You can never ruin things for other people. You will always end up ruining things only for yourself.

Every tree will always show you how joyous it is to be alive.

When you feed others, you will always have enough food for yourself, for the universe will never allow you to go hungry.

The new is not necessarily better than the old.

Big and little make good partners.

Every person who is alone talks to himself.

What encompasses part of a whole very soon encompasses the whole.

Do not laugh at the ignorant, for they will grow wise sooner than you think.

Back from the center. Came home with nine unusual finds.

Always love your body more than you love anyone else's.

So glad to know that the compound tenant who had a heart attack is now doing fine. His son is a nurse and is taking care of him.

To avoid imitating someone at all costs is the equivalent of slavishly imitating him.

Spirit Questing is never all about you. It is always all about your client.

Lunch at home with Angelique, Aubrey, and J.

Now Angelique and J. are off to J.'s basketball game in Manila.

As for myself, I need to go and check out something at the center later today.

When a loved one, significant other, or dear friend experiences an accident, disaster, or death, it is never YOUR karma--it is HIS karma.

Other people are never used as props, and their tragedies are never used as teaching aids, for you. They have their own minds, their own lives, and their own destinies, as you have yours.

Do not be overly upset by delays--they are spirit guides' ways of preventing you from encountering accidents or misfortune.

Allow your spirit guides to change or adjust the rhythm of your day.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky is lined with silver tissue fabric.

Every time I watch Agatha Christie DVDs I am all fired up to do our rooms in that exquisite, in-between period between art nouveau and art deco.

Finished watching "The Affair of the Pink Pearl" episode from Partners in Crime, the Tommy & Tuppence series that my sister Sylvia sent me from Australia. Loved it. Deliciously 1920s. Gorgeous sets, costumes, and jewelry. The action, performances, blocking, and entrances and exits are deliberately stagy and comedic, even ambiguously Chekhovian. There is something Lucille Ball-ish about the actress who plays Tuppence. Very whimsical Agatha Christie, and I am happy to have the Poirot series, the Marple series, and this one.

When a virgin does not oil her lamp, it is because she prefers to be escorted home by a handsome, Good Samaritan.

If the buildings do not topple, they will sink into the ground.

There are things which, the older they get, the better they look.

The ant labored all summer while the grasshopper played the fiddle all summer.

In the winter, the grasshopper should have thought of holding a solo fiddle concert. Tickets would have sold out.

It is useless to go anywhere in Europe to study painting if you do not have the necessary talent to begin with.

You lust after a person in a photo, not knowing that that person no longer looks the same and will no longer be desirable to you.

When disaster strikes, there will be enough blame to go around.

Dinner at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

We discussed the granddaughters' university schedules for the first semester.

Not home alone anymore.The granddaughters are back from their shopping spree, and bought a lot more stuff than I expected.

Never say that you need "just one little table" to put your junk on, because you will end up with a lot of "little tables" and never get rid of your junk.

There is only ONE rule to follow to de-clutter your house: NOTHING ON THE FLOOR, and that includes any kind of furniture.

Think twice before deciding that you NEED more furniture, for it is furniture that encourages clutter in your house. Furniture makes you put all sorts of stuff in it, on it, and around it, including piles of books and papers.

Home alone.

The granddaughters are out buying shoes.

Back from a Spirit Quest and consultation at Rockwell. Was picked up 1:00 PM, was brought back home 5:00 PM. Did not take photos because the agent is an international celebrity. The agent also wanted me to come alone.

Yes, the tikbalangs are still in Rockwell. I think that they will always be there.

Gave the agent five items to install in their house.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky is hatched with impressions of rain.

Aubrey lights vigil candles on the family altar on the second anniversary of my daughter-in-law Ivy's death.

Dinner at home with my sister Alice, Angelique, Aubrey, and J. on the evening of Ivy's second death anniversary.

The broadcaster claims to be nationalistic, but he wears T-shirts with foreign flags on them.

It is all right to tune in late to a news program in which the hosts use the first 15 minutes to warm up and introduce the show and intermittently crack jokes and engage in small talk.

Ambition is the downfall of every wannabe mage.

Always treat the students you KEEP as your own sons and daughters.

Whenever you are unselfish, the universe brings you what you want for yourself tenfold and on a silver platter.

Whenever you are rushing, remember that you are not only rushing to accomplish something, you are also rushing toward your own death.

Before continuing to gripe about someone you haven't seen in a while, first find out whether that person is still alive. Otherwise your griping would only be a waste of time.

Jalan-jalan at the center with Chito. Went to the bank, paid our utility bills, did groceries, bought medication and vitamins for the grandchildren, and had a snack at the Cubao Leaky Cauldron.

The devil always argues.
The devil always thinks that he is right.
The devil never hesitates to hurt or harm others.
The devil goes to church.
The devil uses religiosity as his last defense.

The sky is garlanded with nylon mesh.

Beware devils' traffic, in which devils do the rounds to possess atchays.

Good noon, Cubao!

Slept nine hours last night.

A compound tenant suffered a heart attack but refused to be brought to the hospital. A son or daughter attended to him, according to the security guard on duty.

Fear of hospital is equivalent to fear of death.

There is nothing so restricting as preventing yourself from doing the things you like and conforming to other people's expectations, just because you have a reputation to keep.

Dinner at home with Angelique, Aubrey, and J.

Angelique and J. back from attending to official paperwork.

Aubrey back from gym with a pair of potted flowers for Ivy's second death anniversary.

Knitting and magic are directly correlated.

As you work, you create the magical weave of ether necessary for your spells to travel through.

Your e-mail message:

"Good Morning.

"I have this dream last night. eto po yung details na naaalala ko:

"i went out in a classroom and ended up in a forest like place. i am carrying a blanket around my neck. i noticed my supposed teacher surveying the river. then i decided to return to the classroom but it was raining so i decided to wait in that forest like place. i took shelter in canopy made of rock. there was a huge rock protruding from the ceiling where water is trickling. i catched the falling water with my hands then i took notice of what was in front of me. It was a small falls instead of a river. the falls were made of pile of round stones and in the spaces of stones was where the water falls. after sometime i thought to use the blanket as cover from rain to leave the forest. i ended up in a steep stone walkway. i managed to reach the top in the 2nd but before i reached the top, while struggling to climb the steep walkway, a woman asked me why i chose that way when just beside it is a stone steps which is much easier to climb (the woman was using that stone steps). i can't remember my response or if i responded. anyways on the top i was hugging the polished top stone in front of me was a button that will open the door. i pushed it, the door opened but the opening is very small and with unusual shape since i needed to stick out my elbows while hugging the stone (i was in a sitting position). i managed to enter the door and ended up in a comfort room where a guy just finished using the bowl (i remember seeing this guy in the forest earlier in my dream). i decided to poop. weird was i throw my underwear in the bowl then decided to poop while continously flushing the bowl. i heard the guy talking to his father to not enter the cr. but the father opened the door. then i noticed that i was in a room of someone since i saw a double deck on my left side. a girl entered the room. she didn't bother seeing me sitting in a toilet bowl. then the father (turned out to be my former manager) saw me and made the usual jokes. he was holding a pillow and scissors. he cut a small portion of the pillow case and jokingly offered it as tissue. i continously was flushing the toilet bowl but my underwear was not flushing out. the when i looked again to see if my undies is flushed out i saw a guy instead in the toilet bowl fighting not to be flushed out. my dream ended with me also being flushed out and found myself in a dungeon with the guy i am flushing out. 

"thanks in advance"

My reply:

Hello ______!

This dream tells me that you may have married or given commitment to a woman you do not really love. You probably went into this relationship because you and/or the woman (and maybe your father as well) desire to change your lifestyle, your habits, and your orientation.

The decision, of course, is yours.

There are those who believe that people can change. There are those who believe that people do not change.

Just ask yourself: What really makes you happy? What makes you a complete person? What makes you feel confident, successful, and fulfilled?

Never live a life that others choose for you. Follow your own heart, not the hearts of your religious leaders. Even if it eventually leads you to sadness, you will have the least regrets for having done so.

Your Messenger message:

"Hi Sir, just woke and I had a dream still fresh in my mind. I was running with a few of my officemates in a parking lot and we were like being chased by people who were acting like zombies. They werent really looking like zombies in their appearance. My current officemate A. was chasing me, she was a zombie. And I managed to escape her by pushing her to a fire exit stair case. After which I jumped down to thw 26th floor, and hid on the cars. 26th floor was still a parking space. As I was hiding I noticed two men, and when then saw me I shot them with my hand by gesturing a gun, and I said bang. Then one of the guys shot me. However it was weird because there were no gunshot wounds. He also shot my officemate who was inside a red mirage glx car, and it appeared that he was mortally wounded. I rolled under the car pretending to be dead and the guys left. I rushed to the car since I knew my officemate G. was shot. I started the car and it was a manual transmission. It is weird since I was able to drive it even though I do not drive manual cars. It also appeared that L. was there which is one of our officemates. I drove and we arrived at a parking space once again. G. was suddenly okay. No wounds. Suddenly there was a car parked in front of us and we cannot leave the parking. I went around in leather boots which became wet inside due to wet ground. As i returned i noticed that the car in front of us already left. I noticed a car which was a white mirage g4 which was trying to park and scratched it by trying to do so. G. was trying to leave the parking slot, and when he saw me he was trying to the car. I told thim to brake and put the car in neutral. He was able to do so and it appeared to be an automatic transmission now. And I woke. Good day sir."


My reply:

Hello ____!

Whenever you dream of being in a building and going to a particular floor, that floor represents an age in your life. Think back to the time you were 26 years old--a situation occurred then that is potentially repeating itself at the present time. Your impulses are to project your predicament to your co-workers, and the tendency is to flee or escape.

What is happening in your life right now that corresponds to this situation? What solutions did you apply in the past to such a situation--or did you do anything at all about it?

Personally history repeats itself, and you are being called upon by your psyche to take appropriate and effective action rather than ride away.

I've always wanted a hardwood knitting bowl and I'm glad my sister Sylvia sent me one. Everyone thinks it's for peanuts or candy, but it's really to work simultaneously with three balls of yarn while preventing the threads from getting entangled with one another.

DVDs, books, and chocolates.

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.

OMG tonight is Agatha Christie night, because my sister Sylvia sent me two more DVDs and two books from Australia!

If your religion makes you constantly fearful of the rest of the world, then you are constantly fearful of yourself, and you most probably are practicing the wrong religion.

Are you as corny as Kansas in August,
High as a flag on the Fourth of July?

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky opens its candy stores.

Never use a ragged umbrella. It will make you look ragged too, because, when it is open, it is the first thing that other people see.

Gaining confidence is an important step in attaining success, but it is only one important step, and is not sufficient by itself to bring you where you want to go.

Lying back awake is resting, sleeping is recharging.

Tony Perez's Art of War: Do not welcome and embrace strangers who come to you, flatter you, and pretend to be on your side. They are traitors to everything they say they represent, to you, and to themselves.

Hold a yellow, glass ball in your left hand to properly handle your emotions, especially grief, and to strengthen your spiritual connection to your ancestors. The ball can also be held in your left hand while astral traveling.

Rolling thunder beyond Cubao.

There are none so arrogant as graduate students, yet most graduate students end up as nobodies even to themselves.

Make repairs before or after a storm, not while it rages.

Tony Perez's Art of War: When someone dislikes you, dislike him back, and do not bother to mend the lost relationship, the way you would not bother to mend broken glass.

A coward never takes risks because he believes he is always on the losing end.

Tragedy not only has consequences, it has even more implications.

We weep not immediately after a tragedy but after our minds have completely comprehended it, which can take from a week to a year.

Everyone can be attractive, but not everyone knows how they can be so.

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Aubrey and a friend are buying concert tickets later.

Happiness is achieved when you cut down the number of people who come to you and the number of people you go to.

Two cups very black, Italian blend.

Good morning, Cubao!

The sky is an incomplete jigsaw puzzle.

He doesn't eat preserved dates because they look, to him, like candied cockroaches.

Tony Perez's Art of War: Know that your enemy's real enemy is the person he always wanted to be but cannot be.

A mirror on every wall creates an astral crossroads inside a room.

Every season brings concomitant inconveniences, but all you have to do is prepare for them.

Have season boxes in storage containing everything you need to make things as pleasant and as comfortable as possible for your family.

The rain has stopped in Cubao, but the streets are still slick with it. Night falls. The surfaces of the streets are black mirrors that reflect the colored lights above shop doors and windows.

Hold a cobalt blue, glass ball in your left hand to fine-tune your comprehension, analysis, foresight, and precognition.

Now snuggling in bed and continuing reading The Dream Spheres.

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.

Wind-driven drizzle on Cubao.

In the meantime I set up the mahjong table in the studio lounge. Our old dining chairs are just perfect for the table. Will use the lavender set on Saturday.

Still hibernating. Do not disturb.

My sister Remi will conduct a mahjong tutorial for the family on Saturday in lieu of our Bingo afternoon. My sister Alice and I, however, already know how to play it.

Now he will become paranoid.

When your god tells you to stop, why bother to pray to be allowed to not stop?

Go out of your way to make money because you love what you do, not because you have to pay bills.

Good day, Cubao!

The sky is an astral carnivalscape.

If you are afraid of going to bed after eating pancit, drink a tall glass of soda and, of course, do not go to sleep immediately.

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Scandalous as it may sound, I think I need one more mahjong table. A mahjong party is more fun with eight people. That's a good number for two to four pizzas, one cake, one or two pies, a bucket of chicken, and two family-size bottles of soda.

And, when no one's playing, I can use the tiles for experimenting with three-dimensional stage set models--and for creating magical structures. It is said that General Chuoko Liong/Kung Ming created a small, labyrinthine structure after the ba-gua so that his enemies would lose their way, and that he could summon strong winds with that same structure.

Hold an aquamarine, glass ball in your left hand to manifest clarity in communication and self-expression, and facility in different languages.

A cold compress will alleviate gout, a hot compress frozen shoulder.

Never begin an art project with painstaking detail and end up in a slapdash manner. You will only manage to be like a comic book artist who eventually loses interest in his work.

Too much showmanship will not bring you the coveted trophy.

His face has become puffy and his eyes are tired.

The rain descends on the landscape like a big, black bird come to roost.

Back from jalan-jalan in Lucky Chinatown with Angelique and Aubrey. Amazing that they remember the places we went to the last time we were there, and that was years ago, when I bought our two Chinese lanterns.

This time around bought a wooden mahjong table, thanks to a referral from my spiritual son. And we splurged on purple yam delicacies.

The goddess of the storm is my mother. We beat the rain on our way back.