{"id":13389,"date":"2023-01-27T10:21:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T14:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=13389"},"modified":"2023-02-07T18:44:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:44:12","slug":"weekly-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=13389","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2\/7\/2023 - After hiatus, I am<strong> re-disciplining myself on basic book-keeping<\/strong> habit using the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/moneylover.me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Money Lover<\/a> app (which now has Webapp, for free at the moment). If they go PayApp on me, I'm looking for alternative app or write my own, hopefully it doesn't come to that. The idea is to keep it basic, no fancy wallets, etc. Just a brief overview of tracking in &amp; out spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2\/2\/2023 - <strong>If you misrepresent the other side's view<\/strong>, that's the prime indication of narrow mindedness, low IQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instant Pho<\/strong> $2 DIY:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"$2 Instant Pho in 5 Minutes NO MSG &amp; Gluten-free\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EgteuR_vhRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Recipe below:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Noodles. You need quick cook noodles or else cooking it for 8-10 minutes defeats the whole purpose of instant pho. You want to walk in your kitchen and walk out in 5 minutes with a delicious steaming bowl of pho.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It needs to have a beefy broth and somewhat resembles pho broth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It needs to have real beef that is tender.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It needs to have a lime flavor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It should have basil but in a pinch, you could leave it out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>So I think the most essential parts of this recipe is 1-4 and possibly 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the recipe for the broth:<br>1\/2 Star Anise (whole or powdered for all spices ok)<br>1\/2 Clove (optional)<br>About a dime size of cinnamon (optional)<br>A teaspoon of sesame oil<br>1 tbspn of fish sauce (should do more like 2 tspn to lower salt content)<br>4oz fresh ground beef (add more or less to your liking, 3oz minimum)<br>1 pack of quick cook rice noodle<br>1\/3 lime<br>2-3 springs of Basil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pulverize the spices and put them in 2 cups water. Add sesame oil and fish sauce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook rice noodles for 3 mins or whatever the package says. Drain and dip in cold water for 2-3 seconds and drain to stop cooking. Put in large bowl and add in basil leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Separate ground beef into tiny nuggets like the size of sausage pieces on a pizza on a separate plate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let instant broth boil. Add in beef all at once. Turn off heat immediately. Stir for 2-3 seconds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the instant broth into the noodles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ENJOY!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>1\/31\/2023 - <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheReformedSage\/posts\/pfbid0uzGMf4RVg1SCVvujydVShgz1b97q3wkz6QnBprhpm1kK66YPw7J4vy5MrvJbpAwVl?__cft__[0]=AZXuYkzntQQ4K1EsDhBmZNhNrq9O35ka0_tNC2wHNhtSOd-GVn45WLEYxhVDnp_Sat1ZZQewDHmTOTrtxKTrBGxr8y6vPUkOcr2HFdzCNiQqSpB8LpvUDuLdzCBfcb2xwvVPv5QWWP16qIvHiD9yni8_&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\">FB<\/a> post made me revisit \"<strong>God's decree of the Fall<\/strong>\". D.A. Carson has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monergism.com\/thethreshold\/articles\/onsite\/decree_fall.html\" target=\"_blank\">a great article<\/a>. I'll copy it in the comment. We cannot say God \"authored\" evil without assigning culpability to God, so we say God ORDAINED evil. God DECREED the Fall. Because in compatibilism, the blame (culpability) goes to men alone between God and men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1\/30\/2023 - So after a week or two of testing with <strong>Unistellar costumer emails on my EVSCOPE not charging anymore<\/strong>, we have come to the conclusion that because I haven't charged the battery every month, the battery is now dead, despite the suggested 72+ hour charging and constantly replugging the charger as well as replugging the internal battery. Bought in March 2020 for $3k including the backpack, this is now almost junk because of the battery. The replacement battery is said to be around $70. I'm going DIY on the battery myself while waiting for their customer support to respond back about the replacement battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The specs on the battery blue package are:<br>Great Power - ICR 18650 15Ah 3.7V 55.5Wh Configuration: <noreftagger>1S6P<\/noreftagger> 2019.09.19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learned out to comment out\/<strong>disable reftagger plugin<\/strong> for tagging everything that looks like Bible quotes in WordPress journal: Edit the file in wp-content\/plugins\/reftagger\/RefTagger.php, look for $default_nosearch = array('h1' =&gt; \"1\", ... and add your own tag, in my case, I appended 'noreftagger' =&gt; \"1\". Reactivate the plugin. So any words in the &lt;noreftagger&gt;&lt;\/noreftagger&gt; tag will not be tagged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Truth is Old Heresy ~ Steve Lawson.<\/strong> There's nothing new under the sun, as mentioned in Ecclesiastes. This is a good quote against those pursuing new revelations today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or we can refer to Packer \/ Owen's <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=12758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 John 2:24-27 &quot;Abiding in the Truth&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G8BOCGe-xqk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2\/7\/2023 - After hiatus, I am re-disciplining myself on basic book-keeping habit using the Money Lover app (which now has Webapp, for free at the moment). 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