Brrr! It's Cold Again

     I didn't walk today as it is too cold. This is not the coldest temperature I recorded here, but it feels like one. For a week it has been like that. 

It feels really cold

     It has been raining intermittently, there has been no regular sunlight. It's a gloomy day.

     

My New Phone

     I had to change my phone, this is probably my tenth phone since I first use phone most likely in 1998. My last phone was accidentally dropped thus the LCD gave way, it became black. I got a new Vivo, a Vivo 29, because my last phone was also a Vivo and I am familiar with the keys.

I have a new Vivo

     I changed to a new unit for 18,000 pesos only to find out later that LCD can be changed at 1,500 only in Tacloban City. Anyway, my unit has a bigger memory meaning it definitely is better than my old unit. I hope I won't drop this again as I keep notes in the absence of my laptop.

It Feels So Cold

     These past few days have been relatively cold. It's not cold as winter cold but the temperature around me is just chilling. 

Outdoor temperature is 22-23°C

     I switch off the fan yet the chill is biting, like hitting up to my bones. Our heater is the shower malfunctioned thus bathing is a challenge.

Australian Open 2024

     I have been an avid follower of tennis especially the Grand Slams Opens - Australia, French, Wimbledon and the US. Today the Australian Open starts, it's going to be a two-week gruelling battle for the award. I saw this predictions of the top eight by tennis buffs.

Men's predicted quarterfinalists

Women's quarterfinalists said to-be

     I seem to agree with the prediction and I have the feeling Djokovic will rule the men's category to put himself at the formidable top of the men with 25 Grand Slams, and I believe it's going to be a breakthrough for Rybakina for her second Grand Slam. It's going to be a Djokovic-Rune final for the men, and Rybakina-Sakari in the women.

Happy New Year 2024

     I know this is delayed. I had no internet for two weeks, because provider had issues, thus I spent Christmas and New Year disconnected from the world. Now I know how it's like to be off the grid in today's cyber-connected world. Thanks God everything is normalized it seems. 

     This is my third new year in the Philippines after my stroke in Singapore where I used to work. It's a simple celebration surrounded by loving family. I am very lucky to have these people around me now that the stroke rendered me physically disabled in a way. 

     I didn't make new year's resolution this time. Let my life take it's natural course although I will maintain a healthy lifestyle, keep my weight in check with controlled diet and get closer to local people which I feel I have been distanced because of my education and employment abroad.