Called my mother a few hours ago in Manila and she sounded... happy! That's good, because a sister said she was beginning to worry about our Mother.
Good news is always the best news. Just like this morning, I lost Shadow (Spike) at the big soccer field behind a small plaza, ran after him, and luckily, he headed towards the fence instead of the busy Don Mills Road. When I finally caught up with him, he was barking at a squirrel hidden up a tree. The leash was wet and imbedded with dirt and grass but Shadow was allright.
Good news and bad news are almost always interspersed with one another in the cable news channels. Like a game at a casino, news are random.
In a casino, when you bet in the roulette, your chance of winning is always 1 out of 37, or your chance of losing 36 out of 37. When I'm in a casino, after I've checked out the buffet, I usually head for the slot machine, and sometimes an occasional bet at a baccarat; I never bet heavily and set a limit for myself.
It was a different story back in Manila at the heyday of the Casino by the airport. Then, our gang from work stayed till the wee hours of the morning, and left only after winning big or losing everything. Usually, it was losing all. It was one of those phases in one's life; here today, gone tomorrow.
Not anymore. Now, any visit I make to a casino is primarily for watching a show, to participate in an office fundraising, go sight seeing or to attend a special function.
A trip to a casino, whether locally at the Casino Rama or Fallsview, or stateside, at Atlantic or Vegas, is wrapped in anticipation at finding a good number - a good musical or show, a lucky table, a no-smoking slot machine, and of course, to bring home the biggest and the best prize of all. It's everyman's dream - the AMAZING deal. It should come.
First, Manila casino. Then...
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Advise re NOT losing Shadow again: get a body harness, instead of just the neck one. At least you don't have to worry if it is too loose or too tight. Wont' slip! And hope you hit the BIG ONE!!!!
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