Wonderful Weather We're Having

Top fives for the moment:

5) It is raining. I'm glad it's raining because I rather deal with weeks of storms and wetness compared to weeks of water rationing during the summer. It's too difficult to decrease my shower times. That's where I like to think!

4) I love to watch Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations on the Travel Channel. Last week he went to...oh what?! THE PHILIPPINES?! It was a great show to me because aside from the common food staples like pancit palabok, taho, various kinds of adobo, various kinds of sinigang, sisig, and lechon, he also brought up a good point about Filipinos especially when they live in other countries but the Philippines. It does seem like we lose a good chunk of our identity in terms of a lack of understanding of our own culture or even a lack in knowing the mother tounge. For many Filipinos, especially those that don't frequently travel to the Motherland, going to the Philippines is just as much foreign as when our parents and grandparents went to the US. Perhaps it's because we just adapt to the culture and the different society really quickly. Perhaps, also we just don't go to the Philippines as frequently as we would like.

However, one thing I wish we could start is a Tagalog school in the US, just like there's Chinese school for the Chinese. It would be good to have my kids or even myself still maintain a piece of my identity. Gotta know the roots!

If you didnt' watch it. Watch it!











3) I've still been contemplating on what I want to do. Health care is still on my mind, but especially if my job for Homeland Security works out well, perhaps I would like to work on a national security basis. I'm a tad iffy about it though because I do want to raise a family in the future, and depending on what I want to do, I rather not get married, have kids, and in the end not taking care of either one of them because I'm too busy saving the country and the world. And that is where that lesson about sacrifice starts to kick in.

For those who were called, thanks for helping me out. I really appreciate your support and comments.

2) The water in American Canyon or everywhere in Solano and Napa Counties has been contaminated with leaves and dirt ran off from the storms during the last few days. Every time I shower or drink from the tap, it smells and tastes oh so natural, but in a bad way. However, the water is safe to use (it's just dirt).

1) Take care and be safe. You know who you are.

That is all.