Panhandlers in Canada?

Do we have panhandlers in Canada? I don't know about it or any story about panhandlers or panhandling in Canada. Their strategy here is different from other countries.

Every Christmas, Salvation Army had their transparent glass or plastic kettles hanging from their outpost and they have somebody dressed nicely and neatly standing by the doors main entrance or exit doors on every department stores or malls (big box stores).

You can see on every roads and streets on cold weather situation in any city of their choice about these group of Rotarians asking for donations before Christmas.

TV News Network asking donation of any kind of toys for their TOY MOUNTAIN gift-giving for children.

Sometimes, group of sports club and their players stood by at the cashier's till section and asked shoppers politely if they can help in bagging their groceries and you as customers will have to donate money for them. The smallest amount of money being donated is $5.00 for bagging groceries at your convenience. $5 for few minutes of work. Others are generous giving more than what they can afford to give. Remember they made more money because the minimum wage is now $15/hour in Ontario.

There are so many CHARITIES IN CANADA and some of the founders are rich, wealthy people. They don't need to work, they just have to command their people to do the work for them to ask donations for their cause.

For the poor doing the fundraising or asking money or donations in kind it's called PANHANDLING.
For the rich or well to do families asking donations in terms of money and in kind it's called CHARITY.

Some people hate panhandlers because they are POOR!
They love Charity because they are RICH people asking for donations.

News Tidbits

The wind storm has just returned once again. I couldn't believe that we are experiencing too much of this bad weather since the first week of December. It's almost non-stop wind storm. Instead of snowstorm it's windstorm. It's already 9 am and yet it is quite dark outside. Some houses  already have problem with roof leaks. What kind of water is falling from the sky? Supposedly the roof shingles on most part of the houses within BC are tough and durable and could withstand the test of time for century. Acid rain probably been the culprit to this kind of weather.

I suggested to my husband to watch Mission Impossible: Fallout. Instead he watched the old movie PROMETHEUS starring Charlize Theron. Too many old movies to watch on TV and they are free.

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Currently the news on TV is about those hackers and spies from China. Allegedly two hackers targeted Canada and America in their hacking and spying.
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Canada, US, 10 Allies condemned China of hacking and espionage
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Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir  (Olympic Champs) named "Athletes of the Year."
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Heard that a co-worker accused Mike Weatherly of  a sexual harrasment. (?)
CTV News!
You mean Agent Dinozzo of NCIS ?
I don't know if it's true or not. Or it is probably a script for BULL.
Whatever!
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NICK (Public Defender) won in the SURVIVOR 2018. He won 3 immunity by winning 3 games they played. Nick (played for David's tribe) is the strongest mentally, physically and psychologically outsmart, outplay and outwit everyone including Angelina and Mike (Goliath tribe) who were also strong contenders when it comes to strategies they used to be on top 3. Angelina, the most outspoken, strong-willed, opinionated woman in this Survivor show, well experienced in the survival skills while Mike is the kind of person who is just playing along with everyone and just happy to be "stranded" in the remote island with other contestants as what he told everyone that shaming, embarrassing himself with the rest of the actors is part of the experience. Mike is a filmmaker so he is probably used to that kind of treatment. They had those dirty, filthy clothes they are wearing for 39 days and notice those teeth. I mean have you notice their teeth as if everyone had their dental care and dental works perfectly been polished at the island. I forgot what island is that. Google... It turns out the SURVIVOR: David Vs Goliath is filmed in Fijji. Fijji or Fiji?

Mike is an actor, seen him in the movie SCHOOL OF ROCK. He's a look-alike of Tori Spelling's brother. ?

SURVIVOR show will return in Spring of 2019 with new batch of competitors for million dollar prize.

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When will BIG BROTHER begins? That too is a show about social experiment but not in a remote island but inside BIG BROTHER HOUSE using one bathroom for 16 people. Yuck! That's insane!
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That 1 bathroom/house for 5 members /family is not applicable in Canada due to health and sanitation standard of law in Canada.

Sure. It must be approved now that every house within Canada should have 2 bathrooms with toilets. Or else the house-owners should pay double property tax per year. lol. j/k

Mission Impossible: FALLOUT

Mission Impossible: FALLOUT is the latest movie I had ever seen this year via Optik TV/Movie. Mission Impossible is a succession of different sequels starring the bankable star/actor Tom Cruise playing the lead character Ethan Hunt. In this sequel, Ethan Hunt read/watched the message on the screen about his next assignment to hunt the terrorist and know where John Lark and 12 Apostles and dismantle plutonium that leads to nuclear threat attack. The message was self-destruct as usual. Ethan had his two member IMF team in this spy business however you know that a story becomes complicated when other members of the bureau becomes involved in self-vested interest then the trouble begins. Their own boss was betrayed by another person in the upper chamber and that complicates everything. The Fallout is about deception. I recommend that you listen attentively or have your focus to their dialogues because it gets confusing to the very end. Who to follow when the leader is your own enemy? FALLOUT is very deceptive. How many people in that story wear deceptive masks?

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The last movie I watched at the cinema was KNOWING starring Nicholas Cage. That too, movie that you have to watch and play with numbers. How numbers can affect your life in a meaningful way.
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How many leaders should be assigned in one task? how many should lead? each country has one leader but when this leader obeys another leader from another country you have to ask where is his loyalty? To his own country and people or loyalty to the other country and its population?

Stir of Controversy

No gossip here whatsoever so do I have to create gossip and stir controversy to the delight of those who love the limelight?

The hosts (hostesses): Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, Lainey Lui, Marcy Ien, Jesse Allen of  "The Social" show had their gossip only favored American showbiz personalities not Canadians. That doesn't mean that there's no gossip or rumors being produced here in Canada. I think the "magnets for ridicule is based in another country or because the hosts are afraid of Canadian stars. Or could it be they don't even know who are Canadians from Americans.

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OMG! Come on people please use your masks in your home and use your own true real faces.
He he just kidding. Nobody's perfect. Miley Cyrus was the special guest at SNL last night. Hasn't change... she is still naughty Miley. You wished she is still Hannah Montana. Bu you know she is very talented, smart and pretty.
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What they had provided for their Year in review gossip are the same topic they talked in their daily show, so really nothing's new. But with Rihanna wearing that proverbial "Pope outlandish wardrobe" seem tight-fitting for a female who was a real-tough action heroine in the blockbuster  movie BATTLESHIP with all the pompous loud musical background that will keep you in your seat as if you are part of the battleground. My daughter watched her movie so many hundred times.

Uhm, what if the Pope is just as tough as Marvel  action hero instead. You know having a male "Joan of Arc." We need more Ironman that will do the action for us or I'm gonna call Superman and Supergirl. By the way, those two action heroes are from another galaxy and they are aliens!

Really there's not much controversial issues unless you "fabricate gossip for the satisfaction" of those people who love the noise.

If Hollywood has WALK OF FAME, Canada finally had it too. Awards were given to the following recipients: Canadian Olympic figure skaters (dance pairs) Tessa Virtue & (Victor) Scott Moir , Astronaut: Chris Hadfield, Seth Rogen &__________ ,___________ Martin, etc, etc.


Other famous Canadians: Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Ryan Reynolds, Wayne Gretzsky, Shania Twain, Jake Gold, Ben Mulroney, former PM Brian Mulroney, former PM Stephen Harper, PM Justin Trudeau, GG Juliette Payette, William Shatner,_______, __________, _________,

Now I know why those hosts from "The Social" had problem gossiping about Canadians. I myself can't remember the names of those other  famous Canadians.

Well, unless if you do your research and google them up. However, there are writers whose topics are limited and they only allow themselves to be used or because space and time is limited and because it's according to "choice." They will only talk a topic or subject that will benefit them. In showbiz I think there is that so called "friends with benefits." Or they "talk" about these certain entities for a prize or for the benefit that they have to pay if their names are "talked about in their show." In old adage or long time ago that was  supposedly the trend of work. Artists pay for their names, stories  aired on radio and television. The production companies pay for the publicity aired on radio and on TV as a way to promote their actors and actresses and the movies they promote. So if you see so much news about the Kardashians and Jennifer Lopez maybe they are paying too much to the entertainment showbiz news network. It's not the news network paying these artists. That's a total big NO.

What Are They Waiting For?

ADRIFT the movie is for rent for a $1.00 only. I wonder what this movie is all about? Is this the same as the "perfect storm" or similar to Nicolle Kidman's first movie "Dead Calm?" I should order that video movie to find out.

Did you know that Mission Impossible: FALLOUT is also available on Optik TV for $7.00
Yeah, action movie starring the famous action hero/star Tom Cruise.

I wonder what is Ethan Hunt is up to now? Who he is hunting this time. Who are not paying the IMF? And you wonder why Tom Cruise never receive an award for some of the movies he made that went top grosser in the cinema. If there's an action there is drama and there's visibility of blood. Nose getting punched, villains getting hit and hurt, death is imminent.

What the AWARD GIVING BODY needs to see in a movie? Witty dialogue, script that made them think twice or get confused because it has deeper meaning or because they were looking for the hidden messages or secrets that they want to unravel and then answer to the messages in the next movie?  The secret...

They could be looking for something too intense for drama, gruesome, psycho thriller and horrifying so why "The Walking Dead" never receive an award? Or they are after for beautiful cinematography, gorgeous humans, lost in the visual cues, without dialogue for a moment of awe and wonder just like Hitchcock just as if the wind blows, the four seasons had been captured in the scene yet he was immobile in his seat and can't get up. Or they are after for the lead role to just talk by himself alone for the rest of the day, talking to nothing but Wilson. Or somebody left alone to conquer the Martian land by himself after being left behind due to martian storm, plant an arrays of potatoes and made gas from all of the potatoes and lifted off in space for a rendezvous in space to be with the rest of his co-astronauts. The level of difficulty, hardship, intelligence,  facing the wilderness, ALONE with no one to look up to and talk and all the malady of defeat, struggle and humility, melancholia, agony and self-reliant then facing one and only face of the Creator he longed to forgive all the sins of the world. All these mental picture, visuals, visions of insanity, depression and the will to strive to be alive...these are what they are after.

How to change a different tone of "drama?" Is it not up to the audience, viewers and the people who should decide whether that kind of movie is worthy of an award? So what happened now in our generation is there are too many award giving bodies that deal with those changes. That aside from the most prestigious OSCARS (The Academy Award), the Golden Globe's, the Emmy's, Screen Actors Guild, People's Choice, there are new award giving bodies that honor and respect the work of those worthy actors and actresses, and the many artists, workers in the production companies.

Now what? Don't you think that award giving bodies also extend to companies and business establishments outside of those who work in the television and  movie industry?
 They had their chance, awards are given but they want their 13th month pay BONUS!

For the most part it's better to watch brand new MOVIES at the cinema. I mean the latest movies that are produced for the moviegoers to see. Watching something of a revival or a replay of an old movie is like wasting money even if the stars are the people whom you like or related to. AQUAMAN is one daring adventure movie tailor made for Jason Momoa and with Nicole Kidman as one of the lead roles then that's add a lot of fun,  colorful adventures at the bottom of the sea and entertainment to meet your curiosity. Children need adds life to their boring world. Old people need new wonderful ideas. Old dogs need new tricks.

Same Old Story From the Beginning

OBVIOUSLY they are into the GAMES! It may sound like it's politics and economics combined
 but it is about the effing GAME!!!!!

Yeah, same old story from the very beginning.

When will it ends?

There's no alpha and omega.

One game is finished, another game begins.

Allegiance

What's new with the present day journalists of today? Just like most present day doctors they have to follow certain laws, rules and OATH.

The oath of Hippocrates for the Doctors and oath of  secrecy for most journalists.

For ordinary citizens what oath you have to follow? ALLEGIANCE.

Oath of allegiance to the flag, country and what?

Once you denounce your citizenship to your original country where you were born,
 you are a citizen of another country!

Your sincerity and LOYALTY is always been introspected and examined.

Twisted News & Movies

Thank God it's Sunday!What to look forward today? Same old story or same old news? lol. As usual the news in the WH is the same.  I think the POTUS would be happier if he's back in his show THE APPRENTICE instead. Why not? He likes the words, "You're fired!"

I wish NIRVANA IN FIRE has its Part III.

I don't know if the Huawei's news is just a publicity gimmick or real news. Who knows? Cheaper to promote Huawei products by that kind of weird strategy?

Bad publicity gimmick reach its customers faster than speed of light? Uhm, just wondering whether we have to be seriously involved or affected by such kind of negative strategy.

Clueless. We are all clueless.

What to watch at AMC 6 pm slot when The Walking Dead is on vacation?

TV Series we are missing to watch: Fear the Walking Dead, Designated Survivor, American Idol, etc.

Had finished watching the movie "Life of the Party" of  Melissa McCarthy in the lead role. It was a wacky, comedy movie with a funny twist. Revenge in such a fashionable comedy of error? Whatever!
Watch it and get the surprise you are waiting for.
Deanna's nerdy revenge is more fitting as the title.
Whether the tomb has no body in it or it's only a tomb without the body?
Maybe it's a pizza!
Deanna will soon ride horses and grave digging her part of the adventure left behind
by Indiana Jones. Maybe, maybe not.

Name Game

Are we lucky or fortunate to have ONLY ONE NAME given to us by our parents? Unlike other people from China, Korea, India, Middle East because they have their original names in the language that they know their whole life and they get to use their English names when they moved to other countries.

Americans, Canadians, Filipinos, British and Europeans stick to their original names given to them by their parents and the same names used for baptism. We don't really use other names nor English names unless you are actually born American, Canadian or British.

So, it turned out that the Chinese, Koreans, East Indians and the Muslim people are fortunate to have English names aside from having their original names. They have some kind of COVER.

Now you know the differences.

Curiosity

It was 3 nights ago when my daughter and I slept late because we watched 2 1/2 hour watching until past 11 pm watching this Chinese movie entitled "Along With The Gods: The Two Worlds."

Story: A firefighter jumped from a tall building to help save the life of a young girl whom he saved from a blazing fire, the building where she lives was on fire. To jump from a building is the last resort and that's what he did. The girl survived but the firefighter did not. The firefighter was taken in custody in limbo maybe that's what you call purgatory and the 3 grim reapers would like to save him from the fires of hell but he must undergo different tests and trials and if he passed  he is allowed to live through the process of reincarnation. However, after passing 2 trials and at the middle of the trials something went wrong, so the head grim reaper went to the other world to find out and learned that the firefighter's brother was accidentally killed by another soldier in a military post. Now that there are two people who were vying to the process the firefighter's life is almost doomed because they also discovered that he tried to kill his own mother and the other brother is a good man. Weird story. Anyway, if you are interested to watch this movie in video you have to read the subtitles on the screen for English translation, otherwise you just have to listen attentively to their dialogues in their native tongue which is Korean language. Heh! It could be Chinese! There are many interesting Chinese and Korean movies however their actors and actresses can't communicate better in English. It's you who will have to adjust.

For whatever reasons those two brothers were devils in disguise by the power bestowed upon them by whom? The 3 grim reapers have to be saved by the 2 brothers who I think were either Cain and Abel. LOL. Changing the story? Why not? My stories are better.

Let me tell you that Chinese languages are available in Fookien, Mandarin, Cantonese. They all are different in many ways such as accent, tone, intonation, spelling, meaning, character and manner of speaking.

Farewell To A Good President

 I first heard of his name while watching CNN on our old black and white television set. His name was mentioned and his photo on the screen of our TV. It was at the time when there was civil unrest in the Philippines and the supposedly few groups of Filipinos are trying to overthrow the Marcos regime. Anyway, that was long time ago. When he was seated in power in Washington DC as the 41st US President, George H.W. Bush the Media has exploited his military service during World War II. He was an accomplished pilot, an experienced politician, he was a gentleman, he was a good father and good husband to the former First Lady Barbara Bush. He looks like John Wayne!? There is nothing spicy or bad remarks thrown at him. I think the Media, the Press and many journalists like his nature, human nature and his sense of humor. Just like his son former US Pres. GW Bush they have the same kind of humor. You probably knew and aware of that if you happened to be watching CNN all the time. However, better watch CBC NEWS Network for well balanced news reporting.

In attendance to the funeral service: Bush family, clan, relatives, friends, men in uniform (military), the priests, the clergy and the church's choir.

US Pres. Trump and his wife FL Melania, former US Presidents and their wives and important diplomats came to attend the funeral service and only chosen few, those people who had closest relationship with the former US Pres., had given the chance to speak for the eulogy service and only the most unforgettable, good memories, funny anecdotes were mentioned and heard.

 Former Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney  is one of his close friends and his speech has a message so unforgettable and stick to everyone's mind.

 Where is the highest ceiling? What is the meaning of CAVU? C. A. V.  U.  You should have listened.
I can't ask him anymore to "read his lips."

 Our heartfelt condolence to the Bush Family!

It was kind of sad for this family that their dearly beloved father passed away at the time when Christmas celebration is just few days away. But who would be happy when their Mother will be happier to see their Father together side by side, face to face in heaven with God?

REST IN PEACE
Pres. GEORGE H. W. BUSH  (1924-2018)
US President 1989 -1993

Another Cinderella Themed inspired Movie

What else could we expect from an asian made or produced movies? It should be epic and magnanimous in proportion, spectacular and richly endowed in its rich, exotic culture and tradition that depicts the old cultural lingo and prominence of grandeur and stature especially if the lead roles are wealthy.

The most common story would be the gap between each families when it comes to wealth, connections and matriarchal dominance. There could be warlords and slaves and slavery is like customary part of the deal when rich and poor collides.

Well, it's my first time to watch the highly acclaimed, Hollywood endorsed movie CRAZY, RICH ASIANS. Why crazy? Are they crazy enough to be rich or their attitude are crazy enough to stir controversy?

Story: Rachel Chu, an Economics professor whose living in with Nick Young. Nick  (Nick's resemblance to Elvis Presley is obvious) was invited by his best friend in Singapore to be his best man for  his wedding and they both went to Singapore to attend the wedding. Rachel doesn't know much about Nick's family if it had been informed by her friend Akwafina ( has resemblance to Miley Cyrus) who lives in a mansion together with her odd parents, brother and sister (by its standard of living, they are rich!) but Nick's family is more than rich. How much richer could be somebody and how to tell them apart? Is it by the kind of house they are having? Their fashion clothes and jewelries? The massive tracts of land? Fat checkbooks, lavish modern vehicles and lots of bling- blings? Stocks and bonds? It turned out Nick's family owned hotels and residential homes in Singapore. Nick doesn't looked rich by the way he is dressed like an ordinary man of his age. I didn't know or not familiar that Singaporeans are dark in color when it comes to their complexion. I first thought Singaporeans have white complexions just like most Chinese. Then I remember that most Singaporeans are part Chinese-Malays. So that was it, their family is rich but stingy. It's a common trait. Stereotyping? Ah, they knew such trait is dominant among them. They wont be rich if not for being stingy and that's part of their culture and tradition. While Rachel seems to know how to play the part, she knew what she likes, like that of the big crusted emerald gemstone on Nick's mother's finger. She turned down the diamond ring because she would like to have that huge emerald stone. Some people are crazy and they will play to win it.

My observation to this movie went beyond asking why Nick's lips are so dark compared with other actors in the movie? It was explained that Nick smokes cigar. Or he could be a blue baby. Baby dumpling? It could be a dark lipstick. Did you know that make-up is now available for actors? What else? Akwafina and Mateo (Nico Santos of Superstore show) are scene stealers. Two actors whose natural acting and demure facial recognition are unforgettable in this Asian movie, they are scene stealers. Then the sudden entrance of  the movie actress Kris Aquino dressed in proverbial stunning yellow gown at the wedding. She's pretty. It was just spur of the moment scene but her fans love it. Then the wedding theme which kind of splendid ritual to the amazement of the viewers and invited guests... that's one of a kind. It's not red carpeted nuptial, water flows at the aisle of the grassy, flowery, lagoon OMG! Plus the wedding song? That's one of the magical scene for this movie. I first thought the bride will turn into a mermaid and Aquaman will save the day.  Ha ha ha! Just kidding!

Michelle Yeoh is still the most famous Asian dramatic actress and whose presence always goes back to action, epic movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Rachel Chu played by actress ? Lainey Lui of the Social? No? Rachel is played by Constance Wu and actor Henry Golding played the role of Nick Young.

I think there will be a part 2 for this movie. If there is please dress Rachel with beautiful clothes. She needs it more than the rest of the extras. Darn Economics!

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I think in our time, in our generation we wont know who are RICH and WEALTHY. Because the rich are frugal, they don't look rich and they don't dress rich enough to be looked at. I mean the so called "rich & wealthy" were actually rich with debts and being hunted down by the IRS.

Better live according to your means. But it's okay to dress nicely, neatly and grooming should be in good terms with your good personality. Yung mga mayayabang dyan pretending to be rich please show us your income tax. Yun lang.

Earthquake: Duck, Cover & Hold

Yey! It's first day of December 2018. It was just yesterday the 30th of November when suddenly the people from Anchorage, Alaska were rattled by 7.0 earthquake. I was watching the news on TV (CTV and Global News) when somebody from Alaska reported what had just happened at their house, the shaking of the hanging ceiling lamp, the movements of the walls and other stuff shaking to the wave (P or S wave? Don't know). They sent their videos of what happened during the shaking and rattling. I don't know the cause of the quake, nor the one reporting the news.

Seismologists can fill up the gap on our most common question of what's the cause of earthquake?

We can only assume that quake is either tectonic, volcanic, seismic, explosion of some kind, underwater explosion, oil and gas explosion at the bottom of the sea? tsunami... what could be? Nobody knows. A meteor or asteroid hit and struck  the planet but that's totally impossible. Satellites from stratosphere falling its debris? I don't know.

Aliens space craft landing on our planet? That's absurd and ridiculous.

As of now, nobody knows the impact of 7.0 on richter scale and if that 7.0 magnitude quake happened in a populated country with skyscrapers that's absolutely scary and the impact could be magnanimous in proportion.

There could be a BIG ONE! But to wait for it is when and where?

We can only PRAY and BE PREPARED.