Thursday, September 28, 2017

Life in the United States versus Life in the Philippines

Retirement Home in the United States

A couple of weeks ago, I described the five luxuries that my wife are enjoying here in the US. Today, I am adding another luxury that I forgot in that blog. The number six luxury is the service of a Gardener. My Gardener does the mowing, trimming and weeding of both our front and back yards twice a month or as in needed basis. I still do the watering and fertilizing. David III still maintains our swimming pool and minor repairs in the house.

Anyone Swimming on your Birthday suit on a Hot Summer Night?

Today I am also attaching one of my hubs about Life in the Philippines vs Life in the US from my hubpages.com account just in case you have not read it as follows:


Retirement Home in the Philippines

https://hubpages.com/health/Life-in-the-Philippines-versus-Life-in-the-United-States

Friday, September 22, 2017

Carenna and Teenage Verbal Bullying

The mean girls are jealous of Carenna's Poise and Beauty

I was reading the FB page of my daughter Ditas yesterday and learned that Carenna who entered 9th grade last month( first year high school) told her that there are Mean Girls in her class. This means verbal bullying to me. I could identify how Carenna felt since I was also bullied when I was in high school.

I wrote my own verbal bullying experience when I was in high school in the 1950's in detail in the first edition of my autobiography. However, a friend suggested I tone it down (the details) since it was too personal. Instead of toning it down, I decided just to omit it in the second edition of my autobiography. Writing it down however was very therapeutic. I have forgotten all about my teenage bullying, until yesterday after reading Ditas FB page.

Here's Ditas Posting: Mean girls in the HISP* program at CK McClatchy and we thought it would be less likely, but they are everywhere.

The following are some reactions from Ditas FB friends to the above posting:

Honestly after 2016 who is surprised?

They are everywhere, sadly. Hugs

Unfortunately they are everywhere

Contact their counselors. And continue contacting their counselors and admin with each and every incident.

College is just around the corner. Tell her it will get better. Hugs

True. Highschool... barf.... college.... so awesome!

Ditas Katague: I know right! my 35th High school reunion is next Saturday and I thought about going but after witnessing Carenna's torment this week, I have PTSD from my high school traumas. And those that caused it, I have no desire to come in contact with.

It's just preparing her for the workforce 😱

Success is the best revenge.

Ditas it's high school ... mean girls are what help us grow into fierce woman and smoke them all! Tell her to hang in there it gets better!

So, how common is teenage bullying in the US?

According to statistics from Family First Aid, about 30 percent of teenagers in the U.S. have been involved in bullying, either as a bully or as a victim of teenage bullying. Data suggests that teenage bullying is more common among younger teens than it is among older teens. However, it may be that young teens are more prone to physical bullying, which is easier to identify, and that older teens are more sophisticated in methods of bullying that are not always exactly identified as such.

Physical bullying is more common among boys, and teenage girls often favor verbal and emotional bullying. Indeed, while boys report that they are more likely to be involved in physical altercations, girls report that they are often the targets of nasty rumors – especially involving sexual gossip. Additionally, girls are more likely to use exclusion as a teenage bullying technique than boys are.

*The Humanities and International Studies Program (HISP), founded in 1985, is a rigorous honors program located at C.K. McClatchy High School. (See HISP History for more information on how the program began.) The curriculum—a unique global perspective on learning and understanding—prepares HISP students for success at any college or university in the country.

For details on teenage bullying read the following:
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/teenage-bullying.html

Related News about Verbal Bullying:

Today's news highlights the verbal bullying of Trump and Kim Jong Un:

Trump calls KIM, Rocket Man as well as “unfit,” “rogue” and “gangster”. Kim bullied back and call Trump― a mentally unbalance “dotard,” . 

So what is a dotard: According to Merriam-Webster, a “dotard” is a “person in his or her dotage,” with “dotage” further defined as “a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness.”

Freelance journalist Jihye Lee said the original statement in Korean used a term better translated as “old beast lunatic,” but it became “dotard” in the English version released by North Korea. 

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Macrine's Excited about her New Swim Suit

Macrine Getting Ready to Swim

Last week, Macrine swam in our pool for the first time since 2013 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson's. As part of her physical therapy her neurologist encourage her to swim and play the piano-the two activities she loves before her PD diagnosis. Yesterday, I purchased her a new suit from Macy-A Calvin Klein. When she tried it this morning she was so excited as shown the following photos and video.

Macrine modeling her new Calvin Klein bathing suit

Temperature today is only in the mid-80's, but Macrine is excited to swim because of her new swim suit.

Friday, September 15, 2017

Beware of Telephone Scam Asking for Bail Money


Yesterday, I received a call from a guy pretending to be my oldest grandson. His voice sounds like Ian and I listened to him for about 5 minutes. He was asking me for bail money. He said he is in the downtown jail. Here's our phone conversation I as I remember it:

Caller: Hi Grandpa?

Me: Who is this?

Caller: Your oldest grandson.

Me: Glad to hear from you. Where are you know? Are you still in Roseville. ( I thought he was calling me for a short visit), to see us. He did not response where he is calling from.

Caller: I do not like calling you but I need help right now. I am in trouble. ( He described in detail how someone framed him by putting drugs in his car. The police arrested him and he needs some bail money.)

Me: Where are you now ?.

Caller: I am in jail downtown ( did not specify if it is Sacramento).

Me: I can not drive to downtown, because no one will baby sit for your Grandma.

Caller: You do not have to go downtown just talk to my lawyer( at this time I was really getting suspicious). The caller pleaded that I do not hang up the phone as he was trying to connect me to his lawyer.

However, I did hanged up the phone. A few minutes later, the phone rang again, but I did not answer it.

Note: This morning I sent a message to Ian's Mom and inquire if Ian is OK.

I also got an note from Ian today. Hi Lolo. Everything is ok I'm fine. I'm sorry you have to deal with this. Just wanted to let you know that I love you

Monday, September 11, 2017

The 16th Anniversary of the Day the World Trembled


WE WILL NOT FORGET: The following hub is my contribution of the day when the world trembled. Today is the 16th anniversary of that heinous crime committed by terrorist to the USA. Here's my hub in case you have not read it.

https://hubpages.com/education/the-day-the-world-trembled

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Season 3 of the TV Series "Outlander" Premiered Today


One of My favorite TV series besides Games Of Thrones, Outlander, Season 3 premiered today. I just finished Episode 1 and I really enjoyed this TV historical romantic drama. It is an example of a time-travel drama. Looking forward for the next 12 episodes. In case you have not seen Season 1 and 2 of this TV seies, here's a summary from Wikipedia.

Outlander is a British-American television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Left Bank Pictures for Starz, the show premiered on August 9, 2014. It stars Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall, a married World War II nurse who in 1945 finds herself transported back to the Scotland of 1743, where she encounters the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite risings.

The second season of 13 episodes, based on Dragonfly in Amber, premiered on April 9, 2016. On June 1, 2016, Starz renewed the series for a third and fourth season, which will adapt the third and fourth Outlander novels, Voyager and Drums of Autumn. The 13-episode third season is scheduled to premiere on September 10, 2017.


For more pictures and details of Outlander, Season 3 read the following:

http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/outlander/255879/outlander-season-3-premiere-date-trailer-cast-news-and-story-details

Regarding the novel read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlander_(novel)

Friday, September 8, 2017

Macrine's Love and Addiction for Shiseido Cosmetics


Macrine started using Shiseido cosmetics in 1960. At that time I was still studying for my doctorate degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Illinois in Chicago. We were poor but on her birthday that year, I decided to give her a Shiseido moisturizing cream and lipstick.

Since that time she is hooked to Shiseido products( cream, foundation, lipstick, perfume/cologne etc.) and is still using Shiseido cosmetics as of today. Her love for Shiseido cosmetics is one of the five luxuries in our life in the US that I described in my blog just recently. I call this love for Shiseido cosmetics one her addiction or obsession in life besides her cigarettes.

Shiseido perfume for only $300 for the bottle.

Also today, after my Internet search on Shiseido, I learned that they have cosmetics also for Men. Luckily for our budget I have not learned how to use these men products. In addition I learned also that Shiseido manufactured the most expensive cream in the world as posted in the following article:

Shiseido: World's Most Expensive Cream? June 19, 2012,By AKIKO FUJITA

Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido introduced a limited-edition face cream priced at nearly $13,300 to mark its 140th anniversary, an eye-popping sum even in a country known for its high-priced cosmetics.
The "Cle de peau Beaute," sold under the name "La Crème" internationally, claims to lift and tighten skin with powerful anti-aging properties. It is already available in stores for about $632 for a 1.8 oz jar, but Shiseido decided it wanted to up the glitz to commemorate the line's 30th anniversary.

They called on French designer Olivier Severe, who handcrafted jars using 30 layers of crystal, and three platinum rings.
Just three jars are set to go on sale at Shiseido's flagship store in the glitzy Ginza district in September, but the cosmetics company is offering a more "reasonably priced" version of the product, at just over $1,000 for a limited time.

"When La Crème was first introduced, only women with well-paying jobs would buy our products," Nagai said. "These days, women in their 20s and 30s buy them. Even if they can't afford the whole line, they want the cream."

Here's a short paragraph about Shiseido from Wikipedia.

Shiseido Company, Limited (株式会社資生堂 Kabushiki-gaisha Shiseidō, Japanese: [ɕiseeꜜdoː]) is a Japanese multinational personal care company, that is a skin care, hair care, cosmetics and fragrance producer. It is one of the oldest cosmetics companies in the world. Founded in 1872, it celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2012. It is the largest cosmetic firm in Japan and the fifth largest cosmetics company in the world. Shiseido is only available at cosmetic counters at selected department stores or pharmacists. The company owns numerous brands and subsidiaries worldwide, in addition to its founding label. The company trades on the Tokyo stock exchange, and it is a chief competitor of SK-II.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Macrine Swimming for the First Time Since 2013

I can not believe this. Yesterday, she wanted me to drive her to the Motor's Vehicle Office, so she can renew her driver license. Today she wanted to swim. We can not find her bathing suit, but here are three videos I took this morning. In a couple of hours she will need her medication. Thank you Lord!



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