With the recent events in the US, I’ve decided to finally delete my twitter account. I’ve been on the fence since the Musk takeover (only then?? yes, i know). I kept hanging on because I was still using twitter to follow anime announcements which almost exclusively make their updates there. I will also miss the manga fan-arts that also are pretty common in twitter.
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social media shenanigans
It’s stupid to think that ANY form of social media is your friend, but judging by the events of the past few years (especially this past few weeks), the best type of platform is the one you completely own (your own server, domain, etc). The next best thing is the platform that have been existing since forever, not-so-popular-but-popular-enough, albeit with minimum traffic: so now I find myself back here in fucking WordPress. 😂
Continue readingCabin Fever
Today is the start of my third week in quarantine (for the rest of the country, it’s just their second week). I’m starting to get the hang of working from home: I wake up at exactly the same time as my shift and scram at the exact moment my shift ends.
Continue readingDaily Blog #23 – Purpose
These are some of the rare few days that I understand what I need to do. There are clear objectives that I can easily tick off my list which results in stuff that people can see and acknowledge. I can feel that I was able to put in some good work.
This is not part of, or a path to my main objectives, but it does feel good to actually complete tasks.
Daily Blog #21-22 – Ulterior Motives.
While I do have photos taken today, I do not intend to post them here, publicly. I volunteered to take photos for our portfolio’s Year-start (as supposed to year end) party.
TBH, I didn’t volunteer out of the “kindness of my heart”, I was there to sneakily take photos of…subjects.
Pro-tip: if your landscape photographer friend volunteers to take photos of people, press [x] for doubt. 😀
Daily Blog #19 – At my own pace
Ironically, on the day that I brought my camera during lunch is the day when I didn’t have any actual shots made. My mindfulness-through-photography needs a lot of work.
Daily Blog #18 – A little push
The past few days have been uneventful. While I am mostly back on the groove—2-ish hours on my phone, daily exercise and wim hof. I’m still a bit lacking on the bullet journal part.
Daily Blog #17 – Tidying up
[6 AM]: My brother drove me 20-30 kilometers from the hotel to the race venue that morning. The road where the starting line was located was blocked from traffic to give way for all the race equipment and staff. The race itself was mostly uneventful—after all, it was just a 16k run.
Except in the middle of the run, I got a random call. The caller wasn’t asking for anything, it was just a random call.
That race marked the beginning of… stuff.
Today we packed some stuff that we will donate to those affected by the recent eruption. Most of the stuff I donated are race singlets. I really liked the design of the singlet I used back in 2017.
Holding it in my hand, I asked myself,
“Does this shirt spark joy?”
It didn’t.
Daily Blog #16 – Untitled
The wink wink suggestions that I will be going onshore for 1 month is getting louder. Problem is, I’m not sure if I really want to go there.
Got news from college friends that one of the members of our gang is getting married next month.
Daily Blog #15 – …ish
I missed a few days no thanks to the recent eruption of Taal. Last Sunday, instead of leaving work early, I decided to take a nap at the sleeping quarters. I didn’t manage to get a single minute of sleep there. Instead, I just lay there for 2 hours enjoying my screentime cheat day.
You’d think that because of the cheat day, I would’ve learned about the eruption, but somehow I didn’t. I went to Alabang to try and watch Star Wars, despite the lingering headache. When I got to ATC, it was uncomfortably packed with people. I decided to postpone Star Wars for another time—I’m sure they’d keep it in the cinemas for a long time. (It only resumed screening last Jan 8, a week after the 2nd batch of MMFF movies premiered.) I already know the whole plot of the movie thanks to the internet reviews.
I still haven’t heard of the news by this point.
I only learned about it when I got home. Everyone at the house were glued to the TV watching the events unfold. I wanted to go there. There’s a storm entering the country. Storms plus volcanic eruptions equals volcanic lightning. Volcanic Lightning is one of the most metal things on earth. This type of lightning is formed by negatively charged ash meeting the positive charged sky particles in its own home. The result is a metal concert diretly on top of a volcano, complete with smoke machine, flashing lights, roaring thunder, with some hot lava.
I will resume my blogging, exercising, and shooting streak tomorrow. I’ll probably extend my phone screen time to 3 hours on my work phone. 2 hours is too much for me.
Story Time 