My days have been pretty lazy and pacific of late, and today was really no exception. In order to prevent myself from getting up later and later every single day and becoming totally unprepared for college life again, I’ve set a wake-by limit of ten o’clock (AM of course). But I managed to sleep right past that today by almost forty minutes, an unprecedented phenomenon. The first thing I did, besides basic toiletries and rituals, was to turn on my laptop and see to the various tasks I have set for myself online and offline there. It turns out that I have indeed received an email reply from a good friend, possibly starting a very interesting discussion — and that there are no further replies to the topic I started on TV Tropes foray about the web comic HERO. The latter occurrence is depressing, since I have unsuccessfully been trying to promote what I hold to be a great but obscure web comic these past days.

I cannot imagine how my life would have been if my two angels were not in my life. I have two kids a girl aged 5years and a boy aged 4years. I am really blessed with both of them. They play with each other and at the same time fight like cats and dogs. It is amazing to see how well they take care of each other and me. For instance, just the other day we were at a party and both of them were sleepy, my younger one fell asleep and my older one was also sleepy. I was just saying my goodbyes when I heard my older one tell the hostess “aunty, I’m also sleepy, but if I also sleep; how will Mama carry both us home?” This was said in all innocence. I was really touched. I try to reason with my children, so they will also try to do the same when put in situations and eventually I feel proud of them when they think of others before them.

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I will start with the most important closing, because it wraps the most important part of the body: my shorts. Right, it is horizontally striped, because vertically striped wear the fat people to look a bit smarter, but in this case we need the opposite. The color doesn’t matters, but there are two main differences between striped shorts: dark stripes are very sexy, colored stripes are funny. Today I am funny. It is a green striped retro short. Next important thing are the socks. I wear always grey socks. My feet are always a bit smelly and so it is good, if they don’t stand out by the color. Under my brown polo shirt I wear a white muscle shirt. If it gets too hot, I can easily get rid of the polo shirt without being naked. For the same reason I wear a brown waistcoat with a zipper. You can very good and fast hold the right temperature. As everybody I wear jeans. My jeans are from the children’s store. They are much cheaper than their equivalents in the men’s stores. And now the last part: The shoes. I wear brown sport shoes that are not too elegant and not too sporty. I can go with them everywhere I want to. I never buy famous labels because only farmers and ghetto gangsters by such shoes. The unknown ones are much cooler and cheaper.

Since my sister works in a city away from home, my parents look forward to her coming home once every sixty days. Whenever she visits, my mother cooks all her favorite dishes and we have a nice family dinner laughing and pulling each other’s legs. This is always the best time to have a little family fun and a large roasted chicken is always on the menu. As usual, last night too we had a large whole chicken roast with fried potatoes. It was such a treat. My mom roasted the chicken after stuffing it with her special stuffing mix and my dad cuts it open for us with his fancy collection of knives and choppers. It is almost like a standard ceremony that all of us look forward to having every time she visits. Last night we poured a little alcohol on the chicken and then set it on fire. As the flames rose a little, my dad raised a toast to all three of us, daddy’s angels. Was such a wonderful, memorable evening and I thank God for blessing me with such a beautiful family.

My favorite job ever was when I worked for a Japanese live auto auction. It was very unique in that dealerships throughout the country had a setup much like a video game with a joystick and at Auction time the sale would be televised live to their computer. The dealership would bid with the joysticks and the highest bid bought the car. There was a live auctioneer and it got really crazy with bells ringing and people in the studio shouting and betting on who would get the car. When the auction was successful, the entire office would go out for dinner and drinks until wee hours of the morning. I actually ran the auction, and it was very much like being in the entertainment industry. Sitting in the control room, watching all the action was great fun. Unfortunately with the increased sophistication of the internet, the live auction did not survive, but I have never had a job before or after that was as much fun as that one.

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