1. The Lotto jackpot prize goes up to almost a billion pesos. I will buy 4 tickets today. I don’t want to spend a lot of money betting because if it’s really for me then I would win even with one ticket combination.
Yesterday I was at Home Depot looking for a refrigerator for our farmhouse. All the sales agents were busy talking about the lotto no one was minding me.
2. I miss my son. I haven’t seen him for several months. I told my husband last night that I miss my son. Dapat daw kasi I visit him twice a year. I intended to make a quick trip last month eh two times naman akong nagkasakit tapos etong ipin ko pa. I’ve been also busy. Yesterday I was able to speak to him and he told he miscalculated the amount of money he needs for his daily transportation. He has classes the whole day from Mondays to Fridays, then group meetings on Saturdays and he attends free lectures on Sundays. His schedule would be like that for the next two years. Mahal din kasi pamasahe. He quit his job that paid him $500 a month kulang pa pang bus fare. With his new intensive class schedules, he cannot find time to work to augment sana his living allowance. His school is far, around 2-3 hours commute each way.
3. Houses pala in Minnesota are priced lower compared to those in the big cities. I told my husband maybe we can move there instead. I was watching tv last night and they showed a huge mansion on 43 acres with a really big barn with horses selling for $1.2M. It even comes with a beautiful lake. That means smaller houses could only be in the $150s-200s. I want the barn with horses, not the mansion. Makabili pag tumama ako sa lotto.
4. Our staff Rose came to my office this morning and started crying. As soon as I arrived, she popped out and wanted to speak to me daw. Matagal na yata nya ako inaabangan. Her medical exams all showed she has cysts all over her body. But the great news is they are all benign. She was crying tears of joy. I thought I would hear bad news. She just wanted to share with me daw because she was overwhelmed.
The topic veered towards depression. I told her she’s not depressed, rather she’s lonely. “Go find a guy, kailangan mo ng merong maglambutsing sa’yo. Move on and forget about your ugly husband”.
5. Last night I had a long kwentuhan with Oyen. I learned something new. The term young people use when they are seeing or chatting with a guy then he just disappeared without saying bye is GHOSTING. Bigla na lang naglaho parang multo kaya ghost. Hindi na nagparamdam. Eh siguro kasi he just wanted sex and not an emotional relationship.
6. In dating sites pala, there are no filters. Even the photos of my maids and drivers and prostitutes can find their way into your sons or daughters’ cellphone screens. Some people could be very photogenic and ang mga babae can look gorgeous, naka make up, eye lashes, colored contact lenses and men just look at the prettiness and sexiness without being able to decipher who she really is. Basta maganda and type nila, they swipe to the right. One rich fellow swiped a gorgeous girl’s photo. Then after taking several looks again, aha, she’s the yaya pala of her cousin’s baby. Not that it’s wrong to be a yaya. But people generally want to go out with someone with the same wavelength. Oyen told me women are better in weeding out those photos of men who have a different status. They know the facial expressions, backgrounds, medyo halata daw ang porma. Pero sa mga babae hindi. As long as she’s dressed nicely, naka ayos, men could easily be smitten.
7. Depression hits more single women according to statistics because they are alone and lonely. Second is married women, those who are unhappily married are depressed because they want to get out of their situation. No perfect life.
8. Antonia is back to cooking tinola. This week she cooked tinola twice plus for last night’s dinner. I tried to teach her new dishes pero she’s old na and has her own way of doing things. I am also far from being a patient teacher. So for the sake of my blood pressure, okay na lang din ang tinola.
9. My husband got mad at our caretaker. In his desire to please Edmund and I, he collected 22 eggs from the baskets where the hens laid eggs. He mistakenly collected those that there were ready for hatching. Kawawa naman yung mga baby chicks-to-be. Nabugok. Edmund got mad but the guy reasoned out, not in a disrespectful manner pero syempre we didn’t like that. He was trying to argue that he didn’t collect the eggs from the limliman. Edmund fired him kasi nakulitan sa kanya. I gave the guy money so he could go home to their province. I also got his complete address so I could send his new born baby some lampin and supplies. Medyo nakakaawa din kasi bagong panganak yung misis and nalubog sya sa utang sa bayad sa doctor and hospital kasi caesarian. He’s been waiting for Edmund to forgive him. He’s hoping lalamig din ulo and we would let him come back and work at the farm again. I hope he finds another job in their town soonest. Mahirap buhay sa probinsya, wala silang makain and wala daw syang makitang trabaho. Nagmamakaawa na pabalikin ko na. Ang sarap ng buhay nya sa farm namin. Ang presko pa sariwa ang hangin. Napaka gaan ng trabaho. Bakit naman kasi nangatuwiran pa dapat he just kept quiet while Edmund was scolding him. Itlog lang naman yun. No big deal.
