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Good luck as you try to find that happy medium. The walk looked quite pleasant. Make tonight a no-vom night! Your housekeeper will thank you!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/August/2022 @ 5:47 pm
I haven’t checked, but I’m guessing not. I’ll know more soon.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/August/2022 @ 9:11 am
On Jeju Island, there’s a landmark called the Seven Fairies Bridge (here and here).
Happy S.O.B.-ing!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/August/2022 @ 6:46 pm
Sorry to hear about the jab, but this has been on the horizon for a while. As long as you’re a “tourist” in the PI, I guess there are certain inevitable inconveniences. Keep checking your health, and see a doc if something untoward happens. I suspect it won’t: I’m seeing a ton of news about how the drugs interact badly with young people, but not nearly as much news about how these jabs affect older folks. Doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening, but maybe there’s a reason to relax a bit. Here in Korea, no one I know has dropped dead of the jab, but almost everyone I know did get COVID after being jabbed. So, you’ve got that to look forward to.
Tanya, from a frontal angle, looks mighty different from that previous photo of her. Is that really the same person? Anyway, I wish her good luck, given her situation.
Cathy sounds nice. I’ll be curious to see whether she takes the initiative and does more than just send thankful vibes your way. (I’m not talking salaciously; I’m just thinking it might be nice for her to send you a home-baked pie or something, given all the $$$ you’re sending her.)
Food looks great! Wish I could try that succulent-looking pot roast and the cornbread. May have to make my own (both roast and cornbread).
That one shot of the Virgin Mary was interesting. She looked almost as though she had a beard. Look closely, and you’ll see what I mean. Can’t un-see it.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/August/2022 @ 3:26 am
Chicken and veggies look good!
Regarding this (because I can’t leave well enough alone):
One sullen fact remains
That I am alone in my love for you—First: really? Three dashes? That’s gotta be the hormones talking.
Next: why is being alone in your love for her a “sullen fact”? Do you want others to be in love with her, too, so that you’re not alone in loving her? Maybe I’m missing the logic, here, but it seems to me that being “alone in my love” (i.e., the only one in love) with the girl is a good thing. Or were you trying to say the love was unrequited? i.e., I love her, but she doesn’t love me, and in that sense, I am alone in my love.
Help me understand!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/August/2022 @ 11:39 pm
Interesting. Most of the ladies you show on your blog (except for outliers like Black and Dick Her) follow a pretty classically Asian look. The lady in the above picture could practically pass for Caucasian were you to crank up the tint of her skin a bit. Long nose, more angular jaw—she doesn’t fit the Asian mold at all. But if you say Filipinas come in all shapes and sizes, who am I to dispute you? With the country’s history of European colonization, I guess anything goes.
You know what this means, though: you’d better start following a diversity quota and representing more non-Asian-looking Filipinas on your blog! Or I’ll call Bong Bong and report you!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/August/2022 @ 10:46 am
I personally didn’t partake. I like my walkin’, and I like my drinkin’. Just not at the same time.
So in the pic with the above caption, who’s the non-Filipina-looking lady?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/August/2022 @ 5:41 pm
According to that Wikipedia entry, “Manifest” will continue for a fourth and final season.
Good luck with the Hash!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/August/2022 @ 4:56 pm
Dodged a bullet, indeed. I’m glad it ended amicably, though. No American-style woke drama.
Food looks good!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/August/2022 @ 5:12 pm
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse
So a mix of some good plus some very bad. Sorry to hear about the wallet. That definitely sucks. Good to hear about the sinuses, though. Maybe you can talk to your docs about depression and lack of motivation.
To answer your question about energy drinks: yes, I think they’re full of carbs and other weird, alchemical stuff like taurine (which apparently helps the cardiovascular and nervous systems), weird herbs, and aminos. I don’t think energy drinks are at all nutritious, and as I mentioned before, it’s probably a bad idea to drink them habitually. That said, it might make for an interesting experiment to buy a single drink, wait until you’re feeling really, really low, then guzzle that thing and see what happens. It’ll be of temporary benefit at best, and there’s a risk that, if your depression is deeply psychological, the drink won’t help your mood at all. But a single can of the stuff won’t do any harm, and hey, it might even do some (brief) good.
Whatever you choose to do, feel better! We’re a-rootin’ for you.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/August/2022 @ 6:49 pm
One of the docs I watch on YouTube, Sten Ekberg, has a video out about “brain fog” (not a technical term), and in the video, he has a section where he talks about depression. I’m linking to that section here. Maybe you’ll find it useful.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/August/2022 @ 10:56 pm
re: SOB Friday
When you go to these SOB events, are you always a judge, or are there times when you just sit back and enjoy?
re: lack of energy
Have you ever tried energy drinks? I realize that may be a silly suggestion, but I remember a day, in the States, when I was on a long drive and getting tired. I got curious about this “Red Bull” thing I’d been hearing about for years, and I finally pulled into a convenience store and got one. Wow! That shit worked fast! Barely a few minutes after guzzling the whole can (which tasted a bit strange), I was more awake and more alert as I drove along. Keep in mind, too, that I’m a big guy, yet despite my body mass, the drink packed a punch. I can’t vouch for whether these drinks are effective in the long term, but if you’re a first-timer, they will shock your system. I’ve tried Red Bull and Monster and other energy drinks since then, and I’ve never gotten the same kick, but if you’re an energy-drink virgin, that first can might actually pep you up. I don’t think it’d be healthy to make such drinks a habit, though. Maybe, in the spirit of self-experimentation, give an energy drink a try when you’re feeling low.
Of course, the above comment is for naught if you’ve done the energy-drink thing and not found it to your liking.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/August/2022 @ 3:22 pm
…or somewhere that they have walk carefully…
“…or somewhere that they have TO walk carefully…”
Boy, I’m turning into a real error factory. I blame the carbs.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/August/2022 @ 9:06 pm
Have you ever taken your own dogs on a Hash?
Trash day.
That’s got to be the most organized-looking trash I’ve ever seen. That is, like, anal-retentive levels of neatness. Is that really how garbagemen routinely operate in the PI?
As for depression: you’ve relayed comments from your (third?) ex-wife about your occasionally depressive nature. I honestly don’t know what to do about that (the depression, I mean, not her comments). It helps to have goals, projects, and a purpose—something beyond yourself and your current circumstances to live for, some reason to think you’re not simply retired and waiting for death to arrive. Maybe, for you, this might entail more travel. The PI has thousands of islands, after all, meaning thousands of subcultures, so there’s certainly plenty to explore. Or pick up a skill like scuba diving. I heard that, in the PI, you can go through training and get a scuba license in the space of 48 hours. When I was a kid, I did a tiny bit of scuba in a swimming pool, and frankly, it was an incredible experience that I really ought to repeat one of these days. I know that getting you to take a Tagalog class is like pulling teeth, but learning a local language might be kind of cool, too, even though you can get by with just English.
Anyway, my pop-psych take on depression is that it happens when we sink into ourselves, and life becomes like some deep, dark valley that allows only brief flashes of sunlight. It’s when we reach outside of ourselves—toward goals, towards a purpose, towards other people—that we lift ourselves out of depression. You routinely find inspiration in song lyrics; right there, that’s a form of reaching outside of yourself. Just maintain that spirit with other things you do, and you’ll be out of your funk, or so I believe.
Maybe think about providing your dogs with new experiences. There’s an angle. Take them somewhere where there’s a bunch of new smells, or somewhere that they have walk carefully, like stepping stones across a creek or some rickety bridge. Or splurge on a doggie treadmill of some kind. I’ve seen my share of hilarious YouTube videos showing dogs and cats trying to master treadmills. Dogs aren’t capable of gathering experiences and gaining sophistication the way humans can, but on some level, they still remember what they’ve experienced, and maybe they’re enriched by it. (Or train them to do tricks! There’s a ton of YouTube vids about that, too!) Live for your dogs as much as you live for yourself.
Anyway, if depression is a valley, there are many paths leading out of it. Or so I think. I’m not a psychiatrist. For what it’s worth, this too shall pass. Just avoid staying attached to your depression. Think of it like weather: it’s there; you endure it; it goes away.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/August/2022 @ 6:47 pm
Poor Buddy, with his Collar of Shame. Our cat had to go through that after having an operation to remove a damaged eye (catfight). Took a while for the cat to get used to not having depth perception, but after a few months, he was back to hunting local rabbits that were stupid enough to stray into our back yard.
My body is capable; my mind isn’t willing. My plan is just to walk it off.
Pretty much my answer to most problems. Twinge in the ankle? Walk it off. One knee is aching? Walk it off. Odd pain somewhere? Walk it off. Seems to work, so I’m sticking with that strategy. Good luck to you as you continue to work your way back to normal.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/August/2022 @ 5:28 pm
Good to know you got out there. Take it easy today.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/August/2022 @ 5:50 pm
Good luck with the day’s Hash. I suspect you can go the distance. Just don’t push yourself tomorrow.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/August/2022 @ 1:29 pm
Sounds like the natural progress of convalescence. Just listen to your body, but it’s okay to push yourself now and then as your body tries to reestablish its old rhythm.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 31/July/2022 @ 5:51 pm
I just thought the error was funny since IN comes in the midst
Ha! Egg on my face.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/July/2022 @ 6:50 pm
“Whatever it was they injected into me; the result was damn near miraculous.”
The punctuation error that dare not speak its name! Honestly, I don’t know the name for this error, which is the opposite of a comma splice. In a comma splice, you’re using a comma when you need a semicolon. In the above error, you’ve used a semicolon when you need a comma.
COMMA SPLICE: Fred came home, he was tired. (need semicolon!)
UNNAMED ERROR: Frieda went outside; and she smoked. (need comma!)This is why I keep hammering on the notion that you have to learn the difference between types of clauses. Semicolons separate independent clauses. Independent clauses are called independent because they can stand alone as a complete thought. The noun clause “Whatever it was they injected into me” is not a complete thought, so it’s not an independent clause. Therefore, no semicolon.
re: drug interaction
Definitely something you should talk with your docs about every time you visit. I’m surprised you didn’t ask about this on your last visit.
My grammar and writing are so poor you probably won’t notice, but his post has been a comedy of errors.
Who is “his”? Just busting your balls; I know you meant “this.” I just thought the error was funny since in comes in the midst of a claim that the post was a comedy of errors. But when you’re sick, who can be bothered to write correctly? I just went back over a few recent posts of my own and found several stupid typos. All corrected now (I hope).
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/July/2022 @ 6:38 pm
You did mention that before, but if your symptoms now are like your symptoms then…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/July/2022 @ 12:23 am
Lacking the energy to walk even a kilometer is how I felt upon leaving the hospital last year. I was that way for a couple days, so I don’t envy you. Glad to know the bag of vitamins helped, though.
So do you think that last year’s bout was actually COVID? At this point, I’m guessing it wasn’t.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/July/2022 @ 4:19 pm
May the recovery continue.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/July/2022 @ 1:07 pm
So if last year really was COVID, then natural immunity is no guarantee against reinfection, nor does it dull the effects of reinfection, given that this current bout has hit you hard. Hmmm.
On the bright side, if you’re going to be flat on your back, this might be a good time to watch “Squid Game”!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/July/2022 @ 6:18 pm
Get well soon!
When you caught COVID last year, did you get your infection confirmed via a test? Will you get yourself tested this time around?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/July/2022 @ 5:25 pm
I see you guys are still totin’ a dog around. Hope you eat him soon before he goes bad.
Congrats on the 29th anniversary! I imagine next year’s party will be even bigger.
Nice photos, but I guess I’ll just imagine the brownies.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/July/2022 @ 7:44 pm
A little dog on ice sounds like a Korean thing to do!
In your “How do you put a price tag on smiles?” photo, the chick on the extreme right is a huge cutie (undoubtedly armed with a boyfriend), but I’m also gettin’ some nice vibes from the nerd-girl who’s second from the left, with the glasses and farthest from the camera.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/July/2022 @ 3:11 pm
Alas, when I asked for the pork chops, the waitress said, “sorry, sir John, not in stock today.”
At least you’re known as the knightly Sir John.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/July/2022 @ 6:59 pm
One of my biggest mechanics-related pet peeves is ending an “I wonder” sentence with a question mark, as in:
I wonder where he is? (wrong)
When you say “I wonder,” you’re making a declaration about your mental state, not asking a question.
I wonder where he is. (right)
No worries: you wrote your “I wonder” sentence correctly in that caption, but the meme was written all wrong.
As for forgetfulness, you might have to start tattooing reminders to yourself where you can see them. Did you remember your walking stick? Is the oven still on? Do you have your wallet?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/July/2022 @ 6:51 pm
«« Back To Stats PageWas that an overcooked bread pizza? I probably would’ve eaten that despite the intense suntan. Be sure to set an alarm (with your cell phone or whatever) when baking stuff. My oven, which is a few years old now, sometimes doesn’t turn off despite the fact that it has a built-in wind-up timer. It ticks down to almost zero, then does nothing. As a result, I have to use my smartphone to make sure I pull things out of the oven on time.
The trails you walk share this with the bike paths I walk: every kilometer or so, the character of the trail becomes completely different. I like the variety. I imagine you do, too.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/July/2022 @ 6:44 pm