I'm Sad.
October 23, 2022. Sunday.
Hello fellow citizens and Hello World! Today is Sunday so it's Family Day again. How are the others there? Have you bonded with your love ones? But I hope that even if you're not or you're just at home all day like me, this day was still good for you.
Well here I am again being sad. I'm sad because of the many problems I'm facing, but even if that happens, I will still fight and I won't give up. Just like the article I read earlier from one user, she say we should always choose to be happy even if there are negativities that surround us. No matter what happens, let us find a way to make ourselves happy. I agree with her. She is really right. Why you always choose to be sad when you have things you can do to be happy? So even though I have a lot of problems, I still won't try to please myself.
But what are the things that make me sad now? Well that's a lot so I'll start one by one.
The first thing that saddened me was the problem that my classmates and I had at the school where we were deployed and conducting our Field Study. I mentioned that to all of you and I even made an article about it. Tomorrow we will know the result or outcome of the issue or event that occurred in the school. I really hope we can fix that because if not, we can only end up with one and that is to be pulled out. It will be difficult for us if that happens because no other school will accept us once our records are known. Another possibility is that next year is the only time we will be able to continue our Field Study just in case. That's why I hope that we can fix all the problems tomorrow so that we don't end up in a bad situation.
The second thing that saddened me is the decline of income from Noise Cash. I'm sure that others also know what is the thing that is happening in Noise Cash now. And the rest of us can't deny that noise cash is one of our sources of income. Even if each of us does not earn that much, it is still a big help to supplement the daily expenses at home. I usually allocate my income from Noise Cash when paying for my load, so my income from that is really a big help. Sometimes when I earn quite well from noise cash, that's where I get my online shopping payments. But take note I make sure that I only buy essential and necessary things online. That's why now that I see that the noise cash is really close to the end, I'm really sad. This is where it all started for me. If I didn't recognize noise cash, I wouldn't know Read Cash either. Yes, you read correctly, I was the first to recognize noise cash before read cash even though read cash actually existed first compared to noise cash.
The third thing that makes me sad is my expenses. Little by little, my savings were running out and I couldn't replace them anymore. It's like I'm just a spending and I can't save anymore. That's why I'm afraid that if my savings run out, where will I get my daily expenses. If I add up, my savings will only last until November. So in December I will be in real trouble if I can't save up now. It's still hard to make money right now because BCH is so low again that's why we only receive limited funds from different platforms. My only sources of income are Noise Cash, Read Cash and Noise App. In ySense, I am not sure when I will reach the quota because it is based on whether there are surveys available for me. That's why my problem with spending is one of the main reasons why I'm really sad like this. I've been doing all the saving techniques I know but it still doesn't seem like enough. The prices of goods have increased so much now that even if you want to save, you still can't do it.
Right now those are the 3 reasons why I'm sad. No matter what I do to make myself happy, those things still cross my mind, so I can't help but feel sad. But even so, I know that all those problems will end. That's why I still choose to always fight in life and never lose hope.
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Sunday to all of you. God bless us all always.
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A small issue that became worse.
October 21, 2022. Friday.
Today is my rest day or day off. This is the day we don't have class on the school where we do our Field Study (FS for short). Because we are required to enter the school only four days a week, so it's either Monday or Friday we only have day off.
And a while ago, some news reached us, a very bad news. I just woke up and that's what immediately hit me. I woke up around 7:00 am earlier and when I opened my Facebook account, there were messages that appeared to me, so many messages, from different gc (group chat) of our section. They were already talking about what happened to us and I didn't know that they were already gossiping about our issue at the school we where deployed.
It's like this so you can better understand the incident. There was even a teacher at the school where we doing our Field Study who posted about us on his social media account. This is his post.
**English translation:**
*Hello to those student teachers who are snob and do not know how to greet. The superintendent was even defeated. (Closest translation, didn't know if the last sentence is correct)*
Just like what you read, he say that we don't know how to greet others and we are said to be snob. What he said is *"mga"* so it means he is referring to all of us.
Actually I don't know anything about what he is saying because I have never met that teacher inside the school. So why does he say that "everyone", all of us are the ones he is attacking in his post. I know for myself that I greet all the teachers I see and I even bow at them. I do that every day and without fail, I always greet them all as long as I see or meet them. So this teacher, I don't know what he is saying and why he posted it like that. This teacher is having his classes at Senior High School building (SHS) and my friends and I are having our classes at Junior High School building (JHS). Because there are two sections of us doing field studies at that school and the other section is having classes at SHS and we are not. So what he hits/strike on are the FS students that he sees in SHS.
My friends and I were also affected even though we knew that we had never seen that teacher. We were worried because all about his post. And the difficult thing is that when that issue get to our University, for sure we will have a big problem.
But another problem we have is that many have read the post, many have reacted and many have commented. I read the comments in the comment section and I was very sad because the comments there were rude. There was even one comment who said that he would wait for us at the gate of the school (it's like he's threatening us). Of course my friends and I were scared, who wouldn't be scared by such a threat, right?
Actually, it's just a very small problem, but why did he magnify it so much? Why did he post it on social media? To embarrass all of us FS students? Well, he didn't know that there were different sections of us that there in the school.
Also, I just want to correct him, we are not student teachers yet because we are just Field Study Students.
And above all, he is a teacher but why did he do that? He is professional but why did he do that thing? Will his rant really needed to be posted on social media? I know teachers are role models. His friends on social media are mostly the students of the school so they will see what he posted. What students see in their teachers, they tend to imitate. So I think what he did by posting on social media is unprofessional. If he has a problem with us, FS students, he can tell us or scold us on the spot and he doesn't need to post it on social media to spread it to everyone and embarrass us.
I think that is not the right behaviour of a good/sensible teacher. Just a real talk.
Even students today will lose respect for us once we enter school on Monday. Because many students read his post.
The news has reached the Head of the TLE Department where we are under and the head is very angry with the teacher who posted it. They have already talked about it, but we will know the news on Monday becuase we don't have class now so we didn't hear what they talked to. But based on the message to us from the head of the TLE department where we are under, they are angry with the teacher who posted that. They said he posted without any basis. He posted without even talking to those above him (Heads and Principals). And most of all, the Heads are angry with him because why did he post it, he shouldn't have done that because he can tell us and talk to us in person.
And just now while I was starting to write this article, the teacher deleted his post about us. Maybe he found out that what he posted has reached the Head of TLE and the issue has also reached our University. He deleted the post for what reason? Was he scared because his post had reached the the people in high positions? He delete it when many people read and saw it already. But it's too late for him to delete it, the Head and our professors have already screenshot his post so there is proof of the mistake he made.
Many say that what he posted on social media is defamation. Someone else suggested that we can file a case against that teacher because what he did to us was almost bullying and severe humiliation.
So what can you say or what is your opinion on what that one teacher did? Do you think what he did was being professional? Is it true that the problem with students still needs to be posted on social media?
I'm restless until now, until I don't know what will happen next to us and to our Field Study.
Just because of a very small issue that he aggravated, we were affected completely.
That's all for today. Thank you so much for reading. Happy weekend.
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I would rather be intelligent but poor than rich but stup!d
October 18, 2022. Tuesday.
Hello everyone. How are you all? I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their lives now.
My schedule has changed and the new sched started yesterday. I mentioned about that in my previous article. If before my sched was only **10:00 am to 3:00 pm** now my sched was whole day which means from **7:30 am to 3:00 pm** is the time of my class or my observation. That's why I didn't write an article yesterday because I am adjusting to the new schedule.
Today I will answer the ***Would You Rather Questions***. I see it's trending here again and other users have done it again. That's why I thought that this would be my topic for the day since I really couldn't think of anything to write about. I'm really free only every afternoon. I wake up at **5:00 am** to prepare, then I go to school at **7:00 am** and I'll be at school until afternoon. I don't have free time, as in. I only have a lunch break of 1 hour but I can't focus on writing. So evening is the only time for me to think and write an article.
So without further ado I will start this challenge.
Would you rather remember everything you see or remember everything you hear?
I prefer to just remember everything I see. Especially if what my eyes see are beautiful sights, people and beautiful things. Besides, sometimes the things we hear in our environment are not good these past days, weeks and months. The bad things and words we hear are so painful to the ears so that I would rather remember the things I see compared to the things I hear that are not good.
Would you rather be able to mind control people or be able to put words in people's mouths?
This idea doesn't sound good at all, doesn't it? It's like the it's saying that we will manipulate people, but since those are only choices, I still have to choose between the two. Maybe I will choose the first choice, to control other people's mind. But maybe I'll just do the mind controling of others to do the right thing. For example, there are bad people who intend to do bad things too, and I will control their minds. I will change whatever they are thinking of doing and put it in their mind to do right instead of wrong.
Would you rather be intelligent but poor or stupid but rich?
I rather be intelligent but poor. Because the wise can make a way in life, they will be able to make solutions so that they can move up in life. I feel that even though if you are rich but you're stupid, your wealth might just run out. All your money and wealth might end up in nothing if you don't know how to handle it. But money is what people need the most today, so for sure others will still choose the second choice to be rich even if they are stupid.
Would you rather always have to tell the truth or never be able to speak again?
We should always have to tell the truth, right? That's what our mothers said to us when we were young. So I would rather always have to tell the truth. Regret comes later so if you know your words will help and if you know the truth then always choose to say it. It's hard when you want to open up but you're not given a chance to speak.
Would you rather be poor but everyone loves you or a billionaire and nobody likes you?
Here we go again. It seems to be the same as the one above. It seems like the thing we are talking about is *"love or money"*. It's good to feel that you have a lot of money because you won't have problems with many things. When you have money you can buy almost anything, sometimes even people themselves can be bought with money, am I right? Hahaha that's true. But it's a different feeling when there are many people who loves you, when there are many people who care about you, when you are surrounded by people who you know are true to you and they don't just need money from you. But I know others will say, *"what if no one loves me, at least I have a lot of money, I don't need someone else to love me as long as I have a lot of money that will makes me happy".* I'm sure someone will answer that, especially practical people. But still, I would rather choose to be poor but everyone loves me.
And those are the five Would You Rather Questions that I chose. Those are just a few of the many options to choose from, but those are the only ones I've chosen for now. If you also want to try it, just click this **link** to generate your own Would You Rather Questions. https://randomwordgenerator.com/would-you-rather-question.php
That's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Tuesday to everyone. God bless us all.
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Who is this User? (Challenge Accepted)
October 16, 2022. Sunday.
I first saw this challenge with madam @bmjc98 and then the next it was with madam @Jeaneth . But I found out that the original author or initiator of this challenge is @Coolmidwestguy . I was reading their article and I thought why don't I also try to join this challenge. Actually, I read their articles last last week and I planned to make my own entry/version, the only thing that prevented me from doing it was because I was so busy that I almost forgot. It's a good thing that this challenge suddenly came to my mind earlier and also I can't really think of a topic right now so I guess this is a good timing.
This challenge is just easy and simple. I'll just describe the user I'm referring to and for those who can read this will guess who it is. I can also give a clue to make it easier for them to guess. See it's just that simple. But if there is something wrong in my instruction, you can correct me below. So without further ado I will start this challenge.
User #1
She is the one who pushed me to come back here. Maybe others already know the story about that. This person taught me very well how to do things on this platform. I am very grateful to this person because if she wasn't do that, I might not be here in front of you today.
She is a mommy to a very cute baby boy. She is a single mother but despite of that she is super strong parent. She does everything for his only son because she wants to give him a good future. I don't see much this person now. She hasn't been able to write an article for a month. The last news I heard from her was that she was looking for work. Maybe now she is very busy because she finally found and accepted for a job. I miss this user so much.
***Do you know this user?***
User #2
She is also one of the first people I met here on this platform. This person is now happily married. I think her wedding happened just last couple of months. I can say that they are a super lovely couple (she and her partner) and they are perfect for each other.
This user likes to share events in her daily life. I often get hungry and envious of the food she posts because it tastes and look so good and comes from expensive restaurants or 5 star hotels. She also likes to write fiction stories. And lastly, she also shares her experiences in her life.
***Do you know this user?***
User #3
He is a first year college student now. A very hard working guy. He does everything to make money so that he can use it in his daily life. This person is also there in almost all earning sites and apps. He's super disciplined because every day he really makes a schedule of what he has to do, isn't he very organized? Even though he is busy with his studies, he still doesn't really forget what he has to do.
He is also a kpop fan. As far as I know ihe is a certified blink. He also always writes here about his Korean idols.
***Do you know this user?***
User #4
She and her family live at the Farm, a very beautiful farm. I am very happy every time I read her articles about their Farm. Farm life is really refreshing for everyone, right? The flowers, beautiful view, nature are what I like in the articles she makes. Sometimes she also makes travel vlogs and it's fun to read those too.
This user is also one of those who are always up to date about events in the crypto world. As far as I know, she is also one of the OGs or originals here on the platform. She was one of the first people to discover read cash. All I know is that she is one of the best about crypto things, blogging and among others.
***Do you know this user?***
User #5
Last but not the least. I call her Doctora. She works at the hospital, but I'm not sure what her expertise is. Also one of the busiest users here but still doesn't forget to visit here regularly and write articles. And if I am not mistaken, she also celebrated her 2nd anniversary here at read cash last month. It's a pity that I wasn't able to participate in the prompt that she did for her 2nd anniversary this year. Because last year I joined the prompt that she did.
One of her articles that I will never forget is the one where she shared her scary experiences while she was in the hospital where she worked. i think that article is an entry for a Halloween Special (Scary Stories). And maybe this year she will share some of her scary experiences in the hospital again, because Halloween is almost here already.
***Do you know this user?***
That's the five users you have to guess. And this is your choices.
***FarmGirl***
***kingofreview***
***mommykim***
***LykeLyca***
***JRamona20***
Comment down below your answer now!
And this is where this article ends. I'm not sure if I did this challenge well but I try my best. If you also want to join this prompt/challenge, your free to try it too.
That's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Sunday and have a nice day. God bless us all.
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One Week in the Field Study
October 14, 2022. Friday.
Hello everyone. Good day to all of you. How are you all? I hope everyone is in good condition, still alive and kicking.
I'm here today just to tell a story. I will just tell you what happened in my days or what happened in my first week in our FS (Field Study) / PT (Practice Teaching).
Well, I have already written an article about what happened on my **Monday**, which is the day of our deployment. **Tuesday** was my first day of Field Study/Practice Teaching. **Wednesday** I'm just here at home because we don't have classes because it's our municipality's Fiesta. These first three days I have already made an article about that so I will not extend the story about that any further.
**Thursday** is the second day of my FS/PT. We still haven't done much that day. Just observing the class again from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. But on our second day, I didn't go in early because our teacher agreed that we go in at 10:00 am because the required time we were in school was only 4 hours. I can say that our experience while we are in the Field Study is fine. Our Cooperating/Resource Teacher hasn't asked us to do much but I feel that maybe next week she will start asking us to do something different.
**Friday** which is today is our third day. Today the students did a laboratory or practicum as they call it. They cooked a Rolled Omelet and we observed while they were cooking and also took some pictures for documentation purposes. Only two batches of students cooked today, the 11:00 am - 12:00 pm students and the 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm students did the practicum. Their cooking is per section so there are 3 sections per batch so there are 3 rolled omelets in all that are cooked per batch. I hope you understand what I am saying but if not, just don't mind it hahahha. The students trying to gave us what they cooked but we refused because we knew that they had spent money on the ingredients so they should have just been the ones who will eat what they cook. Based on my observation, it seems that their dishes are delicious and their presentation is also beautiful. There is still 1 batch that didn't cooked today and they are scheduled for Tuesday.
And this afternoon, our CT (cooperating teacher) / RT (resource teacher) ask us to do something, but it wasn't such a difficult task because she just had us write some things. If it's just things like that, we can do that as long as it's not the really hard work.
And just before I wrote this article, someone messaged us in our GC (Group Chat). The message says that we have a new schedule. Again! Hahhaha, what's that, our sched is always been changing suddenly. We have fixed our schedule and will change it again? What the heck? Hahaha. If I'm the only one to be asked, I'm fine with our sched of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. I'm in favor of that schedule because I don't have to wake up very early and I don't have to go home that late in the afternoon.
They said we will know the new schedule on Monday. And it seems that the message said that our CT/RT were also changed. Huhuhu I'm fine now with my CT because she's kind to us. If that is changed, a new association will happen again. But I'm still hoping that I'll be on a good sched and CT. But I'll see what happen on Monday.
Now after I write this article, I will answer our activities in Google Classroom. The deadline is on Sunday, so I need to finish it because tomorrow I will be doing laundry, so I don't want to do the activities on my Sunday, I want to finish it in advance so I don't panic. But before I do my activities, of course I will interact with you first, read your articles, reply to comments and so on.
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Weekend to all of you.
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My First Day at the School where I was deployed.
October 12, 2022. Wednesday.
Today is Fiesta here in our Municipality so I don't have classes today. Today is the day I wish I could rest because we have no classes and I am just here at home, but it seems like that word is not really in fashion among college students like me because even though we don't have school, there are still tasks that are left to us. Today I also did laundry because I don't want to pile up my clothes to wash and then on Saturday I will wash the rest again. After doing laundry, I started to open the google classroom to see the activities that we need to do.
And just like I said yesterday, I will tell you what happened on my first day at the school where I was deployed and whether we were able to adjust our schedule because there was a conflict. And now I will continue my article yesterday that was cut. Maybe because tomorrow I won't be able to write an article again because I have school again plus I will answer some activities after I get home from school. That's why while I don't have school today, I will continue telling stories and writing.
**October 11, 2022**, Tuesday is my First Day at the school where I am deployed. The only thing we will do is to observe the class and we will not teach right away, it just depends on whether our cooperating teacher wants or required us to teach already. So yesterday I woke up early because we were told to go at school at **7:30 am.** I was awake at about **5:30 am.** I'm a bit slow to move so I wake up really early so I can finish preparing early too.
When we got there, we didn't have anything to do because the truth is our Cooperating Teacher's first class was at **11:00 am.** So we just standby in her classroom. And that's the problem because she let us go in the school early when we had nothing to do. And another thing, ***4 hours*** is the only required time for us to be on duty at school. So if we count, we were at school for 6 hours if we were there until **3:00 pm.** So yesterday we raised our concern with our cooperating teacher. Fortunately, our cooperating teacher was kind and agreed immediately. So tomorrow we have to go at school before **10:00 am** and we will be there until **3:00 pm.** That's exactly 4 hours. From ***10:00 am to 12:00 pm*** is 2 hours and then ***12:00 pm to 1:00 pm*** is lunch break. And ***1:00 pm to 3:00 pm*** is 2 hours again so a total of 4 hours. So the problem we have about our schedule is already fixed yesterday and our schedule is final now.
As for what happened on my first day in our Field Study/Practice Teaching, it's fine. Just like I said, we will just observe the class and not teach, so that's all we did yesterday. While our cooperating teacher was teaching, we were just listening at the back of the classroom. I was taking down notes while listening because we were required to make a journal. We will put there what happens when we observe each day and at the end of our semester we will put it together to make a narrative report and that is the requirements that we will pass to our professors in Field Study 1 and 2.
**Grade 10** students are the ones that being taught by our cooperating teacher. They are 15-16 years old, so I am sure they are not too immature. And I was right because they are no longer so noisy and nasty. Most of the students are women and gays because the subject is about foods, but there are still a few men who get belong in them.
Our cooperating teacher also gave us a chance to introduce ourselves to the students. The introduction I made was simple its all about my name, age, address, where I came from school and what is the reason why we are there which is to observe the class. The students were welcoming because they immediately showed us that they were excited to meet us. I think they are kind so maybe I/we won't have a hard time.
And that's what happened on my first day. Tomorrow is my second day. I won't wake up too early anymore because our school time is not early.
That's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Wednesday to everyone and have a nice day.
****All photos used in this article are mine.****
Deployment Day
October 11, 2022. Tuesday.
Hello everyone! I miss you all. I am also not here about 3 or 4 days and I was not able to publish an article. But don't worry because I'm already here in front of you again hahahaha. I was just busy for a few days because I focused on my studies but now that my schedule is in order and it is final maybe I will be able to write and visit here often.
***What exactly have I done these past few days?*** Well, it's no longer a secret what I'm doing because I often post on **Noise Cash** now. That's where I'm updating my daily happenings. It's easier for me now to update there because my time is limited and with Noise Cash, short posts are possible, so that's where I post most of the time now.
And that's it even if I tell Noise Cash what I'm doing, I'll still share it here, maybe because others here don't have a Noise Cash account.
On **Monday** we've been deployed to our Resource School, where we will conduct our Field Study or Practice Teaching. So I was hardly able to go online that much because starting from morning I was already preparing myself and the requirements that I need to bring to the deployment. The Resource school I chose was the one close to where I live. Because we were given freedom in which school we want to deploy. So I want to save money so I chose the closest school. This school is only about 5-10 minutes away from our house if you commute and the fare is only ***15-20 pesos***. And another reason why I chose that school is that was where I graduated from Junior High School and Senior High School then. It will be easier for me because I am already familiar with different areas of the school and I also know most of the teachers here. So I won't be in trouble or having a hard time just in case.
Yesterday after we were deployed to the resource school we chose, our professors left us with the Principal and Head of TLE department to orient us. The principal didn't talk to us anymore because she was busy and said that the Head of TLE department will take care of orienting us. And after that the Head of TLE department took us to her office. She introduced the different teachers at TLE before she let us choose who we wanted to get assigned to, yes she also gave us the freedom to choose the Resource/Cooperating Teacher we wanted. The only problem was that we were all assigned to Junior High, not Senior High. I really want to go to Senior High because the students there are not so mean and stubborn. So I'm really sad knowing that we can't be assigned there.
The one I chose as Cooperating/Resource Teacher is the Teacher of Grade 10 students and the specialization is Foods, of course because that is our Major. Two students went per 1 Teacher so one of my classmates was with me. It's better than being alone and at least we can work together and help each other just in case. And when we were able to choose a Cooperating/Resource Teacher, the TLE Head let us go with the assigned Teacher. There, our Cooperating Teacher re-orientated us about her class and that other things was possible for us to do. Even if we're just required to observe the class for the whole 1st semester, it's inevitable that the Teachers will have us do something else, especially if they have a lot of work to do. So we just listened and agreed until she finished talking and instructing us. Yesterday we haven't discussed the schedule properly, so we went to school at the usual time for high schools which is ***7:30 am*** and the time to go home is ***3:00 pm.***
The truth is that the required hours of our school attendance are only ***4 hours and only 4 days a week (Monday to Thursday).*** Friday is at the University because we are having a lecture that day. So our schedule of 7:30 am to 3:00 pm is more than 4 hours.
This article has a second part. I feel like it will be a too long if I tell everything here. Tomorrow I will tell you what happened on my First day of Field Study/Practice Teaching and whether how we fixed the schedule of our classes.
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much everyone. Happy Tuesday. God bless you all.
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First time to try Online Gambling
October 7, 2022. Friday.
I'm not really a gambling person. When I was young, the only gambling I knew was at fairs (peryahan), I don't know if it counts as gambling, but that's true. You know that, every time there is a festival in your town, some people will set up tents in the vacant lot and there is the different games and rides that you can do. That's how we are when the festival comes. The Color Games, the game about the light, the Bingo, the game with a ball thrown in the middle and many others. Those are just some of the games that I remember that were at the fair every time we celebrated Fiesta here with us. Then the rides are Ferris Wheel, Caterpillar, Octopus, Horror Train and many others. There are such things and events with us every time the festival (Fiesta) comes that's why people are excited, having fun and enjoying every night. And the games I mentioned earlier are the only gambling that I know.
I also know how to play cards, but the only thing I know how to play there is 41. Even Tong Its, I don't know how to play it. I was taught before but I immediately forgot how to play the Tong Its. Bingo, maybe most people here are already familiar with Bingo and can play it. I don't know if Bingo can be considered gambling or if it's really just a game. I also play Bingo but I'm not the type to actually pay too much attention for it, I usually only join Bingo at school especially when there is a prize to be won.
And yesterday I tried something new. That is to gamble online. I haven't done that since then and yesterday was the first time.
I saw a post on Noise Cash about a Gambling App and the name of the app is Rainbow Game. Based on her post, she earns a lot of money here. And I was enticed. You probably know that I'm really looking for extra income or anything else as long as I can make money. But she said it has an investment. You need to cash-in at least 100 pesos or about $2. You can use the money you cash-in to bet on different games.
I didn't think twice and tried it right away. I clicked the link she put in the post and I immediately downloaded the app. Then I cashed-in 100 pesos. At first I thought it was a scam because after I cashed in, the 100 pesos did not appear in my account. But I tried to contact the customer service and after a few minutes the amount I cashed-in appeared in my account.
The game I only play was Color Game all the time even though they have many other games. Because I don't know how to play them and I think that maybe the money I will bet will be wasted because I might just lose because I don't know how to play. They also have Tong Its in their games, but like I said earlier, I don't know how it is either. That's why I don't have a choice and I can only play was Color Game.
I know that others here are familiar with Color Game but for those who don't know, I will explain it quickly. You have a choice of colors, usually there are 6 colors. There are 3 dice containing 6 colors that you can choose from. When the 3 dice are rolled and what color comes out, that will have the price. You can bet any color or all the colors, it just depends on you if you have a lot of money and you really want to have a big chance of winning. You can bet any amount, from 1 peso and above. Once the color you bet on hits, the amount you bet will be doubled. For example you bet 100 pesos on blue and green and that color came out of the dice so it means the 100 you bet on blue will be 200 pesos and the 100 you bet on green will also be also 200 pesos. It's that easy. So in short you just have to guess in this game.
And it was last night when I started playing. My money was 120 pesos before I played because I got a free 10 pesos when I cashed in 100 pesos and I got 10 pesos because of the Lucky Code. When I first started playing I was always winning. I only bet 1 to 10 pesos per game and I don't bet more than that. I did reach my money of more than 150 pesos. But as time goes on, I always lose. My 150 pesos became only 100. And when I noticed that I was losing straight away, I stopped.
Just like they say, in gambling you always really win at first but when it takes too long, your winnings will be taken back from you. Because it's a gamble.
That's why I'm thinking now if I should continue playing. The minimum withdrawal is 300 pesos, so if I want to get back what I cashed in, I have to earn 300 pesos first. But I also think about what if I only lose in the game, so the money I cashed in will be wasted. But when I stop playing, I won't be able to get my 100 pesos left there because the minimum withdrawal is 300 pesos, so my money will just pile up there for nothing.
I don't know now what next step I should take. Please guys suggest what is good to do hahaha.
***But all I can say now is that I'm not really lucky with those gambles.***
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much. Happy weekend to all of you!
****All image used in this article are screenshots of mine in the App****
Mute others and Listen to yourself.
October 6, 2022. Thursday.
Like the saying goes, always follow what you want and what your heart desires. Don't listen to what others say especially if you think it won't help you. And I think that's right. If you ask me, I very much agree with that.
But there are also times when you have to listen to what others have to say or their opinion if necessary and if this will help you improve everything or you will contribute to your progress. Other opinion and suggestions matters but I can say that it is not applicable all the time. It really depends on the situation.
Actually, I also had an experience before that was related to that. Others probably know that my course is Teaching (Education) and so that I want to be a Teacher. And in my course, other people said a lot, people that sorrounds me. Someone said that **the course I chose was not good because it was the lowest course of all.** Someone also said that **my course was too easy.** And another said that **the salary of the teachers is the lowest, so why did I choose this course when there are many other courses out there that pay more when I graduate.**
That's what I usually heard when I was just starting college. There are even times when I feel like I want to change course or shift because I am influenced by what people say around me. But I'm thankful because that didn't happen and I stood up for myself and I stood up for my course. If I had followed them, I would not be a regular student until now and I am not yet a 4th year student.
You know, from everything they told me, I feel that none of them are correct. First they said that Education is the cheapest course and I feel they are wrong there. There is no low or cheap course because all courses are equal, all courses are hard and need to allocate full attention. So let's not just say that a course is low/cheap. Its a bunch of tiredness that are being experience of every student in Education. That's why we should look at any course equally and don't downplay any other course. Second, Teaching is said to be the easiest course of all. Really? How did you say? Have you experienced it? All I can say to you is that you are wrong to think that the Teaching course is easy. If I tell you about all my hardships, you might understand how difficult the course Education is and you might change your mind. If other courses are difficult, so is the Education. All the courses are difficult, just like I said earlier. And you will not find a course that is easy. Almost all college students complain about the difficulty of studying no matter what course they are enrolled in. And most of all, teachers are said to be underpaid. Well I can say that there is some truth in that. Compared to other jobs, teachers' salaries are lower. But you know that if you love your job and are happy with what you do, such things will not enter your mind. And for those who don't know, if you want to increase your salary as a teacher, you can get a Masters Degree. When you have that degree /position, you will find better opportunities and you will earn a bigger salary. And there's one more thing, if you really want to earn a lot as a teacher, get a Doctorate. My college professors are that's the level they graduated from. They told us how much they are paid now, which is around **90,000 to 100,000** pesos per month. They don't tell us that to brag, but they tell us that to give us inspiration to continue in the path we are taking. Is the 90,000 to 100,000 a month income still low? Now go ahead and tell me that Education is a low-level course and now tell me that teachers earn little. So all I can really say is let's not judge things right away.
But let's get back to the main topic. I'm thankful that I didn't listen to what others told me and followed myself. Sometimes we really have to listen to ourselves first before listening to what others say. This is our life so we have the right to decide. Where we think we will be happy is what we need to choose as long as the only important thing is that we don't step on anyone else.
There are also times when we can listen to what others say, but first we need to think carefully about whether they are right and whether what they say will help. I'm not telling you to disregard other people's opinions and suggestions, my only point is that we should check and analyze everything they say before we decide whether to listen to them.
And before I end this article I will leave you with a quote that is meaningful.
*Listen to your own voice, your own soul. Too many people listen to the noise of the world, instead of themselves.*
- Leon Brown
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much. Have a nice day. God bless us all.
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Pinning and Candle Lighting Ceremony
October 4, 2022. Tuesday.
Hello guys, how are you all? I hope everyone is doing fine with their lives and having a great time with their love ones.
Yesterday our Course which is Bachelor of Technical Vocational Teacher Education or BTVTE for short held a program and that program was about Pinning and Candle Lighting Ceremony. I will put the picture of the invitation below for your reference.
And you can read that in the Title what the ceremony is all about, what the theme of the event is, and the name of the guest speaker is also there. The bottom part is when and where it was held, which was yesterday. So that's the reason why I didn't make any articles yesterday hahaha. I attended one of the most important events in the lives of us, 4th year students or those who will undergo Practice Teaching.
Before that day came, I was very excited. The truth is that I didn't sleep well because of the excitement hahaha. I fell asleep around 2:00 am on October 3 and woke up at 6:00 am on October 3 itself and the start of the event was 8:00 am. So I only slept less than 4 hours, so when I arrived at the event my eye bag was so big hahaha. I don't know why it's like that, I try to go to bed early because I have to wake up early too but I think the time is teasing me because when I want to go to bed early so I can sleep for a long time, time is not given me the chance.
I'm excited because I can finally wear my Field Study/Practice Teaching Uniform. Even though that uniform is second hand, I'm still excited to wear it. I'm also excited to see my classmates again and I'm even more excited to see that we're wearing the same clothes. I am also excited because I will have my own Pin with my name and my course written on it. If you look back at the picture above, I have covered a part there and that is my pin. I'm sorry, my real name is a secret for now hahaha, I'll just do name reveal when I'm ready lol. Anyway let's get back to the topic, above all I am excited about what will happen in the whole program/event.
And while I was listening to the guest speaker, I remembered an important reminder from him and that is ***"When you are about to undergo in Practice Teaching, you can't just be excited, you must also be ready, you must be ready for what will happen and you must prepare yourself, mentally, physically and emotionally. It can't just be excitement at all, you also have to be ready all the time."*** And I suddenly realized what he said, because I felt that I had been touched because I'm just excited but it seems like I'm not that ready yet, I haven't even visualized myself teaching. That's why from everything he said, that's what really impressed me.
By the way, I also want to share with you some of my pictures of mine during the event.
This first picture is the time the Pin was placed on me. And the one who put the pin on me is my Field Study 1 professor and the one with the black jacket is the Dean of our College. Our Campus Director couldn't finish the event because he was busy. My Field Study 2 professor was the one holding the microphone and mentioning our names, so he didn't participate in the picture taking. We were all wearing masks that time so we did not violate any health protocols in that event. Another thing is to get that program approved by the person in charge before it is implemented.
I only regret because I didn't take a video while we were lighting candles. I enjoyed that moment so much that I forgot to take a video, but it would have been better if I had actually tade a video for remembrance. But that's okay, the joy and contentment of the event is already imprinted in my mind.
And this next picture is after the event.
Of course, picture taking with friends cannot be lost there. It is for remembrance purposes again and to have my day or story on Facebook hahahha. So that something can be posted on social media accounts and unforgettable moments can be shared with people.
I didn't include the pictures of our section when I was editing because I forgot it, but that's okay, I have already shared many pictures with you.
After the event, of course, we can go home and eat. We chooses all of us where we want to eat. And I did post on my Noise Cash account yesterday where we ate, and it was at Jollibee. Actually, there is a snack at the event itself, which is Pancit in styro and a Mountain Dew, but for us it is not enough hehehe, so we really had to eat rice. This is the screenshot of my post on Noise Cash.
After we finished eating, I decided to go home because my feet really hurt because I was wearing black shoes. The black shoes have heels. I'm not used to shoes with heels yet. That's why I plan to buy flat shoes instead because I can't really walk for long in heels.
And maybe this is where I will end this article.
That's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much. Happy Tuesday to all of you. Enjoy your day everyone.
****All photos used in this article are mine.****
Am I too late to Welcome October?
October 2, 2022. Sunday.
Happy New Month everyone! I know that the month of October entered yesterday, but I was not here yesterday and I did not publish any articles, that's why I am only greeting you a Happy October now.
*How was your first day of October everyone?*
Yesterday was the day my sister's baby boy turned 1 month old. We haven't been able to prepare any food because we don't have a budget yet, but I promise myself that in the next few months when he will be celebrating additional months of life, we will prepare at least a little food so that we can share and eat it together.
I didn't do much yesterday but I don't know why I didn't write an article hahaha. But because I did laundry yesterday and I did quite a lot of laundry, so maybe I'm tired. I have school on Monday so the only days I can do laundry are Saturday or Sunday. Those are the only days I'm free now. By the way, on Monday, our school starts again, so I'm not sure if I'll still be as productive as before in terms of writing. But I hope that at least once in a while I will still have the time to write here. I will still read and comment on other people's articles, but about writing I don't think so because it takes a lot of time, so I'm not sure if I can write an article every day like before.
I probably won't set goals this month either. Just like I said, I will be in school every day, so I will be busy for sure. But in truth, I can still really set goals as long as I have time management because nothing is impossible for someone if they really want to do it and have self discipline. But I'm not sure how many hours I will spend at school. We will be deployed to our assigned schools this week, which are Junior High Schools and Senior High Schools. My course is Education so our OJT is Practice Teaching, in short I will be a ST or Student Teacher. We were also told that even if it is only 4 hours that we should be at school, that is not certain especially if the assigned teacher requests us to stay at school until they want so. So I feel like we are in school all day, just like what time do High Schools students go home.
Lets change the topic. It's now October so it means we have to wait for just over 2 months before Christmas again. The days are really fast, it's like we just celebrated Christmas and now we will celebrate again. Then after Christmas is New Year, we will welcome the new year again. Aren't things moving so fast?
We can already feel the Christmas spirit here even though it's only October because it's already windy here every night. The breeze is really Christmas. Many people have installed Christmas Lights in their house, I saw that when I went out late at night last day. Even giant Christmas Trees are already standing in every Barangay here. So I feel that people here at us are super excited about the arrival of Christmas.
Anyways, all I can ask for this month is that this month of October will be smooth for me somehow, because last month I was piled up with problems so I kind of said that my September is not that a good month. But now I wish that this month will be good, not only for me but for my family as well. If there are problems that come up, I hope we will face them together and with courage so that we can solve them quickly. It's because the problem doesn't really go away, so it's expected that even if we do our very best at everything, there will still be a problem. I just want to be strong this month and I want good health for myself and for my whole family.
I hope you too, I hope the month of October will be good for you and for all of us. Let's just keep fighting guys and don't give up, we need to be stronger and stronger than those problems. And just aways think positive!
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much. Have a great day ahead. Happy New Month, Happy October to all of us!
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September: A not so good month of mine.
September 30, 2022. Friday.
This is the last day of the month of September and most of us who are here are checking if they have achieved the goals they set on the first day of this month. I didn't set a goal again this month because this month has been too busy for me that's why I feel that I might not be able to achieve the goals that I set just in case. It's only the first day of this month, I'm already very busy until this last day of September. I also noticed that the number of people who set goals has decreased. If back then almost everyone was doing that, now it's just very rare. I don't know the reason for others but I am sure that being busy is one of their reasons.
Anyway, if we are not going to talk about goals today, what will our topic be? Well that's what happened to me during the whole month of September.
I can say that this month was not really a good month for me but I am still thankful for the blessings I received throughout the month. It's just that I had a lot of problems this month and the others there really tested my stability. There are times when I really want to give up but I always think about my future. That's why I don't often write articles this month because my mind is always occupied and I always have problems. There are even days when I'm very stressed and I'm really crying because I don't know what to do, but I still don't forget to pray so that the heavy feelings goes away. Thank God because even though that is happening to me, you still have not abandoned me and you always guide me.
A lot of problems came to me and my family this month. Some we haven't solved yet but others we have managed to find a way. One of my family's problems is that we lost electricity, but I will not say that again because I have mentioned it many times in my articles.
This month also when my studies started, so that was an addition to my busyness. Well, I haven't been going to our University every day because the school is still taking care of the papers we need for our OJT, we are only being called when we should go to the school. As of this month, I spent a lot because of my study preparation. Thanks because somehow I have a source for my school purchases and thank you read.cash because it all comes from you.
This month is also the month my Sister gave birth to a baby boy. I spent almost everything there, so the money I saved was almost scraped. Starting from my school stuff to the baby's and my sister's stuff, I am the one who bought it all. Baby clothes, baby's and my sister's diapers, feeding bottles, baby's milk and my sister's milk, alcohol, wipes, baby washcloths, baby stuffs and much more, I can hardly remember what I bought for theirs. But I'm fine with spending money for them first because I know that we have no other source of income because my mother doesn't have a job. Another thing, I'm really excited about the baby coming out, so I bought most of his stuff because of the excitement. That's why I don't have a problem with my sister's childbirth expenses because I help them voluntarily.
And this month has been one of the hardest months for me. I faced a lot of problems this month but all of them taught me how to fight in life and how to be stronger. Problems tested my personality this month but I'm thankful because I didn't give up so quickly, I fought as hard as I could and until I finished this month.
And one more thing, despite many problems, we received blessings and new hope this month. That's my sister's baby. Baby is a blessing. And for me that baby is the sign of new hope so that we can fight more and continue in life.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine. I hope you enjoy it. It's the last day of September so make the most out of this day. Happy weekend.
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We received painful words from our own family
September 29, 2022. Thursday.
Last night we received some hurtful words from some of our family. That's why I'm not feeling well until now. Who wouldn't be upset when you hear and receive bad words, right? Everyone will probably feel sadness and pain. But why did we receive those words? And what really happened?
I already told everyone in my previous articles that there is now a baby here in our house, the bby of my sister. It's now again that there was a baby at home. Maybe 15 years ago is the last time when we had a baby here.
In the first few days when my sister's baby came home, everything was fine. My sister's son doesn't cry and he always sleeps, but in the past 1 week since he was at home, everything has changed. The baby started to cry all the time. He always cries even at morning or night. It's even worse at night because sometimes he doesn't want to stop crying. And that's where it all started.
Those who always read my articles probably know that we live in my grandfather's house and we have a separate room. This room is not sound proof because our family is not that rich. I just mean by that, when the baby cries, it can be heard throughout the house. So when people are asleep at night and the baby suddenly cries, we all at home wake up. During the first few weeks when this was happening constantly, no one complained, but when two weeks passed and the baby was still crying every night, they all started complaining about us and the baby. It's been almost 2 weeks because we really haven't slept well. When it's morning, you can't sleep easily because it's hot and noisy around, and because also in the morning the people here are working. So night is really the only time people can sleep.
And last night we heard really hurtful words and so did the baby. He was immediately told bad words even though he was just a baby and he doesn't know everything. We didn't know that the attitudes of the people here at home about us are like that, they already have a grudge against us.
They complain because they can't sleep anymore and to add to that they have been feeding us for a month. Yes, they even scolded us for they feeding us. I'll repeat it again for those who don't know yet, my mother and my sister have no job right now, I also don't have a job because I'm still a student and it's good that I have read cash as a source of income howsoever. My sister can't really work yet because her wound that was stitched up (from giving birth) hasn't healed yet and my mother is the one who takes care of the baby when my sister can't do it anymore, because she can't even move fine. So in short, even one of our three is unemployed. That's why we get food from them first, from my grandfather.
And last night they took out all their anger towards us. But guys, I just want to tell you that we don't depend on my grandfather, we don't depend on him for everything because my savings is what we spent for our other necessities to. And another thing, it's only been a month that we've been getting food from them because when my sister and my mother had work, we didn't ask them for anything. We even gave them food and money back then, because they didn't have jobs at that time. We help them from the bottom of our hearts and we have never blamed them for that. Since the pandemic, they have no work and my Sister and Mother worked for our whole family. That's why it hurts us so much, that my Sister and Mother have been out of work for only a month and they are already complaining.
My sister's baby was also affected. They say that the baby is perwisyo *(I don't know it in English)*. They even told us that the child should be adopted or we should give him to the orphanage. They said they would not regret if the child were to disappear because it is said to be very perwisyo and always crying. There are many other things they suggest that we do when the baby doesn't want to stop crying and all of them are not good, one of them said that we should hit the baby into the wall and the baby will definitely stop crying and it will surely fall asleep immediately. As in they say many hurtful words. Even though I am not the mother of the baby, I am very hurt by what they say to the baby. I was crying last night. How about her mother, my sister? I'm sure she's in a lot of pain. If only my sister's boyfriend hadn't left his child, this wouldn't have happened to us.
That's why when I heard those very painful words, I thought deeply. I want to leave this house and we should separate living from them. So that we can no longer be with them and no one will complain about the baby and us. I've had many houses for rent that saw, my only problem is the down payment money (1 montha advance and 1 month deposit). I now have 3,000 pesos from my savings but it's not enough because we need 7,000 pesos. The rent for the house I saw is 3,500 per month and we need to pay for 2 months so it would be 7,000 pesos. That house is the cheapest I have ever seen. There is one bedroom, one bathroom, one kitchen, one living room and there is a small garage outside. That's right for us because there are only 3 of us and a baby. But my only real problem right now is money. I'm looking for someone to lend us some money but I can't find anyone who can, because they immediately ask if I or my family have a job and when I say no, they refuse. Maybe they think we can't pay them becuase we're jobless. That's why I'm having a hard time where I can find money. I want to leave this house first so that people here don't get mad and angry at us and say bad words. The best thing I see and think for us to do is to leave so they don't say anything to us.
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I don't want to let go of them but the decision is final.
September 27, 2022. Tuesday.
I already told everyone about Bridgette having a baby in my past articles. I have already told you how many are they, what their genders are and I have also shown them their appearance. And if you want to go back to and read that article of mine, this is those articles. **Bridgette is now a Mom!** and **New bunch of Happiness added in our House.** https://read.cash/@Expelliarmus30/bridgette-is-now-a-mom-702ed4f1 https://read.cash/@Expelliarmus30/new-bunch-of-happiness-added-to-our-house-1e666a7c
Today I'm going to tell you a sad story about Bridgette's puppies. We know that when your dog has too many puppies, you will not be able to raise them all. Bridgette has five babies and my avid readers here probably know that we already have an existing dog, It's ***Betong*** and add ***Bridgette*** to that so a total of 7 dogs in all. We are also poor and I admit that we can't raise and feed all of them, especially when they are big enough to eat well. Then there's the space problem in this house, if there are so many dogs, there might not be space for the others and we can't just let them roam around, we should also secure space for them where they can sleep.
This is where the decision made to give away Bridgette's other puppies came into mind. At first I really didn't want to agree and I didn't want to lose them, they were still Bridgette's first child. But as time goes on, they always tell me that the puppies are growing and we can't feed them all, but I'm still stubborn and I really don't want to just give them away. The puppies turned one month old last **September 19, 2022** so they know how to eat and drink water by themselves already.
And this past day some people saw our puppies and they liked them, they even said that the puppies are very cute. And the others said that they would like to have it for them. My grandmother immediately agreed because that's what she really intended to do instead of just starving the puppies here with us and let them go to someone else so that they can feed them. We didn't sell dogs even then, my grandmother just gave them away when someone asked.
And just this past day before the storm, those people took the puppy they wanted. The one who asked for it took two puppies, the one who have mixed color and the brown color, the both of them are female puppies. The another female puppy in gray and brown that my aunt asked for is that's what we brought to her when we went to them to spend the night there when there was a typhoon. So all we have left here are 2 puppies and they are the same gender, they are male, they are the eldest (color white) and the youngest (color brown).
It's just sad because they were already at the cutest stage of being puppies when they were given away. But the important thing is that we didn't just hand them out because people asked us for them voluntarily. And I am satisfied that those who asked for them are in good hands and in good condition because I think they will be well taken care of and the other one is my aunt, she is our relative so for sure the puppy that she asked for will not be abandoned.
Even though I was sad the day before and until now because it's really against my heart to take them away from us, I just think that they were given away so that they wouldn't starve. And another thing, I also think that the people they are going to will also bring joy. So if I am sad now because of their loss here in our house, I should still be happy because they are still in good condition and they can make other people happy. There are still 2 puppies here with us. Even if they are not as happy as they used to be, when they were still complete and they were five siblings playing, somehow there are still 2 of them left and they still have each other.
Bridgette has lost a lot of weight since she give birth. We fed her a lot but her fatness never returned, maybe because she was breastfeeding her puppies. Bridgette is also always looking for her puppies who are no longer here, fortunately at least she has 2 puppies left so she is not that sad.
By the way, here are some of the photos I took before some people take the other puppy here at home. I really saved these photos and I will post them here again to make sure that if these photos are deleted or lost in my gallery, I can just return to this article and I can look at their photos again.
And that's all for today. I've been sad for a few days because of their loss but I don't let myself drown in sadness and I still think of happy things to relieve the sadness I feel. Maybe that's the feeling when you're a Fur Mom. Thank you very much for reading my article. Have a nice day to all of you.
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Keep Safe to all of us.
September 25, 2022. Sunday.
Good Day po sa inyong lahat. Wala sana akong balak magsulat ngayon pero dahil gusto ko lang ishare ang nangyayari sa araw ko ay napagpasyahan ko na rin na magsulat. Kaya nga Tagalog na naman itong article na ito kasi hindi naman planado ang pagsulat ko ngayon.
Kaninang umaga pa lang po ay may bumungad na sa aming masamang balita at yun ay yung mag bagyo nga na parating at ito daw ay sobrang lakas at ito ay may pangalang **Bagyong Karding** . Hind po kami nakakapanood ng balita sa TV kasi nga po ay wala kaming kuryente. At noong narinig nga namin ang usap usapan sa labasan at sa palengke na malakas ang bagyo ay nagsearch agad ako sa Internet kung totoo nga ang balita. Nagulat ako dahil nasa ***signal no.2*** na ang probinsya namin ng makita. Nagpanic din tuloy yung mga tao dito sa bahay namin kasi natatakot na kami mangyari yung dati, yung binaha din kami tapos hindi kami prepared. Kaya naman ng malaman namin yun ay naghanda na agad kami. Binalot at pinlastic na namin yung mahahalaga naming gamit. Yung mga damit din namin binalot ko na at tinaas ko, sa lugar kung saan sa tingin ko ay hind na maabot ng tubig kung sakali nga na bumaha.
Automatic kasi na kapag inulan ng malaks ang Manila ay babaha talaga sa amin. Napupunta kasi sa amin ang lahat ng tubig na pinapakawala sa mga dam. Kaya kanina kahit wala pa namang ulan ay nag ayos na talaga kami ng mga gamit. Nagsisiguro lang kami at wala namang masama doon.
Nitong mga 1:00 pm na ay nakita ko na nasa ***signal no.3*** na ang probinsya namin. Dyan na namin napagdesisyunan na umalis muna sa bahay namin. Maya maya lang ay may nag aannounce na nga na lumikas na daw lahat ng malapit sa tabing ilog at isa nga kami doon. Nagbababala na sila at gusto lang naman daw nila ay maging ligtas ang lahat.
Ngayon habang nagsusulat ako ay nasa bahay na kami ng isa sa mga tita ko. Mataas ang lugar na ito. Ito rin ang pinuntahan namin noong nakaraan na binaha kami. Ilang oras din bago kami nakarating dito. Malayo ito sa bahay namin kaya inabot din ng ilang oras ang byahe. May mas malapit sana na evacuation area doon sa bahay namin at yun ay sa School pero inaabot din kasi ng tubig yun kapag bumabaha na. Kaya dito ma talaga namin napili na magpalipas ng gabi at magpalipas na rin ng bagyo. May bata din kasi ngayon dito sa pamilya namin, yung baby ng ate ko, kaya inuna talaga namin ang safety ng lahat. Sininop o niligpit naman namin ang mga gamit namin. Mas mahalaga pa rin kasi talaga ang buhay ng tao.
Kung makikita nyo sa mga balita ngayon ay itinaas na nila hanggang signal no.5 ang ibang lugar. So it means ay sobrang lakas talaga ng bagyong ito. Kaya sana ay manalangin tayong lahat na kahit papaano ay pahinain ni Lord ang bagyo bago ito tumama sa Pilipinas. Kawawa na naman kasi ang maraming tao kung sakali ngang ganito kalakas ang bagyo, marami na naman ang mawawalan ng tirahan, ng kabuhayan, ng trabaho, ng makakain at iba pa. Kaya sana ay hindi na magpatuloy pang lumakas ang bagyo at sana ay humina na ito. At sana ay maawa ang satin si Lord at pakinggan nya ang ating mga dasal.
Kayo rin po, mag ingat po kayo at maging alerto at handa. Kung maari ay lumikas na din po yung mga nakatira sa tabing ilog at dagat para safe na po tayong lahat.
And let us all keep praying na sana ay palagi po tayong gabayan ng poong maykapal.
And that's all for today. Maraming Salamat po sa pagbabasa nitong aking article. Happy Sunday. Stay safe and keep safe po sa ating lahat.
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Itchy Throat
September 23, 2022. Friday.
As I said in my previous article, today is the day where we will come back in school for another orientation. That orientation is for our investiture and deployment, so we can't really be absent and not attend the meeting because the things they will be discussing there are important.
This Wednesday I suddenly felt unwell. I felt an itch in my throat and I knew what it was. As usual when a person's throat itches and he/she feels like he/she has a fever, he/she will have a cold and I was not wrong. Just yesterday I caught a cold but I'm still relatively fine, I don't have a fever yet but my body is lethargic. I immediately took medicine and my vitamins to better control the pain. But this morning when I woke up, my head was hurting and I felt like I was running a fever. I immediately thought that I can't have a fever now because today is our Orientation and I can't get lost there because I might miss the important things to talk about in the meeting.
I woke up at about **5:45 am.** I set an alarm last night. But I wasn't able to get up immediately after I woke up because I conditioned myself and my body first because I didn't feel good. After 10 minutes I got up, I told myself that I can't be sick today. I ate breakfast and immediately took the medicine so that before I left the house it would have taken effect on me. After I ate I took a shower. After I finished, I immediately got dressed and arranged the things I needed to bring. Before I left, I felt better. Thanks God!
When I arrived at the venue of our meeting, there were already many people, but I was not late. I felt fine when I got there, but when the discussion started, I felt that my throat was itching. I brought water to be sure, so that when my throat itches, I will just drink water immediately to at least relieve the itch. After that, my throat started to itch again ang again, so I continously drinking water until I ran out of it. And I'm in trouble, because my throat is still itchy. The kind that makes me cry because I'm trying to stop myself from coughing, you know, because nowadays people are judgmental, when you cough there's a lot of things they're going to think about you. So when my throat itches too much, I go out to go to CR.
*Has that ever happened to you, the time when you are in a meeting or a discussion and then everything around is quiet and then your throat itches and you cough a lot? Hahaha that's so embarrassing, right? I've had that happen to me many times and I'm wondering that why it always happen when I'm in an important meeting/situation , I'll end up with a cough or my throat will itch too much.*
Fortunately, the meeting ended before lunch. Orientation ended at exactly **12:00 pm.** I said in my mind, yes its finally over and I can cough freely hahaha.
And of course, every time my classmates/friends have a meeting, we will not miss eating outside after the meeting. If in the past we ate at Mang Inasal, now we eat at Chowking. I also missed eating at Chowking because the last time I dined here was last year. As usual, I ordered Pork Soimai Chow Fan because that's my favorite at Chowking. My friends and I ordered the same thing. Even though there were only 3 of us this time, we enjoyed it more because even though there were only a few of us, at least we were true to each other, I mean true friends to each and everyone.
After eating we wandered again. I went shopping again for some things for school and so did my friends. It was only around **2:00 pm** that we decided to go home but I didn't really go home yet because I went to the Supermarket to buy some groceries that we needed at home. After I finished grocery shopping, I just went home. I rested when I got home because even though I was able to wander, I still didn't feel very well. When I got home, I felt my headache again. And even now that I'm writing while lying down, I still don't feel that good, but I hope I'll get better from my cold soon. It's hard to get sick nowadays and it's hard when you go to class sick. So I'm praying and hoping that I will get better very soon. And some members of my family also have this, cough, cold and fever. So we all hope to recover fast and as soon as possible.
And that's all for today. I hope you liked and enjoyed reading this article of mine. Thank you so much. And don't forget to take care of your safe/health! Happy weekend.
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Its been a Year
September 21, 2022. Wednesday.
It's been a year since I bought the thing I wanted. I made an article about that and it was entitled **"The Plan"**. It was stated in that article that I wanted to buy my own cellphone. Even if it's cheap as long as I can use something for my online class and the budget I have at that time is also really small. Based on what I remember, I saved the 2 months I earned from ***Noise.cash*** and ***Read.Cash*** just to buy a cellphone. Less than a month after I wrote my article that I was planning to buy a cellphone, I immediately achieved it! Because I got a voucher worth **888 pesos** (about $17) at Lazada at that time and that was a big help for me to fulfill my desire to buy a cellphone.
Because before I met this platform and Noise Cash, I was only using the cellphone that my mother bought. It's just a Cherry Mobile Flare but I don't underestimate that cellphone because it helped me a lot. It's not just because the storage is big, the battery charge doesn't last long, the camera quality isn't that good and you can't install apps with high storage. But I'm still super thankful that I had a cell phone to use before because without it I wouldn't have been able to attend my online classes and I wouldn't have known about platforms like this. So I'm still very grateful to my mom and she bought that cellphone for me even though we didn't have any money at that time and she took her entire salary for a month just to buy it.
A year ago, I got my own cellphone. Actually, this is not the exact day because its on **September 1**, my cell phone has been with me for one year already. I just didn't make an article because I forgot it because I was so busy and that time was also the day we rushed my sister to the hospital who was about to give birth. So I've had this cellphone for one year and 21 days. The brand of cellphone that I bought 1 year from now and that I am using now is **Infinix**, the one endorsed by actress Andrea Brillantes. This brand was not that popular last year, so the price is still relatively cheap. I also wrote an article about the cell phone I bought and it was entitled, **"The Plan 2"**. There I told how I bought a cellphone, what kind of cellphone I bought and how much and where I bought it.
The cell phone that my mother bought me, I returned it to her since I was able to buy my own cell phone. She use that as a past time or for entertainment, she plays games there, goes on Facebook, watches videos. She also downloaded children's songs for my sister's son, she always played them for the baby to hear it. I always put a load on her cellphone so zhe can use the internet on that cellphone and I shop for her load at Shopee because there are many loads with a discount.
And now I'm happy with my own cellphone. I can say that the cell phone I bought is a good one because despite having it for a long time and it has reached me for more than a year, it is still in good condition. It's still have a long battery life, the remaining storage is still quite large and overall it still functions well.
Also, I will never forget to thank the two platforms that helped me to buy the phone I wanted and that is ***Noise Cash and Read Cash.*** I'm very thankful for those two platforms because without them I probably still wouldn't have my own phone or I still wouldn't have been able to buy a phone for myself. These platforms have really helped me so much so that I will never forget how it changed my life and I am forever grateful for it.
`Thank you Noise Cash and Read Cash. I love you both a lot!`
And that's all for today. I hope you liked and enjoyed reading this article of mine. Thank you so much. Have a happy Wednesday everyone.
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How I spent my First Day of Class?
September 20, 2022. Tuesday.
Yesterday our school classes started again. I already talked about that in my article, **Am I ready**? And that's also the reason why I couldn't write an article yesterday. Actually, to be honest, I wasn't that busy yesterday because we only did an orientation. https://read.cash/@Expelliarmus30/am-i-ready-afb0d862
I woke up early yesterday around **6:30 am** but I got up around **6:45 am** hahaha, that's not new because that's how Filipinos really are. And when I got up, I organized myself and what I had to do because I had to leave the house before **9:00 am.** I didn't check my phone and I didn't read the messages in my messenger account because I was in a hurry and I didn't want to be late. Around **8:50 am** I had just left our house, I was in a hurry because I only had 10 minutes left and I didn't know if I would make it on time. The trip to our University will take 10-15 minutes so I already have an idea that I will be really late because if you add the traffic to that, for sure the 15 minutes might turn into 25 minutes.
I arrived at the University at exactly **9:15 am** and that's when I went online. I immediately chatted with one of my friends, the one I consider my **true friend** that I also told you about before. After I chatted with her, I was able to read the messages in our group chat and that's when I found out that the orientation has been moved to **10:00 am.** So what happened after that was that I became one of the earliest to arrive hahahahaha. It's okay, at least I'm not late, right? I just hung out in the waiting sheds and benches inside our school and waited for my friend to arrive. Around **9:30 am**, classmate of mine came so somehow I talked to some people. Soon my friend and most of my classmates arrived. https://read.cash/@Expelliarmus30/now-i-know-who-is-true-to-me-de9a96f1
The orientation of us, 4th year students, started at **10:15 am** and ended at **11:30 am.** Just right for lunch. Nothing much was discussed in the orientation, we were only told the basic info that we already knew, it seems they are just reminding us.
And after the orientation, my friends and I decided to eat at Mang Inasal and you probably know my answer, of course yes. It's been a while since I last ate at Mang Inasal and I really miss eating there again, so there's no flaking and flaking and I agree with them. I only ordered PM1, because I'm saving money hahaha, it's hard that I might not have any money to spend in the next few days and weeks. My other classmate ordered PM2, so you probably know what happened. Yes you are right we did the forbidden technique hahahha. We're not the only ones doing that so it's okay hahaha. The others also ordered Halo Halo but I didn't order it anymore, because I was saving money and another thing is that the weather is cold. No need for Halo Halo. I am satisfied with what I ordered and in fact I was very full so it was worth what I paid for what I ate hehehe.
After we ate around **1:30 pm**, we didn't go home yet and we wandered around. We even went to Wonder Park or in the arcade games and when we ran out of money to play, we just left. After that, we went around the Department stores, looking at things that could be bought. When the rest of us got hungry again, we went to the Supermarket to buy something to eat, maybe it was around **3:00 pm** by that time. And then after we ate, that's when we decided to go home. My foot hurts so much because of walking so that I really want to go home too. But I still enjoyed our trip.
We have no school again today, Tuesday, as well as tomorrow and until Thursday. On Friday we will go back to school again for another orientation and that is important so we really need to attend. Thats when we will talk about our investiture and deployment there, so we really need to be there. So from Tuesday to Thursday I will be here again at home and will just wait to see if there is an online meeting that needs to be attended. The 1st year and 3rd year students are back on online class again. Yesterday, it seems that the Health protocols were not followed at our school due to the large number of students who go at school, so from now until the end of this September, they will have online classes again. The personnel, faculty, utilities, professors, instructors, Dean and President will probably fix everything they need to fix before our class becomes face to face again.
And that's the story of how I spent my first day of class. Unlike others, our first day was not too stressful because we didn't do much. Actually, instead of experiencing difficulties like other, we even enjoyed the first day of class.
And that's all for today. I hope you like and enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much. Have a blessed day.
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Am I Ready?
September 18, 2022. Sunday.
Tomorrow is the day! Tomorrow is the day that my fellow college students have been waiting for the most. Well, I was a bit nervous for that day hahaha. I don't know if I'm ready or not. But I can't really escape tomorrow so I can't do anything if I don't go to school.
I didn't miss our vacation. If I used to always say that the vacation was short, that has disappeared from my mind now because I made the most of or enjoyed the almost two months of our vacation. Since Elementary to High school students only have about a month of vacation, do we college students have the right to complain when we have been given almost 2 months to rest.
So that day is actually tomorrow! The day for me to go back to school. The day I will wake up early again. Actually I got an alarm on my cellphone at **6:30 am** already. Because our school time tomorrow is **9:00 am**, I don't want to be late so I will wake up early. We will only be doing orientation tomorrow so we won't have too much school yet, but expect that next week I will be up earlier because we have school earlier. We need to go to school five days a week, there's no excuse, right? Even though we were supposed to be in school for only 3 days, but it was really every day (weekdays) hahaha.
Our school is from Monday to Friday and we have face to face classes, that is what considered our college which is College of Technology. Yes, we belong there as a college even though our course is Education instead of being belong to College of Education, we belong to the College of Technology. The reason for that is because what we will teach if we finish this course is Technical Vocational subjects, which is why we belong to Technology.
Well let's get back to the topic. Our class is face to face. The 2nd year to 4th year students will be face to face or on site while the 1st year students will still have an online class. Maybe the reason for that is because it's not really possible to have too many students in a school so they decided that some students will still go or conduct online classes. If I used to say that I would have a hard time when we did face to face classes, now that is in my favor. You probably know that we don't have electricity, so if we had an online class, I would definitely have a hard time. Because my phone must always be fully charged when that happens and I must always be online and connected to WiFi. So now I'm more in favor of us being Face to Face because somehow I think I won't be in trouble anymore. I will only think about is the cost of daily food and fare.
I'm still not complete with my things but that's not necessary for the first week of class because most of what we'll do this week is just orientation. I still don't have a uniform for OJT but I plan to just buy a second hand one, because the ones used by those who did OJT last year were said to have only been worn a few times because it was still an online class. So I can save money because it's second hand and it's only sold at a cheap price and at the same time I won't have to wait for a long time, because if I have to make an order at our school it will take a few months. So I think it's a good decision to just buy a second hand uniform for OJT.
Maybe this is the end of this article. I need to go to bed early today so I can wake up early tomorrow. But most of all, I'm still not really sure if I'm ready for the classes again, even though it's tomorrow, it still doesn't seem to have sunk into my brain. Hahaha.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for still reading my articles, I am very grateful to you. Have a happy Sunday everyone.
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Still not losing Hope
September 16, 2022. Friday.
Happy Friday Friends! It's weekend again. The days are really fast, aren't they? And next day will be October already, see if what I'm saying is wrong. Because we just welcome September but look now we are almost halfway through the month. But it's better if the days pass easily, that means that the problems and struggles we carry will pass easily, and another thing, that means that the Covid, the one we've been waiting for a long time to go away, will probably be gone soon.
And because the days go by so quickly, I don't lose hope that all the problems we are going through will pass easily. These past days, weeks and months I have always told you that I/we have many problems. They almost never run out. We will finish or solve one of our problems but something new will come. But I'm used to that, it's not new to me. That's how it always happens, so all you really need to do is strengthen your courage to fight the problems that come your way. And with the amount of problems we have, I still don't really lose hope.
***I still haven't lost hope*** that in the next few days we will have electricity again. That we can hook up and pay off our electricity debt. I still hope that we will not last in this situation. Hopefully it won't be another month without electricity. I will start school again on Monday and I will definitely have a hard time when there is no electricity and there is also a baby at home who really needs electricity. That's why I always pray that our electricity problem will be solved soon.
***I still do not lose hope*** that in the next few days people will find or have money here at home so that we can pay our debts such as the Electricity Bill and Water Bill and other debts we owe to people. I still hope for luck, maybe it's not bad that I hope for that. People work hard here at home, but their income is really insufficient, just by eating for the family, it is used up immediately. So I hope that luck will suddenly come into our lives, the kind that will surprise us.
***I am not losing hope*** that I will be able to save money again. Most of my savings were spent and gone. Now I can't write an article here often and I can't do my other side hustle or side line because my cell phone always runs out of charge, so I really have to cut it short. So I'm not really increasing my savings in fact it's still decreasing. Just like the past few days, I always have expenses, I always withdraw because I have school supplies that I really need to buy, so even if I don't want to spend, I'm really forced. But even if that is what is happening, I still will not really lose hope that in the next few days it will not be all expenses that will happen to me. I know that I will really spend again because we have school again, but I hope that when I spend, it will be replaced immediately and my savings will increase somehow.
And above all, ***I still do not lose hope*** that in the next few days the price of BCH will increase again. I know I'm not the only one who wants that to happen because most of us have been praying for it for a long time. I hope that the price of BCH would return even if it is $500. Even if it is just like that, because I know that it is a bit vague that it happened before when the All Time High was at $1000+. All I want is for the price of BCH to rise again, not now but hopefully in the next few months or better soon.
And those are the things that I still don't give up believing and expecting to happen. I know that it is not difficult to fulfill those things as long as they are accompanied by work, diligence and prayer, guaranteeing that everything we want will happen.
And that's all for today. I hope you had fun and enjoyed reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for taking your time to read this, I really appreciate it. Happy weekend everyone!
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My 1st Cash out from ySense
September 14, 2022. Wednesday.
Two years ago there was a website that I recognized and I immediately signed up there, that is ***ySense***. I mentioned to you once that I also have an account there. ySense is a platform where you can also earn money by answering surveys but take note not all surveys qualify a user, you can also earn by answering polls every day (not that big amount), you can also do their offers like installing apps and you need to run it to your phone or gadget for specific time, you can also earn by inviting others or through an affiliate program. There are many ways to make money there. Based on what I remember, the minimum payout here is **$10** through PayPal, but it can also be through others or through gift cards.
If I'm not mistaken, I joined YSense in August 2020. At first everything was not really easy, because I didn't know how to do it. I just saw YSense in a Facebook post during the rise of the pandemic. That's the time I really searched for things I could earn online because I had no money and I couldn't work so I really tried to find something to earn money from. And when I saw that Ysense based on the person who posted it was legit because he/she had cashed out several times, I didn't think twice about signing up and trying my luck there. But I didn't read carefully what I had to do at first but later I also learned how to use Ysense.
I was constantly waiting for a survey every day and when I saw an available survey I would click on it right away but sometimes I was not really lucky because of the number of available surveys, even one of them I was not qualified for. After a month I stopped using Ysense. Then I met ***Noise Cash*** a few months later, it was December as I remember. And then Noise Cash is what I always hang around because the money there is really good at that time and another thing is that it is very easy to earne and you will make money immediately. After a few months I met ***Read Cash***, I signed up but I didn't make an article at that time. A few months passed before I wrote my first article on Read Cash and since then I have always been hanging out there, my visits to Noise Cash and Ysense have also become infrequent.
But one day while I was reading posts on Noise Cash because I visited there I saw a post about Ysense and at that very moment I remembered to open my account at YSense. It's been a while since I opened it, maybe less than a year. And when I read a post about Ysense that she was making good money there, she was able to cash out almost every week, I was inspired to work hard at Ysense. And since then I have been visiting my account there every day and waiting for surveys.
It took me a few months before I was qualified again in a survey and that time I was very happy, the reward I got for answering that survey was about **$0.81**. Even if it's small for others, it's big for me because I only took 10-15 minutes to answer the survey and I already had that amount. And after that, I became qualified in surveys one after another, but not every day I was able to answer.
And after a long time of waiting and trying, I finally earn $10 dollars a day ago. If I sum it up, It takes 3-5 months since I became active again with Ysense. It may seem like a long time in you, but to me it's fine because I can't just get that money from anywhere or I can't pick that money up on the road just like that.
And I cashed out through PayPal when I reached the minimum payout. I waited a few days before I finally received it but I was so happy when it finally arrived and I proved to myself that YSense is indeed legit. When it arrived in my PayPal I converted it to Pesos and then cash-in it into my GCash. I only waited a moment and it was already reflected in my balance. I was very happy at that time.
And with the money I earned from Ysense, I bought my *School Bag* and *Graded Contact lenses*. I ordered the bag from Lazada and the Graded contact lens from Shopee. So the money I earned from Ysense really helped me, so I'm really grateful. I am thankful because blessings came to me and they came in my time of need.
For those who also want to try Ysense, click on this link that I will provide and it will take you directly there.
***ySense link*** https://www.ysense.com/?rb=108540118
And that's all for today. I hope you had fun and enjoyed reading this article of mine. Thank you for reading. I hope everyone will have a great day.
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Getting Ready
September 12, 2022. Monday.
I only have one week left to have fun and rest! My vacation is coming to an end, so my happy days are also coming to an end. Our class will start again which is next Monday, **September 19, 2022**. That means the days that I can chill or relax are numbered/counted. Because we all know that when there's class again, we can hardly do such things. But it's fine because I can say that I made the most of my almost two months of vacation. I have done what I wanted and should have done in the past few months. So now I should be really ready for going back to school. I feel like I'm getting really close to the exciting part! Hahahaha but the question is, *it is really exciting?*
That's why a week before I go back to school I need to prepare. Actually, I had already prepared things that I needed to buy for my upcoming return to face to face classes. And some of those I have already bought in the last few weeks. A while ago, I went shopping again for the items I still lacked. But to be honest, I haven't really completed my stuff yet. I still don't have a ***Bag***, which is the most important thing because if I don't have it, I won't have anything to put my things in. But I'm going to order it this week at **Shopee**, maybe at the Pay Day Sale which is on **September 15** so I can somehow save money and discount. And hopefully it will be delivered to me before September 19. The second thing I don't have is ***Shoes***. I intend to buy it from online shops but so far I haven't found any shoes that I like. I still don't know if we are required to wear uniforms on the first day of class (September 19). So I'm still not buying it. And one more thing is that the uniform of ours, incoming 4th year students, has also been changed, it turns out that we will no longer be wearing the uniform that I ordered before because we will be using a different uniform when we go to OJT. That's why I sold my uniform earlier and what I sold was what I bought some of my things from. Notebooks and Yellow Paper is what I bought earlier. I also bought foot socks, cycling shorts, alcohol, facemask and other personal items that I will need in class.
I'm still missing a few things right now, but I don't think they're needed right away. I still don't have a new uniform, the one we will use for OJT, the return to school is coming soon but until now we have no info or they have not announced how we can buy a uniform for our OJT. But we already have an idea of what it looks like, actually it is not far from the old uniform, the 1st year to 3rd year students uniform. It's the same color and design, the only difference is that our skirt will be fitted and the blouse will not have the school logo and it won't have a pocket on the chest. I just don't know what the men's uniform looks like. It costs a thousand of pesos again, just the Blouse, Skirt and Neck Tie but it's about a thousand immediately and take note that it depends on the size, if the size you buy is bigger, the price will be more expensive. Fortunately, my body is not that big now and I have lost some weight again.
Even though I went through a lot or have a lot of problems when the month of September just started, I am happy because somehow I got through it. And now what I have to do is prepare for my upcoming face to face classes. That's why I hope I can enjoy my remaining days so that before I go back to school I won't be so stressed. I also need to sleep a lot because my eye bag is too big and deep, who wouldn't have an eye bag if you haven't had enough sleep for a few days. So I think this less than one week that I have left, I will just dedicate it to sleep and rest so that I have energy when I go back to school.
And that's all for today. I hope you enjoy reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for always reading my articles, I really appreciate it. Until then. Have a great day to all of you.
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Now I know who is true to me.
September 8, 2022. Thursday.
I've been going through quite a few problems and whatnot these past few weeks and days. It's about our family, about my studies and other personal things. Sometimes I just keep them to myself because my family is also troubled, I can't tell them what I'm going through because I know they have a lot of thoughts and problems too. And this is where the issue comes in that if you have no one to tell your problem to, go to your friends and tell them about it.
I have mentioned to you before that my friends are few, can be counted on the fingers. I can't talk to my old friends or my Elementary friends anymore, I don't even know if we are still friends with them. As for my friends from this High School, I don't really talk to them anymore. So my friends in College are the only ones I can talk to about my problems and ask for advice. Maybe if I count my friends now that I'm in college, there are only five and I'm not sure if all of them are true to me. But I know that I have one true friend among those five.
Last weeks and days I often share with you what I experience in life and problems, do you know that I only share this with you? Because I'm not sure if my friends are willing to listen to what I tell them. Fortunately, it has this platform so I can still say and tell the stories that my heart and mind want to say.
We didn't have electricity for a few weeks, that's why I couldn't even talk to my friends online. Of course, I conserve the charge of my cell phone so that it lasts for a few days and I don't run out of battery right away. That's also why I haven't been able to read messages in the group chat of our class, group chat of our section and other group chats about the school. So I am not updated on the events in other words. I didn't tell my friends that they should always update me on the details because I don't want it to seem like I'm forcing them to do that because I have a problem. So I just let who messages me and who check on me, who asks if I'm okay, and who notices why I'm often absent from our online group discussions.
I think this is where the time of who are your true friends comes into and who are not. Of course true friends will always remember you and somehow never forget to check you. They'll ask how you're doing and what's the news about you, because they care for you. Now I can say that among my few friends, only one is true. The others are only my friends when they need something from me, but when I need them, I can't get help from them. When they have a problem, I immediately talk to them and I will help them as much as I can, but here I am now, I have a problem, but no one cares about me. Sad but true. They don't even chat me. But still, I don't judge them.
But I have that one friend, she doesn't say how are you but I was surprised because she gave me a little update about school announcements. She said she noticed that I didn't seen messages in our GC (group chat), so she thought she could message me about it and give me some update. Even though it was a very small thing, I really appreciated what she did, I didn't tell her or ask her to tell me but she did it on her own. Now I see who I is really true to me. And of course because she asked why I didn't seen the messages, I told her the reason was that we didn't have electricity and then I was busy watching over my sister who was in the hospital. And she said that I should go ahead and take care of what I need to do and that she would just let me know when we have something important to do in school.
Now I believe in the saying that, ***"You will really see who your true friends are in times of need."*** This is so true.
And that's all for today. I just want to share this story with you about friends because I know you can relate. Thank you so much for reading this article of mine. I hope everyone will have a good day.
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Finally, we're Home!
September 6, 2022. Tuesday.
Today was not as difficult as the previous days. My sister and her baby have been released from the hospital. ***Thank you Lord, Praise God!***
In the few days that we suffered while waiting for them to come out of the hospital, it happened last night. Yes, they were discharged from the hospital last night at **9:00 pm, September 5 Monday.** It is said that the hospital actually discharges patients at night, so that is the time they were discharged. Fortunately, my uncle agreed to let us service his tricycle first even though we have no money to pay. Because our money was really used up in the five days we were going back and forth to the hospital and also buying things that my sister and her baby needs, and for our foods also. We said that we will only pay my uncle when we have money again specifically when my mom has a job. So I hope she will have or find a job again soon! And so that we can pay off the debts we have accumulated.
At around **7:00 pm**, my mother and I were waiting at the gate to meet my sister and the baby. We also waited for almost two hours and just stood there because they released at **9:00 pm.** But it was worth our wait when we finally saw my sister riding in a wheel chair and carrying her baby, being pushed by a nurse. My smile was so big when I finally saw the baby's appearance, but of course we had to get on our service tricycle immediately so that my sister and her baby wouldn't be fogged.
We got home around **9:30 pm** because of course we still traveled, because the hospital was a bit far from our home. When we got home, everything was already cleaned. But the problem we have when we get home is the electricity. We don't have electricity because it was cut last week. So it's dark at home. Thank goodness I bought a solar panel and solar lights. So at least there is light in our house. But we don't have an electric fan so what we worry about is that the baby might get bitten by mosquitoes, but we have mosquito nets and my mom and I just fan ourselves and the baby.
But even though there were so many problems, we were still happy because finally my sister and her baby that we had been waiting for a long time came home. Everyone was happy because they saw the appearance of the baby that they had not seen since birth. Because I can't have a video call with my sister, we only text each other. For now, I will probably not show you the child's appearance because my sister still does not want to take a picture of her baby. When he is about 1 month, I will show him to you.
I'm just thankful because God listened to my prayer and that of my family that they can go home and get out of the hospital. We also struggled for a few days, but all that was not taken for granted when we finally have them here at home. Prayers are really the answer to all our needs and problems. Now what I'm praying for is that my mother will have a job and that the people here at home will have money so that we can pay for the electricity bill. I hope that God will hear my request again, I hope that they will also be fulfilled soon because we are already having a lot of trouble. But I know that we shouldn't just rely on our Lord for everything and we also need to act to make them come true and happen, I hope the people here at home will do the same, to act and help each other so that we can solve our Problems.
And that's all for today. We finally got home! We can somehow rest our minds and bodies. Thank you for reading my article, I really do appreciate it. Thank you again and God Bless us all.
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The Reason.
September 4, 2022. Sunday.
And finally somehow I had time today. I really took this time to write because I've been really busy, worried and bothered for a few days because of the happenings here with us and our family. First, our electricity went out because we had no chance to pay for it, that happened on **August 30.** So now we don't have electricity, it's been a few days. I don't know when the electricity will be restored to us, people here at home don't have enough money to pay. But I'm always praying to find money so we can have electricity again because it's really hard when you don't have electricity to use. It's good that I somehow manage to charge my cellphone. And the other day, I also ordered Solar lights at Lazada, but it's been raining here so we only got to see the sun rarely, but it's good that we can use it anyway. And there is another incident in our family and that is the reason why I have been in the hospital for several days. Now I will tell you while I still have time.
*Do you remember when I also made an article about my sister who had a miscarriage?* If you read that and still remember it, it's a good thing because you will understand what story I will tell. My sister had miscarriage in the month of **October** year **2021**. Just two months later she got pregnant again. I know that I have never mentioned this to all of you, that my sister is pregnant again, because we don't want to mess up/jinx or have what happened to her before, which is the miscarriage. It was **December 2021** when we found out she was pregnant again. In the month of **February**, my sister's boyfriend left her when she got pregnant, her boyfriend said he would come back after the election day/month but that never happened, he never came back, never called or texted my sister and never ask if my sister is fine or what's her condition, as in never. So we didn't do anything because we were all blocked by his family on facebook. I know that I have told you in some of my articles about my sister's boyfriend leaving her. So this month of **May** year of **2022** we often have problems, not only about the father of my sister's child but also about money. I told you that my sister lost her job since she got pregnant, she was fired from her job because pregnant women are not allowed to work. Then recently my mother also lost her job, so our problem is really big. What happened was that I spent my savings, because we had no other source of money and food to buy every day. And that's why I'm really troubled, our face to face classes are approaching, I often mention that to you. Of course, I need money for the upcoming back to school, so that's my problem because I've spent almost all of my savings.
Long story short, this **September 1** my sister gave birth. So there is no one else to look after her here at the hospital and organize her papers but my mom and me, because there is no child's father to organize that.
It's now **September 4** and she still hasn't been discharge in the hospital. Me and my mother have been tired for a few days going back and forth, but it's nothing because we're doing it for my sister. And I always pray that she and her son will be okay so that they can go out. They have been in the hospital for several days and we can't see their condition, I can text my sister but I can't call or video call her because the signal in the hospital is very weak. So my family and I are just going through it, always praying that she and her baby will be able to get out of there. I hope they will be discharge in the hospital tomorrow so that we don't have to suffer anymore.
That's the reason why I've been so busy these past few days specifically since September 1. I'm asking for your understanding because sometimes I can't get back to you often with your comments and messages. Please let me come back to you when everything is fine. Thank you very much.
And that's all for today. Thank you so much for reading this. May the almighty God bless us all always. Stay safe to all of us all the time.
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Ber Months + Update why I am busy for 2 days.
September 1, 2022. Thursday.
*(This was written yesterday)*
Happy September everyone. Its ***"Ber months***" already! Yehey because Christmas is just a few months away. We, Filipinos, are used to it that when the Ber Months *(September, October, November and December)* come, people start preparing for Christmas. Christmas lights have been installed inside and outside of their houses. They are already building their Christmas Tree. They even go shopping for Christmas Decorations and more. Every first day of September they play Christmas Songs or Christmas Carols early in the morning. So you will just wake up to different Christmas songs that you will hear. But this time you won't be upset because you woke up early, because you will actually be happy because you will immediately feel the vibes of the upcoming Christmas.
Well my family and I woke up early earlier but we didn't get to play Christmas songs. Because we had a power cut the other day, I already said that in my previous articles. It's a pity because it's been our habit every year that on September 1st we wake up early, turn on the radio and find a station that plays Christmas songs. That was not done today because even our radio is not working because there is no charge and it is not being charged.
Today we have another birthday in our family. If yesterday I was at my aunt's house because it was the birthday of my niece and nephew, today we should celebrate my uncle's birthday. But he said that he will not prepare now so no celebration took place at home. Just a simple lunch. It's okay because yesterday we ate a lot of different kinds of food for my niece and nephew's birthday. We were full yesterday so it's fine if we eat a little more today.
And now as I write this, I am in the waiting area of the Hospital. But I won't tell you the reason why. Maybe in the next few days I will share it with you, when everything is in order here.
September 2, 2022. Friday.
*(This is written today)*
Here's just a little update. We are still here at the Hospital and waiting for someone. That's also the reason why I was so busy today and yesterday. The signal is weak here in the area where we are waiting and you have to go out side to find a better signal. It's also raining here in our place, I'm not updated if our province is in under a signal of typhoon Henry, but I hope not. I can't even read the news online because the internet connection here is really weak and add to that we have a lot of things we are taking care of.
Maybe next day I'll tell you what I'm really doing here at the Hospital, but don't worry because I'm not hospitalized, I'm just watching over someone important here.
I hope tommorow I will really have a lot of free time to tell you what's really going on with my life but for now what I will give you is just a little update. Hope you guys understand if sometimes I can't reply to all of you but I promise that I'll make *bawi na lang sa inyong lahat.*
And thats all for now. Keep safe and healthy everyone. Thank you very much for reading this. Have a great day to all of you.
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August Goals: Did I achieve it?
August 31, 2022. Wednesday.
Here we are again on the last day of the month. The days really fly by so fast, don't they? How long have we been greeting and welcoming the first day of August and now we are here on its last day.
Most of the users here have become accustomed to setting goals every time a new month comes. I am one of those. Different types of goals are set by users here, there are personal goals, there are goals about crypto, there are goals about how many BCH they want to earn within a month, there are goals about how many articles they should be able to create, there are goals about side hustles and many other types of goals.
In the past few months, I stopped setting goals, maybe thats about the past three months, but I thought that I become more motivated and productive when I set goals, so this month I went back to setting goals again. I have only two goals this month. The first is to write at least 20 articles this month. And the second is to be able to exercise or workout once or twice a week. And today that is what we will discuss and check if I have achieved my set goals.
Let's start with my goals **to write at least 20 articles or more than 20 articles.**
I am happy to tell you that I have achieved this goal. What I am writing now is my twenty third articles of this month. So that means I did achieve it (I just repeated it for formality sake hahahha). Even though I was quite busy this last week of August, I was still able to complete the number of articles I wanted. Even though sometimes I couldn't really think of a topic and no words came out of my brain and even though I was a bit troubled and couldn't focus on writing, I still managed to write twenty three articles. So I'm still really thankful because despite of the hindrances from my left and right I was still able to write, I still achieved my goal.
Now let's go on to my second goal about **exercising once or twice a week.**
I can say that I also achieved this goal of mine, I just said once or twice a week, right? In the first week of August I was able to exercise only once, in the second week of August I was able to exercise twice, in the third week I was also able to exercise twice (or even more than two) and this fourth week it was the same also, twice. This last week of August there are only three days left so I only did 1 exercise. So to sum it all up, I really achieved my goal about this. This is the first time I achieved my goal about exercising. Discipline and Time management are really the keys to doing this. Even if it's only 10-15 minutes, I still exercise because it counts or can still be said to be an exercise. So I am also happy that I also achieved this goal.
So all in all I achieved all my set goals this month. I didn't really set many goals because I doubted if I would be able to accomplish them, so I only set two goals, at least I achieved both.
I hope you also achieved all your goals this month, but if not, that's okay because there is next time and you/we can still make up for the goals we didn't accomplish today.
And that's all for today. I hope you had fun and enjoyed reading this article of mine. Thank you so much for taking your time to check it out. Have a nice day.
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Not a Good Day of mine.
August 30, 2022. Tuesday.
Hello and Happy Tuesday sa inyong lahat. Sana ay nasa maayos na mga kalagayan pa kayo at maganda ang araw nyo ngayon.
Ako medyo hindi maganda ang araw ko ngayon. At ang rason nyan dahil naputulan kami ng kuryente. Guys, dalawang buwan lang kami hindi nakapagbayad nyan ah pero pinutulan na agad nila kami. Well ang taas taas naman kasi ng bill namin. Ang isang bill o one month bill namin ay nasa 2,400+ pesos na at ang isa pang bill ay 2,400+ pesos din kaya ang total ay nasa kulang 5,000 pesos. Hindi umaabot ng ganyang kalaki ang bill namin noon. Simula kasi ng nagkaroon kami ng kapit bahay ay dun lang lumaki ng ganyan ang monthly bill namin sa kuryente. Natatandaan nyo ba yung bahay na sinasabi ko noon dati kung saan ako nag oonline class, yun kasi ay tinirahan ng isa kong tito kasama ang buong pamilya nya. Sya, ang asawa nya at ang apat nilang anak. Mayroon ng kuryente at tubig ang bahay na yun dahil naka konekta yung line nun sa bahay namin.
Ng hindi pa sila lumilipat at kami lang ang nandirito ay wala pang 1,000 pesos ang bill ng kuryente namin. Kadalasan ay ang range lang ay 700-800 pesos a month. Wala naman kasi kaming masyadong maraming gamit dito sa bahay. Wala kaming Refrigerator, wala naman kaming Oven, wala kaming Rice Cooker at iba pang mga kagamitan na malakas kumonsumo ng kuryente. Ang meron lang kami ay Washing Machine pero hindi naman yun madalas gamitin, siguro 3 times a week lang and then yung the rest ng labahin ay hand wash na lang. Tapos meron lang kaming isang Electric Stove na hindi rin naman madalas gamitin dahil palaging mga lutong ulam na ang binibili ng mga tao dito sa bahay. Kanin lang ang palaging niluluto doon at tuwing tanghali at gabi lamang iyon. Tapos mga ilaw lang, meron kaming apat na ilaw lang yung maliliit lang watts para hindi maaksaya sa kuryente. Isang ilaw sa kwarto namin, at isa sa kwarto sa lolo at lola ko, isa sa kusina, isa sa labas ng bahay, yung ilaw kasi sa banyo ay pinatay naman palagi at kapag may gagamit lang ng banyo at tsaka lang bubuksan iyon. Tapos meron lang kaming 3 clip fan (yung uso ngayon dahil sobrang makakatipid ka daw kapag yun lang ang gagamitin mo, which is totoo naman talaga). Isang clip fan sa kwarto namin, isa sa kwarto nila lolo at lola at isa sa sala. At iilan lang din naman ang gadget namin dito sa bahay. Isa sa akin, isa sa mama ko at isa lag sa lola ko. Wala naman kaming mga laptop tablet, computer at iba oang gadget. Kaya naman matipid lang talaga kami sa kuryente noon.
Simula ng dumating sila ay doon na talaga tumaas ang bill ng kuryente namin. Hindi ko alam kung ilan ang lahat ng mga kagamitan nila pero for sure ay marami at yun ang mismong dahilan kung bakit tumaas ang kuryente namin.
Noong una ay nagshe share naman sila sa pagbabayad ng kuryente, siguro noong unang dalawang buwan na bago pa lang sila dito pero ng mga sumunod na buwan na ay hindi na sila nagshe share kaya naipon ang bayarin namin. Hinahati naman namin sa dalawang part ang bill ng kuryente, kung 2,400 pesos ag bill ay split ang dalawang bahay. 1,200 sa bahay namin at 1,200 pesos din sa kabilang bahay, sa bahay ng tito ko. Kahit na mas marami silang kagamitan kumpara sa amin ay hinahati pa rin namin ng patas ang pagbabayad. Sa bill naman ng tubig ay never pa silang nagshare sa amin simula ng dumating sila dito. Kaya ang mama ko ay yun ang binabayaran palagi pero nagshashare pa rin sya sa kuryente. Pero nitong nakaraang buwan ay nawalan ng trabaho ang mama ko kaya hindi sya nakapag share. Tapos yung tito ko ay palaging sinasabi na wala din syang pera kaya naman naipon ng 2 months ang bill ng kuryente namin. And this month din ay palagi nyang daing na wala syang pera.
So hindi talaga kami nakabayad nitong mga nakaraang buwan. Pero sa tingin ko kung nagtutulong tulong ang tao dito sa bahay ay hindi mangyayari ito.
And yan nga ang dahilan kung bakit hindi ganun kaganda ang araw ko ngayon. As of now habang sinusulat ko ito ay nasa 90 percent nalang ang charge ng phone ko. Buti na lang at nakapag charge ako kaninang umaga bago putulin ang kuryente. Hindi ako gumagamit ng phone palagi para maisave ko nga ang charge nito.
So hanggang dito na lang muna guys kailangan ko pang tipirin ang charge ng battery ko. Gusto ko lang talaga ishare itong pangyayari sa buhay ko ngayong araw.
And that’s all for today. Thank you very much for reading this article, I really appreciate it. Until again. Have a great day ahead!
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New Bunch of Happiness added to our House
August 29, 2022. Monday.
Last **August 19, 2022** Bridgette gave birth to Five puppies. I share that in this article, **Bridgette is now a mom!** It states there what she went through before she gave birth, while she gave birth, and after she gave birth. And what I'm referring to as an additional bunch of happiness at home are Bridgette's five puppies/babies. https://read.cash/@Expelliarmus30/bridgette-is-now-a-mom-702ed4f1
Since they came to our life, the house has added a strange joy again. It's been a long time since we had a Girl Dog at home, so it's been many years since we had a puppy here. ***Betong and Bridgette*** were not that small when they were given to us, I mean they are quite big, the type that can eat by themselves, not the type that still needs to be breastfed and can't walk yet. That's why now that we have another puppy, everyone is so happy. We enjoy observing and watching as they grow. Today they are 10 days old (1 week and three days). It's been a week but they still can't see in other words their eyes are not open yet. They can crawl but they still can't walk properly.
And as I promised in my last article about Bridgette that I would show you the appearance of Bridgette's 5 babies/puppies, and this is that day. I'm sorry if you can't see their looks clearly in the picture, because I can't take a good photo of them because they move a lot and the photos become blurry because they are constantly moving. That's why I'll take a photo of them while they're sleeping so they don't get messed up and somehow the pictures I'm going to show you will be neat. And I will introduce them one by one.
**Bridgette's first born.**
He is pure white at first glance, but when you inspect his whole body, he has a little shade of brown in other parts of his body, it's not even very obvious because it doesn't seem to be visible because he's so small. He is a boy. He is the tallest among five siblings but he is not that fat, his weight is just right. This one doesn't like being held, because there's a time that I tried to pick him up, he seems to get loose. He is also not strong in terms of drinking milk from his mom *(hindi sya malakas dumede)* and that is the reason why he is not very fat.
**Bridgette's second born.**
She is black in color but sometimes it seems to be a gray when up close and when you look at it in person. In the picture, she looks like she is really black. She is also not too fat because she is not greedy for milk *(dede)* either. This is the most kind of all for me. It's because she's always sleeping and she doesn't cry much. When I pick her up, she is also very quiet and soon she falls asleep. Yes, she falls asleep quickly when I'm carrying her. This one have just the right weight and she is a girl.
**Bridgette's third born.**
This is the fattest among the five. She is also the cutest among them, because she is fat. She is the strongest ***dumede*** of them all, so it cannot be denied why she is the fattest. She also often cries, maybe because she's looking for mom or she wants to have moms milk because she's hungry again. She is the most mischievous of them all. She does a lot of sleeping position and she does sleep in every corner of their bed. She often sneaks up in different part of their bed. If you can see her in the picture, she is White and Black, but when you see her in person, she also has a mixture of brown. The shade of black is mixed with color brown. So she has three colors. She is also a girl.
I don't know who will be next to her because my grandmother said that we shouldn't watch Bridgette's giving birth because she was having a hard time. So when she gave birth to her 3 babies, we left her and after just over an hour when we came back, she had already 5 babies so I don't know who came first from the remaining two. But based on my observation, this is the order of the last two puppies.
**Bridgette's fourth born.**
She is also brown in color mixed with black, but the brown color she had is darker compared to the original brown. She is also one of the nicest of the five. She is also quiet and always asleep, they have the same characteristic of the second born. She is also not very fat because she is not strong *dumede* either. This one I don't carry too much because she doesn't cry often. She is also a girl.
**Bridgette fifth born.**
For me, this is the youngest. But why does I said ut? Becuase he cry so much when his mother disappears for a moment, he immediately cries, sometimes even though his mother is right next to him, he still cries and sometimes when he has no place *para makadede sya* , he cries. That's why I can sya the he youngest. This one is also fat because of *malakas syang dumede*. Here in the picture he is really brown and if you can see he has a line of Black on his back and his hands or paws are White. He is a boy.
And those are the newly added pleasures here in our house. Five were immediately added to our family. Until now they don't have names but I gave them something or called them ***"Butbut"*** I don't know why I thought of calling them that but for me it's just cute listening to that word. And if you think they are thin, you are wrong because when you see them in person, they are really fat, that's why they look so cute, maybe they just look different in the picture so they look skinny.
And that's all for today. I hope you had fun and enjoyed reading this article of mine. And I hope I gave you a little pinch of cuteness in this article. Thank you so much for reading. Have a great Monday.
****All photos used are mine****
Pinoy Foods that I love the most.
August 28, 2022. Sunday.
When our stomach is full, our mood is also good, we have a lot of energy and we can think clearly. That's why food really does something different to people. That's why food is really valuable to our body and mind.
That's why today I thought of sharing some of the Pinoy foods that I really like to eat all the time, in other words my favorite foods.
As many articles as I have written here, the articles about foods I have written can only be counted on the fingers. So today they will finally be added. This is another article about foods. So without further ado I will start this.
**Sisig**
I really like it partnered with rice. I know that others just make it as their snack when they are drinking alcohol, but I like to add it to rice because it tastes better when made into a dish than just a snack. As long as it's any kind of Sisig, I like it. I also like the canned sisig, I also like the sisig that is ready to heat and of course the homemade sisig above all. Seriously, who wouldn't love sisig, right? But I know there are still others out there who don't like the taste of Sisig, especially people who don't want to eat only the internal organs of animals, especially pork. But to be honest, guys, I also don't really eat internal organs, but because Sisig is so delicious, it's the only thing that makes me eat it. I don't really eat liver either but the sisig made me eat it.
**Bicol Express**
Even if it's spicy in your eyes, it's still very tasty. Other people don't like it very much because of its spiciness, but for me it's the spiciness that makes it delicious. I still remember every lunch break when I was still in Senior High School, that was the dish I was always looking for in our canteen and if I didn't see anything for sale or they didn't cook it that day or its out of the menu, I would go out to our school and shop at the nearby Cafeteria. That's how much I liked to eat Bicol Express dishes. Well, now I rarely eat it, so once they cook it at home, I make to eat the most of it. No matter how or what way the Bicol express is cooked, I still like it, whether it has a lot of coconut milk or a lot of chili, I will still want to eat it. I also like the canned goods with the flavor of Bicol Express.
**Chicken Adobo**
I have mentioned this to you all the time, that this is my favorite dish of all. But I really prefer Chicken Adobo compared to Pork Adobo. Pork Adobo is too greasy for me. I think you know what I want to point out. Chicken Abodo is still the best for me. I prefer the type of Adobo that really tastes more sour and it really has a broth or sabaw in Tagalog. Usually, other people's Adobo do not have broth or its dry. But I really prefer the soupier Adobo one so that I can put the sabaw over my rice and I can really taste it better. Others put cream on the adobo because for them it takes away the fishy taste, I have tasted that kind of adobo but I still really prefer the one without cream.
**Halo Halo**
After the dishes, let's go to Dessert. This is one of the original Filipino foods. It's perfect whenever the weather is hot, but it can also be eaten even if it's not too hot, depending on the person, because it's possible not to put too much ice on it. Of course, Halo Halo tastes better when its ingredients are complete. There are jackfruit, gelatin, sago, pinipig, banana, beans, and other in it. You can also put others here, but of course you should not miss out on the ingredients that makes it more delicious the Evaporated Milk, Leche Flan and Ice Cream and of course Ice. It is eaten after the main course because its a dessert, but others eat it only as a snack in the hot afternoon.
**Nilupak**
Now let's go to Delicacies. It is also one of the original Pinoy delicacies. I was about 12 years old when I got to know this food. And the first time I tasted it, I really liked it and started looking for it over and over again. It used to sell for only 5 pesos per piece to us and people also used it as a snack. I think I can consume 5 pieces of it in just one sitting hahaha. Well, I really like it because it's really delicious. Now I can't eat it often because I don't see people selling it since the pandemic. That's why I miss eating it again. The next day I hope to see someone selling it again so I can buy it and eat it again.
And those are just some of my favorite foods. I am a person who eats a lot so I like a lot of food. But would you believe that I really eat a lot when I say that I'm also a picky eater? Well it's true that I'm really picky when it comes to food but at the same time I'm really a food lover. I don't know how to explain that but it's true. But all I can say is that I just believe that Food is Life hahaha.
And that's all for today. I hope you didn't hungry while reading this article of mine hahaha. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you very much and Happy Sunday.
****Lead image source****: **Pinoy Foods** https://travellingfoodie.net/traditional-filipino-food/
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