Legacy of an Adopted Child - Part 1

This is the title of a poem given to us by the nuns at the orphanage where we adopted our oldest son. It was printed in a nice paper and the letters were blue. The author is unknown. 

Once there were two women,

Who never knew each other

One you do not remember,

The other you called mother.

Two different lives

Shaped to make yours one.

One became your guiding star,

The other became your sun.

The first gave you life

And the second taught you to live it

The first gave you a need for love,

And the second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality,

The other gave you a name.

One gave a seed of talent,

The other gave you an aim.

One gave you emotions,

The other calmed your fears.

One saw your first sweet smile,

The other dried your tears.

One gave you up- -

It was all that she could do

The other prayed for a child

And God led her straight to you.

And now you ask me

Through your tears,

The old age question 

Through the years:

Heredity or environment

Which are you a product of?

Neither, my darling--neither

Just two different kinds of love.

I still have that piece of paper in mint condition and I have given a copy to my son when I believed he could understand the meaning of the poem and might help him deal with his adoption.

Excellent Customer Service

After my post on bad customer service, I have this post to balance my experience with two companies. One is Wireless Wave where we ended up upgrading our phones. As soon as we got to their kiosk on the second floor of West Edmonton Mall, we saw they do Fido phones. And we also saw that the phone is $400 which is what is on their website. The two guys right away asked what we wanted and upgraded our phones without any hassles and even saved us money on our plans. They also suggested tips on how we can request Fido to waive reconnection fees. All in all it was a pleasant experience. They even transferred my data to the new phone. We also got accessories for our new phones.
The other company where I get excellent customer service is Shaw Cable for our internet, phone and cable. Every time I call for some information or technical support I always get superb customer service. They are all patient, helpful and giving tips on how to save on my bundle. Just today I went to their store and picked up a new WiFi modem so we can get internet 150. When I got home I had problems with the modem and called and of course very helpful. I got all my devices connected to my WiFi as the guy asked me to try and do it all while he was on the phone with me. So now I am all set and now we have super fast internet.
Since I have not been blogging for a while, and have a new phone, I am relearning how to post my pictures. I have drafts of post waiting to upload my pictures and since this is a long weekend I will try to get that done. So bear with me with my no picture posts for a short while.
Thank you again to Wireless Wave and Shaw Cable for very excellent customer service.

Have a great long weekend every one. Thanks for stopping by.































































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Kindle Fire HDX

This device really really sucks. I bought mine two months after it was released. Since it was fairly new, there was not a lot of reviews. It worked for a long time and then all of a sudden, started losing sound. I went on internet to look for solution and found a few that worked. Then nothing I do would solve the problem. I tried to find a number to call Amazon. Nothing, no phone number anywhere I looked at. Finally I emailed and it says there that they would reply on 24 - 48 hours. Now since this Kindle Fire is only good as ereader or checking my email, I will just blog about it and next would be Amazon depending on how they handle my complaints. I'm not buying anything from them, maybe just free books or games since those are the only things I can do with this now useless crappy device. So it will be back to using my laptop now.

A really bad customer service

About a month ago, my son and I went to the Fido store at Kingsway mall. We were going to upgrade our phones. The Asian girl who was there had attitude to start with. I wanted to upgrade to Samsung S7. I had talked to Fido CSR over the phone and was told it was $400.00 but I had to get a different plan. I have almost $200.00 in Fido dollars. Before going there I checked online and it is $400. When we got to the store, we saw it was $700 so I asked why the difference. This Asian girl told me that maybe I did not understand what Fido told me over the phone. I said I  checked online and it is the same price. Then she told me that I should call customer service. I was then wondering why she would not check it herself. She then told me that I should just get S6. And that S7 is a very expensive phone. I told her I want the upgrade to S7 and why would I pay more if it is advertised at $400. My son noticed I was getting exasperated and that we should just go. But just as we were leaving, this ignorant girl told me that my son and I should decide who should talk to Fido so that we could be understood. I was so upset that before leaving I noticed she had this very long pointed fake nails. I wanted to say ...oh by the way your claws match your personality to a T. But I just did not want to go down her level. Of course, I complained to Fido and I have made sure I have told everyone not to go to that particular store.

Pokemon Go

I never thought that I would do a post about any games. But here I am doing one now. My friends, family and co-workers know I walk a lot. I walk to work, during lunch time and doing our bank deposits which is 18 city blocks. I also walk at night after supper. When a friend and I were walking one weekend, I was intrigued when I found out she is playing Pokemon Go. So when I got home, I downloaded the game and the start of my journey as a Pokemon Go player. I got a few tips from my son and learned from Google websites. My daily walk now is more interesting and if I catch a few nice pokemons, I'm happy. I started August 13 and today I'm on level 9 which I think is good. I don't think I will do the arena and battles. I just want to catch rare pokemons and collect super balls or eggs. The ironic part is that I could  catch pokemons just standing from my balcony which I think is the lazy way. At night is the best time. I even caught 2 pokemons while in bed and two sitting on the couch. Well, that's my Pokemon Go post. I might update once in a while. Have a great weekend everyone!

Hello, I'm back

Well, after more than a year of break, I decided I will get back to blogging. There are times when I wanted to vent or tell a funny incident or some sad news and write but I just did not feel like blogging. A lot has happened and slowly I will be able to get the energy. I almost have forgotten how to do this so I'm relearning how to do this again. A friend asked me last week if I was still blogging and told her no but I'm thinking of doing it again. So let's see what happens. 

Thanks for stopping by.

To post or not to post.....

That's the question. I have just realized how long since I last posted. I really do not have an excuse or reason. I have been busy both at work and at home. I have done a lot of baking and I have a really good cinnamon buns recipe. I have baked them two weekends in a row.

Last night I baked two loaves of bread as I realized we have no bread at home. Then this morning made french toast. On Super Bowl Sunday, I made pok pok wings which turned out really well.

Next I am going to try hawaiian buns which I have eaten while visiting my sister in San Jose. I have googled recipes and I think that's the one I will try next weekend. Since it will be a long weekend for us here in Alberta, I will be baking a lot. I have ordered cinnamon from my sister.

At work, it has been busy as they had let go my  assistant and we have more properties to. manage. I hope the recruiting agency finds one soon.

The weather the past week had  been nasty cold. I guess I should not complain as we had really warm weather and will get warmer again in a few days.

Thanks for stopping by.