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Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day. Welcome to Too Much Information Tuesday.
There is a Mt. Clitoris in the Philippines.
In 1999, the president of Niger was Major Wanke.
30% of objects left in hotel rooms are sex toys.
Your hair grows more quickly when you’re anticipating sex.
At any one time, 45 million people in the world are drunk.
Generally, most peoples’ lips are the same colour as their nipples.
The Japanese word ‘kareishu’ describes the smell of old people.
Turning up the music in a bar by 22% makes people drink 26% faster.
Whoopi Goldberg got her nickname from her childhood flatulence.
More than one-third of men using dating sites are already married.
In London, women over 40 are giving birth at twice the rate of teenagers.
It takes a male flea six to eight hours to unfold all the different parts of its penis.
Until it closed in 2019, South Africa’s largest baobab tree contained its own pub.
Sharing an article makes you think you know more, even if you didn't actually read the article.
Shark Bay in Australia is now called Safety Beach. It changed its name to attract tourists.
Gorgone macarea is an Amazonian moth known for subsisting solely on the tears of sleeping birds.
Early Arabic texts refer to cannabis as ‘the bush of understanding’ and ‘the shrub of emotion’.
A bite from the Brazilian wandering spider results in an erection that lasts for several hours.
In 1423, London mayor Dick Whittington established a 128-seater toilet that hung over the River Thames.
Johnny Cash’s daughter Roseanne was named after Rose and Anne, his nicknames for his wife’s breasts.
A polling company in the USA once found 4% of Americans responded, “Yes!” to “Have you been decapitated?”
In 1879, the Belgian city of Liège commissioned 37 cats to deliver mail to nearby villages. The project was a complete failure.
In 2009, an anti-kidnapping expert in Mexico was kidnapped, after giving a lecture on 'How Not To Be Kidnapped In Mexico'.
On April 28, 1988, the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet ripped off at 24,000 feet, but the plane still managed to land safely.
In 1926, mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. When found, she claimed to have no memory of the missing days.
Researchers believe women prefer larger penises during one night stands, but something a bit smaller for long term relationships.
A Mississippi social worker, Georgia Tann (born 1891), stole more than 5000 children from poor families and sold them to the rich.
In Ancient Greece, small penises were celebrated and seen as a sign of high intelligence and self-control. Men with large penises were seen as grotesque, laughable and barbaric.
Lockdowns in 2020 were identifiable on seismologists’ sensors because humans stopped making the Earth wobble so much by moving about.
In December, some Japanese people go to BŌNENKAI, ‘forget the year’ parties. Attendees eat and drink to forget the bad things that happened during the year.
In 1997 Frédéric Bourdin, a 23-year-old French conman, impersonated Nicholas Barclay, a missing 16-year-old Texan boy, and spent nearly five months living with his family.
A smock or naked marriage was an 18th-century custom in some parts of Britain and the US where a widow would be freed of her dead husband’s debt if she remarried with very few or no clothes on.
In 1951, a 21-year-old Clint Eastwood was on board a plane that crashed into the sea but, no problem for Clint, who successfully escaped and swam three miles through shark-infested waters to safety.
William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, eventually freed his slave because he believed one cannot simultaneously fight for freedom and hold another person in bondage.
Harrison Okene spent 60 hours underwater in darkness after his boat capsized 20 miles off the coast of Nigeria and sank to the bottom of the ocean. He was discovered alive by divers who were sent to recover dead bodies.
On the set of ‘The Terminator’, Arnold Schwarzenegger argued with the director James Cameron over the line “I’ll be back”. Schwarzenegger believed that a robot wouldn’t abbreviate so wanted the line to be “I will be back”.
In 2003, Elm Park - where a gang problem meant train drivers were too scared to stop - became the first London tube station to try the classical music approach. Within 18 months, robberies fell 33 per cent, assaults on staff 25 per cent and vandalism 37 per cent.
In 1859, a book review in The Economist stated, “Novels by male authors are more in keeping with the natural world, and … are more delightful as well as more profitable than the best novels by women.” The book was ‘Adam Bede’ by George Eliot.
Okay, that’s enough information for one day. Have a tremendous and tumultuous Tuesday! I love you all.
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DOSSIER — 卷宗
𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
full name felicity driane uy fiorenzi
native name 美蜀 黄 (mei shǔ uy)
nicknames fely, fel, eli, lili
pronouns she ╱ her
date of birth january 1, 2001
gender female
sexual orientation bisexual (male lean)
blood type b -
nationality italian
ethnicity chinese-italian
birthplace taormina, sicily, italy
residence forbes park village, makati city, philippines
occupation fashion stylist, junior fashion designer, and fashion illustrator at sinéad, personal stylist for cindy beatrice yap, co-founder of classique suits
languages spoken mandarin, italian, english, tagalog, spanish, french, japanese, korean
significant other charles ryder henrik alexander
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒
astrological sign capricorn sun, virgo rising, pisces moon
types enfj-a. 6w7. melancholic-sanguine.
personality (+) kind, caring, down to earth, sincere, rational, (neutral) observant, protective, soft-hearted, (-) gullible, indecisive, perfectionist, anxious.
likes bunnies, flowers, niki, apo hiking society, music, the walking dead, haikyuu, little women, books, cooking, baking, fashion, beauty, traveling, studying, working, the moon, mango shake.
dislikes rude and irresponsible people, negative subtweeting, nosy people, petty issues, being pressured, snitches, being insensitive

𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄
height 160 cm (5’3)
scent miss dior blooming bouquet (prefers floral and musky scents)
clothing style classic, elegant (has an unusual love for white clothing)
eye color dark brown
hair color medium brown (natural), however, she dyed her hair alpine blonde
𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃
primary education miriam college beu (2008-2013)
middle school - secondary education british school manila (2014-2020)
higher education ateneo de manila university (2020-2024)
回忆录 — HERSTORY.
Memoir 01
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DEAD DOVE : DO NOT EAT. Felicity’s storyline includes heavy themes that are not suitable for readers who are sensitive to the following: death, graphic medical descriptions or bodily fluids, alcohol consumption, grief, profanity, and trauma. Do keep in mind that the aforementioned topics are not included to be glorified or romanticized. Fret not, there will be trigger warnings per story if necessary. But then again, please do not proceed if you are prone to being triggered by the said topics.
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Holidays 1.10
Holidays
Aerial Photography Day
Bangabandhu Homecoming Day (Bangladesh)
Common Sense Day
Cross the Rubicon Day
Dawn Appreciation Day
Dial 110 Day (Japan)
Fête du Vodoun (Benin)
45 Record Adapter Day (a.k.a. 45 RPM Day)
Gypsum Day (French Republic)
Houseplant Appreciation Day
Inner Wheel Day
International Take the High Road Day
International Tintin Day
Laughing Day
League of Nations Day
London Underground Day (UK)
Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)
Martyrs’ Day (Panama)
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
National Day of Loneliness
National Guard Day (Kazakhstan)
National Police Day (China)
National Prank Day
National Shareholders Day
National Voodoo Day (Benin)
Peculiar People Day
Rasputin Day
Recorder Day (Germany)
Rubicon Day
Save the Eagles Day
Sinulog begins (Philippines) [Through 20th]
Sluzzle Tag (from “Gumball”)
Speck Day
Sturdy Flat-Heeled Shoes Appreciation Day
Unicycle Day
Working Journalists’ Day (Turkey)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bittersweet Chocolate Day
Champagne and Fries Day
Fritkot Day
Indian Tea Day (UK)
National Booch (Kombucha) Day
National Oysters Rockefeller Day
Where's the Beef Day
2nd Wednesday in January
National Take the Stairs Day [2nd Wednesday]
Independence & Related Days
Hanseatic and Confederate States of Achsen (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)
MYCUS Republic (Declared; 2018, Dissolved 2019) [unrecognized]
Thomaland (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
Festivals Beginning January 10, 2024
Michigan’s Great Beer State Conference & Trade Show (Kalamazoo, Michigan) [thru 1.12]
Potato Expo (Austin, Texas) [thru 1.11]
Feast Days
Agatho, Pope (Roman Catholic)
Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Bodhi Day (Buddhism; China) [8th Day of 12th Lunar Month]
Doge of Venice (Christian; Saint)
Eldzier Cortor (Artology)
The Fairy Lunch (Shamanism)
Geraint of Dumnonia Feast Day (Wales)
Gonzalvo (Christian; Saint)
Gregory of Nyssa (Christian; Saint)
Heinrich Zille (Artology)
The Hungry Family (Muppetism)
Ilithyia’s Day of the Midwives (Pagan)
Johannes Zick (Artology)
Leonie Aviat (Christian; Saint)
Mao Tse Tung Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Menu (Positivist; Saint)
Mid-Winter Festival (Ancient Rome)
Obadiah (Coptic Church)
Peculiar People Day (Pastafarian)
Peter Orseolo (Christian; Saint)
Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic)
Sacred Bath (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Vaudoun Day (Vodoo Festival; Benin)
William Laud (Anglican Communion)
William of Donjeon (Christian; Saint)
World Hindi Day
Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]
Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat [29 Teveth-1 Shevat]
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Binary Day [101] (2 of 9)
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [6 of 32]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [5 of 60]
Premieres
Alice the Golf Bug (Disney Cartoon; 1927)
Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring (Play; 1941)
The Back-Seat Drivers or Mashed Landing (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 13; 1960)
Baton Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Bullwinkle’s Water Follies or Antlers Aweigh (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 14; 1960)
The City and the Pillar, by Gore Vidal (Novel; 1948)
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine (Pamphlet; 1776)
Crying Wolf (Terrytoons Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1947)
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (Animated Film; 2014)
Far From Heaven (Film; 2003)
The Feud (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)
Fraggle Rock (TV Series; 1983)
The Greatest Show on Earth (Film; 1952)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Film; 1992)
Her (Film; 2014)
Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence (Play; 1955)
Introducing… The Beatles (Album; 1964)
The Lamp Lighter (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1938)
Man and His Symbols, by C.G. Jung (Science Book; 1963)
Metropolis (Film; 1927)
The Missing Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)
1917 (Film; 2020)
Paradise City, by Guns ’N’ Roses (Song; 1989)
Problem Pappy (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)
Recess: School’s Out (Animated Film; 2001)
Silly Symphony (Newspaper Comic Strip; 1932)
Silvertone, by Chris Isaak (Album; 1985)
The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats (Children’s Book; 1962)
The Sopranos (TV Series; 1999)
Timber (Disney Cartoon; 1941)
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1929) [Tintin #1]
Underwater (Film; 2020)
The Villain’s Curse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)
What a Little Sneeze Will Do (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)
Today’s Name Days
Leonie, Paulus (Austria)
Agaton, Aldo, Dobriša, Dobroslav (Croatia)
Břetislav (Czech Republic)
Paul (Denmark)
Talva, Talve, Talvi (Estonia)
Nyyrikki (Finland)
Guillaume (France)
Leonie, Paul (Germany)
Melánia (Hungary)
Aldo (Italy)
Dorisa, Karmena, Tatjana (Latvia)
Agatonas, Ginvilas, Ginvilė, Palemonas, Vilhelmas (Lithuania)
Sigmund, Sigrun (Norway)
Agaton, Dobrosław, Jan, Nikanor, Paweł, Wilhelm (Poland)
Antipa, Grigorie (Romania)
Dáša (Slovakia)
Gonzalo, Nicanor (Spain)
Sigbritt, Sigurd (Sweden)
Bethany, Darby, Derby, Dermot, Kermit, Kermore, Rhett (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 10 of 2024; 356 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 2 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 16 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 29 (Gui-You)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 29 Teveth 5784
Islamic: 28 Jumada II 1445
J Cal: 10 White; Threesday [10 of 30]
Julian: 28 December 2023
Moon: 0%: New Moon
Positivist: 10 Moses (1st Month) [Menu]
Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 21 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 20 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Half-Month 2 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 1.24)
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Holidays 1.10
Holidays
Aerial Photography Day
Bangabandhu Homecoming Day (Bangladesh)
Common Sense Day
Cross the Rubicon Day
Dawn Appreciation Day
Dial 110 Day (Japan)
Fête du Vodoun (Benin)
45 Record Adapter Day (a.k.a. 45 RPM Day)
Gypsum Day (French Republic)
Houseplant Appreciation Day
Inner Wheel Day
International Take the High Road Day
International Tintin Day
Laughing Day
League of Nations Day
London Underground Day (UK)
Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)
Martyrs’ Day (Panama)
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
National Day of Loneliness
National Guard Day (Kazakhstan)
National Police Day (China)
National Prank Day
National Shareholders Day
National Voodoo Day (Benin)
Peculiar People Day
Rasputin Day
Recorder Day (Germany)
Rubicon Day
Save the Eagles Day
Sinulog begins (Philippines) [Through 20th]
Sluzzle Tag (from “Gumball”)
Speck Day
Sturdy Flat-Heeled Shoes Appreciation Day
Unicycle Day
Working Journalists’ Day (Turkey)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bittersweet Chocolate Day
Champagne and Fries Day
Fritkot Day
Indian Tea Day (UK)
National Booch (Kombucha) Day
National Oysters Rockefeller Day
Where's the Beef Day
2nd Wednesday in January
National Take the Stairs Day [2nd Wednesday]
Independence & Related Days
Hanseatic and Confederate States of Achsen (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)
MYCUS Republic (Declared; 2018, Dissolved 2019) [unrecognized]
Thomaland (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
Festivals Beginning January 10, 2024
Michigan’s Great Beer State Conference & Trade Show (Kalamazoo, Michigan) [thru 1.12]
Potato Expo (Austin, Texas) [thru 1.11]
Feast Days
Agatho, Pope (Roman Catholic)
Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Bodhi Day (Buddhism; China) [8th Day of 12th Lunar Month]
Doge of Venice (Christian; Saint)
Eldzier Cortor (Artology)
The Fairy Lunch (Shamanism)
Geraint of Dumnonia Feast Day (Wales)
Gonzalvo (Christian; Saint)
Gregory of Nyssa (Christian; Saint)
Heinrich Zille (Artology)
The Hungry Family (Muppetism)
Ilithyia’s Day of the Midwives (Pagan)
Johannes Zick (Artology)
Leonie Aviat (Christian; Saint)
Mao Tse Tung Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Menu (Positivist; Saint)
Mid-Winter Festival (Ancient Rome)
Obadiah (Coptic Church)
Peculiar People Day (Pastafarian)
Peter Orseolo (Christian; Saint)
Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic)
Sacred Bath (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Vaudoun Day (Vodoo Festival; Benin)
William Laud (Anglican Communion)
William of Donjeon (Christian; Saint)
World Hindi Day
Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]
Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat [29 Teveth-1 Shevat]
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Binary Day [101] (2 of 9)
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [6 of 32]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [5 of 60]
Premieres
Alice the Golf Bug (Disney Cartoon; 1927)
Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring (Play; 1941)
The Back-Seat Drivers or Mashed Landing (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 13; 1960)
Baton Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Bullwinkle’s Water Follies or Antlers Aweigh (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 14; 1960)
The City and the Pillar, by Gore Vidal (Novel; 1948)
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine (Pamphlet; 1776)
Crying Wolf (Terrytoons Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1947)
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (Animated Film; 2014)
Far From Heaven (Film; 2003)
The Feud (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)
Fraggle Rock (TV Series; 1983)
The Greatest Show on Earth (Film; 1952)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Film; 1992)
Her (Film; 2014)
Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence (Play; 1955)
Introducing… The Beatles (Album; 1964)
The Lamp Lighter (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1938)
Man and His Symbols, by C.G. Jung (Science Book; 1963)
Metropolis (Film; 1927)
The Missing Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)
1917 (Film; 2020)
Paradise City, by Guns ’N’ Roses (Song; 1989)
Problem Pappy (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)
Recess: School’s Out (Animated Film; 2001)
Silly Symphony (Newspaper Comic Strip; 1932)
Silvertone, by Chris Isaak (Album; 1985)
The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats (Children’s Book; 1962)
The Sopranos (TV Series; 1999)
Timber (Disney Cartoon; 1941)
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1929) [Tintin #1]
Underwater (Film; 2020)
The Villain’s Curse (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)
What a Little Sneeze Will Do (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)
Today’s Name Days
Leonie, Paulus (Austria)
Agaton, Aldo, Dobriša, Dobroslav (Croatia)
Břetislav (Czech Republic)
Paul (Denmark)
Talva, Talve, Talvi (Estonia)
Nyyrikki (Finland)
Guillaume (France)
Leonie, Paul (Germany)
Melánia (Hungary)
Aldo (Italy)
Dorisa, Karmena, Tatjana (Latvia)
Agatonas, Ginvilas, Ginvilė, Palemonas, Vilhelmas (Lithuania)
Sigmund, Sigrun (Norway)
Agaton, Dobrosław, Jan, Nikanor, Paweł, Wilhelm (Poland)
Antipa, Grigorie (Romania)
Dáša (Slovakia)
Gonzalo, Nicanor (Spain)
Sigbritt, Sigurd (Sweden)
Bethany, Darby, Derby, Dermot, Kermit, Kermore, Rhett (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 10 of 2024; 356 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 2 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 16 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 29 (Gui-You)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 29 Teveth 5784
Islamic: 28 Jumada II 1445
J Cal: 10 White; Threesday [10 of 30]
Julian: 28 December 2023
Moon: 0%: New Moon
Positivist: 10 Moses (1st Month) [Menu]
Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 21 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 20 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Half-Month 2 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 1.24)
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Binibini Possibilities: Gianna Margarita Llanes
Her life in the limelight to date has been one of the more storied – much like a gentle rollercoaster of emotions if I may add. But focusing on her collective achievements as a courtside reporter, TV host, radio DJ, teleserye actress and Miss Philippines Earth – Water 2020, Gianna Margarita Llanes is ready to face any challenge head-on. Experience is the best life teacher – and she has lots of…
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Melbourne, Australia's Ilyssa Mendoza is Miss Philippines Eco Tourism 2020
Melbourne, Australia’s Ilyssa Mendoza is Miss Philippines Eco Tourism 2020
Ilyssa Mendoza
Representing the Filipino community of Melbourne, Australia, Ilyssa Marie Mendoza, 19, almost won Miss Philippines Earth 2020. Crowned Miss Philippines Eco Tourism 2020, she was one of the runners-up of the environmental-themed contest, which marked her first ever beauty pageant.
It was Roxanne Allison Baeyens, 23, of Baguio City who won the Miss Philippines Earth 2020 title. The…
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2021 year in review: all on pop and entertainment (1 of 2)
My last post here was in December 2020. I did not mean to fall of the earth since. I have a post that just me going off on Joss Whedon here in the drafts somewhere. I never ended up posting that here this year when I meant to do so. Lol.
I'm an old school Buffy the Vampire Slayer (or BtVS and Charmed, etc) fan of the 90s, an older millennial born in the late 80s (1987, to be exact) and that post on sh*thead Whedon was something long due to be posted here because I've had it with everything he's done in the BtVS set, Angel to the Justice League set. I've also had it with his shitty storylines for female and black characters on his tv shows and films. I haven't seen him really handle asian characters but I bet he's as shitty at handling them as he does the female and black characters so...yeah...at least I don't have to go off on him on that one. He does seem to not be too into asian characters though and there's really a lack of asian representation on his works so it's pretty telling of how he treats people---asian, black, female, all.
But anyway, I didn't mean this post to be on a**hat Whedon. This post is a year in review of 2021 and by extension, some of 2020. I fangirl and flail on stuff on my twitter, @kg_0917, so I'll base this review of the year on that one.
So what are the highlights of 2021 for me...hmn...???
There's really not much highlights in real life because 2021, like 2020, was a year I spent mostly at home in as a homebody and due to the still ongoing Covid 19 pandemic. We've been on whatever kind of community quarantine since 2019-ish for how long exactly? Yeah, 2, almost 3 years now. It's all thanks to new variants of the novel corona virus, Delta and now, one thing we're looking closely at as Omicron. I feel like we will discover ALL the greek alphabet at this point should this go on.
So yes, since 2019, I hardly go out. I'm always at home. Right...since the company I previously worked in sent us all home and had us all work from home when the pandemic here in the Philippines worsened, heightened. I only ever went out for groceries, some errands, and the occasion hangout with my girls I miss so much now, still. (My bff and I just met up and hung out at the newly opened Tomas Saco branch of Chingkeetea too. It's a local tea place I've been obsessed about since it started here, back when I was in college me thinks, and boomed and continue to be strong 'til now.) I don't really order in a lot either because I'm mostly uncomfortable using food delivery services not attached to the cafes and restaurants I buy from so yeah. No Grab food delivery, Foodpanda and the likes for me.
2021...I don't know. For some, it's boring because we all stayed in but for others, like yours truly, we've found some things to preoccupy and amuse ourselves with while staying home. I know for some it's games---board games, video games and more---and bonding time with the family. For me and a good, really old friend since I was in LiveJournal (and yes, I'm still there now but I'm using the space for something else yet), it's music. We've both been into exploring the discographies of bands, groups and more of the past and present. She's a huge fan of punk rock or punk pop and 2020 and 2021, for me, made me discover that I'm really into mostly pop (indie, some mainstream, too, of course), tropical and chill deep house, and some rock'n'roll here and there. I'm also mostly into the American side of these things.
2020 and 2021 got me into:
1. The Beach Boys
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It's their Sounds of Summer that first got me. I'm notorious now for putting Kokomo on eternal repeat just because of how well made that song is. The beach vibe of that song is just...so strong I'm head-over-heels, very obsessed with it. After that, it's In My Room that basically sums up this series of lockdowns (community quarantine, in Philippines' case's terms) with my stuck in my room most of the time for me, and then Good Vibrations and I Can Hear Music because...well...I'm obviously a music nut.
Brian Wilson is THE songwriter for me. I am aware much of the songs he'd written and his band has put out were completed under the influence of, say, psychedelic drugs, hallucinogens and the likes but I still say and will keep repeating (I'll even bring this to my grave, yes) that Brian Wilson IS a music genius. The Beatles, John Lennon etc, WHO? I grew up on the Beatles but since I found the Beach Boys, I'm just...everything I am looking for is with them so why should I even bother with the Beatles, exactly? I don't even care if the Beach Boys aren't that big all over the world like the Beatles in their time. What I care about is how the Beach Boys' discography really fit me well. My music tastes and all. It's such a glove-fit like...well...fit and yes, I will never part with the Beach Boys' music.
I know of some the Beach Boys songs like Barbara Ann from Toy Story (that famous minions scene, yes) and Big Time Rush's cover and poolside performance of Dance, Dance, Dance in the summer, beach-set Big Time Rush TV movie so I'm definitely no stranger into the Beach Boys before immersing myself in their discography. I'm currently on the hunt for copies of their Sounds of Summer and Pet Sounds even if they're second hand so yes, how much I'm hooked onto them and their music...it's pretty serious. It's as serious as how I follow Big Time Rush's releases and OneRepublics' as closely as I can. Also...Tove Lo's stuff.
I'm also looking into owning some fan made merch or customized merch from the Beach Boys...tshirts mostly since I don't really have a lot of band and artists' shirts yet so yeah, I'll work on that. I did a post on this one on my fashion and lifestyle blog, fashionnutcase on blogspot/blogger and it's this one with the title: wholeheartedly not half-heartedly, on band/group tshirts.
2. The Monkeys
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....but mostly Daydream Believer (my favorite from them) and I'm a Believer.
I'm still a bit weirded out that people only know of Daydream Believer because of Wanda or WandaVision on Disney+ when I've known of the Monkees who's originally sung and performed that way, waaayy back due to I'm a Believer (covered by Smashmouth, if I'm not mistaken) in Shrek and how Big Time Rush, both the band and the tv show, were modeled after them. The latter is circa 2010 knowledge for me so I'm old in terms of knowing of the Monkees, yes. But I definitely wasn't, then, old enough to even be a huge fan and try to see them live in the USA the couple of trips I had there, when some of them, members of the Monkees, still lived and played gigs all over the said country. But anyway, that's, I guess, a millennial vs gen z thing for you...us.
There's really not much I can say about the Monkees unlike how chatty I am with the Beach Boys. I have yet to really immerse myself into the former's discography because I still can't really get past Daydream Believer especially so yeah... I can only really just talk more of the Beach Boys and their music on this post than I can of the Monkees' music.
I am interested in the Monkees' TV show and that one controversial film they released that had some anti-vietnam war sentiments though. It was deemed controversial because at the time of its release, censorship on anything to do with being anti the vietnam-american war going on in the American media. Yet...from what I'd heard on youtube on a video about the Monkees, their tv show, their music, their film/s, it went right through media censorship and aired in cinemas at the time of its release with 0 problems compared to its contemporaries then. I forgot to take not of the film's title so I'm not going dwell on that much here. I just meant to share or say that I am interested in that film and I'd watch it and the Monkees' TV show should I find them just to compare them to with BTR's show, too.
3. Britney Spears
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I'm currently contemplating on getting a tshirt of hers, too. Well, fanmade, mostly, because I think vintage ones are difficult to find now. They'd also be very expensive, of course.
I mentioned earlier and I'll say it again, I'm an older millennial born in the late 80s (1987) so I know the 90s decade pretty well because I lived it both as a pre-teen and middle to late teen. I know Britney and I have some of her tapes somewhere and yes, I love, LOVE her since Baby, One More Time. I think I just haven't followed her much since In the Zone (2003), I guess. I do know songs from her like My Prerogative, Womanizer, and yes, I even followed her film, Crossroads but I only ever owned cassette tapes of hers of until the 2001 release, Britney. Slave For You is just...ugh...queen and such a good song for me also, peak Britney! Yay!
Taylor Swift who? Kidding. I also like Taylor, I'm not much of a Swiftie however, since Fearless and especially Red (I know people went crazy for Taylor's Version of Red and that long MV of All Too Well that came out just recently) so yeah...I like Taylor. Not as much as I do Britney, however.
Yes, we ALL know Britney. Or, I guess the younger generation, gen z, do not know her all that much but we should ALL know Britney. She was amazing in her peak in the 90s and a better stage performer than Taylor, definitely, at the time and even until now. Britney is an all-rounder, Taylor isn't much of that. I dedicated some time just recently this year...I think around last month? November? to just watch some old Britney stuff and ugh. I fell in love with her all over again. I'm not even going to talk much about Christina Aguilera here and their rivalry because yeah...I'm not a huge Christina fan and I don't know...I just realized now that Britney and her impressive body of work is something you just can't get over so easily especially if you've grown up with her like I did and still do.
Anyway, yay, SHE'S FREEEEEE!!!! Yes! Go forth, Brit, my love, and do whatever you want now. Your money, the world, everything is yours now.
I actually also love her personality and herself as a whole from what I'd seen of her in some interviews and all that, yes, so I'm just as happy as her and other fans of hers like me that we can witness her be happy, content, free and just her precious, lovely, bubbly self now.
2021. You're grim mostly and bland and boring with most of us paranoid over our health and about contracting the virus and its variants but you gave us this. You had us bare witness to this, Britney being freed from her family's, her dad's conservatorship, and 2021, for that, YOU ARE EPIC! Definitely worlds better than 2020, the year before this, just because of this now.
Yeah, I'm definitely getting myself a replica concert shirt of hers or a fanmade one, one of these days, yes. I kind of can't wait to have that one. I've been scouting these bands and artists shirts on shopee, a local or Philippine national online shop site, and I've found some I like, definitely. I'll get those when I have enough from the part time work I do online these days. (Yes, a very, very random life update here is...yes, I've secured a part time job even if it doesn't pay much week in and week out. It does well to tide me over 'til next year. Until I've secured a much stable paying job that I've been after for a while now, hopefully by then. I resigned from my old company with a good friend and parted ways with them around last year-ish, 2020.)
This post is already long so I'll have to cut this year in review of 2021's in to two...or three at most since I'll also be talking of some tv shows, movies, and more here, too. This review of 2021 is definitely not just going to be all about music, yes.
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2021: Adventure Towards Uncertainty
JANUARY
1 - The Great Reset of December 23, 2020-1
2 - The Power of Walking Away
3 - Tita's Visit: Keifer's Grooming
4 - New Haircut: Leaving the Past Behind + Mushroom Recipes
5 - Nothing Memorable: Terrace
6 - The Jumping Spider
7 - "evermore" bonus tracks
8 - Blood Sample: First Take
9 - Ultimate Scam + Cancelled Plans
10 - Devil cop's Plea
11 - Check-up Result: Normal
12 - ZAYN birthdate!
13 - Self-Revelation + Refusal
14 - Lola and Popoy
15 - "In the Zone" Episode
16 - Skips
17 - A Father's Hug
18 - Birthday Messages
19 - Cold symptoms + "Ang Huling Halakhak"
20 - Colds + Temporary Leave
21 - Attempts
22 - Spotify + Battery Issues [Pre-NoPh 322]
23 - The Revelation
24 - Extension and A Turning Point
25 - NoPh 322 + Second Semester II '20-'21
26 - Temporary Driver: Laptop
27 - House Cleaning Part 1
28 - House Cleaning Part 2
29 - NoPh 322: Revisited
30 - The Wedding
31 - Battery Arrival
FEBRUARY
1 - Ninong Adao's Birthday
2 - Fixed!
3 - The In-Return
4 - Technological Suicide + Destiny [The Boy Foretold by the Stars]
5 - Post-NoPh 322 + The Losers: Revisited
6 - Cooking Tutorial
7 - Laptop Editing: Cooking [Good isn't Enough]
8 - Tita's Offer + "The Balloon"
9 - Mione's Birthday
10 - Phone Scavenger
11 - Aries [Ang Babaeng Allergic sa Wifi] + Poweramp: Restored
12 - Love Story (Taylor's Version) + Popoy's Ethical Death
13 - Nothing Memorable II: Hut
14 - Remorse and Anger
15 - Lola's Birthday and Introvertism
16 - Gravy Test I: Trial
17 - ASL
18 - Popoy's Peaceful Death [14:45]
19 - Van on Repair
20 - Research Introduction + Gravy Test II: Failure
21 - Bitter Gourd
22 - Ant Migration and Raindrops
23 - Fog and The Great Footage
24 - "To Grow An Onion" + Gravy Test III: Success
25 - Closure Draft + Note: Restored
26 - Rice Reduction
27 - Open Letter to Mother
28 - Messages to Old Friends
MARCH
1 - Laptop Editing II: Commercial [Mess] + Tita's Visit II: Family Call
2 - AI 2020
3 - Royal Blue Identity
4 - Taken for Granted
5 - Fulfillment
6 - Module + Episode 10 [Hataraku Saibou: Black]
7 - Missing Home + Uninstaller
8 - Connection
9 - Birth and Death
10 - Juice from the Trash
11 - Negative Thousand
12 - Hunger and The Onion Plant
13 - Heavy Lifts, The Backwards Law, and Massage Talk
14 - Overwork Treat
15 - Body vs. Gravity
16 - Mystery of Threathened Privacy
17 - Font Styling
18 - It's Nice to Have A Friend
19 - The Wooden Bed, Cross Wind, and A Personal Healing
20 - Midnight Owl, Island Troops and Nighttime Struggles Part 1
21 - Nighttime Struggles Part 2 and Witnessing Electricity
22 - Nothing Memorable III: Doorway
23 - Dolby Experience: Week Trial
24 - Happiness + West Philippine Sea
25 - Peanuts + Tita's Visit III: Rushguard
26 - You All Over Me (From The Vault)
27 - House Cleaning II: Rearrangement, Potato Chips, and The Freediver's Silence
28 - Worm Moon and Earthworms
29 - Glasses and Failed Governance
30 - Ten pesos & 20 cents + Personal Interview
31 - Draft + Lockdown II: Holy Week Special
APRIL
1 - Neon Lights and "April 1st"
2 - The Good Silence and The Silence Breaker
3 - Laptop Editing III: Interview [OK] + File Migration
4 - Counting Sheep, Seawater, and Insensitivity
5 - Mystery of Threathened Privacy: Solved
6 - Greed + Story Untold: Earthquake
7 - Amor Propio and Sigma Male
8 - Blood Sample II: Relocation
9 - Fearless (Taylor's Version) in Valor's Day: EEZ
10 - Pay Day Treat
11 - Due Date
12 - Bikes, Check-up Result II: Patience, and Elliot from Earth: End of Chapter 2
13 - National ID Part 1
14 - National ID Part 2
15 - Abscond from Mother's Prisonment
16 - The Drunk Question
17 - Knife Cut
18 - The Subtle Taste of Kimchi
19 - The Wall + Side Effects: Methimazole
20 - Jackhammer + NewPh 322
21 - First Day
22 - Folklore behind the Land
23 - One Hundred Thirteen Songs
24 - Work Errors and Mistakes
25 - Blood Pressure
26 - Pride, Cross fire, Pink Moon, and Modesty
27 - Salt and Sauce
28 - Traps
29 - Finalé Day
30 - An Indecisive Option
MAY
1 - A Noodle Retrospection
2 - The Ant Suicide
3 - A Kiss of Sting
4 - Sweat and Unsupportive Support
5 - The Brag and Measurement
6 - DOMS and Obticeō
7 - For the Change and The Truth about School System
8 - A Sudden Attack of Reminder
9 - Mother + Sighting Planet Mercury
10 - 1998
11 - Infographics + The Water Bill
12 - The Seed and Alligator Pear
13 - The Watch and The Gust of Arrogance
14 - Clearance and Break-up
15 - Nosing and The Unfinished Product
16 - Vocabulary
17 - The TV
18 - "The Day I Lost", House Cleaning III: Glasscut, and Saying NO
19 - The Chase of the Crow and the Black Naped Oriole
20 - The Digital Box
21 - The Summer Lights of the Open Sea
22 - Banana-wrapped Anchovies
23 - The Dessert of Heaven, Reunion, and Chores Strike
24 - A Rare Sight of Clouds and Sunset
25 - Politics, Acceptance, and Friendship
26 - Super Full Blood Flower Moon Eclipse
27 - The Hidden Meaning of Abrasion
28 - Pen Spinning: Introduction
29 - Animated Hobby [LOL]
30 - Bamboo Planks and Sunday Meetings
31 - The Challenge of Starvation, Stagnation, and Being Twenty-Two
JUNE
1 - A Sharp Accident
2 - The Swarm and The Afternoon Storm
3 - A Cone of Skepticism
4 - Freedom, Wealth, and Imprisonment
5 - Partial Happiness and Melancholy
6 - The Liability
7 - Influence: Fellowship, Friendship, and Brotherhood
8 - The Silent Emergency
9 - Back Pain and The Sign of Aging
10 - The Ghost of Maturity
11 - The Underappreciated Truth About Capricorn
12 - Independence and The Question to Freedom
13 - Senior Millennial
14 - A Night Conversation With Sheena
15 - A Night Conversation With Gerlyn
16 - A Good Relief
17 - About My Brother's Support
18 - Excessive Temptations
19 - Pen Spinning: The Basic Skill
20 - Meaning of Sacrifices [Anak] and A Thankful Son's Hug
21 - Happier Now: The Journey to Happier + A 600-Song Mark
22 - Practice of Gratitude, Ego's Jealousy, The Giveaways, and An Extreme Pain from Brine
23 - The First Taste of Tofu
24 - Gametag + The Shyness of Strawberry Supermoon
25 - The Milk of Uselessness
26 - The Hint of Minimum Wage
27 - Tita's Visit IV: Volcanic Smog + The Online Purchase
28 - Lost Provider
29 - Strings of Hope
30 - A Bittersweet Scar of Yesterday
JULY
1 - Alert Level 3
2 - The Metaphor of Thunderstorm
3 - Raindrops of Solitude
4 - Nothing Memorable IV: Guitar
5 - A Student's Dilemma
6 - The Misunderstanding
7 - Parental Constraint and The Chips of Self-Comfort
8 - Acceptance
9 - The Inquiry and An Empty Reply
10 - Call of Assistance
11 - The Grand Birthday Party
12 - Hague Ruling and the Rights of Fishermen
13 - Driver's Attitude and Appointment: Phase I
14 - Filing Up
15 - Room Service Tutorial
16 - New Pen Preference and Appointment: Phase II
17 - Nothing Memorable V: Duty
18 - The Armor against Bullying
19 - Midnight Countdown
20 - About Betrayal
21 - Monsoon: The Sweater
22 - Monsoon: Heavy Rain
23 - Monsoon: A Week After Summer
24 - Monsoon: The Quake
25 - The Toxic Trait of Investment
26 - E-mail Anxiety, The Lies of Final SONA, and First Gold
27 - Dragon Fruit
28 - songs I repeat songs [playlist re-made: songs of personal taste]
29 - A Fuel of Data
30 - A Futile Interview + A Wish for A Shooting Star
31 - The First 8 Hours [Part 1]
AUGUST
1 - The First 8 Hours [Part 2]
2 - The First Payroll
3 - A Hopeful Interview and The Steps of Online Confusion
4 - New Haircut: The Beginning of The End
5 - The Liked Tweet [2]
6 - The Registrar's Advice
7 - Calluses and The First Non-Working Hours
8 - Nothing Memorable VI: Laundry and Labor
9 - The Bread of Guilt
10 - The Essence of Double Data
11 - The Orientation
12 - National ID Part 3 + The Unexpected Meet-up
13 - The Itch
14 - The Challenge of Adjustment
15 - Quipper + Taste of Labor
16 - Adventure Towards Uncertainty
17 - Conflict and Reminiscing the Old First Day
18 - Benefit of the Doubt
19 - Class Terrorism
20 - Report Anxiety
21 - First Cuts from Ice Breaking
22 - The Cure for Worrying: Acceptance
23 - The Sweet Taste of Opportunity Cost
24 - The Volunteer for Module III
25 - Love for Cholesterol
26 - The Ice Quizzes and I Miss You's
27 - A Comfortable Conversation With An Ex-Tourism Student
28 - Work Excuse
29 - Popoy II + The Answer of Denial
30 - The Real Heroes [Nat'l Heroes' Day]
31 - Last Hours Before Christmas Countdown
SEPTEMBER
1 - Report 1: Report Misconduct
2 - Nothing Memorable VII: Time Conflict
3 - Report 1: A Great Level of Satisfaction
4 - Popoy II's Death + Demand Crisis
5 - Blood Sample III: Normal Visit
6 - The Parcel's Story
7 - The Report Savers
8 - A Day Without Light [Part 1]
9 - A Day Without Light [Part 2]
10 - Check-up Result III: Free Maintenance and High Blood Pressure
11 - The Golden Eggs
12 - Finished Business + The Golden Taste
13 - Exam Week I: No Plurals Allowed
14 - Exam Week I: Surprise Exam
15 - Exam Week I: Triple Killers
16 - Exam Week I: A Reasonable Excuse
17 - Silence, The Spark of Attitude, and A Share of Grandfather's Love
18 - Ant Killings
19 - 33 Songs
20 - Anxiety for Connection
21 - The Evil Eye
22 - The Modesty of Third Place
23 - T-Accounts
24 - Surprises and Out of Balance
25 - The Ghost of Procrastination
26 - An Abnormal Rest
27 - Profits and Losses: The Boat
28 - Report 2: Openness + A Noodle Retrospection: Retaste
29 - Nothing Memorable VIII: Normal Classes
30 - Report 2: Report Conduct
OCTOBER
1 - A Reluctant Review
2 - Back to Basic: Resumé and Job Interview
3 - A Day Without Light: 9-Hour Special
4 - RIASEC Personality Test
5 - Internet Shutdown
6 - Capo
7 - Report 2: Please Let Me Be Done
8 - The Role of Leader
9 - Report 3: Scripts
10 - An Hour of Online Dating
11 - OCEAN Personality Test
12 - An Oddly, Satisfying Soup
13 - Postponement and Understanding
14 - AstraZeneca: First Dose
15 - AstraZeneca: Side Effects and Report 3: Best Outcome
16 - Kuya Michael
17 - Late Night Shopping
18 - Activity Panic Mode
19 - The Message
20 - A Day in Resort + Series of Random Photos
21 - Exam Week II: Essay and Deduction
22 - Exam Week II: Unmotivated
23 - Egg Sandwiches
24 - Data Drainage
25 - Exam Week II: The Alarm of Morning Exam and The Choice of Roulette
26 - Nothing Memorable IX: Internal Recruitment + Equal Game
27 - The Franchise Proposal Plan
28 - SFP and Resume: Part 1
29 - Resume: Part 2, Academic Scam, and El Jugo Frutas
30 - ME Time!
31 - Topic Proposal: Jollibee
NOVEMBER
1 - Candle Lighting + Tita's Visit V: New Mobile
2 - The Goat and Dark Sorcery
3 - Eye Strain + Fund Raising
4 - Failures of Leadership
5 - Introvert, Retractable Pens, and My Ballpen Phases
6 - The Website
7 - Christmas Lights
8 - Report Preparations
9 - The Case for Personal Meetings
10 - reputation
11 - Plans for Nyctophilia
12 - HEIGHTS, RED (Taylor's Version) and An Out-minded Quiz
13 - Curtain Installments
14 - Topic Proposal: Ownerships
15 - Political Substitution
16 - Manrope, The Pendant, and Deleting Old Masters
17 - The Doom before Tomorrow
18 - Exam Week III: The Activities
19 - Exam Week III: KenKen Puzzle
20 - Lazy Saturday and Procrastination
21 - Cram
22 - Exam Week III: Eye Symptoms
23 - Astigmatism + Balikbayan
24 - Report 4: The Glasses
25 - Post-Exam Week I: The Major Examination
26 - Nothing Memorable X: Chocolate Bar
27 - Topic Proposal: Location and Market Study
28 - The Yatch
29 - Report Errands
30 - Burnout
DECEMBER
1 - Silence
2 - School Stress + "Field Trip"
3 - Portfolio
4 - Topic Proposal: Cost Analysis, Financing, and Franchisor Relationship
5 - The Rest on Hell Week
6 - Self-Questioning
7 - Final Requirement: Silent Bee + Revenue and Expense Summary + Kokoy
8 - The Plight of Abdominal Fat
9 - AstraZeneca: Fully-Vaccinated
10 - Topic Proposal: No Question + A Father's Remark + The Agreement
11 - Portfolio: Re-send
12 - Runny Nose
13 - Thirty-two: Taylor's Birthday
14 - Exam Week IV: Proposal Presentation [Luke's Quests]
15 - Exam Week IV: Top 3
16 - Wheelchair
17 - The Hospital Rest
18 - The Hospital Visit
19 - Offline
20 - The Story Behind Mass Card
21 - Home + Tita's Visit VI: Crocs + New Haircut: Survivor
22 - Portfolio: One Compilation + A Nurse Duty
23 - Christmas Parties
24 - Fleeting Hours Before Christmas
25 - Leonard: Christmas Comet
26 - Shop Reviews
27 - PvZ 2: Re-Play
28 - The Meaning of Calendar
29 - A New Birthday Color
30 - The Debate for National Hero
31 - Air Horns
and yeah, I tracked everyday about what happened when in 2021. I'm on my second year on doing this thing. So every day, I listed on things that are memorable and significant on myself or just things worth remembering. I didn't know I will enjoy this thing cause you need to think of a good title that will explain your day. Whenever you will read the title, you will remember that exact event or thing on that specific day. Whether a memorable event, a special gift or event, or something extremely memorable. It doesn't need to describe the whole damn day, just pick one significant event or thing that will instantly flashes your mind with memories. That's the purpose of this list, it was filled with memories. Hope you can make one, if you will see this post. It was fun!
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I am the type of person who can't show off in front of people, i mean im just an ordinary guy who lives in Antipolo Hills subdivision. I love to keep my profile to be low,being quiet and simple gives me the good vibes. You know this place is very important to me because this is where I grew up, and this place gradually became my friend.
October 2020, we are just about to leave the most precious place in my life. October 2020 farewell my beloved memories, I mean if I were to choose, I'll stay to antipolo because I dont want to leave my precious memories there, but i cant do anything, that night, I secretly cried like a baby.
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This song kinda reminds me of the town I used to live, i miss the hushes of the wind and its cool breeze. I remember the days where I play in the dirth with my friends, we used to throw rocks there thinking we might anger mother earth.
Thinking about those days made me come to realize that I have to move on and look forward on what good things might come into this new home.
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Christmas Traditions
25 December 2020
Tradities — Traditions — Tradisyon —
in The Philippines starts very early. Literally, on the first day of September, you will already hear Gary V’s “Pasko na Sinta ko” or José Mari Chan’s “Christmas in our Hearts” belting their songs on the radios and in the malls.
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First let me tell you some facts about my country. We were a colony of the Spanish from 16th-19th century. We were liberated from Spanish rule on June 12, 1898. Then the Americans came from 1898 to 1946. We were finally independent as a nation on July 4, 1946.
Since our country is a mix of Spanish and American culture we celebrate the season in a unique way. It is not clear why Christmas celebrations start so early in the country as it hasn’t always been this way. But we loved it anyway and we passed it on through generations.
Now let me walk you down the culture scene of my favorite holiday of the year ... All the wonderful, magical and nostalgic memoirs of CHRISTMAS!
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Simbang Gabi / Misa de Gallo
Traditionally, the feast starts with the nine-day novena called Simbang Gabi (dawn mass) or Misa de Gallo – literally called Rooster Mass from 16th - 24th December, when a midnight mass is held.
I miss these foods... Puto Bumbong, Bibingka and in the middle Palitaw! This photo was taken from one of my visits to Via Mare!
Christmas On Display
One of my fondest childhood memory was going to Araneta Center to visit “Christmas On Display”. Every year, COD Department Store staged this narrative and themed spectacle. A grand display of life-size moving mannequins, with colorful lights and flashy ornaments. It’s WONDERFUL & MAGICAL ...
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Christmas Lights
On every street, mall ... practically everywhere. There’s one street in my hometown of Mandaluyong where virtually every house is turned into a milkyway of fairy lights!
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GIFT-GIVING
This is one of the best things I’ve learned from my half-sister Ate Luz. She makes everyone feel happy, thrilled and excited with every gift opened on this day. She’s a living Mrs Santa Claus!
My Ate inspired me to be generous and to do something special for everyone. I remember when I was in college, I used to save my school allowances and buy gifts to all my nieces and nephews. Then I will wrap it all up myself. For me the true meaning of gift giving isn’t extravagance, it’s sentimentality.
Foto credit: my husband took the photo with some of my wrapped gifts this year ...
FAMILY
The one thing I truly miss now is getting together as a family to celebrate the feast and commemorate the birth of Christ.
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Since last year my father is living in Batangas with my brother and his partner Arnie. The family went to visit them on the 20th of December this year!
CHRISTMAS
Don’t forget ... that “The gift of Jesus is good news for everyone. No matter where on earth you call home, Jesus’ birth is God’s offer of love and peace to you. And all who find new life in Christ, from every tribe and language and people and nation will one day celebrate God’s glory forever and ever (Revelation 5:9)”.
Tradisyon
Are meant to be personal ... It’s building memories for your family. And what you do in your household is up to you and no one else’s business.
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Additional 2020 Events
“Supermurdercane” Flores, a category 6 hurricane, hits the US Gulf Coast, devastating shipping and oil refining in a 1,000 km radius, reaching all the way from Florida to Mexico
Terrorists unleash Asian Giant Hornets during a protest of an oil pipeline, killing 100 protesters; the terrorists are found to have associations with the militant wing of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Scientists determine the Yellowstone Supervolcano is at risk of eruption and initiate a project to dig down and attempt to defuse it; it turns out the science is wrong, but the attempt correlates closely with “The Big One” - a tsunami stretching nearly the length of the West Coast that devastates Seattle and parts of California
The asteroid K-49-8 has a near miss; disappointed that the world has failed to end, a cult commit suicide on live television
Aliens invade the Earth but only America specifically; high on life, Donald Trump attempts to personally fight them off on the lawn of the Whitehouse for a campaign advertisement, but is killed in the attempt
For reasons still unknown to historians, the aliens install Mitigated Chaos as Supreme Leader atop an invincible robot army, and then return to space without explanation; elections are postponed until December
In response to continuing protests, the Chaos Administration creates the Federal Meta-Police to police police brutality and misconduct and investigate police corruption, along with a raft of various other reforms that are ignored by the Media
Following the death of police cadet Darrel Wilson from Meta-Police brutality, police protests break out throughout country; officers belonging to the NYPD seize One World Trade Center; though resolved peacefully, this provides the inspiration for the later movie Die Hard: Revengeance
Six officers of exceptional moral character are chosen to undergo cybernetic augmentation to become the Super-Meta Police, who will report directly to the President; to ensure adequate supervision, a new constitutional amendment is passed to require that all future US Presidents either undergo cybernetic augmentation or wear a powered armor suit at all times while fulfilling their duties
Following an argument with the California government, the Chaos Administration send a fleet of atomic-powered construction vehicles to flatten every hill in the greater Los Angeles area, leaving a trail of perfectly flat land between Los Angeles and their assembly point in Austin, TX
Following an open conflict between the US Navy and Chinese forces in the South China Sea, the invincible robot army are sent to China in an event hastily dubbed “World War 3″ by the Media; however, China is determined “too difficult to administer” in the time remaining and control is ultimately restored to the CPC; to assure their (relative) independence, Hong Kong and Taiwan are annexed to the Philippines
Continuing disputes with the Chaos Administration result in the replacement of the California government with killer robots, who threaten the population with “hyper-gentrification” (using the top 2% of citizens from China); eventually a compromise is reached in which all of California is rezoned for arcologies
Late entrant Jose Barrack Obama II sweeps the election with 60% of the vote, despite suspicions from GOP lawmakers that he might be related to former US President Barrack Obama, whose surprise disappearance is later answered with live broadcasts from the International Space Station
A war memorial celebrating former President Trump’s fight against the alien invaders is constructed in Washington, DC; to satisfy both Republicans and Democrats, artists go through footage frame by frame to find the exact moment where he is both firing his presidential AK-47 and dying from the alien raygun; plaques on one side of the monument celebrate his brave resistance to the alien invaders, while plaques on the others celebrate his sudden and spectacular death
Just as Jose Barrack Obama II formally becomes President at 11:59 PM on December 31, 2020 and dons the ceremonial Presidential powered armor, Chaos & followers blast off into space to escape prosecution; in 2021 the US government will refuse to recognize the Sino-American Lunar Territory as independent and declare it a terrorist organization unlawfully occupying American land on the Moon; investigations begin into wealthy backers such as Jeff Bezos sending arms and materials to the SALT as massive contracts are given out to Boeing and Northrup Grumman to prepare for a lunar invasion...
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PDP Video #4073: “”I went on a break for 30 days & THIS HAPPENED”
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Video Description/Summary:
“Good to be back gamer”/ The King of Youtube has finally returned, with clearer skin and bigger beard! But how will he react to the sudden topic-shifting his Subreddit has done while he was away? Welcome back from break, PewDiePie!
Stats and Facts:
The video is published on February 22, 2020, 36 days away from the last video. Its duration lasts 15 minutes and 2 seconds, and is in the Entertainment category.
This video is the 106th(?) episode of the LWHY (old name: LWIAY) series, where Felix reacts to his subreddit, Pewdiepie Submissions, with its multitude of memes and fan-arts.
As of February 22, 2020, the video is gaining 6′530′585+ views.
Same day in the Philippines, the video is #6 on the TRENDING tab.
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Felix talked about the following events that have happened while on break: the coronavirus (he mentioned he brought three boxes of face masks to prepare with, and randomly wore five of them halfway through the video), the topic-shifting his Subreddit was doing (it was still Lego week when he checked), Ninja’s hot take about the phrase “it’s just a game”, and plans on changes for his Youtube channel (plus some “big projects” he’s been working on).
Sive prepared folders (in a folder named “pewds return”) for Felix, compiling all the things that he saved from each of the Subreddit’s weekly topics. Inside it was a “$399 toilet seat” meme (original post deleted), along with a folder named “break” containing more folders: “cooking”, “corona” (deleted), “gardening”, “general”, and “painting or art week”.
Felix tried to login to his Minecraft account after noticing a Minecraft Gardening picture, but failed to remember the password (in which he typed into the Email bar “asdadsasdfsadgsven help” instead.)
He mentioned he watched Yu-Gi-Oh! during his break, in which he’ll make a video about it soon.
He tried to do “the Woah” dance move, but attempts were made.
He checks the comments of the last video, only to find copies upon copies of each other’s comments (a.k.a. the Pewdiepie: / Everyone: joke) and people “losing hope” of Felix ever coming back.
He mentions at the end of his video that “68% of [his audience] aren’t subscribed”, referencing the usual meme of Youtubers mentioning their viewer statistics to their audience, to motivate them to subscribe.
No Game Ad outro for this video, but instead promotes the Represent merch.
Felix asks his audience for some video requests since he “[doesn’t] know [what] to film” as of the moment. You can comment on this video or this Subreddit post if you have any!
Memes shown throughout the video (Top Voted Memes of the Subreddit as of 2/2/2020):
”Big brain time” (”pretend that you are already sleeping”) / ”lit” (Screen Quality meme) / ”not wrong” (horse and buggy meme) / “-2 pp” (Canadian money meme) / “Modern problems...” (Extra Panel meme pt.1) / “... require modern solutions” (Extra Panel meme pt.2) / “Can confirm” (Gen Humor meme) / “Oh yeah, I forgot he was still here” (Subreddit Topics meme) / Three Days without Felix meme (link unknown) / Liar Pewds meme (link unknown) / Pewds’ Legs in Antarctica (link unknown) / “I miss him he was like a father to us” (Missing Pewds meme) / Heart-shaped military tanks meme (link unknown) / “biggest planet on earth” meme (link unknown) / A Perry the Platypus meme (link unknown)
Content of the folders in their respective order:
“gardening”: “Hello Felix))” meme, a Squinting Spiderman meme, the Gardening Subreddit icon, a Minecraft oak tree leaves meme, the Number neighbor meme (link unknown), Three men meme (link unknown), a “guess I’ll garden” meme, a picture of Marzia with pumpkins, a Loading Cat meme (link not found), a Minecraft garden picture, a Ninja meme (link unknown), a picture of Felix holding a pumpkin, that one Shopping cart meme
“cooking”: the Brofist cake, a “that’s a fact” meme, a “what’s going on here” meme (link unknown)
“painting or art week”: a painted Cake by u/paperbenni, u/hugolotter’s fanart, u/Reyes-A’s painted joycons, u/SquekWhomst’s drawn “Evolving but Backwards” meme, u/Mohamed0001′s Marzia painting, u/CR_illustration’s Prince Felix oil painting, the Painting Subreddit icon, the Felix portrait of u/sokoistrying (a.k.a. @sokodraws herself!), a Gru meme (link unknown)
plus some “lego” memes: Bob Ross Lego meme, u/redcrayon419’s Pewds’ Chair!, “The true weapon” meme (link unknown), u/PhantomKornflakz’s custom Felix figure, that weird meme
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It’s been real, but I’m out! (mentioned)
#pewdiepie#felix kjellberg#pewdsfan onem#pewdiepie 2020#2020#LWIAY Series#LWHY Series#PewdiepieSubmissions#video 2#my goodness this is the first long post in ages#i should've underestimated myself hdjlghlsh
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A sweet homage of sorts to Miss Philippines Earth 2020 Roxie Baeyens
A sweet homage of sorts to Miss Philippines Earth 2020 Roxie Baeyens
Your reign may be nearing its fruitful end this coming Sunday, but I have always thought of you as a most visible Miss Philippines Earth inspite of the pandemic. Everytime I miss your face and smile, I just turn on the television, and you glow in those TVCs where your love and zest for life is shown in rich color (I didn’t know you play the guitar hehe). You guested on Pageantry Norms a record…
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Atimonan, Quezon's Shane Tormes is Miss Philippines Fire 2020
Atimonan, Quezon’s Shane Tormes is Miss Philippines Fire 2020
Shane Tormes
Marie Sherry Ann “Shane” Quintana Tormes, 28, of Atimonan, Quezon almost won Miss Philippines Earth 2020. Crowned Miss Philippines Earth Fire 2020, she was one of the runners-up of the environmental-themed beauty pageant.
It was Roxanne Allison Baeyens, 23, of Baguio City who won the Miss Philippines Earth 2020 title. The other runners-up were Miss Philippines Eco Tourism 2020 Ilyssa…
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When was the last time you spent over $10.00? On what?
Monday; I had to gas up my car and I put in ₱500–₱600 ($10–$12) worth of fuel in it every week, depending on how much is left over from the previous week.
Take a guess - do you have more pairs of socks or underwear?
Underwear. I never really liked how socks feel so the only ones I have are gifts I’ve gotten over the years. Underwear is more essential, so I’d obviously have more of them.
Create a holiday - what day would it be on and what would it celebrate?
I can’t think of any general holiday for everybody to follow, but it would be nice to impose study breaks a week or a few days before an exam week. I recently learned that a past president of my university did actually institutionalize week-long study breaks in the 1960s to allow students to have ample time to study – that’s UNHEARD of these days, so it would be awesome to bring it back.
Have you ever smacked somebody's butt? Teehee...
Just my girlfriend’s. I’d be a big asshole if I did it to anyone else, because that is literally harassment.
Honestly, have you ever stolen ANYTHING? Think hard.
I’ve stolen pens here and there, and only when I know I’m out of pens and there’s no store nearby to buy one. I can safely say I haven’t stolen anything more than that.
Who is one person who you love but never ceases to piss you off?
My mom. As my mom of course I love her, but she has characteristics, traits, and beliefs that are worlds apart from mine.
Who is one person who loves you that YOU never cease to piss off?
Maybe Gabie? I can be pretty stubborn and/or hot-headed, and she never did get used to it.
Kids under the age of 13 with a cell phone; ok or ridiculous?
I had my first phone when I was 7 and I know now that it’s ridiculous, so there’s a part of me that thinks having a phone at 13 would be just as ridiculous. But I think with the way the world’s going now and how fast-paced everything is, 13 doesn’t seem like a bad age to get a phone.
Do you think you could you hop on one leg to your kitchen without falling?
The kitchen is literally right in front of me, so as long as I hold on to something I’ll be fine.
Two wires-one destroys the Earth. You have 5 seconds to decide:blue or red?
Red.
What is the worst thing to drink right after brushing your teeth?
I dunno...I think I’ve only ever drunk water after brushing.
Are you careful with your money or does it burn a hole in your pocket?
Hahaha I’m definitely on both extremes. I can either be really good at saving, i.e. I skip meals and can handle not having a friends’ night out for weeks, OR I can spend everything in one go and regret it afterwards.
Right now, are you wearing eyeliner?
I have not worn eyeliner in a looong while.
Are you better or worse off than you were two years ago?
I’d say just a bit better. I was already doing okay by 2018 but still reeling from the traumatic rollercoaster that was 2017, so I’d say 2020 has been just a tiny bit better for me.
If Justin Bieber was your brother would you be proud to admit it?
Sure.
As a kid (or even now. ;)) what was your favorite playground activity?
Past or present, you can find me in the sandbox.
Who do you wish karma would bite in the ass?
Jeepney drivers who drive like absolute murderers.
What are the colors of the flag for the country to the right of yours?
I had to look up the flag emojis on Siri to check, and THEN I had to Google which country it was because I couldn’t recognize the flag next to Philippines’ haha and apparently it’s a UK territory called Pitcairn Islands – its flag has blue, red, green, yellow, and some gray.
Have you ever given yourself a google diagnosis when you were sick?
Plenty times, haha.
Could you (willingly) go ten days without touching a computer?
Yeah, as long as I’m assured that no one will email or text me work stuff, because otherwise it would drive me mad.
Have you ever dropped anything in a toilet on accident?
No, thank goodness hahaha.
BAM! Chocolate no longer exists. Do you miss it?
I can live without it.
BAM! Dinosaurs are alive! Do you want one as a pet?
No, let ‘em live in the wild like how they’re supposed to.
What is the most annoying sound in your opinion?
The error sound on Windows XP. For the longest time I had a slow laptop with XP installed on it, and it was the most annoying thing in the world when it started to hang and kept giving me the ‘dun’ error noise. It made me decide to never get another Windows laptop forever lmao.
Are you more mean to people when you're late for something?
I’m more tense, but I’m not mean. They’re not the reason I’m late (but if they are, then yeah I’d allow myself to be mean haha).
Honestly, do you think you give yourself enough credit?
There are days that I do. There are days where I need more reminders.
Pumpkin pie, vanilla ice cream, sugar cookies, cheese, apples - pick two.
This is such a weird combination lol I’d go with cheese and vanilla ice cream.
Have you ever been caught in a lie?
Maybe as a young teenager, yeah.
Congrats! You just won a $1,000 gift card to any store. which do you pick?
H&M. Momma needs some new clothessssss.
QUICK! Fill in the blanks: I wish that _______ would kiss me right now.
My girlfriend, durrrr.
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NINETEEN BEAUTIES TO VIE FOR MISS CALOOCAN 2020 TITLE
By Noli A. Berioso
Nineteen young and vibrant ladies were presented to the members of the media last February 28, at the Municipal Hall of Caloocan City as this year’s official candidates for the annual Miss Caloocan beauty pageant. The ladies representing the different barangays will vie for the coveted crown. This is the six consecutive year of the pageant under the leadership of incumbent Mayor Oscar “Oca” Malapitan.
The pageant is a joint project of the City Government of Caloocan and the city’s Cultural and Tourism Foundation, Inc. (CCTFI) in staging one of the most awaited city beauty pageants in the country. CCTI chairperson Kathleen Mendoza said the organization wants to upgrade the search to a new level wherein the winners will not only be the tourism ambassadress of the city but they will also be the voice in promoting the advocacies and women empowerment.
Furthermore, the City Government of Caloocan is already working on several programs where the winners of the pageant can better advocate women empowerment that includes seminar on the rights for single mothers and livelihood training for women with disabilities. The winner’s primary role is to promote tourism and the many talents of the people of the city.
Renowned fashion designer Bea Bianca Mackey will dress the official candidates. Reigning title holder Shannon Tampon was Miss Philippines Earth elemental beauty and Miss Bikini Philippines 2019 finalists. Currently she is one of the top 40 official candidates for Bb. Pilipinas 2020 search.
At the end of the program, Jane Nicole Miniano of Barangay 132 was voted by the members of the media as this year Darling of the Press.
Miss Caloocan 2020 grand coronation night is on March 7, 2020, 6PM at the Caloocan Sports Complex. The event is open to the people of the city at first come, first serve basis. The event will be directed by Rodgil Flores of Kagandang Flores (KF) beauty camp.
The candidates:
Jem Marie Solis, Elon Floren Armesin, Nica Viernes, Iris Kyle Cabanag, Jotce Cesar Mecado, Christine Orfeviza, Aleanie Buarao, Bianca Angelique Orena, Ma. Alondra Aldana, Ria Salazar, Patricia Kim Agapito, Anna Marth Alcantara, Tricia Mae Sunico, Sheen Nicole Deza, Julia Sibayan, Eichellen Espiritu, caryl Gwyneth Alarca, Jane Nicole Miniano and Paula Galang.
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