Philippines....

Our thoughts are with the survivors of the biggest typhoon that just hit the Philippines. For a while I did not see the news but knew that it was a bad one. I saw coverage of it finally on BBC. And then on CBC and CTV. Then I was watching CNN and saw that Anderson Cooper would be reporting from the Philippines.

I thought then that this is probably worst as Anderson always goes to the most devastated are of any natural disasters. Sure enough it was. The pictures of the area and the survivors could make a macho man cry.

So every night during AC360 I would watch and after about 2 days, it seems like some, actually a few Filipinos did not like what he was reporting. And one reporter did a blind item on him which did not come as blind really. But if she thought, I would not mention her name here, that the Filipinos would support what she did...well she had it coming....nasty backlash from the people. It was interesting to read the comments and I hope somebody sent AC the link so he would know that 99% of the people supported him.

I also hope that with all the donations, that most of it will go to the survivors and not the pocket of some politicians. No wonder the people do not trust the officials from previous experience.

As what most Filipinos know, we are very resilient people and we can move on. Let us all try to help in any way we can. Our prayers are with those who will have to rebuild their lives. 

White fluffy stuff.....I hate them

Yes, the white fluffy stuff has arrived yesterday. At first, it did not bother me so much as it melted as soon as it hit the ground. But then it got a bit cooler and now it is staying on the ground and I just checked now and it is the start of winter. I don't care if technically it is not winter yet but as soon as I see snow, to me it is winter.
It could be -15 and no snow and I will feel okay.

As I was looking down from my suite on the 23rd floor, I can see one jogger down by the promenade. It was about 8:30am ....the diehards!!! I remembered to set my clock back just before I went to bed.

Two weeks ago I celebrated my birthday and a friend of mine who owe me lunch took me and his assistant to Pampa, the only Brazilian grill in Edmonton. You can google as I never remember to take pictures. I was there once and was not really impressed but that was a while back and this time, I still feel the same.

Our Christmas party will be early, it will be November 22, and I am taking with me C, my friend. It is being held in the best hotel in the city as some people may say. I am just hoping I will not be seated with one person I dread to be really close even if it is only for a few hours. It would ruin it for me.

On Halloween or days before, we had pumpkin carving at work and there were female staff who joined and one male staff. And of course, he won. I can show you pictures but there are names on the pumpkins and pictures of the staff so I would rather not post. I thought I did a good job since I had not carved one since my kids were 10 and 12. Now they are 26 and 28 so that is how long it has been.

Another week of work and I am counting the weeks when I will go and visit my sister in CA. I am startinf to have a list of what I would want to do and experience. Have a good week.