old foggies' hang out

My dad hangs out with his old foggies every day. They will either meet up at the cafe or spend the day walking around the mall. There are lots of benches where they can sit and rest when they get tired. Sometimes I wonder what they have left to talk about seeing each other for 8 hours every single day (LOL). But trust these guys to be chatting about everything under the sun. One of their favorite topics is how health. Although I doubt any of them know how to go online, they still know what brand of kendall briefs are the best and where they can get cheap vitamins.

wake up

It amazes me that many parents don't have the slightest inkling about school these days. I mean, it's not like it used to be in their time, in more ways than one but these folks still have such a righteous view about the system. Well, wake up and smell the stink, folks. It ain't like it used to be no mo. If you'd bother to talk to your kids, you'd probably be so shocked you'll need smelling salts, hehe.

who's next?

It's funny how I sometimes forget that the reason I started this blog was to warn the old folks out there about people like my half-brother, Kaa and half-sister-in-law, Ursula. Ursula asked my father for his will, opened it and read it while he was standing right there. Since finding out who's in the will, she and Kaa have been hatching plans to 'swallow' up my father's house.

And now they have. They bought a house and moved there with my father, thus effectively forcing him to sell his house. So now with the property having been liquidated, the will is basically void so they stand to get everything and whoever else had stood to gain anything from the will now gets nothing.

So there's our merry couple and their 2 young sons going around trying to win over the other relatives with expensive gifts and playing the overall filial son and daughter-in-law. At home, they totally ignore my father and make use of him to babysit their maid who babysits their sons. And basically that's where they're at in terms of accumulating their ill-gotten wealth. Who's next on their hit list? We'll have to wait and see.

vainpot goes to beauty school

When my niece was a toddler, she was very vain and would constantly be playing pretend at makeup and hairdos. Well, she's just completed high school at the end of last year and wondering about her career. After some pondering, she told her mom she's made up her mind. It's not surprising our family's beauty expert has decided to pursue a course at the cosmetology school in Missouri. I'm excited for her, I think we all are. We just know she's going to make the family proud. And as for the rest of us ladies, we're just waiting for her free beauty advice and treatments :wink: !

all that movin' and shakin'

Is it just me or are there more earthquakes in recent times than ever before? I remember an elderly person telling me these natural disasters are the effects of our cumulative bad karma generated by the greedy, the corrupted and the evil that walk amongst man. I think there may well be more than a grain of truth in that.

I'm a believer in karma, not of one person controlling all our fates. According to some articles that I read, the people who believe that one person is responsible for everything that happens are having trouble explaining why perfect good human beings, not just the evil ones, are perishing in these natural disasters. The answer can only be found in a non-god-based religion.

No, it's not a signal that the world is coming to an end despite the movie 2012. So no need to panic yet. There world will still be here tomorrow and long after 2012 as long as there is still evil on earth. That's my take on things.

toying with a golden idea

I'm probably the most clueless person on earth when it comes to gold. I don't wear it and I haven't got a clue how to invest in it. But a friend who works in China has advised us to buy gold bullion as he thinks there will be an increase, possibly a two-fold increase, in gold consumption there over the coming years. Sounds great but I still don't know what I should do. I think it'll be wiser to wait till he has the time to sit down and explain the nitty-gritty to me and we'll see if I can even afford to place any money in it LOL.