Accidental Selfies

 Are selfies properly photos or do videos also classify as selfies?

I wonder because here are photos I inadvertently took while making my quote videos, which get lots of interaction in China compared to on YouTube.

Pictures I snagged off the Interweb

 Any guesses as to who is the fellow in the bottom photo?

I am in the habit of thinking that thinking is doing

 I forgot to bring a book to my RCIA last night, which was disconcerting because I had thought to bring it.

I have been doing that a lot recently:  thinking of doing something and then somehow not doing it because it entered into my mind that I had done it because I had thought of doing it. 

I’ll have to stop doing that.  

But I probably carry on with this bad habit because I made this blog entry about it which is tantamount to my thinking that I have actually done it.

Scratched by cat

 I’ve got on a band aid on my tight big toe.

My brother’s cat was growling at me and attacked my foot.

Hello from Brandon

 On WeChat, I had an exchange with an ex-colleague who is now in Kenya.

He said:  Good morning from the green city  under the sun.

I responded: Good morning from the Wheat City under the Snow.

I keep leaving my phone in the car!

 

Five times this week already!

Freezing Rain! Yahoo! Yippy Skippy!

 I’ve experienced another new-old sensation: freezing rain! Yahoo! Yippy skippy! Bombs away! B-52 Fun Bomber!  I tell you, you haven’t lived till you’ve experienced freezing rain! Your life otherwise has been a waste of time! A dull sojourn! An exercise in futility!

If you think, I am being overly strenuous in my efforts to seem non-plussed.  Well.  That’s your opinion!

Here is the effect in the backyard.

Godzilla on 18th Street

 Godzilla’s not scared of the cold!

Look at me #12: Channeling FDR

 I had no novelty to accompany my begging for attention. I merely wanted to show off my FDR imitation.

Here is a version with music and subtitles.

Here are some view counts.

Gladstone Manitoba Frozen Puddle

 Don’t recall having seen such thick ice in China.

My anti-blog

It’s here! 

It’s a place where I put the things that occur to me.

Being called “”Laowai” in Canada

 I would appear in public in China and would hear the locals exclaim “Laowai” which means foreigner in Chinese.  Walk down the street, a vehicle passes and I could hear a passenger say “Laowai!” Walk into a Chinese shopping mall or encounter children: “Laowai!”

I suppose it’s one aspect of China I don’t miss 

Although, today in Brandon, I was referred to as “Laowai” in Brandon and I found it amusing.  What happened was, I went to an Asian supermarket where I was told I could use my WeChat pay.  It turned out it could be done but only when the boss was there.  I got the clerk to contact the boss using WeChat and I was able to arrange payment.  During the phone call, the clerk spoke in Chinese and said “Laowai”.  I was the very rare one who wanted to use WeChat pay.

Another Brandon Tower

 This tower is in Brandon, Minnesota .

Two Morning Videos

 I made these to both scare and inform people what it is like early in the morning where I reside.

The first one is just video.

The second one, I added a creative touch.

Whipped Cream and Whipping Cream

 While accompanying my Mom as she went grocery shopping, she told me to get some whipped cream.  Going to the fridges where I thought it was, I saw containers of whipping cream.  I wondered if that was what she wanted.  Not sure, I asked her and she pointed to the whipped cream.  Seeing, that there were two different products, I thought the use of the words “ whipped” and “whipping” was curious and amusing.

What was so passive about whipped cream?

Was whipping cream an active cream used in torture and interrogation?

It is the former King of Wuxi’s Birthday

 There is no doubt that the former KoW is one of the greatest humans to have ever lived.  To know him personally is a great honor and privilege for me.

I can’t understand why his birthday isn’t an international holiday with celebrations greater than a Super Bowl.

Canadian Moon Cake

 Canadian moon cake is made of vulcanized rubber.  I wouldn’t recommend eating it.

An eight way stop sign

 

I teaching Chinese to mispronounce Brandon