Danny's Space

I installed Zoom in Gmail because its becoming clear to me the world wants to see me in video format. I am resigned to the world requesting my live face when I chat so to make my life easier I have installed Zoom in Gmail. Whenever I open Gmail in the browser I have access to zoom.  I have also enabled Google Chat in the side panel. This is something that is instantly obvious to chat users of all kinds. Chat in your email browser. duh! Will this change move me and my friends away from messenger? I don't know.  I am using Chromium browser which is the open source version of Chrome by Google. I enabled some display settings so it would play better with my desktop theme which is in a darker color scheme. 

Making the corona virus vaccines available to the rest of the world really makes sense. I thought about getting that jab for me and my mom but realizing that people next door can still get sick or maybe carrying the virus. That is just insanity. The quicker we do this, the faster things get to normal. The normal being people walking out their doors without worrying about getting sick.  My friend's parents got their vaccine calls along with a number of people. They spent three hours in the venue before they were released with their shots. One week later they have the symptoms of covid-19. Obviously, they got infected during the last mile of the vaccine delivery. Vaccinations should happen with social distancing and as few people at a time in the room. So instead his parents are spending 14 days of self-quarantine. 

To lose 1 lb of body weight, I had to burn 3500 calories more than what I eat for the week. I started and finished a straight cycle of intermittent fasting 18:6 for 14 days. My weight has plateau, no weight loss for 3 days. I had to revisit the period when I did loose weight around the last part of December 2019 and reached the lowest weight I got - 70 kg. That time I was running 2 hour cardio steady state at least 3 times a week. I was eating 1600 calories, low carb, 68(fat)-12(carb)-20(protein). The carb would sometimes dip to 5%. I try hard to adhere to keto but I was loosing weight I figured I was doing something right.  Congratulations to Carla and Jerome who got married in church this weekend in Tagaytay City. Happy for both of you.  Happy birthday Cobong!  The rainy season is finally here. It rained torrents yesterday and filled the pathway. Today Roger is cleaning the canal and making sure the roof is not leaking.  Mother and I are still waiting for our vacci...

I went to my friendly neighborhood eye shop. I got my eyes checked. I have difficulty in reading road signs and reading now. My prescription glasses wasn't cutting it anymore. I got them years ago. So they analyzed my eyes. My OD and OS are both -0.5. I'm getting a bifocal now that I am in my fifty's. 

Anna Fox played by Amy Adams was a child psychologist living alone in a multi-story apartment. She suffered from agoraphobia and was seeing a psychiatrist herself and taking medications. It will be later revealed that she was driving when her husband and daughter were killed in a road accident. Her psychiatrist encouraged her curiosity on other people which prompted her to observe neighbors.  The Russell's lived across the street and one day she saw Jane Russell murdered. She called the police but later the whole family confronted her with a Jane Russell alive and a woman who was different from the one she met. She apologized for her mistake, but later got more evidence proving she was right and the Russell family wasn't the perfect family after all.  Ethan Russell, the sixteen year old son revealed he killed his birth mother Katie who Anna thought to be Mrs. Russell. Ethan was the abused son but also the murderer in the story.  The plot is bland but the acting especially...

Happy Mother's Day to mothers. I feel blessed that I am living with mine. Emphasis on the word "living". My mother never saw her father. He never came back alive after the war. My grandmother was pregnant with my mother when the war broke out. My mother feels happy how her children turned out. A box of goods from Lino who is living in Canada arrived last night. The delivery service always do this at night to avoid the traffic. Lino's boxes always arrive at night. Mom and I stayed awake a while longer to sort out what we have.  I opened the cardboard box and Mother would start remembering stories. So I start to list the items verbally and Mom will have a short story for me. Never mind if the item and the story isn't connected. I enjoy opening boxes. I was smiling all throughout until the box is empty. 

The Philippines dodge the bullet. The month began with a lockdown because a second surge is happening not only here but in Brazil and India. In the last week of March the numbers were pointing to 18,000 new cases by mid-April. That didn't happen to us. The reproductive number of the corona virus in the Philippines went down to 0.96. If we can hold this number until vaccine supplies goes up in sufficient level we are safe. The government feels that vaccine supply will stabilize by June-July.  Some frontline medical workers and seniors have been vaccinated at least with their first dose. I have been using Converge fiber broadband with speeds of 160 Mbps download and 70 Mbps upload. The difference is palpable. Youtube content is now HD - 720p perhaps even 1080p if it's available. Downloads and file sharing is a breeze. A 2GB file finishes in 10 minutes not 10 hours like before. I remember the days.  We are using the Internet in food delivery and payment facility. It's a brand ...