Cleaning My Closet

I used to hear "new year's resolution"  whenever New Year is coming.    I remember our teacher in school asked us to list down all that we wanted to get rid of and change in our life.    Mine was to hold my temper and not to say the F*** and S*** if am mad and if I did I have to say sorry to myself.    Sometimes, I am still trying to hold my tongue.  So,  what is your new year's resolution? Mine is to clean my closet.    I have many clothes that are not...

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Generation Gap

Generation gap referring to differences between people of a younger generation and their elders, especially between a child and their parent's generation. Thinking of my mom being alone in our flat on her recent vacation in Bahrain when my sister and I are both at work.  Doing our house chores, television and telephone are her outlets on completing days when she was alone. My mom had her secretarial course in college in the year of type-writers.  I remember Mr. Postman's delivery of letters takes seven to fourteen...

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Which Language You Need

Sa larangan ng trabaho sa abyasyon (aviation) na sumasalamuha sa iba't-ibang tao, maraming beses na nasusubok ang kakayahan at pasensiya ng mga crew. The announcement has been made in both English and local language hence there are some who still seems to not understand, choose to ignore and refuse to understand.  Haysssttt. Maka-ilang beses na ang panawagan ay nabanggit pero nanatili siya upuang hindi naka-assigned.  Pinaki-usapan pero di natinag.  "I have been travelling a lot in my whole life and never encountered problem...

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Washing Machine Spins My Head

Washing Machine Spinner I was almost done doing the laundry.  Thanks washing machine for the wonderful job.  My buddy machine just finished washing the blankets and linens and spinning them. My dilemma started when spinner just stopped working.   My head spun fast and thought, and thought and thought...its winter.   The washing machine spinner is a much-needed help for fast drying the clothes when hanging them.   Who is going to fix it?   Where I am going to take it for fixing? ...

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To My Mother, Bahrain

This special person in my life deserved a break.  I once planned for a trip with her to Vietnam and Cambodia but failed because she had not completed securing requirements for her passport.  There were issues on her birth certificate.   Her name was misspelled, gendered as male.   She had to file for late registration to straighten out the details on her birth certificate and submit it to apply for a passport. This...

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Dubai - Abu Dhabi Vacation

June and me in Abu Dhabi The unplanned trip turned into a blast!        UAE flag If not because of a friend’s invitation to accompany her to go to Dubai this trip wouldn't have thought at all.  Everything was planned and set.  We will be together till she meet and joined her friends in Dubai, stay overnight with them.  I will leave in the morning to Abu Dhabi to meet my friends there and...

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