My first ever long ride
`Apr1`
Hello, everyone! Been very busy with life that it took me very long time to publish another article. As much as I want to, my responsibilities as a father and my part-time job consume all of my time. Well I have my time during the evening but my body would demand me to go sleep. Aside from that, if I have free time, I would attend a short ride and sometimes long ride if my partner will allow me.
One of my goals is to join one of the riders' club here in our municipality. It's a long-time dream of mine but scarcity hindered me I mean I don't have any means as to where could I get money in case there will be a contribution. Yeah, in every riders' club, there is a monthly contribution for the benefits of the members. I would also have to spend for safety gears, vest and others that would make us safe during our ride. I don't want to ask from my parents too because joining a club is not that important for I can still live without it. But now that I have a part-time job, I am now able to join but I also made it sure that my family's needs are met before I spend on something else.
**How did I join and what club I am in?** When we move to my partner's place, I met a friend there who's just creating a riders' team/club. Actually they have been into long rides but the members were still few. I think there were below 10 members. So this friend I met would always come at my partner's home inviting me to join them. I asked everything about their club first to convince myself.
This riders' club that I am currently in is the **God's Son Rider's Club**. This club name is influenced by the admin, which is a pastor.
For me, there should be an apostrophe at the end of the rider after the s. Hmm. Am I right? Haha. But anyway, never mind. Just focus on the logo and how amazing it was.
Currently, we have 4o plus members and it is so good that we have growing members. I also invited 5 friends to join in and they were able to join our first long ride.
In our first long ride, there were 20 of us who joined. I was so happy because I now have complete safety gears, a helmet and everything a rider should wear unlike before when I just wore my slippers, t-shirt and taslan shorts.
The photo above is a screenshot of our route. We have been into 8 municipalities within 8 hours but before we started the ride, we gathered together and ask for Divine providence.
Of course we should not forget praying before starting our day. We also have our club's motto which is **"Riding is our Passion. God is our Protection".**
We also have FB page and there are 95 members there but only 40 of us are official members.
Official members are those who joined one long ride and one short ride. The rest are just part of the club but they haven't joined a ride yet. The club's rule can be seen as well.
Going back, the starting point of the ride is from Sogod to Mahaplag, Baybay City and Hilongos. We stopped by at Baybay City to visit one of the tourist spots there which is the Flower Garden.
Afterwards, we dropped by at Municipality of Bato to have our lunch then continued our destination.
When we arrived at Maasin City, we dropped by to one of the famous fastfood chains here in the Philippines which is Jollibee. Of course, I don't want my partner to be mad knowing that it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon and we still need to travel home.
I arrived at home at 5:30 in the afternoon and I was right because she's mad. Haha! I just did not reply and gave her the spaghetti, fried chicken and burger that I bought from Jollibee. She's mad but she's still hungry so she ate what I brought then she's back to being lively again and started asking about our ride.
**What's the purpose of this ride? This intent to bring us, club members together, to be united despite the fact that some are unknown to us. We will also build camaraderie while having fun, fueling our passion. Some might not understand the joy that we have because they have different passion too and it's fine. What's important is that we are happy and we are fulfilling our dreams in ways we can.**
Have a happy day!
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`|03312022|`
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If you can't be good, then be quiet.
This year's election for presidency has become a hot issue that most of the time, people make memes out of it just to show support to the aspiring President. I don't know why some people tend to get mad at someone who has different political views than them. Hello? It's our right to choose and we have reason for that so no one should question us nor make fun of us for choosing that candidate. We all got our own thing so let's just mind our own business.
I am okay with someone, who's supporting his bias. It's normal, I mean we all have the right to support and no one's stopping us. But sometimes, a way of supporting turned into bashing, hating, cancelling the other opposing candidate. Can we just support without hating? After all, it's our future President who we are supporting and regardless of the result, we should remain united for the country.
I hate it when I saw some friends on Facebook arguing just because a person won't vote the same as his/her. He did not only talk shit about the candidate but he was also talking about bad things towards the person. Consequently, the argument became personal instead of just talking about the candidate. They are now fighting each other revealing personal issues. What a narrow-minded people. What made it even worse is that they broadcast everything on social media and we can't deny the fact that even if the post or comments were deleted online, it can't give an assurance that it's also deleted on people's mind.
I have my own bias, my chosen President and I am so silent about it. For me, why would I make noise if I can just support silently, in a well-mannered way. Fighting on social media won't help and it can ruin my credibility and dignity. I read a lot, I have seen a lot of hate from comparing the candidates and bringing up their past which they think can affect the candidacy. What's the point? We can't change people's mind and heart that easy. The best thing we can do is to keep silent, if we can't be kind.
I was triggered by some random posts on Facebook that are gathered together. There were these people who made fun of someone because of his chosen President. They did not only talk negatively about the candidate but they also made fun of his disability for his one eye is blind. This man supporting his bias, did not do anything wrong to these people buy why they end up to this? Is this what their values taught them?
See they made fun of this man who hold a paper with some writings on it showing his support to his bias.
They are making too personal comments and even labeled him as "**blinded twice**" for choosing that candidate. Some also captioned "**wink challenge done**" because of his left eye.
There were a lot of them but I won't bring them all here so they can't radiate the negative vibes.
So what's my point?
Let's support our candidate without basing the other. Let's support our candidate without having an argument to people who have different bias as ours. Stop educating them just because you think they know nothing. You are just insulting them. They don't need your lecture because before they chose that candidate, I am sure they weigh things out and have thought thoroughly.
Let us respect each other's choice. It's all that matters.
If we can't be good, then be quiet.
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`|03252022|`
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Happy 5th month, Cici!
How did you start your week? What do you think of Mondays? For some, Mondays are the start of a hell week but to most people, it's a blessing because it is like a spring board to start kicking in. As for me, I hate Mondays when I was still studying because most of my Mondays are wet, I mean it will rain. Often times I got late in school because of it. I don't know why but Mondays are not as good as for everyone. But as I grow, I realized that days don't have meaning. It's just a day given with a name (Monday-Sunday). We are the ones who associate meaning with it depending upon our experiences. Eh, what am I blabbering about?
I think you already knew because of my title. Yeah, my baby was 5 month old last Sunday.
She's getting bigger each day and I can't believe that she will start to eat solid foods next month. I am so excited and nervous at the same time but I guess this is normal for parents to feel this way.
To celebrate Clea's fifth month, her auntie and grandpa (my father) gave her cake. Well, it's been our tradition to buy Clea a cake every month until she gets one year old. It's good that her auntie and grandpa informed us beforehand that they will buy cake or else we would buy ours and there will be three cakes which might take long time to consume all. It's fine if there was an electricity during that time because we can just store them in the fridge.
Clea's grandma also prepared her special pansit bihon which made the celebration more lively. Well, who doesn't like pansit? This is one of Filipino's all-time favorite. There was also roasted chicken on the side.
My family came over to see Clea and to celebrate with us. It feels like it was a birthday party of someone because we were united that time. This just showed that we all love Clea and her presence, her being here with us is a blessing from God that we celebrate it each month. Clea is the apple of our eye and we would like her to have the best of everything.
Of course, her mom did a photoshoot again together with her sisters. They arranged Clea's diapers to form number 5. I don't know where they got that idea tho. They tried to give toys to Clea so she will gave her smile but they did not succeed. She just only gave them a little bit of curve on her lips and sometimes a mean look. I don't know why Clea is like that. She used to smile when we play with her, cuddle her but when she will see a phone or a camera, she gets confuse and will just stare on it. No matter how hard you'll try, it will be a miracle if she smiles.
The day won't end without having our picture together.
Tada! That's me being so skinny while my daughter is healthy. Yikes! We don't have a photo together with her mom because we had an argument during that time but we did not showed it to our families. We acted like nothing happened because that is what she told me. To not involve in our anger the people around us.
After the picture taking, we delightfully partake our dinner and had fun. My family has to go early because they operated the generator at home and there was no one left to watch over it.
Celebrating Clea's birthday every month became a part of us that we even prepare for it. It does not matter if it is not grand. What's important is that we Thank God for giving her to us and for bringing us closer.
Now I can say that it is really true that a home becomes livelier with children/babies in it.
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`|032222|`
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Quick life update
Ni hao! It's been quite long that I haven't been here. Life gets kinda hard and challenging that it's taking most of my time. I have left behind my blog which I don't want to do in the first place but then I have to since I have a part-time job everyday at 2 A.M in my auntie's slaughter house. At first, I found it so tiring because I need to wake up in the middle of my sweet sleep. Sometimes, I get annoyed with my alarm clock as it keeps on ringing as to what time I set it and that is 1:30 A.M since I need to travel from my girlfriend's house to the slaughter house. I was also not sure if I can keep up with the old workers there and if I can learn the process quickly. Well, I would not know if I would not try so I did and fortunately, I can say that I am almost good in what I do.
In the slaughter house, usually we slaughter 8-10 pigs a day and they will go to their owners after and sell the meat to their respective meat shops. Actually it's more than that but since there's an african swine flu in the neighboring municipalities, some slaughter houses are in a halt. Glad that ours did not as there was no confirmed flu yet in here. And this is what makes me tired to do something during the day. Even though I only work for 4 hours, I still feel tired and sleepy because continuous sleep from night until morning really hits different.
I also need to earn extra because my girlfriend keeps on ordering baby stuffs online. Well, Shopee is back in here so she kinda missed it I guess. She also doesn't want the clothes and stuffs she saw in the markets here so she prefer ordering online.
She already got her first order this year from Lazada since the shipping fee in Shopee is not available during the time she ordered. She ordered 5 pieces of assorted onesies and she's delighted to see them all for they have cute designs and they suit Clea well.
I thought she'd be going to order again next week but she told me she still have one coming. Yeah but what can I do? It's for my baby anyway so it's pretty fine.
The fast internet connection is back in here too and it gets faster than before. However, it's still unstable. There was this one day when the internet connection was gone again by morning and came back during the evening. Even now, it will be suddenly gone leaving an **X mark** on the signal display. But, it's better than before. At least we don't have to travel to the next town where there's an internet connection just so we can publish an article.
The electricity has not been fixed yet here but the next barangays have their electricity already. I just wish the SOLECO will come back tomorrow continue fixing the wires here. I or shall I say we are getting tired using manual fan to Clea. She doesn't like to sleep without cool air. I can't blame her tho because it's too hot these days.
Clea is also turning 5 month old this coming Saturday. How swiftly time flies. It seems like it was just yesterday when we celebrated her 4th birthday month. Moreover, we are so excited for her to eat solid foods that her mom planned to order again baby food processor/cooker/blender. She let me see the prices online since I will be the one to pay. I just agreed on her so we won't argue anymore.
My girlfriend also got her vaccine just recently. She was convinced to have it since she was not able to attend their Teacher Orientation for she's unvaccinated. Haha! Because of that, she hastened to health center to get the jab. I never thought she would chose Janssen. I even chatted her not to have it but she was so hard headed. I could not do anything since I was not there and she has also decided. After her vaccination, she got chills, fever and a headache during the evening. She thought her life would end during the night she was experiencing the side effects but I told her it's normal and that's what most of the newly-vaccinated individual feels.
Oh man, it's 1:21 already. I need to hurry and get ready. Gonna be back tomorrow. I promise to keep up.
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`|03182022|`
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I can surf, at last!
I can surf, at last!
I don't know how to surf on the big waves of the ocean using a surf board but I know how to surf. Oh, I mean surf the internet. So funny that there's someone like me who's so excited to surf the internet that I'm dying for it like I never did it my whole life. Well, it's been almost three months since the typhoon had left destroying everything here in our province including electricity and mobile network network connection. As a result, we are left living without an electricity and without an internet connection. I can't even live a day of not being able to open my social media accounts but now I can't believe that I am now able to do so, and this time, it's legit staying.
Yesterday, we went to Clea's grandma because they already had an electricity there. Their home is also situated by the shore so the wind is cool and Clea liked it so much. Ooh, I'm tired of using manual fan every day just to make my daughter stop from crying. I lack sleep almost every night because she won't latch on her mom's breasts if there's no wind coming from the manual fan. Well, I can't be mad at her because it's too hot in here even during night time and this made her feel uncomfortable. She also would not sleep at night without it.
Going back, Clea's grandma had a wide-open window facing the seashore and the cool air gets in and out of that window freely. I can see Clea gently closed her eyes as the cool wind passed by her. But not just that, we finally got the chance to use an electric fan yesterday too and my daughter loved it. Ahhh, I just missed having an electricity at home. This just justifies how convenient it is having an electricity. Clea slept after feeding and she wasn't mad and bad like when she felt warm temperature.
Meanwhile, I checked my phone and I was surprised that I saw 4G beside my mobile network signal detector. Wow! I can't believe it's already 4G when it's always H+ after the typhoon.
I immediately went online and I was amazed that my messenger wass popping and I can already open my read.cash. I chatted my nearby friends here to ask if they have fast internet connection too and they said that they do. I only used free data that time so I chatted my friend who's selling cellular load so I can surf the internet without a limit. She was online too so I got loaded there and then. I opened every app I used before and they're all working because there's already an internet connection. Thank God! I can now publish an article without going to the next town especially that the petrol's price is so high these days.
After hours of enjoying the digital world, I was bored so I decided to close everything until I get bored and open them again. Haha!
Now that I am able to open my read.cash even I am just at home, I will surely get back to you all and visit your article. I missed a lot, I missed a lot of you. I also miss my sponsors who are not in my sponsors' block anymore but I understand them for leaving. I promise to myself that I will bounce back with a bang and win their trust again.
How are you all by the way? I missed you guys. Let's have another ful and wisdom-filled conversation. I want to learn and I want to think mature just as what my girlfriend says. She told me my range of thinking is just like a kid. What a mean girl!
Happy weekend y'all.
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`|03132022|`
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Music Tiles
The absence of electricity and internet connection here lead me to play games on my phone just to escape boredom when my daughter is already sleeping. Actually, the internet connection came back last Friday and we thought it will be okay day by day but it was gone again the time when I ate my breakfast. I guess it was just a free-trial or to let us even more hunger for connection. My friend even called the customer service of that network provider but the agent told her that their network did not do any update in our place which lead us hanging like 'what really happened'? Why the strong internet connection came back all of a sudden without their intervention. And why it was gone again today? What a misfortune. We need to travel again so we can publish. It's raining here since this morning but we won't mind the rain I guess. Good luck to us! Haha!
Going back to the games, I have played several ones like Mini Militia, Zombie Tsunami, Piano Tiles, Counter Strike and Plants vs. Zombies. Just imagine how bored I was for playing these when in fact I am done with these games when I was still in my teenage years. Well, I could not do anything in my vacant time so I installed these and they got uninstalled afterwards when I got bored playing them again and again. I installed them because I was bored but I deleted them because I was bored of them. Lol.
I have this new game that I am fond of playing. This is Music Tiles.
This game is just like Piano Tiles but the difference is the background music of this are new or shall I say pop music of this generation.
These are the songs that you can choose from if you want to play. There are songs that are downloaded already and some are not. You need to download them with the help of the interest.
Look how awesome the songs are. I am sure you know some if not all of these.
So how do you play it?
You need to tap the tiles that come along the way and make sure you tap it along with the song's beat so you can have a perfect score but you can also got perfect score if you tap the tiles when it crosses the line just like the photo below.
If you finish the song perfectly without tapping the wrong tiles, then you will be rewarded with three stars.
What made it even more challenging is that in every song, the speed changes or shall I say, it becomes faster and as you finish it, you will be rewarded with crowns. The stars and crowns can be used to unlock songs, can buy energy if you are out of energy because you only have 15 energies (chances) to play the game. Well, if you won't be mistaken, then you won't lose energy. You can also get diamonds as you play and these diamonds can be used to purchase tile's skin, scene, or even a song too.
You can try it and see it for yourself how enjoying it would be only if you have free time. I really enjoyed playing it as I sing along ang tap the tiles. Oh, anyway, the songs are labeled according to the difficulty. These are easy, normal and hard and it's up to you to choose. You can download it on playstore and show me your score. Let's have fun. Let's tap!
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|03052022|
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Today is supposed to be an ordinary day
Today is supposed to be an ordinary day but it didn't. My nervousness had not left me since this morning. We did not expect that a barangay health worker would come here and told us that we must go to that certain barangay where there's a BCG vaccine for babies. I don't know what that means but babies need it for protection. Clea is so late having it. I am not really familiar about it because I was just a first time dad and I got no knowledge about babies having vaccines. But anyway, it's not too late although it's late already. Hmm.
I got a part-time job just yesterday at my uncle's pig slaughter house. I went there at one o'clock and got home at five o'clock in the morning. I'm so sleepy that time but I need to go and drive them to the health center. We went there at 9 AM, a bit late because it had rained. There are a lot of moms there with their babies and there are pregnant moms too. My girlfriend went inside the center and ask if Clea can have BCG in their barangay. The midwife said it's fine because their barangay is also under the same municipality from ours. The midwife listed Clea's name and her mom and told us to wait.
As we wait there, I saw a lot of babies, cute ones. I remember the time when Clea was still a baby weighing only 1.9 kg while the rest of the babies are already in 3 kg. or more. Some moms even told us why Clea is small even though they didn't knew what really happened. Well, I think there's a mistake during my girlfriend's monthly check-up in her OB-gyne. When Clea was still 7 month old in her mom's tummy, the Ob-gyne said that she's already 2.2 kg and she told my girlfriend to slow down in eating so she won't suffer in giving birth. However, that was just a mistake. My girlfriend was surprised after she gave birth because the doctor said when she saw Clea that she was too small and is malnourished.
It's already done tho so we have to move on. Clea is okay now anyway and I also learned that we should not compare babies. My baby is fine now and she's growing and that's enough for me to be fine too.
That's Clea. I can feel that she's scared and nervous and I can't do anything to make her feel better for she needs to go through it. When the nurses laid her in side-lying position, she already cried hard and her mom panicked again. It took one minute before they injected Clea so when they injected her, she's crying hard already and won't stop even after the injection. I saw her tears and it pained me too. If only I can take the injection for her, I will do it. I was not able to control my emotions because this day is supposed to be an ordinary day and I should be sleeping that time. But, I thank God because Clea had her BCG at last.
This afternoon, she was asleep and so we are too. I was tired from work and her mom was tired thinking about when we can move to another place.
Sorry if I made this site as my diary. I have nothing else to write and I am tired too. I also can't comment and communicate for the internet connection here has not been restored for almost three months. I also notice that Rusty's upvotes are not the same as before. It seems like he doesn't favor me this time due to my inactivity. I have to accept it because I do nothing after posting my article. I know I should do more but we can't leave our baby for long and we can't stay longer to the next town for it might rain and we will get soaked with the rain again. Some of my sponsors also left me though but it's fine with me. I will be working hard if the electricity and internet connection here will be restored but for now, I must enjoy the fruit of my labor.
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|03022022|
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Sun has come!
Sun has come!
After two days of continuous rain, at last it has stopped today. The whole family felt sick because of that cold weather. I thought it wouldn't stop just like those long, rainy days after the typhoon. Fortunately, it did and now it's blazing hot that I want to sleep but I can't. As much as I want to close my eyes, the warm temperature would wake me up like Clea the reason that I feel restless and unmotivated to do something. How about you guys? What are you up to? Me, I am up to finding a job these days so we can save money and move to another place. Even though we are fine here's in my girlfriend's place, we still want to separate because it's nice if you have your own place. You can rest whenever you want and you won't please anyone in the house. There's also freedom at our own home. We can do whatever we want without thinking if the rest of the members like it. We can also buy whatever we want because there's no hesitation anymore. Of course if we live with someone, we will also include their shopping lists for it's aweful if we will just buy ours. Though they don't say anything, it's the feeling of being obliged disturbs me. So yeah, hoping I can find a job as soon as possible so we can achieve our first goal which is to separate.
My girlfriend keeps on asking me about the jobs she saw online like those countries who are looking for English teachers. The compensation is satisfying but I don't think I can make it without her here for two years. I mean Clea is still four months old and if her mom go to somewhere, she might not know her when she comes home. You know it's good if moms are here to witness how their children are growing and they should be around in their milestone but I am also thinking of our future. Opportunity comes not too often and when it does, we should grab it. I don't know if I am thinking straight anymore. Maybe I should weigh things out before making a decision.
Anyway, Clea had cough for three days now and it's been giving her a hard time like she gets annoyed when she coughs. She's cute when she coughs tho lol but I really want that cough to evaporate somewhere. If only I can get that cough from her, I would be glad to do it. Us, parents, really don't want our children to suffer. I blame the weather for this too. Last week it was sunny then all of a sudden it got rainy then sunny again and then repeat.
For parents here, what are your cough remedies for babies below 6 months?
If Clea's cough still persists, then we will consult her pediatrician about this. My baby being sick is disturbing my peace for I cannot sleep soundly at night. I keep on praying to God that she will let Clea get well as we give her medicine. It's been 3 days nows and I hope she gets well today. We are also thinking that maybe what she's manifesting are signs of teething for she likes to bite her mom's nipple as well as her fingers too. She can't get rid of the habit of putting her three fingers inside her mouth. Could this be the signs? If yes, how did you manage it? I mean what did you do about this? I'm getting worried about it already.
I also don't want to go anywhere and leave my daughter at home if she is sick or something. I can't contain myself knowing that she's unwell but I need to go and travel to post this tho. Hustle hard!
Just and article from a worried dad. Hope it doesn't get you bored. Happy hustling!
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|03012022|
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The songs I used to sing
Living without an electricity for more than two months make me miss having it. Before, I didn't appreciate the importance of electricity because it is always there. Sometimes, I abuse using it as well like I will turn on the T.V. just to have background noises while I am doing something in my phone. I also don't unplugged my cellphone charger after charging my phone. Sometimes, I forgot to turn off the lights in my room. These are some of the things that I considered as wasting the electricity. I also missed singing in a Karaoke during occasions. Our Christmas and New Year Celebration were not so lively without the electricity knowing that my family is known to be addicted with singing and dancing. We really missed our karaoke bonding. So since I can't sing on a karaoke yet, let me just share the songs I used to sing.
**The songs I used to sing**
There are a lot of song genre that I love to sing but most of them are OPM love song or Original Pilipino (Filipino) music. Well who doesn't love OPM, right? Alright.
The first one is "Ikaw Lamang" by Silent Sanctuary.
https://youtu.be/UJBGiHHl1Cw
I heard of this many times on the radio but I loved it when my girlfriend let me sing it on a karaoke during my cousin's birthday. Oh, scratch that. I guess we aren't in a relationship that time yet but we have a mutual understanding already. It was 10 PM when her shift was over so I came over to her place and fetched her there. I told her we'll be going somewhere near but I brought her to our town. That's the first time my auntie and cousins meet her too. Since then, I became a fan of that song and it became my favorite too because why not? The song is beautiful. The lyrics are nice and the best is chill. The song also denotes of how much love the persona has for his girl. In this song, he expresses his utmost love by saying that the girl is the only woman he loves and he prays for and there's nothing he can ask for but her love to him.
The second one is "Having You Near Me" by Air Supply.
https://youtu.be/DhtYllyLx9w
Air Supply band is a legend and their songs never go out of style but among their songs, this song is my favorite. My mom used to play this song and I also heard a lot of cover versions of it too so maybe that's why I loved singing it too. I not sure if I sang it well like the real singers but at least I can sing it. This song is about someone who wants his/her love stay no matter what happen. It would be a joy if his/her love is on his/her side.
The third one is "Kundiman" by Silent Sanctuary.
https://youtu.be/ClUKBn4kMWg
This song kinda dramatic because the persona still loves the girl even though they're not meant for each other in the end. He will always be there and will never go away from her. I liked to sing this song although I am not heartbroken because I just like it. Well, I like all Silent Sanctuary songs.
The fourth one is "All I Need" by Jack Wagner.
https://youtu.be/TyEUhmmZiQk
I used to play this song as Clea's lullaby since she likes to listen to music. This song is on repeat when I let Clea sleep. I used to sing this song because I just like the Harmony and rhythm. Though it's an old song, it's still gold. This song tells about someone who needs more time to make sure that his feelings are real before he shows it. He wants everything to be 100% legit.
The last one is "I'll Never Go" by Nexxus.
https://youtu.be/9EnZ42PI86s
Well, this song is a hit whenever we sing in a karaoke. Almost all of the people who are with me knew this even the young ones. Who would not love this song? This is so pleasant to hear and you would really love to sing it for sure. This song tells about someone who promised to stay close to his love.
That would be all for now. I am now having a hard time to choose what I think is worthy of sharing. I just wish the electricity will be back as soon as possible so I can enjoy karaoke again. Are you familiar to any of these You can make your list too. I wanna know.
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|02262022|
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See you!
Thank God Clea is okay now. She did not have a fever this afternoon and she's playful again. We did not had enough sleep last night because we keep on monitoring her temperature. Her highest body temperature yesterday went up to 37.8°C and her mom panicked again as always. Are all moms like that? It does not mean that I don't care about my daughter when she's sick. I am worried too but I don't panic because I know it won't help. I stay calm and pray to God instead for fast recovery. It's nothing serious too because we already know why she gets sick and that's because of her immunization. Even us, adults get uneasy when we had our doze of vaccines. So now that Clea's fine, I have nothing to worry about.
Today I just cleaned my helmet so it will be ready to use for this coming long ride. Yes, we will have again another ride for a cause this coming Sunday and it's will happen in another venue, somewhere far away from our town. That means another adventure for me because I have never been into another place since Clea was with us for I don't like to go somewhere far from my family. But now that Clea is 4 months old now, I guess it's also fine to go out in a just a short time. I asked my partner about this and it's fine with her. She supports me in this passion but I should not abuse it. I know my limitations and I should go home in not more than 4 hours. I need to help her in taking care of my daughter. I also asked her to come with me but she refused because she can't live Clea. She will miss the little in just a short span of time. But I believe there will come a time when we will come with me as my official back ride.
This is my helmet. I bought this last year on Shopee but I made sure that I purchase from legit Evo Offical Store which is Evo Philippines. I also chatted the seller so I won't get scammed.
The brand of this helmet is Evo, one of the famous helmet brands here in our town. When I bought this, this was a new version helmet, Draconis.
As you can see, there's a dragon printed on the helmet. I chose red as the color because it has a strong impact for me. It also goes along with my motorbike which is red as well and I thought it would be a perfect combination and I was not wrong. They did. I bought this for about $100 including the shipping fee. This price is kinda high but I really saved money for this. The quality and durability of this helmet justifies the price. Since then, this is my partner whenever I go somewhere. Safety first.
It's also a long time since I cleaned the outer surface so I decided to clean this today. Since I don't have the legit helmet cleaner, I used baby oil and cotton balls. I wiped the cotton ball with some baby oil to the helmet's surface including those that can't be seen on the outside. It was too dirty and it will be more if I did not clean it. This is so ready for our long ride.
I also joined a rider's club here in my girlfriend's place. The name of our club is God Son's Riders Club. Though I am not that into church, lol, the president of club welcomed me warmly. I also felt that I am a long-time member because they treat me like we have been together for too long. We already have this strong bond even if I was just with them in one short charity ride.
This is me along with the rest of the club members. This was taken during the last ride for a cause. I was so glad that I became a part of this club because this is one of my dreams. I also invited some of my friends and glad that they are interested. We are still open for new members so our club/team will grow.
Again, this would be all for my blog today. My dad brain is not functioning well to compose clear thoughts. At least I wrote about my helmet. Lol.
What made you busy today?
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|02242022|
@gwapojohn
Food tastes better when shared
Since I and my girlfriend were together, our road trips will also end to food trips. I am not fond of eating snacks before because I prefer eating heavy meals but now I am loving to eat snacks for my partner likes it too and she would let me taste everything she buys. I guess our trip will not be complete without eating street foods, ice cream, and barbecue. When we go travel to have an internet connection, she would not forget her favorite food stall that sells street foods. She would always tell me stop over there so she can order and post her articles there too. I just let her do her thing despite the fact that she's getting bigger which she constantly denies for she won't accept that she's gaining weight. Whatever!
So the food she loves to eat there on that stall are kikiam, kwek-kwek, squid roll, siomai and fish balls. I forgot to take pictures of the rest so I will just show you what I got here.
Yes, she can eat all of them that's why our bill will always be more than $3. I pray that the internet connection in their place will be restored as soon as possible so we won't travel there and spend for her snacks. Lol. But in fairness, her favorite snacks taste good and she told me that they taste better when I eat too so I just grant her request. I ordered mine too and our bill will cost up to $4. Geezzz! Should I asked her to stop passing by that food stall so she won't have the urge to spend again? Or should I remind her that her weight is now 57 kilos that was previously 45 kilos? Maybe that sounds a good idea but I am sure that she will get mad again. I also understand her if she gets hungry all the time because she breastfeeds our daughter. Her being hungry is a sign that Clea has gotten milk from her.
I wish that I can also gain weight just like her because I feel like I haven't gotten any though we just eat the same amount of food. Was it because of my metabolism? Maybe. Or maybe because of my genes too for both my parents are not that of big sizes. Regardless, I still have high hopes tho so I hope I can gain weight this time.
Forgive me if this doesn't have any sense. I am not in the right frame of mind because Clea has got a fever just now because of her immunization. She has gotten two injections from both of her legs this morning and the nurse told us to give her paracetamol for her fever. I felt like I am also weakened with the sight of my daughter having a fever. If only that can be transferred to me, I wouldn't mine having it. Glad that her grandma is here to help us take care of Clea. This is also the reason why we haven't moved to another place because we are afraid if Clea gets sick and we won't be able to manage everything especially in taking care of her. We still need help from our parents.
Anyway, for moms and dads here, what would you usually do or what would you give to your baby when they are sick?
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|02232022|
@gwapojohn
What my baby use
We bought baby products that we know are safe for our daughter. Some of the products especially Clea's medicines, vitamins and milk were also advised by her pediatrician and the rest are on us. I am not saying that these baby stuffs suit your baby because I know that it might not. Us, parents can determine if our baby is okay with this and that and it can vary to other babies. Since I have nothing in my mind today, let me just share what my baby use.
This is Clea's formula milk and this is what her pediatrician recommended.
Actually, we tried other formula milk that are at lower prices but Clea won't take a sip on it and she will cry and puke if we force her to latch. She also had a diarrhea because of that so we just resort to this, Similac because this is what Clea prefers though it's kinda pricy. A 400 grams of this formula milk costs $15. So just imagine if we will buy 1 kilogram or more. Yikes! That's why me and my partner are in a hustle hard mode. Lol. My head is aching sometimes because of this and I would also scratch on my head though it's not itchy. But we planned to change her milk when she turns 6 months.
What's your babies diaper? Clea's mom prefer this, Pampers, for this is what Clea used since she was born. Newborn diapers aren't expensive unlike larger sizes and I also think that the price of one diaper won't change regardless of it's size. Unfortunately, they do. (Face palm again). We also prefer medium as her diaper's size even though small size can still fit her. I don't know what's on her mom's head why she prefers this. In fairness, this diaper is very absorbent and Clea did not had any rashes with this. What's also cool about this is it's cloth-like cover which means it's breathable diapers. Clea won't feel much heat wearing this. Plus, this diaper's tape won't loose it's grip even if how many times you tape and untape it. We also don't use baby wipes because her pedia advised us that it's better if we will just use cotton soaked with water. In this way, we can avoid Urinary Tract Infection.
Next one is Clea's baby wash. Actually, the first one we used is Cetaphil but her mom was too paranoid when there are some rashes or I think their are baby acne that occured on Clea's face. She thought that Clea's skin does not like Cetaphil so she switch to Lactacyd only to find out that those baby acne are normal and they will just go away naturally. Since then, Lactacyd has been Clea's baby wash but I heard that her mom would like to switch to Dove baby bath. Hmm.
Last are her vitamins. Clea has a lot of medicines here but I will just show you what her pedia gave her recently. Since Clea has an anemia, her pedia gave her Ferlin (Oral Drops) which is an Iron Vitamin B Complex.
The other one is Cixtor which is an ascorbic acid or Vitamin C. Clea doesn't like the taste of these two but she doesn't have a choice. She needs these.
So that's it. I think I should write a part two of this. For now, this would be all. And I thank you.
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|02222022|
@gwapojohn
How often do you go to church?
We all have different religions and having this difference greatly affect our perception on what we believe is right or wrong. But even with this difference, we are still united and treat each other here as brothers and sisters and I think that's because of the respect that we have. Accepting each other's differences is a different level of respect. Without it, I don't think we would have the peace and order that we are enjoying now.
**What's your religion?**
My religion is Roman Catholic and we firmly believe in in Jesus Christ, our savior. That's what I can remember because honestly, I don't go to church much often. For last year, I think I haven't been into church but I am praying everyday and I believe in God and I follow His commandments. It may not be obvious because I am sometimes weird, looks like a sinner, a bad boy but I still know who my God is. I also respect the people I know and I didn't do any wrong towards someone. I love my family and they are also the first one who taught me about Jesus. Most importantly, I don't talk about other's life and judge them. I know nothing about their story so who am I to judge?
It's funny that some of the Catholics here in our place are hypocr*te. I can say that they are because they go to church every Sunday but after the mass, they will stop by someone they know and would share gossips about someone's life. Some also go to church just to be considered as holy and just be called "church-goer". Actually there are a lot of people there who are fake but I don't want to name them all. It will take much time. Sorry to judge but this is just what I observe.
Try to imagine a priest minister who decline someone who asked for help just because that someone has different political belief. He said tht he won't help that someone because he did not voted the one who he voted as well. How childish! He preaches inside a church but he acts like an animal outside. Oh my! Please don't get fooled by the ones who go to church. I am not saying all of the people, there are only some.
So yeah, sorry. I don't go to church often but I don't talk about someone's life which is not my business. Would that make me less of a human?
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|02221022|
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But I will miss her
I am stuck between choosing to pursue my studies and work abroad or to stay here with my family and work near from there. My little family is my everything and I want to be with them all the time. However, I can't be like this forever especially that Clea's needs are growing as she is too. I am the man in the family and I have biggest responsibility which is to provide what my family needs. I have a job as ceiling installer but it's contractual. After the contract, I will wait again for another contract/project. It's fine if the waiting time is just a week but it's not. Sometimes it will take a month and the longer one will be three months. Just imagine how unproductive I was. If I haven't met read.cash, then we would not have an additional income during those times that I was not working.
I know I should have a stable job but I am stuck between pursuing my course and work overseas or just apply for any work even without a connection from my course.
My heart says I must finish my course in College which is Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation but it will take two more years to finish it. But if I will finish it tho, I will be able to work on a ship overseas and the pay is satisfying. But I will miss her. I will miss my daughter. Right now, if I will be away from her in just an hour, I miss her already so how much more if I am so away for how many months. But as they said, you can do everything for your family so I am considering this option.
I am also thinking of working nearby even if the compensation is not that inviting as long as I am with my family. In this way, I can witness how my daughter grows and I can be with her in every step of the way. I can have another side line job anyway for extra income.
These are the choices I want to choose from. I already told this to my girlfriend but she's also undecided. Please help me out, friends. I need an advice.
It's my daughter's 4th month today! She will be happy to hear greetings from you all. She's growing so fast and she's getting naughty and heavy. She loves it when I make her smile. Sometimes, she's also acting like about to throw up when she smells my breath. What a mean girl like her mom. Lol.
So, allow me to go and brush my teeth and gargle.
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`|02202022|`
@gwapojohn
Blessings and more blessings
I can't believe that I am already here for 6 months. Wow! Time have flown so fast that I did not notice it's almost March. I can still remember New Year's Eve but now we are going to the third month of the year. It's good anyway because I m too excited for Clea's first birthday lol. Am I too excited for her to grow? Well it's because I can't wait for her to be with me when I go for a ride. I also love to teach her how to drive a motorbike so she can also have the passion like mine but if she doesn't like it, I will still respect that and support her in any passion she will pursue. Anyway, I am thankful as in legit thankful because my earnings here have helped us a lot may it be morally or financially. I can't forget the day when Clea got hospitalized and we received a lot of help from the people in here.
Being here for six months feels like magic. I made some friends, genuine ones though virtually, I established good rapport in here, and I learned a lot from other's life experiences. Although I am not active for the past two months, still you are there to support me. I currently have 96 subscribers and it did not increased since my interaction in here is less than before but still I am thankful to them.
I currently have 7 sponsors now. I actually had 13 I guess but some did not renew the sponsorship maybe because of my inactivity but it's fine. I am still thankful because there are still people who remained sponsoring me. My sponsor's block is also open just in case you want to sponsor me. 😊
I guess 7 is my lucky number for I also have 7 people that I am sponsoring. I plan to have more if I have time to read some articles. They said the electricity will be restored in my girlfriend's place next week and I am hoping the stable internet connection will be back too.
Because of my inactivity, I noticed tht Rusty doesn't favor me unlike before. He seldom appear in my notification but anyway, what's important is that he is still visiting me. Better than nothing, right?
This evening, I have an internet connection because we went to my auntie for her 60th birthday. My girlfriend does not want to come because she's tired and she finds is more tiring to go anywhere with Clea. She prefers Clea to be safe at home but when I told her there will be a lechon, she automatically prepared Clea's stuffs. Lol.
Gotta go and finish eating everything in my plate. Have a good evening! I wish you will always have delicious viand.
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`02182022|`
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House and lot as a gift.
I asked my girlfriend what does she likes for a gift. She then smirked and think of something for a minute. I expected her to say flowers, teddy bears, chocolates and any cosmetic stuffs. I was shocked when she said a house a lot - a big, fat house and lot and then she gave me an evil smile then left. Wow! A house and lot would be perfect but I cannot give it for now. I total everything in my pocket but all I can give her is a rice cooker. But, shall I promise her a house and lot?
I love my family and that's for sure. They are my life now and I would not live if I am without them especially my daughter, Clea. Clea is my ball of sunshine. Every morning, she wakes us up with her cute cry and a tiny shouts. I admit I sometimes ignore her for a short time because I am too sleepy but her cuteness, I can't resist. O rose from bed and laid beside her. Her breath is smells like paradise, unpolluted. Unlike from my breath that smells like dump site of our neighbor. I know I should brush my teeth before talking to her but I am so lazy so I just continued talking to her. At least she will get used with my breath every morning.
Is it crazy if I say that Clea knows how to say "Hi". I don't know how did she do that but she actually can. Every morning, her mom would greet her with a huge smile (never mind her missing tooth in front though) and she always say hi to Clea. Clea will respond with a smile too and after a minute she will then say hi. What a cute little angel. She's too cute saying that one word so how much more if she knows how to speak? Uhm, but I am praying she doesn't talk back to me someday. I am also excited for her to walk like when the time comes we are able to bring her everywhere we go. I am sure she would be running around a playground while her mom is annoyed chasing after her. What a pleasant view.
I told her mom last night a happy Valentine's for I forgot to say it on Valentine's day. I was about to hug her while we were on bed but she brushed me off and told me to sleep and so the momentum was ruined. Was she upset or was she really sleepy? I attempted again but she turn her back against me. I just hugged her and let her sleep so she'll not get annoyed big time. I was thinking that maybe she's waiting for me to give her the key. I have keys but motor cycle keys. I don't have house keys for now but I am sure I will work for it. I know it's hard but it's not impossible. I am the pillar of our home so I should be the one to give everything. Taking small steps is my first move. I need to finish my course first before it finish me. Then after that, I will let my uncles do the move so I can work on a ship where they are working.
All for my family!
But, would my girlfriend be more upset if I give her a rice cooker for now instead of a house and lot?
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|02162022|@gwapojohnn
I cried popcorn
At last! Success! I joined the ride for a cause wearing complete gears. I cried popcorn when I was still there in the area where the event happened. I am happy that I saw myself with the other professional riders. I felt that I really belong because I wear the same as what they wear. It really feels nice when you are one with the crowd. Sometimes, I want to stand out but this thing is different. I don't want to look different just like before when I just wore slippers and shorts and I haven't paid for the registration fee. I just passed by the area because I wanted to get photographed by the various photographers there and I am lucky that I got some shots.
These are the shots that I got last year. The first one was so embarrassing because I look like a joke. Imagine most of the riders there are looking nice but I just wore my everday-clothes and slides. But even though I looked like a joke, there were still photographers who took clicks one me and uploaded them on Facebook and that is where I got these shots for free. The second one is me and my friends who just watched other riders graced the curve from the side of the road. We felt ashamed after we passed by the curve so we decided to just stay away. I was also surprised that I found that picture on Facebook.
So what it this ride for a cause all about? Well, this is a charity ride organized by different clubs. The purpose of this ride to help a one week old baby who was hospitalized and the other will go to Typhoon Odette victims. The source of this fund is from the registration fee which is 150 php or $3. I think there were almost 500 riders who joined and imagine how much help they can give. There were also a lot of photographers there being invited so that the riders will love to participate because they will be photographed and the photos will be posted on Facebook. For me, this is great because these photos will serve as remembrance. The event also had a raffle draw and there will be five lucky winners who will receive Helmets. Unfortunately, I did not won but I am not sad because I already have my helmet. If the prize was a rice cooker, then I will be sad if I haven't won.
These are the shots that I grabbed from the Facebook page of the different photographers. These are free so I saved all of them. Watching my previous photos and new photos made me compare what I really looked like but never mind. What's important is that I achieved what I dreamed of and I am looking forward for more. Oh my, I am about to cry popcorn again.
How about you? What makes you cry popcorn?
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She knows how to pray
Isn't she adorable? I mean how can you resist that cute little one praying and saying something to God. I am amazed by how Clea learned how to pray. Her grandma would hold her hands and get them close together. She does that everyday and I guess that's why Clea did not forget it that she would likely clasp her hands together. And not just that, she will also make an angelic face while staring at you. That's why I can't resist her cute face. I want to kiss her but her mom would not let me so I have nothing to do with it. I just carry her and hug her softly. I am also happy because her grandma told me that Clea looks like me as she is growing. Haha! Her mom would surely not believe it because all she said is that Clea looks like her.
I don't know what Clea thinks while she's praying. If only I can read minds of babies, then I would surely do it everytime for I really wanted to know what my daughter thinks. It's really hard when you can't read minds or can't understand what your baby wants to say. All they ever did is cry. When they are hungry, they cry. When they feel uneasy, they cry. When they got bitten by something they cry. Sometimes I think what if Clea wants us to scratch her back because an insect bites her and all we do is to give her milk instead of giving relief to her itching back. Trouble! It's really hard to tell but it's magical when babies stop crying when their moms carry them. That's how their special bond works.
Look how naughty she has become too! She's only three months but she's moving like a toddler. I don't know how she managed to do that but yeah, she did that. Actually, her feet is on the mat already and her two pillows are already out. I can't believe she has that super powers. But even though, she's like that and sometimes moody too like her mom, I love her more than I love myself. She's half of me and half the woman I love.
I just can't believe that Clea is growing so fast. They are right when they said that we should cherish every moment with our babies because we won't notice that they are not babies anymore. One day, they don't want to be carried anymore. I am afraid when that time comes because I know I will it. I will the times when I can still carry her in my arms. She won't remember it, but I will. So this is how magical it is to become a parent. I wonder why some parents abandon a baby. Come on!
Gotta leave it here, friends! I'm being too girly as a father. 😁
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|02132022|
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Too excited for the ride
Wow! I am happy when I opened my account because Rusty and you my friends have something for me. It's just so amazing that even I seldom read articles this month, I still have something and I still have you guys. I miss clearing my notifications and I miss reaching out to you all. I promise to make it up when everything in here is okay especially the service providers. It's okay for me if the electricity is not yet fixed but please bring back the strong internet connection so we won't travel and leave Clea at home. Awe, I miss her already and it feels like a day without her. Are you like that too to your kids? Like you miss them even if you are just away from home for an hour?
Anyway, I am so excited for tomorrow's event. The riders will again have a **"Tambike for a Cause"** at Big C Curve like the one I have been into. The earning of this event will go to families who have been affected by the typhoon.
The registration fee is 150.00 php or $3.00. I will get the fund from my earning yesterday that's why I am so happy because if I did not earn any, then I won't be able to join. Plus, there will also be raffle draws for those who register. I have never won any raffle draw since I was born so I am hopeful that I will win tomorrow. I don't care if it's just a sticker or small amount as long as I won but I will be happy if it's a rice cooker so we can use it when there's an electricity.
I am also glad because my girlfriend supports me in what I love to do. I love motorbikes and love joining long rides or any chill ride. She told me it's fine as long as I won't forgot my responsibility for Clea. For her, it's always about Clea and that is what I love about her.
This is what other relationship is supposed to be - supporting each other's passion rather than cutting it. You met that someone doing his/her passion then why change it? You already know that he loves doing that thing as long as it is not affecting your relationship. In my case, I make sure that everything is settled before I do something else. Like when I fix something on my motorbike, I made it sure that Clea is sleeping and her mother has already done taking a bath. Even though her mom took long time in the bathroom, I still don't get mad because I met her like that before so why change it. Moms need a 15-minute bath too. They need to feel and look beautiful although they already are.
I hope she read this so she can give me extra pocket money for the ride tomorrow. Just kidding but I am still hoping. Lol.
How's the weather there? In here it's been a week of rain. Everyday is a rain day but we don't mind it because we need to earn extra. Well, who doesn't?
I'mma leave it here guys. We need to come back home or else the rain will pour again. Clea's waiting!
Be happy!
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|02122022|
@gwapojohn
Corned beef
How are you friends? I know you are sick of hearing these words from me but I will ask for an apology again and again for being inactive. It's been almost 2 months since the typhoon happened and we still don't have electricity and good internet connection as well. I guess my two months will be boring if Clea was not here with us. But I believe you understand me and I am thankful for your support all the time. I have never had this support system in my life like even though I am not around, people who knew me still care for me and root for me. I thank this platform for letting me experience this.
Getting a job or earning itself is so hard these days. It started when pandemic came and everything was not as it seems. Life has changed in a snap and our way of survival has changed too. Why? It's because we are told to stay home but the government had no enough funds for families and what's after it? Families may go hungry that's why some of us risk our safety just to provide for the family. I think it's our nature to adapt to the situation even if it's kinda harmful just to earn and give something to the family. I remember one of our neighbhors when the first lockdown happened. One member of the family had left her baby and toddler to her parents not considering that her parents were old and don't have a job to make a living. Good thing that she had a brother who was still able to make errands so he stand like the father of the children. I think he's still 23 and still single but he worked like he has a family of ten. He did everything just to provide formula milk to the babies and food for them. When the lockdown came, he lost his job and and it means that he can't provide on that time. We felt pity to the children because they can't fight hunger just like us so I and my family decided to give them all of our relief goods given by the government. We also gave them diapers and a sack of rice.
This made me realize that it's really hard to lost a job when you have a family. In our situation, I can say that we are not really prepared, I and my girlfriend. We don't have savings and we don't have enough money as of this time. We really wanted to move to another place like renting so we can finally live in peace and grow fully as parents but we cannot do it as we want because it entails money and more money knowing that room rentals are high. This afternoon, we spent a huge amount for my girlfriend's pertinent papers for teacher's ranking. I never thought we would spend that much knowing that they were just papers. But I was wrong because printing and photocopying is expensive especially in our place because we use generators just for the computers to function. Plus, the fee for attorney's authentication is high too. To he honest, we only have 15 pesos (less than a dollar) in our wallet after that and we still have more to print and pay tomorrow.
Call me desperate but I chose to publish today so I can earn something for tomorrow's. I thank read.cash for letting us write and express what we can't share directly because if without it, I think my chest will burst out of pain, agony and sadness. Above all, we also earn and that is a great thing to be thankful of. I never expected that I would come across legit paying website. That's why I am thankful for the experience I have with you guys. I have been missing a lot and miss you too and, missing a lot also means missing a lot of opportunities. With these happenings, I appreciate more the value of electricity and internet connection. Lol.
Well, I just really hope that I can find a job A.S.A.P because my family needs my support. To you who have a job during these trying times, I know some of you are tired and complaining about something but please, be thankful for it because others or we pray to have it.
Yeah, my title doesn't go with my thoughts. Lol.
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|021022|
Away from the hustle and bustle
Parenting is tiring yet fulfilling. I like being a dad but taking a break for a little while ain't bad right? I miss relaxing and thinking about nothing. Like I just sit here in front of the ocean and enjoy the whistling sound of the wind as my hair goes on with it. Ugghhh! A beach, by the shore or everywhere being close to nature and in peace is heaven for me. Back then when I was still single, I used to be here after my class. I don't know why but my feet would take me here so I just let them. This has been a part of my therapy. Though I don't have a wound outside, I felt like I need an inner or perhaps soul healing. And whenever I went here, I can feel I am like recharged and my inner peace is restored. This is one of the reason why I love being here and I won't forget this bay front area where I used to drop by. In fact, I am so excited to bring Clea here too. I am sure she would love it here.
My girlfriend's grandma asked her to create a gcash account for her since there's a cash assistance in their place to be given through gcash. I was thinking like is this practical to use? How about those individual who don't have an access to create an account? On the other side of the coin, I am also considering that this is a good move so the help would be given directly to the needed. But whatever it is, the important is there will be a cash assistance (if this ain't a scam).
That's why me and my girlfriend traveled to the next town to have an internet connection. Shall I call it an escape or maybe a date? Lol. I am happy that we still have time together because my girlfriend's grandma would look after Clea for us. We sometimes leave Clea for her to be trained in a feeding bottle because she won't latch when her mom is not around. So here we are, just by the shore. I can still remember the days before pandemic came. This place used to be so alive with so many people. Day and night, people would come here because there's a lot of food stalls you can choose from. They also have here barbecue at night sometimes a live band. Actually, we use to be here when Clea was still in her mom's tummy.
We missed eating streetfoods so we ordered some while enjoying the view. We also liked to talk about ramdom stuffs especially about building our own home. I know we are still not able to build it one of these days but it will come soon. It is not always too late to dream about something because each one of us has timelines.
So what it is all about? Hmm. I guess what I am trying to say is have a break once in a while if you think you need it. We aren't robots. We are humans and so we need to rest and just enjoy and have a bond with nature. Believe me, it's therapeutic.
Happy Thursday!
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|`02032022`|
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Clea got sick again
Clea got sick again and it freaks the hell out of me. It scares me knowing that my 3 month old daughter got sick and is enduring pain. She got her vaccine (for infants) yesterday at barangay health station. My girlfriend's grandma already told us that when a baby gets a vaccine shot, there's a tendency that they might get a fever afterwards. As a first time parent, I believe Clea won't have a fever after it because she's been injected many times when she got an infection.
We brought Clea to the health center and she's been injected on her legs. I forgot what's the name of the vaccine. She cried a little while injecting after the first needle while she did not after the second one. What a brave girl. When we went home, she's still fine and haven't shown signs of having a fever. She even chuckled when her aunt tried to play with her and made faces.
It was lunch time when Clea seemed to feel uneasy. Her body temperature is still normal so we thought that she's just hungry. Her mom tried to feed her but she refused feeding. I was a little bit scared because feeding refusal is one of the signs of having an infection. No matter how her mom tried to feed her, she will just cry and cry. She also doesn't want to be lay down her be that's why her grandma came to the rescue for she won't stop crying.
We checked her temperature and it went 37.7. My girlfriend panicked again as she used to do. She immediately grabbed towel and wet it water and a little vinegar then tap it on Clea's armpit and other parts of her body gently. We also put kool fever on her forehead. Glad that she stopped crying but she liked to be carried all the time.
Poor little one. We even can't be able to put her clothes back to normal because she doesn't like to be touched and disturbed. She just liked that position and when her mom tried to move, she will again cry. I never saw Clea that way even when she got fever last time.
When she's fallen asleep soundly, we put her on bed and she continued to sleep. We checked on her temperature from time to time and it went up to 38°C. Thank God it did not went beyond that because if it does, we will again panic and would consider bringing her to the hospital.
During the night, she's still warm but her temperature is 37.5°C. We did not had enough sleep because we monitor her every hour just in case her fever rise up.
This morning, she was fine and would smile again. I am happy she is okay and her body temperature is normal. Now I understand why my mom is so paranoid whenever my little brother gets sick. It's because we fear we might lose a kid by just having a fever which is not impossible because there are a lot of babies/kids died because of it. We thank God that He did not let Clea fight that fever alone.
The sacrifices of our parents are not a joke that's we must respect them and love them unconditionally for we won't have the same parents once they are gone. Let's thank them everyday for the things they have done to us.
I never realized this until I become a parent myself.
Have a great day!
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|01272022|
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John Forgotten
John was forgotten by some because of his long absence. Nature's way of giving wrath to humans are destructive and powerful. Destructive enough to wash away homes and dreams. Powerful enough to let humans change and realize that it's not the end of everything despite what happened. Lost dreams can be found again and it's a thing to be grateful of because lives were not taken.
Going back to John, yes John, he was absent for days because of some reasons. One is the absence of electricity (being fixed atm), unstable mobile service providers, and the responsibility of a father. For these reasons, he was unable to get back on track in online world. He was missing a lot but he doesn't have a choice aside from letting it go.
The photo above was taken when he went to the next town just to be online. This is a store that has wifi vending machine wherein you need to enter an amount to get registered and have an internet connection within a limited time depending on the amount you pay. This wifi machine is powered only by generator since there's still no electricity. Even with this machine, the connection is not that strong since there are a lot of people connecting on it. But regardless, at least there's an internet connection.
This is also the reason why he can't make comments to any articles as of this moment for he can't be away for long because his daughter needs her and his girlfriend need his assistance too. Just to maintain his profile and be recognized consistently by Rusty, he just post an article and leave after it. He really wanted to interact but everytime clicked on his notification button, it takes 10 years to load and it will also take 5 years to send a comment. To sum up, it will take 15 years just to comment an article. Plus, reading an article will be three years. He feel like he is going to get old so fast.
When he uploaded an article, he was a bit sad because only few commented and dearest Rusty has not visited him too. He is thinking that maybe Rusty forgets him totally because of his long absence. He is worried because the earnings he will accumulate from read.cash is one of his source of income especially during this pandemic.
That's why he called himself John Forgotten yet he is still positive that everything will get back to normal. Isn't he so dramatic for him to let me write on behalf of him?
Never mind.
Yes it's true that it's sad to be forgotten especially by Rusty.
Aight. Let me get it right. Just forget this no-direction article by John Forgotten
Have a great Monday!
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`|01242022|`
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What happened to the world?
What happened to the world? I don't know but I feel like we are going back to basic. Right now we went to the next town to have an internet connection. I don't know why the signal here is not the same in all towns. Some towns are in full-strength connection while the rest is so slow or still down that's why we tend to just upload an article then left. Just imagine how risky it is to travel when the road is dark because of the absence of electricity. I feel like this will make me insane because I was used to lying on bed or sitting comfortably while doing something on my phone online. But now everything had changed in a snap. I can't even connect to people in messenger for days and can't visit Facebook or any site for an update about what's happening in the outside world.
Now that I was able to browse online, I was just shock to know that my girlfriend's place (where we currently stay) is one of the towns that has e-coli bacteria in their water system pipes. Oh my! Even the waters to drink are not safe today. What happened to the world? I also learned that my cousin's daughter (2 years old) was affected by e-coli bacteria because she used to opening her mouth when she's taking a bath using the water from the water system pipes of their municipality. As a result, she had a problem in letting her po*p out. Poor kid. But she's fine now.
I think I should thank myself for being too picky because it saved me from having that disease for I really don't like to drink water that plainly came from water pipes. Aside from its taste, I am also in doubt of its cleanliness. Well, we have to be picky in these times because this generation is very much different compared to before. Now, the world is very polluted and its getting worse each day. We should be careful enough especially breastfeeding moms, babies and kids for it's really hard to get sick these days.
What happened to the world? Some families are now getting selfish. I have this neighbor whose grandma got sick and her illness are symptoms of having Covid-19. She really can't breath that's why her family decided to admit her in the hospital but when they are there, they decline to admit her there just because a swab-test is needed for all the patients to be admitted. Because of their fear about what the result maybe, they just decided to let the old woman, their grandma, wait for hours so they can go visit the clinic of well-known doctor here in our town to have a check-up ONLY. So why did they decided to resort to it? It's because the family is afraid of the contact tracing and to get quarantined. I was thinking that's really a selfish act because they are still thinking of that first instead of giving relief to the patient. What if their grandma can't take it and is really in a bad condition? Will they think of their selves first rather than giving their grandma the right to get cured at the hospital? Jeeezz! But it's their problem anyway. I just pitied the old woman because they really did not bring her to a hospital.
What happened to world? After being hit by a super typhoon, we are again challenged by the increasing number of omicron positive. Oh my! How many variants does Covid have? Well, we are not really aware of it at first because we don't have news about it because of the absence of electricity and down mobile service providers but now that we can go online in some areas here, the news about omicron scares us.
The world became cruel just because we made it to be. We are cruel that's why we are now reaping what we sow. I hope that what happened to us will serve as a lesson and would be the reason for us to change our ways of living. Let's co-exist not just exist. Let's co-exist with nature!
Have a happy Sabbath dearests! I apologize for just leaving this so short and quick. Will really keep in touch when everything is restored. We need to go back home because it's already 2:16 AM and we traveled here at 1:00 AM. Yeah, hustle hard. I hope you understand me. Thanks a lot for your unending support!
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`|01232021|`
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Until when?
Update: I am still alive but a bit tired. The absence of technology has made inconvenience in our way of living. Communication is still down because service providers are unstable and are not yet fully-fixed. I did not imagine that the typhoon can do this to us. From the history of our towns, this tragedy is one of the happenings we cannot forget.
Aside from being busy as a full-time and hands-on father, electricity and internet are also the factors why I became lazy in writing. Well, I am lazy before but I became lazier. Because of the down connection here, I cannot order on Shopee for there is no shipping available here in our place. I guess it is still not passable from the rest of the areas here. Poor parcel, it is still in Calamba, Laguna which is very much far from here. Should I be the one to get it there? Kidding! But I do hope shipping will be available as soon as possible for we plan to order onesies and feeding bottle for Clea. We also wanted to try Mustella products on her because moms on Tiktok gave them a nice review.
Going back to my daughter, it is said that if the first-born is a girl, she's a copy of her dad. I was so happy when I heard that because I want Clea to look like me . I was so excited to see her but to my surprise, she looks like her mom. Why on earth it's so unfair. I cannot see my share even just a little bit. I blame that belief because I assumed big time. This push me to have another kid again soon and I will make sure he/she will look like me. I also wanted the baby to be a boy.
While Clea is asleep, I scrolled on Facebook and saw a post of Dr. Carl Balita, one of the running Senators for this year's election. He's an Education advocate and he has many review centers over the country that produce a lot of topnotchers. He claimed in his post that instead of saying "Get well soon" we should say "Get well now". Why make things soon if we can make it today? Healing should take place today only if we think of it today. Let our minds set the thinking that healing should start today. Let's heal today!
Though we have a lot of silent battles, let's choose to heal in any way we can. Life is wonderful if we choose it to be. So how we can start? First, let us condition our minds that life is beautiful and that what makes it ugly is how we view it. God made challenges so we can be strong so let's see them as challenges that need to overcome. Problems also are natural and they cannot be called problems if they don't have solution. But if it's a problem in Mathematics, then count me in for I will also go home.
I guess I need to end this or else I will say useless things again. Clea is now crying and she needs my attention. I am very sorry if I don't respond to everyone here especially in reading your articles. I have my reasons and the main one is the unstable internet connection. Electricity will also be fully fixed within 3 months. Good luck to us! Lol.
I miss you all here. If only our internet connection is stable, then I will always be here.
Stay safe y'all. Let's connect when everything goes smooth.
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`|01112022|`
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Are we cursed?
I don't know if I should be happy or not. Christmas and New Year celebration supposed to be merry especially that we waited for these holidays. Maybe some celebrated the holidays merry but to us here who were affected by the typhoon just recently, it's different. Although we are happy because we are alive, we still can't forget the fact that some don't have homes now and our sources of income has been affected too.
We haven't recovered from the tragedy but it looks like another one is coming. A day after the typhoon was too hot. I mean three or four days after the typhoon were blazing hot. People who were cleaning their homes and trying to fix what can be fixed got their skin tanned. In fact, some got sun burn already because of doing the laundry to a place where water is available. I can remember my girlfriend's sisters washed the dirty clothes by the river for the water supply has not returned yet.
But after three days of being in a hot weather, rain came and it did not stop until now. People haven't built their homes yet so they probably are soaking wet now. Because of continuous rains, floods are everywhere traumatizing people. Landslides are also present in some areas making the roads not passable. Until when can this be? I'm sick and tired of this.
Most people here in our place are sick and if not, they rather have coughs and colds. I don't understand why this happens in our place. We welcome the year unhappy and with sickness. I can endure being sick but not my baby girl.
We were all sick in our home including Clea's mom. And so it's not surprising if she is too since there's no one who can take care of her who's not sick. This afternoon, I checked her temperature and it went up to 37.8 °C which is already a fever. We immediately let her take paracetamol through dropper. My girlfriend panicked again which she usually does. She chatted Clea's pedia but it took her time to respond so she chatted her friends who are moms now. Glad that they helped her and instructed her what to do. Fortunately, Clea's temperature now is 37.4 °C and hoping that it won't get high again.
We put kool fever pad on her forehead and so I am because she kept on brushing the pad off. I let her see that I got mine too so she stopped brushing it.
Oh my goodness! It's raining again. Aren't they tired? Because we are. We can't do the laundry because it won't get dry fast. We also can't avoid being soak by the rain because our homes aren't fully fixed yet. Some roofs are still missing and we haven't brought or replaced some in our ceiling.
These instances made me think that perhaps we are cursed or something. Maybe because we have been too busy being happy and wild during those days when opening of lights in some towns are up and we forgot God. We were drunk with earthly happiness. And now we are left with nothing but our lives so let's not put this chance to waste.
Above everything, let's thank the Almighty everyday. Keep safe and please pray for my daughter's fast recovery. Right now I am still carrying her for she will cry when I put her on her bed. Hoping for good results a.s.a.p!
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`|01042022|`
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What's left when everything's gone?
I just can't find the right words to say. I am disheartened knowing the fact that my hometown feels like a ghost town. The green turned brown and almost all that are up were now shattered: homes, trees, establishment, as well as the dreams. Some people were also gone missing for days because they are washed away together with their homes as the surge hit their homes. In my girlfriend's town, there was a student missing and was found dead after few days of searching. Though I don't know her personally, we are friends on Facebook and I pity the young girl's fate. She was also once a student of my girlfriend when she was still a grade nine student.
So yeah, these are just few of the heartbreaking things typhoon Odette had left.
We never expected it to be that extreme because we used to experience fair weather whenever there's a typhoon in our place. We are just too confident about it that we did not secure our valuable things. But never mind anyway because we are safe. Things can be replaced, life can't and yes, this is our reason to still celebrate Christmas. God has been so good that He did not left us before, during and after the typhoon.
I am over with the experience during the typhoon because we have overcome it. What is so hard for me to accept is the fact that my fellows here don't have homes or any comfortable shelter especially those who live by the shore. Their homes are totally washed out by the surge. I have a friend who lost everything they got and he was almost carried away by the gigantic waves.
This is how their place looked like. Literally like there's no home standing. All were crushed. Now how can they start? If I were in their situation, I would be crazy thinking about how would I start again especially that we have our baby Clea and she needs comfortable home to settle with everyday. This is just one of the many houses that were totally damaged. Almost all of the houses built near the shore vanished in a snap.
Yes we can build a house whenever we want but nothing can give warmth to us like what our childhood home gave.
Just to have something to rest on, they build a small shelter like this. Though this looks disorganized and unsafe, this is the only place that gives that gives them comfort whenever the night is cold or when it's raining. This small shelter is also cool on the inside no matter how sunny day it is around. That's how the power of leaves do.
Some families also use tent. I can't imagine them inside these tents during noon time because I know how hot it is inside. But, I did not see them complain about it. In fact, they are still thankful.
You know what surprise me is that despite what happened, people there are even got closer together than before. Everyone shared food whenever they have and they are happy eating together. This is one of the traits that I love as a Filipino. Despite the disaster, we still know how to be happy because we know we can overcome all the misfortunes. We stick to the famous saying, "IMPORTANTE BUHI!" (in English - What's important is that we are alive)
What saddened me most is seeing children on the streets with signage asking for help: food, water and hygiene kits. They are too young to experience such fate. They should be playing or studying.
It is really undeniably true that our province needs help. I don't know how the government will accommodate everyone but I hope they will still do. In these trying times, a helping hand is what we need.
I speak for them and not for my own because our home is not as damaged the others and we still have enough food on our table. We even have an electricity supplied by batteries. We are still blessed despite everything.
Now what's left when everything is gone? It's our faith in God.
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I apologize for not being here long time. It was just yesterday when the signal came back. I just hope the electricity will follow soon.
When mukbang turns into 'better luck next time'
I woke up early knowing that it's my friend's birthday, John Al. John Al is my classmate in Highschool but we don't see each other often when we went to College. Even though that's the case, our bond is still the same as before. Nothing changed except for our matured look I guess. So today is his birthday and all our from our circle of friends are invited. Of course, I can't go without my partner's permission so I asked her first before I go. Glad that she permitted me to go. Well, she always permits me during daytime but I also make sure that I won't go beyond 5 hours of being away.
I took a bath early and left after we finished bathing our baby. Oh, I did let her sleep too in her cradle. Going to my friend's birthday is not only my plan. I also plan to buy filter for my aquarium. Of course my fish deserve a clean and filtered water. I feel like they are Clea's sisters. Lol. I am sorry dear.
Fast forward, I was there in town looking for the filter I want. I search for it in every store but they don't have that type of filter so mission failed. It was blazing hot so I stopped searching for it. I just bought sponge as an alternative. Does it work? Let's see.
After my quest for the golden filter, I drove fast to my friend's house. Who can resist a suckling pig? Lechon is life, noak is life. If only my friend did not send me the pic of that sizzling lechon, I won't go there. But he did anyway so how can I resist? My taste buds missed it so much.
When I arrive there at John Al's house, friends are there waiting for the mukbang (lechon mukbang) or just simply lunch. I just called it mukbang because I will eat all I want there. The suckling pig is almost cooked but it was almost 2 o'clock and we haven't eaten lunch. We were so hungry but we don't have the right to complain because we are just visitors. So we were just there like eating air while talking.
2:30 came but we were not called yet for lunch. My gummy worms are munching the food I ate for breakfast and it's almost near to nothing. In short, I am hungry. Few minutes had passed and at last John Al came towards our direction and he told us one thing. I cannot predict him whether he's mad or he cooked something that's why huge bulge of sweats are racing on his forehead that he kept on wiping them. I was excited but he told us the most heartbreaking news for the day. And that is we cannot eat our lunch because his father got mad for unknown reason. Wow, so his father got mad but he did not knew I was way more mad. I can handle the call of nature but not hunger. I should have eaten lunch before I left. Now say goodbye to my suckling pig.
As visitors, we cannot insist to not go so we left with an empty stomach. I just wondered why of all time, John Al's father chose to be mad at John Al's birthday.
So this is when mukbang turns into 'better luck next time.'
**Lesson Learned**
Eat at home even though you are invited to birthday parties or whatsoever because everything has no assurance.
Don't wait for long if you are hungry. It's bad for your health.
I should not be tempted with suckling pig anymore. It's a trap.
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`|12112021|`
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What's your favorite animal aside from your ex?
I know you are thinking that your ex is really an animal (for some) and you are confused what animal could he/she be. Choose wisely. Kidding aside. I know some of our exes if not all are just like an animal. In fact some animals are better than them because they are loyal to us as we pet them. How about your exes? Are they loyal or faithful? I just heard from someone that men can be loyal but not faithful. They are loyal in the sense that they are in a relationship with one person only but they are not faithful because they tend to like someone even when in a relationship. What makes them loyal is that they won't leave that first person they are in a relationship with while having side chicks. Just an opinion from someone though.
Anyway, forget about exes. Let us talk about our favorite animal/pet. Sounds like an elementary topic, eh? But it's fine. Even adults are fond of pets.
Yesterday, I went to my friend to buy some fish as add on to my collection. This fish addiction of mine started last year. I am not sure in which month among January, February and March. During that time, I was so fond of fish I mean I didn't think of having an aquarium before. It was so sudden that I'd like to have one. During that time, I bought several fishes of different kinds. Day after day, another fish is added in my aquarium. And after that, I will just stare at them until I am bored. And when I feel bored, I feel like looking at my aquarium again.
My family even told me to stop the fish addiction because my girlfriend is pregnant. They said our baby might look or have any similarity to a fish. Just another unreasonable belief. How can my fondness to fish affect our baby's condition where in fact she's safe in her mother's womb? But regardless if it's true or not, I stopped my fish addiction.
When my girlfriend gave birth, I am thankful that our baby doesn't have any resemblance to a fish lol so I continued to buy fish again.
My friend posted these koi fish on his Facebook account yesterday telling that he's selling these at an affordable price. Wow! These are quite big and expensive in the market so I grabbed the opportunity to buy even just one. I went there immediately and bought the white one. If only BCH pumped high, I could have bought three lol. The reason why he's selling all these because he wants to have a poultry this time.
Something funny happened this morning. While I was away, my newly-bought koi jumped out of the aquarium. My girlfriend heard a loud splash of water so she went outside to check and she found the koi there on the ground being played by a cat. If my girlfriend did not check it, the cat could have its delicious meal.
And my 10$ would be put into waste.
So what's your favorite pet aside from your ex?
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`|12092021|`
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December is not December anymore
I am glad cold nights are felt this December. These past few months are hell for me, I mean I was restless because of too much warmth. It's December, right? Hmm yes it is December and it's cold and the spirit of Christmas makes it even colder. I guess I should wear my sweaters, eh?
Honestly, this December does not feel like December. It seems like it's just an ordinary month that will pass by. There's no excitement anymore that even playing of Christmas songs is not heard. Unlike before even it is still October, the spirit of Christmas is already alive. Haven't we forgotten about our Almighty's birthday? Or perhaps the pandemic erased our excitement about Christmas. Well, I can't blame everyone since this time is really trying, testing us. But I do hope that these reasons are not enough for us to forget Christmas. Or should I say there will be no reason for us to forget Christmas.
It is true that most of us are busy hustling to make a living. Our efforts are now doubled when pandemic came because we don't want to be kicked out from work. Others also double the effort to find a job immediately and those who are at home are busy about something to earn with like doing online selling and other work from home settings. As time goes by, we became busier that we did not notice that it's already December and when December came, we don't feel it as we did before.
So let's just reminisce those good old days when December is very much awaited and fun.
When I was still a kid, the month of October is considered as the sign for nearly coming Christmas. I can still remember our neighbor who used to play Christmas songs as early as 5 AM everyday. Yes, she played it everyday from October until December that it served as my alarm clock. Even though she played those Christmas songs on repeat and loud, no one complained because those songs radiate calmness and they satisfy our souls with the essence of Christmas. The children also gathered on the streets at night to light some firecrakers and the famous 'Picollo' that will ignite and produce a loud blast. My mom did not allow me to try lighting a firecraker before so I would sneak out and go to my friend's house and there I was free and wild with the firecrakers. Little did I know that my mom was there too.
I also love to watch the different Christmas lights outside the neighborhood. It is a joy for me seeing the lights on and off with a rhythm. But nothing compared to the carolings we did before with my classmates. Ugh, I miss Christmas carols every night. There were nights that we were chased by dogs and of the house owners because we would throw stones on their roof when they refuse to give us coins. Lol.
But today it's different. There are no Christmas carols nor Christmas songs. There are also few homes who have Christmas lightings outside or any decoration. Children are no longer seen outside playing. What a sad Christmas. I wish we had a reset of everything or a fast forward so time will run fast and this pandemic will be over. Or maybe a rewind button so we can go back to the days when we are genuinely happy. I am sure you all missed laughing out of your heart's content.
Anyway, it's about to rain in our place and it's getting colder. Got to prepare something hot aside from me. Hahaha!
May we all have a great Sunday.
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