Happy Monday y'all 🎉 we welcome the second week in December. Are you counting down to the holidays? Honestly, for me, it would be just another day. Nope, I'm not planning anything special, but I do carry on each day as I do have a long list of tasks that I want to work on and complete. I mean, that's the purpose of having a list, right? To be able to tick off items from the list 😆 These days I live by... one task at a time... one day at a time... that way each day would not be too overwhelming.
My week days are not really that different from my weekend, except I can afford to move in my natural state on my day off. I definitely enjoy a slower rhythm that I find more suitable to me at this stage in my life. That's one reason why I live for the weekend.
I did go out last Sunday to the neighborhood pharmacy / grocery to restock on vitamins for the new month. Ahh I get more steps when I do get out. However, I'm not too keen on going out a lot these days so I guess the 5K target will be a challenge but I think it's doable if I give it more time and of course, more energy to achieve more steps within my day. Inshallah!
It's that time of the year to claim new journals from the neighborhood pharmacy. That's the only good thing that comes out of my suki card (some form of membership card wherein you earn points with purchases). I can them claim these for free against the points I have accumulated over the years. I've been journaling quite consistently over the years. What can I say, writing is my therapy. 😉
I have officially switched my Internet service to a package that has Netflix bundled with it. I noticed that I'm paying way higher each month without the said subscription. This seems like a new package so my daughter and I worked on first transferring the account to my name. That took over a week to process. Then I requested the switch (which hopefully means I pay less than the previous plan). That also took another week. 😒 Customer service is almost non-existent here. Anyway, I'm just glad that the switch happened today. I can simply schedule Netflix movie nights in the future. Are you a cinema buff and prefer going to the theaters? At this stage in my life, I'd say I think I do not mind enjoying movies from the comfort of home. It's too expensive to go out esp. to the malls. That's not my main goal in life, so home movies it is! 😆 In case you're wondering about the title, I'm simply referring to the Netflix win in the bid for Warner Bros Studios. There's a lot of dramas surrounding this continuing story, and since I'm just an NPC, I'm definitely going to grab my popcorn and watch how everything unfolds. 😛
Prompt A Day : QUOTE
"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." - Hamilton Wright Mabie
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I'm not sure about this esp. at this point in time. Locally there's this controversy in which an official in government said that 500php is enough for noche buena (Christmas eve dinner) for a family of four. Converting that today would be roughly US$ 8.46. This is sort of creating debate among locals. Personally, for one person that amount I think is enough for me. Plus, I'm not much into these holiday feasts anymore. 😒 However, I do not believe that it's enough for a decent, enjoyable and memorable celebration for the family. I'm willing to bet that these government officials themselves spend thousands for their feasts. Yet they expect the ordinary folk to scrimp on their celebration. Such is the sad and sorry state of my nation. Personally I can not resolve this situation, but what I can do is join the simple folk in making sure I do not splurge on my own celebration. I will be mindful and make sure I do not spend more than necessary for my Christmas and New Year celebrations. 😉
PS. Our local government (Manila) gave away Christmas packages to each family. I got my box today -- contains rice grains, spaghetti noodles and sauce, fruit cocktail, cream, cheese, canned corned beef. 🤔 I think I'll just add a little (wine or something nice to drink). Otherwise, these will do. 😅 Life is simple. No sense making it complicated. 😉
Hive Goals
Here are the updated figures for the week:
Hive Power: 15225.512 --> 15251.639
HBD Savings: 202.733 --> 205.235
Alive Power: 66.47 (liquid) ; staked 49.4K; 23K delegated --> 103.509 (liquid) ; staked 49.5K; 23K delegated
STARBITS: 2925193 --> 2995193
LEN:LENM = 96.652 --> 97.454
ALIVE:ALIVEM = 903.497 --> 905.189
ALIVE:SWAP.HIVE = 60.098 --> 71.836
Here we go for tracking Hive goals again. The 
Back next week for tracking again. 🎉
Next week will be the start of the midnight mass (Simbang Gabi). I usually look forward to this nine-day novena annually. I can enjoy attending it via online so it makes it easier for me. 😉
Over the weekend I got to cash out from LL. That's another $10.13. I got it in a day so it's in my Paypal now. I actually have not converted it to pesos as of the moment. Value of our local currency is pretty low these days. I do not see the pesos getting stronger any time soon. Not an analyst though I like watching patterns and trends. 😝
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That's it for me. It's way past my bedtime, but this season always leaves me staying up late. I think it's the nostalgia of Christmases past esp. during my younger days. Can't bring back time but I do remember the feeling. Do have a wonderful week ahead! Nighty night from Manila. Ta-tah! 👋
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