Monthly Archives: December 2011

Humanize me…

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I just noticed a “Humanize” tab via my Blog Stats. It shows no graph, which is better and show the following:

Today you have had 0 views. 0 is the smallest non-negative integer. The natural number following 0 is 1 and no natural number precedes 0.

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I pre-suppose that this feature is due to checking off the box for “Surprise me. (Fun mode.)” via the “Personal Settings” section of the “User” menu of the left sidebar to my Dashboard.

20111225-Random Thoughts

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Here are my notes via the “Memo” app of my cellphone:

12-25-11, 6:32 PM: Fe, the younger sister of Nati, called and greeted Maw.

12-25-11, 1:38 PM. The twit called but I used the Exclusive Call Forwarding to my cellphone and received her call, which I passed onto Paw who told the twit that Maw isn’t ready to talk/speak with her. She told Paw that she is NOT allowed to enter the house/pass the first door.

12-25-11, 12:55 PM. The twit called but Paw and Ver were talking.

12-25-11, 10:51 AM. The twit called but Paw and Ver were talking.

12-25-11, 10:49 AM. The twit called but Paw and Ver were talking.

12-25-11, 10:48 AM. Uncle Ver called Paw, who asked about Auntie Norm. Paw raised his voice loudly at Uncle Ver for protecting Joh and NOT his OWN sister, whom he blamed for being stupid! We heard him ask his second wife, Ampy, if he should stop. What a henpeck! I wonder if my cousin Shill inherited her Paw’s trait of being a thief and a deceiptful liar. I recalled how the Shill took coins from my brother and me and put the loose change into her piggy bank. I took those back, slowly as I saw Auntie Chingster walk from right to left and into the bathroom adjacent to the extra bedroom. I also recalled how she would always lie to her Maw, my Auntie Chingsters. It’s no wonder the old woman had to divorce the guy and didn’t like the attitude of her daughter for being like her Paw. Wow.

2-25-11, 10:47 AM. Uncle Ver attempted to call Paw. I noticed that the phone feature was set to a one second ring, which then activated the answering machine. So I ran upstairs to set the time to six seconds before the answering machine is activated.

12/25/2011 08:39. Maw had a dream about a tree.

12/25/2011 08:37. I wondered about swine flu, H1N1 flue, etc. and how these forms of “sickness” have been created to cul the appetite of human’s destructive behavior to kill off other species as food stuff.

20111224-Random Thoughts

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Here are my notes via the “Memo” app of my cellphone:

12/24/2011 23:38. Later that evening, I managed to stay put for about 42 minutes and listen to Maw. I wondered how people can get along despite differences in language amd culture.  She said to accept them and try to find out how to communicate.

12/24/2011 23:25. To demand people to understand him and his ways of living, he doesn’t care. If his worldview is not acceptable to you, he doesn’t care.

12/24/2011 23:24. I forgot the add this morning’s notes about how Filipinos are scattered all over the world. Despite speaking 80 different Filipino languages and several thousands of dialects, Filipinos always support each other through FAITH.

12/24/2011 20:00. Paw didn’t do anything to help the boy behave. The boy refuses to forgive the Paw for not being smart enough or good enough to raise a son who wanted to play ball. The boy forgot how his Paw was working hard, being silent and not complaining. Paw continued to believe the boy knows everything. Apparently, the boy doesn’t know when to humble himself and continues to manipulate situations to his advantage.

12/24/2011 19:58. Maw expressed her sentiments about how the boy received free food, money, clothing and everything else from his elderly parents while he lived in the house for over thirty years. He forgot the hardship of Maw taking care of him and his sister in the absence of Paw, nine months out to sea.

12/24/2011 19:55. Maw told an old story about Andy, an elderly Filipino guy whom we met briefly at their house before he passed on a few months later. He came to America and brought over his siblings/relatives, who later didn’t call to find out if he is alive and well. Instead they disregarded him as if he was nothing after all the help he has done for them. I recall how the old man, a practical stranger to us, shed many tears as he told his story.

12/24/2011 19:54. Maw told an old story about how Mrs. Simpson, one of her patience, had a sister who took of her during her old age. She left enough money so that the sister could take a bus to attend the funeral. During her dying/old days/age, Mrs. Simpson’s only daughter was nowhere to be found. This is a prime example of how each generation has children who don’t care/abuse the elderly after all the loving and caring done during the growing years.

12/24/2011 15:47. Maw mentioned how the boy didn’t put himself down in a humble way but continued to resist the truth by interrupting Paw who couldn’t finish his sentence, to laugh as if possessed by a demonic presence at the truth and to place himself above everyone else as if he knows everything.

12/24/2011 15:45. Maw shared her wisdom about how a house cannot be raised “successfully” without a solid foundation. Success then is purely the rest of the way. The boy must learn his “foundation” and avoid giving himself too much credit. Without his parents feeding him, wiping his ass, clothing him and putting a roof over his head, he would not be where he is now. The sentiment is further extended to the girl mistreat the boy  — both of them manipulate each other.

12/24/2011 15:07. At 03:06pm, the boy walked out of the house again after I flicked him off. Maw wouldn’t stop “verbally abusing” him with the truth: that our maternal relatives make contact with us online via Skype; since the manipulative boy just lives two minutes away from his ailing elderly parents. Paw had asked him to tell the three of us what he doesn’t want us to do or say so that he won’t have “hurt feelings”. He didn’t want to tell the truth because he might hurt our feelings.

12/24/2011 07:21. Carlos S. coughed loudly to my left as I walked back to the table where Maw and Paw were eating our pre-dawn breakfast with Fred, the usher who won’t leave us alone. Carlos coughed again and I would flick him off each time. According to Maw, his hyperactive wife, Gloria S. appeared to be scared of him. Maw tried to talk to her but I noticed that the bug-eyed woman wouldn’t say much to Maw.

12/24/2011 07:13. Lights off.

12/24/2011 06:26. A priest from outside our area preached about the Philippines being the only country in Asia that could speak 80 different Filipino languages (excluding several thousands of dialects), along with Spanish and English from the eras of 1530 to 1898.

20111225-Skype Chat

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This is the second time I’ve used the Skype for a chatting session with my maternal first cousin. Maw was able to see her younger and only sister, my Auntie Aida, who survived a stroke. She is paralyzed on the right arm/hand. I met Stiphen, another second cousin, who is gay and who helps my cousin and my auntie. Here is the chatting session for my/your reference. The duration of this session went on for almost four hours while Maw and my cousin chatted. I typed most of the time. Paw wasn’t around and then the boy showed up around 11:00am and started talking too.

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[07:55:56 PM] *** Call from [cousin’s user name here] ***

[07:57:00 PM] FLYNN B.: hello

[07:57:17 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: wheres the camera?

[07:57:20 PM] FLYNN B.: CAN YOU HEAR ME?

[07:57:22 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: yeah yeah

[07:57:53 PM] FLYNN B.: I had the wrong wire hooked up.

[07:57:58 PM] FLYNN B.: where’

[07:58:05 PM] FLYNN B.: s your webcam?

[07:58:45 PM] *** Call ended, duration 02:50 ***

[07:59:33 PM] *** Call from [cousin’s user name here] ***

[08:02:22 PM] FLYNN B.: what sort of data would you like me to scan and email? please advice.

[08:03:15 PM] FLYNN B.: mom has been crying due to ma-long-koot.

[08:03:23 PM] FLYNN B.: we want to go home and die there…

[08:04:06 PM] FLYNN B.: i will go downstairs to show items box…. stand by…

[08:04:20 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: adobe u can use

[08:19:55 PM] FLYNN B.: my shoe size is US 9.5

[08:20:06 PM] FLYNN B.: like angielyne and annalyne

[08:20:22 PM] FLYNN B.: mom’s shoe size is around US 8.0

[08:20:36 PM] FLYNN B.: i saw veronica’s face, which looks like angie’s face!

[08:21:11 PM] FLYNN B.: We have NOTHING to do with them. They live in our area in San Jose, CA, too. Hmm.

[08:21:34 PM] FLYNN B.: They know where we live. We don’t know their location/home/apt address.

[08:21:54 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s really hormonal and lots of rice.

[08:26:39 PM] FLYNN B.: kawawa tayo

[08:26:55 PM] FLYNN B.: asawa ka?

[08:27:49 PM] FLYNN B.: if he knows how to take care of people, that’s fine.

[08:27:58 PM] FLYNN B.: if not, he will take care of your money first.

[08:29:30 PM] FLYNN B.: i can only see auntie aida!

[08:29:44 PM] FLYNN B.: where are the other two lovely people?! it’s okay.

[08:30:05 PM] FLYNN B.: greetings

[08:30:08 PM] FLYNN B.: guapo said mom

[08:30:11 PM] FLYNN B.: looks like aida

[08:30:15 PM] FLYNN B.: how are you?

[08:30:33 PM] FLYNN B.: grand-auntie fely

[08:31:01 PM] FLYNN B.: thanks for assisting. god bless. oh well i have mom and dad to take of

[08:31:11 PM] FLYNN B.: mom is 71. dad is 72.

[08:31:37 PM] FLYNN B.: i’m typing while “lola” is talking. it’s hard work. mag-ti-is…

[08:31:55 PM] FLYNN B.: [my real/true first name here] is my name

[08:32:05 PM] FLYNN B.: on facebook of course

[08:32:25 PM] FLYNN B.: temper tantrum out of frustration, of course.

[08:32:52 PM] FLYNN B.: my mom and your lola both cries, emotional souls, of course.

[08:33:05 PM] FLYNN B.: wow. That’s a nice son!

[08:33:30 PM] FLYNN B.: i have lots of relatives.

[08:33:38 PM] FLYNN B.: sorry. your video is frozen…

[08:34:37 PM] FLYNN B.: oops. your video is still frozen but we still can hear you.

[08:34:50 PM] FLYNN B.: matoon is “thug”.

[08:34:58 PM] FLYNN B.: thanks, your video works now.

[08:35:05 PM] FLYNN B.: mom likes to talk… thanks for listening

[08:35:18 PM] FLYNN B.: i like to type, no talk like my dad.

[08:35:52 PM] FLYNN B.: yeah. mom and your lola are supposed to be “legal” owners of whatever is left of those “real property” because they are still alive.

[08:36:30 PM] FLYNN B.: then it’s up to mom and lola to distribute whatever is “supposed” to be… whatever… it’s true. sentiments, of course.

[08:37:03 PM] FLYNN B.: thanks honey

[08:37:08 PM] FLYNN B.: take care

[08:37:21 PM] FLYNN B.: you have eyebrow pencil

[08:37:38 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s okay. we are all getting old!

[08:38:04 PM] FLYNN B.: we can’t hear you.

[08:38:07 PM] FLYNN B.: hello!

[08:38:32 PM] FLYNN B.: up oh, we can’t hear you. massage arm

[08:38:34 PM] FLYNN B.: can’t hear you.

[08:39:01 PM] FLYNN B.: CAN’T HEAR!

[08:39:04 PM] FLYNN B.: WHAT!

[08:39:07 PM] FLYNN B.: WHAT?

[08:40:28 PM] FLYNN B.: okay auntie aida is tired

[08:40:33 PM] FLYNN B.: we can’t hear you!!!!

[08:40:39 PM] FLYNN B.: WE CAN’T HEAR YOU!

[08:40:55 PM] FLYNN B.: microphone no work!

[08:41:03 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: wait

[08:41:05 PM] FLYNN B.: thanks

[08:41:19 PM] FLYNN B.: thanks

[08:41:21 PM] FLYNN B.: it works now

[08:41:24 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: nabunot

[08:41:26 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: wait

[08:41:30 PM] FLYNN B.: okay. thanks.

[08:41:38 PM] FLYNN B.: can you hear us. thanks

[08:41:42 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: yes

[08:41:45 PM] FLYNN B.: your mom is looking tired.

[08:41:55 PM] FLYNN B.: wow! you mom looks so skinny!

[08:42:01 PM] FLYNN B.: lots of skin!

[08:42:12 PM] FLYNN B.: oh well. mom got fat too.

[08:42:50 PM] FLYNN B.: the 81 milligram aspirin is supposed to “thin” the blood once a day and with food.

[08:43:09 PM] FLYNN B.: wow! nice!

[08:43:34 PM] FLYNN B.: no more claws/nails! we keep our nails short because we use our hands alot

[08:43:50 PM] FLYNN B.: the sponge/rubber ball is to squeeze to increase nerve alive

[08:44:27 PM] FLYNN B.: the numbness keeps buzzing.

[08:44:37 PM] FLYNN B.: and the person cannot sleep from pain.

[08:44:50 PM] FLYNN B.: so mom made two small “baby” pillows for underneath both arms

[08:45:24 PM] FLYNN B.: support under wrist/hand/forearm, whatever for comfort.

[08:45:56 PM] FLYNN B.: dragon claws! scratch!

[08:47:42 PM] FLYNN B.: we bought cream, not wipes.

[08:47:55 PM] FLYNN B.: laxative by mouth is good.

[08:48:07 PM] FLYNN B.: we bought suppositories.

[08:48:22 PM] FLYNN B.: drinking lots of water/fluid/juice might help dehydration

[08:48:30 PM] FLYNN B.: to prevent getting clogged up

[08:48:34 PM] FLYNN B.: hehehe!

[08:48:54 PM] FLYNN B.: nursing homes are regulated and there are nuses/licensed workers 24/7…

[08:49:14 PM] FLYNN B.: i hear the old people screaming, moaning, complaining in these homes.

[08:49:57 PM] FLYNN B.: my late lola luz was bed ridden in the home and then forgot everyone – just stared at people

[08:50:14 PM] FLYNN B.: usually strokes are paralyzed/death

[08:50:48 PM] FLYNN B.: one vietanmese parishioner walks with a limp, a cane and one hand paralyzed.

[08:50:59 PM] FLYNN B.: so depends. we will get rosary

[08:51:31 PM] FLYNN B.: what else does she want, if she remembers? we got creamer, coffee, ramen/spaghetti noodles.

[08:52:20 PM] FLYNN B.: slippers, earrings, lipsticks, bracelet, nail polish, eye brow, duster gowns, canned fish/anchovies and meat, etc…

[08:52:37 PM] FLYNN B.: little brats!

[08:52:51 PM] FLYNN B.: if they are starving, that’s a different “fight” with you…

[08:53:03 PM] FLYNN B.: if they want money for other junk, forget it.

[08:53:23 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: yes a lot

[08:53:50 PM] FLYNN B.: i have the same worry here. my parents are still alive and i cannot depend on my own brother to wipe my butt in my old age since i’ve no children of my own.

[08:54:44 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: u go here ill take care of you

[08:55:10 PM] FLYNN B.: usually boys don’t take care of the elderly. the girls, if you are lucky, are kinder to the elderly.

[08:56:10 PM] FLYNN B.: but my brother and his wifey and my paternal cousins keeps blaming me for staying at home with my elderly parents and living a “lime life” outdoors and having fun. they don’t understand my parents have no one to depend and they are slowing down, too.

[08:56:28 PM] FLYNN B.: *not living fun life

[08:56:54 PM] FLYNN B.: there laxative liquid, there’s antacid liquid

[08:57:07 PM] FLYNN B.: therechewable

[08:57:13 PM] FLYNN B.: *there’s chewable

[08:57:31 PM] FLYNN B.: forcing poop out might cause stroke

[08:57:48 PM] FLYNN B.: the video is blurry and mom assumes it is vein on HER left side.

[08:58:06 PM] FLYNN B.: i can see the necklace.

[08:59:04 PM] FLYNN B.: my webcam is a Hewlett-Packard 1080 HD AutoFocus 12.0 HP Glass Lens

[08:59:16 PM] FLYNN B.: no teeth?

[08:59:28 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: our webcam is very cheap

[08:59:34 PM] FLYNN B.: one month overseas for delivery of balikbayan box.

[08:59:41 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: people are complaining for blurry pic

[09:00:20 PM] FLYNN B.: control your temper auntie aida! short fuse, change of attitude, character compromised

[09:01:00 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s like taking care of a grown child — a cycle of life — light baby, adult, heavy baby

[09:04:12 PM] FLYNN B.: full sheet set: 1 full flat sheet, 1 fitted sheet, 2 standard pillow cases

[09:04:16 PM] FLYNN B.: mom just farted! god!

[09:05:06 PM] FLYNN B.: we will include mattress foam

[09:05:12 PM] FLYNN B.: are you tired?

[09:05:21 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: hahaaha  farting hahahaha

[09:05:34 PM] FLYNN B.: smells! i scream at the smell

[09:05:39 PM] FLYNN B.: bye!

[09:06:27 PM] FLYNN B.: is she dancing?

[09:07:04 PM] FLYNN B.: there you go!

[09:07:48 PM] FLYNN B.: aww…

[09:08:10 PM] FLYNN B.: is she comfortable?

[09:08:24 PM] FLYNN B.: wow! thank god! What a fighter!

[09:08:42 PM] FLYNN B.: no slippers?

[09:08:59 PM] FLYNN B.: dirty feet on the bottom. i hope it is not gangrene, infected.

[09:09:40 PM] FLYNN B.: thanks, the lighting is much brighter.

[09:10:03 PM] FLYNN B.: pain killer before bed but with food to avoid hurting stomach lining.

[09:10:48 PM] FLYNN B.: natural/holistic healings…

[09:11:27 PM] FLYNN B.: modern medicine still has ‘warning/poinson’ labeling…

[09:11:55 PM] FLYNN B.: a fighter just like my mom

[09:12:37 PM] FLYNN B.: one month of waiting for lipstick…

[09:13:08 PM] FLYNN B.: oh my god! if you can hide food “somewhere”, that’s good. a tele-tubbie!

[09:13:29 PM] FLYNN B.: gets tiring to lie down all day…

[09:13:36 PM] FLYNN B.: gets tiring to sit down all day…

[09:13:45 PM] FLYNN B.: gets tiring to walk around all day…

[09:14:01 PM] FLYNN B.: nice white, vertical closets.

[09:14:38 PM] FLYNN B.: benadryl is anti-histamine. a popular brand here

[09:14:53 PM] FLYNN B.: supposed to reduce itching, coughing symptoms…

[09:15:12 PM] FLYNN B.: tightening, itching of chest could be symptoms of allergy, etc.

[09:15:54 PM] FLYNN B.: san-rod’s wife is nice?

[09:20:42 PM] FLYNN B.: hehehe! pee-wee

[09:22:06 PM] FLYNN B.: oops.

[09:22:38 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s hard because you won’t be there physically and the elderly is helpless, of course. oh well, there’s always the risk. hmmm.

[09:23:05 PM] FLYNN B.: personalities change…

[09:23:26 PM] FLYNN B.: guys are different…

[09:24:15 PM] FLYNN B.: mom can still walk but she cannot lift both arms well… formation of bone between joints of shoulder sockets…

[09:24:24 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: yes different from us lol

[09:24:34 PM] FLYNN B.: one time mom fell inside the bathtub

[09:25:36 PM] FLYNN B.: dad and i had to hoist her up because it was so slippery… her knees cannot bend and she is heavy, too (Hehehe). there was no phone nearby to call for emergency help… so if these two are left alone… that’s it..

[09:25:41 PM] FLYNN B.: hello… long conversation…

[09:26:17 PM] FLYNN B.: that’s okay… filipinos are tolerant of homosexuals…

[09:26:42 PM] FLYNN B.: what is your size feet… my brother is 5 foot 9 inches

[09:26:53 PM] FLYNN B.: get a tape measure! we don’t use metrics, though…

[09:27:03 PM] FLYNN B.: fine… thanks…

[09:27:15 PM] FLYNN B.: he’s cute!

[09:28:29 PM] FLYNN B.: my feet hurt when I try shoes on and that’s why I only have one good “work” shoes and one rubber white shoes.

[09:28:43 PM] FLYNN B.: the high heels are limited to two or three…

[09:28:51 PM] FLYNN B.: i have big feet…

[09:29:30 PM] FLYNN B.: mom wants to sew stuff… god!

[09:30:53 PM] FLYNN B.: we got lots of EXTRA fabrics from mom’s sewing hobby/addiction…

[09:31:16 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s 09:31pm 12/25/2011 sunday… still christmas here in pacific time

[09:31:48 PM] FLYNN B.: life here is boring too, just staying indoors, watching television, go online and read news article

[09:32:05 PM] FLYNN B.: taking care of mom and dad… taking care of our four parakeets with one baby chicks

[09:32:47 PM] FLYNN B.: blah blah lbah

[09:32:57 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: thats life lyn we have the same shoes

[09:32:58 PM] FLYNN B.: we want to go home…

[09:33:29 PM] FLYNN B.: if only they have a teleporation device to beam us there instanteiously instead of paying thousands of dollars for airplaine tickets.

[09:33:54 PM] FLYNN B.: you’re video is frozen… again..

[09:34:00 PM] FLYNN B.: oh there’s auntie aida! thanks!

[09:34:10 PM] FLYNN B.: dementia…

[09:34:27 PM] FLYNN B.: wow! so strong to get up…

[09:34:40 PM] FLYNN B.: if she had this quad-foot, walking cane, that would be helpful…

[09:35:14 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: omg u have so much obligation?

[09:35:18 PM] FLYNN B.: but we have parakeets, plants. there are doctors that might charge $10 per day to hotel the birds and a gardener.

[09:35:30 PM] FLYNN B.: that we could hire. i’m the driver.

[09:35:48 PM] FLYNN B.: walking around helps…

[09:36:12 PM] FLYNN B.: the last two times we came home, lornie died in the 70s and uncle seyong died in the 90s.

[09:36:48 PM] FLYNN B.: we are afraid some sort of karma would happen again if we “dare” travel back home. all we could do is continue to help our relatives the best way we could via xoom.com and atlas.com

[09:37:19 PM] FLYNN B.: mom get really red in the face when people get in her face. and she is no longer used to people talking too much, too loud, etc…

[09:38:24 PM] FLYNN B.: okay… so let us know what is the next course of action…

[09:39:00 PM] FLYNN B.: oh well… dna/gene/trait…

[09:39:51 PM] FLYNN B.: oops! palayan… rico…

[09:40:21 PM] FLYNN B.: oh well… if it is for the purpose of food money… that’s nice… if it is for other life’s purpose… that’s going to be karma…

[09:41:19 PM] FLYNN B.: sold ancestral lands for money, a price to pay for greed in the heart… oh well… land could have been bountiful with correct management/connections…

[09:41:53 PM] FLYNN B.: we were never meant to be “stewards” of those lands with these sort of people crawling around this hellish planet…

[09:43:02 PM] FLYNN B.: other relatives took many lands… the philippine goverment and its officials/MPs are also in cahoots with each other to take away lands of ancestors…

[09:43:24 PM] FLYNN B.: leaving us/poor people with working forever

[09:43:40 PM] FLYNN B.: 9:43pm, sunday, california time

[09:44:13 PM] FLYNN B.: antibiotics work… for one week treatment should knock out cooties inside the body…

[09:44:24 PM] FLYNN B.: then every year the same flu-like symptoms here…

[09:45:40 PM] FLYNN B.: we stay mostly indoors for safety and do gardening in the back/front yards… no one talkes to neighbors, who are mostly Chinese, Vietnamese and other cultures here

[09:46:44 PM] FLYNN B.: okay

[09:47:19 PM] FLYNN B.: It’s been VERY sunny here with crispy, clear blue skies this year. The winds blow and the air is freezing.

[09:47:37 PM] FLYNN B.: It’s dry mostly and no raining…

[09:47:50 PM] FLYNN B.: what does that mean?

[09:47:55 PM] FLYNN B.: prejudice?

[09:47:58 PM] FLYNN B.: discrimination>

[09:48:39 PM] FLYNN B.: who cares? all long as those white boys don’t take advantage of us filipinos…

[09:49:30 PM] FLYNN B.: right… we filipinos are too nice… that’s why they like filipinos…

[09:49:45 PM] FLYNN B.: chinese, thailands are loud mouths.

[09:50:17 PM] FLYNN B.: make hair blond or orange like orangutan monkey…

[09:50:42 PM] FLYNN B.: we don’t do nail polish that often here…

[09:51:43 PM] FLYNN B.: wow! nice nail polish

[09:51:53 PM] FLYNN B.: i do purple and blue colors!

[09:52:48 PM] FLYNN B.: what else do you need so we could stuff our box.

[09:53:29 PM] FLYNN B.: pluck her eyebrows… i do my mom’s eyebrows… there’s nothing lift

[09:53:38 PM] FLYNN B.: let the nail polish dry

[09:54:14 PM] FLYNN B.: i like shiny fake diamons

[09:54:18 PM] FLYNN B.: *diamonds

[09:56:02 PM] FLYNN B.: what shoe size? we had to return size six but the sandals was hard. but it’s difficult to buy sandals here because of winter seasonal styles…

[09:56:53 PM] FLYNN B.: even two inches of heels hurt my feet and i can tell what is comfortable

[09:57:25 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: filipino are the best among asian im glad u love to be called a filipina

[10:04:09 PM] FLYNN B.: $12 men, $14 women hair cut

[10:04:17 PM] FLYNN B.: $30 for threading off facial hair

[10:04:44 PM] FLYNN B.: i like that multi color

[10:04:56 PM] FLYNN B.: i like darker colors multi colors

[10:05:17 PM] FLYNN B.: SMALL ivory bars

[10:06:53 PM] FLYNN B.: sinigang good for soup

[10:07:23 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s cold this time of year…

[10:08:14 PM] FLYNN B.: okay okay

[10:08:16 PM] FLYNN B.: fighting for food

[10:08:37 PM] FLYNN B.: that’s nice!

[10:08:43 PM] FLYNN B.: buddha head me

[10:09:08 PM] FLYNN B.: okay okay nice people

[10:10:02 PM] FLYNN B.: that’s a big, door-two mirror for closet behind mom and me…

[10:10:51 PM] FLYNN B.: surprises are supposed to be fun…

[10:11:07 PM] FLYNN B.: just as long as you don’t get heart attack/high blood

[10:11:34 PM] FLYNN B.: a harem with two women!

[10:12:24 PM] FLYNN B.: de facto relationship.

[10:16:59 PM] FLYNN B.: just waiting for something… then i’ll go back home… just need a body guard and a driver to get around…

[10:17:23 PM] FLYNN B.: because i don’t speak the language the people over there will take advantage of me…

[10:17:39 PM] FLYNN B.: my plans are just on stand by… it depends…

[10:17:50 PM] FLYNN B.: your video is frozen again…

[10:18:08 PM] FLYNN B.: must be karma or something… i’m stuck…

[10:19:02 PM] FLYNN B.: okay, your video works again

[10:19:38 PM] FLYNN B.: my dad has eight in the family and he is second in family…

[10:20:00 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s always that way with each generation… always making babies and priorities change…

[10:21:16 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s less stress being single…

[10:21:31 PM] FLYNN B.: always things to keep self busy/pre-occupied…

[10:22:05 PM] FLYNN B.: yup… no oligation, except to self, kinda of selfish but easier…

[10:22:36 PM] FLYNN B.: simbang gabi version in our local parish starts 6:00am from 12/16 to 12/24 and then we eat food from “volunteers”.

[10:23:05 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s not the same as one generation ago, i’m sure.

[10:23:44 PM] FLYNN B.: i don’t know the meanings of the filipino songs… but i could pronouce it

[10:24:14 PM] FLYNN B.: they are Buddhist

[10:24:26 PM] FLYNN B.: my brother is one of them, not filipino anymore…

[10:24:59 PM] FLYNN B.: there you go with different generations and differences with gender priorities…

[10:28:29 PM] FLYNN B.: difficult to live in in-laws with different personalities

[10:28:39 PM] FLYNN B.: *with in-laws

[10:28:58 PM] FLYNN B.: bad!

[10:30:02 PM] FLYNN B.: kleptomania… it will pass onto each generation…

[10:30:41 PM] FLYNN B.: oh well… that’s why it’s important to find nice people you can rely on… get to know the other party involved in relationship

[10:31:01 PM] FLYNN B.: word of mouth, friends of friends, etc…

[10:31:39 PM] FLYNN B.: uncle florene also cried with emotion…

[10:33:27 PM] FLYNN B.: oops!

[10:33:51 PM] FLYNN B.: i’m also tired just sitting down, too. very difficult as we age…

[10:34:30 PM] FLYNN B.: okay…

[10:35:00 PM] FLYNN B.: texting helps via facebook to let us know the next time we could chat via Skype

[10:35:15 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: our task is never ending , taking care of oldies

[10:35:17 PM] FLYNN B.: 10:35pm california time

[10:35:23 PM] FLYNN B.: yup

[10:35:54 PM] FLYNN B.: we wake up 6:45am, leave house 7:35am to attend mass monday to friday as a “daily routine”.

[10:37:45 PM] FLYNN B.: too dumb to know how to be “society”… have a different/chosen path in this current life…

[10:38:25 PM] FLYNN B.: yea. it was sad… uncle florene was lying down on the sofa, demonstarted to mom and me how he gave himself insulin injection and then analyne just walked into their house without greeting her own dad!

[10:40:08 PM] FLYNN B.: old story about paternal relatives… when lolo mac died, auntie norma cried out that she would die ahead of lola luz.

[10:41:03 PM] FLYNN B.: lola luz was dumped into the nursing home. auntie marie told us that there was no space in their small house. it was my suggestion to get a wheelchair. sheesh!

[10:41:45 PM] FLYNN B.: they cried “crocodile tears” bunch of fakers…

[10:42:15 PM] FLYNN B.: oh now she’s sitting up… hopefully she won’t freak out if she doesn’t remember/recognize who she is or where she is or who you are…

[10:42:52 PM] FLYNN B.: you can joke to her… it’s nice to see auntie aida smile… like innocent children

[10:43:11 PM] FLYNN B.: overseas via nuclear powered cargo ship, i think, one month delivery

[10:43:45 PM] FLYNN B.: also consider holiday season. so maybe next week…

[10:44:12 PM] FLYNN B.: bad timing… we haven’t forgotten, we are just so slow…

[10:44:27 PM] FLYNN B.: plus your location is in the city, not in the province.

[10:44:58 PM] FLYNN B.: disguise it

[10:45:01 PM] FLYNN B.: to hide it

[10:45:14 PM] FLYNN B.: now it’s 10:45pm california time

[10:45:53 PM] FLYNN B.: happy new year

[10:45:55 PM] FLYNN B.: everyone

[10:46:01 PM] FLYNN B.: god bless one and all.

[10:46:04 PM] FLYNN B.: pleasant dream

[10:46:40 PM] FLYNN B.: junior is here

[10:46:45 PM] FLYNN B.: on christmas

[10:47:42 PM] FLYNN B.: she can’t see the camera

[10:48:07 PM] FLYNN B.: mom is crying

[10:48:08 PM] FLYNN B.: again

[10:48:18 PM] FLYNN B.: as long as she can walk

[10:48:27 PM] FLYNN B.: at least she is trying

[10:50:56 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s winter in san jose, californai

[10:51:00 PM] FLYNN B.: wow! that’s clear

[10:51:17 PM] FLYNN B.: junior is 40 and i’m 43

[10:51:30 PM] FLYNN B.: were middle-aged people, getting old

[10:52:03 PM] FLYNN B.: mom is crying again

[10:52:19 PM] FLYNN B.: wants to go home

[10:52:51 PM] FLYNN B.: i don’t want vacinnation

[10:53:01 PM] FLYNN B.: just to travel

[10:53:12 PM] FLYNN B.: she’s getting red in the face again

[10:53:51 PM] FLYNN B.: oh well…

[10:54:53 PM] FLYNN B.: oops…

[10:55:45 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: i cant help them to calm down

[10:55:51 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: talking about the past

[10:56:05 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: what a nice ate

[10:56:12 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: very patient

[10:56:42 PM] FLYNN B.: they are emotional (EMO) …

[10:57:19 PM] FLYNN B.: okay… that’s lots of money… what nice brothers

[10:58:27 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: emo hehehe

[10:58:37 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: 500 pesos

[10:58:43 PM] FLYNN B.: wow

[10:58:43 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: 300 from rodney

[10:58:50 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: 200 from valeriano

[10:59:15 PM] FLYNN B.: 300 pesos is 6.89 USD per oanda.com currency convertion

[10:59:44 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: yep 1 peso – 42.50 usd

[10:59:57 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: its fluctuating, the rate

[11:00:02 PM] FLYNN B.: $7 is worth about three mcdonalds sandwiches

[11:00:29 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: tell jr. mom said he looks like an actor

[11:00:35 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: say, dont leave

[11:00:41 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: shes happy seeing junior hahahah

[11:00:51 PM] FLYNN B.: yeah… we have maternal relatives from antipolo and rizal.

[11:01:03 PM] FLYNN B.: and paternal relatives from bicol and batangas (tuy)

[11:01:34 PM] FLYNN B.: his name is roger

[11:01:40 PM] FLYNN B.: via facebook

[11:02:14 PM] FLYNN B.: ouch! alright!

[11:02:24 PM] FLYNN B.: wow! very good!

[11:03:13 PM] FLYNN B.: junior’s middle-aged friend crashed his bicycle and got paralysis in right arm like auntie aida. so junior reltired from biking fast.

[11:03:40 PM] FLYNN B.: now junior is jogging/marathon running…

[11:04:39 PM] FLYNN B.: the medical bill for the guy in america is 100,000 USD (or 4,333,700 pesos) for several weeks…

[11:04:46 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: he just resign that quick?

[11:05:24 PM] FLYNN B.: he stopped his bike hobby recently. he likes bikiing since childhood…

[11:07:52 PM] FLYNN B.: sent stiphen FB notification… hehehe

[11:08:20 PM] FLYNN B.: i love his profile eye glasses…

[11:09:57 PM] FLYNN B.: oops… they are talking… nothing will change with him…

[11:10:01 PM] FLYNN B.: but it’s okay

[11:10:08 PM] FLYNN B.: these two mean well…

[11:10:18 PM] FLYNN B.: guys have different priorities

[11:10:40 PM] FLYNN B.: discussin issue with the couple… oops…

[11:11:01 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: yes

[11:11:08 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: i understand ya mom

[11:11:18 PM] [cousin’s user name here]: im having the same prob with paul

[11:11:23 PM] FLYNN B.: mom used to be a registered nurse and they are very precise with their logic and don’t play games…

[11:11:56 PM] FLYNN B.: she was licensed/retired in California…

[11:12:54 PM] FLYNN B.: mothers know what clicks as far as relationships…

[11:13:06 PM] FLYNN B.: but the children don’t always listen and understand…

[11:13:27 PM] FLYNN B.: he doesn’t know yet because his priorities are different… until then he is just enjoying life…

[11:13:46 PM] FLYNN B.: it is better to match words with deeds. i do NOT agree.

[11:13:54 PM] FLYNN B.: so all is talk…’

[11:14:06 PM] FLYNN B.: you can have many spouses

[11:14:12 PM] FLYNN B.: but only on set of parent, dummy

[11:14:16 PM] FLYNN B.: oops…

[11:14:46 PM] FLYNN B.: sorry. feels good to know that life would flow better…

[11:15:15 PM] FLYNN B.: very different as a parent… my brother and i don’t have children… so we don’t understand the hardship and difficulty of parents…

[11:15:29 PM] FLYNN B.: right now… we don’t care, our feelings differ..

[11:15:51 PM] FLYNN B.: grandchildren are different feeling…

[11:16:01 PM] FLYNN B.: true… aye aye

[11:16:03 PM] FLYNN B.: aye

[11:16:39 PM] FLYNN B.: if they want… but so far…

[11:16:40 PM] FLYNN B.: nothing

[11:17:08 PM] FLYNN B.: we still have the photo

[11:17:15 PM] FLYNN B.: only one snap shot

[11:18:17 PM] FLYNN B.: never too late

[11:18:23 PM] FLYNN B.: of course, you know…

[11:19:01 PM] FLYNN B.: true, chinese are noisy

[11:19:09 PM] FLYNN B.: here are his chinese in-laws

[11:19:30 PM] FLYNN B.: they talk to loud

[11:19:33 PM] FLYNN B.: their english sucks

[11:19:38 PM] FLYNN B.: i don’t like it

[11:19:40 PM] FLYNN B.: he does

[11:19:52 PM] FLYNN B.: so maybe something he likes about them.

[11:19:54 PM] FLYNN B.: i don’t know.

[11:20:22 PM] FLYNN B.: lang-gams

[11:20:48 PM] FLYNN B.: he avoids their party

[11:20:50 PM] FLYNN B.: and plays along

[11:21:12 PM] FLYNN B.: now i got used to loudness

[11:21:48 PM] FLYNN B.: chinese overflowing philippines!

[11:24:08 PM] FLYNN B.: people think i’m chinese too. must be on our dad’s side.

[11:24:18 PM] FLYNN B.: they people would start to talk to us in chinese.

[11:27:24 PM] FLYNN B.: coconut forearms are brown, shoulders are white… gross

[11:27:37 PM] FLYNN B.: that’s too…

[11:27:59 PM] FLYNN B.: in other words the next generation

[11:28:44 PM] FLYNN B.: yup… nada

[11:28:53 PM] FLYNN B.: nope… to late

[11:29:39 PM] FLYNN B.: if you know an american sitcom television show… “everyone loves raymond” shows the mother marie voicing her opinions to her favorite son, raymond.

[11:30:17 PM] FLYNN B.: and robbie the oldest son gets jealous. it’s supposed to be an italian family and debbie the wife gets loud…

[11:30:31 PM] FLYNN B.: oops…

[11:31:23 PM] FLYNN B.: massaging helps the nerve. i massage mom’s area but her pain is really gout, a form of arthritis

[11:31:44 PM] FLYNN B.: but she takes pills to reduce the pain throughout her bother…

[11:32:37 PM] FLYNN B.: i don’t know my own strength in massaging. it helps… neck, shoulder areas are especially hard muscles…

[11:33:00 PM] FLYNN B.: it wasn’t her time yet. we have to take care of things for both sistes…

[11:33:58 PM] FLYNN B.: let’s all talk tagalog… hehehe!

[11:34:09 PM] FLYNN B.: she won’t understand a word of our language… dang.

[11:34:17 PM] FLYNN B.: so rent a car

[11:34:22 PM] FLYNN B.: and get the house ready

[11:34:30 PM] FLYNN B.: and hire a body guard too hehehe

[11:34:45 PM] FLYNN B.: when is a good time to go?

[11:34:53 PM] FLYNN B.: february is cooler?

[11:36:02 PM] FLYNN B.: i’m the one that gets sick so maybe all four of them can go and i’ll stay

[11:36:24 PM] FLYNN B.: twice i went back i got sick…

[11:36:54 PM] FLYNN B.: he is our relative…

[11:37:10 PM] FLYNN B.: and our uncle verling and his second wife ampy go there…

[11:37:20 PM] FLYNN B.: never heard of him…

[11:37:23 PM] FLYNN B.: we don’t care…

[11:37:32 PM] FLYNN B.: dad knows maybe…

[11:37:41 PM] FLYNN B.: lagay…

[11:37:56 PM] FLYNN B.: bocalzo

[11:38:18 PM] FLYNN B.: philippine national police general

[11:38:52 PM] FLYNN B.: via facebook i saw the second wife “bragging” about eating breakfast in the “white house”… junior said he looked like our late lolo mac.

[11:39:05 PM] FLYNN B.: i don’t know them…

[11:39:23 PM] FLYNN B.: really, there are lots of relatives…

[11:39:37 PM] FLYNN B.: i’ll have to search online for the photo…

[11:39:56 PM] FLYNN B.: Bacalzo, actually spelluing

[11:40:33 PM] FLYNN B.: balcazo

[11:40:56 PM] FLYNN B.: BACALZO

[11:42:35 PM] FLYNN B.: pnp

[11:49:36 PM] FLYNN B.: mahal kita

[11:49:46 PM] FLYNN B.: love fely, lyn, junior…

[11:49:56 PM] FLYNN B.: we bought decaffinated

[11:50:09 PM] FLYNN B.: coffee, creamer, C&H sugar

[11:50:25 PM] FLYNN B.: etc… what size shoe

[11:50:50 PM] FLYNN B.: metrics?

[11:50:54 PM] FLYNN B.: okay…

[11:51:12 PM] FLYNN B.: europe usees metrics

[11:52:04 PM] FLYNN B.: did she mess up?

[11:52:10 PM] FLYNN B.: oh no! it’s okay.

[11:52:38 PM] FLYNN B.: love you all

[11:52:42 PM] FLYNN B.: okay

[11:52:56 PM] FLYNN B.: we can talk more onine… something about money in her wallet/purse…

[11:53:32 PM] FLYNN B.: yup… lots of other horror stories about other people will SAME stories…

[11:53:47 PM] FLYNN B.: good night

[11:53:51 PM] FLYNN B.: okay

[11:53:54 PM] FLYNN B.: bye bye

[11:53:55 PM] *** Call ended, duration 3:54:23 ***

20111216-Random Thoughts

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Here are my notes via the “Memo” app of my cellphone:

12/16/2011 19:18pm. Maw told a story about how her younger brother, Mauricio, was taken by the Japanese. He was finished in the fields when they left to hide up in the mountains. Maw didn’t know him. Her mom lost a child. The family had to focus on the remaining children and struggled to stay alive during World War II.

12/16/2011 17:15pm. Recently and after scaring myself by watching YouTube videos of jinns, I would get goose flesh near the altar upstairs. There are two statues — Virgin Mary looking upward and the Santo Nino looking at me! (Earlier today — 12/18/2011 — Maw told me that Belinda, the next door neighbor, admitted to being scared of dolls. She may have inherited the insanity of her mother, the divorced nutter. But I am suspecting the doll collections may be possessed, just like the statue upstairs. Eeek!)

12/16/2011 12:45. A car’s dashboard showed 363.3 (speedometer) at 12:44pm.