My Health Struggles Before the pandemic, there's a need to be healthy. Actually, there are many illnesses before people laid their attention to Covid19. I admit, I am not a health buff. I do eat junks, and I get exhausted most of the time. My mental health has suffered more, and as much as I want to avail of any therapy, I don't have the means to do so. Besides, the stigma is still keeping me from speaking up about my OCD and anxiety. I did open up to someone before but they…
Life in Two Years Who would've thought each one of us will experience lockdown, being stuck at home for long periods? For sure, we never expected that life will be tough for us. So how did the last two years of your life went? It's good that we talk about it at times. The start of the lockdown, I am in disbelief. I expected it won't take long that it will end in weeks or months. Previous pandemic took few years. We're living in an era with high technology. Those are my…
The Second Part - Life in Two Years When lockdown began to ease a bit, we're allowed to go outside but it's never the same. I had the chance to walk at the park close to our home, and rarely any people can be seen. Business establishments are closed too. When some businesses are allowed to re-open, there are some which has permanently closed. In fact, one of them close to our home was already demolished. With some establishments being demolishes, I can see new buildings or…
Public, Convenience, Mud, Transition, Policeman (Freewrite) Hello there! It's been months since my last freewrite, which the prompts are generated through the website/app Random Word Generator. https://randomwordgenerator.com/ Here are my prompts today: Public So many people in ***public*** places already. Yes, it seems like normal days when you go to parks, markets, etc. It's been two years since the start of Covid19 pandemic. People are tired staying at their homes.…
If There are "3 Wishes" Imagine yourself walking in the beach. You found a bottle closed with cork, and it looks quite odd. You picked it up, and removed the cork. Suddenly, a genie appeared and told you to give 3 wishes, what are those 3 things you'll wish? This just came to my mind when I remembered "Aladdin", who was given by the genie 3 wishes. Of course, Aladdin has magic lamp, but I'm talking about a bottle, which is more common. So here are my 3 wishes: 1. Medicine…
If I Could Turn Back Time There are movies and novels with its themes about time machines, and if only the time can be turned back, some of the things in the past can be changed. I remember the time machine also used by the Avengers in Endgame movie, which they also has struggled going back to the past. If also I could turn back time, there are things that I wanted that should've happened. I hoped my parents' lives are longer Last night, my wife and I had this conversation…
Why I Won't Avail Credit Card and Mobile Loans There are times that I thought of availing credit card because of its usefulness. When in need of money yet salary is still quite far, using credit card can save you to pay what is due. When I expressed to my wife that I want to have credit card, she told me never to get one. These past weeks, GCash has been notifying me to avail of the G Credit. I'm not sure how it works well but probably similar with credit cards. I told my…
Should've Been a Better Wedding She did not hope for a perfect wedding. All she wanted is a wedding that's really special, and something memorable. However, Sheila has hoped her wedding should've been better than how it turned out. Sheila is finally engaged with her boyfriend, Ivan. They had plans on where the wedding will be held, and how they will consider things because of the pandemic. Preparation won't be easy, and the arrangements will not be the usual wedding. The…
Vacation Plans This Week The last time I had a real vacation out of town was way back in 2019. That was when we went to Aurora Province, and I'm away from home about three days. Before that was in 2017 in Ilocos Sur. I need to go on a vacation badly for me and my wife. The last two years, I've been stuck at home. Still, a lot of things has happened. I even got married during the pandemic, and that was 9 months ago. We had our two-day stay at a 4-star hotel in the province,…
What I've Learned I had written few months ago regarding my experience with some of my deaf friends who cut ties, and betrayed me (including some of my friends who are treated badly by them). It was painful when they decided to fight against us because of their assumptions, and fabricated stories of one of their friends. You know, that deaf person who influenced them is a proof that words can really kill even by non-speaking people. Learning Despite what they had done to me,…
Our Province is Getting Lively Again It's been more than 2 years when we have been at home most of the time because of the pandemic. Now, that the lockdown was already eased, and most places are already at Alert Level 1, tourism is now gaining more revenue. Our province, Pangasinan, is taking advantage of that being coastal, which means it has a lot beaches. In fact, its capital Lingayen (the town where I live) is also often visited because of its beach. Since it's summer…
The Q&A Challenge I really don't have anything in mind to write so I thought of not posting anything today, or perhaps I need a rest. However, I saw the post of sir @ARTicLEE which there are questions to answer, and I found it a great topic to write so here I go! Do you prefer writing with black or blue pen? Black is needed in signing documents, and I think it is universal. To be honest, I don't really care about pen colors. Back in the 1990s, we loved different colors of…
Dig a Little Deeper (Q&A Challenge 2) I am currently on vacation so I am unable to write a blog yesterday. I have another set of questions to answer, but this time it's 10 questions, and it starts below. Do you prefer baths or showers? I don't actually care whether it's bathing or shower. I do bath everyday so I think that's the answer. Here in the Philippines it is common to bath everyday, often at daytime when we will go somewhere unlike in some countries where people take…
Who, What, How, Do You? (Q&A Challenge 3) Still here on vacation so I'm not that active on my online tasks. But here I am about to continue with the Q&A Challenge. Here are my answers to the following questions: Who do you want to be closer to? I can't think of anyone at the moment but I think it would be Adele, have her sing and I just listen to her beautiful voice. Do you miss someone at the moment? I always miss my parents. There's no chance that I'll ever see them again…
Service Interruption of Internet and Electricity So I just got home from vacation, and supposedly, we are about to go on with our usual activities which includes our online jobs. Our body needs adjustment but we are ready to get back to our normal life however, we received bad news regarding necessary services that we avail everyday. There's an announcement from our internet service provider that there will be a service Interruption today. It starts from 8am, but there's no…
Vacation: Day 1 & 2, Balungao Hot Springs I have been on vacation for 5 days, and it started out last Saturday. Our couple friends invited us to their home in Natividad town with two other friends. They fetched us from home to the town they currently live. Beforehand, we have prepared our itinerary though there are some changes. Day 1 During day 1, we traveled to Natividad, and reached the town around 1pm. We fixed our things as well as the designated rooms for us. Of…
The Remaining Questions (Q&A Challenge) I have 20 remaining questions to answer from the Q&A Challenge. I think I should answer all of them instead of cutting them by 10s. So here are the questions and my answers. What are you afraid of? I have anxiety, and I am afraid of a lot of things. My OCD is making it worst. I can't answer this question because they are too many. Sorry. 😔 What is your favorite scent? I'm not sure what this means. If this is about perfume, I'm…
Still Grieving Last night, my wife and I are having a conversation until the topic led to how I felt during my mother's battle against cancer and her death. My wife didn't want to talk about it because she gets affected easily, and didn't want to sleep with sadness as it will affect her sleep. I turned to the side with my back on her, and I started to weep. It's been almost 15 years ago since my mother's passing, and there are times that I felt I'm still grieving. During the…
Ask Away! I remember back then, teenagers are answering questions in slam book. It seems it's not the case anymore because people can now go to their social media accounts and post anything. Anyway, young people today cannot totally relate. But signing on a slam book brought joy to us back then. In our class, whether boy or girl, everyone has answered questions on a slam book. That's my focus today, and I have these questions that I am going to answer which similar to slam…
Dine in at AJ Picnic Grove / Plants for Sale On our recent vacation, we went to Balungao Hilltop Adventure, especially the hot springs. That was during the second day of our vacation. We also visited our couple friends' new friend who will assist and drive them to the capital. We are already tired and starving, and the couple brought us to the restaurant where they used to dine out and date. Day 2 Evening - Dine in at AJ Picnic Grove So we reached the restaurant around…
Continuation... So here I am with the continuation of Slambook questions. Yeah, I am enjoying answering the questions here, and I'm about to answer 15 questions again. Favorite cafe? I don't usually go to cafés but I think my favorite is Figaro because my brother used to bring us there before the pandemic. I have been to Starbucks once, and it was a treat from my brother when we went to Baguio City. There are a number of cafés here in our town like Antonino's Cafe, Cafe…
My April Earnings It's been months since I started to write again this April. I got easily tired prior April that I can't write lengthy posts. I decided to write again during the first week of April because I found time to write blogs. My April journey here on Read.Cash has ups and downs. Yeah, most of my posts hardly earns $4 each. In fact, only three posts during this month has earned at least $4. The highest earning was $8.1 posted two weeks ago with the title "Why I…
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