Merry Christmas 2021

My greetings to my fellow Christians around the world a very Merry Christmas. Today, we are celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. I pray this season brings us peace and hope that transcends to our soul and joy for all our days.

Note: Image or photo not mine. Taken from my FB avatar.

Christmas Tree display at Robinsons Place Imus

After a brief stay at Glorietta yesterday, I decided to go at Robinsons Place Imus before going home to look what display they had to offer. The Christmas tree is different from the rest of previous malls I visited. The giant Christmas tree is adorned with white accessories. 

The giant Christmas tree display at Robinsons Place Imus, Cavite

Christmas Tree display at Glorietta

I was able to visit Glorietta yesterday in Makati City and took a snapshot of the giant Christmas tree display. Since it is December and the season of Christmas, I will post all the Christmas display of every mall I visited during this time.

The giant Christmas tree display at Glorietta mall in Makati City

Gumamela Flower in Bloom

It’s very nice to see when I wake up this morning that our gumamela (Hibiscus in English) plant proudly showed it’s red flower in bloom. The gumamela (Hibiscus) flower comes in many colors such as red, yellow, orange, white, purple, pink and other color combinations. It is a plant that belongs to the mallow family. Thank God for another beautiful day. Seeing this beautiful flower makes my day. 

The lone red flower of Gumamela

Samsung Galaxy A12

Yesterday was my special day. As a birthday gift to myself, I bought a new mobile phone to replace my 4 year old Samsung Galaxy Prime J7. I bought a new Samsung Galaxy A12 which is an entry level phone of Samsung with a price of 7,990 pesos (a price that is suited for people who has a limited budget). The unit has an internal memory of 128GB 4GB RAM. The phone has a 6.5" screen display with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels. The chipset is Mediatek MT6765 Helio. The main camera has quad camera of 48MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), AF, 5 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro), 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) and a selfie camera of 8MP. I started to use the phone for the last 2 days and and so far no issue has occurred. I hope it will not give me any problem in the future like my previous Samsung Galaxy Prime J7.

Samsung Galaxy A12 with the box and accessories including the charger, cable and headset

Samsung Galaxy A12 front side, with the unit turned on.

Samsung Galaxy A12 back side

It’s Christmas time at SM Malls

The season of joy, Christmas decorations, displays, and Christmas spirit has just started at SM malls which is a frequent attraction every year. I've already visited SM Bacoor and SM Molino several times and it makes me awe looking and watching their Christmas display.

Giant Christmas tree display at SM Bacoor

You can take a selfie and group photo shoot at the bench of the Christmas tree display

A giant Christmas tree display at SM Molino

This time, SM Molino decided to display a replica of the Eiffel Tower alongside with a giant Christmas tree

Aluminized Cover for Motor

Got excited to received my online order (from QOBIDA) of aluminized cover for my scooter. It fits well to the unit and seems to be durable. According to its ad this aluminized cover is waterproof, heat resistant, dust proof, tri-layered, motor paint friendly.

Plantito

This pandemic had made me more of a dedicated “plantito”. I was able to take care of my growing plants aside from working at home. My money tree plant is growing taller. My bougainvillea flowers are in full bloom. 

Money Tree

Bougainvillea flowers in full bloom

Bougainvillea flowers in full bloom

Fully Vaccinated

Finally, I got my second dose of COVID-19 vaccine last September 30, 2021. I am now fully vaccinated. At least I have now protection from COVID-19 butl still we need to keep safe and follow the protocols that was set-up by the IATF (Inter Agency Task Force). Thank you to our National Government and LGU.

First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

Finally, after months of waiting, I got my first dose of COVID-19 vaccine which is Moderna vaccine. Thank you to our national government for helping us protect from COVID-19 and the new Delta variant. Stay at home. Stay safe. Wear your face mask and face shield when going out. Use alcohol and hand sanitizer to kill off that bacteria.

Chinese New Year 2021 - Year of the Ox

Today, February 12 is a special legal holiday in the Philippines because of the Chinese New Year. We wish our fellow Filipino-Chinese friends Gong Xi Fa Cai!  In celebration of this national holiday, SM centers had created Chinese New Year related displays.

Chinese New Year display at SM City Bacoor

Chinese New Year display at SM Molino

Kalachuchi (Plumeria Rubra)

Last week I bought this ornamental plant called Kalachuchi (scientific name is Plumeria rubra). One of the most common ornamental plants found in houses and parks in the Philippines. The flowers are now in full bloom and it’s relaxing to see its bright color. An additional ornamental plant to my growing mini- garden.

Kalachuchi flower

Scientific name - Plumera Rubra

Change of Tubeless Tire

After 3 years of my Honda Click125i usage, I was obliged to change the back tire of my scooter because of wear and tear. The tire had cracks on the side which makes it flat and too dangerous for continuous driving. This is also for my own safety. Thanks for the mechanic who changed it for only 30 minutes. I was lucky that we had this motor shop near to our place. 

Blessed and Prosperous New Year 2021

First and foremost, I would like to greet everybody a blessed and prosperous new year. It’s another year of unpredictable and worrisome year since the corona virus pandemic is still here. Fortunately, vaccines are already available and hopefully our country can avail of these vaccines and start to give Filipinos the needed vaccination. Let us be positive and be optimistic that the year 2021 will be the year of healing, give us a better life and will provide more opportunities of employment to those who became jobless during the start of the pandemic. I wish that this year will bring us more prosperity and good health throughout the year. Let us not forget to pray and thank God for all the blessings he had given us for the past year especially that we are free from COVID infection and still very much alive. Let us stay safe and follow the health protocol of wearing face mask and face shield whenever we go out of our house. I thank God that when I wake up this morning, my plants outside my house  had grown so fresh and blooming which is a very positive sign of prosperity and abundance. Again, I wish everybody a blessed and prosperous new year. 

Fresh and blooming

Changing of the color of the leaves shows the sign of cold season