Worked At MOE

I was up and ran my 8km... not pleasant...

After a shower, I was off to the office... and arrived 5 minutes before 9am.

Yes, I read the news and the books that I brought with me... then at 11am, work arrived! We are to proof a large document for a joint sponsored science fair that will be taking place for the month of November. So... I had to put away all the things I brought to work on and started on that... and the day flew by...

On the way home, I stopped at someone's house to pick up free food and snacks... YIPPY!

I was home by 7pm.

Prayer time at 8:45... and the weekend has started!

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Two More Books Finished!

I was up and did my 8km... slower than usual... but the skies were cloudy... much more bearable!

I took a shower and proceeded to camp myself on the sofa, after I got Isaiah's clothes into his carry on... we are still working with one suitcase filled to 23kilos... and then his carry on and backpack. I will post whatever is not packed in the Buy Nothing Group to give away!

So... like the title of this post... I finished two more novels... Still Jane Eyre is my all time favorite... these newer authors don't have the knack for depth of descriptive details and character building... I realized that even though I like Jane Austen's books, she introduced so many, or rather, too many characters, and thus, I actually get lost. Bronte built on just two characters and delve into their mental and emotional state in such depth that draw me to love the book more. Anyhow... I have not come across another book quite like Jane Eyre!

I had an appointment at 3:30, but that was canceled as the gal wasn't feeling well... I was quite happy to be able to stay home... That's how I was able to finish two books!

I did have to leave at 6pm for a new student. I gave myself a longer time than what the GPS said, planning to get lost...

Prayer time at 8:45! And yes, the day was done!

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Not A Very Motivated Wednesday

I was up and the clouds covered the skies... I ran my 8km!

Then after a shower, I was updating my talk and checking my ppt. I can do that without WiFi!

Isaiah was working from home... 

I went down to get the recycling done... and that was super nice! ALL CLEANED OUT. I really am grateful as I beg them to take everything and they usually do!

I had a lunch date at 12noon, but first I went to the library to pick up some more books. I also returned the two that I had finished... 

Lunch was again a treat from a dear sister and I brought home so much leftovers that I have enough food for a week. I'm not exaggerating!

It was already 2:15 when I got home... I sat down and read... I was trying to limit myself to 30 minutes... but an hour went by.

I had to prep for tutoring as the mom wanted two hours... and I will most likely get another new student via referral. We shall see... 

I checked my emails... blogged... but didn't do much... No laundry to be taken cared of... I didn't mop or sweep the floor... ha, ha, ha... I did take a nap! 

Tutoring went well... 5:30 to 7:30 and I was home by 8pm.

Isaiah had left for a baseball game. I think he goes to see the cheerleaders.

Tomorrow is my PR Day... but I will be meeting up with a sister at 3:30 and a new student at 7pm.

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Slight Sprinkle This Morning!

I feel like that cartoon about, Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs... or something like that... 

Yes, I was up and there were clouds and the ground looked wet... By the time I went out, the rain had stopped... but the skies were still cloud covered... that made the run a bit more bearable... I ran my 8KM.

After Isaiah took off, I started to reorganized the luggage... I will ask Isaiah to see how much it weighs already... I hope only 16KGS... which means I still have another 8kgs. 

I worked on my talk as well as my PPT and then went out at 10:30 to pay a few bills and meet a friend for lunch! Dumplings and noodles... and eggplant salad... YUMMY!

I was home by 2:30 and no tutoring... so... I sat with the AC on and read... I was thinking about taking a nap... but I wanted to get a few things done...

The days pass so quickly... Sometimes, I look and it's already 10:30 or later...

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Enchanting Monday

I was up but didn't get out of bed until 5:28... Oh well... which meant I didn't get out to run until 6:45... and yes, that's late and that's hot... and humid... but I finished my 8km. 

Isaiah didn't need to go to work at his usual time as he has been taking computer classes every Monday, assigned by the company! Classes don't start until 9:30 at the train station.

He left and I sat and read... yep... finished a book... easy reading... and the morning was gone!

I wanted to make two different kinds of macaroni salad... one with cream cheese and another with mayo and broccoli... so, I started the cooking... and had a delicious salad for lunch... and there's plenty for the next few days. I have some meat in the fridge which I will pair with the salad... 

Then it was time to work on finishing up my talk for this coming Sunday. But first, I called China Airlines as I realized that Isaiah has one luggage going to the States and two luggage for his return trip. I wanted to flip it... but after waiting for more than 20 minutes on the phone to talk to a 'real' person, NO CAN DO... I can pay for an extra or pay for one overweight luggage... I don't want to pay... so I will have to rework the packing... But not today... 

I worked on my talk and did a bit of cleaning, including putting away the clothes that are washed and dried... I even turned on the AC for about two hours as it was getting so hot... 

Prayer meeting in person at 8pm. It finished at 9pm. I got home... read some more and the day was done... 

WOW... 

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A Splendid Sunday!

I was up and had a relaxing morning... After my quiet time, I had no need to rush to go for a run... to beat the heat...

All the stuff that I had left to give away was picked up... wow... 

And I reviewed my talk and had cream cheese with toast for breakfast.

The morning flew by... I left at 2:30 for church, checking the recycling first! 

I set up the Love Cafe and someone else set up the chairs.

I was the speaker... Living in the Presence of God through Acts!

Isaiah was the translator!

Love Feast afterwards... and then I was home by 8pm.

YEAH...

I checked my emails... blogged... and tried the juicer, finishing up the carrot... and went to bed early...

The week has started!

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Delightful Saturday!

Well... I was up but not early enough, since I thought I'd give myself time to sleep in... I didn't have to rush back... but that was not wise as it's not the rushing back... it's the blaring sun... I completed my 8km... disastrous... torturous... but it is done. 50KM for the week...

I proceeded to clean out my closet... after a quick shower. I try to put away the fall/winter clothes but I had not done it since I had need of those clothes for the trip to Germany. So, I spent two hours packing up the sweatshirts and jackets and pants... and I love how the closet looks now. I also redid the bottom area where I had started to use as storage... for travel items. I was finished at around 10am... and started to get ready for tutoring!

11am to 12noon... the hour flew by... delightful... 

I was home by 12:30 and had a McMuffin that Alan left behind... It was exactly the brunch that I wanted... with mustard... YUMMY!

Isaiah was up and he planned to leave at 1:20... 

I sat and read... I can read Jane Eyre over and over again... I realized that I used to know those more difficult vocabulary words... words that I see on the SAT... and I need to refresh my memory... I love it... 

4pm can too quickly... 

Should I do a load of laundry?

Should I go and update my bankbooks and run errands?

The clouds had gathered and the weather had turned drizzling... I wanted to go out as two books had arrived at the library... Yes, I am getting lots of books to read via the local library... books in English... So, when the rain halted... I dashed to the library... another evening of reading. And I did get a load of laundry done... My dinner... a wonderful salad!

Family Time at 9pm!

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In the News...

I was up and ran my 8km... 

You might be puzzled by the title... that's because my MOE Days are catch up on news days... 

Yes, I had another great MOE Day... 

I brought two books to read... my lap top computer... and snacks... ha, ha, ha... I didn't move from my desk all morning... 

For lunch, I brought the ground beef dumplings concoction... and rested...

5pm came quickly and I decided to go and see a new Japanese supermarket that opened up at Miramar. (I forgot to mention yesterday that our Soda Stream went bizerko... but Annie, don't worry... you gave us a spare! I am mentioning this here because I usually get the replacement cartridges at Miramar!)

The supermarket was nice... and expensive... high end stuff... 

But it was fun to cruise around!

I got home and made myself a salad... I bought some great lettuce from the Lopia Japanese Market!

The evening passed so quickly... 

Prayer at 8:45 and the day was done...

Tutoring at 11am tomorrow morning!

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Yes -- PR Day!

I was up and completed my 8km... 

And Isaiah took off and I had the house to myself.

First, I made a ground beef dumpling dish... Well... I put all the ingredients in the rice cooker and hit -- cook!

I then sat and read... and napped... 

The morning flew by!

At 2:30, the 'alarm' sounded: no going out for the military drill that had started! REALLY!!!!

The drill finished at 3pm.

The dumpling dish was finished and it was delicious... WOW... 

At 5:30, I headed out to the library to return books and then tutoring at 6pm -- two hours... When that was finished, I stopped at our local mini supermarket to buy soy bean milk... and headed home!

I decided to use the time to pack up the suitcases that Isaiah will bring to the States... WOW! Now, all Isaiah needs to do is to put together his stuff in the carry on... He's not leaving for another two weeks... but hey... I wanted to know if I have any more room or weight to put more stuff in those two suitcases! I think I do... 

Prayer time at 8:45... 

Tomorrow... MOE Day!

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Much Needed Time...

I was up early and finished my 8KM.

After Isaiah left, I called Ms. Hsieh and she had time at 11:30.

I went down to do the recycling and spent the rest of the morning reading... I am going to plan a week when both Alan and Isaiah are gone and limit tutoring to after 6pm and just stay home all day and read, read, read... 

Before leaving at 11:00, I got the iRobot going. I dropped off things at the old gentleman 'thrift' stall! Then I went and had a 2-hour massage... my back and legs felt so much better.

I had tutoring at 2pm and another student at 3:40 and I was home by 5:30. YIPPY!

I was really hungry, so I made myself a huge salad. I'm still working on clearing the fridge. I wonder if I can avoid going to Costco for the entire time that Alan is away! Isaiah will be leaving on August 26th... so... We shall see... I might have to buy meat, but I'm working on clearing the freezer... and I'm doing quite well... 

I blogged for HOP and then Prayer time at 8:45 and Bible study at 9pm.

When that was finished, I went and read in bed... 

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Splendid Tuesday

I was up early as I had slept early the night before... I had quite a long Monday... 

I went and did my usual 8KM run... Will I be running more? I hope so... once the summer heat turns into Autumn breeze... 

Isaiah took off and I proceeded to undo all the fans blades to wash everything. As I finished, I headed out to my Bible study and let everything dry. I was early to the study and set everything up! YEAH...

There were only four of us... One gal was sick at home and she wanted to join online. I started the video call and she didn't answer. So... when she called back, I don't know why I didn't hear it.

When we finished, one of the gals taught me how to use this special app to do powerpoint... wow... that saves so much time and it even helps to translate things. It isn't perfect, but it gave a base which I will add to...

I was going to run errands, but the rain started... so I headed home.

It was so nice to be home. 

I put all the fans together and did the study for next time and enjoyed the afternoon watching Netflix... 

No nap... 

I then got started with my talk and have almost finished it all... 

For dinner I had a huge salad... yummy. I still have plenty of food to finish up!

I gave two suitcases away and also some more clothes... and a table cloth. Tomorrow, I will donate more stuff to that old gentleman when I go to tutor at 1:30. That's tomorrow.

Prayer time at 8:45... blogged... and headed off to bed early... 

I had to get up early every morning for these next several weeks as there is no time when it is not hot!

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Monday, Monday...

I was up early and did my usual 8KM.

Isaiah took off and I took off soon afterwards as I had a breakfast prayer and share time... 

I had to cut that time short as I had tutoring at 1:30... I made it there not only on time, but 10 minutes early... and I ended 15 minutes late.

I got home at around 3:35 and it was so nice to be HOME...

I got a message and one of my students had to cancel... for Wednesday! I'm so thrilled as Wednesday was going to be a massively busy day... so to have that 90 minutes tutoring session cancelled was an answer to prayer!

I put things away... and took down the clothes... and blogged... 

I was absolutely too full so I skipped dinner...

Prayer time at 8:45... And I baked these hot dog cheese muffins for our Bible study tomorrow morning.

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What A Sunday!

I was up but not too early as it was Sunday... and wow... the weather was so 'perfect'... my kind of perfect: raining, around 20, windy and cloudy. Typhoon Dolphin brought the rain and the nicer temperature... but no one wanted to be out... I did... but... but No Run on Sunday!

I took the time to read... and at 10:30, Isaiah and I headed out to church. 

I set up while we waited for others to join. We had four people.

We ordered lunch... UBER DELIVERY... and sat and chatted. I stayed at church while Isaiah and Fenny went back home. They were late to church.

I was the MC... ha, ha, ha... and Isaiah translated for the speaker.

There were many people who needed counseling, so I didn't get home until 8:30.

Prayer time at 9:30... and I blogged, cleaned up, and went to bed fairly early. The week has started.

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Typhoon Dolphin Cools Down the Weather

I was up early... YEAH... I truly want to do that every day...

I ran my 8KM and hit 50 for this week!

Alan decided to extend his stay (paying 240US$) in order to go to the Chargers Opening Game! That guy...

I did a load of laundry after I got home and posted another toddler car seat... But different people came to pick up other items.

I had tutoring at 11am... 

That went well... and I was home... I had made hard boiled eggs... and Isaiah and I had two each!

He helped use Gemini to beef up my PPT for next Sunday (August 16th) so that it would be bilingual... He is not finished yet. And then we went to drop off a bag of donations for Nepal at TIC and he went on to meet up with Fenny. I drove back home!

So nice... I had the house all to myself... I cleaned out the back balcony a bit and just loafed around... I started to read through the Chosen Bible study material and quite like it... 

The rain started and I was glad to be home. I had thought about running errands... but I can do that tomorrow... "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, Tomorrow, You're always a day away..." ha, ha, ha...

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Another MOE Day!

I was up early and went out for my 8KM... There is a mild typhoon blowing through but the heat was still blaring and the air muggy... I was out at 5:45! I can't imagine going any earlier.

I was back and took a shower... and ate toast with butter and a mug of coffee before resting a bit... and then taking off to the office!

I had to stop to put on my rain coat as it was raining on and off... not sprinkling... but raining!

I made it and glad to be in the office with the AC.

I spent the morning getting my ppt done for August 16th and reading the news... Needless to say, the morning flew by! Yes, I finished the first ppt and sent it to Isaiah. He's going to use Gemini to bring in the bilingual element... we will see how it turns out. I'm not keen on using AI... but I think I need to be wise. For all my message prep, I use commentaries and listen to pastoral messages on the passage... But the best way to prepare is to just read and re-read the passage and the context... 

For lunch, I brought instant noodles and just so enjoyed it... sitting and watching a movie while eating lunch at my desk. I love this job... ha, ha, ha... 

I was heading home by 5:10 and met up with a student at the church near our house as I bought him breakfast cereal from Costco.

HOME... and a free evening... Prayer time at 8:45... and the weekend has started!

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The Eagle Has Landed...

I was up early and went out for my 8KM... I hope to get up earlier so that I can be out before 5:30!

I was so happy that I had the FREE DAY! 

I put all the items to give away on the first floor lobby... and then after Isaiah left, I cleaned out all the unwanted packets of sauces... It felt so good to just toss them...  

For breakfast, I had toast with butter... YUMMY... and milk tea from my students who went to Singapore!

Then I read and finished up my notes for the study tonight.

Alan landed... and Annie had quite a time meeting up with him. LAX is just crazy...

I went out at 12noon to go and drop things off at church: the refilled sugar jar, clothes for a sister, and tennis shoes. Then I dropped off things for donation at the elderly man's booth. On the way home, I bought soy bean milk! YIPPY!

This evening I had my Bible study on the book Heaven... and the discussion was lively, as always. I asked Alan to lead the Prayer time as we did not finish by 8:45... it was 5:45 in the States and Alan is staying at my Mom's condo... Annie filled the fridge and it's a vacation for Alan. Annie sure takes good care of my hubby... 

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The Eagle Has Departed!

I was up super early... and I think I'm going to try to be up that early every day until Alan gets back. The weather was much nicer... seriously!

I got back and took a quick shower and Alan had already loaded the car and we took off at 6:40.

I did the curbside drop off... no parking and I headed back home. The traffic was bad... so I didn't get back until 8:45. I was going to go down for the recycling, but I totally forgot... 

I made this beef dish... wow... and cleaned out one kitchen cupboard... YEAH! I will attempt to finish up what food we have in the freezer... at least try not to go and buy things... let's see what we can do. I will have to buy either chicken or ground beef... and romaine lettuce... but that's it... 

I had toast with butter for breakfast and set the iRobot going. I then grouped all that I have for Isaiah's two suitcases and packed up donation for Nepal. I will ask Isaiah to bring that huge bag to the car and drop off...

I took a nice nap and prepped for tutoring and my Bible study tomorrow night and it was time to head out to tutor.

Alan made it to the Philippines and got on the plane for the States.

I had tutoring at 3:40 and another student at 6pm.

Isaiah went to a baseball game with Fenny and came home late... he comes home late most nights.

I had prayer time at 8:45 and spent the rest of the evening just enjoying having the house to myself!

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Packing Day!

I was up early and did my tortuous 8KM. It's the heat... You can't imagine... 

I got home and after a quick shower, and Isaiah took off, I got things gathered to pack to send with Alan... and yes, things to send with Isaiah. Alan has like 40KILOS of Annie's stuff... and Isaiah will have both suitcases filled with stuff for Annie! 

We went out for lunch which was great... and then stopped at a high-end pineapple cake shop to buy two large boxes for Annie... Then we were home. 

We took a nice nap... Very necessary... ha, ha, ha... I was feeling very tired. The heat just drained all my energy.

I blogged... put things away... and organized my tutoring for tomorrow.

I also started to put together my PPT... just the basics as Isaiah said he'd show me how to use AI to add the Chinese! We shall see... 

Tomorrow, I hope to be up by 4am as we need to be out of the house by 6:30am to head to the airport!

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Nice Monday!

I was up early and I ran my 8KM!

I got home and took a shower... then since I didn't have tutoring at 11am, I sat and read! What a delight!

Alan and I had lunch and I blogged for our church and read some more.

Tutoring was at 3:30 and I prepped and left and finished at 5:15. I stopped to buy a few things for Annie and got home by 6pm. We had our HOP meeting at 7pm, so I made a salad to bring to church.

The meet went really well and we were home by 10pm.

After finishing my blog and working a bit more on my talks for August, I was in bed by 11:30. Tomorrow is a free day as we are working on packing for Alan's trip to the States!

I realize that it is really nice to have a free Monday morning since my weekends can be so packed with activities!

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Another Productive Sunday

I was up early and so glad it was a no run day as it was blaring hot...

I did so much in that first couple of hours... I was like: What? It's only 8:30???

Then at 9am, I went out to check on recycling and do errands. I went to church to drop off the ice cream then went and help clean out that friend's house. I will have to go back like several times to get the house in any kind of order... NOT even really neat... just in order! I will have to bring bleach next time and spray down the place! I picked up what she left me and brought the stuff home after I went and paid bills.

I was home by 12! YEAH!

Alan was home and Isaiah was gone. 

I put things away and proceeded to post more things to give away!

Church at 3pm... but first a friend came over to my house to pick up a bread machine and containers. YEAH! I dropped stuff off at our blind masseuses lady and went to church to set up Love Cafe. I had bought goodies from Costco! YEAH!

Alan preached and Isaiah translated. Isaiah was also the worship leader!

I stayed to help with clean up and came home at 8:30! Yes, before coming up, I always check the recycling again.

The week has started... 

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