Oregano

Unlike some plants I have in my terrace this Oregano plant amazes me. It could stand several days without being watered. It could survive the heat of the sun.  I have some of this plant in pots and put them inside the house.  I like the aroma of its leaves.  I would gather some leaves put them in small box or small basket and leave them to dry inside the house. When the leaves are totally dried out I would put them in the pots of the other plants as fertilizer. I use the fresh leaves as seasoning for my cooking. I made sure to gather the fresh and greenish leaves. 

How to prepare as seasoning for cooking? Wash them thoroughly in running water. The leaves gather dust easily. They should be cleaned properly. Soak the leaves in water with salt to get rid of some impurities for about ten minutes. Slice the leaves thinly in chopping board.  Poured the thinly slice leaves over pork chop or fried chicken for not more than twenty minutes before the cooking is done. I also put these leaves on scrambled eggs, together with onions and tomatoes. Dried Oregano leaves are sold in groceries in bottles or plastic pouches. 

The Aftermath of Monsoon Rain

This was taken by my nephew outside their office.

Manila, Philippines and nearby provinces, such as Batangas, Cavite and Laguna, experienced another weather disturbance. It happened last 6^th of August 2012. I did not pay much attention to the continuous rain as my place has less rain compared to other places In Manila. Little did I know in most places, residents were being evacuated from their houses as flood water begun to rise to its alarming level. Rained poured its fury in some areas in the evening of the 6^th of August.  After my work shift in the morning of the 7^th, I received text messages from my family members asking me about the flood. I sent text message to my niece, who also works in a call center like me.  She was safely home at five in the morning.

Events for the Day

As mentioned in my previous post I had another vacation for four days since Tuesday this week. We are not allowed to go on leave on Mondays. This is due to heavy call volumes being the first day of the week. My vacation leave started Tuesday. I still have I guess three more days for 2009. I filed another set of vacation leave comes first week of September. I lost counts actually of my remaining vacation leave. It was our team captain at work who advised me to use all the vacation leave. Accordingly, if we do not use the vacation leave for 2009 all unused, will be forfeited by end of September. Our vacation leave is not convertible to cash. It is only our sick leave the office converts to cash, given to us February of the following year.

What did I do for four days? Two days I spent the days doing nothing. Just eat, sleep, log online and watch television. The next two days are for my household chores. I had planned to go to the mall. Later in the day, I made up my mind not to. It is too early to scout for Christmas presents for my family. I guess this September would be fine. I am limiting my budget for Christmas presents. Due to possible expenses we may incur at our family reunion. We are having the reunion for our mother. She is not sick. When she turned eighty-one years old last 22^nd of June, she had been lazy to move around. She would rather sit and watch her favorite soap on television. Although mother stays with my other brother. I am glad we were able to look for someone who takes care of her, who has patience for an old lady.

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Okay folks need to rinse my bed sheet now. I do manual washing. I do not have washing machine. To have a laundry service takes care of my bed sheet is easy. But I want to have some form of dumbbell exercise. Right, the bed sheet is the red one on the above photo. Afterwards, I will go to water refilling station to have my four liter bottle refilled with distilled water. Health is wealth. I set aside a budget for a safe drinking water. It is only a walking distance from where I live. The water station will not deliver for this size. I need more exercise anyway.  ☺