but take everything with a cheerful heart.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

What else would you expect from generations whose role models are entertainers, both local and foreign?

Your Messenger message:

"Hi, Sir Tony. Just wanna share my dream with you but before this, I'm gonna tell you about my car.

"About less than a month ago, as I was attending a birthday party I parked my car on a ramp along with other cars and when I was about to leave, my front passenger side’s window glass had broken, and stolen my designer sunglasses and Chanel makeup kit. I had my car repaired and thank God my friend was parked a few steps behind me so the trauma was contained. Last Monday, I went to a park to take my walk and when they got back I couldn't insert my key. When I opened my car, I thought I hadn't locked it but my glove compartment was opened. Nothing was stolen. When I went home, I locked my car in the garage behind my roommate‘s car and when she was about to leave I had to take my car out so she could get out when I was about to open my car, that's when I realized that my car door was compromised. I couldn't get my key in. Thank God one of my neighbors had tools and was able to open the car. I'll have it repaired tomorrow since that's the only available time for me and my car mechanic. "After these two events, I'm tinkering with the idea of buying a new one but still hesitant to do it soon. "This morning this was my dream: "The late __ let her family get into my car and it made me believe that the car was ours. I asked him how I was gonna get home when I saw his family left in my car. There was another car that he was supposed to drive and said to me- 'I've to ask my family' "Next scene- I was contemplating the event and realized why would he think that the car was ours when I solely paid for it. I didn't want to confront him and upset him so I went to seek advice from ______ on how I should tell Rj about it. Then I woke up. A few seconds after I just said- wow! That was __! "Hoping for your insight. Maraming Salamat Po, sir."

My reply:

Hello ______!

To begin with, the image of your car and the troubles you are having with it, whether in the dream state or in reality, signify an inability to move for3ward, to make the right next step, or to p5roceed with ease.

That you dreamt about __ confirms the difficulty you are having at present, for __ represents dreams not achieved, projects not completed, a career nipped in the bud, and ambiguous relationships left blowing in the wind.

Go with the flow. Live and enjoy life. Worry not and care not about what comes to you and what doesn't.

In a manner of speaking, secure your car the normal way and drive to where your happiness takes you. 

My Complete Clavo en corona Collection

Popularly known as Clavo Corona, Corona Clavo, and even Cristo Clavo and Clavo De Cristo (and not to be confused with the talisman Cuatro Clavos, which I also have), the legend behind this talisman is that Emperor Constantine's mother, Helena, a.k.a. Saint Helen, was able to obtain the three brads that were used in the Crucifixion. She allegedly threw one in the middle of the sea, nailed another into the emperor's saddle, and placed the third inside his crown.

Background: Linen Panyo with complete oraciones, purchased from Ramona Singian in 2010.

Center: Sterling silver medallion

Clockwise from Top: Brass talisman; stainless steel talisman (attributed to Frederick Bayas); sterling silver ring (antique); copper talisman (attributed to Jeffrey Limuco); sterling silver talisman with spiral pattern (antique); and sterling silver talisman (antique)

Clavo en corona is allegedly a talisman of triumph.

Good morning, Cubao!

All dreams are meant to be remembered upon waking.

Good night, Cubao!

Do not go out of your way to spend money on inefficient laborers.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with five syllables in your name: Do not spend time mulling over the wrong decisions you made in the past, Concern yourself with the present and look forward to the future.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

Wearing Elizabeth Taylor's Passion for Men.

Take precaution.

The sun's flaming arrows descend to Earth, and the days and the nights grow hotter.

I must have sent Angelique through 21 years of schooling from the time she was a toddler all the way through her bachelor's degree in Business Administration and her juris doctor degree in Law, and she passed the bar exams yesterday.

Memories of my late, elder son Nelson, who graduated with a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree and came home one afternoon with a broadsheet announcing that he passed his board exams, came by. 

And of my younger son, Chito, who earned a degree in Computer Science and went on to become a licensed mortician.

And of my granddaughter Aubrey, who has a B.S. in Psychology and still dreams of becoming a brain surgeon someday.

These are the biggest awards I received in this lifetime. My trophies and prizes in Drama and in Literature and my recognitions in Art are NOTHING compared to them.

Photo shared from Aubrey Rose Miranda

9:44 PM

Lit celebratory joss sticks at our altars this afternoon, and double the amount of red joss sticks this evening.

Finally inside my bedroom after a long day.

Good night, Cubao!

Avoid crowds, both in the daytime and at night.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends. One Every Night Of The Year

You with five syllables in your name: Life is like a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. It is up to you to assemble it, piece by piece, to see the entire, beautiful picture, no matter how long it takes you to complete it.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

Pizza and cake deliveries for an impromptu celebration.

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

 Photo by Jazz Baculi

My eldest granddaughter, Angelique, passed the 2023 Bar Exams!

We now have a lawyer in the family!

Back from jalan-jalan at the center; Toto drove for me. Withdrew money at the bank, had dollars changed to pesos, paid our electric bills, and sent some money to my younger son Chito. Angelique now pays our phone bills online.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sun sings happy songs from your childhood.

The King and the Clown

Watched South Korea's 2005_The King and the Clown_ (2:00:35), a real gem of a movie and a far cry from all modern K-dramas. Set in 1504, the equivalent of the Medieval Age in Asia, it is about two male minstrels who perform bawdy, acrobatic skits in marketplaces: Jaeng-Saen and Gong-Gil, his younger associate who plays female roles. While it has been classified as an LGBTQ+ film, there is nothing explicit between these two men other than that they care for each other. The dialogue and the skits are earthy and vulgar; other than that there is no nudity and no sex except for one, brief kiss planted by the king on Gong-Gil's lips.

The conflict begins when the minstrels travel to Seoul and perform a parody featuring the king and his courtesan Nok-Su. They are invited by head minister Cheo-Seon to perform at the palace and eventually perform skits exposing the corruption of the palace ministers. The king takes a liking to the troupe, encourages them to stage more parodies, and then uses them to wield power against his enemies, 

He also falls in love with Gong-Gil.  .       

This is a serious, tragic, and disturbing film that is nonetheless exquisitely written and performed. It showcases a slice of South Korea that we don't see in other movies. The scenes with the band of minstrels are strangely reminiscent of the company kept by Michelangelo Merisi di Carvaggio, (1572 -1610), the Italian painter who lived in Rome with equally bawdy associates. It is also a strange film in that it pits homosexual relations against heterosexual relations, something which I believe has never been attempted before. Sadly, it is scheduled to be pulled out of the Netflix repertoire December 16, 2023.  

The Invitation

Watched the U.S.A.'s 2022 The Invitation (1:44:45), a modern-gothic horror movie with a classic, albeit unexpected, twist. Evelyn Alexander, recently orphaned and working for a living as a catering crew member. sends her DNA sample to an online service that offers to trace people's existing relatives all over the world. The search leads her to second cousin Oliver Alexander from England, who invites her to Whitney, Yorkshire, to attend a wedding and meet her other long-lost relatives. Evelyn accepts the invitation on an all-expenses, paid trip to a breathtaking mansion named New Carfax Abbey, where she meets and is attracted to handsome but mysterious Walter De Ville, lord of the manor. Very soon, however she observes that the mansion, Walter himself, and all of her long-lost relatives are keeping a dark secret from which she eventually attempts to extricate herself.    

While this movie makes a satisfying screening with no letdown ending, the first three-fourths is nothing more than a prolonged process of flirtation. One gets the feeling that the production is a dark, Hallmark romance originally written for Meghan Markle, what with the lead performer's being a look-alike and the story essentially that of a middle-class American woman suddenly thrust into aristocracy.

You get how this is really a cinematic prank on the audience toward the conclusion, when Evelyn runs to a cottage for help and is met there by a familiar couple (whose names I will not mention), harking back to a much older story with much older characters.   

Good night, Cubao!

This is the time of the year to make the annual inventory of your treasured possessions.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with five syllables in your name: Do not lend money to anyone, no matter how much the person asking you begs and pleads.

You will never get your money back.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

Swung by the neighborhood grocery with Rayven.

Failures in life are always interested to know how others are doing.

That is why they host dinner parties and invite those who can give them information they want to know.

Good morning, Cubao!

Cheerful vendors breeze through the neighborhood streets on sunny mornings.

Good night, Cubao!

The best holiday gifts are not always the biggest.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with five syllables in your name: Always be mindful of what you spontaneously blurt out or exclaim whenever you are angered or surprised. Those words will always be a reflection of your character.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

Good morning, Cubao!

Author your day as creatively as possible.

Gave our second lion's head backpack to the King when we met up last week. Aside from the fact that he now trains at Eduard "Landslide" Folayang's Lions Nation, Lion is the power animal of Baguio City. His son, Gudan, is shown here in front of the gym's mural, which was painted by Harold Banario, brother of MMA fighter Honorio Banario and himself an MMA fighter and a painter. I purchased an exquisite male nude from Harold some months ago.

I collect novelty backpacks the way women collect designer bags. And I wear them. In public.

Photos by Danny Ittiw Kingad

Two-hour, deep tissue massage while Rayven watched an action movie on Netflix.

Good night, Cubao!

The neighborhood cobbler loves working through the night.

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You with five syllables in your name: Being thankful and being grateful are two different things. It is good to be thankful, but you are never obliged to be grateful.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

My favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then snuggling in bwd with the second part of One Friday Fights 43 on One Championship Philippines.

Oracle reading, alternative healing, faith healing, mediumship, and life counseling are not professions--they are mere VENTURES, sometimes even hobbies, meaning that they offer practitioners no retirement annuity, and that their practitioners must continue working for a living through the end of their lives.

 Two deliveries arrived: one for Angelique and one for me.

Waiting for three more deliveries, and I'll be done with holiday shopping for myself.

Watching One Friday Fights 43 on One Championship Philippines.

The point of retirement is to enjoy the kind of life you dreamed of when you were still employed.

Good morning, Cubao!

No day is ever a routine day.

Good night, Cubao!

They who feel under the weather retire to bed early, under the watchful eyes of their caregivers.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with eight syllables in your name: Love your child, but do not spoil him to a fault. You will regret it when he reaches his teen years.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

My youngest sister Sylvia in Sydney sent me, among other November goodies, this pair of Persian slippers two days ago. I sent her an e-mail informing her that she should have sent a men's size 10/11, but she replied that I'm supposed to stuff them with tobacco pouches a la Sherlock Holmes.

Since I don't smoke a pipe, I'm wondering what to place in them. House keys? Money? Cigarette cases and lighters?

Good morning, Cubao!

Believe in religion only if the world will never end, but, it will, the way all planets do, and the end of a planet is usually caused by its own denizens.

Good night, Cubao!

The Rabbit in the moon sends a bowl of the Elixir of Immortality to Earth.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with five syllables in your name: Never go back to a woman who was unfaithful to you.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

Mu favorite time of the day has come again: an evening shower, and then snuggling in bed with a Netflix movie.

Now on Level 158 of Differences: Online Journey. 

Level 157 was extremely difficult. It took me one entire week to conquer it.

Curse of the Totem

Watched Malaysia's 2023 Curse of the Totem (Sumpahan Jerunei) (1:29:24). An expedition of conservators travels through a jungle inhabited by the Melanau tribe, where an allegedly 833-year-old sacred jerunei (an ancient totem pole at the base of which a human male was sacrificed and buried, and a female virgin tied and sacrificed), the oldest in the world, is located. They have a twofold mission: to inspect the jerunei for nomination as a global heritage site to the Global Heritage Preservation Society, and to investigate what happened to the members of the previous expedition, who all mysteriously disappeared. Among the characters are Dr. Sani Otham, whose wife, Dr. Suraya Abdullah, was a member of the first expedition; conservators Bee and Hana; artist Arjuna; Tommi, the host of a reality show titled _Tommi Ghost Seekers_; village head Khalid Bintam; slave girl Matalau; and Nula, the village witch, whose father was a bayoh, or shaman.

The movie is an interesting screening if one is into exotic locales and native legends. Everything, however, relies on jarring surprise rather than suspense, and the audience has no other choice but to sit back and wait for things to happen. On top of it all, the cinematic situation is that of the U.S.A.'s 1984 2010: The Year We Made Contact, albeit set in a Southeast Asian, tropical jungle rather than in outer space, and the jerunei is the black monolith.  

Thankfully, human sacrifice was banned in Malaysia in the 18th century.

Don't graduate from a degree course only to end up teaching what you studied. While you may have the noblest of intentions, that is really not a lucrative career.

First enrich yourself. Only then can you enrich others.

Good morning, Cubao!

An oppressed employee will not only outlive his unjust employer. He will also be well enough to attend his employer's funeral.

Good night, Cubao!

The holiday tree stands bare and awaits bedecking on the first of December.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with seven syllables in your name: Take things in stride. Sometimes you have to be ;patient with adults as you have to be patient with children.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

The buko vendor stopped by today; he does so every other day and rings the brass, chapel bell in our small loggia. I buy a glass pitcher of juice, malauhog, and sometimes binilog na malakanin for Aubrey.

Visited the hawkers' stands and caught up on neighborhood news.

A demolition is ongoing at Barrio Panopio, the erstwhile housing complex for former PC (Philippine Constabulary) dependents behind Camp Panopio Compound, which now houses PNP Police Station 7, a jail, a training site with quarters, offices, and a modern hospital under construction.. Residents were given two years to relocate to Antipolo City, but many of them refused to budge. Now more than 100 in demolition crews are swarming all over the place.

Saw Deniz's equally hot, Turkish brother having his morning coffee.

Good morning, Cubao!

Religion is a brand of insurance that pledges to give you what you pay for upon the maturity of your investment. You patronize the specific brand your parents did and what you grew up with, you try different brands, or you go through life with none at all. 

Insidious: The Red Door

Watched the U.S.A.'s  2023 Insidious: The Red Door (1:46:17). Josh Lambert and his son Dalton undergo hypnosis to repress one entire year from their lives. Nine years later, Dalton enrolls in an art course and is off to college. His teacher, Professor Armagan, encourages her students to delve into their subconscious to create works of art--and Dalton does so, painting a mysterious, red door that intrigues him. At the same time, Josh has unpleasant flashes from his past. Father and son work together to uncover the truth about the forgotten year in their lives and resolve issues buried deep within their selves. 

This is one horror movie produced in the U.S.A. that has closure and has a satisfying ending. On the downside, it is as Freudian as American horror movies get, exploiting the usual family dysfunctions and elevating them from neuroses to psychoses.

The movie's dramatic situation is that of the 2004 The Day After Tomorrow, in which a father goes through hell and high water in order to rescue his son from disaster. There is the usual, token black performer, and there are too many jumbled and often unrelated dream images for so simple a narrative.

Kudos, though, to an American movie that manages its way from beginning to end without nudity, without sex, and without cuss words. But this movie's greatest success is in portraying how meet-ups are possible in the astral realm against the odds of time and space, and the clever merging of time zones. Those art class scenes were also quite precious--evidently the writers and director are very much familiar with the lessons of Timon Nicolaides.   

Good night, Cubao!

Always look forward to a cozy night of restful sleep.

One Message For One Of 3,330 Friends,. One Every Night Of The Year

You with six syllables in your name: Plan your year-end holidays accordingly, but do not be disappointed should there be major changes.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

Good morning, Cubao!

Let the day's blessings flow.

Monday, November 27, 2023

My youngest sister Sylvia and brother-in-law Rey arrived from Australia with goodies. They fly back to Sydney December 27. Too bad they can't join us for the countdown dinner and raffle December 31 at Novotel.

A new hotel called Ibis Styles Manila seems to be opening at Araneta Center soon. I wonder if it will have an Egyptian motif.

How I wish those Persian slippers were a men's Size 10!

Good night, Cubao!

It is fun to snuggle in bed with your loved ones after watching a really creepy horror movie.

One Message For One Of 3,300 Friends, One Every Night Of The Year

You with five and you with six syllables in your names: Though far away from the people you want to be with, you need not feel lonely, for you are genuinely loved and cared for.

Staggered dinnertimes.

Night chores.

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

Swung by the neighborhood grocery with Rayven. Did minor groceries. Used my Vladimir Vovk skull walking-stick in public for the first time.

Your Messenger message:

"Good day po Mr.Tony Perez

"May panaginip po ako mga 1buwan na yung na una at a week na yung 2nd panaginip na mukha may kinalaman sa isat isa. "Una dream ko ay alam ko kabila demensyon ito doon ay parang may labanan, siguro spiritual ito dahil yung labanan nila hndi naman gaya sa tao na gera/barilan. "Doon ay parang nag karoon ako tungkod, kusa or bigla ko ito nasapakamay, dahil nga ay may labanan doon ay naki sali ako gamit yung tungkod na parang alam ko na gamitin, kaya ginamit ko sa pamamagitan ng pag TUSOK/TURO sa kalaban ng hawak ko tungkod at humaba ito at tumama yung dulo ng tungkod sa mabato burol kasi tumagos lang ito, Ramdam ko yung tinamaan ng tukod ko nadurog pero tumagos lang ito sa Tinira ko ng tungkod. kasi pala hndi na pala ako kasali sa dimension na iyon or palabas na ako ng dimension na ito na nag lalaho parang bula. "2nd dream ay parang naging Sakrista ako or seminirista kasi po naka suot ako ng damit nila SOTANA at para may Misa yata yun kaya may mga katabi/kasama ako mga pari may higher rank. Nakita ko din doon na natutuwa nanay ko at isa ko kapatid na babae na ganun status ko at naka suot ng SOTANA. "Tapos nag lalakad ako sa isang pasilyo at may nakita ako na nag patigil sa akin, kaso nalimutan ko ng pag gising ko kung ano ba nilalang yung nakita ko( emotion ko sa nakita ko ay medyo pangamba? ) "Yun lang nalimutan ko po ano yung nakita ko sa dream na yun. "Kaya dalawa dream kuwento ko Mr. Tony baka po connected sila"

My reply:

Magandang araw, _____!

Ang dalawang panaginip mo ay may kinalaman nga sa isa't isa. Pareho ang kanilang pinakakahulugan, na may kinalaman sa pagkalalaki o sa kakayahan ng lalaki sa pakikipagtalik.

Sa unang panaginip, ang tungkod ay talinghaga ng ari mo. Tandaan na ang aring "galit" ay tumutukoy sa pagiging matigas, handa, at pagiging palaban sa kapwa lalaki.

Sa ikalawang panaginip, ang seminarista o sakristan ay sagisag ng pagiging birhen o malinis ng isang lalaki, lalo na't naroon ang ina mo at mga kapatid mong babae.

Sa kasalukuyan, mayroon kang agan-agan tungkol sa kakayahan mong magpaligaya ng babae (o lalaki) at manatiling mabuti sa paningin ng pamilya mo.

Itanong sa sarili:

May nasaktan ka bang babae?

May pagkukulang ka ba sa pagbibigay-galang sa ina mo at sa mga kapatid mong babae?

Datapwat, huwag mangamba, Hindi ligtas ang lahat ng lalaki sa pagkabagabag tungkol sa mga bagay na iyan, lalo na't kung, sa lipunan, ang ginagamit na panukat sa pagkalalaki ay dili iba't ang laki at kapangyarihan ng kanilang ari, lalo na sa pagbibinhi.