65 anniversary

One of our banks invited us over for a 65 anniversary celebration. That's how long the branch has been there for. It's quite something for a quiet residential area.

I no longer have an account there, but I happened to answer the phone and was invited too. How often do banks treat you to dinner? Well, it was just sandwiches, but there was a birthday cake too! All food seemed to be made by employees. (But I could be wrong.)

One of mom's friends didn't get invited. The other was busy and couldn't come. It was just me and mom, and actually very boring. Off hand the manager greeted me by soliciting my business. Which made me feel super unwelcome. It felt like he was hinting that I shouldn't be there without an account. Or was that just my negative thinking? Hmm...

We ate, listened to the manager's speech, ate some cake, and left. They were saying, the customers usually come in, do their banking, and leave. The party gave them a chance to chat and know each other better. Well, I guess it's not a bad thing. But personally, I don't think I want my bank to know too much about my personal life. After all, they are after money.

Tired

Uncle and aunt Y wanted to visit dad so we had lunch before going to the nursing home. Dad is well. Still spitting and tearing up diapers. A little bit of grocery shopping back in our area afterward. Drop them home, and I crashed. Was gonna take a 30 minute nap... ended up passing out for almost 4 hours. Why am I so tired? Plus, I forgot to take any Pinky pictures. Not even during lunch. What's going on???

The only picture I took was of a funny car sticker...

Spritzer Citron Lime

From October 2010. Thanks A! This lime flavoured pop was like Sprite, but much lighter, and more fruity. To put it in a less polite way, diluted. Forgot to check the ingredient list again. Oh well. The text is not English. (Italian???) Nonetheless, pop is pop and it was refreshing and the portion size was good.

Nieces

Brother had an emergency (namely forgot to pre-plan) so I helped drop my nieces and their friend off to summer school after lunch. To save gas, I hung out in the area until class ended. Took the chance to research on mom's cell phone. Picked the kids up and went back to brother's until dinner time. It was eat-out day. I timed my pick-up with mom so we all arrived at the cafe roughly the same time.

The girls wanted to play with my Pinkys after dinner, so they all came to our place and I lent them my monthly supply box under the condition of returning them to the original state. Of course that didn't happen. An hour later when they left, most of my prepared Pinkys were different. Oh well. Not that I mind it so much, but it's about promises. I don't let them play with my Pinkys because (1) they go rough, (2) I've prepared those for daily use and don't want to mess up the setup. I do let them play with the dolls every-now-and-then. So don't call me mean.

Old habit

Thank god for chiropractor day. Cleaning up left me in bad shape.

Finally mailed the yellow envelopes. The mail box was full of those. Actually this is the first time I ran into the mailman collecting mail.

Dad's habit of spitting indoors was gone for a few day, but it's now back. The staff at the nursing home told us about how he would spit regardless of location or who's there. The worse is, his roommate Mr. H picked up his bad habit too. (T_T)

Dad seems to be playing some kind of game... or I should say, toying with Mr. H and the staff. When no one's looking, dad tells Mr. H to go back to his room. Amazingly, he listens and actually does it. The staff would find out, then bring him back. Then dad would tell Mr. H that he's naughty. Sigh... Yup, he's both the cop and criminal.

Started cleaning out my pens. Didn't realize I've got so many, way more than I can use. Of course most of them dry up and have to be trashed.

Richmond

Took A and S to Richmond for some shopping. Too bad the fish & chips place was closed. Ended up eating at a Vietnamese restaurant. I didn't mind but it wasn't exactly A's cup of tea. Oh well. Then the shopping for computer components began. I got to spent some time in the dollar stores and other stores around.

Then we all went to S's place to set up the computer. With nothing better to do, I cleaned up his place. There seemed to be some problems and the guys were working hard. So hard, we almost missed dinner. Didn't realize the Italian restaurant was uphill. Should have taken the car there. Took 20 minutes to walk just a few blocks. We arrived at 9:20. They close at 10. Barely made it. Portions were big and the food was filling. Thanks S for the dinner! Then we went back to finish off the setup. Dropped A off and it was 1 AM when I got home. Didn't fill up, didn't buy yogurt...

House and cat

Yet another old house in my neighbourhood will be torn down. It's been vacant for a while. Today I noticed the public trees were fences up. The big tree close to the house is not. It's probably gonna be chopped down. What a waste... (T_T)

Met a friendly playful cat. It was sitting in someone's front yard. I thought it's domestic, but there's no collar and its coat is rough. It followed me to the end of the block. If it wasn't for a dog nearby, I fear that cat might follow me home.