Another Fun Challenge: Would You Rather? Bring it on!
So here's another interesting challenge that circulating this platform. I am rather late because @Ruffa and @Jane said that this challenge is done after I made the "This or That" challenge. Ruffa said that thia challenge is been in the homepage but I didn't see any but thanks to @WanderingMedStudent he posted an article about this and attached a **link**. So here I am doing this challenge though its late. https://randomwordgenerator.com/would-you-rather-question.php
So lets start!
▶️**Would you rather kiss a random stranger on the mouth or use a family member's toothbrush?**
Just oh my God! Even thinking about using a family member's toothbrush makes me feel gross, I'd rather do this one than kissing a random stranger on the mouth. I can 't even bare to think the embarrassment if I did kiss a stranger. How I wish the earth will open and eat me up. I will just use family member's toothbrush and I won't say it to them.
▶️**Would you rather wear clothes that are a bit too small or wear clothes three times too big?**
To tell you, I am the type of person who hates small and fit clothes,clothes and can stop me from moving, so I'd rather wear clothes three times big than too small. Atleast in big clothes I can move freely.
▶️**Would you rather a best friend or five really good friends?**
Bestfriends. In five good friends I can't guarantee that they are really good. Who knows someone will stab me at the back or maybe someone is juat pretending to be a **"good"** friend. In good friends I need to show the best of me while in bestfriend whatever and whoever I am she'he will surely accept me. (Based on experience)
▶️**Would you rather have your phone hacked or have your house robbed?**
I'd rather have my phone hacked that have our house robbed. I don't have much important things in my phone. While our house have things that are valuable that me and my siblings bought.
▶️**Would you rather always have a slow Internet connection or always be in traffic jams when you drive?**
I hate traffic! Seriously! I experienced it many times when I used to worked in Cainta. 2 hours in the road is such annoying and frustrating. Sometimes I ended up sleeping in jeepney with sweats all over my face and body because of the heavy traffic.
▶️**Would you rather be seen as a person who always whines or as someone who is a bad person?**
I'd rather be seen as a person who always whines than someone who is a bad person. Whining does mean I am a bad person.
▶️**Would you rather burn your tongue or burn the top of your mouth?**
Burn my tongue, of course. Atleast I can hide it, though I can't taste for the mean time. If I burn the top of my mouth, many people can see, with their judging eyes and I hate it.
▶️**Would you rather be able to hear all the positive things people say about you or all the negative things people say about you?**
Compliment boost someone's life. Who don't like hearing positive things about you? Isn't that's what everyone wants to hear? But reality, we can't avoid hearing negative things about us. Whether you do good or bad, people will still say something about you. That's why sometimes its hard to be a good person always.
▶️**Would you rather look and feel 20 years younger from the neck down or the neck up?**
This is hard. Haha. Imagine, your face looks younger but your body isn't and your body look younger but your face looks old. I can't choose.
▶️**Would you rather have a perfect memory of your past or be able to see one minute into your future?**
This one is quite hard. Let me say depend on the situation. If I am missing someone, I rather have a perfect memory of the past, but isn't amazing to see only a minute of your future? I can see it in a minute, and there are things got wrong, I can fix it if ever. I can't decide.
▶️**Would you rather be able to control fire or be able to control water?**
Can I choose both? This is one of my greatest fantasy, having a superpower. Whichever in the two I'll receive I will accept it wholeheartedly. For once I can say, ***"I have superpowers".***
▶️**Would you rather lose all your keys or your wallet?**
Of course keys. I can change it with the money in my wallet. Its hard to earn money, you know. But with keys I can simply make a duplicate of it.
Done!
So this is my **"Would You Rather Challenge"**. Hope you are satisfied with my answers. If you don't, just simply comment it down and lets have a talk.haha
If you want to try this challenge, link is above.
Enjoy and have fun!
July 19, 2021
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Basic Mother Tongue Dialect: Bicol Polangui
Naisipan ko itong article na ito dahil na rin sa pagtututor ko.
So, meron akong tinuturuan sabi ng mommy nya hirap daw kasi sa mother tongue so need magpatutor and focus lang daw dun. Grade 3 na sya ngayong pasukan at alam naman siguro ng nakararaming Pilipino dito, lalo na yung mga magulang, na ang mother tongue ay itinuturo simula Grade 1 hanggang Grade 3.
Swerte ng maituturing ang mga nakatira sa Manila kung saan ang Mother tongue na ituturo sa kanila ay nasa wikang Filipino na o Tagalog. Hindi na sila mahihirapan sa pag-intindi.
Kung ating papansinin ngayon, marami sa mga bata ang nakamulatan ng wika dito sa atin ay English o kaya naman ay Filipino. Kahit dito sa aming probinsya, halos karamihan ng bata ay Filipino o English na ang naging unang linggwaheng natutunan, kung kaya, sa pagdagdag ng Mother Tongue bilang isang asignatura sa pagtuturo ay talagang panibagong hamon sa mga guro at mga bata. Marami ng bata sa ngayon ay hindi na gumagamit ng Mother Tongue.
Dito sa aming probinsya, ang Mother Tongue na dapat ituro ay Bicol. Siguro may mag-iisip sa inyo na madali na lamang magturo dahil marami sa mga guro ang nakamulatan na ang diyalektong ito. Pero sa katunayan, mahirap pa rin pong ituro. May iba't ibang diyalekto dito sa bicol. May pagkakaiba at meron din namang pagkakapareho. Siguro naman ganyan din sa ibang probinsya.
Dito sa Albay, bicol ang diyalektong ginagamit ngunit bawat lalawigan ay may pagkakaiba-iba, katulad na lang dito sa aming lugar. Bayan ng Polangui ang bayang aking kinagisnan. Masasabi kong bihasa ako sa aming diyalekto ngunit pagdating sa pagtuturo nito ay aaminin kung hirap ako. Iba kasi ang salita sa aklat, sa salita na aming sinasambit.
**Narito ang mga halimbawa:**
Sa aklat, ****banggi****. Sa aming salita, ****gabi****.
Sa aklat, ****Igwa****. Sa aming salita, ****Kayun****.
Sa aklat, ****aki****. Sa aming salita, ****akus****.
Sa aklat, ****helang****. Sa aming salita, ****ilang****.
Sa aklat, ****parus****. Sa aming salita, ****angin****.
Sa aklat, **kawat**. Sa aming salita, ****amon****.
Kung kayo ay taga-bicol marahil ay maiintidihan nyo ang iba dyan lalo na kung taga-Polangui din kayo.
Minsan dahil magkaiba nga ang salita sa libro at sa salita na aming sinasambit, nagtatanong na lamang ako sa aking mga magulang kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng mga salitang hindi ko alam. Mabuti na lamang at alam din nila, pero yung iba hindi din nila alam. Paano na lamang kung ganun ang eksena? Hindi ko alam at hindi alam ng aking mga magulang. Sino na lamang ang aking tatanungan upang maipaliwanag sa aking tinuturuan? Hirap din minsan maghanap sa google. Walang translator sa mga diyalekto minsan, kung meron man ang natratranslate lamang ay yung mga ***"main dialect"***. Kaya minsan ayaw kung magturo ng Mother Tongue.
Ngayon, gusto kung ibahagi sa inyo ang aming salita. Hindi ba masayang matuto ng salita ng ibang lalawigan? Malay nyo makapunta kayo dito sa amin, atleast may alam na kayo.
**Narito ang halimbawa ng Bicol-Polangui with Filipino translation.**
**Gabi - Gabi** (may diin po yung pagsalita.)
**Kayun - meron**
**Akus - Bata**
**ilang - sakit**
**Angin - hangin** (inalisan lang ng H)
**Kawat - laro**
**Gurang - matanda**
**Salag - itlog**
**Lana - mantika**
**Ragom - karayom**
**Tursido - sinulid**
**Bayong - ibon**
**Ungaw - pusa**
**Ayam - aso**
**Alduw - araw**
**Tanum - tanim**
**Til - paa**
**Kamut - kamay**
**Payo - ulo**
**Urong - ilong**
**Tud - tuhod**
**Baluy - bahay**
**Nguso - bibig**
**Alas - ahas**
**Orig - baboy**
**Raga - lupa**
**Idto - doon**
**Idi - dito**
**Pawno - Paano**
**Sisay - sino**
**Kinano - kailan**
**Babu - daga**
**Atup - bubong**
**Bukid - bundok**
Yan na muna siguro. Mahirap isa- isahin. Pero kung may tanong kayo feel free to drop it in the comment section.
Why not make this as a challenge, kaya? I am sure maraming Pilipino saan bahagi ng Pilipinas, ang member dito. Malay natin may pareho pala tayong mga salita. At matututo pa tayo ng iba't ibang diyalekto.
So lets make your own version of ***"Basic Mother Tongue Dialect"*** challenge na.
Anong masasabi mo @Ruffa, @Yen, @Zhyne06 and @Jane?
Drop yours na!
Enjoy and Have Fun!
**July 17, 2021**
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Choices: This or That
**Choices**.
Life always gives us choices. Between Yes or No, right or wrong, should or should not, this or that, etc. It always leave us which to choose and not.
Sometimes choosing leave us in agony and contemplation especially when we both like the choices. We can't easily choose between the two, like choosing you love most between your mom and dad. It quite gives the headache, right?
Apparently, having choices helps us to understand ourself more and create decisions that can helps us.
So now, here are some "***This or That***" choices I want to answer.
▶️Cookies or Cake?
I prefer cakes than cookies. Although eating sweets makes me have tonsillitis, I can't possibly refuse cake when being offered, especially when its a chocolate cake. I can't eat too much though.
▶️Cat or Dog?
We have a dog and its name is Nana. Although we have dog, I prefer cat. Why? Because I don't need to care take of it as much as dogs. I don't need potty trained the cat because they learn it by themselves. Recently we we adopt a cat and I observe it. It poop outside the house and he cover it with the sand by his own.
▶️Pop Music or Rock Music
I am the type of person who prefer mellow songs, so I choose Pop Music. I am not a fond of rock music because sometimes it hurts my ears listening to it.
▶️Stuff animals or Dolls?
Stuff animals. Its nice to cuddle them during sleep. Warm and soft. Dolls on the other hand, is too small that I can't hug them. When I was a kid, I don't play much with dolls though my mom bought me. I only left it and only played when my mom don't allow me to play outside.
▶️Pancakes or Waffles?
Pancakes, especially when applied with margarine and topped with sugar. Its the best. Its a good snack in the afternoon.
▶️Hot chocolate or Coffee?
I love chocolate but I don't want it to be hot, so I choose coffee instead. I drink coffee when I want to, even the weather is too hot. I drink coffee twice or thrice a day.
▶️Morning or Evening?
I am not a morning person so I choose evening. During evening the temperature is low, kinda bit cold so I can sleep peacefully. Unlike morning, when the sun shine brightly, I can sleep during afternoon because its too hot that sometimes even the air coming from the electric fan is warm/hot.
▶️Text message or Call?
I'm not in too texting nor calling, but if I really need to choose between the two, I prefer text messages. I got shy when someone called me. Sometimes when my family or friends calls me, I don't often answer their calls. I will let it ring until it stop and text them afterwards why they called.
▶️Library or Museum?
I loved to read, but not in library. Too many books distract me. I can't finish reading a single book in library because I keep on looking for more interesting books. Museum on the other hand fascinates me. I love to see interesting things. I don't care if my neck hurts looking from left to right as long as I see all the interesting things. So I choose museum.
▶️Rain or snow?
SNOW! Since Philippines is a tropical country, we don't experience snow which I want to experience. One on my bucket list is to go to other country like Korea or Japan just to experience the SNOW!
▶️Comedy or Horror?
This one is a bit harder. I love watching both comedy and horror, depends on my mood. I can't weigh which I like the most. Can I choose both?
▶️Singing or Dancing?
My feet are both left. My body is as hard as a tree. In other words, I can't dance. Haha. In terms of singing, let me lift myself, my voice is nice/beautiful.😁
▶️Flowers or Trees
I love flowers that I everytime I see one, I get my phone and take a picture.
▶️Straight ir Curly Hair?
I was born with straight hair, that I want to try making it curl but at the end of the day, I still choose straight hair.
▶️Fruits or Vegetables?
I can't count in my hands how many vegetables I can eat, so I prefer fruits.
▶️Puzzle or Board Games?
I find puzzle really fun and interesting. I can play it all day without getting bored. I love playing jigsaw puzzle, crossword puzzle and any kind of puzzle. I remember I installed an application in my phone that is related to puzzle. I can play anytime and anywhere.
▶️Writing Poetry or Reading Poetry?
I love to reading poetry that can inspire m e to write poetry.
Closing Thought
This is my entry at ate @Zhyne06 's "This and That Challenge" . This is interesting and like she said there are some questions that are interesting, but I prefer not to answer too. Some are also quite hard to answer, I can't choose between this and that. https://read.cash/@Zhyne06/this-or-that-challenge-e142c367
If yon want to try, just visit ate @Zhyne06's article. She included the link or you can make your own questions.
Enjoy and have fun!
**July 16, 2021**
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Thanks!
Back on Track
I've been inactive for almost a week. Why? I don't feel the will to write. I keep myself busy in other stuff, like playing mobile games, reading in Webtoon and watching Kdramas and movies. Often times when I don't feel to use my phone and an aloof myself from the internet, I went to mountain just to unwind. Just simple lying in a hammock while looking up at the sky.
I procrastinate, yes and I think I gained weight again. I am too lazy to do anything. But now I am thinking to lose weight but the problem is when will I start, cause even thinking about it makes me feel tired. I keep myself busy also with some household chores. Washing the dishes every morning and washing the layndry after every two days.
I barely social and interact with my friends. I often talk to them even in chats. Exchanging messages is not my thing, I only do it when its important or if I have questions and so friends have too.
Now, my days get even productive. During Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays I have a tutoring session. Teaching reading english with comprehension and spelling, and also teaching Mother Tongue as well.
Last Tuesday, my friends and I went to Legaspi City to process our renewal of our license. Its a very tiring day. This pandemic is very hassle. Every appointment must done online. Its a waste of money to went back and forth, the renewal and certification is done separately. We need to follow our appointment date and time. I thought I can renew my license at that time because there are less people who are renewing their license. I can count with my fingers in both hands and feet. It was a long and tiring day.
Last week my elementary classmate arrived. She requested to have a reunion, just to see us because she haven't seen us for almost 12 years. I joined because I haven't seen some of our classmates also. We boodle fight and drink. Catch things up. Saying our hellos and how are you. Reminiscing the days when we are are kid that used to playing every breaktime, our naughtiness in school and other things. Some of my classmates have their own family now. Its fun to talked to them. It was a wonderful night for me. Its a good thing since I haven't socialize much plus this pandemic. Good thing we meet and have some chat.
I think now you find this article of mine as boring.Talking different topics. Consider this as me being active again here. I already pulished an article First Time Drinker and I am planning to publish aleast 2-3 articles per week. I getting motivated again. I will try to be active as much as possible. I will continue sharing my stories and thoughts. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/first-time-drinker-746589a8
I've got good response with the bot. He visited my article after a while. I also noticed that some of my sponsors left. Maybe they are disappointed because I am not active and decided not to renew their sponsorship. Though it happened and I can't force them to be my sponsor again I am still thankful to them because they're part of my read cash journey. I am also thankful to those who stay. Thank you so much.
To those who continue supporting my journey here, thank you very much. Hope you'll continue to support me until the end.
Once again this is me @JulyAnn back on track again.
Thanks for reading until the end.
**July 15, 2021**
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First Time Drinker
When was your first time tasting an alcohol?
You probably can't remember because it was ages ago or maybe you does because its one of some memorable moment of life? I guess?
Some say, drinking is the best stress-reliever. It takes away your problems, your thoughts.
I grew up seeing my father drinking alcohol occasionally, and often times when his friends wanted to drink that he can't refuse to say no. I saw how my father and brothers changed everytime they are drunk. Often times, I hate it when they drunk but sometimes I don't care.
My mother, on the other hand, never tasted alcohol. Even how many times her friends asked her to drink, she never got influenced. She's stick and firm with her objections. Getting tired of her refusal, they stopped after.
Seeing how alcohol affects someone, I told myself that I will never ever drink. I really hate it and I am very firm about not tasting a bit of alcohol. I heard that alcohol taste like medicines, that makes me have a reason not to drink. I hate taking medicines. When I am sick during my childhood, my mother always forced me to drink medicine. They forced me to open my mouth just to drink it. Sometimes, they dissolved it in water and even told me that it taste like a candy. But when I taste it, it makes me ran outside or in the bathroom to vomit. I also hate the taste of vomit that's make me have a reason not to drink medicines. After that, if I have a fever, I make sure that my mother didn't noticed... But then **"Mothers Knows Best"** even you don't utter a single word, they definitely know what it is. So everytime I have a fever its noisy and chaos in the house. My mother is so stressed because of me.
From then on I'll make sure I will not have a fever and luckily in a year, once or twice I'm feeling feverish.
Everytime there is a party or celebration, drinking is a must. My friends sometimes asked me to drink and me as I don't drink, my excuse was "I don't drink." If they still insists I will told them that *"Hindi nga ako umiinom ng gamot, alak pa kaya?"* And after that they will stopped asking me. I've been using that line up to this day but not until this friend of mine asked us to meet up because she is so stressed with her work.
We hang-out. Eating while talking. They bought GSM Blue Mojito, Sprite and Yakult. After eating they opened the bottle of Mojito and mix the soda and Yakult in it.
They're asking me to taste it and said that it won't make me drunk. At first I refused, but after a few attempt of asking me, and with a bit of curiosity what does it taste, I agree to have a small glass with a half of the drink. I smelled before tasting it. It doesn't have smell unlike other drinks and when I taste it I can't even taste the alcohol. The drink taste similar to juice (I forgot the name.)After drink it, in a while, I felt my face is burning that I'm feeling hot. Is that the effect of drinking?
They said that half of the drink on the glass is enough for me since I am a first time drinker and that's totally fine with me because I am also afraid I might get drunk.
They continue their drink while me is busy eating. After a while, my friend who told me to drink only a little bit said that I should drink more and afterwards took back what she said. She is quite pretty drunk, I guess? She's talkative too and talking nonsense. I think that's her behaviour when drunk.
The drinking session ended and where heading home. While riding in the jeepney I felt my head hurts a little and tolerated it until I got home. I am thinking why my head suddenly hurt. I am not exposed in the sun, and I am not hungry.
Does a half glass of alcohol makes me drunk and make my head hurts?
Anyway, I ate what I have said to never taste alcohol. 😁
Thanks for reading.
July 14, 2021
**P.S**
Please bear reading my article, I just type whatever comes to my mind. 😁
When we're used to it, But suddenly its gone
*"That's the problem, we do get used to things." ~~ Paulo Coelho*
That's right! Once we experienced it multiple times, we get used to it that once its gone we tend to complain, rant and of course we feel sad. Getting used to what's happening feels nothing afterwards. Why? Because we are used to it.
I've read @Eybyoung 's article **Ranting Just Because of "$0" Tip at noise** which tackled about how and why some user didn't receive tips and she even give tips on what to do to avoid that kind of scenario. https://read.cash/@Eybyoung/ranting-just-because-of-0-tip-at-noise-62d4edb1
I've read lots of complaints/rants about not receiving tips from so many hearts on their post. Honestly, like most of the users, I am also one of them who keeps questioning the system **"Why?"** I feel sympathy, and where on the same shoes, and I don't blame you.
**Noise cash rules are very simple.**
✔️ ***No begging for tips and subscriptions.***
***✔️ No erotic or porn content***
***✔️ No obvious illegal content***
***✔️ Stay polite!***
***✔️ No content intended to disgust users.***
***✔️ No extremism, call to violence or glorification of violence.***
https://noise.cash/rules
Following these rules shows how noise.cash is a friendly site. We are free to express ourselves, thoughts and ideas. Just one thing that we need to put in our mind, it must be an **"original content".**
If I am not mistaken noise cash is established only on December 2020. On the same month I made my first account. Yes, you read it right, my **"first"** account. I wasn't really debrief on how noise cash really works. I was told to just simply post anything and that's what I did. I am not aware of posting original content, so sometimes, especially when I am lazy to keep my mind at work, I copy and paste qoutes on google. Posted multiple times in just a minute. That's what I did during my early days until I stop receiving tips. I asked ***"why"*** and that's when I realized I need to stop posting a **"copy and paste"** qoutes from google and start posting an **"original content".**
My first account didn't get recovered from receiving tips. Thinking about how waste of time waiting to get it back to the way it is, I loss my patience and created my **"second"** account. Unlike the first account, I make sure I posted an **"original content".** My earnings are back. Although its not high compared to some, I am happy and satisfied because atleast I am earning again.
I get used to earn a little each day. I continue posting my own content. My thoughts, my photographs, my daily activity, etc like what others do. I just keep in mind the **"do's and don'ts"** that I need to follow.
My second account lasted for three months I guess, then suddenly I stop receiving tips again. I ask again "***Why***?" if I did something wrong, read the rules again and again, and think of all the reminders I received from others about posting and giving hearts, but all I could think is I never did wrong. Why am I experiencing it when only what I do is post an **"original content"** and do what is right? Why is some users posting short post and yet still continue receiving tips? See? I throw all my whys. I even chatted my friend about it and asked her as well. I even complain and say it to some of my virtual friends. Still no tips. Then again, I abandoned my second account.
I am really sad about it. I told myself I will not create again an account in noise and just focus here. And I eat my own words. Everytime I heard some of my recruited users how noise cash becomes better every update they encourage me to create an account again. At first I am really hesitant to create, thinking it will happen again, so why bother? But after their few attempts, I create my "**third**" account. I rest for more than two weeks before starting over again and after creating, I received tips again.
Final thoughts
This time, for two days now, I stop receiving tips again but I won't create an account again. Why? Because I am used to it now.
That's our problem. When we continue receiving and got used to it we are very happy but once it stop, we complain and rant without looking for an answer.
We received tips but when it stop we tend to act sometimes harashly and blame anyone who we think is responsible. Often times because of disappointment and thinking how unfair it is, we also drag people down.
Lets stop the crab mentality. Be happy to everyone. Lets get used to what is happening. **Let us all remember that getting used to it sometimes hurt and heal us**. Less expectation, less disappointment. So lets all stop complaining and throwing our rants. Lets wait and see how things turn out well.
***Lets better get used to it, since noise.cash is still young and improving.***
**July 2, 2021**
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A Special Day? Maybe not.
Got lost of the date today. I thought June have 31st but sadly is hasn't. Apparently, tomorrow is my special day, my birthday. But should I consider it a "special" day?
Its not that I am not thankful to God for giving me life as well as to my parents. I am very thankful to them because I exist.
Talking about my birthday, I can't remember when was the last time I celebrated my birthday. Last year, my sister only bought a small birthday cake and greeted me, and that's it. No celebration. I never had a birthday celebration.
Since elementary I want my birthday to fall on weekends. Why? Because I don't want my classmates to know that its my birthday. When some of my classmates celebrated their birthday in school, they celebrate it in school which they brought foods like spaghetti, lumpia, hotdog, sandwich, juice, cake, etc. I think my classmates got used with the birthday celebration. They will asked everyone when is their birthdays and they will surely memorize it. If its your birthday, they will ask you if you will bring foods in class, a Jollibee is much prefer. But sorry to them, I came in not a well-off family.
I remember during 4th grade, it was my birthday. When I entered the classroom everyone is greeting me a happy birthday, of course I am happy, except the way the asked and demand for foods. They are asking me to treat them even food from canteen. I told them that I don't have many. My daily "baon" or allowance during that time is only 3 pesos. How can I treat them? But atleast some of my classmate understand me.
During recess, when I was about to went to the canteen, one of my classmate called me and hand me money(20 pesos) plus a rubberband (panahong usong uso yung rubberband para paglaruan). I asked what was that for and she simply told me that it was a birthday treat from one of my boy classmate. I was tongue-tied because I never expect it. After it sink in, I told him to gave it back because I won't accept it but my boy classmate insisted. I only accept the rubberband and gave the money back to him. I told him that I should be the one treating him because its my birthday but because I don't have money, I can't. That I really do appreciate his action and rubberband is enough as a birthday present.
I am very happy when my birthday falls during weekend. Only my family can greet me and that's fine with me. My mother will accompanied me to chapel and light a candle for my birthday.
During highschool, only few of my classmates knows my birthday, only my bestfriends and few classmates. They will greet me and that's it. Back to being a normal day.
After that, my birthday becomes a normal day, and I got used to it. A greetings from my family and friends and that's it. That's how I spend my birthday for the past years and I guess that's how I will do tomorrow. Nothing special, just a normal day.
I wantes to treat myself and unwind. Go to some places, but on the second thought I'll just stay at home. Being unemployed is such a great hassle and problem. Even if I want to treat myself, I can't because I only have enough money. Transportation fare hikes triple plus the foods I will spend if ever I will go. So inteads of spending money, might as well stay at home and give the money to my mother. I haven't given her enough money because I am unemployed.
Birthdays? Yes, its the time we should feel special. Be thankful of the life and all blessings we received. But for me, birthdays are just a normal day.
So, my birthday, **Happy Birthday to me**! Thank you God for another year. 😊
**June 30, 2021**
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Thank you!
Thank you @Jane for renewing your sponsorship. Kahit hindi ako masyadong active. 😊
Escaping Darkness
Life isn't all about happiness. There are times that we felt the negative emotions of it without a plan, that we can't even dodge it.
Life is full of emotions. Emotions we often have control. Like many says, ***"Life is like a roller coaster ride"***. It has twists and turns.
Have you ever felt that you are trap in darkness? That no one can save you except yourself? Well I am. I was once trapped, that I'm looking for a hand that can pull me.
It was the beginning of pandemic. I know that some people felt what I felt. Maybe because of the scare that the covid-19 brought. The thought of its effects can turned a perfectly sane person to a paranoid one.
I can't exactly remember how it started. All I know if I am perfectly fine. Doing fine. Making myself busy and entertained myself despite being lock at home. I still enjoying those days despite the lockdown. And June 2020 when I discover readcash because of my friend. That's add some hobby to my day to day activity. Readcash awaken my sleeping love of writing. Since then, read cash became journal, the outlet of my hidden thoughts and emotions, and also the stories I never told.
Around August, I noticed that something is wrong with me. When night broke, that the surrounding becomes in total darkness, floods of negatives keeps rushing in. It enters my ears from both left and right and stuck in my brain. And soon I realized, I fell in depression.
Countless sleepless nights I can't control my thoughts. I tried to shove the negative thoughts but they are stucked in my head. They seems like they are at the very bottom of my brain, trying to plucked them, trying to removed them, but I failed do so.
In morning I am fine, being jolly all the time, but as soon as the nights falls, a tears fall in my eyes. Darkness eating my consciousness, filling up with thoughts of sadness, sorrows, and apprehensions.
I searched online on some symtoms of depression and how to overcome it. I also took some different depression test and all of them evaluated me with mild depression. I don't know if those tests are really reliable or legit, but based on the results, symptoms and what I felt that time, I know its right.
I need someone to talked too. Someone I can vent and listen to my supplications. Hesitate, I contacted few of my friends. I know some of them are busy, but still I am hoping I can talk to anyone. Since I need an immediate person whom I can talk too, I scrolled my messenger app and looked for anyone who is online at that moment and I found two of my friends are active. I immediately type my messages and sent it both to them. I didn't first told them about my situation, but soon after our conversation lasted for a minute or two, I opened up to them.
I thought I finally found someone to talked too, but everything I said to them their replies always had a "haha". They thought that I am joking, but hell no! I am dead serious, but they don't believed me. It annoys me, so I stopped messaging them for the time being and look for someone else who can understand and most especially believe me. Lucky, I my friend also feeling what I am feeling. From then on we exchange our thoughts and somehow it helps me. But our conversation was so short, and after that we never get the chance to talk again.
Feeling in great sorrow, I find a way to get myself out into the darkness. I had a long and countless night battle with my thoughts and atlast, I won. I escaped the darkness. The long tunnel of darkness finally ends and I see the blinding lights of new beginning.
How?
My enemy is myself, and no one can defeat it except myself. Since the cause of my sorrow and depression is the negative thoughts that filling my mind, I exchange it with any positive thoughts I can think. Its quite hard but from continuous efforts and perseverance, I freed myself.
Now, I can sleep peacefully. No more countless sleepnes nights.
And this is my story of how I escaped darkness.
This is my writing prompt about **"Darkeness"** that started by @JonicaBradley .
If you want to make one too, feel free to do so. Just make sure it is 100% original, atleast 600 words, tag @JonicaBradley and most especially have fun writing.
Thank you.
**June 18, 2021**
When I thought, atlast the @TheRandomRewarder finally visited my account, but when I check my notification it was @JonicaBradley.
Thank you so much! Your upvotes made me happy.
Thank you @TengoLoTodo for unexpected sponsorship! May Godbless you. 😊
A Shocking News!
***What would you do or react if someone you knew is been infected by Covid-19 virus?***
It's been less than two years since Covid-19 broke all over the world and almost millions of people died because of it. No one has been exception on this virus, from adult to kids, anyone can be infected without properly taking good care of their health.
In **Philippines**, from **3 January 2020** to **3:33pm CEST, 12 June 2021**, there have been **1,300,349 confirmed cases** of COVID-19 with **22,507 deaths**, reported to WHO. As of **4 June 2021**, a total of **5,678,991 vaccine doses** have been administered.
https://covid19.who.int/region/wpro/country/ph
Although, many companies have been discovered the vaccines, Covid-19 virus still lingers and infecting thousands of people all over the world.
**Globally**, as of **3:33pm CEST, 12 June 2021**, there have been **174,918,667 confirmed cases** of COVID-19, including **3,782,490 deaths**, reported to WHO. As of **9 June 2021**, a total of **2,156,550,767 vaccine doses** have been administered.
https://covid19.who.int/
We are experiencing a major changes of our lives. It change the way how we communicate with others. Physical communication is being less and the way we social with others also change that we must follow social distancing. The way we live has change.
Last day, I talked to my friend in messenger. Saying "Hello" and "How are you?" towards one another. She said she's fine and our conversation got long because we have lots of topic to talk about. Trying to catch things up. In the middle of our conversation, she said that she supposedly going home here in bicol but something unexpected came up. I asked her what was it, and jokingly said to her that she should not delay her travel going back here so that we can personally talk what's happening with our lives. She started talking about this unexpected reason why she can't travel for the meantime.
One of our friend, her co-worker, is diagnosed as Covid-19 positive. What she said really shocked me! I asked her multiple of questions. I got goosebumps and totally shocked from what I've heard. I was tongue-tied and can't think of a proper reply.
First, how did it happen? Because as far as I know, they are staying at their workplace. Did they go outside being not careful? Or are they meeting other people outside or in their workplace? But again, knowing their boss being health conscious and meticulously following the health protocol, how come she still got infected?
She told me that this friend of ours has been experiencing Covid-19 symptoms around month of March or April, she's not sure. She can't taste the foods nor smell any fragrance even the alcohol. After showing signs and symptoms, she was being isolated and quarantine in their workplace, while the others are sent to their home to prevent the spread of the virus to everyone.
Ever since then, my friend who's telling be this story was sent to her home as well and quarantine herself to make sure she does not been affected. Thank God after 14 days of self quarantine she is safe. But this friend of ours is still under isolation. They didn't contact any medical experts who can professionally tell them that she is really positive in Covid-19. They just assumed because of the signs and symptoms she experienced.
What this friend of ours do, is drink vitamins and make herself healthy. And after that she get back to normal.
Months passed. They continue their set up as work from home for everyone's safety.
And this Month, end of their contract and they all planning to go back here in Bicol. As being issued by the government, anyone who wants to go back to their provinces must undergo swab test for everyone safety. Swab testing is worth a minimum price of Php. 3,000+ not sure though some testing facilities, laboratories and clinics rates are different. But there are some government agencies gave free swab testing.
So, this friend of ours went to free swab testing together with her co-worker, and they got tested. They got the result earlier than the said schedule. And unfortunately this friend of ours is said to be positive in Covid-19 while her co-worker is not.
This friend of ours was got by the ambulance and was sent to quarantine facilties. Her co-worker on the other hand was being quarantine and still under observation for 14 days. This friend of ours doesn't show and symptoms when she got tested, that's why they are wondering how it happen and still they didn't find answer to their hows.
Based on my friends story, I concluded that during the time she shows symptoms, it was the time that she reallu has a Covid virus. They didn't just address it because the symptoms gone after a weeks or months. They thought that it was just their mere assumptions. But when got tested, they finally realized it.
Lucky, there's no contact of any other workers except the one who accompanied her to take the test.
My friend chatted this friend of ours if she is okay, and she said that she's fine. She doesn't feel any abnormal or weird her body, that she wanted to go home but unfortunately she can't.
I leave a message to this friend of ours, asking if she is okay. Knowing that she is alone and might think of anything that is not good to her health, I wanted to talk to her and have a conversation. But she refused to start a conversation to me. So I can't properly ask her how she's doing and how's her health.
I just hope and pray that she is fine and she will recover soon. Please include her to your prayers.
Written by: @JulyAnn
June 13, 2021
Please read my sister's article about sunset. Here's the link. https://read.cash/@PhotoandSappy/why-sunset-is-my-fave-time-of-the-day-5f1fe177
Oh Why Captain, Why?
*"A good leader must be a good follower."*
Where did I hear or read this qoute? I can't remember. Its suddenly pop up in my head while thinking about this article.
Let's talk about how to be a good leader. What characteristics or qualities should a leader need to possess to be considered good?
**Leadership** is the ability on an idividual to lead, inspire and guide to transform other individuals, groups, organization, community, and country for a good cause. **Leader** is someone who leads and take action for the change of others.
Leadership first established at home, where our parents are the leaders that help us to be organize, to have unity, and to help one another. They set rules to make the household peace and harmony.
One thing is for sure, Leaders are absolutely important.
**What makes a good leader?**
A good leader is one who is capable of making decisions, determined to work for the betterment, has the willingness to manage and rectify issues and most importantly, stand what is right.
A good leader must be ****responsible****. Responsibility is of most the most qualities of a good leader. A good leader should acknowledge others opinions and accepts someone and their own faults, failures and mistakes. A good leader shouldn't point fingers to others and should take the responsibility instead of blaming others.
A good leader should be ****honest****. As what saying says, ***"Honesty is the best Policy."*** a good leader should set an example to be honest. Mistakes is inevitable, and everyone made their own mistakes. Accepting and admitting mistakes is a sign of honesty.
A good leader should be a ****trustworthy****. Trust is the most fragile emotion that every individual possessed. Once trust is broken, it can never fix nor restore. It will become damaged forever. People choose their leader because they trust them. Leaders should show that they are trustworthy not just at the beginning but until the end.
Qualities of a Good Leader
Must be capable of making tough and brave decisions.
Should have the courage to stand up and say what needs to be said rather than tell what people like.
Should work for people's well-being rather than fighting for their better political positions.
Must listen to other people and represents them faithfully.
Should be loyal to the people.
Should be humble and down-to-earth.
Should have no biases. Treat people equally.
Those are the said qualities that should a good leader need to possesed.
***So here is the story...***
Covid-19 pandemic affects the entire world. The World Health Organization together with the Government reminding everyone to strictly follow the health protocol to stop the spread of Covid-19 virus that kills more than millions of lives. Every country down to its community must be aware how dangerous this virus is. Everyone **MUST** follow and **ABIDE** the rules and regulations.
In some provinces, cases isn't that higher that in the city. Although provinces are following the rules, still its not as strict as in the city.
Last month, I think, our barangay announced that every constituents should wear face mask when going outside their houses. Children and elders are not allowed to go out too. When seen without wearing face mask, a penalty with a fine is being issued to you, when proven. Everyone followed. **BUT**, when I was sitting in our balcony, I saw our barangay captain riding his motorcycle together with his son, **WITHOUT** face mask, and take note, his son is only 3 years old. He do it most of the times. Some people when saw him multiple times without wearing face mask, they followed and copied him. They don't wear their masks too. They're just said that "Why do we need to wear mask when our leader isn't wearing it too?"
We are neighbors with our barangay captain. We saw him before he left for work.
Curfew is being implemented too for minors under 17 years old, and they need to go home before 10 pm. Some of my brothers friends visit our home to play Mobile Legends and post in noise cash. They went home before 10pm because they also aware of the curfews. In the morning our barangay captain saw them already but he never cared, but during evening when they still there and he saw them, he will send them home saying its curfew already. Only when he's drunk he can act tough. My brother tested him once in the morning when he isn't drunk. They tried if our captain will say anything to them, but when he passed by, he can't even looked at their eyes and he act that they are invisible. And during night and he was drunk again, he sent them away telling that he will capture and prison them if they won't go home.
Here is another thing, not covid related. He walked passed our house early in the morning. My mother who lived in the mountain went down to get some water to drink. Our barangay captain called her and said that we should clean and sweep our yards. Our yards isn't that big so we can easily clean it without sweat. We cleaned early in the morning, and sometimes in the afternoon because of the leaves that fall from the tree and carried by the wind that landed in our yard. Cleaning our yard is a must so he don't need to remind us and even my mother. My mother answered him yes and we are cleaning it everyday. During that time we're still asleep so we haven't sweep the leaves yet.
Before, the garbage collector always collecting our garbage, but after that incident, they refused to collect it. My mother asked one of the garbage collector and he confessed that it was our barangay captains command, not to collect our garbages.
Another thing, the automobile of the barangay should use for barangay purposed only, right? But it was made as a service of his son when buying food for dinner. The "tanod" or the barangay police is the one driving it.
Upon knowing his actions and behaviours, all I do is to slapped my palm in my forehead. Why is he like that? That not the act of a good leader.
At first he's going his job, as a leader, well. I guess that's the action of every politician. The beginning was an act thag they're doing their job properly and act like a good leader and eventually after a year they change. And every Filipino I guess know and understand what I am talking about.
***Oh why Captain, why??***
**Thank you for reading.**
**June 4, 2021**
Hi everyone! Another recruited user, my sister, @PhotoandSappy! Please welcome her too!
https://read.cash/@PhotoandSappy/hi-a-newbie-in-readcash-44272853
Please welcome my brother, @Kushina.
https://read.cash/@kushina/self-introduction-and-how-i-discovered-readcash-76e136ed
I hope you'll support him too. Thanks!
Too Much Love Will Kill You
`Disclaimer! This is not a song. This is about the Love story of my niece who falls deeply inlove with a guy`.
My niece grew up without a mom taking good care of her. She and her sister was left my their father at the province where they grew up, because their father needs to work at manila.
Being left there, she wasn't feel the love of her relatives and sometime they are being mistreated. When their father knew about their situation he got them, and they lived together in Manila.
They rented a small house where they can stay. Their father gave everything they want. They was sent to school to finished their studies. But life isn't easy for them. Thier father was a shoe maker. His wage can't supply their daily necessities plus their study, their house rent, the bills for electricity and water supply. But despite that their father gave his everything to sustained what their needs are. My niece on the other hand, their a blind eye of her father's hardship to support them. She request any luxury she wants. Its because of her jealousy to her schoolmates and friends. Whatever she saw with them, she want it too.
One day, she developed an infatuation with a boy. She confessed her feelings but unfortunately she was rejected because of her curly hair. Devastated with her confession, she told her father that she want to got a rebond. She want to show go the boy that she changed. Her father during that time has no money. Upon know it, she threatened her father that she will run away from home if he didn't follow what she wants. Afraid that she will really do it, her father find a money and did what she wants.
After taking a rebond, the boy still doesn't like her.
After sometime, she decided to learned on how to play guitar. Without second thought she told her father that she wants a guitar. And same thing happened if he won't gave want she wants.
Having a hard time supporting their needs, their father decided to sent them here in bicol, while he was left behind to continue working in Manila to support them.
They were taking care of their grandmother, her father's mother. At first they are okay, until their grandmother can't my niece attitude. She continue to buy her luxury, make up and other cosmetics. Her grandmother got angry to her because she's buying anything instead of what they need at home. She was slapped by her grandmother because of that arguments. From then on, she eloped.
My mother on the other hand, was concerned about what might happen to her. She let her stay at our house and called her father to have a conversation with her mother, and so he did. Their conversation led to my niece staying at our house because her grandmother don't want to see her anymore.
She stayed at us while studying. During her stay, I was in Manila working. But my siblings told me about her behaviour. My mother lives in mountain and only my siblings are staying in the house. They told me that my niece will tell my mother that she will be late coming home because of some school projects. But unfortunately is was a lie.
During the time that she told my mother of school projects, she was actually with her boyfriend whom she met because of her friend. Her boyfriend was her friends brother.
After knowing it, my mother talked to her and said not do to it again. That if she wants to see his boyfriend, he can visit at our home. To avoide the possible outcome if they continue secretly seeing each other. In other words their relationship are legal and her father knows it too.
Their relationship continue and went well, until one day, she told my mother that she will going to lived in her boyfriend's house. After what she told my mother immediately called her father. After a long conversation, they decided to follow her decision. Why? Because same as before, he will threatened her father if he object. And so they lived together.
Like any other relationship, their relationship didn't smooth. They argued multiple times because of misunderstanding.
Suddenly, we saw her Facebook status about she wanted to die and do anything to kill herself. It lasted for a month. When we asked her sister about what's happening to her, she told us that her ate is acting strange because her boyfriend went to Manila to work. They have an argument about it. She didn't want her boyfriend go anywhere. That she will die if he leave her.
Her boyfriend only want is to find a job to support her and for their future. The same thing she did to her father, she threatened her boyfriend too, that she will hang herself or drink chlorine. She even took a selfie of her pale face.
Her sister told as that she actually bought a rope to hang herself. She texted her sister to go home because she will actuallu hang herself. When her sister arrived she was actually doing it. With her sister's adrenaline rush, she was pulled. They both end up crying.
When we went back home in bicol, she told us her love story. Everything since the beginning. Repeatedly and without ending. She told us that her boyfriend is as handsome as Cha Eun Woo, a korean singer/idol and actor. She told us all her known adjective to boost his oh-so-handsome-boyfriend.
One day, she went to out house crying. We asked her what happened. She told us that her boyfriend is cheating on her, chatting different girls. We advised her what she needs to do. That she should break up with him. She refused because she will die if they broke up. And so we stop.
We observed her boyfriends behaviour and treatment towards her. And we therefore conclude that her boyfriend doesn't care anymore. She is the one working to her boyfriends family, while her boyfriend and family is busily idling at their house waiting for her to feed them. Sometimes her boyfriend went anywhere riding his bicycle and coming home late. My niece was being mistreated by her boyfriends sisters. Still she won't leave and broke up with him because she will die. She told us that just thinking about breaking up with her boyfriends suffocates her. She felt that she can't breathe.
Countless of advice where being thrown to her by us and by other people but its no used. So we give up and let her do want she wants and see how long she can able to handle it. We care but she didn't see it because she is blinded by her love.
She is just 20 years old and she have a long journey and a bright future. Why trap and hold herself in a relationship that still unsure? She is sacrificing her future. She stop going to school and started working just to support her boyfriend's family. She didn't even think of her fathers sacrifices.
How can someone say they will die if they were left my his/her boyfriend/girlfriend? Did they ever realized that they lived longer before knowing that someone. My niece live for 20 years and yet she is saying that she can't live without him?
What do you think? I think my niece is a masochist. She was hurt many times but still accept him with love.
Is this what love is? Is this how love was?
**Thanks for reading!**
**June 3, 2021**
Thank you Sir @Macronald for the sponsorship. God bless.
Thank @Laurenceuuu for the sponsorship!😘 More blessings to come, my friend!
A Month of Read.cash Journey
Time flies really fast. I didn't notice that yesterday marks my one month user of read.cash. I actually planned to publish this article yesterday, but I already published my article about my Birthday plan. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/my-birthday-plan-7305b8c8
To mark my one month, here are the recaps of my read.cash journey.
List of My Articles
****Spreading BCH awareness in my Neighborhood**** - this talks about how I got engaged some of my younger brother's friend to joined noise.cash and introduced cryptocurrency to them, especially BCH. I've got 22 views and no tips with this article. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/spreading-bch-awareness-in-my-neighborhood-117b2440
****Personal Shots of Flowers**** - this article is about how read.cash and other users influenced me with photography. I presented in this article my sample photography shots of different flowers. I've got 12 views and $0.32 tip with this article. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/personal-shots-of-flowers-70d71862
****The State of Being Unemployed**** - this talks about how I am being criticize because of being unemployed. I've got 18 views with this article and got my highest tip so far with $7.80. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/the-state-of-being-unemployed-9d88bd98
****Digital Artworks**** - I have shared my brothers digital artwork as what he requested. This got 13 views and $0.05 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/digital-artworks-176c37c6
****The Benefits of Washing the Dishes**** - I made an article about a video I saw in facebook. This article got 16 views and $3.28 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/the-benefits-of-washing-the-dishes-226ed622
****Setting My First Goals with My BCH Earnings**** - I was inspired by other users making achieving their goals with the help of BCH, so I set my own goals too. This article got 33 views and $7.35 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/setting-my-first-goal-with-my-bch-earnings-3b733545
****From Mobile Legends Addict to Nois.cash**** - how my younger brother's friend break their addiction to Mobile Legends with the helped of noise.cash. This got 21 views and $0.64 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/from-mobile-legends-addicts-to-noisecash-142e336d
****Which is more Important your wallet or Phone?**** - this article talks about the importance of wallet and phone, but which is more important? I've got 21 views and $5.20 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/which-is-more-important-your-wallet-or-your-phone-c4095713
****Read.cash and Noise.cash: The Game Changer**** - this talks about my opinion on how read.cash and noise.cash change the people using other social media platforms. This got 22 views and $0.11 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/readcash-noisecash-the-game-changer-a418cca4
****Noise.cash helps People's Lives**** -this talks about how noise.cash helps everyone's life during this crisis, most especially my younger brother. This got 16 views and $0.99 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/noisecash-help-peoples-lives-03edd220
****Subtracting Social Media Accounts, Adding Earning Sites/Apps**** - this talks about removing some of my social media accounts and adding/installing some earning application. Thia got 11 views and $0.79 tips. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/subtracting-social-medias-adding-earning-sitesapps-7da51186
****My Birthday Plan**** - this talks about I will use my BCH earning for my incoming Birthday. I published it last night and got 5 views and $0.37 tips so far. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/my-birthday-plan-7305b8c8
These are some of my published articles so far within a month. In total I published 32 articles and this one becomes my 33rd article.
You can click ****this**** if you wish to see and read some of my articles not listed above. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn
Within a month I earned a total of **$37.92** and I've gained **29** subscribers who continue to support and read my not-so interesting and boring articles. And I would like to take this opportunity to thank them. Thank you for all your support.
And within a month also I have received sponsorship with this generous people. My first ever sponsor @FrieLincs thank you for your sponsorship. @Jane, one of my virtual friends who continue to support me since the day I am active in thia platform until I came back. And last is @Jonjonjon who just sponsored me last night. Thank you! Thank you! And also to sir @Macronald who silently supporting me with his generous tips and encourage me with his comments.
Its such a great opportunity to know read.cash. That helps me voice out my thoughts, my ideas, my opinions, and my story. Read.cash becomes my bridge to communicate and socialize with other people except my friends. I've met virtual friends. I received a lot of support also to this kind, generous, and friendly people @Ruffa , @Yen , @tired_momma , @Zhyne06 , @Jeaneth and @SenseiZero .
Thank you! Thank you so much everyone. My one month in read.cash becomes wonderful and amazing because of all of you.
**Thank you for reading!**
**June 2, 2021**
Thank you @Jonjonjon for the sponsorship! More blessings to come.
My Birthday Plan
Today is June 1, 2021 and 30 days from now is my special day. Yup! You read it right, my special day... my Birthday!
Why do we celebrate birthdays?
Birthday comes only once a year. A birthday is a time when a person acknowledge his/her birth or the day he/she was born. When we celebrate birthday we are not only celebrating the length of their life, but we also celebrate how much they've grown in the past year.
**Reasons why Birthdays are Important to Celebrate**
****Birthday was the Beginning**** - birth was the beginning of life. God created us to serve a purpose in this world. Birthday is an indication that we still have work to do for the Kingdo kf God. Birthday is a sign that we have yet another chance to fulfill our unique mission.
****Celebrating is an expression of thanks**** - birthday is a time to celebrate birth itself. It is an expression to thank God for being born and still being alive. It is an occassion to rethink and reflect our life.
****Its a chance for a Refresher**** - birthday is not just the time to think our birth but also a time to think our rebirth. No matter how things went yesterday or last year we always have the capacity to try again. Our birthday is a refresher, a chance to regenerate.
****Opens a Door to New Mercies**** - to live another year is an achievement and blessing. It means we have another year worth of blessing. Think how many nights God allows us to sleep and lie down, how many morning He wake us up with brand new mercies.
****A Chance to Acknowledge our Existence**** - when we celebrate birthday we acknowledge our existence. No matter what kind family we were born or what our past looks like, we are here to live our lofe to the fullest.
**Reference**: *Why Birthdays Should be Celebrated...* https://holidappy.com/party-planning/Reasons-Birthdays-Should-Be-Celebrated
Some of us, ever since a kid or even a months old, their parents are making a lots of effort celebrate the day their child was born.
As mentioned above, birthday comes once a year, and it is worth celebrating for. But their are times that birthdays should be celebrated more extra during age of 7 years old, 18 years old for girls and 21 years old for boys.
****Significance of 7th Birthday****
It is the time where we are starting to have a moral sense of right and wrong. It signify some sort of independence since this is usually the age we grade school. Therefore, it is seen as a great milestone of a child.
****Significanse of 18th or 21st Birthday or Debut****
Turning 18 officially marks the end of childhood. Now that we are adult, we can now make our own decisions. We comes now with great responsibilities like other adult.
Most of us can't forget their 7th, 18th or 21st Birthday because of its memorable celebration.
Welk in my case, I don't recall having a birthday blast party like most of you experienced. I don't celebrate my 7th and 18th birthday. Reason? We're lack financially. Actually its okay and understand my parents. Every day is a battlefield for them. They are only earning enough money to support our daily necessities. We can't afford to celebrate birthday cause what we have financially is enough for our daily needs.
As a kid before I was hoping for atleast a birthday cake but even that one is impossible to achieve. I remembered during my past birthdays, my mother will company me to church and we will light a candle to thank God for another year. I will make a wish there.
My 18th birthday went passed as a normal day too. Nothing special. My parents told me before my 18th birthday that we will cook spaghetti or pansit. But during my birthday, we faced problem financially. So instead of celebrating it, I told my parents not to be bothered because I have more birthdays to come.
During my 25th birthday, my sister bought me a small red ribbon cake and we just put a candle on it. Even with just a cake I am very happy and felt that my birthday becomes special.
Now that my birthday is coming, I am planning to save my bch earnings starting today. I want to celebrate it with my family since we are complete here in our humble home. A simple celebration will be fine as long as we are complete.
I still have 30 more days to earn and save. Hope I can save enough money to buy cake and foods that we can eat together.
**Thanks for reading!**
****June 1, 2021****
Noise.cash help people's lives.
I am sure you are pretty aware that noise cash is not a job. They said it loud and clear. Don't make noise cash as your job. That if you want to earn a lot of money, you seriously need to find a job.
We are lucky to discover noise cash and read cash. During pandemic where the government decided to lockdown places and do not allowed people to go outside, noise cash and read cash becomes the shoulder where we can lean on.
From, people who loses their jobs, mothers who stay at home, students who needs to support their online learning, noise and read cash mostly helped everyone. No doubt the number of users increases every day.
Noise cash is not a job, yet it help peoples lives. From the amount we can earn it's a great help especially this pandemic.
Some people earned almost $3 a day, and if you can multiply that amount in a months its really a great help to support some of the needed necessity every day, especially when you don't have a temporary source of income.
For some students noise cash is a great helped. To think that they need money to support their online classes. Realization wise, not all students have their wifis, some only uses their mobile data connection. Another expenses to think of their parents. That's why some students didn't attend their online classes even they want too. Thanks to noise cash moat of them can support now their online classes plus they are earning enough to buy things that they need.
But of course no one can earn without investing their time and effort with their perseverance. If we don't invest our time and effort posting with good quality contents, we won't be able to earn even a singel dollar a day, plus with our perseverance.
Let me tell you about my brothers journey in noise cash and how noise cash help him.
My brother's username in noise cash is Kushina. I joined noise cash around December or January? I don't remember clearly. But @sc told me about it. https://noise.cash/u/kushina
During those months I am here now in our province and started earning now in noise cash. When I told him about the site and askes him to join, he refused me flat and told that I can do it and never should asked him again.
January 1st, New Years day, he lost his phone. Our mother got really mad at him, because that phone was only installment and she just finished paying it.
My brother is a college student and he need phone to attend his online classes. My sister let him borrowed her old phone so that she can attend his classes.
March 2020 I told his friend about noise cash and recruit them to join which they also did. My brother on the other hand, still refused to join. His friends are satisfied with their noise cash experience. They told me that with the micro tips they received they can accumulate and save money. They want to saved and decide what to buy or where use their money that they earned.
After convincing my brother multiple times, he decided to join and I think its second week of April. He told me that he decided to join to save money and buy phone. He's getting impatient with my sister's old phone because it internal storage is running low even though he don't have any apps installed and saved files.
The start of his noise cash experience went well. He post his digital artwork his some of users like. With his perseverance and persistently posting his earning and saving enough money. He kept his money to us, and never told us how much he earned in total. Even his minimum payout is a secret to us. When we teased him that maybe his money is Php. 3,000 he only looked at us with a sly smiled.
And after almost one and a half month. He told us how much he earned. But before that he told us that he well reveal his earnings if we add money so that he can buy phone and only just a little amount of money is needed for him to buy. He already canvass and looked of what phone to buy and he decided and choose Realme C25 which is worth Php. 7,500, so we agree.
Guess what? For almost one and a half month he earned Php. 5,000. And last May 29, 2021 he finally bought a phone.
He bought it cash and my sister only add Php. 2,500 so he can buy it. Now he had better phone for his online classes.
It's not just my brother, his friend only bought phone but for installment.
See? Noise cash really helps people's lives.
***So you, how did noise cash help you?***
Freedom is to be Free
Before I start this article let me mention first @Jane. Thank you for mentioning me in your article ***Freedom: Spilling The Beans And Letting Go Of My Darkest Past******.*** This is good opportunity to tell my own story. https://read.cash/@Jane/freedom-spilling-the-beans-and-letting-go-of-my-darkest-past-e38e5020
Where should I start?
Should I start in a form of a song like what @Yen did? Or start with the common introduction, which is to define freedom? Or should I go straight to my own version of freedom?
Compared to the two articles I have read, my own version of freedom is way to different.
***Freedom is right to enjoy life.***
I am raise by my parents with less constraints. They allowed me to enjoy my life as a kid and as an adult.
My parents aren't too strict. When I was a kid, they let me play all day. They let me play in the ground. They let me play in the rain. They let me play whatever play I wanted too play, except with dangerous games. They stared at me with their loving eyes while I am playing. I never felt jealous towards another kids with their new toys. I am contented playing outside without too much restriction. When I got hurt or got dirty, they will be upset or be mad, but still allowed to me play. To be free. To exercise my rights as a child which is to enjoy my life.
When I started to attend school, I thought things may changed, that they will be strict and ask me to focus on my study like what other parents do. But that was just my imagination. My parents care, they care about my study. Of course they want me to excel in academics, but they never say it directly. They will always say that I don't need to push myself too hard, that I can do better next time. What's important is that I passed.
Before I don't realize and understand their actions. I asked myself...
*"Why are my parents like that? Do they really care?"*
*"Why other parents get angry and furious when their child got lower grades and my parents are not?"*
Those questions stumbled on my mind. Then I realized why they are like that. How? When my classmates and I talked and compared our grades. They told me how their parents got mad at them because of their low grades. Some of them got spanked with slippers or stick because of it. Some are not allowed to play outside if their homeworks aren't done. After knowing their stories, I simply told myself how lucky I am for having such loving and understanding parents. For allowing me to enjoy my school days without pressure.
***Freedom is freewill.***
When I started high school, my parents started to tighten their guards and constraints some of my actions, but not too much. I am sure all of you can relate. Girls in high school are considered a young lady. We can't do everything like we used to. We need to act according to our age.
My parents explained it very well to me. The do's and don't, but still they make sure that I enjoy my days as a high school student. They allowed me to hang-out with friends after class, hang-out during weekends, went to mall and unwind, and do what other high school girls do. That time, I know I am free. My parents just told me this one great reminder.
***"Know and understand which is right and wrong."***
Until college I kept that great reminder. Knowing what is right and wrong comes after standing with your own freewill. To make my own decision and decide what I want. To stand with whatever decision I make.
My parents never interfere with any of my decision. They stand beside me, support me with every decision I make. When I failed, they comfort me with their warm and caring words. They never judge nor blamed me in my every wrong decision.
***Freedom is rights***
Now that I am an adult, still my parents allowed me to do what I want. In my entire life, I never felt like a bird prisoned in a cage. They let me be a bird freely flying in the vast blue sky. Enjoying the view and enjoying life.
My parents know that I should exercise my rights to be ***FREE***.
****Thanks for reading!****
I've got $250 Tip!
Disclaimer!
Before you visit my account, read this first. Thank you!
Read cash is a platform where you can get tip from the random rewarder and other users if they like your originally written article.
With consistent publishing articles and interacting with other users, the chances of getting an upvote has high probability.
Maybe you are curious and wondering now about the title. And maybe you are raising your eyebrow as you read the title. Well I can blame you, seeing a $250 is a huge amount. And getting tip with that said amount is considered a blessing.
Its impossible to get that kind of tip, right? You can only get that if you were tip by powerhouse tippers like sir @MarcDeMesel .
But believe me or not, I've got tip of $250.
Disclaimer: Read 'till the end.
I am a 3 weeks user of read cash. I consistently writing an my original articles, consistently reading and interacting with other users. And honestly there are times that I don't publish articles because I can't think any topic. I only write when I have a story to tell. For a day, I can't create but the next day, I can.
In 3 weeks, I created and published more than 20 articles. Received tips from bot and from other users. The highest tip I received so far is $7.80. I am very happy. For the first time, I received a highest tip.
Then after some days, I received my second highest tip which is $7.35.
Not all my articles are receiving tips.
Even though I don't receive tips in some of my articles, it didn't stop me from creating articles. I enjoy this platform more than knowing that I can earn.
I learned a lot and meet new friends who I can talk to anytime. Whom I can exchange conversation with, share my problems and burdens and exchange jokes. They are always ready to lend their shoulder and ears.
Read cash is now part of my daily routine. Every time I have a free time, I read and comments on articles. Its fun to read different kinda of articles. Life stories of users, their love life, their struggle, etc. Their are so many articles that you can read that suits your cup of tea.
Read cash becomes part of my system. Morning until night I always make sure to open and read some updates from the users I've subscribed. As of today I got two sponsors, @FrieLincs and @Jane. And withing 3 weeks I've gained 22 subscribers. I am very happy with that achievements.
I know my articles are not interesting, but still their are people who always read, support and encourage me to continue. With that reason alone, it motivates me to continue to write and not to give up.
I just published article yesterday, Repetition and at night I published again Questions in a Job Interview. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/repetition-9d8662e1 https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/questions-in-a-job-interview-ad26be4f
I busily reading articles and commenting when suddenly I got a notification. When I clicked the notification bell, it said that I got tip of $250. I am trying to see the name of the user who gave me that tip, but it gets blurry as I look closer. I opened my article to know, but still no good. I am very happy to received that tip. I can even put my phone down. I can't even blinked my eyes or even looked away. My eyes are focused on the money I have on my read cash wallet.
I am refreshing my browser to see if I am not hallucinating. After refreshing, the money are still in my read cash wallet. My lips automatically curved. I can't even hide my smile and happiness.
After a minute, I decided to transfer it to my bitcoin wallet. When I was about to do it, I heard my mothers voice.
***"What do you want for breakfast?"***
That's make me open my eyes. As soon as I open my eyes, reality hits me. It was a **DREAM**!
Trying to deny the reality, I grab my phone and visit read cash. And this make me wide awake.
Since realization hits me, I laughed at myself. I remembered what I did last night. After publishing my article Questions in a Job Interview, I fell asleep. Thats how read cash started to invade my dream. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/questions-in-a-job-interview-ad26be4f
*Is this the effect of read cash to me?* Hahaha
What a funny dream, it is. Although I am hoping that it is true, reality says it's far from being true!
*How about you, have you experience this kind of dream too?*
Second to With Honors
The idea of writing this article is from @Yen . After writing her article some also tell their own story. So here I am, decided to tell mine. And maybe this is my opportunity to boost myself. 😊😁
Please bare with me. Thanks!
Happiness comes from what we get and achieve, and as a child and a pupil, being recognize and achieving something is happiness.
If you don't remember last time I share my story about being a Secretary. (Click this). Special thanks to my father who patiently taught me to write. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/the-secretary-is-me-c494ddab
After learning how to write my name in the ground and in paper, my parents sent me to school. I think its their belief that one's their child learned how to write they will enrolled them to school. And after enrolling they will let school taught us. My parents aren't strict about school stuff like grades. They let us do what we want.
As for my case, I entered grade one with just only knowing how to write my name and some letters in the alphabet. I am a total blank sheet of paper where teachers need to filled up with learnings.
As a grade one pupil, with less care about the world and environment, all I want is to play all day. My first day in school was a nerve-wrecking that I broke into tears and it happened many times. My sister accompanied me to my classroom then left afterwards. With unfamiliar faces and place, I cried. My teacher called my sister every time I cried.
After a month, I got used to it. I can play and social with my classmates, but I am still hesitant to recite during recitation. Every time my teacher called my name, I am flabbergasted that I can't even utter a word. My classmates are laughing every time it happened. And as a result it turns me to be an introverted person.
I focused on written activities. Do my best to excel in that area, and I did. My parents would asked me how's school and my answer was "fine". They know I'm doing fine at school.
It takes me months again to fully adjusted to school life. From an introvert, I started to change. I gained confidence somehow. I focused on my studies and at the same time, jive with my classmates and be friendly to them. School life became easy after meeting friends whom you can talked and played too.
For sometime, I forgot that school is a place for competition. Where you need to beat and surpass your said to be competitors. My parents reminded me about it. If I want to gained and achieved something, I must work hard for it. That if I want to have medals like my sister, I must do my best in my studies.
The day of parents-teacher conference for the first quarter, talking about how we behave at school and our academics arrived. My mother is the one who attended the meeting. She got my report card and checked it. I asked her abkut what my teacher told her. She only answered that none. She hand me my report card and looked at it. My grades are at 85 up. She told me that my grades are high. And I am very happy.
When I arrived at school holding my report card, my classmates and I compared each others grades. I've got high grades compared to them.😉
After knowing that I've got high grades, it motivates me to study hard. I enjoyed my childhood life and at the same time doing my study pretty well.
From grade one until grade four, I maintained my spot as a second honor in class. Although I am eagered to beat the first honor, I can't. My parents told me not to push myself too hard. My competitive spirit to beat the first honor leads me be aloof and distant with him, we never became "friends" where just "classmate".
I did my best in my remaining years in elementary. I remained consistent with my study and still continue my beat the first honor. But unfortunately, when the ranking is out I become third honor. I felt devastated. I questioned myself why multiple times. I found out that the consistent first honor in our class also falls back. We often talked to each other 'cause we considered ourselves as rival, or so we thought. But when our rank falls, we talked most of times and question each other our whys and hows.
What makes us question the ranking more is that our classmate who always rank fifth or sixth before become the first honor. Don't get us wrong, but since we see him everyday, we know how he behave during class. He sometimes copied assignments to our classmates and often finished some activities. How come?
We put aside our thought and continue doing our best. I put extra effort to be the second honor again. I recite almost every lesson. Participate in activities, but still no good. I can't retrieved what I've lost.
Grade six, I told myself that I need to be the second again since its our last year in elementary. But you know what's even worst. I fall back again. From being third I became fourth honors. Someone replace me. Again, I questioned myself nth time. But only to find out that our teachers from fifth grade and six grade have a bias. They put their nephews in honors, that why I fall back... we fall backward.
My parents, his parents didn't complain. They said that karma strike. That we should prove to them that their judgement is wrong. And that's what we did.
When we entered high school we belong to star section in SPA(Special Program in the Arts) , and them... they're at second and third section in BEC(Basic Education Curriculum).
But now, I realize that grades doesn't define you. Its about hard work and perseverance.
Thanks for reading!
Haven't read my articles? Check this link: https://read.cash/@JulyAnn
HODL BCH or Convert BCH?
What makes us confused and torn in decision-making is the choices we had. Choosing between which is and which not, between this or that, should or should not. Quite hard right?
Life is full of choices that we need to choose and take. Choices that make us regret or not. But whatever we choose, good or bad, it's up to us to decide.
Two weeks ago, I set my first goal with my BCH earnings here and in noise cash and decided to HODL the rest likes others do. In less than 2 weeks, I have earned almost $25 in total. I am very happy, I thought that in just a month I can fulfill my goals since it's just simple. I continue writing articles and posting in noise cash and earnings never stop. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/setting-my-first-goal-with-my-bch-earnings-3b733545
Within two weeks my earnings got almost at $35+(not accurate because I don't visit my Bitcoin wallet every minute or hour). $35 is a big amount of money for me, and imagining that money can be doubled in a month, makes me feel like on cloud nine. I can fulfill my goal for my parents and just only think about the other one. After that, I can set my new goal now.
I planned and planned and that plan scattered into pieces because of the dip. I guess it's true that you shouldn't go ahead of your mind because it will be a jinx.
The money I save that is supposed to be at $35+ is now $20, but last night it was dropped to $12. It recover somehow. BCH is playing within it's value at $700+ to $800+. I hope it won't be lower than that.
I already felt that regret the last time I spend my BCH earnings during my early days here in read cash. I promised myself not to do that again, save and hold as much as possible because I believe that saving BCH is a good investment. I know I shouldn't doubt nor have second thoughts about it, but seeing how BCH dip to its lowest yesterday makes me feel this regret again. I am starting to say "what if". What if I transferred it into coins and converted it to peso, the money will be higher than now. What if I converted it to peso, then I can buy now the item I want to buy for my parents. What if every time I save a dollar or two I will transfer and convert it immediately. In that, the money I save will be at a fixed value. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/regret-a4508748
But that " what if's" can also be in the opposite, right? What if I hold my saving and wait for BCH to rise again, then my saving will get higher.
This is the time to choose which I think is right or best. But I think whatever my decision is, it will lead me to regret it again.
My friends here and in noise cash keeps on telling me to trust and hold BCH because it will have a great comeback. That the last time we start here the value of BCH is still at $200+, what more now. That BCH will rise again and I just have to wait patiently.
Because cryptocurrency being volatile, its changes are constant and it's inevitable. That's the pros and cons of cryptocurrency. Any second or minute its value may drop or rise.
I am fully aware of crypto being volatile, but still, I can't shove that feeling of loss. I am thinking positively that BCH will rise at $1000+ value, but every time I visit my bitcoin wallet or someone said to me that its value drop, can't help to think again to transfer and convert it.
As what @Ruffa 's article said **Don't Panic, Hold on and Buy on the Dip****,** I must follow her advice, don't panic, and hold on. (Not to buy because I don't have enough savings😁). Also, I have read articles saying that when BCH drop, do not convert wait for it to rise again. It's a bad decision to convert when BCH is on the dip. https://read.cash/@Ruffa/dont-panic-just-hold-on-and-buy-on-the-dip-7950f561
I am following that advice. I am strongly holding myself back not to transfer and convert my BCH. But there's a small voice whispering to my ears to do the opposite.
What should I do? Should I listen to that whispering voice and convert or trust and HODL BCH?
I must hold back! Don't be swayed!
Hold on. Don't let go! Right?
What do you think?
Acting Like a Pro
What is it to be called ***"Professional"***? Is that makes you happy? Proud?
Admit it or not, I know for once in your life you acted like a professional, especially when you were a kid. At school or at home you try to imitate jobs or profession that catch your attention. You act like a professional dancer, singer, artist, etc.
I know some of us are now professionals inline with our chosen careers. But I know for sure, even though we are called "*professionals*" there comes a time that we try to be like others too, right? Like me, but just for fun, I sometimes act like a professional singer. (You're free to laugh) And just past few months when I encouraged and inspired by some writers here in read cash I acted like a professional photographer. (You can laugh again) Talking about angle, enhancement, photo editing and other stuff, like I have really knowledge in photography.
I love seeing beautiful and amazing photos. I am amazed everytime I see it. Some writers here are using DSLR when taking photos while some are just using their phones, and that what makes me amused more. With just their phones they managed to capture a nice and amazing photographs.
Ever since reading articles about photography here in read cash I got my interest in that field. When I go outside, I always took pictures of what I see in the surroundings, trees, plants, flowers, sky, clouds, sunset, etc. Although often times I got embarrassed when people are passing by. But now that I am here now living in the province, I set aside that embarrassment. I don't care about the people seeing me taking pictures and think I am weird. I take pictures as much as I want.
So, last May 16 and 17, I let my alter ego dominate by subconsciousness, a professional photographer.
Last Sunday, I went to enjoy the heat of the summer by going in the beach. (Read my Article: My **Summer Escapade After 4 Years.)** During that days, I pretended to be a professional Photographer with just using my phone OPPO A5s. I take pictures anywhere and everywhere. I never let go of my phone and take pictures. https://read.cash/@JulyAnn/my-summer-escapade-after-4-years-edc15289
Here are some of my photos taken during the trip. (Without editing or enhancement)
While walking in the shore, I saw this unique heart shape stone in fine and smooth sand.
I felt narcissistic about the first photo so I find another stone in the sand, that's when I saw this boat-like stone.
I tried to capturing two things in one shot and this two becomes my subject; Big and Small stone.
I picked shells and put it in a nice area where the sands are flat, clean and without any disturbance.
This is another seashell I picked on the sand.
Know what it is? I saw a bottled water in the shore and make it my subject for my photography.
Trying to be creative again so I put the seashell in the bottled water.
I used my eyeglasses to make something different.
I tried capturing the seashell with my eyeglasses.
Nature is the most beautiful subject in photography. Agree? No words can discribe how beautiful nature is. From trees to mountains, plants and flowers, sky and land, animals, etc., everything is worth capturing.
The night slowly approaching at the beach. I am wondering if I can able to capture the scenery with my phone.
I looked at the sky and saw the moon. The orange sky made by the sunset and the darkness slowly enveloped the entire sky.
Before the sun entirely gone, its rays colored the sky with orange.
The darkness clearly seen in the surrounding as the night falls. The different lights was lighted and it covered the entire resort. As I am watching the lights, it fascinates me so I decided to capture it.
This round light is hanging in the tree.
This light is seen under the plant.
Light on the tree.
Those lights helped to see the entire surroundings of the resort during night time.
This a sand castle that we made. I captured it and the lights in the resort as the background.
The night continue. I fall asleep for 1 or 2 hours and waited for the sunrise, but the sunrise didn't showed up. I looked for this to capture.
This is the morning view. I captured it while sitting in the bench.
The sea is slightly split because its low tide. Its calm that you can't help watching it.
I don't know why the sand looks like this. Some says that its because of the crab that dig in the sand. But still the sand is fine and smooth without any pebbles.
Before leaving the resort, I roamed and looked around again, seeing if I miss something. I saw the different flowers in the surroundings.
My alter ego as a professional photographer is satisfied about the outcome of the photos. Actually I can't help myself looking at the photos in my phone.
Taking photos becomes my hobby now. I know I am not a professional, and acting like one is kinda' fun and enjoyful.
Looking back at how I used to take pictures before, I can say I do now improve somehow. And I know, with continue trying and practicing, I will surely improve and be a **PROFESSIONAL**.
**Thanks for reading!**
My Summer Escapade After 4 Years
**Summer** is one of the awaited seasons for many people. When summer is approaching, most are excited. Planning everything; their destinations, outfits, etc.
When we talked about **SUMMER**, the word "***Beach***" always comes to mind, and when we say "***beach***" you must prepare everything and every detail. Your destination, your outfits, and sometimes your body figure. Some go on a diet before going to the beach because they need to achieve the perfect beach vibes; poses to share and upload to every social media account.
***That's perfect for summer vibes...***
Since the summer season is here, let me share with you my summer escapade after 4 years. Yes! You read it right after 4 years.
After graduating from college I already devote myself to find a job and work. The year 2017 when I graduated from college, was April, it was summer. After graduation, I remembered my friends and I planned to go to one of our friend's hometowns, to celebrate our graduation and spent time before we parted ways to take our paths and chosen careers. Her home was near the beach and we spent overnight there. The place was so wonderful. The water was emerald green and it was very clear and clean. I enjoyed our outing and that was the last time I have seen a beach. The past years? I spent it working and staying at home during summer.
Now, after 4 years, I finally saw and went to the beach again.
**Here's the start of my summer escapade.**
My sister booked in a resort ahead of time. We planned to go to Punta Almara (where @sc went too) but some said that it's always crowded with people and the resort insisted we rent two cottages worth Php. 2000 or almost $42. So with a second thought, my sister decided to find another resort and there she booked to **RR Beach Resorts.**
On the day of our outing, we waited for our rented jeepney. We were supposed to leave at 2:00 in the afternoon but the jeepney driver failed to comply with the said time and he arrived at 3 in the afternoon. (I guess he followed Filipino time).
The trip took us almost 1 hour and 30 minutes. If you have vehicle sickness during a trip you might throw up because the road was zigzag. I don't have that sickness but my head spins. I felt dizzy and felt a little headache during the trip.
When at last, we finally arrived at the resort around 4:30 pm.
At first glance, you will find the resort normal like nothing seems special. But then, the saying goes "Don't judge a book by its cover".
As soon as we entered the resorts, the staff will welcome you wearing their facemask. They let us check first our temperature and logged us in for our contact tracing if something unexpected happens.
At the entrance, toy fish are hanging on the canopy. On the right side, there is a swing where you can take a selfie.
I roamed around the resort and look for spots or things that I can capture and share in noise cash and here. In every corner, I can see different signage that is nailed on the trees.
Those signage are nailed on the same tree.
On the left side, there are also different signage that is fun to read.
Since this is my very first summer getaway after 4 years, I went to the shore to see the water.
The current level of the sea is in low tide. I can see the crushed seashells in the sand, but that's only in the area near the entrance of the beach because when I walked nearer to the water the sand becomes very fine and smooth. I can't even see pebbles.
We arrived almost in time for the sunset. I waited for that moment and captured some photos.
As the sun slowly going down, the clouds are slowly covering the sun too. In the end, I did not properly take a nice photo of the sunset.
The sun goes down and time to prepare for our dinner. Some of my companions already went swimming while I, I am busy taking pictures while others are preparing our dinner.
Night falls at the resorts. The lights are lighted. After dinner, I went again to capture the view.
The night was very beautiful. The place was surrounded by different colors of light.
I can't put my phone in my bag because I can't stop myself from taking pictures of the surroundings. I even captured the lights that fascinated my eyes.
By the way, I used a different phone in the last two photos. My phone camera isn't beautiful at the night.
The nights got deepen. I decided to join others as they swim in the sea. We talked about any topic we think. We joke around with each other. We laughed and enjoy each other company.
After some minutes, we decided to go back to the cottage, and it's cold also. They decided to drink. Since I don't drink, I decided to watched Korean dramas.
Around 2 a.m., I felt sleepy so I decided to take a nap. I don't want to sleep because I want to wait for the sunset, I don't want to miss it since I am already at the beach. I want to capture it myself as others do.
I slept for an hour and saw my friends are drunk and some are sleeping in the cottage. I went to the shore where others at and decided to chat with them until the sunrises.
Unfortunately, I waited and waited for the sunrise but no hopes. I thought I can finally see. Around 6 in the morning the sun still hasn't shown. I look where it rises that's when I realized that the mountains are covering it. So instead of sunrise, I captured the sea for the last time.
After waiting for the sunrise that didn't show up. I went back to the cottage and eat breakfast. After an hour or two we prepared to went back home.
So far, my summer escapade was fun.
Summer isn't ended yet, we plan to go to Trinity Island next. **See you next Trinity Island!**
**Thanks for reading!**
@JulyAnn
