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From childhood to adulthood. From living in the Philippines to settling in Canada.http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Gener)Blogger469125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-1446361452292352448Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:29:00 +00002012-02-06T11:24:34.794+08:00Budgies and DogsA day before their WBO junior flyweight title bout, Velasquez Jr. was over himself and rattling Donaire, even flipping back Donaire's cap. Donaire countered by jostling the Perto Rican boxer's hat. Even their spouses had some things to yell at each other.This incident made Donaire's split decision win over Velasquez doubly sweet; now the Puerto Rican must be hurting twice badly. First he atehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/DZNSl2etjPM/wham.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/DZNSl2etjPM" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/02/wham.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-2406126686164926511Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +00002012-02-02T09:52:18.334+08:00BloggingRIGHT, Sam and Suzie, the new parakeets of the house.I abandoned regular blogging months ago. I got basically lazy. I had Manila weather to blame it on. Why? With the warm Manila weather, everything else could wait.First order of a day would be either getting up so early or so late. I prefer the former. I am usually up at five in the morning, and having coffee and toast bread.If ever I go tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/WIYvtuHzxWk/blame-it-on-rio-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/WIYvtuHzxWk" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/02/blame-it-on-rio-no.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-3507215703763522584Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:52:00 +00002012-02-01T11:26:21.623+08:00About the PhilippinesRelatives can be a boon or a bust. It's like the economy; there are the lean and then there are the fat years.In Filipino families, the extension goes into second and third degree relations. You start with your own parents, their siblings and your grand parents and your grand uncles and grand aunts, and their cousins. Then you have your own siblings, and your cousins. Then there are your http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/5UTrPGX5EqE/keeping-it-extra-ordinary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/5UTrPGX5EqE" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/02/keeping-it-extra-ordinary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-599233103795555931Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:51:00 +00002012-01-25T10:13:12.797+08:00Impeachment of a Chief JusticeAbout the PhilippinesFor want of anything good to see on TV, we've been watching the impeachment trial of CJ R. Corona lately. On its first day, I tuned it to cable TV 24 (GMA) wherein the guest analysts were former Dean of Law R. Pangalangan and former Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban.The legal duo's analysis of the proceedings were superb; both were able to expound on the trial/process in a way a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/S6pTcIQh4gM/deja-vu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/S6pTcIQh4gM" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/01/deja-vu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-5802596597373898238Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:07:00 +00002012-01-21T11:51:24.306+08:00Communication and RelationshipsBinuksan ang drawer, kay daming balat ng kendi,May chewing gum na putol,May butil ng mani,May tsokolateng tunaw,May tulo ng ballpen,At may singaw ng luma. Kay raming basura, kung ano ano lang naman,Dapat itapon lahat ora-orada,Ngunit next week lang din sangkaterba na naman,Kahit bulsa ng pantalong nakasabit Dumpster din ang dating.Kay raming kahon, at mga plastic bin,Punong puno ng kable, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/CLik6aymqYs/basu-basura.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/CLik6aymqYs" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/01/basu-basura.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-1118583650094471446Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +00002012-01-21T00:43:54.260+08:00RelationshipsJobsI remember my very first job in New York: a temp at a city government agency which tracked down abuses within families, and placed abused kids in foster homes.I was there for about three months. On my first week, I was already looking for a permanent job. So what I did was during my lunch break, I'd go to employment agencies and register, or I'd call employers using the phone in the hallway.I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/NHL0BcDysbI/temp-job.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/NHL0BcDysbI" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/01/temp-job.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-1403876994359999261Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:20:00 +00002012-01-16T12:11:51.692+08:00Faith and LoveFamilySis from Seattle makes it a point to call immediately whenever she and hubby arrive at whatever destination they're headed to. Calls are made to relatives they've just left behind.I remember an instance when I visited my sister in Ohio, and when I left and reached Toronto, I immediately went to sleep, being tired from the 6 - 7 hours' long drive. Then the phone rang, and sis was both mad and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/7Pg3jR6dLzY/et-phone-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/7Pg3jR6dLzY" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/01/et-phone-home.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-530454147794783933Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:18:00 +00002012-01-14T13:50:51.069+08:00Faith and LoveFamilyThere's a new cinematic installment of the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson partnership titled " A Game of Shadows," which is showing in Manila theatres these days.Sherlock Holmes is a consulting detective of highest reasoning, able to draw big conclusions from the smallest of observations, and Dr. Watson is his autobiographer and constant companion.Few days ago, some of Sherlock Holmes' shadow http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/sqcfX4bbfGY/shadow-of-sherlock-holmes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/sqcfX4bbfGY" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/01/shadow-of-sherlock-holmes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-6679145292983321139Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:43:00 +00002012-01-06T10:13:24.285+08:00FamilyHoliday SeasonWhen my mother was alive, she'd hang the family Christmas tree and light the Christmas lights on the day the "simbang gabi," started. Then, she'd bring them down on January 6th, the feast of the Three Kings, or the Wise Men, as we knew it then.Last New Year's Day, our clan had the traditional New Year's Day celebration at the old house in Fairview; this time, mother was not around to spearhead http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/80101K--IiU/wise-men.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/80101K--IiU" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2012/01/wise-men.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-5648039977648482036Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:34:00 +00002012-01-03T11:41:00.519+08:00Holiday SeasonAbout the PhilippinesABOVE RIGHT, The famous Tagaytay attraction, Taal Volcano.We wanted a cool Christmas, so we hied to Tagaytay for the Christmas holidays. We drove early Saturday morning of December 24th, after attending the last segment of the "simbang gabi". SLEX was heavenly - no traffic, but the best part was that the Sta. Rosa exit, which had been previously covered in the news as clogged with holiday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/cWBTpe7UIUE/cool-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/cWBTpe7UIUE" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/12/cool-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-2372462010425479364Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:27:00 +00002011-12-23T08:00:21.819+08:00Holidays and EventsAbout the PhilippinesIn the olden days, our family used to trek to our home province of Nueva Ecija to celebrate Christmas day. Then everyone grew up - some got married, others left for abroad and so the celebrations changed venues overtime.But the New year tradition of gift giving (Kris Kringle) survived.Where to make merry this holiday? I'm in town so it'll be in town.In our clan, Christmas Day celebration is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/n5IeNhYty0k/where-to-merry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/n5IeNhYty0k" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/12/where-to-merry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-8553570217671023653Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:35:00 +00002011-12-07T07:01:54.876+08:00About the PhilippinesBoracayWe spent two nights and three days on the island of Boracay last week.Boracay, the number 2 tourist destination in Asia, second only to Bali in Indonesia, is one of several islands comprising the province of Aklan in the Visayas.Was it breathtaking? Yes! Was it idyllic? Yes!According to Toots and Cesar, who were with us visiting from Arizona, Boracay is better than Hawaii.Where we stayed, at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/P18rgA2EDVo/philippines-boracay-better-than-hawaii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/P18rgA2EDVo" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/12/philippines-boracay-better-than-hawaii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-8244717764512554218Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:31:00 +00002011-11-15T09:30:58.163+08:00Manny PacquiaoAll About the PhilippinesBoxingFloyd Mayweather punched Ortiz while the referee was motioning to the timekeeper, not once but twice, and was declared winner. Manny Pacquiao outpointed Marquez and was declared winner in last Saturday's welterweight championship fight.Some American boxing aficionados groaned, but accepted the decision in the Mayweather case. In Pacquiao's case, some boxing aficionados grunted and SHOULD ACCEPThttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/Qtne3N4QNkA/mayweather-pacman-and-losers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/Qtne3N4QNkA" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/11/mayweather-pacman-and-losers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-2629479500654992549Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-11-06T09:12:54.903+08:00Living in North AmericaI'm a rat pack; I keep old bills, expired driver's license, old car insurance cards, bank statements, old credit cards, even slips/receipts of money remittances I'd sent back home many years ago.I find it hard to let go of things.So it was especially heartbreaking to see my baby go today. This afternoon, I said goodbye to my beloved vehicle - a 1999 Plymouth Voyager. I gave it away to my sister.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/UM1xO9gFsFs/bye-my-baby-love-van.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/UM1xO9gFsFs" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/11/bye-my-baby-love-van.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-4545599485481209844Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:10:00 +00002011-10-30T11:36:57.951+08:00Living in North AmericaI've been weeks away from home and I've been eating plain stupid. The first few days, I subsisted on bagel with oodles of cream cheese, sometimes, peanut butter with jelly. Breakfast was lunch and was dinner.Then, friends invited me for dinner and we had a blast at a Caribbean restaurant with plates of camaron rebosado look alike and fried rice with chicken, beer and red wine. Then we headed to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/k4di9Oh0FEE/healthy-eating-dieting-or-plain-stupid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/k4di9Oh0FEE" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/10/healthy-eating-dieting-or-plain-stupid.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-7407175361467094344Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:40:00 +00002011-10-30T11:09:47.040+08:00Living in North AmericaIt's been a crazy two weeks. Getting almost bumped off my flight out of Manila, staying in Korea for 15 hours, and getting the colds in Canada. At the NAIA, the clerk told me my flight was in the early morning, but my ticket showed a 12:20 pm departure. I was told to come back, that my agent should've notified me of the changes, blah, blah, blah. I insisted to take the noon flight. After a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/vJ7YMASJxUo/my-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/vJ7YMASJxUo" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-way.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-2360492792113440593Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:03:00 +00002011-09-02T07:29:22.140+08:00Communication and Relationships I was shocked to see Christmas Trees on the set of a local morning news show yesterday. Then I remembered it was September 1st, and then I remembered I was in P.I., the country with the longest Christmas celebration. If I were in North America, the start of Ber... September, would remind me of the demise of Summer, and the re-birth of cool days of Autumn and Winter. Here in Manila, my sweaters http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/3XslV4t5MrU/bers-are-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/3XslV4t5MrU" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/09/bers-are-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-2251641168018591754Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:21:00 +00002011-08-30T08:32:02.792+08:00ApparelAbout the Philippines Rain was raging as we drove last Sunday to Bulacan to visit a sick relative. The U.S. East Coast and Canada were having bad weather that day, too. So Mina and Irene unleashed their ire and destroyed both lives and property in disparate parts of the world. Speaking of weather, I always have my baseball cap on whenever I brave the hot, humid or rainy weather of Manila. I have a hat rack at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/RLtagyH5jL0/caps-ahoy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/RLtagyH5jL0" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/08/caps-ahoy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-5350684720833252481Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:54:00 +00002011-08-26T13:49:08.943+08:00Ballroom dancing Yesterday, I confirmed my flight for a trip this coming Fall. The clerk at the airline was rude, an "I don't care attitude," which I felt even through the airwaves. I screamed at him, and that made him more amenable. I hate waiting or being told by a recording that "all representatives are busy and attending to other customers." So that guy got my peppery mood because his company made me wait http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/v5pgRO4qEyo/confirming-flight-etc-in-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/v5pgRO4qEyo" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/08/confirming-flight-etc-in-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-8673709037791137369Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:55:00 +00002011-08-17T07:54:22.422+08:00Games Toyz was not doing crosswords although the booklets were blended with the glossy magazines. So I finished them all. Then when I ran out of crossword puzzles and sudokus to solve, I hied to National Bookstore to purchase more. I promised myself to buy thicker booklets on my next trip to Canada. This weekend past, we drove to Bulacan to visit an ailing relative and played mahjong with some "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/WpCa7zAiAao/better-than-sudoku.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/WpCa7zAiAao" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/08/better-than-sudoku.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-659414764629124473Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:50:00 +00002011-08-12T12:24:30.667+08:00Keys to Living a Happy LifeCondominium A day in a mall would not be complete without being handed a flyer or brochure of a condo, townhouse or house and lot being developed and sold. Sometimes, I accept them, most of the time I ignore them, other times, I simply veer away from the representative. But there would be days when upon reaching home, I'd discover the brochures tucked in my pant pockets, in shopping bags, or inside my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/J-cj4KgaxKc/condo-craze.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/J-cj4KgaxKc" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/08/condo-craze.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-3313351318315414396Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:17:00 +00002011-08-09T16:28:35.215+08:00Philippine Catholic traditions RIGHT, exterior of Nana Ake's house. BELOW RIGHT, Interior of the chapel part of Nana Ake's house. RIGHT, Exterior of the house. BELOW RIGHT, The Holy Sepulcher inside the chapel-part of Nana Ake's house. About a month or so ago when we were having a property fenced in Bulacan, we decided to visit the house of Nana Ake in Bustos. Nana Ake was a "faith healer," http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/1rzrCp1QDOs/place-of-prayer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/1rzrCp1QDOs" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/08/place-of-prayer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-3038339106203183840Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:37:00 +00002011-08-06T08:42:54.211+08:00Musicals and Other Showshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/YGaMizLW0uY/i-have-dreamed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/YGaMizLW0uY" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-have-dreamed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-5937298353104278122Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:18:00 +00002011-08-03T13:53:57.230+08:00Food and CookingI love munching on crunchy pickles; I love the big dill pickles. In Canada, the refrigerator or cupboard always has jars of pickles, Miracle Whip, Old Fort Cheese, cans of tuna, beans, whole tomatoes, spaghetti, pancit bijon and canton, Kikkoman soy sauce, Extra Virgin Oil, Knorr mixing powder, fish fillets, boxes of frozen shrimp, frozen squid, red peppers, broccoli, bok choi, carrots, fruits,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/1Q0q789bc5o/picking-pickels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/1Q0q789bc5o" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/08/picking-pickels.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985463667281248032.post-5523606292549294991Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:42:00 +00002011-07-26T08:14:36.219+08:00Catholic FaithWhenever I'm in Canada or the U.S., I do my own laundry. It's a breeze. You sort your clothes , drop the right number of quarters (if you're in a laundromat), put detergent and softener, choose the cycle ( whites, colored, delicates, perma press, etc), and wait.Condo dwellers who don't have or are not allowed to have washing machine and dryers in their units, would usually bring their laundry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~3/Ip2Lp_F5iH4/cycles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gener)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LuckyCanary/~4/Ip2Lp_F5iH4" height="1" width="1"/>http://luckycanary.blogspot.com/2011/07/cycles.html