The kiss
He is a graduating engineering student. There nothing more important to Nathan than to finish his study and can uphold his kin when he has worked. Until further notice, he was taking a parttime work as a taxi driver under his uncle 12 hours per day and invested the remainder of the energy for his schooling and rest.
He never whine if he was brought into the world along these lines, it doesn't help at any rate. He just continued with his day by day schedule and appreciated the view outside the window of the vehicle he is taking care of. Life is never exhausting to him, he loves making new companions in the college and his modest work. He engages his passengers with a grin and an energetic discussion that finished with the trading of mobile numbers. A large number of his costumers call or message him now and then. Others are about picking them up while others are friendly greetings and chats.
On his way home, he was blocked by a little horde of individuals along the roadway. They are peering into something. Nathan was interested in what the disturbance was about. In any case, after taking a gander at the sight, he started to feel compassion. It was a youngster maybe in her 16s, still in her school uniform and was washed with her blood. Wounds all over her body. What befell her they have no clue. He saw her ID recoloured with blood yet scarcely the principal letter and the two last letters were obvious. It shows A...es as it were. Few moments staying and examining from the individuals in the scene about the person in question, the police showed up and in the wake of playing out all the strategies, they removed the lifeless body.
Nathan showed up home and a similar subject he was welcomed by his family. Everyone commented on how terrible the young lady was. The person who did it was a monster they said.
Long stretches of regular schedules go back and forth, causing friends to stay steady. Everything is typical until he becomes acquainted with a young lady on one of his driving meeting. This young lady is straightforward yet encapsulates irregular magnificence. He initially met her on his last deliver of passenger and the rain is pouring hard. She was separated from everyone else in a waiting shed a couple of meters from a university and after taking a look at the uniform he can distinguish that she was from that school close by. He was in a rush for his night class and should restore the taxi to its carport at the earliest opportunity however his conscience won. He is worried about the possibility that another young lady will be misled and wrongdoing may happen to this young lady so he chose to get her and drive her to her destination. Anyway, he has 45 minutes more.
Of course, he welcomes his costumer with a spirited smile. He discovered that his new traveller is only a temporary student in her school and would move to another for all time. Their discussion worked out positively., she sees that the young lady won't talk if he won't ask something. There's a dejection in her voice so he needs to give an additional push to make their discussion vivacious. The night finished well after he dropped her before their home. She even mentioned being picked up the same hour consistently until her transfer will take effect and he said yes.
Days got lively after a couple of more pickups with the young lady he finally known as Annie. They turned out to be close as though they were quite a while familiar to one another. He began to share his encounters and dreams to her and jokes too. Annie was a decent audience thus kind and even offers him the guidance to prop up in the quest for his fantasies regardless. Nathan discovered that Annie was in her third year of school in college, she adores singing and he even mentioned her to sing for him. She has that superb voice that causes you to feel sleepy.
During ends of the week, he welcomed her to walk around his number one spots. He saw that any place they go, they generally get attention and if he looks back at them, people just smiled at him. Nathan feels that Annie is a significant delight, an extraordinary one. Individuals are envious at her. She has that little sharp nose and dull secretive eyes and slender lips that consistently cut firm when she isn't grinning yet gives the best smile once it opens.
He chose to get her every morning and drive her to class to have additional time and become familiar with her.
At the point when he showed up at Annie's home, he was late, for no one is around already. At the point when he told Annie about his visit to their house, she was sorry but he enlightened Annie concerning it, She said he can't get her in the first part of the day since she comes to class whenever.
Something odd happened when following scarcely any more days Annie reported that her transfer is a couple of days away. She at that point started to change in her demeanour. She is constantly reserved. She would not like to talk a lot and just shut her eyes as an indication of no enthusiasm for any discussion. This made Nathan sad. Long periods of leaving he dreaded to occur. He needs to have at any rate store a decent memory of her before she will leave. Be that as it may, how might he do it when the young lady he felt near his heart turned out to be aloof at this point?
**Part 2** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/the-kiss-2-e583d542
See you til the end...
Silent night
Done at last. I wish i could do more. 😅
I was imagining this in my mind and at last i was able to draw it with my fingers. I dedicate this to all my friends here in readcash. Old and new alike. The moment you opened this, its for you. 😘
#apps used ibisPaint
When boredom strikes
Using ibispaint from @Charlotte s' initiative.
I like the app better than the picsart. It has more kinds of brushes and you can zoom it to focus on edges.
I made a try painting this one to familiarize with the brushes and colors and blending of colors too.
I divert my frustration on painting when i have nothing to write in my mind and when i am minute free from assisting my kids from their modular class. I finnished this for a week actually because of on and off free time.
My art still needs to be improved and i think there are still missing🤔. Enough for today. 😊
**~~>xzeon<~~**
My reflection about praying
This topic may bore you as this is a common one and not about earning and cryptos but I would like to share it anyway. I appreciate if you read it till the end.
Praying is said to be one of the means to communicate with God. Through this way, we can express our intents and appeals to our creator may it be financial, physical or spiritual.
Praying doesn't require a specific location and situation. We don't just pray during misfortunes or when we desired something. We should pray and be thankful for having simple stuff others can't even possess. Though you have simple life or status of living, it is not a hindrance for us to pray. God doesn't look at our reputation but he looks through our heart. Even notorious criminals, thieves, adulterers, when they pray from the deepest part of their heart He would heed to their prayers. In short, there are no requirements needed for you to reach God's ears and heart. He listens to all our prayers because He is compassionate Father. However, though he listens, it doesn't mean that he will answer all of them.
Let's take a project proposal for an irrigation system to a farm an example. When you submit a project proposal, it takes time for it to take effect or being approved. There are so many things needed to consider first before the approval of the said proposal. Validations are done. Time, location, and situations are being contemplated.
*If the proposed project be granted, does it benefit a lot or will the grant only benefit a few individuals? If not, there will be other recommendations or an alteration in the plan like the location.
*A location where many will benefit from the project.
*How about the time? If the irrigation will be ratified, but the present season is rainy days, the starting of work will be postponed and will be set during the dry season.
On the contrary, if the proposal seems insignificant, it will be denied.
So, looking at the example given, it is also the same as a prayer. If you ask for something, do not expect it to be granted instantly. God is looking to it in different angles. So we shouldn't fret when our prayers will not be awarded at a short time. Or fall into unanswered prayer because that is the time when God is realigning it and gives you a better answer than the one you are asking.
As for me, I already made it a habit. My day will not be perfect if I don't pray. When I travel, I don't feel safe if I don't pray. When going to sleep, I feel something lacking if I don't pray. Same in the morning, everything seems not going well if I don't pray.
One practice we should maintain is praying with your love ones, in here you create bonding within the family members and drawing yourselves to God. Continue doing this practice helps teach the children also to be humble and learn how to be grateful and appreciative in any things even simple ones that they receive. Praying at home during mealtime and evening before retiring to bed is a good start to train children how to pray. This everyday practises they will carry then everywhere they go and even being separated from the family members.
Praying is the best weapon to beat stress, anxieties and attempts to end one's life. It gives you the chance to be yourself without exhibitions. Doesn't need a suitable setting or area to pray and doesn't require a specific time. You can pray anytime, anywhere.
I hope everyone makes it a habit of praying. Thank you for reading until the end.😊😇
**~~>Xzeon<®©~~**
My time...
*This is not a marathon,*
*But I seem to run in a race alone.*
*From time to time at the clock I keep glancing,*
*Thinking I might miss something.*
*My mind was whirled by this pandemic,*
*from dull moments to days so hectic.*
*Now I keep moving fast on my pace,*
*wrinkles are drawn on my face.*
*I am a housewife with tons of appointments,*
*I don't belong to any offices,*
*nor with any companies,*
*but I always have folders tucked on my arms Mondays and Fridays.*
*The moment I wished to rest a bit,*
*the little one keep tugging my sleeve.*
*I just don't have the guts to ignore,*
*but to hold up my babe I adore.*
*So, this is how this new normal affects me,*
*This week I've been so busy.*
*When I thought I am already free,*
*there's something that shows abruptly.*
*There will be no time for recreations,*
*No more time for bonding and watching televisions.*
*Everybody is facing scattered papers,*
*from morning till the late hours.*
*I wish this coming day will improve.*
*This won't work I can prove,*
*Kids are being stressed and bored,*
*So am I, my head will explode.*
*I don't want my kids to suffer the outcomes,*
*so I need to bear with the conditions.*
*Though I used to control my time before,*
*this moment is another situation I can't grasp it anymore.*
*~~>ZXEON<~~*
I wonder how it feels to be one...
*I wonder how It feels to be a raindrop*
*Dropping from the mother clouds with the thunderclaps*
*Shooting in unison with your fellow droplets*
*and plunge to the roofs of establishments and houses.*
*I wonder how to it feels to be one of those wild flowers*
*No one sowed and seeded but still it grows.*
*Watered and cared by* *no one's hands*
*Yet it exists and even blooms with arrogance.*
*I wondered how it would be like to be a stream,*
*that flows and leave it's home with a new dream*
*to reach a different goal and destination*
*from calm waters, running rivers to the waves of the ocean.*
**~~>XZEON<~~**
"She talks, I listen"
Those days of lockdown, moderate and new normal was never boring to me. I diverted my attention to some other things like gardening, and more attention in our little home. I even find my kids enjoyed it because they don't need to worry about going to school anymore. tsk. tsk. kids😅.
About my husband, his travel from his workplace was limited as it is required by the local government in his location.
The visible changes I noticed here aside from the limited people who go out in public places was the high cost of the fare in our jeepneys that take us to the central market.
One more thing, If before, during the lockdown, harvests of our vegetable farmers were being dumped along the road and everyone is free to pick them up because the farmers can't deliver it to the neighboring towns because of the lockdown, this time, vegetable vendors are facing problems on how to dispose of their vegetables when everyone has their own harvest.
Of all the things I noticed with changes, there is a specific thing that I like most. It's about my eldest daughter. She is most active in her Christian formation since then. Since we are not very strict in socializing because we don't have any case unless from the outside the perimeter travelers who came back to their hometown and found out to be positive, there's nothing we have to worry about.
She goes out with her fellow youth older than her. She's the youngest among them. She enjoyed reaching out to an inaccessible townlet how many kilometers away from our own village with her "sisters". She never gets tired of walking from the main highway to the very center of the location they are heading and helps in visiting children that need lots of attention.
When she came home, I can feel her enthusiasm as she chats about their activities during their stay in the other village. She even showed me their photos and videos together with the kids. She talks as if she gained maturity the way she talks about the innocence of the children, their intelligence, naughtiness, and most especially their hidden talents she discovered.
I felt her sadness when she mentioned the portion of her journey when they need to bid farewell to the children they used to share the company with. She felt importance by the hugs and sobs of the youngsters telling her to come and visit them again.
By listening to her stories, I think I didn't make the wrong decision in allowing her to be free in a manner of giving her all the warnings her heart and mind can carry.
One of her challenges, as she is having difficulty in training kids to use their pencils and colors with their right hands because she is a left-hander fella.😁 So according to her, she looks for youngsters, those who are one of her kind.
I included an attachment, 2 of her photos with the kids. I find it cute and I told her, "you did a good job!"
No More Comments shown in our short post?
I think read.cash has removed the comments from the short post but why is the comment box is still there? or is it a glitch?
This is an example of the short post of @Nelvimi. I was supposed to reply to his short post but when I was about to post my comment, that showed to my screen.
I made my own short post later about it to find if other members experienced it too and I saw a comment from @jeaneth in my notification but when I clicked it, it was gone.
Did read.cash intentionally removed it? But it's a better way of expressing someone's thought without the hassle of uploading a lead image like me who settled in this area with a slow internet connection.
If the short post comment section is removed, then that means we are forced to create an article for a short message only and make it flowery so it would come up to the minimum words required by the random rewarder. 🤔But how can we express our thoughts about the short post if it doesn't show😒.? It would serve as an announcement portion only. Our opinions will be left unanswered if there's something we need to ask about the post.
I hope these changes will not remain permanent. I myself find the short post section a better way of saying something significant though others don't like it because of the spam greetings like "good mornings" and how "are you guys".
I have nothing more to say.
**~~>xzeon<~~**
I tried to reply to one user in his short post but I find my comment tagged "text is missing".🤔
I just can't get in, its sooo annoying having this network going crazy. Its been on and off since early morning. 😫😡
I just can't get in, its sooo annoying having this network going crazy. Its been on and off since early morning. 😫😡
4 types of Parenting
For parents either single or double😅 and for those who are about to marry and no love life at all I wanna share to you this knowledge I learned from a seminar I attended for parenting guides and from the **Department of Social Welfare and Development** before the lockdown.
If you ever heard about these parenting styles, well and good but if you don't, this is for you then.
Four types of Parenting styles are the -**Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive** and **Uninvolved Parenting**
First, I will introduce the *****Authoritarian***** kind of Parenting, this is the type of parenting in which a parent has the rule of being the authority inside the house. They don't give considerations to their children's feelings. They always believe that their words are always right giving no chance for the children to speak their minds.
They give the child a hard time to learn about their mistakes by giving them punishment instead of guiding them to know the right direction.
They don't think children have the right to share their views and concerns and always declare his authority without elaborating on the reasons and explanations about the child's queries.
***Possible Effects on Children:***
Children under an authoritarian are mostly kids with low esteem because they are used to being unnoticed like an outcast. They tend to feel that everything they are doing is wrong and useless. They find themselves useless as well.
The fear of being punished led to a child to become liars also. They choose to tell lies to protect themselves from the wrath of their parents.
They used to follow directions all of the time which will create revolt in the child's mind in the future. This rebellion grows and gives birth to outrage and creates a negative impact on a child and they become aggressive and unfriendly to others. This resentment towards their parents can lead the child to become a bad person and instead of making their life a better one they are occupied with the thought of doing things that contradicts the way the strict parents wanted them to do.
Next is the **Authoritative** kind of parenting. This kind of parent is a responsive one and gives deliberation on their children's thoughts and gives them the chance to speak their minds. They wanted to carve a good bonding between them and their children.
They think of positive ways how to react to situations that involve the misbehavior of their children. They believe punishment is only for criminals and don't use the word for the child. They call it corrections and they don't execute it without valid reason and explanations why they are being corrected. They give restrictions and making sure that their children understand it and take the children's opinions towards it but giving the point that the parents are being the ones to take charge.
An authoritarian parent gives value to any efforts their child has accomplished, may it be great or little things, and gives appreciation by words or by action.
**Possible Effects on Children:**
Children with authoritative parents are mostly the one who is positive and living a healthy life. They make good decisions and have the ability to assess in difficult situations. They have the confidence to express their opinions and become a trustworthy grown-up.
Another style of parenting is Permissive Parenting. This kind of parenting is a flexible kind because the parent does create rules but barely implements them. They think of children to learn better if they don't intervene and they don't give much concern to their activities. They only get involved when severe situations occur.
Permissive parenting is said to function as a friend than a parent. They would love to convince their children to open up to them about their troubles but they don't exert much effort to correct them from their misdeed and guide them to make good decisions.
They are mostly tolerant parents that after setting up rules but don't stick to it. They lift it back when someone has broken it and believes that children are just like that. They create borderline but if the child exceeds the line, they give the child a chance provided they won't do it again but this scenario happens over and over again.
**Possible Effect on Children:**
Children under permissive parents display problems with their behavior. They don't value the rules and restrictions outside because they are used to breaking rules at home.
Kids under permissive parents are likely to suffer from health problems because they were not restricted to eat unhealthy foods at home. Though they were restricted they are still allowed after giving weak conditions.
Children with permissive parents also suffer from abnormal self-esteem because they sometimes react commonly in a situation that needs confidence and sometimes they seem overconfident.
Lastly, the **Uninvolved** Parenting Style.
From the word alone "***uninvolved***", it gives you a hint of what it stands for.
Uninvolved parents are the most neglecting parents. They do set up a few rules but don't care if it was honored or not. They rarely give time, direction, care, and interest to their children. They never ask about the activities and people their children have been involved with and they are going out with.
They don't inquire about the performance of their child in school and what would be their home task. They don't involve much of their time and effort to their children. They anticipate them to live and survive and take care of themselves. They aren't even updated about their children's progress and won't be surprised by their accomplishments.
Permissive parents are sometimes the result of having a mental crisis, drug abuse, and too much occupied with financial and marital problems.
***Possible Effect in Children***:
Children under uninvolved parents usually seek attention from others. They are having a hard time with their self-esteem. Their performance in school is poor and has an unhappy life. They sometimes get involved in violence, drugs, and other illegal activities while having the purpose of gaining attention.
Parents sometimes don't belong in one category alone, they may be permissive sometimes and become authoritative, or a bit authoritarian. If you find out you are under the permissive and uninvolved parent, you can slightly change to become a better one.
Parenting styles can influence the attitude of the child and how they feel about themselves. The way you enforce the rules, the way you listen and care for them will affect them for their whole time being. Though other children lived a good life even they are under neglectful parenting is a fortune to the child.
Now, parents which category do you belong to. How about your parents?
"Let's make this Community Loud Again"
Why did we stop giving feedback to other articles? Since the latest update effected I notice that we are becoming tight-lipped. There are so many valuable articles that are worth reading but gain little views feedback. Some only gain likes. I think they only clicked the like button without even reading the article. it's so sad. Why? I notice that the more interesting the article and the more the engagement, the random tipper gives more.
I find my article useless even it's lengthy if I checked only one comment on my comment box. I find my writing no value, I hope you get what I mean. I really miss the old read.cash. As one of the users here, I find it more enjoyable to exchange feedbacks with the other users because sometimes it's not in the article alone you get new ideas but sometimes in the conversation we are providing.
Though the article provides the information the writer wants to share and the reader needs to know, it's in the feedbacks the supplementary information and new ideas come out.
When the tipper visits your article and finds it interesting, he tips you for it but if he finds it to be interesting and the discussions are healthy he tips you more. That's how it works.
So do not just concentrate on your race on publishing an article without socializing in other articles.
Honestly, before this new update took effect, I always comment in any post in my notification especially my favorite writers but this time would it be good if "you" my favorite writers be kind enough to visit mine also?🤔.
I have concerns in my mind. If this kind of giving rewards will continue, which last for 3 days to update, the old articles we published will not be noticed by the tipper anymore, correct me if I'm wrong. What if the discussions began to continue again within that article, would the tipper notice?
Yes, though we screened the spammers this way, and yet they still roam looking for new ways to infiltrate this platform using different strategies. Copy-pasting a comment from the article and copy-pasting a part of the article and post as their comment is the most. But I'm not worried about that anymore. What disturbs me most is the silent 🔕 community I used to love and stay.
To my friends whom I used to share my thoughts and vice-versa, let's do it again. Let's help each other bring this community alive again by continue sharing views and conversations. Let's unlock the silence 🔇 and be noisy 🔊 in a good way.We both will benefit from it anyway.😊 I do appreciate if you visit my other articles not just this one. 👍
**~~**>Xzeon<**~~**
"Death, I Conquered You"
The tunnel was so dark. He has been hitting the wall vigorously for hours. He didn't eat his lunch and planned to eat it later. Only to find out that the corner part of his lunch box was gnawed by that rodent. His sweat is dripping from his body covered with a single piece of cloth, his boxer short. After a short rest, he started to hit the wall again with his pickaxe. While toiling with his tool on that wall, his mind is floating. He's planning to buy that big washing machine for her younger sister that is studying in college. She's been fussing about it for days. He understands because it's rainy season again and her sisters' uniform needs a lot of days in drying before it's ready to wear again and he reckons her sister only has two pairs. He had gathered a pile of sacks from his labor a few hours ago and as he checked the samples, he found the rocks are in a high grade. Even 10 washing machines he can afford plus a new first-class pair of denim and a new shirt as well with his favorite color and all worth a thousand bucks. He can also send some of it to his little cousins in their hometown as his advance Christmas present. Christmas is fast approaching. He will treat them to town when he gets home and eat in their favorite restaurant and let them decide on what they want in that commercial store since they don't have malls in town. They would surely love it.
A smile was drawn in his face while proceeding to his work when suddenly a loud explosion dispersed in the air. He was a bit irritated after hearing it, it is just a single level, and a few meters from him he can feel it's from the top tunnel. Any wrong move and wrong detonation will cause a life or lives when done wrong. His workmates are being careless this time. Did they forget that he is down here? He took a deep sigh and prepared to retreat before anything happens. They are going to hear from him when he's out. But before he can react, the tunnel 2 meters away from him began to collapse. He made a sudden reaction by stepping back and stopped a distance away from the spot. He can hear the sound of the rubbles fall from the top. What's this! he's trapped! there's no other outlet going out because it was a newly made subway.!
As he sat down he is being hopeful that the boulders are not much to remove. He can get out soon. He will be out not long before he notices it.
Hours past and nothing change. Had his workmates noticed his absence? There are lots of questions that came into his mind.
Additional hours expired, he figured it to be 11 hours past to be exact and it's now 5:00 in the afternoon shows the time in his divers watch covered with a handkerchief. His intestines are now growling. He checked his lunch box to eat his leftover but found out that it's already spoiled but he manages to eat it to provide something to his protesting stomach. Still, he can't feel that if ever there are rescue teams to help him out from this hell they are still far from his location. They can't ask for help from the outside because they are mining illegally as small-scale miners so they only manage to do the manual shoveling. He experienced being one of the rescuers a year back when 3 of his companions were trapped in the same tunnel also but in a different channel and it takes them 8 hours to remove the boulders. But assessing his situation' it takes longer. Another eight hours was added to his counting. He knows it's already past midnight outside. The realization hit him, the bar down is very serious.
He tried to blink his eyes. His mouth dried and formed a crack in his lips. No food, no water. He's tired of looking into his watch and will just be disappointed afterward. It's been 6 days in this nightmare. He doesn't think he can survive anymore. He's starting to hallucinate and find himself inside a mall accompanying his sister. They are heading to the food court and choose every food they want. He ordered water from the counter and gulped how many glasses of it but he's not satisfied. Coming to his senses he realized he's dreaming again.
Every time he wakes up, he is full of hope. He thinks of his unfulfilled dreams. He still has plans to accomplish. But this time he gave up. This very moment he is having a hard time opening his eyes so he will let it close and rest. He is hallucinating again. He is dreaming of hearing unusual sounds thinking of people trying as hard as they might shoveling the boulders and reaching into him. He smiled. What a nice dream. He felt his strength beginning to drain. He felt so much exhausted without doing anything. He tried to raise his hand to look for his watch for the last time. 8:00 in the morning. He wanted to sleep again and never wake up. Slowly... slowly.
A hand touched his neck. Even in his death he never though he can still dream. He felt floating in the airlifted by clouds. A few minutes later he felt raindrops in his mouth... he licked them slowly savoring its sweetness. Ah! this dream is so nice! Murmurs began to evade his surroundings. It's getting louder and louder. Heat touched his skin and it feels good but it hurts his eyes when he opened them so he closed them again. He tried to open again and angels are surrounding him. Faces that began to resemble people he knew. How come these people became angels? When he left them on earth...
"Kenneth, can you hear me?" He heard a familiar voice. "Of course I can hear you," he thought but he can't open his eyes and mouth. He wanted to answer but he's tired. Then, he managed to lift his lips and gave a smile as an answer, then a loud cry of joy from the audience fills the air.
True Story told by the character, my nephew who worked as a small-scale miner who encountered death but managed to survive.
***~~**>xzeon<**~~***
My 2nd entry to @Dangerous_Fly **event** 2nd phase. https://read.cash/@Dangerous_Fly/a-moment-to-remember-end-of-phase-i-phase-ii-begins-ace52152
If you want to share your memories and life experiences you can share it **here**
"The Story Behind our Emblem"
Before going to the topic that I am going to discuss, I might give you first give you hints about the words ethnicity tradition, and culture.
**ethnicity**- is defined as someone's cultural background or where they came from.
**tradition**- the passing down of beliefs, attitudes legends, customs or rituals, and information, from generation to generation, especially by the utterance of mouth or by practice and done over and over
**culture**- is a word that defines the way certain groups of people live and the way they do things such as their beliefs, behavior, opinions or views, moralities, and customs that they have acquired from their history and shared by the community.
Basing on the image I presented above, this is what we call "***hangga***" in our dialect, meaning, a shield 🛡️ used by our ancestors during tribal conflicts and headhunting and for protection many years ago. It was then carried by our modern civilization as a trademark on most of our local government emblems like the Municipal Capitol, Provincial Capitol, Universities, organizations and is even locally printed and designed on the shirts of the residents in here.
This is to signify that we value our ethnicity, culture, and tradition. We find this shield a symbol of how strong we and our ancestors are. It is also reminding us that we are born from the warriors of yesterday. They stand and ready to fight anyone that comes within our boundaries to infiltrate and colonize and give rise to slavery. They are ready to protect their children so they won't become slaves of tyrants.
Aside from the record, when speaking of a shield, we believe to be protected from harm. A warrior uses a shield to protect himself and someone from harm. By being used as an emblem meaning that the user meant to defend.
Our National Police has the logo of a shield if you notice., obviously because they are absolutely our protectors they are meant to serve and defend us from harm.
Until today we always use the armor shield as addition ornamentation during our annual celebration in our municipal and provincial festivals.
In addition to the shield, ***mountains*** were added to the images. It represents that we are living in a mountainous location. others are the ***terraces*** of paddy fields defining us being farmers.
Another one that is more common in our seals is the ***bonfire.*** It doesn't mean literally of the image alone. Apart from being the native way of cooking using firewoods, it also symbolizes our groups of elders called the "***umato***", they are pure men that form a group per one location/purok/sitio in a certain community/barangay. So in a single barangay, there are 3 or more of these groups, each assigned for every neighbor barangay to entertain. There is a place for these men to meet called the " ***ato***", an empty open house with an elevated roof where they always burn firewood and make bonfire every time they meet in that place. Women are not allowed to trespass in the ato.
These serve as local moderators that are responsible for peace-pact over tribal conflicts and local issues within their vicinity.
How about you, what things do you find that symbolizes your community?
👉pictures needs to be zoomed to have a closer view. I compiled them in a collage to minimize downloading of images.
***~~**>xzeon<**~~***
A Surprise!!!
I was surprised by the red tag I have seen
No more points flashes on my screen
I notion that something new read.cash is cooking
Something that affects our earning.🙄
I proved it right when I explored
Lots of posts I read and scrolled
Everyone is talking about random rewarder
That gives points to random users.😲
I wondered how could that be?
How will that random rewarder reward me?
Will he or she ever visit my account
A lot of concerns in my head is popping out.🤔
Recently this morning,
I woke up and opened my account to start skimming
I can't believe what captured my eyes!
It says random rewarder upvoted your article thrice!😄
So that is how it was executed
It caught me in surprise😮!
It reviews your new compositions and if done checking
And gives you the prize depending on your writings.
No more spammers can earn effortlessly
It seems cool to me.
No more irrelevant comments in my box
Now I think my notification bell will now relax.😌
From this day on forward,
Anyhow it would be so hard
I will be relishing in reading excellent articles in this platform
And never exceed on publicizing nonsense posts in any form.
My friend's let's all not be bothered
Because our issue over spammers are being answered
The true objective of this platform
Was presently put into action.👏👏👏
***~~**>Xzeon<**~~***
Raindrops shots
I captured this in our backyard the other day but I wasn't able to upload due to slow internet connection. But fortunately iwas able to to upload in now. Time check 4:47 AM😁
This is the first time i captured a photo while its raining. I was about to check my eggplants in our backyard if i have something to picked but unfortunately i was late. Somebody harvested it earlier😅.
Captured from Android Huawei Y7
Thats all for now...
I notice my notification is not flowing today. I am having a good time checking them one by one.😁im gonna enjoy this but I had to squeeze my mind to come up with an article everyday😅 Matira ang matibay! To all spammers Bye-bye! Though I pity them but this is the way we can keep this platform stay more longer.
"Kamayan" eating by hands
***Kamayan***, have you ever heard of this. I'm sure my fellow Filipino knows the word. It is a way of eating using bare hands and using no spoons and forks. This way you gather up the rice in a small mound using your fingers and add of whatever your viand is underneath the rice. You enjoy the food more using your fingers.
Before the Spaniards came and colonize our country, old Filipinos usually use their hands when they eat but they received a disgusting look from the Spaniards. They find it unhygienic. So since then, Filipinos are taught to use spoons, forks, and other kitchen utensils. But because it is already a part of our culture, it can't be eliminated from our tradition. Other countries in Southeast Asia like Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India are using their hands in eating. The rest uses chopsticks and kitchen utensils.
It is good to share one's plate and do eat with our hands. It is one way of breaking social boundaries during some occasions and together with our families, we strengthen our bondings towards our loved ones and folks.
**Boodle fight**, English word aside from the meaning "***eating by hands***". **Boodle** *means a collection of people* while **fight** stands for *the battle of the hands* in which one has to grab the food as fast as he can. It is originated at the Philippine Military Academy where armies and its commanding officers eat together as a symbol of comradery, brotherhood, and equality. It is adopted by civilians up to this day. It's the use of banana leaves instead of plates and the absence of kitchen utensils sharing Filipino cuisines in one table. It is the only fight where you can't find bloodshed but pure fun and satisfaction in front of different foods. Don't you find it enjoyable? Well, I missed it.
We also do this during fiesta and Thanksgiving day in our open gym here in our village. We call it " ***kinammet***" when using our hands in eating while "***uv uvvong***" the boodle fight. Steaming rice and newly boiled meat were laid over newly cut banana leaves with freshly cooked vegetables and pancit. Everybody, young and old alike gathered around the food and enjoy the festivity.
A study has found that eating using your hands can help stimulates digestion, believed to help lose weight, may help prevent type-2 diabetes, and enables manage food fractions.
An additional study states that we have bacteria, known as natural flora found on the palm and fingers of the hand. It is not dangerous to humans, it, in fact, safeguards us from numerous harmful germs in our domain. When you eat with your hands, the flora in the fingers is eaten up. It is helpful for our health and for different body parts such as the mouth, throat, and intestine, and it stimulates healthful digestion in the stomach. Handling food with your fingers sends out digestive fluids and enzymes. Furthermore, millions of nerve endings in your fingers transmit the message that you are about to eat, which includes the temperature of the food, it's texture, smell, and taste, thereby readying the stomach for digestion. The only way you need is to wash your hands thoroughly so you can ensure that you are only eating with the good bacteria in your hands.
Unfortunately, this pandemic has destroyed a lot of traditions we usually perform. This kamayan is one of them. Sharing food with our loved ones on the same plate is now prohibited. Same with this boodle fight, as it can be one way of spreading the virus to your comrades. Let's pray that this pandemic will vanish so that we can get back to our normal activities once again.
How about you? What part of your life you missed most about "***eating by hands"?***
This new normal gives me a new challenge as a mother. Who else here are experiencing it. Especially when you have 2 or more children. They keep asking left and right. It stressed me out but i'm trying to do my part in anyway i can.
I just hope this pandemic will leave the soonest as possible. 😫
"Acceptance"
**The chocolate** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/the-chocolate-fe2169e5
**Humiliation** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/humiliation-87f23272
**Humiliation part 2** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/humiliation-part-2-21af3a34
She was in the middle of a dilemma. It's whether to go home or run away. Then came the idea in her mind.
She didn't go home that afternoon. She was still in her school uniform with her bag and stayed in a park near the school premises. She's afraid to see the fury in her mom's eyes and what will she do to her.
She stayed in a spot where fewer people are coming. She wondered what is her mom doing this very moment. She imagined the reaction in her face after receiving the letter.
The night came, she tried to fit herself in one of the benches in that park and curled herself to sleep when her body gave up and her mind feels exhausted.
A few minutes later she heard footsteps getting nearer to her direction. Two young men noticed her and tried to wake her up. She pretended to be asleep when they didn't leave her but seems they are determined not to leave. She heard one of them saying to the other man that they won't leave her and feared something might happen to her alone in the park she decided to "wake up". They ask her a lot of questions but she remained silent. The young men invited her to come with them at least for the night because it's not safe to stay in the park for a young girl like her. She didn't like the idea and just shook her head but they insist. The way they speak she can determine that they are good guys so she was swayed by their invitation.
Even though she's not talking they are introducing their selves to her. One of them was married to the other mans' sister so in short, the two were brother-in-laws. One of them was a local dancer and we're done practicing at the parks' stage that time accompanied by his brother in law. She noticed it was very late when the tricycle parked in front of a shack. The two knocked at the door and was opened by a plump woman in her 30's. When they entered, she scanned the surroundings and she knows by the looks of it that they are living a simple life. She can't hear the conversation between the woman and her rescuers. She saw a child inside a mosquito net and a man she can barely discern its the age for he's on his back. The woman then invited her to eat but her shyness deters her to accept her invitation. In a child's heart, she felt at home. Though the surroundings are in disarray somehow she felt comfortable. The woman is just so kind and prepared for her a simple dinner. When the woman placed the food in front of her she can't hide her hunger. She wanted to gobble up the food quickly but still, her shyness prevents her to do it so she eats as slowly and properly as she can. Her rescuers went outside and left the two of them may be to give them privacy and so that she can eat comfortably.
The woman talked to her between her meals. She is really a nice woman. She felt comfortable talking to her and she didn't doubt revealing her situation. After her revelation, she felt a heavy burden fall off from her heart and she felt better. She was advised by the kind stranger in front of her not to grow hatred in her heart towards her mother. Because a mother shows their love in a different way. (She doubt that) She added that maybe her mom is very worried so she needs to come home the soonest and ask for her forgiveness even she will resent her. (She's absolutely expecting the worst). As to her father, they both hope that he will forgive what she has committed. Her father was a reasonable man but she's not sure if he will be reasonable this time. She slept soundly then next to the woman. Her rescuers slept on the table she just has eaten her meal. She was touched for this simple kindness they are giving her. Her young heart longed for this.
The next morning she was accompanied by her newly found friends to the side of the highway and waited for a tricycle that will lead her "home". She didn't want to leave and she doesn't want to go home anymore and be back to school she considered a nightmare. This stranger beside her is willing to adopt her but told her this is not the way it should be. She was welcomed to visit though anytime at their humble home. She, from time to time reminded her to pray and she took it by heart.
There's no one at home. She's very eager to end her suffering now. Later, the door opened and found her mom surprised to find her inside. She was with someone, her moms' friend in church. They just came home as she learned that they came from the police station to report a lost child. She can see that she was very worried. They had a little talk with her moms' friend and they both gave her scolding about what she has done but they gave her a hug at the end of their conversation. She felt good after that. When the friend left she was given the chance by her mom to talk. It gave her the opportunity to express herself. She poured all her sentiments and they both cried after the exchange of "forgive and forget" dialogues. From that moment she felt the power of prayer. God has never forsaken her.
The rest of the story was another step of another beginning of the main character's life. When her father learned the news about her daughter upon arriving from his work in a far place, he told her something she didn't expect to hear. He invited her to have a walk before revealing something. She was told that she was an adopted child. Her father was her uncle and that explains the maltreatment from a none relative "mom" to her during her childhood without his knowledge but she kept it to herself.
After the revelation, she started to become another person. Though the issues between them with her stepmom were solved there are times when misunderstanding still occurs but she now knows her ground. She knows how to fight and become bold and won't let her stepmom maltreat her again.
About her studies, her father decided to drop her and didn't enroll her the next year then. It's the hardest year for a child in her time because she needs to engage in laborious jobs like taking laundry service, bottle cleaning, and even work in a factory for banana chips as a banana manual peeler. It's one of her punishments maybe from her dad so that she can learn the value of money and studies. It's a good move for her benefit than because her classmates left school before she was enrolled the year after. She can't be enrolled in another school as it was the cheapest public school in the city.
She became a new person after joining school again. New faces and new teachers. Her old teacher in her lower year doesn't recognize her anymore. Good thing she was accepted to the next year level as it's almost school year-end when she dropped out but she was not qualified to the star section anymore. It serves her right she thought. She still managed to be on top of the class only she can't join the sports activity, talent shows, and other activity that requires money because it has to be paid. Aside from that, her parents don't value it. They are more on academics.
She now showcased her intelligence in a more confident way and gaining new friends. Another new thing, she was given an extra allowance too.😉
About her friends(rescuers) , they were surprised to find her in front of their door after a long year. She then visited them from time to time and created bonding with them.
Whew! Finished at last. I need to shorten it in order to end. So I can go to sleep now.😊
Thanks for reading this worth-sharing story of mine, i hope you enjoyed it. 😊
Humiliation (Part 2)
**Humiliation** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/humiliation-87f23272
"Is he your uncle?", one of her friends asked her with curiosity looking at her escort and she forced a fake smile as a reply. Class is about to restart so many students already are gathered outside the classroom door. They are all waiting for their adviser to arrive to open the door for them to enter.
She squirmed as she saw her adviser is coming. Her escort exchanged greetings with her teacher as she gave the key to one of her classmates and then approached them after the whole group entered the classroom except her.
She could tell that her teacher senses something is wrong by the way she looked at her and her escort.
She heard the escort made an introduction right away while she's occupied with other thoughts twisting her fingers and curling her toes. After a few seconds, she heard her teacher shrieked and when she lift her head her teacher was already in front of her with hands frozen in the air in a motion that she was about to be tugged by the hair.
After a few more seconds she can hear the commotion around her. Murmurs are so loud and seem to make her ears explode. She wanted to run yet she remains standing wishing the ground will engulf her and vanish from that spot. She can understand the way they are whispering to one another while they glance that they are mocking her from the corner of her eyes.
"Be thankful you are not my daughter, I might have slapped you at this very moment !" Her teacher shouted at her." I despise you for being my student.! She added.
She was mortified. No one can convey her emotions at that time. "Call your parents tomorrow, I want to talk to them." She suddenly raised her head and look at her teacher, she wanted to plead with her not to call for her parents but realizing that it's impossible, she peered down once more After a few more talks with her escort, he left and her teacher motioned all of her classmates to go back to their classroom. Even the neighboring class we're distracted and was with the crowd also.
Everyone entered the room but her classmates continued to chatter. Humor began to spread. They think that she is accountable for every missing money and things inside their classroom. She felt resentment towards them, she wanted to yell at them for being so judgemental but she can't do it. When she proceeded to her seat, she was held by the hands of her seatmate. When she met her eyes, she saw sympathy in it. This made her cry, her rage began to melt. Somehow there is one person she finds sympathetic from the people inside this classroom.
Her teacher was left outside chatting with the other teachers. She knows what they are talking about. She can't wait for this class to end. She wanted to be alone. Her mind is full of anxieties that she wanted to flee to a place where no one can recognize her. After the dismissal, her teacher wrote a letter and gave it to one of her classmates who lived near their area. It was addressed to her mom!
The last part on the way. 😊
**Acceptance** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/acceptance-8ef32ede
Another continuation of my entry for @Dangerous_Fly giveaway **contes**t but this will only serve as a continuation. I did not submit the link o this to his post thought I submitted in the required community. https://read.cash/@Dangerous_Fly/a-moment-to-remember-10-giveaway-6cc8b0a4
Humiliation
**The chocolate** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/the-chocolate-aa0e8d8c
"How old is she?", a man in his 40's asked the person who is holding her elbow as they went into a room that resembles an office to her. There are 2 other more youthful men around about in their 20's. They are generally arranging a few papers. They are altogether strangers to her. Her "handler" left after a couple of talks with the moderately aged man. She learned that her handler was the one who saw her doing the "thing" several times, he works inside that store also. A mole.
She could hear one of the men muttered a few words asking her age.
"10"… that is everything she can say.
"She's mature enough". The man in his 40's answered generally.
" Let her fill this paper". He directed pushing a bit of white paper to the man adjacent to her.
"Would you be able to write?", he asked her. What a dumb inquiry she thought, regardless of the dread she is feeling inside. She's in a star class but then she was inquired as to whether she does can write? However, this isn't the ideal opportunity for bragging. She held her breath as she began to write of her whereabouts in the paper with her shaking hands. She felt marking a death wish.
Taking a look at the name of her father she just printed, a tear began to fall from her eyes. She couldn't have cared less about her mom. She blamed her for the circumstance she's in. If only she's not so severe and selfish and give her much she required possibly she won't do such a disturbing thing and be in this sort of situation. The rebellion began to develop in her heart. How devastating it might be for her dad in the event that he discovered that his daughter was found taking in a retail establishment! Her heart abruptly hurt. Presently she's upset for what she has done. If only she can turn back the time. But in the other part of her mind, a fire is burning.
In the wake of finishing the papers, she was approached to stand up and face the camera holding a bit of green board. She can hear even a single click of the device. Two or three flashes she doesn't care. Her name printed intensely in it. That second she felt like a criminal condemned to death. She felt powerless and she knows from that moment she's doomed. She needed somebody to comfort her but at that point by looking around her, they don't look friendly at all.
Her brain is skimming once more. She felt alone sitting in that hard stool. What's next? Will she be sent to jail now? The men are talking again with one another and occasionally giving her quick glances. A minute passed when one of the men gestured to her motioning her to stand and guided her outside. They are venturing down the steps. She feels everybody is taking a look at her when in actuality they are on the whole occupied with their groceries. They met the security officer again and this time she can't remain to take a look at him once more.
She saw they are walking a similar way she just walked an hour ago. Where are they heading? Questions whirls in her brain once more. She wanted to ask her "escort". Funny, she figured escorts should perfect suitor in fairytales she's attached to viewing. However, in her situation it's different.
At that point comes the realization that they are making a heading for her school!
Barely any meters from the school gate she felt her feet shaking once more. Her stomach is lurching inside that she needed to upchuck.
Her friends! Faces of the girls smiling at her and admiring her began to turn ugly. They are largely jeering and lips turning and eyebrow-raising around her. Oh, how she wanted to run! Maybe she can remove her escorts' hand on her shoulder and run. But wait! They all have her information already. The world started to crumble around her while they continue their steps and getting closer and closer to the gate.
**Humiliation part 2** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/humiliation-part-2-21af3a34
This is a continuation of my entry to @Dangerous_Fly **giveaway contest**. I am still typing the next one.. Pls. bear with me. 😁 Drop your feedback and i would gladly hear from you. 🤗 https://read.cash/@Dangerous_Fly/a-moment-to-remember-10-giveaway-6cc8b0a4
I never expected your renewal sponsorship @Akashdatta98. 🤗 Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤️
"The Chocolate"
Her heart is pounding loudly, "would I be caught?" she asked herself. Great fear swept her sanity. The feeling of a 10- year old girl is somewhat overwhelming. She just picked 3 chocolate bars in one of the shelves inside a big department store and secretly slid it in her skirts' pocket. She has been doing it numerous times already and she didn't fail to come out being uncaught. But this time is different, she has no company. Oftentimes she joins her classmates during lunchbreak inside that big store and busy looking for some goods displayed and picked everything they like.
Many times also they bought something for her and paid it by themselves. But those many times made her feel pitiful. She is a product of a poor family. A penny given by her mother the only one staying in her pocket is intended for a ride fare going home. No allowance. No sandwiches or a biscuit for a snack. Only rice and a single boiled-egg for lunch in her lunchbox, but it's ok at least there is something for her tummy to feed on. Her dad was just a poor labourer who feeds them enough.
This time, she wanted something more, she envied those girls who have money to buy themselves those expensive snacks and junkies they want. But she only fit herself in feasting her eyes with those colourful displays on the shelves of that store and gets lucky if they bought her something too.
Whenever they come out of school every day, she goes out with them. But now she wanted to be different. She doesn't want to look pathetic and looks like a dog always following her owner. She wanted these girls to treat her as if she is also something. The first attempt she did it was a successful one thought she thought she'll get caught. Followed by another attempt, third, fourth, she can't count.
Now she is alone, she was late in consuming her lunch because she has to Finnish a task given by her adviser. So after securing her lunch box in her bag and leave it in their classroom, she hurriedly goes out from their school and walked swiftly towards the road directing to the department store which is just a few blocks away from the public school she is studying. She is hoping she can catch with the girls. It is better to be with them because she won't be noticed by the other costumers if she has company.
She's late, the girls already left the store as she can't find them in every lane inside when she arrived. But like a routine, and maybe an addiction she was led by her feet to the specific shelf she used to stand and feast her eyes every time they entered the store. She discreetly picked 3 bars of KitKat and swiftly slid it inside her pocket with her eyes cautiously side glancing without turning her head.
She decided to go out and imagining herself bragging her bars with the girls when she gets back to their school. She will be lauded for having a generous "uncle" who always gives her expensive chocolates. She is approaching 10 steps from the exit, 9... 8.. 7... she met the guard's eyes she always does and continued her steps. She's near from grasping her victory, 6...5... She raised her eyes again. 4...3 there's something from the security guards eyes that looks different. He never left his eyes on her. "Did he saw me?" she asked herself. "But NO he can't see me because he never left his post near the exit/entrance wide door. It's his job."Confidently the girl marched her feet for the remaining steps 2...1 !! A hand just grabbed her **collar** in the back. Her body became stiff. She has no guts to turn around to find out who is holding her collar behind. By firmly holding her hand, she can barely notice the noddings and small talks between the guard and the stranger. Now the stranger is pulling her and guiding her towards the stairs leading up to the second floor. Her legs are shaking with her hands sweating. She can't swallow the lump that is about to form in her throat. As they ascend the stairs, her mind is floating. Images in her mind, girls laughing and the boys sneering at a poor girl with a handcuff in her hand. Her mom beating her so terribly. Her dad looking at her with a solemn face. Now all are playing in her mind over and over...
The end.
If you want to know the outcome you can comment to me directly. It would be very long to include the whole scenario here.😅
I just edited the article. I added the link of its continuation.
**HUMILIATION** https://read.cash/@Xzeon/humiliation-87f23272
This is a true story of a girl close to me who experience lots of ups and downs in her life. One experience she can't ever forget because of poverty. She's a grown woman now living happily with her family and loving husband.
This is my very first entry to @Dangerous_Fly giveaway contest " a moment to remember. I was supposed to publish this earlier but I was disturbed by home tasks😁. Hope this will pass through our host's judgement. Thank you for the opportunity.
If you want to join, please check the link
https://read.cash/@Dangerous_Fly/a-moment-to-remember-10-giveaway-6cc8b0a4
Happy reading guys.
Photographers, essayists, digital artists and poets!! I invite you to join this unique contest hosted by @Charlotte as a sign of appreciation for her supporters and to encourage everyone to write and express their thoughts.
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Cold weather, causes freezing points?
Good morning, don't mind the title again,😅. Just got it from a friend @Djgeloremix . I just came from our parents-teachers meeting in school for an orientation of my childs modular schooling. Upon arriving home, i checked my read.cash account and i noticed that my points stayed 0.0. I was even very active yesterday and retired at night. I just came online this morning to check my points. This will be my first time writing about my points. I don't have issues about it. May it be low or high because i find read.Cash a place where i can share my thoughts freely and improve my little writing skills without minding my points at all. I don't even check my points from time to time, only in the morning before the resetting time. But yesterday after the resetting of our points., i was stucked to 0.0 points until this very moment. I was not moved by it thinking that it would be back to normal soon. But i noticed a new feature yesterday as i read a lot of comments and posts about freezing of points even from good writers, i was a bit perplexed. I noticed the book sign in our articles which i learned from @Z_graeden that it was a new feature of read.cash. It was the estimated reading time of an article posted. Meaning, it indicates if your article is whether short or long by the time shown in the users homepage or profile. I know that read.Cash is looking for improvements and finding ways to make this community a healthy one to stay.
In my opinion, is it really neccessary? Read.Cash has a major problem of freezing points and lots of complains from good writers about this issue. If this new feature was put without this freezing points issue and it helps the users to gain more points or tracks someones activity in reading, i will have no problem about it. But...
Let me explain the scenario in my mind. If it does have a tracking time it would be unfair to some users who reads fast and finnishes the article before the estimated time and drops a comment afterward. The author might think that the user/reader only scanned their article and didn't read it completely when in fact they did. (well it is just an imagination)
For lazy readers, they prefer to choose short articles no matter how good the articles are. So with the new feature that shows the estimated time, you can know if the article is either short or long. The impact would not be good. Long articles are mostly quality ones. If they will be disregarded and overlooked, they will gain less viewers and readers.
If theres something that readcash would improve, its about the points of our users to have a fair one. If this new feature helps to have a healthy community its a thumbs up from me. Everything i said is just a product of my thoughts..don't make me wrong,maybe there are some other things that can be added. I hope someone will give me a positive feedback whether i would favor this new feature or not.
Read. Cash Impact in my Life
I was moved by one of the event of @esciisc, though i'm not joining it to give others their chance for the sponsorship because i'm already sponsored by this generous writer, i might as well share my part on the impact of read. cash in my life.
Everyday, i'm just using my time in my everyday routine such as waking up in the morning, checking my notifs in facebook and messenger then prepare the breakfast, doing the household chores such feeding the chickens, hogs and ducks, do the laundry, a lil bit of gardening, mending clothes of my hyper kids coz' i don't know how they get to tear their clothes while playing. 😅 At night i am watching full movies in my phone,sometimes in youtube. Im addicted to korean novelas, thai, and indian movies. 😁I'm also being active in facebook but not posting much while busy commenting on their unrelevant posts. 😅. Most of the time i do sleep whenever i don't have anything to do and when i'm bored. @Z_graeden comes and visit me sometimes and i do likewise but because of modern technology, we use our gadgets as our means of communication.10 houses away is a bit much of a distance though. 😁
Sometimes i go out to our neighbors' house and listens to their unending gossips🤣. I am not that type of person who ussually stays long in someones house doing the "chismis" thing. But i like listening to their talks, though i will be fortunate if i can hear good news from the total list of topics they are sharing🙄. After that, i will go back to our house again and do the rituals i mean the routines😅. Laundry, cooking, cleaning the house, but in everyday i'm doing it how come i can't just make our whole house spit and span🤔🤷♀️🤣.
Few months ago I am fond of signing up links with faucets and airdrops shared by my friends in telegram,fortunately i earned in some faucets, others i don't, because it needs a minimum amount which is so hard to accumulate before withrawing so i gave it up and start another one. That happens again and again but it stopped when my phone was broken. I just got my new one 5 months ago.
Then @Z_graeden shared about read.Cash and send me the link and suggested me to try it, i did signed up. But after reading all the preview i got bored. 😅
Honestly, i never thought of making an article, i feel lazy doing it. Duh! I feel like a highschool kid again doing the homeworks about research, papers and essays. 🤭But i used to love it years back then.
I wasn't active by almost 2 weeks at first. But one boring day, i opened readcash again, explored its buttons and visited communities until i searched @Z_graedens account., i found her posts about our place and i was hooked by it. I said oh why not, it seems interesting to me, i can share something like that too. I also found some photographies, and shared recipes and crafts, So starting from that day, i started following writers which i think their articles are good enough. I asked for suggestions from z_graeden how to earn more and the most exciting is when i earned my very first dollar in 3 days. Its funny i got it in 3 days while others got more in just a day. 😅
I joined giveaways for sponsorship because i'm curious about it and i thought it would give additional earnings. Those faces of other authors on others articles seems enticing. I wondered why i had no one in mine. 😅You know, those are newbies experiences. Then finally i got one then followed by another one. But then, i stopped when i noticed others are using sponsorship giveaways by lil amount only while earning subscribers.
But now i'm sponsoring other writers also without announcing a give away. 🤫 I'm still participating giveaways though but i'm being selective in joining them.
Days turned to weeks then weeks turned to month and i realized that being in read cash is better than being with gossippers. I learned a lot in here, like making a header, logos, pics art from @Dolores, @esciisc, and @Charlotte and @Mj123 as well for challenging about header making though i didn't win but aleast i tried😁. My little kids are curious about the new unussual apps installed in my phone though and asks me what are those😅 i just said, it's about knowledge. 🤣.
One thing is, since i started being here in read.Cash i did not spend money anymore in buying load for my phones' data. I even provided my families load also specially the older ones which they use in their online studies. I also became fond of taking photos of anything that grabs my attention even sometimes my hubby thought of me of being weird 😅.
The most valuable things i gained in read.Cash are having new friends, as usual i won't mention because i don't want to overlook someone. You know who you are guys.
This is the platform where i learned while earning. I discovered new ideas and gained knowledge from other authors. I even realized that i can do better than the ussual things i ussually do. I was encouraged to write despite the fact that i'm not that good but atleast i did write and share the thoughts in which i think worth it sharing. Now i'm a permanent readcash user and will be one until readcash will leave me. 😁
This is my piece on read cash impact in my life. 😊 I hope you don't feel bored in reading this write up of your humble fellow read.cash user.
I am a female Bull
Don't mind the title, i don't want to be called a cow (female bull) so i made myself an own title,bull is more dominant than the female one also i like the name ***bull*** ...than ***cow***. . 😁
I'm a taurus,borne 20- April - 20 May, according to my zodiac sign,
Taurus are stubborn and wants things done her way, and when she doesn't get what she wants, she can get pretty darn angry. When she is mad, she will throw a huge tantrum. She might break things and say some mean things that she will later regret.
Well, in reality, i'm stubborn but not to the extent that i will break things, but only if i'm provoked. We can never tell. Theres a saying about taurians "**If you provoke the bull, you just may get the horns"**. Its me in reality.
At times, emotions come out in unexpected ways such as deep depressions or sudden bursts of anger, similar to the ram bashing into a wall. This is especially true if they are forced to be around people they don’t like, or are given instructions from an authority figure on what they should do.
I don't want to be bossed around. I know how to follow intsruction but i don't like being bossed as if am a slave. Definitely I prefer being the boss.I am naturally dominant and will argue until i get my way.
Taurians are selfish... Possesive,
Yes, i am a bit selfish by being possessive of the things i own, but i can share things if the borrower is dependable. But in regarding to my family, who wants to share their husband? 🤔😅 I don't.
**STRENGTHS** are Dependable, suffering, down to business, committed, obligated, stabile.
**WEAKNESSES**: Hard-nosed, don't acknowledge compromises.
**LIKES:** Work in garden, music, sentimentalism, dressing, working with hands.
All of these are my strenghts, weaknesses, and likes base in the actual characteristics of mine. You can depend on me, i am tough-minded and determined. I love to work in the garden as my hobby, i love listening to the music specially when i'm stressed. Its actually a trait of a taurus to stay away from anger and seclude themselves and travel, listening to music, work something to divert their anger until they become cool again. I also love working with my hands. I can't stay put if i don't have something to do with my hands like sewing, and drawing or else i prefer going to sleep.
As a Taurus, their coy style is generally physical, attractive, and sweet. Taurus people have a relentless and sensible methodology with all the fixings. In respects to flirting, they will seem to be latent, until a contender steps in their area.
I don't need to ramp like a model to catch attention and get noticed. I seems to be idle but with a competitor around, my reaction would be inevitably unexpected.
Taurus is down to earth and funny. Winning over the trust of a **Taurus personality** is always worth it in the end.
I have sense of humor and sometimes i find myself humurous even in a serious situation. I can open jokes without trying hard. Once you win my trust, you won't regret it, i can be a good friend 'til the end but breaking it, you will have a hard time mending it again.
In zodiac signs, not all are real and defining ourselves but most of it are true and we can change our character from bad to good. I already found it out when i'm in my highshool days when we used to sign autographs from our classmates and the content includes zodiac signs and its attitude. I read about the "breaking of things" but i don't do that. I am actually bad tempered but now i am calm and can control my temper. 😉
About birthdays, i really don't celebrate it. But i use to prepare something for my family during their birthdays so i have nothing to share. I am contented with my life existence and don't ask for more but an additional life in order to watch my children grow and can stand on their own.
I think i need to end here. 😊
Thanks to @kat2x. I am thinking of making an article when she mentioned me in one of @Eybyoung event about writing an article about zodiac signs. https://read.cash/@Eybyoung/its-my-birthday-giveaways-ce39644a
My Random Collection of Photography
When I scrolled my gallery to clean it up. i just found these photos stocked unpublished so i decided to share it to you guys.
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I hope you like and enjoyed my simple shots and won't bore your eyes guys. I captured them here in our village. 😊
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