Notices by Evelyn🚲葉美華💃 (evelyn@masto.evelynyap.com)

On a somber note, I just deleted a relative's number from my contacts. 📇 She passed away last night.

😞
🙏 #life #death

I haven't been posting about what's currently going on with certain leaders in our #government. Not even interested in reading the #news about how it's going with the investigations and such.

I'll just say...

May the guilty be found guilty quickly. Or admit their guilt. Preferably sooner than later. Like, now. Right now. Because this is a waste of time, resources, taxpayer money. We got more pressing matters in the #Philippines. 🤨

Why the heck is she still in office?! 🤷♀️ #politics #corruption

So.....

I hadn't been following the #news* in recent days. And just now I saw a headline that announced the outcome*. 🇺🇸🗳️

Something is very wrong with this world. 🤦♀️

@silkevicious
Yeah, I don't like to leave things plugged in.

Before I go out, I go to the whatchamacallit panel and turn off the switches for the outlets. 🔌 I used to just flip the main switch for everything* before I step out. But now I have a fridge so I only turn off the electrical outlets... in case there was something I forgot to unplug.

When I charge my bikes I have a little fan to help keep the power adapter cool -- it can get quite hot. 🔥

#SafetyFirst ☝️

The GCFI outlet in my little bathroom got burnt. Fortunately I saw the smoke and managed to turn it off before things got out of hand. So I guess GCFIs don't protect from burning plugs? 🤷♀️!

Whatever.

Culprit was an el cheapo hairdryer. 🙄 Gonna write #FireHazard on it before I dispose of it lest someone tries to use it. I do label my #trash sometimes. I've left a few items in the refuse room labeled "Not trash. Yours, if you want it."

Wondering if I can replace this myself... or call a pro. 🤔?

@jesse_saenz
Or give them something more interesting to chew on. ☝️

I say sacrifice a shoe or slipper for the good of all wires and plugs. 🤪 #dogs #pets

Somebody tell me. How the heck do you make #pothos grow well in water? 🤷♀️

I've been mildly successful in keeping pothos alive for months or over a year in water. But they don't grow too well, they never look this awesome. It's more like just surviving instead of thriving.

How to do it? 😶
#EducateMePlease #plants #IndoorPlants #ApartmentLiving #YellowThumbs

@silkevicious
I don't believe in suffering! 🤪 But I I'll try to go farther than last time. 🤔

The big boys 🚴🚴🚴♀️🚴🚴 are #cycling far again this Saturday. And I'm invited to ride as far as I can go. 🚴♀️ I plan to join for only a couple of hours then I'll head home. Not going all the way. 🏔️🙃 Gotta attend a meeting at 10AM. Honestly I'd rather skip the meeting but it's a once-a-year thing and we're supposed to elect some people. I do try to be a responsible adult, lazy as I am. 🤪

I hope I #sleep plenty on Friday so I can work all night and ride ~4 hours on Saturday morning. 🙏
#bikes #bicycles

@rom
😶 #weather
🙏 #Luzon #Philippines

I underestimated the severity of #Carina. 🌧️🌧️🌧️ I forgot that strong winds and a major rain dump are two different things. I actually stepped out to get supplies. I managed to get back home with no drama.

This is one quiet* #storm. 😳
No crazy strong winds.
No thunder, no lightning.
Just a continuous pour. 🌧️

Definitely not ordering any delivery now that I've seen the road conditions. Everybody should just stay home. Or evacuate if their homes are affected.

We hosted a dinner get-together for a balikbayan schoolmate at a Chinese resto. Lauriat style. 🐷🐮🐔🦆🦐🐟🍜🍵

I'm stuffed. 😋

Now should be a good time to sleep. 💤

(No pictures. I was busy eating and chatting.)

@silkevicious
I tried to log in to the website from my phone. Doesn't work -- I don't see an avatar to click on. I may have already done that setting before, not sure. 🤔 I'll check later.

I've added, or requested* to add, you. 😃👍

I don't even know if I have a #Garmin user name. But the name on my profile is
👇
Evelyn #TurtleOn2Wheels

@silkevicious
Now that I think of it...

I don't really need #Strava anymore. 🤔 My #Garmin does a better job of logging* my activities, though the map doesn't hide start & end points. The few people that I follow (and follow me) there are here on #Mastodon or are real life contacts that I'm connected to via #Viber or #Instagram. And I've no interest in following random strangers on Strava, and the challenges aren't really useful to me.

Tho, unlike Instagram, there are no random suggestions*.

@silkevicious
Oh wait.

There is one thing Strava is good for. Sharing my location. Live. It seems to do it really well.

@silkevicious
I track with my Garmin ⌚ and it syncs with Strava.

@silkevicious
Yup. If you mark the ride as a Commute, Strava will show that data. 🚴♀️

Hey, I went riding today! 🚴♀️ No, it's not my day off. I slept late and woke up just before work. So after work I wasn't tired or sleepy. And my li'l pantry doesn't have ingredients for a full meal. So...

🍴☕ ... 🚴♀️

I decided to go somewhere different. #NoBikeRack but there's al fresco seating. 👍 I didn't know #KennyRogersRoasters had such good #coffee! 😊☕ And for only 40 pesos? 🤯!

I'll be back. 😉

But next time I'll sit indoors to avoid the bugs. 🦟

😅! #WalangBikeRackEh
#bikes #food #cycling

In other news...

I think I broke my refrigerator. 😕
I had it defrosting and now it's not doing any cooling. It's deathly quiet. 🤷♀️

Ya know what that means... I have to go out 🚴♀️ or get food delivery 🛵 if I want a proper meal... Till it gets fixed.

I still got rice, pasta, oats. Maybe I'll buy some jerky. Mixed nuts. Canned food. Chips.

Mmm... I want cake. 😋🍰

@youronlyone
Ah yes. That annual fee. So glad that's gone. 👍

Same here. My client never cares for receipts. I write them out anyway. It's the law, after all. 🤪

Next thing that I hope they fix is the confusing need to specify every year that I'm opting for the 8%. So silly. 🤷♀️

#taxes #Philippines #BIR

Out on an errand.
I gotta eat, of course. 😋

#Tax matters are confusing. #EaseOfPayingTax recently required folks like me to switch from using Official Receipts to using Invoices. After I ordered my new invoices I was told it had to have Quantity and Amount. On a Service Invoice? My invoices don't have those words so I returned to the #BIR.

Thanks to the nice staff at the RDO, visiting their office isn't so bad. They said my invoices are fine and to disregard that new rule. 😅! #Philippines