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"Oops, calculated!”

 

Killjoy, my favorite agent. The most adorable sentinel with her arsenal inventions. Playing fps games, you must have mechanical skills and a good game-sense. I love playing games where you need to fight and survive. Learning about aiming, moving, dodging, crouching and etc. gives me energy. I love studying the new maps, new games, new controls, new updates and even different characters or agents.

 

Valorant has 15 agents and each agent has four unique abilities. Valorant's gameplay is very similar with the other fps games. Attackers side, the goal is to plant the spike, which is the bomb and make sure to defend it. While in defenders side, the goal is to defend the site with the help of your opponents and prevent the enemies to plant the spike.

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I've been playing games since grade 1. I was also bullied by my classmates for playing Minecraft back then. Some of my internet friends are pushing me to stream. Streaming? Nah, thinking about it makes me anxious. I'm very shy and very quiet. I don't think I can entertain my viewers if ever.

One of the thing that bothers me is that when you're a girl who plays the game, you'll face toxicity. You will receive trashtalks and even harrasment for playing the game. Like, dude chill! Girls can be sensitive but it doesn't mean the boys are allowed to underestimate their gameplay. Even when you are top fragging, you'll receive trashtalks and make you feel like you don't belong in the game.

I stop playing Valorant few weeks ago because of the busy schedule and it harms me a lot. Lack of sleep, poor appetite and sometimes headache. But because playing is my only escape whenever I feel sad, anxious, mad and lonely, I can't stop myself from playing other games.

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Bang! bang! I started playing Call of Duty Mobile with my friends to lessen my anxiety and not gonna lie, I've been playing this game since 2018. The gameplay of COD is a bit similar to Valorant. But COD is more easier and convinient. I love playing it with my "ka-duo" and talk about my entire life while in a ranked game. I love to tease him "pabuhat" even though he's very good and top fragging every game. He's a very good friend of mine and I treasure him the most. Whenever we play, I feel excited because I can finally express my emotions and how my day went. Sometimes, I feel bored with the game but continue playing it to lessen my anxiety. Yay! Chicken dinner!

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I am the Bully and She’s my target - Deib

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"He's Into Her"

 Passionate. Funny. A dreamer.

Published her story He's Into Her in year 2013 and finished it 2017, Joined in Wattpad in year 2012 (June). One of the Best Authors in Wattpad and has Thousands of followers. She is Maxine Lat Calibuso, known as MAXINEJIJI.

 Maxine Lat Calibuso was born in March 18, 1987. Maxine has a boyish attitude and speaks with Sarcams. A Filipino bestselling author of the famous wattpad story HE’S INTO HER with almost 300 million reads in wattpad for 3 seasons. Maxine has published novels under LIB/Pastrybug, a sister company of Precious Hearts Romances and held her first ever booksigning at Fisher Mall on March 1, 2014 to launch He’s Into Her Season 1 Book 1. Maxine is also a member of Iglesia Ni Cristo and she is a registered nurse.

 On September 2014, she signed a deal at ABS-CBN compound for He’s Into Her to be turned into a motion picture/ TV series and finished He’s Into Her in wattpad on February 18, 2017 after writing it for almost 5 years. Maxine’s favorite International author is Stephen King while for the local authors she loves jonaxx, Martha Cecilia and Vanessa respectively. She loves Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Sarah Geronimo and Dingdong Dantes.

 Maxine has a dog named Martha Lat and has other five dogs. She also has a heart for corgis and she loves them to the moon and back. According to her, she cannot leave the house without a nail cutter on her bag. Her favorite food is fried chicken and she loves eating bananas. Maxine is also allergic to cheese.

 Maxine’s attitude is more like Deib Lohr Enrile rather than Maxpein Zin del Valle (Fictional characters in the book she wrote) because of her very outgoing and funny personality. She might be boyish but she has a wide range of expertise in doing eyebrow make up and stated that Tony Moly is her favorite brand of liptint. She loves wearing male perfumes like Lacoste for men and such.

 “Mas magaling ka sa’kin dahil lahat ng sinusulat ko ay nai-imagine mo”. – Maxinejiji. A woman who is creative, brilliant, extraordinary and truly amazing. As a reader, Maxine’s stories suit the interest and passion of booklovers. The first time I read her story, He’s into Her, I never thought that it will bring such impact. To the point that I can’t stop myself from reading, smiling, laughing and even crying when the characters are hurting.

 He’s Into Her, the title is not that interesting for me. It is not that catchy and I can’t feel it that much. But the story is very unsual, the plot twist of the story is very interesting. The uniqueness of the characters, specially Maxpein, she’s very brave and bold. She’s very willing to sacrifice her happiness just for her family. I really love how the story tackles about education, bullying, friendship, gender equality, family and almost everything. The story is a complete package, it is not just a drama, you also need to read between the lines because there are hints for the next chapters and it made the story more interesting and mysterious.

 The endearments that are used in the story are also super cool. Sensui and Taguro, #TAGSEN it is very unique and amazing. Not every writer have sense of humor. Maxine created a strong bond between her stories and her readers.

She's Maxinejiji, the Hambogest.

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Who do you call when the Police murders?

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Maturity. Resilience. Brave.

          We all know that as time passes by, police brutality is becoming more and more evident. There is a lot of news locally or globally indicating how most policemen and women are using their power. But how did this happen? First, we need to define what being a policeman is and what is their duty? We know that it is a righteous job, and they enforce justice. It is a type of job where they are given power, making them superior to ordinary people. They have to protect the people and maintain order. It is a given that they must be honest, and they won’t do anything immoral or unfitting of someone who is known as the justice.

          By having more power and having the back of the president, there are improvements and good things that happened, but there are those who abused their power, there are those who committed a crime in the dark, and those who can’t cover or hide what they had done. Police officers who abuse their power are increasing lately, as seen on the news and indifferent articles.  It resulted in making the people doubtful of the police and anxious if they can be protected.

          One of the significant factors of the increasing cases of police violence or police brutality is the national law enforcement project, Oplan Tokhang. We’ve all heard about it, so we are pretty familiar with it. According to Rappler, the Oplan Tokhang is a campaign to warn drug traffickers and users to stop using drugs. However, even though Oplan Tokhang is a campaign to stop the illegal drug trade in our country, it became the way for most police officers to abuse their power. A total of 2,555 deaths during the war on drugs was imputed to the National Police. In addition to that, the Human Rights Watch research has found that many police officers are fabricating evidence to justify the unlawful killings. Those facts itself show how the policemen are two-faced and are blinded easily by their power. Can we trust law enforcement despite the unlawful killings during the war on drugs? Take note that those killings are only based on their project, Oplan Tokhang, meaning to say there are still more cases of police brutality that are out there and are not included in the 2,555 recorded killings.

           Police brutality is becoming a national issue. Based on the previous points, we can’t deny the fact that they have the power and the privilege to take out the life of someone innocent quickly or not. Aside from the casualties during their War on Drugs, another example of how they exercise their abusive authority is when a policeman shot an innocent mother and her son because of a small argument. It became viral on social media. YouTube removed it due to the violent content that many children can watch what the police did to the Mother and Son. Being a policeman is difficult. You have to sacrifice your life for a tragedy you will experience because of people who have evil deeds that will ruin their lives. The most important thing to remember is that: the obligation of the state authorities, including the police, to respect and protect the right to life and not kill innocent people.

           To eliminate all lawbreakers and no more innocent people die due to police and security guards’ strength. I think they need better training in what to do in a situation involving a gun, knife, or a suspect not following them. Police officers need to undergo more psychological training to teach them not to be biased towards Filipinos.

          They need to build a relationship with the community without the use of their power. Police should be held responsible as any other person in the country for committing murder or shooting someone. They should not be above the law. Our government needs to start this process of recovery before it is too late. Because if we wait too long, it will be an endless battle of the people compared to the police. That something we do not want or need to go through; because it will result in more deaths.

           So what can we do amidst such issues about our security? First and foremost, we must know our rights so that the police can’t use their power against us. There are many websites or posts online about our rights when a police officer approaches us. Secondly, never tolerate such injustice when we see one. Staying silent means that you agree with such unlawful acts. Lastly, using our voice to change a broken judiciary system that sides with the privileged. So let us come together and hold the police officers accountable for their actions and get closure on Filipinos’ deaths. Furthermore, we should use our votes for those we think will change our society and our political system. It entirely depends on us whether police brutality cases will increase or decrease for the upcoming years.  It all depends on who we are going to vote for in the forthcoming elections. Our country’s security is at stake. Help put an end to police brutality.

          One way we can hold the police officers accountable for their abuse of power is by giving the civilians the right to sue them, especially those who are less privileged than us. Most of the cases of police brutality you would hear of is about someone in a lower place in life therefore the officers must have that it’s alright to do what they do because what can they do? A huge example of this would be the “Oplan Tokhang” where a vast majority of citizens believe that it targets the poor and why wouldn’t they? When all they do is killing poor drug pushers while we rarely hear about the arrest of a drug lord (high ranking).

How many weren't filmed? Who do you call when the police murders?

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Internet Love Supremacy

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"Internet Love Supremacy"

Millenials are known for being optimistic. They believe that "Happily Ever After" did exist because of the fairytales and stories they had watched, heard and told by their parents and teachers before. Finding love is not really easy, beating all the odds in finding love are really hard, and sometimes odds may not be in favor but there is no such thing as hard for those who really to do something and achieve something, because if you really do, you will find way to do or have it.

 Ty Tashiro Ph. D., an expertise in relationship, wrote a book titled “The Science of Happily Ever After.” In this book, he discussed about how millennial differs from other generations and how they beat odds in order for them to find their true love unlike the previous generations that are just falling in love to the concept of “marriage," millennials are carefully looking for the right person for marriage and that is one of the factors that is affecting their views of love.

 Tashiro says, "I do not promise love in ten days or the one secret to finding your soulmate, but instead provide a framework and methods for assessing the traits that really matter while choosing a partner... I have realized that millenials have certain tendencies that are already changing the way we date and that there are a few things we can learn from them. Here are a few valuable lessons from the way millennials search for love: be clear about your goal, be smart, find undervalued traits, take action, and keep the faith." (http://tytashiro.net/the-science-of-happily-ever-after/).

 Millenials seeks love, want to be with their love ones, and to feel loved. It's not true that Millenials ended courtship and traditional values of dating, technology may affect their sight about love, they uses technology as another tool of courting and dating. They are still living with the belief of getting married with the right one in the right time and only death can make them apart.

 Millennials created the new world of marriage, romantic relationships and even courtship. They are redefining those because of some factors which caused an effect to their views of love. Other generations are blaming millenial people for these and in their unsuccessful relationships but in reality, they are one of the reason why.

 Matt Haemmerle prepared an article titled "Generation Y redefines relationships" which gives the idea that millennials truly changed their perceptions to love and relationships. In the article, there are also mentioned factors in changing of perceptions of millennials about love and it is caused and influenced by other generations. The article also says that millennial people should not be blamed by other generations on their ruined relationships because they are one of the reason why.

 Haemmerle says, "Generation Y... are the same generation to grow up and watch their parents' relationships disintegrate as the divorce rate reaches an all-time high in the United States... The traditional rules of engagement for dating have been overturned, and defining relationships is more difficult and ambiguous than ever. Much of this is attributed to the disassociation of sex with reproduction and the institutionalization of "hooking up" (including one-night stands) and "friends with benefits" (sexual relationships without emotional involvement)."

(http://www.villanovan.com/news/view.php/148805/Generation-Y-redefines-relationships-sex).

I love you to infinity and beyond.