Like everybody in different places in the whole world, we also had a dinner last night. That dinner last night was not the same as what we had before. It is because of my companions and what we had for dinner. Before, we usually have rice, the most basic food especially for Filipinos. We also have different viands that are paired with rice. There are at least two viands to choose from. For example, “adobo” (a Filipino dish) and noodles are prepared for a dinner. Some food which are also considered as viands are chicken curry, chicken barbecue, fried chicken, fried fish, fish soup, chop soy, mixed vegetables such as string beans, potatoes, carrots, squash, eggplant, sweet peas and other green leafy vegetables, beef steak, roasted pork, grilled pork or beef, hot dogs, meat loaf, beef loaf, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, boiled eggs, corned beef, sardines, grilled fish and fish fillet. Last night, we had rice, of course. We also had roasted pork, pancit (a Chinese food), and satay, beef steak, crabs with coconut and fish fillet. A grape-flavored juice was prepared and we had cake and ice cream for desserts. We ate it together with my family including my cousins. We talk and laugh and we had a great dinner last night.

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How was it? Well, let’s see. Vanna, spin that wheel. The first letter is B; yes, we have a B! Second letter is R. Do you want to buy a vowel? Ok, “O”…, do you want to guess? Is there a G, yes there is a G. So far we have B O R _ _ G. If you guessed BORING, you are either very smart or you live down the block from me. You might ask why my week was boring but that would bring us back to where I live. There is a beautiful, cloudless, blue sky above me. I have a bright, crystal clear pond in the center of a lovely park just down the street. It is a weekday afternoon in July and I don’t work. Sounds like a dream come true, right? There is only one small fly in this ointment, I live in Phoenix, Arizona and it is 115 degrees outside. No one is outside here! The children are all at home with their little noses pressed to the glass looking out just like in Minnesota on a January day. The good news, this too shall pass, hopefully by Christmas!

I have a huge garden that’s been producing far too much food. My few grocery trips in the last month or so have consisted of buying dairy and fish. So, last night’s dinner was made almost entirely from garden produce – consisting of lemon roasted salmon, with carrots, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, summer squash and kohlrabi – all fresh picked that afternoon for a warm and delicious meal! On the side, we had mashed potatoes and a tomato salad, again primarily made from garden produce – with the exception of the vinegar and oil that went on the tomato salad for dressing. It was a quick and delicious meal that everyone enjoyed!

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My day was so great. When I woke up, I looked at my self phone and saw that I have one new message. It was from my very good friend. We wanted to go out, drink couple of beers, and have fun. I said yes. After that I turned on my laptop. First site that I usually visit is Facebook, so I done that. I had a few notifications. Some of them made me laugh. After sitting by my laptop for about ten minutes, my phone started to ring. Some friends were organizing street basketball so they asked me if I want to come. I said sure, I will be there. So I got my shoes for basketball, t-shirt and shorts and went to play some hoops. We played for about three hours. I got really tired so I went home to get some rest and to relax. After that I went with my friend for some beer. It was great too.

My favorite TV show is live sports and watching movies, in cricket and football I’m very interest to see that channel. In my father always watching news and geographic channel, in most of the times we are fighting to watch sports. In my sister kid watching tom & cherry. She is also fighting and crying, in holidays television is so busy for all. In now days we watch in internet itself to see sports and all. So my dad problem over, in still we watch pop songs and good movies. I love Tendulkar so I watch cricket and live program is must. I was cut my college I never to miss watching sports. Very interesting I’m not missed. In one day I missed to watch the cricket. that day I’ll travel to go somewhere and I thought that time small accident so I never mind, after I watch Regasal for next day. In all the country most of them like to watch sports and pop songs and all. Very eager to see all those.

This past week was more of the usual madness at work, lots of inexplicable behavior on the part of my boss. I think he’s decomposing more quickly with every passing day. I don’t know how much longer I can take his abuse and the almost unbearable working environment. The problem is I don’t have an alternative right now. I guess when I finally lose it and blow up at him and walk out; I’ll just have to take whatever work I can get. I do need to work, though. Nobody else has volunteered to pay my bills for me. Maybe I should start playing the lottery. At least I can say that I have a great husband, and a supportive, wonderful Mom. Oh, and two cats. One of the cats is a sweetheart. Her name is Ballou. The other is somewhat mentally challenged. Yeah, Jezebel is “special”. She’s lucky she ended up with us. I think anyone else would have returned her to the shelter. She is a challenge. But she’s part of my happy home, and my home and the people (and cats) in it were the good part of the past week. Be nice to have a good job, where I’m appreciated, though.

As I review my day I am now glad that I have taken a break from the hectic pace of my day to reflect on the day’s events. A day which at first seemed full of endless frustration, at a closer later glance now appears to have been productive in ways that I did not originally see. Actions I have taken today, that to me seemed ordinary and routine, brought smiles and expressions of appreciation from four other people who I met within the course of my travels today. I was able to provide two persons with important information relative to projects they were working on, thus keeping them from avoiding what would have been catastrophic mistakes. Two others I talked with in passing later e-mailed me and let me know how much they appreciated the words we exchanged. To positively reach four persons in the course of a day must be counted as a productive day in my life; a surprising revelation that I did not realize before writing this short passage.

Last night’s dinner was special. I was in Denver for business. We had finished our meetings and went out for dinner to a local restaurant. The theme of the restaurant is dipping sauces. Just about everything you order comes accompanied with your choice of three sauces from a list of about 60 sauces that they offer – divided into sweet, savory and spicy. My selection was beef tenderloin on a bed of mashed potatoes, accompanied by sautéed mushrooms. I selected two savory sauces — pepper aioli and roasted corn. I also tried a spicy selection – Indonesian chili sauce. It was interesting, but very hot! It was fun to vary the taste of the beef with the different sauces. For dessert, I had flourless chocolate cake. This, too, came with dipping sauces – crème anglaise, hot fudge and strawberry cointreau. It was very rich and worth every calorie.