It seems like it was only yesterday and yet it is Sunday again. Time travels so fast.
I miss reading the Sunday papers, I used to subscribe when dad was alive. Early Sunday mornings would always be a cup of instant coffee and Philippine Star. I don’t subscribe anymore since I always don’t get to read it anyway. Besides, when you eat an early breakfast at Jollibee, the morning paper comes free. For so many Sundays now, we always attend the 6:30 am masses in town. There are always online sites for national dailies if one wants to be updated with the headlines which almost always deals with extra-judicial killings. It’s not really good to be reading those news reports that only make you feel that the present government is doing nothing. I pity my country, in nine months since their president occupied Malacanang, it’s one big ride downwards.
Today we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast day in the Catholic Church. It is celebrated on the Sunday after Easter, the Octave of Easter. I will always remember my former boss at the bank, she was the one who initiated that we pray the 3 O’clock Prayer to the Divine Mercy every day. I’ve come to memorize the prayer. This hour of Great Mercy promises tremendous grace in our lives.
So yesterday was a family celebration of Mom’s birthday. It’s one of those day worth-remembering again not so much of the food (though we have plenty of it) but more of the camaraderie and the laughter when our baby Nate is around. I think he will always be the life of a party. I have some food magazines here and Nate pointed at one of the covers and told his dad that he wanted something similar to eat soon. It’s a colorful array of veggies and meat on the side. We laughed while he pointed at the photo. Sometimes kids are taken by colors although they are the first to figure out that a certain taste is not to their liking. I am glad that Nate eat his vegetables more than her daddy does 🙂
Have I told you that I finally changed my Aldiko e-reader to Moonreader? Moonreader seems the better option for my e-books, it is easier to navigate and to follow. Since I started reading e-books a few years ago, it has always been Aldiko but I guess it is no longer that user-friendly on my tab. I wonder sometimes that despite an outer device with a 10 gb to boot, I still get the message, the space it not enough to upgrade apps. The only apps I installed earlier when I didn’t have my computer before was the BPI and WordPress. The tab comes with all those pre-installed apps that you cannot delete but are upgraded from time to time Facebook included. never mind, I only ever use it for reading and for paying household bills online. I want to buy a camera first before changing my tab. One of these days, maybe.
Good to hear that the family meal was an enjoyable time.
I remember buying the Sunday Times, back in the 1970s. It came with many sections, including a Review section for books and films, and a full-colour magazine too. These days, I find all newspapers are too political, and more opinionated. Also, by the time it gets to Sunday, all the news featured hs been gone over constantly, on the 24-hour news channels. So I no longer buy any newspapers, least of all on a Sunday.
Best wishes, Pete.
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We enjoyed it Pete and I enjoyed playing with Nate even more. Sometimes I could not catch up with what he says.He asked me to take a video of him while he was reciting a poem he learned in school. I did a few pics.
We can always read the Sunday news online so I don’t buy anymore.
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Your Sundays sound peaceful, Arlene! Hope it’s been a great day for you; ours is just beginning, and we are going to be in the gardens, messing about with weeds and the 4-leggeds, with plenty of time for pauses to take in the beauty of the day, river, spring, and life…and be so very grateful to our sweet God. 🙂
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Yes it was Kitty. Sundays are always relaxing days for us here.
I love gardening too and taking shots of the blooms in the garden. We only have a dog, a cat and three kittens now.
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I stopped buying the Sunday paper when I found it was about 90% ads. What is Jollibee? Every Tuesday my neighbor and I pray the rosary and the Divine Mercy chaplet. I love both.
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I think it is no longer practical to subscribe when you can read it online.
Just like you, praying the rosary calms my soul. Thanks Elizabeth.
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It sounds like you had a wonderful day, Arlene. I hope your week is full of blessings 🙂
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It was Diana. May many wonderful blessing come your way too.
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Glad to hear that you had nice Sunday and family time! My husband still like to read paper news, paper magazines. He likes to feel the paper!
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Thank you so much. Have a happy week ahead.
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Thank you! I have some favorite things to do – work out, gardening…
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I love gardening too but I just trimmed the grass last week, maybe I have two more weeks to go before I garden again. I just water the plants every morning.
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I have some flowers to plant before the sun gets too hot.
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It is at the height of the dry season here so the days re always hot.
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Oh, then you have to wait until it gets cooler!
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I think so but we need to trim the carabao grass every month, otherwise they would grow tall like those unruly weeds.
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I know what you mean. There are a lot of them in my neighborhood, especially the homes with larger land!
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Ha Ha! Their president! I don’t like him, too. I always pray that he will be enlightened.
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I hate his guts. He is encouraging people to kill, is that right? He is bringing the whole country to perdition 😦
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Agot Isidro is right that he is crazy. He keeps changing his statements, he lies, he curses a lot even on Maundy Thurs! But it doesn’t bother his supporters.
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I think they are blind to it all. Sobra silang believe sa isang sinungaling na tao.
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