Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The American Dollar
The American dollar has been on top for a very long time. Will it stay to be on top or will it be a thing of the past? This is a very good question that everybody is following. For one thing, a lot of foreign investors have a lot of dollars in their hands. Will they really dump it and replace it with what? The yuan from China? The euro from the European nation? Or will it be something else?? I really do not get it why many countries are sooo eager to get the United States at the bottom of the barrel, but the citizens of many countries keep coming here to invest, have a good life with no restrictions in large mansions and live without any government interference and rule! And why is our government, seems like, is now opting to control everything in sight! Are the United States citizens not capable of tending for themselves? I do not think it is that, I think it is because there are a few elite people that are greedy and selfish that wants to control not only the United States but the whole world! What do you think? Am I right or wrong on my assumption? Comments are always welcome! I have noticed that it is getting worse with the US dollar! You cannot buy anything cheap now! When you go to a store, $50 is nothing! Sure you can buy something, it is not even a full bag if you get meat! Yikes! That's too bad we cannot have live chickens, pigs etc in the city! Even the fruits and vegetables are so expensive! What can we eat that is cheap? Nothing really! How much more can we stretch our dollar? Gasoline is very expensive also! It is now averaging $3.65/gal in Michigan, and I am sure that it is higher in other states like California! But California's pay is higher too than Michigan! That is true, but their cost of living in California is higher! Ugggghhhhh!!! We cannot win, can we? What we can do is just pray that everything change for the better. Let us also pray that there will be world peace. Miracles do happen, and hopefully there are enough people praying for the whole world that maybe God will be really merciful towards all of us! Have a great week, everyone!!! God bless!!!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Brothers and Sisters
Are you close to your sisters or brothers? How many brothers and sisters do you have? I have been blessed with many brothers and sisters. Thank you, Mom and Dad!! They were really busy creating all of us, feeding, nurturing and sending us to school. We were truly blessed with great parents! And we are truly blessed with caring, loving and supporting brothers and sisters! Of course we have some frustrations with each other, but which family does not have occassional bickerings??? That is what makes it more exciting and enjoyable, is it not???
One of my sisters was with my family for 2 weeks - it never amazes me how much she knows and can do! Wow! I really have a lot to learn from her, and we enjoyed her company very much! Hip! Hip! Hooray! I had company to go shopping, hang out and just go anywhere!!! She never seize to amaze me! What a girl!!!!
My other sister and family just came back from California. They visited relatives and our relatives e-mailed me some of their pictures!!! Wow! Modern technology!!
My other sister and family just returned from Fatima, Portugal and Torremolinos/Malaga, Spain! As usual, they have so many stories to tell. I was amazed when they told me that to enter some churches in Portugal, you have to hand out 2 euros! My brother in law told the gatekeeper that he just want to go inside the church to pray. The gatekeeper did not even blink an eye. So what do you do? Either pay the 2 euros per person or do not go inside the church!!! Wow!! This is what I call a compulsory donation!!! They were also telling me that they stayed in a castle on top of a mountain that can be reached by car! Do you know what their car was? A standard small car, which they learned to drive very quickly. It was a very tiring adventure to them! After a few days, they were ready to come back to the States!!!! They said we have the best thing of everything here! Is that why many countries are trying to get rid of the United States??? We have freedom, and our food is really good and plentiful!!! We are all very lucky to be a part of the American and Canadian society! We should be soooo thankful to be citizens of these 2 great countries!!!! Back to my blog....
And how about me? Boo...hooo... we did not go to any far way place, we decided to mosey only to Niagara Falls. The weather was kind of gloomy, with the sun trying to peek in and out once in a while. The leaves are almost all gone! Where have the fall leaves gone???? I did not even see the turning of the leaves to its maximum peak, and now they are gone!! Oh, well. The weather was cold in Niagara Falls. What did we do? We went for a very short time to try our luck in the slot machines. My brothers were very lucky to get their money returned with a 5 times profit! My sister and I were not so lucky. So we decided just to hang out and eat in the Chinese restaurant inside Fallsview casino overlooking the falls! Wow! The food was sooo good! We even had fish skins that was sooo good and crispy! I do not see that in the States, have you? We had also fried rice, shrimps, lobster, beef, and vegetable dishes!!! Yum! Yum! Yum! Needless to say, we had a lot of doggie bags which will be eaten today!!!!
The drive back last night was okay. I did not know that there are many truckers on the road at night. That was good because their bright lights helped us on the drive back home. The wind was better in Canada than here in the States.I do not get it, what do you mean? That it was windy here than over there! Oh, okay, I thought you meant something else! Ha! Ha! Ha! How about gas??? Our gas is better pricewise, $2.79per gallon. Over there. it ranges from $1.04 to $1.06/liter..multiply that with around 4.5 will give you around $4.00/gallon, assumning that 1 gallon=4.5 liters!! Is that right??? Sorry, I am too lazy to look up the conversion. That is your homework, guys!!!! Ha! Ha! Ha!
That was a good venture yesterday which was a very satisfying and enjoyable day at Niagara Falls! Have you all been there? It is very nice, and I highly recommend visiting Niagara Falls especially during summertime!!!
Posted by vs at 10/29/2010 9:22 AM | Add Comment
One of my sisters was with my family for 2 weeks - it never amazes me how much she knows and can do! Wow! I really have a lot to learn from her, and we enjoyed her company very much! Hip! Hip! Hooray! I had company to go shopping, hang out and just go anywhere!!! She never seize to amaze me! What a girl!!!!
My other sister and family just came back from California. They visited relatives and our relatives e-mailed me some of their pictures!!! Wow! Modern technology!!
My other sister and family just returned from Fatima, Portugal and Torremolinos/Malaga, Spain! As usual, they have so many stories to tell. I was amazed when they told me that to enter some churches in Portugal, you have to hand out 2 euros! My brother in law told the gatekeeper that he just want to go inside the church to pray. The gatekeeper did not even blink an eye. So what do you do? Either pay the 2 euros per person or do not go inside the church!!! Wow!! This is what I call a compulsory donation!!! They were also telling me that they stayed in a castle on top of a mountain that can be reached by car! Do you know what their car was? A standard small car, which they learned to drive very quickly. It was a very tiring adventure to them! After a few days, they were ready to come back to the States!!!! They said we have the best thing of everything here! Is that why many countries are trying to get rid of the United States??? We have freedom, and our food is really good and plentiful!!! We are all very lucky to be a part of the American and Canadian society! We should be soooo thankful to be citizens of these 2 great countries!!!! Back to my blog....
And how about me? Boo...hooo... we did not go to any far way place, we decided to mosey only to Niagara Falls. The weather was kind of gloomy, with the sun trying to peek in and out once in a while. The leaves are almost all gone! Where have the fall leaves gone???? I did not even see the turning of the leaves to its maximum peak, and now they are gone!! Oh, well. The weather was cold in Niagara Falls. What did we do? We went for a very short time to try our luck in the slot machines. My brothers were very lucky to get their money returned with a 5 times profit! My sister and I were not so lucky. So we decided just to hang out and eat in the Chinese restaurant inside Fallsview casino overlooking the falls! Wow! The food was sooo good! We even had fish skins that was sooo good and crispy! I do not see that in the States, have you? We had also fried rice, shrimps, lobster, beef, and vegetable dishes!!! Yum! Yum! Yum! Needless to say, we had a lot of doggie bags which will be eaten today!!!!
The drive back last night was okay. I did not know that there are many truckers on the road at night. That was good because their bright lights helped us on the drive back home. The wind was better in Canada than here in the States.I do not get it, what do you mean? That it was windy here than over there! Oh, okay, I thought you meant something else! Ha! Ha! Ha! How about gas??? Our gas is better pricewise, $2.79per gallon. Over there. it ranges from $1.04 to $1.06/liter..multiply that with around 4.5 will give you around $4.00/gallon, assumning that 1 gallon=4.5 liters!! Is that right??? Sorry, I am too lazy to look up the conversion. That is your homework, guys!!!! Ha! Ha! Ha!
That was a good venture yesterday which was a very satisfying and enjoyable day at Niagara Falls! Have you all been there? It is very nice, and I highly recommend visiting Niagara Falls especially during summertime!!!
Posted by vs at 10/29/2010 9:22 AM | Add Comment
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