Wednesday 10:23 PM: To Stand

 The act of standing is a timeless human gesture. It says: I am. Here I stand, strong, and determined to defend my rights – if necessary, by force.

Thursday 5:40 AM

 Nice cloud pattern.

The Authentic Reactionary

 

The book I ordered on Amazon has arrived.

Rosser Avenue

 The Rosser Avenue that is Residential is tree-lined.

The #110 heading south

 The 110 goes on the east side of Brandon, intersecting with the low road to Shilo, crossing the Assiniboine River, and passing Brandon’s industrial district.

Middleton Avenue North of the #1

 It’s a nice day to do something but I don’t know what.

Six hours of teaching before noon; three hours after supper(dinner).  How often, alas, I say supper and then have to correct myself because many don’t know what supper is.

I got the book that I ordered on Amazon.  Later, details.

I had a student who was Cuban but living in Spain.  She told me her family back in Cuba was suffering.  Only three hours of electricity a day.  Her English was amazingly fluent.  Asking her if she had much dialogue practice, she told me that she hadn’t.  She picked up her English watching tv shows, movies, and by singing along with pop songs.

The lesson plan had me ask her a question about famous living people she wanted to meet in person.  She answered Denzel Washington.  She was impressed by what she had seen of him in interviews.  She then asked me the question and I was initially stumped.  I could think of lots of dead people.  I finally said Donald Trump. I said, that while I didn’t suffer from TDS, I would want to tell him he was letting the good side down.

18th Street Heading North

 Tony is driving.

Chinese Head Tax Monument at the Brandon Cemetery

 It’s located on the other side of the cemetery from where my Dad rests.

The plaques give some details:

Turning around, Dad is in this direction:

Wednesday 5:48 AM; When?

 When will this talked about flooding come to a head?

Construction along the 1st street stretch of road that winds along the Assiniboine.

Tuesday 9:07 PM: Details

 

The clouds is pretty. Doesn’t you all think?

I have been getting strange service recently.  Things are happening that make me feel like I’m back in China where being misunderstood was the rule for me. But every time now in Canada, it seems when I make an order or try to empty myself of small change, I am misunderstood or I can’t understand the clerk.  Every time, they ask me my name at a restaurant so I can pick up my food order when it’s ready, I spell my name only to have it completely misspelled on the receipt.  My name has been spelled Kaulois or Anois.  Or details of my order are misunderstood.  I recently ordered pizzas for pickup, only to find the order filled wrong when I arrived for pickup. One of the pizzas I asked for was somehow not put on the order.  An even more disconcerting thing is the lack of arithmetic skills on the part of cashiers.  Today, I had to pay 25.75 for a purchase.  I gave the clerk 40.75 because I only wanted bills for change and because I wanted to get rid of my loose change.  (I also didn’t have a five) The clerk seemed stumped by the math required.  

I went for a walk this evening.

The details.

And here is a photo of a back lane:

Earlier today, I taught online:

Raymond Pero & Bela Lugosi:

Ray is married to Belinda Lugosi.