Diana Rodelas Roña

Diana Rodelas Roña Just vibin’ through life

01/02/2025

The small plane was carrying six people when it crashed, and at least one other person was killed on the ground, officials say.

There are some stories that can be read now and again, and the excitement does not wane at all. I feel for the elderly M...
01/02/2025

There are some stories that can be read now and again, and the excitement does not wane at all. I feel for the elderly Mr. March in this mystery, and I have just started re-reading it once more, coming up to the part where he explains to Nancy and her father, the esteemed Carson Drew, the situation involving himself and little Susan, as well as the details of the lost music. The clues are in the old love letters, he insists.

This is the original version of mystery number 25, penned in 1944 -- all 25 chapters of them. And I am set to go deep into the pages of this mystery once again, following Nancy and her chums Bess and George every step of the way.

01/02/2025

Canlaon volcano (Philippines): eruption news & activity updates / VolcanoDiscovery

Today I picked up my ukulele again after I noticed something odd: my normally stiff and painful index finger had none of...
01/02/2025

Today I picked up my ukulele again after I noticed something odd: my normally stiff and painful index finger had none of the usual pain when I made a fist.

How strange, I thought, then decided that it was a good time to get the uku out of its case, sitting untouched in a corner of my room for months.

After a few moments of tuning the strings, I launched into the first chord of Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head... and couldn't remember how to play it (and what chord it was supposed to be). Wow. So I just strummed and enjoyed the fact that my left hand wasn't making me wince as I curled each finger into position. Now THAT is a breakthrough, even though recalling the correct chords to the song was a struggle at first.

In a nutshell, I decided to learn a new instrument late last year, then bought a uku in January, began practicing almost daily since the instrument arrived, learned four or five basic chords to be able to play kiddie songs, (Bahay Kubo, Twinkle, Twinkle...), and happily played You Are My Sunshine everyday, too. It was great fun!

In early February, I was singing along to "Raindrops..." while playing it pretty decently. At this time I also realized that using my fingers to play the chords diminished the arthritic pain I had been experiencing for quite a while. All it took was some 20 minutes daily, and the force involved in pressing the strings seemed to be the workout my fingers needed to address the pain. What joy!

Unfortunately, the effect didn't last. Less than two months later, my fingers seemed to be complaining so much that playing the instrument just became too painful.

Several times I tried again but eventually gave it up. Hence, the uku merely stayed in its case for the next three or four months.

I didn't think I'd have to start nearly from scratch, though. As I coaxed my memory for the first chord of Raindrops a while ago, I glanced at the chord chart taped to my cabinet door a few feet away. "I can't believe I have to rely on this cheat sheet again like a total beginner," I mumbled. Talk about being humbled. Well, I'll take that any day if it means getting my fingers to work the strings with gusto again 🙂

01/02/2025

Canada is poised to hit back by slapping tariffs on US products, with PM Justin Trudeau to make an announcement later on Saturday.

Game time kept being pushed back, and it finally happened when nighttime rolled in! First, it was several games of crazy...
01/02/2025

Game time kept being pushed back, and it finally happened when nighttime rolled in! First, it was several games of crazy 8's, followed by another game which I think is called "good morning, sir" (I may have just invented the name, since one of the phrases used in the fast-paced game is the aforementioned greeting).

It was mighty fun, owing to the special deck of cards we used (check out 2nd photo)! Trying to hold three or four cards in place was nothing, but 10 or more was quite the challenge! 😁

Sungka, a traditional Filipino game involving little seashells ("sigay") and a wooden plank with sunken spheres, was supposed to be next... until we discovered we didn't have enough shells to play 🙄 Ahhh, well, we instead coaxed our sister to practice and master dropping sigay into the spheres swiftly for the real thing next time.

And voila! This morning, a pack of sigay turned up, tucked away in a corner of one of the closets. We're all set! It will be sungka time once again soon 😃

01/02/2025

The Northeast Monsoon continues to affect Extreme Northern Luzon on Sunday, while the easterlies affect the rest of the country. Both weather systems will bring clouds and rains, PAGASA said.

Do you agree with Calvin or Hobbes?Something comes to mind right now: it's a line in a little book that one of my friend...
01/02/2025

Do you agree with Calvin or Hobbes?

Something comes to mind right now: it's a line in a little book that one of my friends from high school gave me back then. It's called Life's Little Instruction Book, and the part (come to think of it, the only part) that has stuck with me to this day goes: Trust in God but lock your car door.

That's much wisdom summed up in eight words. Well, it can be 10 words, if the point is to be expressed in another way: God provides the wind but man must raise the sails. I believe this one is attributed to St. Augustine.

And that's why I agree with what both Calvin and Hobbes say up there 🙂

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