Day Sixty One

Two interpreter jobs in the same city, back to back. It seemed easy, but it turned out I was late for the second one. Why? Because Google Maps gave me the wrong direction, it was kind of frustrating. Thanks God, luckily the conference that was supposed to do the interpreter started a bit late. Anyway, I made it. That was closed!

I stopped to ask the strangers twice: one bike rider and one car driver/passenger. Really appreciate their helping, otherwise I really don’t know how I will be there by myself. 

The first conference interpretation is quite different from what I had before. I was interesting for the parent with her preschooler. In the little office including me seven people. And have to listen and interpreter between the mom and her son. Talking multiple tasking, wow.! What a experience!

Got some treats from the second job, cookies and coffee, happy. Also had a terrific conversation with the workers and other interpreters.

Overall, enjoy the works.

After all that went to a nearby library had a good rest, used the computer, charging the phone and used the restroom before I heading back home.

Day Sixty

Huntington library free day, didn’t get to book it.

Workshop, not so great.

Halloween scavenger hunt. 

Watched movie, Day Shift. It’s for Halloween, no complaints. Not a fan of horror movies.

Drive not to drive; that is the question. One way drive, the other way walk

EDD, give up, what a painful experience.

Day Fifty Nine

Tourniquet, the new that I learned from yesterday’s workshop.

Healthy walk, should do it again. The leader seems nice and knowledgeable, but today he asked me a weird question.

Oldies but goodies, we all have a fun time today. One of the workers’ husband came to visit her, and he was wearing a T-shirt that had “Oldies but Goodies” printed on the back of it. And then another worker has her birthday celebration, so we sang the happy birthday song to her.

Albert

More interpreter jobs this coming Friday. 

Day Fifty Eight

Workshop

Low impact game

Shocked by two dogs barking at me when walking past a house. I was literally jumping and pounding and startled for like half a minute. Talk about the haunting house for Halloween. Someone could have died from that sudden ghost.

Coffee & Conversation Club

T-Mobile Tuesday

Occupational disease

Day Fifty Seven

Women’s support group had a wonderful talk today.

And a famous Spain dish, Paella.

Grocery shopping, it’s anytime the store is full of shoppers. Aldi has really good prices compared to other stores; that must be the reason why.

Had a really awesome walk to the nearby park with my younger one. It’s a blessing.

Day Fifty Six

Ran some chores.

Fay Fifty Five

Ranch event, disappointed.

Mall movie watching, not really.

Shopping plus dining, good!

Day Fifty Four

Go Volunteering.

Change of plan for today.

Still tearing whenever I hear worship songs, heal me please.

Christian "Zumba" is for real, wow!

Battleship

This movie makes me thought about AI.

One day, will AI rule the world or even destroy it. Or I should say, the human’s ambition.

Profit over benevolence, that is!

Sarcasm, sometimes old means good and useful!

Everyone is capable in some way even if you are handicapped in some way; corporation means everything!

Even the leaders need to have a listening ear and need encouragement.

A mixture of sad and happy endings.

Day Fifty Three

Interpreter, quite a different experience than I had before.

And the interesting thing is that the school where I do the interpreter. Yesterday, the first time I joined “Healthy Hearts Walking Club”, we walked past this school. Unbelievable!

Bingo, didn’t get to play it. After done watching the movie “Battleship”, it’s too late to join.

Interpreter

The people whom I used to work with for this interpreter side job passed away during the pandemic.

Though never seeing each other, we only communicated through email. She seems a very kind person.

I read the old email and found that the last email that she sent to me stated that she was trying to find an interpreter while she was short of help. But I couldn’t make it. Sad!

Day Fifty Two

Healthy Hearts Walking Club

Oldies but goodies 

Grocery shopping, tomorrow, that is.

Watched the movie, “Stranger Things”.

Sometimes you are willing to commit to the group activities only because they welcome and remember you. You feel warm and needed.

EDD

Day Fifty One

workshop

Low impact game

Coffee & Conversation Club

La La Land

Musical movie, so enjoy such a singing and dancing film.

A friend to inspire, encourage, and support to not lose the passion and fulfill your dream.

Sebastian, the Jazz lover, and Mia, the actress dreamer. They almost gave up on pursuing their dreams to reality.

In the end of the movie there is a flash back of these two friends lives with a different ending.

Is that a happy or sad ending. I have no clue, but it surely is what call it, “friends forever”.

Day Fifty

Women support group.

Watched the movie, “La La Land”.

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Day Forty Nine

I love the Zumba and Salsa Aerobics class. But the music is too loud; it gets me into thinking. Should I or shouldn’t I continue to go. As loud music is not good for the health, especially the hearing. 

To go or not to go, that is the question!

Volunteering

This week alone I met two gentlemen both over 80 years old, still volunteering.

One is a Portuguese gentleman, the other is a Japanese. And they both are multilingual, unbelievable!

They are energetic, hilarious, the list can go on and on, seriously. 

Life

Life is a book. You are the reader yet the author; you are the one who makes the decision when to turn the page and how you want the story to go and end.

As the reader, it’s your choice to make: be a rushing reader, reluctant reader, slow down tasting, and enjoy it. 

Too much idle time got to turn it into more words.

往事只能回味

Heard this Chinese song playing and confirmed that it’s coming from my younger one’s cellphone.

The first thought coming into my mind is that he is trying to learn Chinese with it.

It turns out that it’s only the background music of the video that he is watching.

Listening to the song is one of the ways to learn a foreign language.

Me sometimes listen to the Cantonese radio station and imitate their talking word by word.

Meaning you ought to create a learning environment for effective learning.

Day Forty Eight

Got an interpreter opportunity from the connection of an old friend.

Though it’s only for like one and a half hours, I really appreciate this opportunity.

Grocery shopping at two local supermarkets.

To the library for charging and hydration as usual.

Homemade popcorn in the oven, didn’t do it today, maybe tomorrow.

“You cannot heal in the environment that made you sick.”

Totally agree, otherwise you will be in a “Vicious circle” of sick and healed, or maybe even worse.

Vicious circle

I suddenly realized why seniors are complaining about their pain and they all look obese to me.

In my mind, I always want to tell them if you can lose some weight, it will definitely help in relieving the pain. Didn’t say it because I am not a doctor or any kind of professional.

The “vicious circle”: the feeling of pain versus the scary of moving. The side effects of the pain killers, steroids, and such.

Also heard that some doctors or nurses tell their patients not to move too much or it will make you worse.

Knowing that proper exercise will help to relieve the pain and improve the strength for sure.

Nonetheless, the mood, the diet, all of them play a crucial role in pain or other sickness.

Day Forty Seven

Zumba

The world of juicing & salads

Healthy cooking class

Salsa dance aerobics

After all the events, go to a nearby library and apply for the library card. Using the computer before heading home.

All those exercises and classes make me feel energized, it’s all worth the drive.

Those are what I long for and need to.

Forgot some of the nutrient knowledge, though my major in college is nutrition science. Wow, and that’s long long ago.

Using the pen, not the computer, to write and draw some interesting things while I was waiting for the last class. The last time I did so, that was a couple of years ago.

“This increase in oxygen not only supports the mitochondria's energy production, it allows your body to function better and to use its energy more efficiently. Plus, your body gets a boost from an exercise-induced increase in hormone levels that makes you feel more energized.”

Day Forty Six

Went to the bingo game; at the last game, there were 3 people, including me, who won at the same time. But I am not the one who calls out “Bingo” first; also, there is only one prize left. So, technically I didn’t win.

At least I got a lot of treats. It’s quite fun. Also out of the four winners today, 3 were sitting at the same table.

Went to Aldi for some grocery shopping. It’s before 2:30 pm. But it’s packed with shoppers, most of the on sale items were gone already. Do people need to go to work and earn money?

Sixth Street Viaduct

“ Completed by the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering and opened to the public in July 2022, the new $588 million Sixth Street Viaduct is the largest bridge project in the history of Los Angeles”

https://engineering.lacity.gov/about-us/major-projects/sixth-street-viaduct-replacement-project

Sometimes, a not fancy name doesn’t mean it’s plain.

Full Rouble Rainbow

On the way back home, I noticed a car stop in the middle of nowhere. As curious as I am, I turned around and checked what was going on. I saw this awesome view of “Full Rouble Rainbow”.

I took the picture and suddenly realized why that vehicle was stopping; picture taking, for sure. Gratitude to that particular stopped car and also my curiosity. Otherwise, I would not be able to view this nature wondrous.

After the picture talking, I thought that I should quickly walk home and share it with my kids. But then I changed my mind and sent the photo to them by texting right away. And guess what my younger one texted me right back and stated that he was just about texting me the photo of this “Full Rouble Rainbow” he was just took to me. Is that something!

Actually, when I took the photo, I didn’t observe it was a “double” full rainbow. Until we both got home, he told me. 

Oftentimes, we need cooperation and also view things from different angles and such. In order to accomplish better.

And because of the technology to make it possible to share photos this way even, my older one can see the gorgeous nature even though he is living in a different state.

What a wonderful day and world!

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Day Forty Five

Oldies but goodies

Library 

EDD

Yin mother & son 709

Day Forty Four

Exercise

Low impact game

Coffee & conversation 

Raining 

chronicler

For our talking group, I mostly listened rather than talking. Yesterday one of the friends said to me that “are you the chronicler, because you hardly talk”. I won’t blame her, since I was new to this group, no doubt that she was suspected.

By the way, that’s a good idea. They seem to all have some sensational lives.

Only, how I wish that I could write well.

Rosemary

I love the smell of rosemary. I try to plant it either from store bought or propagated myself; however, as usual, none of them survive by far.

Lately I spotted one of the adult centers that I go to has some beautiful rosemary bushes. In my mind, I thought maybe I can go ask the staff’s permission to cut/trim some, or I can wait for the trimming worker to save some when they do the trimming.

Then, yesterday, when we had the group talking, I saw the trimming worker trimming the bushes. After the meeting, I went out and grabbed some on the way home. Though I really wish that I could have all the trimmings. Or even better have my own bushes at my home.

Day Forty Three

Eating right, exercising, in-person interaction, learning new things, and a good night’s sleep are the best medicine.

Never the medical doctor, medicine, psychologist, and so on.

If only it’s a critical or life-threatening condition, then doctor, surgery, medicine, or whatever it takes.

EDD/Woman Support Group/Karaoke

Dat Forty Two

I didn’t go to the Karaoke this time, though I sort of wanted to.

CicLAvia—Heart of LA

We went for a good walk of more than 5 hours and more than 14 miles. After the whole walk, then we dined there before we headed home, which is also near the bus stop and a friend’s recommendation. Use the restroom, have a good rest, and drink plenty of water without worrying about where to find the restroom.

Originally we were planning to get a drink near the restaurant, but it turned out that it closed at 5. So we took the bus home and drove to the nearby shop and bought the drink.

Ps. 

When we got on the bus home. I noticed that a couple that dressed really neatly and nicely was taking the same bus when we went to this event. 

How do I recognize and remember them? Firstly, obviously their outstanding outfits. And also I am that kind of worried person. I always alert the things or people around me. It’s good or bad, I don’t know. Plus, it’s for safety at least. 

I also enjoy observing the things and people around me. This one I learned from a little workshop about acting that I took years ago; the instructor taught us that you get to observe different people to sharpen your acting skills.

As I got in the car, my left calf had a sudden cramp. And we arrived at the drink place, my right calf cramping. Good thing that it didn’t happen during the driving, phew, that was close.

Day Forty One

Fire Department’s Open House & Pancake Breakfast!

Didn’t get to go, because I don’t want to go by myself.

Latino Heritage Festival

ELECTRIC PARK

Planning to go to those events. But end up staying home. Being lazy and everything.

Day Forty

Our neighborhood Community center seems to offer a lot of activities.

Really upset, go all the way there and it turns out the center is closed. Either remodeling or fixing something of the office, but didn’t show on the web. Several of us went and found out. They do have a lot of good programs. Maybe I still will try to go again. However, I will be sure to call before I go to confirm it’s open.

Watched the movie, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”.

Not like any horror movie at all.

Watched the movie, “The Mother”.

Sad story.

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Day Thirty Nine

Watches movie, “Three Amigos”.

Karaoke 

Brazen

Always feel uneasy about reenacting crime scenes in detail. Will that accidentally motivate another person in the commission of a crime? Or I should say it did happen before.

And again are you willing to risk your own life to rescue others?

Parenting is the toughest job ever. Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, likewise, your kids. There is no such thing as one-size-fits-all. And oftentimes we thought what’s best for them might turn out to be the opposite.

Some people are living double lives, consciously or unconsciously. Not everyone can survive under pressure, abuse, trauma, and more.

Life is not a fairy tale. A lot of times it’s cruel and ugly. Every now and again, you got to Autodidacticism.

Never give up or be brave to stand your point.

Day Thirty Eight

Oldies but goodies singalong

Watched the movie, “Brazen”.

Karaoke 

Still don’t want to join them, listening from the next door for now.

Two mis remembers in a row this week. First one, I thought the movie was playing on Tuesday but it’s Thursday. 

Second one that I thought the “ Oldies but Goodies singalong”, is starting at 12 noon; it should be starting from 10 and ending at 12. Can’t believe myself for this mistake, this is the second time that I want to join them. On the flip side, at least I get to help them upload the music instruments onto the teacher’s car.

Keep my fingers crossed please, no more blunders.

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Day Thirty Seven

Tuesday Game Day, sort of fun, but actually I thought today was the movie day. Turned out, it’s Thursday.

CareConnect+: Support, Resources, Your Next Step

Coffee & Conversation Club

Day Thirty Six

Moon festival, this is the first time that we bought moon cakes out of my own pocket. Delicious! I’ll say it out loud. Before the moon cakes are almost always from the company that I work for or the clients or friends.

There are today 7 different kinds of them along with the pomelo, one of the must-haves at this particular holiday. If only we can make tea and drink and eat and all under the moon, that’ll be perfect. Oh! Well, I have no complaints, happy!

Mid-Autumn Festival Tea Brewing and Tasting Presentation (library program)

In celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will be partnering with Callisto Tea House where they will provide an educational presentation on the origins of tea and demonstrate Gong-Fu tea brewing techniques. And mooncake tasting, generously provide by Kee Wah Bakery.

Women support club, we have a good time today. Though most of the time I am just listening ears. But isn’t that being a support club for, so glad to be there with each other.

Finally uploaded my resume to CalJOBS.

Day Thirty Five

Karaoke 

Main Street Market

Angela Andy/Phoebe

Day Thirty Four

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION

Moon festival

About My Father

Relationship between family member and “The film stars Maniscalco and is loosely based on his life and his relationship with his father”.

Talk about how not easy the immigrants’ lives are, what dreams they are chasing.

How hard are the parents trying to bring up their kids. Sometimes it may not be right or the best, or the kids may never understand you. 

You got to Reconciling with one's past, or else you make yourself and the people around you, and especially your loved ones miserable.

In the end of this movie, the conflict dissolved.

“Family isn't one important thing; it's everything.” – Sebastian (Sebastian Maniscalco)

P.s. I wanted this movie twice and it still makes me laugh and tear and it also speeds up my review for it. Otherwise, who knows when I am going to do this writing.

The reason why I watched it twice is because I watched it at the senior center and the senior asked the staff there to play for us; she totally forgot that she just asked for it the week before. At first in my mind I was sort of complaining about it. However, I chose not to say it. First of all, we are all getting older. Also, English is not my native language, and it’s free. So it’s all good for me, a win-win situation.

Oh! And about the peacock, nope, I won’t spoil it, watch for yourself.

Day Thirty Three

Watched the movie, “About My Father”, the second, still makes me laugh and cry.

Dumpling and Beer Fest

855/856

Day Thirty Two

Huntington Library free day.

Lady 89 years old and a gentleman 100 years old still driving, wow!

The truth is that I would rather have a job right now than to apply for the EDD benefit. No mention is it’s kind of cumbersome, and it’s not a guarantee approved either.

Reading vs. Speaking

“Reading is the process of brain storming the statement while speaking is the way to producing out what's in the brain”

“Reading makes people consciously aware of common sounds, spelling patterns and grammatical structures within a language while Speaking demostrates how words are formed and used.”

As I am not a native English speaker. I enjoy reading English books out loud, not just hearing my own voice, improving my pronunciation and more at the same time. Also hoping it will help to make my conversation with people easier and smoother.

However, I found that it is quite different between reading and speaking. Also, social activity is associated with the promotion of mental well-being, such as improving memory, executive function, visuospatial ability, and processing speed, etc. Therefore, I should try harder to attend more social activities. In fact, it’s a mutual way, meaning we are helping each other, be proactive.

More importantly, here, we are talking about the in-person social activities.

National Coffee with a Cop Day

Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 9AM-11AM! Connect with your local APD officers over a cup of hot or iced coffee generously provided by Wendy’s (1201 E. Valley Blvd).

Ask questions, share concerns, and get to know the people behind the badge. We’ll have giveaways and pink patch merch for sale! See you there

I actually get to go this time, but kind of disappointed. First of all, I am an extremely introverted person. How I wish that any of the police would initiate the conversation with me. In the end, I only stayed maybe 5 minutes, had less than half a cup of coffee and two souvenirs.

Day Thirty One

National Coffee with a Cop Day

Oldies but goodies singalong 

Café con Comadres

Watched the movie, “For My Father”.

Too much coffee for the week, ha!

Day Thirty

Coffee & Conversation Club

Galaxy Paint Night

A lot of things need to be done. Internet, electric bill, and more.