today jan 24 is another cold day.. -8C.  better than yesterday, -17C. however, i am home, no need to go out..no work or groceries to buy.
last jan 22, almost midnight, my sister neneng sent me an SOS email.  the content shocked me to my core.  lastly, money is required to solve and help with her dilemma.  i was really apalled.. it s almost a habit that jerwin will be sick or accidentally stabbed twice a year.  i am finding it very difficult to be giving monetary help this time.  whether this is true occurence i am not sending her help this time.  
my concern now, is when my sister truely is sick and will need hospitalization.. big money demand from jerwin, and he is known for being greedy, manipulative, lair and can make-up stories, just to extort money from me.  oh what a mess.. i wasted so much financial  support , helping them.  
we celebrated linda and susie's bday.  unfortunately, i didn't buy them a birthday cake.  i felt this party was incomplete.  edna cooked pochero, karikari, and i made veg. eggplant.  the dessert was not a success, becuz, i made tiramisu and croquembouche.. today imixed the tiramisu and croque.. and coconut with jackfruit.. the syrup from the fruits, soften the croque, and the tiramisu made the mixture most tastier.
i also needed  to exercise again, otherwise this 4 pds will stay in my belly.. tomorrow, more vigorous exercise... i am taking my life very
easy.  grit..............

2011

almost 4 months has gone.. christmas season was a great time.  i had my family over, christmas eve, then susie eugenie, emily and friend came over for lunch and dinner, played boards games.  on the 27 dave's  "sequence" friend came to play this board gane, mikey, tiana lyn, sylvian arrived at lunch, and gil with his girlfriend lyn came too.  so plenty of cooking, food prep and laughter.  not to forget katkat and john came for a visit as well.  holy wishers, shirley, sarah and zoreh.  great friends.
this was also the month cora babida passed away, shocking news.  very hard to accept it. 
2000-2010  significant years.. retirement, travelling, connecting with friends , dead
SIGNIFICANT DATES:

travelS   
                              egypt 2004
                              indian ocean 2007
                              phil 2008,2004
                              west coast 2006, 2003
                              las vegas 2005, 2009
                              austria 2000
                              paris, switz, sweden 2009
dead                inang feb 15 2001
                              pol          march 15 2006
                              ama       feb 16 2010
retirement    sept102010

 future plans:   5 years
to travel to england by train 2012,   plant more tomatoes in my garden, visit west coast 2011, plan for dave's retirement.. travel to the arctic nunavut.. hoping i don't get a disease.......