Tom and Jerry's night out
At last I am able to visit read cash again. I really miss this place and the people that makes it alive. I miss sharing my adventures here just like before and as well as my misfortunes too. But this time it's different. I have my main priority which is my family. Most of my time is also consumed by taking care of my little Clea. I am the one who makes her burp after her mom breastfeed her. Believe me, she loves it when I let her lie on my chest. She falls asleep so soundly but when I put her on bed, her eyes would open widely as if she's not asleep. One major thing that also made me tired to write is because I lack sleep. Clea likes to wake up at 1 AM until 5 AM. She likes to morning the night lol. Is it still gramatically correct?
To chill and relax, I and my girlfriend decided to go to Christmas lights opening. It was long time ago since we went somewhere nice. I can still remember those days and nights we used to go out and have drinks friends from night till dawn. Well, I would not be surprised because that's how we met. We met in a certain beach in our town having drinks and getting drunk until our body refuse to accept the alcohol's content.
I call it Tom and Jerry's night out because we are like them. I am Tom and she's Jerry. We quarrel even in small things. We even talk about separating ways but we end up in each other's arm after a couple of minute. We maybe fighting each other but we won't choose to have good times with someone else.
I post this on Facebook and captioned **"Away Later"**. Who would have thought that when we went home, we fought about something she was angry of. She was mad of something I don't know about. Why are you girls like that? You get mad suddenly and if you were asked why, you will just say nothing but if we did nothing too, you will think that we don't care about your feelings. It's confusing. But never mind, regardless of the reason, we will still choose to understand women rather than fighting with them.
Let's go back to the lighting. Last December 1 was the opening of Christmas lights in Sogod, Southern Leyte. It is every year that this town will have its Lights decoration and is open for public visit. This year, even in the midst of pandemic, the display is still on and a lot of people went to visit and took a photo with the various lights. I and my friends enjoyed roaming around there under the colorful lightings.
This photo was snapped by one of the photographers there. We are so lucky to have a free shot and was uploaded on Facebook. What was behind us is the giant Christmas tree. It was really lovely and is a perfect spot/background for taking selfies.
Actually there are a lot of beautiful spots there but I did not took a photo since there are a lot of people around and it would be awkward if they will be included in the picture.
To sum it up, Tom and Jerry's night out was a blast. We enjoyed it there and we are up to going somewhere again where our eyes can enjoy.
So how did you spent your 1st day of December?
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`|12032021|`
@gwapojohn
BCH has power
Bitcoin cash has power. In this lifetime, I have never imagined even a little that we have this type of currency. Growing up, I used to believe that we can buy, exchange goods thru our fiat money only but our way of living has advanced because of the advent of technology. Thus, different types of currency have boomed. Before, we can only send money thru remittances but today, there are a lot of applications in which we can cash in, cash out in our preferred outlet and even send money electronically such as Gcash, Paymaya, Coins.ph and many more. We are so blessed to have these apps because we have our wallet with us, transaction fee is low and these are very convenient to use. We don't need to go outside and fall in line just to finish the transaction of choice. http://Coins.ph
I am so grateful to have known BCH. The very first thing that I am amazed with is its usability. As long as you have BCH in your wallet, you can use it whenever you want only if you are done with the conversion. However, its price is dynamic. BCH's price in the market is changing from time to time so we have to be vigilant about it especially if we plan to convert some into fiat. If the market is green, then it's perfect for conversion but if it's red, BCH's price drops. We can still convert our BCH even if the market is red anyway but the value will be low. So better wait again lol. I don't have enough knowledge about BCH. I still have a lot to learn and these things I wrote here are just based on my understanding so I am very open if there's any correction or objection.
**BCH has power.**
I have a lot of situations to give as an example. First, BCH helped in saving my baby's life. During my girlfriend's pregnancy, she quit work so she can rest and won't be stressed about anything. She looked for something to do online and get paid with because she wanted to save for the hospital bill and of course for our baby. Of course I have work as well and she have the choice not to think about money but I can't force her to do nothing other than rest because she wanted to work. My girlfriend looked for online work on Facebook but she did not found the one that suits her liking. Glad that her friend, @Zhyne06 chatted her and introduce her to read.cash. http://read.cash
Read.cash has become my girlfriend's favorite go-to sites. Aside from the earnings in the form of BCH, she is fond of the platform because she can express herself there. During her first cash-out, we were so nervous for we thought that it might not work for us but we were wrong. The ATM has released cash. Wow! The BCH we converted into fiat is real and that is also when I started writing in here. http://Read.cash
I admit, the BCH we converted since the very first day until now is quite a big amount already. We had bought things needed at home, and financed my girlfriends needs and daily check-up during the pregnancy and until now. We were also able to pay for our baby's hospital bills and of course, we cannot forget the help we get from you here especially to @Zhyne06 who wrote an article about our baby's condition and gave all the earnings of the article to us. Because of that, more and more friends extended their help though they are away. They sent BCH so we can use it to pay for the hospital bills. I can't mention them all one by one here but I and my girlfriend know them with all our heart. Time will come that we will also return the favor.
These are just a few of BCH benefits and usage. I believe you have a story to tell about it too. For me, BCH has power because it helped my baby live in the time we need help the most.
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`|11272021|`
@gwapojohn
I found my life's purpose
I never thought I will be writing about this for I believe my life has no meaning other than rides and motorbikes. Before, I was not sure where could life take me and will I be happy when I get there. Don't get me wrong. I was happy before but today, I am at my happiest. God gave me someone who really came from my own flesh thus, my love for her is more than I love my self. And of course, I am again talking about my little warrior, my daughter. The song, "Can't take my eyes off you" by Frankie Valley is now my favorite because it suits my daughter very well. I feel like my eyes were only made for her. Well I guess this is just a normal feeling of being a father. Isn't it?
My baby girl is growing too fast. I feel like time fies like a wink of an eye. One blink and then she is like that. I am not ready to call her big girl for I am not yet over of carrying her and kissing her tiny hands for I can't kiss her chubby cheeks. I can't believe how she grows fast when she's still a month a old.
It's true that taking care of a baby is tiring and challenging but these can't overpower the joy I felt when I see my baby smile. Before, I am not sure if I can really be a good father. There are a lot of things that I am not yet ready and there are a lot of things that I need to learn. I did not know how to carry a child, to change diapers and everything a child needs. I was afraid I will give her what she does not need. For instance she's crying because an ant or something bit her but I will mistakenly think that she's hungry. As a result her problem can't be solved and she won't stop crying be because the root of her problem was not addressed properly lol.
But then I realized I will learn everything because I am the father. Now I believe in father's instincts. All the things I believe I would not learn are now already mastered. In fact, I am enjoying everything. How can I not be? My baby is too adorable and I can't get enough of her cuteness.
I can now carry her 24/7 but then I have to let her mom have their bonding since I don't have milk whenever she's hungry lol. We also argue if Clea looks like me or her mom but I think she looks like me. What do you think? Hmm.
Yesterday, her mom decided to make fun of our little girl lol. I and her mom are both drunkards before but now, it's only me as of now because her mom can't drink alcohol for she breastfeeds our baby. We would always take a click on every precious moments with her and including the funny ones too. In fact, I have another batch of crying Clea photos in my gallery. I will make sure I get to click photos of her as she grows because I have never experienced it. My mom doesn't have any baby photos of mine so I did not get the chance to see myself as a baby, a toddler and a kid. How about you? Do you have baby pictures?
Sorry if I talk a lot about my life as a father. Fatherhood had taken all my life and I think I will be always like this. As of now, I am lying next to my baby girl because her mom is eating. I need to go again because I can't be online for long when she's still awake. I feel bad for not responding to you all here but I will make it up as soon as this angel sleeps.
Hope you have a great day!
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`|11252021|`
@gwapojohn
Welcome to Cool City!
Yes, you read it right. We are now here in Cool City, the hometown of Marinov. Why do I come up with such name? Well, the original name of their place is Looc and they reverse it which becomes Cool while city is just an add on. I don't know why they come up with that idea tho but yeah that's what most teenagers call this place - Cool City. Even when there are basketball leagues or volleyball competition, the people in here would bring the name, Cool City as their team name. And about the people, hmm I don't know if they are really cool lol. I knew only few here and I am still discovering, knowing everything in here within the length of our stay.
Welcome to Cool City!
It was my girlfriend's request for us to be here in their place. I was doubting if she really miss their place or perhaps she doesn't like to be their in our home. But regardless, what's important is that we are here. Our first day here was yesterday. My dad and the rest of my family came with us to send us off. One of my aunties who was fond of nursing my baby Clea did not come because she said she will miss the little one. My family either doesn't want to be away with Clea but we need to be fair. My girlfriend's family asked me if we can stay here because they also want to be with Clea. Guess this is the problem when the baby is a first grandchild of both families.
Marinov also know that Clea will have more nannies/yayas in here because she has sisters and friends here. I also realized that she really missed home and her dogs too so I am giving her the chance.
Just this morning, we woke up early so Clea can have a little warmth of sunshine. Her pedia also advised us to take her out so she can have the benefit of early sun rays.
We were at the shore that time and I can say that the sunshine there is very much beautiful compared to ours that is quite far from the shore. I was in awe of the beauty that is before me.
I also became excited about seeing variety of fish there. I even asked one of my friends here if we can fish however, we don't have a boat to ride on.
After Clea got enough exposure to the sun's heat, we headed directly to Marinov's great grandma. She is 92 years old but she can still managed to cook rice using firewood, cook viand, wash the dishes, play cards and even drink beer (redhorse). How cool she is! She wanted to carry Clea but Marinov was hesitant to give Clea to her grandma knowing her age. Lol. But her grandma just laughed and still persistent.
The mighty grandma. I guess we will be having beer tonight. Lol. Grandma's love is truly amazing.
Then we went home to give the little on her bath. How about you? How did your day went?
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`|11202021|`
@gwapojohn
Unaware
Let me again share my parenthood journey.
Today, I nurse my baby full-time as we currently don't have work. Nursing her or any baby is tiring yet satisfying and joy-bringing. Staring at her while I take care of her has become my favorite view. Now I don't have to travel and spend for gas because I don't need to go anywhere to see something beautiful for I have mind beside me everyday. My baby's sweet and innocent face can surpass all the view. So why would I go somewhere?
So yeah, from morning until as of this moment, I am nursing this little kiddo since she doesn't want to sleep. I guess this is what they called impermanent sleeping patterns. Most of the time, my baby is asleep during day time and would tend to be awake at night but today is different.
She was asleep this morning but when the afternoon came, she was awake. She will sleep for a while after feeding but when I will put her on her bed, she will wake up and would look for milk. She even tried to reach for some nipples on my shoulders when I carried her. She is also sticking her tongue out most of the time when in fact, her mom fed her already. That's why I can't count how many times she latch today because her mom would always give her everytime she cries after a short sleep.
Our afternoon today was spend solely in looking after her. After her mom feeds her, I will get her so her mom can go online, chat with friends, relax or even sleep. I believe when you have a baby, taking care of the baby must be done by helping each other. We should not let our partner alone take care of the baby. It should be a teamwork. When one is tired, then the other one will do the work. In this manner, the workload will not be that heavy and you will grow together as responsible future parents.
The photo above is me and my baby girl. It was 2 o'clock in the afternoon but she's not yet sleeping after waking up at 10 o'clock in the morning. We tried everything to make her sleep. Her mom feed her but after a while, she will ask for milk again. She will not sleep even if she's on her bed already and after a while, she will cry again. Then same process repeats. As a result, we were not able to take a nap.
The night came and she's still awake asking for milk again. As my girlfriend feeds her, she fusses and arches her back which made me confuse if there are a lot of milk coming out and she can't keep up with the flow OR there's only a little milk coming out which made her frustrated. My mom heard the cry of my baby so she advised to apply a little of manzanilla oil to her stomach, head and feet. My mom carried and swing her which made her calm. After a while, we heard her poo and maybe that's the reason why she's restless. We changed her diaper and feed her again and fortunately, she was able to fall asleep.
I and my girlfriend are unaware of the things that must be done whenever a baby is restless. We really don't have an idea that's why our baby did not calm down. Thanks to my mom who came to rescue.
This was supposed to be published last night but it was already 11 PM and I fell asleep. I just continued this now fast because I need to go to the town to buy a cake for my little Clea's first month. Yes! Time has flown so fast that we can't believe it's been a month.
Can you also share the instances that you worry about something and you are unaware how to fix/settle it?
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`|11192021|`
@gwapojohn
I really wanted to thank the awesome people who renew their sponsorship even though I am not as active here as before 😌Thank you for the support. You know who you are. I will not mention them one by one because I need to hurry and nurse my child.
Have a great day, everyone. ❤️
Saving for my little Clea's Christening
It's been a while again. Lol. How are you here read fam? How's the weather in your area? In our town, there's a slight downpour and then after a couple of minutes, the sun will show up again. I really wanted it to rain so we can feel a little bit chill which is usually felt when it's almost december. I literally want to feel the cold December nights that we felt before. Why does it seems like it has changed over the years? December doesn't feel like December anymore. Most of the people are not that excited for Christmas. Well, maybe because of the situation we are in now. Although we celebrate, it doesn't feel the same as before when the surroundings are still safe.
I also wanted it to rain because it's too hot in our room even if it's night time. My baby kept on waking up maybe because she felt uncomfortable because of the high temperature. We have electric fan but my mom advised me to not use it even though we will not focus the fan to our baby. I can't do anything but to follow since mother knows best. On the other hand, my girlfriend kept on telling me we should use the fan without focusing it to our baby. At least there will be a little air in our room. But, I still decided not to. This is the reason why we argue most of the time because she wants to use the fan but my mom who believes in very old belief is really firm on her decision that we should not use the electric fan. I know my girlfriend doesn't like the idea of my mom because she always tell me what if the baby gets pneumonia just because she sweats even at night. Oh dear, this is always the conflict between us.
Anyway, my baby Clea will be turning one month old this Novermber 19. Time really flies swiftly, huh that I did not knew it's almost a month that my girlfriend gave birth. I never knew time would run fast when you have a little one to be taken care of. Please don't grow too fast little cutie, my daughter because I know for sure when she grows, there will be time that she will refuse if I will call her my baby. As of now, I want to cherish the moment being with her.
We are also planning to have her Christening next month but we don't know yet the exact date. In connection, I am now hustling again to earn so I can allocate budget for it. Aside from my work, if I can, I will write her in read.cash to earn extra. My work is tiring and making an article and reading other's works would double my work but it's fine with me. I would not feel tired because it's for my daughter.
Starting today and up until the day we plan to have her Christening, my earnings here will be saved. I need to prepare my baby's Christening because I also want to thank God for giving me this cutie little sunshine. I almost lose my faith in Him/God because of what happend to my baby but still, He loved me and my baby and He made my baby healthy after we are discharged from the hospital. I just hope that I get to save enough for it and hope rusty will be more generous time.
As I am writing this, my eyes are almost closing but I need to finish this. I need to write an article day. It's time consuming but I really need to. I can't let a day pass without an earning. While I am looking at my baby as she sleeps, I realized that I never knew how far can a father sacrifice until I become one. I am super tired from our work but here I am, posting and even reading articles and reading comments.
How about you, what are those things that you sacrifice to your family/bf or gf/relatives?
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|11162021|`
@gwapojohn
Forever busy
I bet you all are doing fine and great this Sunday. Yes, it's Sunday family day. How would you spend your rest day today? If you say you'll do the laundry, same bros and sisters. I'll be doing the laundry when my baby is asleep. Making her sleep is easy but when I am about to put her on her bed, she will automatically open her eyes and know she's not in my arms anymore. I guess that's one of the babies' superpowers, huh. And for that, my work will be put on hold for longer time. But it's fine. I will just enjoy our bonding because I know soon, I will miss this when she's able to do things her own. So now, let this be the start of my forever busy journey as a dad. From being just a brother to dad realquick lol. I can still remember what I wrote in my previous articles that I want to get rid of my little brother and I just hope I won't think of that way to my baby haha!
So yeah, forever busy.
The start of the journey begins when my baby came out. The picture above was taken during her very first day. She is so cute and little and I want to squeeze and kiss her only if I am allowed. Though my baby doesn't weigh just like the normal babies, for me she's the healthiest and bravest among all. She battled the infection and low sugar with courage even if she was just 2-day old that time. She was even swabbed by the nurse and seeing her cry because of the pain cause by it pained me too but I don't have a choice since it's the hospital's protocol. If only I can take all the pain and illness she felth during those times, I will not hesitate to take them all.
I am glad that she's now fine. The one who's not fine now is her mom who's always anxious and scared about things. She would observe our baby's movement and panic whenever she thinks that is unusual. She even panicked when she saw some milk coming out of our baby's mouth. She almost cried when our baby starts to cough because of too much milk. Are you like that too? I am a first time parent as well but I don't panic the same as my girlfriend. Can't judge her tho because she's a mom and I know moms can feel what baby feels for they have that mother's instinct.
Having a baby and a little family surely limit my freedom. I can't go anywhere anytime I want because I need to help my girlfriend nurse our little warrior. I also have to work so I can provide my baby's needs knowing that Pampers (diaper) ain't cheap as I thought.
My girlfriend also can't do tiring things as she just gave birth. I can't let her cook and do the laundry for she needs to rest while our baby is asleep. Taking care of a baby is not an easy task and it's energy consuming. Even though I am not the one who breastfeed her, I can feel that the job to feed the baby and putting them to sleep are hard. Sometimes, it's testing my girlfriend's patience. There was a time when she's frustrated because our baby doesn't want to be put on bed. It was already 3 AM and she doesn't want to sleep. I don't know what my girlfriend did but after few hours, yes hours, she was able to put the baby on bed.
I, being a father helped in nursing our baby but sometimes, she refused my care and she will look for her mom. How do they know? How can babies recognize?
Wait, the little one is now awake and any time soon, she will cry and want to be swaddled and swing back and forth. She also loves to listen to music too. Whenever the music stops, she will wake up and look for that noise. Okay, she's now starting to cry so I guess this is the end of my article today. I am glad I am able to write this morning. I hope I will be able to write everyday in just a short time.
Happy Sunday y'all!
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*Photos are all mine*
`11142021`
@gwapojohn
No turning back!
There is really no turning back, man. In my case today, I can say that I am still in the process of adjustment. When my girlfriend was still pregnant, I can do whatever childless person do like drinking with friends, sleeping from morning until night, spending time on social media and the last thing I really miss is ordering things online. I never thought I would not be able to do this when our baby comes. But I am not saying I am not happy. I am very much happy despite of the things I miss and I need to give up. The oldies are right. Let us enjoy our single life until we can because life will he different when you already have a family.
Taking care of a child requires a lot of time, patience and dedication. Sometimes, we may get tired and think that what if we don't have a child yet? We might be in a club right now enjoying the drinks with friends or perhaps we are somewhere enjoying our vacation. But when you see your child smiles, that one beautiful smile changes everything. All the worries, fears and restlesness will be gone in an instant. I bet parents do really agree with this.
However, loving and taking care of your baby is not enough. Of course we need funds, money to buy all the things needed especially when a baby is not breastfed, milk formula is what we would resort to. And not only that, we need countless diapers for babies need to change every 5 hours. There are actually a lot of things remain like vitamins and everything a baby needs. These are the reason why I worked hard so I can provide all of these things. Love is not enough. We need money too.
As much as I want to be with my baby all the time, I need to get up and leave her to her mom because I need to go to work. When I wokd up, I first take a bath and get dressed. Then I will prepare a breakfast that is best for lactating mom. Afterwards, I will let our baby take her vitamins and take her outside for a while so she can get a daily dose of sunshine's vitamins (vitamins ba tawat dun? Lol). So yeah, that's it. And then it's time for me to leave.
When I am at home, I will prepare dinner again and let our baby take another vitamins since she was given two kinds of vitamins by her pedia for her to gain weight. She was only 1.98 kg when she was born. Do you also know someone who gave birth to a child of the same weight? How's the child?
By the way, have you notice that the sky is somewhat yellowish? I thought I am starting to damage my eye so I ask our neighbor if she also sees the same and I am glad she said yes. Why is that?
Until next time. My baby is about to wake up. Have a great evening!
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|11062021|`
@gwapojohn
Now they always say 'Congratulations!'
Today, I decided to share the reason of my absences. I don't have anything to write so I decided to share what happened within the last 2 weeks. So yeah, I have a girlfriend and she was pregnant. Actually she's also here in read.cash but we don't interact with each other here because we want to keep it private. Well there are few friends who know us here tho. I guess you already have a clue who's she. She's pregnant and she gave birth last month. I was shocked and scared because her EDD will be this month so we were not prepared. It was October 19 at 10 PM when she kept complaining about her aching back and abdomen. I asked her if the pain was bearable and she said yes so I didn't mind those signs and continued sleeping. While I was asleep, she was writing her article on read.cash and did some chats with her close friends. I told her to sleep so the pain will not be felt which she did. A minute later, she woke me up again and asked me to accompany her in the comfort room for she's afraid she might let the baby out there. I was really sleepy that time and I got pissed a little lol because it was her 5th time going back and forth to the comfort room. Well, I cannot complain. She let me in the comfort room too as she let everything out. She took a tissue and wipe it on you know already. It had a little blood stain so I panicked a bit but I didn't let her know it.
We went back to our room and I told her she should change sleeping position. She did several times but the pain keeps hurting her. She told me I should let my parents know because she might give birth as of that moment. I woke my mom and dad and my mom woke my aunties too. They did some rituals there I don't know what's that called. They gathered some leaves and rub it on my girlfriend's tummy and back. I can see that my girlfriend is really in pain. I know she can tolerate pain but this time, it's different. It seems like she wants to kill me for getting her pregnant. Was it my fault? I am planning to have a baby boy next time but I guess I should forget it. So yeah, she's been complaining about the pain but she's too relaxed. She kept on walking around the house and refused to sit. She asked me to pack our things but I got nervous and kept on asking her about everything. She got irritated and gave me that killer look again.
Because of her, experiencing too much pain, we decided to go to the hospital. It was a 40-minute travel and she told us she already wanted to push but we told her to hold on for we are near. Holding it gave her much pain but still, she didn't shed a tear. Only her face got disarranged lol. It was 3:30 when we arrived at the hospital. My girlfriend wanted to enter the hospital already but we can't since we need to go to the triage. We went there and there was a lady who asked several questions which made my girlfriend irritated. She told the nurse that she already had a record there so they must let her enter. At the entrance, the guard asked for our QR codes and face shields which took us longer to enter. We searched for the QR codes and bought face shields. I got a little bit angry too since the guard won't allow us to use the wheel chair. I told him my girlfriend is in pain and she can't bear it anymore. If there's something that will happen to her and the baby, I will really sue the hospital. Because of that, one hospital employee came with the wheelchair and let my girlfriend sit on it. I was not allowed to enter the delivery room so I was left outside with a pounding heart.
I think it was after 10 minutes our baby was out already and I was like why is it that quick unlike from movies? Never mind. She gave birth at 3:52 AM. I was really happy that moment and couldn't wait to see our baby. But I admit during that time, I was afraid something might happened. I really prayed hard to God for the safe delivery and my girlfriend's safety.
I wasn't able to see her gave birth but I am sure she has done so much and she felt the most painful feeling in the world. She's brave. All mothers are brave. We should celebrate them in all ways we can - in all times. Nothing can equate their sacrifices so we must love them, care for them and let them feel that they are valued because those are what they deserve.
I posted a photo of our baby on my Facebook story and now they always say 'Congratulations!'
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|11052021|`
@gwapojohn
Where was I?
How do you do? I am missing everyone here. Well, I was gone for a very important reason. I need to let go of read.cash a bit and just go back whenever everything is in the right place. I want to tell you the reason of my absence but I am preparing for the right time. Maybe in a month or two. So yeah, I am back and I thank God for making the situation good. I don't know what I will do if without Him. Everything happened in me for two weeks almost killed the hope in me. I lose sleep and focus. I shed tears I never thought I would. I thought I will never be fine again but then I asked the Almighty for guidance and He never fail to give me that. When we truly believe and when our faith is on the zenith of everything, nothing can go wrong.
I just hope I can have the right words to express what I have been through. For now, my ideas are not synchronized. I am not even sure if I am making sense here but who cares as long as I will be able to keep in touch and vent my feelings. You can tell me this is not a blog but I will still write out of my heart's content.
This morning, the weather was gloomy and it eventually rain. I like the sound of the rain as they hit the roof's surface. For me, the sound comfort and peace. They give me a calm feeling and peace of mind. My eyes were still closed when I heard the rain poured. I opened them and fix my gazed to someone lying beside me.
She got the features that I would never get tired of staring. She got a perfect curves and length of eyelashes. Her eyebrows are perfectly arranged even though she has not done anything on it. Her nose complements everything too! I don't know but I can't get rid of her. Never mind my lil' bro.
I want to kiss her but it's not yet the right time for me to do that. I need to wait for months until I can. I am sure it's going to be worth the wait.
And so I just rose from bed and decided to do the laundry. It's still raining so I just used the rain water to fill the washing machine. I put everything there and let the machine do the work. It took me one hour to finish everything. As of this time, I am still waiting for the rain to stop so I can be able to wash the clothes with tap water.
How about you? Tell me about your day?
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you to my sponsors who renewed their sponsorship though I was inactive for two weeks. ❤️
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I just want to express my gratefulness here. Thanks, ms. @CoquiCoin for the sponsorship renewal. I feel so blessed tonight. 💚💚
Late night thinking
Who's missing in action again for two days? Yeah, yeah that's me. It's been two days yet I feel like it was just an hour. Time really passes by so quick these days huh? Or was it just me feeling this way? How are you, friends? I miss everyone here especially communicating to everyone. I miss my friend, Rusty too! Lol. Actually I feel like I should publish this tomorrow but I hesitated to do that because I might forget the things I want to write.
Before I visit read.cash, I looked for something to order in Shopee. I don't have specific product in mind so I just scrolled there and let my fingers type anything. I first came across a wholesale of branded over-runs T-shirts. The wholesale was composed of 10 T-shirts of mixed colors, sizes and brands (Fubu, Regatta, Lee, Gucci, Wrangler and etc.). The price for this was 1,000 php or $20.
I am thinking this would be a great pick for an online business but I need to think further about this first. I need to know who my buyers are and if the locals here are fond of purchasing over-runs. And there are more to consider aside from those so I really need a business plan first.
The second one I found on the list were rejuvenating facial sets. Lol. I found it funny knowing that my mom is not using this product but I am interested on it. I look closely among the brands of the products and there are a lot of them and it's really hard to choose which one is effective. It's making my brain hurt so I stopped searching and just focus with another product which is whitening soap.
I was thinking of a soap that has papaya in it and I came across the brand, TopGel.
I heard good reviews about this soap and some of my friends are using it too so I might as well give it a try. This soap costs 70 php or $1.40 on Shopee. Not that expensive though but the shipping fee costs more than 100 php or more than $2.00. Oh my! It's better to purchase in physical stores for we have that in here. By any chance, have you tried this soap? What's your opinion about it?
You might be wondering why I searched for skincare products. I just feel like I need to pamper myself too for I am looking old because of my gray hair (uban). I'm still 21 but I have gray hair already and I am sure I inherited this from my father. I also have big pimple on my left cheek which is not pleasing to the eyes. I want to get rid of this as soon as possible.
Us, men need skincare too! I believe being neat to look at is a plus. What's can you suggest?
By the way, the reason that I was away for two days is because my friends and I had drinks for two consecutive nights. I can't refuse since they visited me here and we haven't seen each other for a long time. Having drinks while catching up was fun. I enjoyed those night but I am sad at the same time because I earn nothing. Lol.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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*Photos captured by yours truly*
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What's your viand for dinner?
We would not know how hard it is to be a mom or even not a mom but a dad as well who prepares meal everyday. We know deciding meal plan and preparing it is not just a piece of cake for we also need to consider our budget and the availability of the ingredients at store. At first, I thought cooking for something to eat everyday is easy since you have a lot of dishes to choose from but I was wrong. Since I temporarily stopped schooling, I am tasked to cooked/prepare meal almost everyday. I feel like I am becoming a mom already. Lol.
I admit it's really hard to decide what to cook for breakfast and for dinner. Well, we can have fried something for breakfast, a soup for lunch and for dinner, we can have the combination of both. However, I would always result to cooking the same thing everyday and my little brother would complain about it.
Usually for breakfast, I just cooked noodles with eggs, I fried hotdogs, chorizo, scrambled eggs, fish, fried fish and sometimes pork. For lunch, we just buy viand from our neighbor who's selling variety of food. Although the foods/viands there don't taste good as much as home-made ones, we would still end up buying from them since my mom was not used to cooking for it's not her passion maybe? Lol. Is passion needed in cooking?
So yeah, we just resort to store-bought viand for lunch rather than nothing. For dinner, when my dad is not in the mood to cook, I will take over and mostly I cook fried goods again. Then it repeats for the rest of the days, weeks and months. Sometimes, we bought barbecue and roasted chicken too.
What's your viand for dinner?
What is it? You can let me know so we can talk about it for a bit.
As I write this article, I am also currently preparing our viand for dinner. I should have prepared this earlier but I got too lazy to do it. And please, don't be shocked when you see what we have for dinner.
Here are they!
Looks like breakfast meal, isn't it? Haha! Well, you can't blame me for these are what my taste buds are looking right now. See I prepared fried dried fish (buwad or tuyo) and scrambled eggs with garlic, onion and tomatoes. What a perfect combo. My fellow Filipinos surely love these two! Especially when these will be paired with fried rice. Heaven! But it's dinner time already today so there's no fried rice.
To make the scrambled egg ala John, first you need to slice the garlic, onion and tomatoes into tiny pieces. Why tiny pieces? It's because I want to let my little brother eat the spices without him knowing. Then, I beat the eggs and add the spices in it. Lastly, I add some flavor enhancer (magic sarap :D) then fry the mixture in a low heat. You may look at the photo again for the result.
The second one is the dried fish. This is just simple. I just fried them in the oil and wait for a while for them to turn into a little bit brownish.
Then that's it! Dinner is served!
Simple meal but the taste is heavenly (of course it's my creation lol) My family eats well and they did not complain about the taste nor compliment me about it. Well, I am considering it as 10/10 because I know my mom will be the first one to complain if the viands don't taste pretty well. My little brother who doesn't like to eat vegetables or spices was fooled because he did not notice the tiny bits of spices mixed with the eggs. Success!
How about you there? What do you have for dinner? Did you cook too?
Congratulations to me! I never thought I would make this far. Thank you so much to all of my readers. I can't thank all of you one by one since we don't have the access to know who viewed the article. Only the comments are the reference.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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*All photos are mine*
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Thank you so much to @emily2u and @ARTicLEE for the sponsorship renewal! I am honored to have your trust again. 💚🎉Same goes to @SofieAgang who is now on my sponsors block. Thanks, ma'am. What did I do to be this blessed.
Have a good evening!
Take me back to 2018
This pandemic hinders our travel goals and escapades for two years now. Who knows where we are today if this pandemic does not come. Perhaps we already got the job we want and be with the places we want to be. Last 2018 was freedom but when 2019 came, everything changed in just a snap. Covid-19 came without asking for permission and now it's staying without letting us now it's length of stay.
I know some of us here already planned what places to go when vacation comes. Right? Some also saved money just so they can travel to their dream places. We know travelling or going to places contributes to our mental health for it helps us calm our mind and bond with nature. We might perhaps had a lot of photos today that we can share to our friends or to different social media platforms if without this pandemic. But, we cannot change the fact that the pandemic is already here thus, we need to be careful as the virus lives with us today. In connection, let us all be safe and take good care of our health. Let's strengthen our immunity.
Anyway, let me start with my main intention in writing which is writing about one of my precious travel memories.
We can't have our travel goals as of these times so let us reminisce those days when we are able to do so. Throwback na lang muna. Hahaha!
**Take me back to 2018**
Yeah, I was skinny that time though I eat a lot. I blame my body and how it absorbs the nutrients from the food I am eating. Kidding but yeah, I wonder why. Never mind.
Last 2018, I was there at Bantayan Island. That experience was a memorable one for me that I can't even believe that Bantayan is an island due to its vastness. I was too naive to not know that an island can be big. My concept about it is that it's just a small piece of landmass. Bantayan is a lovely place making the people to go there even though it's not summer time. A lot of artists and foreigners came as well.
Bantayan island is known for its fine, white sand beaches, not crowded ambiance and crystal clear sea water. Apart from being a beach resort, it is also known for its abundant marine life and fresh seafood, such as danggit (dried fish). If you are looking for a place to unwind, then Bantayan got you.
So why did I go there? Well, I was just lucky that my cousin, who owns a restaurant there invited me to go to their place and have a one week vacation. Of course I grabbed the opportunity because I know it would be hard for me to go using my own pocket since I was just a student that time with no source of income. Thanks to my cousin who had a kind heart towards me. Lol. Anyway, some of you here might already been there. If yes, have you visited the Santa Cafe? Because that's what my cousin owns. In Santa Cafe, you can grab latte or have your samgyupsal just at the Port of Santa Fe.
We also went to Camp Sawi which can also be found in the island. Actually Are you heartbroken or simply want to spend time with your friends and loved ones?
Spend your vacation getaway in Camp Sawi. It was also the setting for the film "Camp Sawi."
The movie, Camp Sawi (2016) is a Filipino comedy-drama starring Arci Muño, Andi Eigenmann, Kim Molina, Bela Padilla, Yassi Pressman, and Sam Milby. This movie was about broken-hearted girls who wish to have relaxation and find ways of moving on thus, they went to "Camp Sawi."
With its white dunes, crystal clear water, and lack of crowds, you can undoubtedly appreciate the serenity of the location. I was not able to take a photo of the entire location. I do apologize. Actually, Camp Sawi was called "Kota Beach". I don't know the exact history why is called "Camp Sawi" which also means "Camp Unfortunate."
I am way far to being sawi or unfornatunate in love anyway. We just went there to explore the place just as what we saw in the movie.
We also got to experience boating, kayaking, and swimming in one of the beaches there. I forgot the name already. I and my cousins enjoyed our stay there.
There are so many things to say about the experience and words cannot suffice the joy I felt during that time. I was sleepy as of the moment too so I decided to end this here. Until next adventure!
Sorry for I am not good in narrating experiences. Lol. But I wish I give justice to my beautiful experience.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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*Image source 3* https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/bantayan-island/amp/
*Image source 4* https://www.google.com/amp/s/docsamwandererblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/sweet-escape-at-camp-sawi-in-bantayan-island-cebu-philippines/amp/
*The rest of the photos are mine*
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Come hike with me to Usa'y lubi!
Who's up for another uphill hike? Let me take you with me as I show you one of our hiking destinations in town. Perhaps my camera/photos won't be able to give the true vibrance of the place but still, you can search for it online to see clear and wider view of the ocean while you are at the top of the mountain. You can also watch the video below I provided.
https://youtu.be/jXSxvfZOxCg
Hiking is one of the most loved hobbies not only of the people here but also those sport's enthusiast or even the common ones who want to enjoy the nature's view and be one with it. This pandemic let us feel boredom everywhere and those who have mental health conditions find it hard to cope with it. As what I observed from last year and until now, people do search for a place where they can hike and relax. Some would even bring tent with them just to spend the night and rest after the hike. That's the reason why hiking destinations here in our area were popping. I never knew they existed if not because of this pandemic.
One potential hiking destination in our town is the **Usa'y lubi** which means **a single coconut** or just **one coconut.** Why do we call it that way? It's because there's only one coconut tree that can be found in the place/in the destination above the mountain. This coconut tree serves as the signature of the destination.
If you need an overlooking view, then Usa'y lubi is what you are looking for.
The town that you can see there below is the the town of Sogod. This is one of the town centers here in the province of Southern Leyte. The rest of the areas that you can see below are the neighboring municipalites within the Sogod Bay. So now, how to get to Usa'y lubi?
First, you need to go to Brgy. Milagroso, one of the barangays found in Sogod for it is the jump-off point. Since Brgy. Milagroso is quite far from the town, you can ride a motorcycle or habal-habal. I am not sure how much the fare was because I used my own motorbike to get there but I am certain it's just below $1.00. So when you are there at the Brgy. Milagroso and you see its barangay hall, then the hike to Usa'y lubi starts.
As for me, I drove my motorbike from our home, in Paku, Bontoc to Usa'y Lubi. I did not spent for the fare but I spent for the gas which I think is cheaper.
Most of the people who come prefer to hike/walk but I prefer to go there with my bike though the road is kind of rough and stiff. I want to challenge myself if I can really get through it despite how bumpy the road was. Although I used my motorbike to get there, I would recommend if you will just go there through hiking or walking so that you can enjoy the whole destination.
Along the way, you can see vegetation and cogon grass cultivated by the locals there. The cogon grass can be made as roofing material. How amazing that is. Our ancestors used this before the new era came. The cogon grass protects the home from the rain and sun's heat. Well today, there are also families who still use cogon grass for the roofing because it gives them cool air unlike those galvanized iron sheets that are used today. Alright enough with the cogon leaves. Lol.
As I went through it, the road is intensely going up and I feel like the tires in my motorbike find it hard to get through the rough road. But, I am still persistent so I continue and just maintain my balance and focus.
Please don't forget to bring water or food with you for you might get tired and a little bit hungry along the way. For the normal hike, usually it took them 1-2 hours to reach the summit. It depends on your speed anyway. I reached the summit in less than one hour since I used my motorbike.
When I was at the summit, I felt the fresh air around me like embracing my whole body and congratulating me for making it. I also saw the entire view of Sogod bay and the mountain ranges. You can also see there the island of Limasawa. I can't literally tell everything but I can assure that the view is breath-taking. The cogon grass are present again around the summit and there are perfects spots for your tents. I can assure you that this place is perfect especially during night time when you can see night lights from the town while you are above together with your friends enjoying your drinks.
I and my friends did not stay there longer because we have another place to go. We just let ourselves get satisfied with the view while enjoying every smoke of our vapes.
What can you say about the place?
Tell me what places you have hiked into.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you so much for reading! Comments are very much appreciated. Same appreciation goes to my upvoters and kind sponsors. Again, this is gwapojohn at your service. 😉 Let's get connected!
*Photos are mine*
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What a pleasant surprise! Thanks @TengGoLoTodo, @Sequoia and @Ellehcim for the sponsorship renewal. Your trust will not be put to waste. 😁
Have a great day, everyone!
Saturday Fun
It's Sunday today but I still want to share with you how my Saturday went and I would be glad if you tell me yours. How's your Saturday? Have you been doing all the laundry or just sat and binge-watched the movie you think you missed. Others went somewhere to unwind perhaps. So which is which?
I think I was gone again for a day. I am sorry for doing so. I have a lot of notifications to clear and haven't responded yet to comments. I miss reading articles too! Even if I was away, my mind is still here thinking about how could I keep up with the things I left. I did not leave completely. I was just gone and now I am back to express my naughty thoughts (not the way you think lol).
SATURDAY FUN
Yesterday, I attended another cousin's birthday. This cousin was also my classmate in high school and our homes are just few steps away. We are close with each other and I can't count how many times we bond together. Oh, anyway this cousin was a girl. Our bondings together within our circle of friends lessen when we are already in College. We went to different Universities and took different courses which made us separate. During the face-to-face classes, we seldom communicate with each other though we have group chats. It's also rare for us, friends, to be together again because we have different class schedules. Weekends are not for us too because we spent it mostly with family and for us to take a break from the hustle and bustle.
This pandemic, I must say brought us together again the fact that it's still distant learning. All we have to do is to answer the learning modules and attend online classes then after, we are free. Just because we have free time, this made us communicate and get together again. Actually, I and my friends already had series of outings planned but none of them happened for real. Everything was just a drawing. Our only hopes are the birthdays of each one of us in the group.
I attened a birthday again
Honestly before my cousin's birthday, I thought I was not invited because I did not receive a signal from her while the rest of us have. How can she be a traitor to a cousin? I felt like I was forgotten and so I searched for our photo together and posted it on my Facebook stories with the caption, "Happy Birthday, cousin!"
I waited for her to see it and voila! She saw it and I was excited for her reply. However, she just replied, "Thanks".
I waited for another message but there's none. Why they forgot about me just like that? The rest of my friends did not even managed to ask about me while they are being invited already. Well, I just accepted the fact that I won't be able to eat lechon, lumpia and humba which is so sad. I just moved on and took a bath. I decided to just stay at home since it was also raining yesterday. I told myself that I should not go there even though there's someone who'll fetch me here.
I was done taking a bath when my phone beeped. I looked into it and it was a message from my cousin. She told me to go to there together with my two other friends. I know I promised to myself that I will not go but the next thing I knew was I was there eating.
Of course the party ain't complete without a drink so we decided to have some. We drink and talked about our lives and plans. It's really nice to catch up with friends once in a while. The fun we feel when we are with them is priceless and the bond becomes stronger as we get drunk as well. Lol. More drink, the better.
I decided to go home at 10 PM because I feel like it. I should not get drunk as well because I don't want to call crows again. Well, I did but in my bed anymore.
Tell me about your Saturday even though it's Sunday. Sorry for being this late.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you so much for reading! Comments are very much appreciated. Same appreciation goes to my upvoters and kind sponsors. Again, this is gwapojohn at your service. 😉 Let's get connected!
*Photos are taken by me*
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I was captured
Hurray! Finally, my friend Rusty visited me yesterday and today. I thought he unfriended me already and he favors just a few friends. Glad that I was wrong so forgive me my friend for having this misconceptions about you. I became impatient and hopeless which I should never become. But whatever rants I had, I still wrote anyway because writing here has already become a part of me, a part of my daily routine. There are some days I was out of the way but my mind always think about the platform.
I also plan on exlploring noise.cash one of these days. I have been here for almost 3 months and read different articles about noise but here I am, still unable to get there. Let's be friends there when I am able to make my account. I want to make noise as much as possible. Lol.
Alright, so let's get this started.
So I wrote about my cousin's birthday, JB. If you haven't read it, you can check it out here if you are free. https://read.cash/@gwapojohn/beyond-the-surface-7a329d26
I want to thank everyone who greeted him and wish him good. I also let him read the greetings and he was so happy that there are people in a blogging website who knows him already. Lol. As of now, he was still busy with his new phone. He was not yet done setting it and navigating it for him to get used to it. Most of the time, he is also playing mobile legends and would stay outside to get a good signal strength. His friends are there too and they're in a circle playing the game. I don't know what's in that game that they play it with too much noise. Glad that I did not become addicted to it though I attempted to play it many times. Well, perhaps online games are of not my interest.
**I was captured**
Last October 3, I went to the Big C Curve to get snapped/photographed by the known photographers here in our town. I wrote about my adventure there too and you can read it here if you are interested as well. https://read.cash/@gwapojohn/big-c-curve-20-2fbb7184
See I have been there and drove through the Big C Curve. Though I don't have the proper safety gears, I still passed by it with high hopes of getting snapped. The photographers already posted the final photos of the events and it took me days to find my photo. In every post of the photographers on their pages, I would immediately look into it browse everything to see if I was there. I almost lose my interest about it when suddenly, my friend mentioned me in one of the posts. And voila! I was captured.
I thought I was just assuming that a photographer will notice me. Haha! I was so lucky to get photographed even though I did not pay for the registration and I did not wear safety and proper gears too!
Sorry for my slippers! Lol. I told you I was not wearing the proper gear. But I am really happy about it. At least I have an additional photo collection that will serve as my memory attending the 'Tambike for a Cause'. I would make sure next time that I will join officially and would prepare for the proper gear. I want my future kid to see my photos while I am on my bike chasing my passion.
A click from another photographer. See I was very lucky to have these shots. Facebook ruined the quality though because I just grabbed these on Facebook.
I know this may sound dramatic to you and some might not even appreciate because they can't relate and it's fine. It's my passion after all and we have differences when it comes to it.
Whatever passion you may have, just pursue it and be the best in it. If you are not confident enough, just think that you will not fully discover your potential if you will not try. No one will do your passion for you. It's just you and yourself. Just keep coming through and any time soon, you'll get there.
And when it happens, let's meet at the finish line.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you so much for reading! Comments are very much appreciated. Same appreciation goes to my upvoters and kind sponsors. Again, this is gwapojohn at your service. 😉 Let's get connected!
*Photos are from my gallery*
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@gwapojohn
Maraming salamat, madam @bloghound 💚 Thanks for being one of the people who support me since day one.
Hello! I just want to pass by to say thank you to @bbyblacksheep and @Jher0122 for the sponsorhip renewal. 😊 This means a lot to me, guys. Have a great day!
Beyond the Surface
If there's someone I am missing, that's the notification I get from Rusty. I never thought I would be missing him badly even if he's gone just for 2 days now. I wonder what's up so if anybody knows, can you please enlighten me? Did he took his day-off or will he ever return? Of course he will right? We missed him already. This is the first time I miss someone this bad. I hope I wake up with his blessings again. Although his presence is not that visible these days, I will still continue to write nevertheless.
But wait, was it because of my way of writing? Or was it because of my activity in the platform? Or just because of my content perhaps? I'm confused but I can't do anything about that since the bot did not give his criteria.
I will still write anyway.
How's it going everybody? I can still remember it was just like yesterday I was reading some monthly reports for September. It was like I slept for one hour and voila it's October 6 already. Was it just me or do you also feel that way too? Even my cousin who's 12 years old just two days ago can't believe that he's already 12 years old. I also can't consider him having that age because to me, he is still like 5 year-old boy who teases the rest of the cousins who are younger than him.
This cousin of mine has just celebrated his birthday last Monday. He was the youngest in their family so he was kind of spoiled but not too much. I can't find the right words to say it but what I mean is his parents, my auntie and uncle would end up buying the things he want after many times of asking it on them but not all the time. There were also times when my cousin's wishes were not granted. Oh, by the way, let's just call him *JB.*
JB is dearly loved by his parents. During his birthdays, his parents always give surprises and gift him with what he wish for. Well, it's understandable since he's the youngest and all his brothers and sisters are already married. It is also given that kids of these ages, 10-12 still like to play. However, their way of playing was different from what we used to play before. I blame the advent of technology for this but I am not saying it's bad for them. It still depends on the guidance of the parents.
One thing I have observed from JB is that he was impatient sometimes with the things he can't have. His parents have the money but they chose to not give him what he wanted during the time he asked. Auntie and uncle would always give him a condition. For instance, he will be given a bike of his choice only if he does his module all by himself. For me, it's a great deal already. Answering modules won't hurt me so I will start as I received them to have the bike I am wishing for. But, JB's way of thinking was different from mine. He still refused to answer his modules on time even though he was promised to be given a bike. He answered his modules anyway but it took him time to finish since he answers one page only per day. Consequently, he won't finish one module that is good for one week and then there will be another module and the process repeats. But even though JB was not able to finish the modules, he was still given a bike anyway. Oh, how I wish I was the youngest too!
This year, JB asked for an android phone as his birthday gift. This was the second time he asked for a phone. He still has phone anyway that's still functional but he wanted an upgrade. He needed a new one because he thought that he was already out-of-trend. My auntie and uncle told him that they don't have money though they have for him not to expect and to make him realize that money doesn't grow on trees. I know already that his parents will buy him new phone because I can really tell it by the way they refused to JB and by the way they told us that they won't buy him one. I don't know but I just had that kind of instinct. And I was not wrong because when we went there, JB was busy setting up his new phone.
With this, I realized that our parents will really give us the things we want only if they can. They might not give it during the day we wish for it but I am sure they think about the ways on how to give the things we ask. They may fail sometimes but they really tried. Though we are impatient and we think that they don't care about us, they are still willing to find ways for us but let us not expect that they have the means to give all the time. As long as they provide our NEEDS, then let our WANTS wait. As for my cousin's case, JB, his parents can really provide his wants since both his parents are working and earning well.
If we think that our parents are on a tight budget, therefore, we must not give them another headache by asking things that would add up to the budget.
My talk went far from the birthday celebration. Lol.
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Big C Curve 2.0
How's everybody going? I hope you are all doing well especially those who are affected by the Typhoon. It was just yesterday when the rain poured and the News has just announced that our place and the neighboring towns are under signal number 1. Thank goodness the rain was not hard and did not cause any accident or any flood. Although the rain was continuously pouring, it did not stop me to go to the Big C Curve again.
I have written already in one of my articles about the Big C Curve which is now the part one for yesterday was the second episode. If you have spare time, you can check my article here. Actually I did not expect that the snapshot will happen again in the same place that's why I planned to save money so I can buy safety gears whenever it will happen again. https://read.cash/@gwapojohn/big-c-curve-8f9f390c
The event was called "Pitik for a Cause". 'Pitik' means 'Click' in English so basically the event was all about taking shots/photos while the riders are passing through the Big C Curve continuously.
Others also called it "Tambike for a Cause". 'Tambike' was coined base from the words 'Tambay' which means to have a good time while staying in one place and 'bike' which means the 'motorbike' itself. Therefore, the event was all about having a good time while riding everyone's motorbike when passing through curve.
Just look how curve the road is and getting through it safe and sound is what matters most.
The event happened yesterday, October 3, 2021 at Pamahawan Curve, Bontoc, Southern Leyte.
It was hosted by the SURC - SOLID UNITY RIDERS CLUB. There was a registration fee of 150 php or $3.00. This registration fee will be again donated to the families who are very much in need. In return all the riders who participated will be taken shots by professional photographers as they drive along the very curve road. They will be given stickers, event certificate, and of course snacks.
There were also raffle draws. These are:
2PCS HELMET sponsored by motorepublic and Cctrading
Longsleeve sponsored by J3D
Immortal Bag sponsored by IMMORTAL
Motor Accessories sponsored by Enujmoto
5 Helmet Freshener sponsored RideStreetGear
3 Tube Masks sponsored by Jason Flor
Of course the photographers are there who are stationed just along the roadside to get the perfect shots. You can check their Facebook pages through the following names:
PITIKEROS/VLOGGERS
Kobeya PitikScambag
ChoiSalan.capture/Richie Dagondon Salan
PITIK NI JURJ l ginagmay l
PitikniAdo
Jam Verano
Ericah Diez Caube
Chubs Rider
Charles X
TEAM JAMELEEN
NorielBagacay
Pitikirism
Capture Freak
Abayers TV
Sabaw vlog
I was not able to register because I don't have complete safety gears. I was not able to purchase one since I am saving the money for another purpose. What I did was just like before. Since it was a national highway, all the vehicles can pass by it. I and my friends just went there and drive by the curve with high hopes of getting photographed. Lol.
Although we are soaking wet, we enjoyed the moment and we were also able to witness a lot of riders with talents. There were a lot of people/who joined compared to before.
See there are a lot of riders there just behind us. It's raining but the willingness to join is at the peak of everything. One good thing about this was the real deal of the event and that is the donation which will be given to the deserving families who need it.
I just hope that next time, I will be able to have my complete safety gears and join the cause. Nothing would make me happier than to see myself with the event certificate.
This was also the reason why I was not able to open read.cash yesterday. I apologize and I promise to make it up tonight.
So let's talk!
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Where's the other pair?
This chance of encounter happened when classes are still face-to-face. We know morning classes are sometimes a struggle. The choice of waking up and raising our bodies early may depend on the kind of weather we have. When it's raining and the alarm clocks starts ticking, our body and mind are in conflict. Our mind is telling our body to wake up but then our body doesn't cooperate. Who wouldn't like to stay in bed when it's cold outside and the rain is pouring with cold breeze? As a result, we would choose to extend our stay in bed and turn off the alarm clock in our phones just to have a 5-minute moment only to find out that we overslept for one hour. Thus, we are late and would rush everything.
I remember when the classes are still face to face, I used to come to school late during the months of October down to December for these months are rainy months in our place. I woke up late every morning for I chose to be it. My bed just can't let me go during those cold days and I am too weak to go against it.
Aside from my alarm clock, my mom was the one who wakes me up everyday at 6 AM. She would be knocking on my door many times and if I don't listen, she will use violence and destroy my door. We know moms doesn't want us to be late.
There
There's this one morning when it was raining very hard thus I planned not to go to school but here's my mom again forcing me to go. I told her I won't go because I am not feeling well, the reason that she became furious. I forgot that that was our term exam and I should not miss it. I only have 30 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to travel. I did not took a bath. I just ate my breakfast then changed my clothes into our uniform. Geez! I did not have my proper hygiene that time.
I was ready to go when I remember I need to bring my admission slip with me so I can take the exam. I looked for it inside my bag to make sure but I couldn't find it. There's nothing in between the sheets of my books too! My wallet is also empty. I was so sure that I put the slip in between the sheets of my Navigation book so I looked for it again and found nothing. There could be one suspect for this and that is my little brother.
I went to him and asked him madly because I was so late. He was just there watching Adventure Time again and seemed like he doesn't hear anything. I turned off the TV and ask him if he saw a card in my book. He said he saw it last night but he forgot where he put it. This doubled my anger so I did not turn on the TV and just let him cry.
I had no choice but to go to school and explain everything to our proctor hoping that she will accept my reason as valid.
The rain was also pouring hard making it hard to catch a vehicle. I waited outside and the splashes of the rain are painted in my white pants. I waited for 10 minutes and glad that there was a jeep who stopped for me. I immediately went inside and tried to wipe the rain that got into my uniform. I thank God for the jeep ran fast.
Meanwhile, other students who are also passengers that are sitting across me chuckled when I caught them staring at me. I looked at them twice and they chuckled again and later bursted into laughter. Ooohh! I haven't taken a bath yet but here are they still crushing on me. Well, I just ignored them since I was not interested too.
Few minutes later, the passenger beside me poked me and pointed something on my feet.
My world revolved quickly and I felt like my eyes dropped on the floor. What was the chance in heaven that I forgot to wear my shoes. I wore slippers instead and they don't match. What an embarrassing moment it was that I chose to not care about it so the passengers will think I was aware that I wore the wrong pair of slippers.
Despite what happened, I still chose to go to school and just borrowed shoes from the school guard. Fortunately he has an extra.
**Lesson learned:**
*Listen to your alarm clock*
*Listen to your mom*
*Get rid of your little brother*
*Check what you are wearing before you go*
*Be friends with the school guard too!*
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An Uphill Hike to Hanginan
Hanginan has been one of the most visited shrines and pilgrimage site in our place. Hanginan is a barangay that can be found on the hills of Maasin City, Southern Leyte. It is where the Chapel is located thus it is called **Hangingan Shrine/Chapel - a chapel that is visited by Filipino devotees** may it be Holy Week or just an ordinary day. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://steemit.com/photography/%40jocelynsiano/hanginan-a-shrine-a-place-of-worship-400-meters-above-sea-level&ved=2ahUKEwi2v7-EpajzAhXO7WEKHbpfCawQFnoECCAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3x4wWJYnUiSrSFLLooS8-A
Since the shrine is on the hills of Hanginan which is **2.5 kilometers from the highway, you will trek for at least 2, hours** or depending on how fast you trek or walk. But even with the given distance, there are still thousands of Pilgrims who go there to fulfill their promise to St. Francis Xavier for the favor granted or perhaps to pray and ask something from him.
***Short introduction about St. Francis Xavier***
*St. Francis Xavier was a founding member of the Society of Jesus, a Jesuit organization. On April 7, 1506, Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was born in Spain.*
*He died on Dec. 3, 1552 at the age of 46 after becoming ill on an island in China.*
In connection, this morning we went to have an uphill hike to Hanginan together with my aunties and cousin. My aunt who was in Manila for many years has longed to go back to Hanginan since she arrived here last month to give thanks to St. Francis Xavier for her safe travel and quarantine so we planned to go.
We woke up at 4 AM today to arrive there early.
Of course, we would not like it if the sun was blazing hot. We just used our motorbikes to go there to avoid long hours of travel. We arrived there at 5 AM and started our trek. Glad that we brought motorcycle with us so we just parked there and continue walking at the cemented stairs all the way up to the shrine.
We took pauses as we go since the aunties can't take long hikes without having a rest. Climbing up to 300 cemented stairs is not a joke but the sacrifice is so worth it. We forgot to bring water along with us so we were able to drink water almost near the chapel where a lot of mini stores are open.
When we were almost there, I stopped walking for a while and clicked some pictures of the above view. My photo can't give justice to what my eyes really saw. If you were there, you will be mesmerized by the view and get refreshed by the cool air. Just imagine how far we trek.
I could not take a nice shot since I found it uncomfortable to click photos inside here so I just click whatever angle it is.
When we were inside the chapel, I can feel the holiness which made me realize I should be serious this time and pray with all my heart's content. I won't tell you what I prayed for but one thing I include there is for this pandemic to be over.
I looked into my aunts' faces and they're very serious with their eyes closed. I can say that they must be praying hard for something.
After that, we rushed to the nearest eatery for our stomachs are rumbling. We enjoyed our breakfast there and bought some bibingka after. We rest for a while and then decided to go home. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://panlasangpinoy.com/rice-cake-bibingka-recipe/&ved=2ahUKEwiZy-usuKjzAhXEF4gKHRkTCvYQtwJ6BAgwEAE&usg=AOvVaw16mHJjrijcTY3gKVYWiWhc
On our way, I can feel spiritual relief that I have not felt for long. My aunties are also hoping that their journey of sacrifice will be answered.
This will be all for today. I apologize for my poor narration. Lol.
Happy first day of October!
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Inactive for a day
**I have been inactive for a day.**
I apologize for not being able to respond to everyone and for clearing my notifications without reading and leaving a comment. I am the type of person who likes to be fair to everyone so I chose to clear everything and have another start after I publish this article. The reason of my inactivity was because of my sickness. Well, not to the point that I can't barely stand or walk. I am still fine. I don't have that high body temperature. It's just that I feel like my body is a bit heavy unlike the usual. I'm done taking meds too and hoping this uneasy feeling will subside as I go to sleep.
I honestly don't know what to write. I should not write today because I must sleep early but the urge to publish everyday has been running around my mind making me lose focus. That's why tonight, I decided to visit read.cash and write and just let my thumbs and brain do the work.
I am not sure if this writing will have its quality but I still want to publish and connect to you anyway. How about you there? How are you feeling? Please feel well and keep safe all the time for these times are really trying us. I don't like to say this but in our town, there are a lot of death cases already. Some are because of covid and some are due to illness and oldness but majority of the people here would label it as 'it's because of the vaccine's effect'. Well, you know, people really like to conclude without evidence and without prior knowledge. That's why we need to teach the younger ones to carefully choose information they are about to believe.
There's this barangay in the next municipality that are in grief because deaths there are like a ripple effect. One over the other. A resident there has claimed that it happened since February until now, September. Isn't it disturbing? Since we can't do anything about what happened, I will ask for you help to pray for them and pray for everyone to be safe.
These happenings made me worried a bit about how I feel now. I can't avoid thinking about the possibility that this could be a symptom of the deadly virus. Nooo! It can't be. Lol. Just kidding. I am healthy and Mama Mary loves me.
Alright, enough with the unwanted news.
I am happy that I am able to write something tonight. I just realized that I can't let go of read.cash for this has been a part of my daily routine since I joined here. I have my goals set in here too but some of them were not accomplished everyday like the 'one article a day' goal. There are really situations that popped up which may hinder me to publish but I make sure to go back the next day. This platform really hits me hard. I'm being passionate about it which I never thought I will be. I am sure you are too! For that, I want to thank the admins, the developers and people behind this platform for they have helped many.
So yesterday and today, I just spent my time taking my rest. Glad that I feel fine now or else I might panic.
Anyway, I invited someone in here. She's my cousin, @cutiejen and she's a bit overwhelmed in this platform. She needs more motivation which I knew you can give her. She signed up a month a go but was not able to publish immediately. Here are her articles:
https://read.cash/@cutiejen/if-not-today-when-a835eb87
https://read.cash/@cutiejen/living-the-life-at-37-d830554d
Thank you for your help!
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The Quest of the Golden Job
Is there a job that's considered as golden? I don't how you see it but for me, being hired and having a job is gold. I don't care much about the compensation. Err, wait. I do. The compensation I get from working is important too because why not? Money matters these days. We need funds to support our needs especially for our health maintenance. So whatever job, it may be, I will take the opportunity to give it a shot.
This morning, I woke up like an early bird for I need to prepare myself for the job orientation. I already submitted my resume last week and the manager told me to go back today which I did. I was there at the office at 8 AM. By the way, the job I applied for was Marketing Collector of an Insurance Company. I will not write about their benefits and ways unless you will drop a comment and say you will apply for an insurance. I promise to discuss everything. Lol.
So there the manager explained everything to us.
I thought the position I applied for will be working solely on the collection of client's payment but there is more than that. We need to have 30 persons who will apply for an insurance and only then we can start the job and get paid which I think is not good especially that I spent much already in my motorbike's gas. I was expecting there will be other designated position who will search for our future clients. With that, I am now having a second thought.
The manager asked all of us there if who's willing to go back tomorrow for they will start the search already. I just raised my hand because no one did. It's too awkward if no one will be interested. I don't know if I will go there tomorrow. I'm still unsure. I was thinking to apply for another job.
It was almost 12 noon when I went home. When I was on my way, there's an accident, again. Well, that area where the 10-wheeler truck fell was accident prone. There are a lot of vehicles who fell in there. The road was curvy and the left side of it was a slope. The 10-wheeler truck fell on that slope. Thank God the driver was alive but his foot has fractures. If the residents were not there to help, the driver might not be able to make it since no one will help him get out of the truck.
I stayed there for a bit and saw a lot of Nestle products since that truck was carrying Nestle products. There were packs of Milos and Dairy products that are scattered around. I am sure the locals there are waiting for a go signal to get them for free. After the police and other authorities investigated the surroundings, they gave a go signal and the people there gathered everything they can grasp. Wow! Instant groceries for free!
The truck there turned upside down and those things beside the truck were the Nestle products.
I don't know but the accident was somewhat a blessing to the people there but I am not saying we should be happy about it. It's still an accident. I also planned to go there and get something but in a few minutes, the area was cleared already.
Alright. So that's how I spend my Monday. I don't know if I can call it productive. Lol.
**How about you? What happened to Monday?**
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`|09272021|`
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It looks good
No matter what life brings, always look on the brighter side because we can't see something if we choose the dark one. Can we? Instead of constant worrying about how our life will be, let's just spend our time realizing our dream. It will be worthwhile.
**Happiness**
If we are contented with what we have, we can always be happy without comparing our lives to others. I chose to be contented but I never settle for less. It's up to you to think about it but what I mean is that when I already knew I did my best, I am already happy and contented about it. We know we can't win in everything but at least we can try.
In my case, I always choose to be happy even though I know I made a mistake. I choose to forgive myself because being miserable to things that can't be undone is a waste of time. So when you failed to complete your learning module on time, just smile still. Or if your kid bathes with your phone, just smile because that's still your kid, remember?
*Be happy. It looks good on you. It looks good in us.*
**Get drunk**
Life is short. That's what they say. To me it is too! Just imagine how time flies like a wink of an eye. Today is September 25th and the end of the month is drawing near. One day, we won't notice that it's already Christmas. Yay! So what are we waiting for? Let's party if we are given a chance!
If you experience getting drunk then you know what I mean. The joy of getting drunk is incomparable especially when you are with your true friends. If you are the shy type, then you will not be one anymore. You will start to blabber and open yourselves to everyone. Sometimes, getting drunk can help us release our burdens and dramas in life.
When drunk too, you or we tend to laugh at something even though nothing's funny about it. I remember my friend was talking about his neighbor. This neighbor has got something in his brain that he can't think straight sometimes. Let's call him, Olaf. One day, this Olaf's grandma died but he doesn't know about it for he was away. When he went home, he saw his grandma lying inside a coffin. Olaf saw his grandma's full name and cried hard. While crying, Olaf said,
**Granny! Why we have the same surname? If you didn't die I would not know that we are cousins.**
I don't know if this is sad but I burst into laugh when I heard this.
*So if given a chance, get drunk! It looks good on you.*
**Life is good**
No matter how many misfortunes we encounter, we will always believe in life and the hope it brings us. We believe that if today is unlucky, then tomorrow might be the day for us.
Again, life is good. Smile because we still have teeth.
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