Jay Can Blog Too - Just Not Much Time

I’ve had a blister near my left molar which has made eating an excruciating experience. I cringe and close my eyes when eating anything hard to chew.

So I modified my regular breakfast this morning but now after reflecting on it, it’s a weird combination:

2 pieces pandesal filled with butter and cheese

1 ponkan orange

3 cups Lipton hot tea

1 glass orange juice

1 glass of water

Now that I think of it, it was like more of a liquid diet than a breakfast meal.  I miss enjoying eating.  I’m going to the Mercury Drug to get me some medicine for this.

Happy Eating (and may I join you soon on that !)

Lately, I’ve been fond of answering crossword puzzles from the newspapers as a temporary scapegoat to the digital world.  It’s a chance to get away from the computer for a while and it’s paper based.

I remember trying to answer these daily crosswords years back but gave up after a minute or so due to the difficulty.  I did set my mind to be more patient this time around and tried answering some.  To my surprise, I actually was able to fill in some of the blank squares.  It was far from finishing it but it was a pleasant surprise to know that I can actually answer it.

After several days of answering the crosswords in the major dailies, I’ve kinda reconciled with the fact that they are just too difficult for me to finish.  So I set to look for a crossword puzzle book with a fairly average level of difficulty.  I did buy one.  I only answered one crossword puzzle so far but was pleased to see that I filled up more than half of the squares.

Yesterday, while taking a break from work and watching the news, I grabbed the latest newspaper and started to answer the puzzle.

After 30 minutes and 1 answer each from three different people I asked help for with (on the very difficult ones), I actually completed a crossword puzzle from the newspaper !  A sense of accomplishment set through as I didn’t realize before (or gave up too easily) that I could do it.

I wanted to laminate and frame the puzzle as my trophy.  I took a picture of it instead with my digicam for remembrance.

Tip:  The one I completed was found in the Philippine Star.  I think the crossword puzzles of Manila Bulletin are quite more difficult and mind boggling.