After my morning walk and my trip to the bakery for pan de sal, I encountered again this amiable orange kitty. I estimate he is around the same age as my outdoor cats, Gorilla and Socks. I believed he is my long-lost Oyen.

I gave him one pan de sal, torn into pieces for him to be able to chew on. I really felt like he is Oyen. After he finished the bread, I lifted him up and he didn’t protest. I brought him to my stairs so he can be properly fed.

After eating and drinking filtered water, he looked around and tried to feel if the place was safe. I was thinking if he remembered the place where he grew up. But suddenly, there was this feeling that he didn’t recognize it.

I scrolled through my photos to check whether Oyen was completely orange.

Oyen has more white fur than this cat I brought home. 😭

So after this cat ate and drank water, I carried him back to the church premises. I bid him goodbye and he meowed, acknowledging me, then went on his way after I turned around.

I can’t take this cat because Socks is being antagonized. I don’t want my Socks to be bullied.

The sun did shine this morning that’s why I was motivated to walk over 4 km. But now it has gone back to being dark and cloudy with a threat of rain again. Yesterday I did nothing but doom-scroll on my bed as my kids went with their aunt and my mom to a destination restaurant in Magdalena, Laguna. (Twin I was singing praises of the food in that resto). I didn’t have to cook and just heated leftovers.

I want to savor the last days of my holiday and not be bothered by more driving because next week I will start busting my ass again. I just want to stay in bed and be brainless for a couple of days until Monday.

The protracted slowdown of China’s economy is one less cannon in Xi Jinping’s armory. The resulting trade deficit, however, will create problems in the West though. This is why the tariffs will definitely go up to prevent imbalances.

So how will the West find customers when China is impaired? Southeast Asia and India. There you go.