family news...christmas decorations are up

Both Joy and Kuya have been busy with the end of the rice harvest (drying and storing the rice, and then  processing as needed the rice into brown or white rice and packing the rice for sale into 1 to 5 kg packages, then doing deliveries).

So lots of trips to Manila and Pampanga wher it is sold in upscale malls and supermarkets.

Joy got an award fot her work with the coop she supervises in nearby Bulacan...if I get my computer back from the secretary I will post a photo...my tablet wont't let me do this.

The church that meets in our meeting rooom (for free) held a food giveaway for local tricycle drivers for Christmas. The problem? Kuya was in Manila so they got permission from Joy, but Joy and Kuya are squabbling again, so when he came back he told them they can't hold church there anymore. SIGH. When they came back the next day to get their chairs and speaker, they found all the doors to the meeting room locked...luckily I remembered a little used entrance and unlocked the doors for them to get their stuff.

In other news, last night we heard fireworks...sure enough all the lights were on in the plaza and the food kiosks were open.

we always had a lot of locals visiting our city for it's Christmas celebration, but with the virus it will be subdued, but the lights are up.

..next question, is if the city will allow Simbang Gabi, the 9 days of early morning mass before Christmas...usually the families and kids attend and then the kids go to the plaza and celebrate with friends.

Not a lot of virus here, but no kids or elders allowed in malls and no elders in church.

Latest is that the govt is trying to get vaccine from 4 different companies/countries. That should help reopen the economy.