Tony Perez's Electronic Diary (October 19, 2018 - March 12, 2019)

This electronic diary is continued on  https://tonyperezphilippinescyberspacebook42.blogspot.com .

Lunch at home alone. Angelique in college and Aubrey at university.

Will author one more theology book after Pagsubok Sa Ilang , after which I will donate all of my theology books to Maryhill School of Theol...

Streamlining all of my books and hoping to end up with only one bookcase before I reach 70. I have seen, all too often, bereaved family mem...

In the present climate, no matter how vain you are, do not cinch your waist or go about with a tightened belt. You will become short of b...

Delivery came. Excited! I now need only six more items to complete a set but can't order them all at the same time!

Strive to be the best you can be without competing with others to be the best.

Being outdoors + strenuous activity = heat stroke

Two cups very black, Moccona espresso.

In fast-paced living, one must mentally and quickly judge a person he meets for the first time. That is why it is safest to go with friends...

A delivery is scheduled today. Meaning, I can't leave the house and go jalan-jalan.

Tony Perez's Art of War: Once in a while, pretend to be naive. If anyone pounces on it and laughs at you, that person is not a friend--...

Good morning, Cubao! The sun is a LED bulb in a frosted, acrylic cube.

Learn to relax, for stress is the biggest killer of the twenty-first century.

Someone should organize a procession in honor of Saint Heribert of Cologne. I also posted a rainmaking ritual somewhere below. And ther...

The elfin mound is quiet on Monday nights.

You asked me why your body is inexplicably itching all over. I scanned you. My answer: You've been drinking cheap, red wine. ...

Angelique arrived from college. Dinner at home alone; Angelique taking her dinner later. Aubrey and R. arrived from university, a study...

Gone are the days when women went to the salon to have their hair "set". As a matter of fact I haven't heard that word used i...

I no longer use pillowcases. Instead, I swaddle my pillows with antique malongs. It gives my bed a lush, bohemian look, and it makes me fee...

Pillows are completely disposable and should not be treated like heirlooms or childhood fetishes.

Finished rereading Destination Moon last night. Now rereading Explorers on the Moon .

When I hung the antique, Maranao bell outside my captain's cabin window, people made it sound with a repetitive DING-DING-DING-DING-DIN...

Your Messenger message: " Dear Tito Tony, "May I bother you with a dream question? My beloved puppy ____ ran out of our compo...

Because we have become a society of insecticide sprayers, I no longer see fireflies, ladybugs, salagubang, and salaginto in our roof deck g...

When afternoon broadcasters cackle without cause, they must be auditioning to join the Sinister Sisters on AXN's Hellevator .

My sister Remi sent bags of fresh, summertime fruit to me and my sister Alice.

The sun unfurls its flaming feathers Because the earth must crackle Like a dying diabetic's chapped lips. Only then will the phoenix...

The hawker's boy brought me two orders of deep-fried tawilis once again.

The more educational credentials and "qualifications" a candidate has, the more he will tend to deem it his right to live like a ...

When a group of people already had their chance in the past to rule the government and did nothing but produce fancy talk and no action, do...

Any worker who asks for vale even before working is a lazy bum.

Good morning, Cubao! The sun's halo is the most powerful rainbow in the universe.

And now, back to rereading Destination Moon .

Dinner at home with Angelique. Then Aubrey arrived from dinner out with R.'s family.

Twenty-four drought-survival tips: 1) Do not flush the toilet after urinating. 2) Lather up with soap and shampoo from a dipper of water...

Maintain your sense of humor and your goodwill all throughout drought and disaster. Pain is never permanent, because neither, after all, is...

8:00 PM to-do outside the house. The water truck parked at our main gate, and all the neighbors and tenants fell in line (a LONG line) in ...

I recall that Badong Bernal was not as ambulant as everyone else. Once, when I visited his new house, I noted that there were no bars in hi...

It is always fun--and an educational experience--to stage an amateur play at home, with the members of the household as production staff me...

Your house is cozy if guests always feel like overstaying.

To persons who are unhappy, every day is a hurdle.

Hell begins when people do not do their job properly.

Going home from work is always an escape from the workplace, but going to work from home should never be an escape from home.

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Tony Perez's Art of War: The fatal flaw of your enemies is that they operate on the belief that you are not way ahead of them.

Google Chrome keeps asking me to set it as my default browser but I'm not doing that after the Google+ fiasco. After all, who knows how...

In a house that has children and grandchildren who are teenagers or young adults, a parent or grandparent seldom has cash in his wallet. 

Back from jalan-jalan. Found nothing of interest at the center. It was so hot that I thought of having a banana split or just go home. I ...

One of the most detestable tasks our supervisors made us do when I was still employed was to drop everything and go to the Chancery buildin...

You know that you've finally outgrown something when, in the middle of it all, you ask yourself, "What am I doing here and why am ...

Two more deliveries are scheduled but I doubt that they'll arrive today. Must go jalan-jalan after lunch. In the meantime, finished...

Good morning, Cubao! The clouds are bowls of alphabet-soup noodles.

Summer in the Philippines, autumn in Australia.

The frankincense was lit to cleanse the stable. The myrrh was lit to honor the Child. What did Joseph and Mary do with the gold?

Denial is the foremost defense mechanism of every government official.

Gas tank delivery. All three, scheduled deliveries for the day are now complete. I love being house admin and scanning the minds of del...

Two-hour, afternoon nap.

The retiree's motto: No one can tell me what to do. No one can tell me what to say. No one can tell me what to think. I will reme...

On-line shopping delivery. Now waiting for one more delivery.

Isn't it ironic that, as water levels in dams are going down, the sea is rising and eating up coastlines?

Lunch at home with Angelique and Aubrey.

Alkaline water delivery. Now waiting for two more deliveries, one from on-line shopping.

Keep your cool even if the heat is on.

Why is Meghan Markle looking more and more like a man? She already looks like John Travolta to me.

Good morning, Cubao! The sky is a scorching desert of light-blue sand.

Please do not celebrate Christmas before All Souls Day.

Just learned that Tony Palis passed away today--but wasn't he also supposed to be performing in a concert tonight? Years ago, when Au...

When Ben and I visited the plants on the roof deck after months of neglect, we saw that only three kinds of plants survived without waterin...

It is the person who keeps a flower garden and a bevy of exotic pets who suddenly realizes during a water shortage that he is living in a d...

An average household should have only five persons. If the household has more than that, tragedy becomes highly pronounced during a water s...

I seem to have observed, over the years, that fiberglass roofs, boats, and planters crack and crumble due to constant exposure to the tropi...

Angelique arrived from college and dinner out. Aubrey and R. ordered their dinner from outside and are taking it upstairs.

The water from the Fountain of Life is neither warm nor tepid. It is cold.

Lunch at home alone. Then Aubrey and R. arrived from university and lunch out.

Back of the Alexander the Great coin shows an image of Athena (Minerva) and her owl, which represents "knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity...

A quiet day at home. Started rereading _Land of Black Gold_.

The rainmaking ritual must be done where there is a lot of bare earth, such as the top of a mountain or a hill, a clearing in the forest, o...

Get a group of serious friends who have rainmakers together, and arrange a rainmaking ritual.

Today is the Blue Dragon Festival. The Blue Dragon rules agriculture, planting, irrigation, and the first day of the Asian spring. 

Two cups very black, Moccona espresso.

Good morning, Cubao! The sun sits on the lid of a stainless steel water tank.

Skipped taking a nap but finished rereading The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun . Now setting aside Land of Black Gold , Desti...

Half a day's work on the roof deck is done. We brought up the terra cotta garden lanterns and Buddha heads, then brought down the two, ...

Taking a break from work on the roof deck. It's too hot and sunny up there. We're making good progress, though. In the meantime a...

Ben arrived after lunch. We are working the half-day on the roof deck.

Every moment is forever as long as you have true happiness.

When you place too much trust in your fellow human beings, you become susceptible to their hypnotic influence.

Fasting is a form of voluntary deprivation. It works only if you are not deprived of a lot of other things, voluntarily or not voluntarily....

Curiously enough, Hephaestion got in touch.

Two cups very black, espresso blend. Shifting to Moccona espresso tomorrow.

It is Great-Gatsby-summer hot in Cubao. Time to "go to town"?

Good morning, Cubao! The sun is the tip of a soldering iron.

One's personal experience with religion is unique and can never be compared with the experience of others.

I take two fingers red wine mixed with one finger water to go to sleep. It's much more effective than antihistamine, has vitamins, is m...

Dinner time at home with Angelique, Aubrey, and J.

Bought two bottles red wine, yoghurt, noodle packs, and ice cream at the neighborhood grocery store.

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As I become older and older my magic is becoming more and more exclusively Asian. I no longer explore Western magic. That has always been t...

Caught a S.W.A.T. replay on FOX last night. I'd seen it at least twice before but paid more attention to it this time. Was surprised to...