#ecqdiaries

[matet-isms]

ECQ life latey...

[soul-searching-infj]

covid season 2 (2021)

I am afraid. I am afraid to spit out the truth that have been inside my head. But no, I am going to separate my thoughts with myself. Starting from what's annoying me and making me angry. I am so irritated with people around me who act carelessly, selfishly, and stupidly with this covid virus. It has been a year of this pandemic yet they act as if it doesn't matter and they aren't even cautious and conscious with health and safety. A person with common sense should automatically isolate himself if symptoms occur. But these mofos doesn't give a damn even if they are sick! "It's just an ordinary cold, It's just a fever, I am just tired because of physical work/activities that I did." And then they socialized normally with others, ate dinner with their senior citizen mother and spent time bonding (because that is what a normal family would do. support each other right?) while the symptoms are still occurring, with colds and fever, without face mask or anything to protect others from their sick asses. Can you imagine? You go to different places, you work and face different people everyday. Your recent hobby is an outdoor activity, you have your own family, a child, a pregnant young adult, and a senior citizen at home. Then you visit your mother because you've been sick for a while now. How is that not stupid? And then you tested positive for covid. Congrats! It has been a year of this shit but these people act as if it is all new to them. Why wait to have covid before you act responsibly? Why wait to have covid before you actually believe that this shit is real? These mofos only think of themselves and couldn't see the bigger picture. It is one of the reasons why the numbers are again increasing. Those numbers are real people. Now you're one of them. Are you proud of that contribution?

Being cautious and health conscious doesn't make you paranoid, O.A and/or afraid of dying. It is simply using your brain and common sense. It is thinking of others above your own. It is not just taking care of yourself but also of those around you. If you have elders and children at home, you should understand this better than anyone.

Maybe common sense is neither common nor sense?

[koleene]

Was supposed to wear this on my birthday. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[paulinevaldepenas]

My cognitive therapy 🙆‍♀️

[wandercamz]

God’s love above all. ❤️

[kynaswhereabouts]

Switzerland Feels in Tinambac

I have been to Tinambac several times because of fieldwork but there are still parts that is left to see and discover. Just recently, I had the chance to visit Tinambac again because of work. Although we are still under the Enhanced Community Quarantine because of the pandemic, we went up to the Tinambac Community College where those who went home from Manila are currently quarantined to check their situation, document it and conduct interviews. This is the view from up.

The fresh lush green fields and flowers in bloom is giving me Switzerland feels. This breath-taking view made me forget for awhile the crisis we are in. Nature is at its best again. I feel blessed to have witnessed this beauty amid our current situation and even though our lives are currently at stake in there.  

For the meantime, let us just enjoy the view and imagine that I am in Switzerland while at work and still under ECQ. Hanggang image na lang muna tayo bes. Asan na kasi ang Captain Ri Jung Hyuk ko? Or kahit isang Captain Yoo Shi Jin na lang oh! Joke!! Kdrama pa more! #CrashLandingOnYou #DescendantsofTheSun 

Let me end this short blog entry with my favorite Hillsong Worship song that I really love to listen to at this time and love to sing way back in my choir days in high school.

“When the oceans rise and thunders roar, I will soar with you above the storm. Father, You are king over the flood. I will be still and know You are God.”

[ohmyangeeel]

Heyyy guys! Gusto ko lang sana ishare dito yung isa sa mga pinagkaabalahan ko during this lockdown period. Unfortunately, isa sa mga naging epekto sakin ng lockdown ay breakout. Ewan ko ba mas gusto ata ng mukha ko na stressed ako palagi sa work o kaya sanay na sya na nakakalanghap ng polusyon sa labas ganon. So ayun, last week of May nagstart ako mag skin *wait for it* care - skincare routine

Fun fact: First time kong magkaroon ng skin care routine kasi nga di naman talaga ako maalaga sa sarili aka tamad lol

So ayun nga, I promised myself na imomonitor ko yung progress ng mukha ko every week kung may magbabago ba? Mag iimprove? Or lalong lalala huhu

This was me, Day 1 of my skincare (no filter)

1 week after:

Aaand now after 2 weeks:

Not sure if ako lang pero gorl, I can see the difference? Somehow nag improve din naman yung face ko huhu 🥺✨ Sana pwede ko rin ipafeel yung texture kasi isa din sa mga evident na changes yung texture ng face ko grabe lumambot sya like legit.

Alam kong di pa to ang ending ng skincare journey ko pero syempre consistency is key naman talaga sa lahat diba. Hopefully mamaintain ko to and mag improve pa lalo yung condition ng face ko huhu 🤞🏼

Syempre this skincare wouldn’t be possible without my ever supportive and ever caring jowa, na naging skin care buddy ko narin. Sobra din kasi akong nainspire sa kung paano alagaan nung taong to yung skin niya sobrang evident din naman kasi talaga sa skin nya (i know you’ll roll your eyes when you read this) pero totoo naman kasi. And of course to mama hoe, john rey bilang source ng aking info about sa magandang skin care products na gamitin.

Yun lang, mag uupdate ulit ako dito after 1 month of using the products and I’ll probably make a vlog? Haha sana sipagin. Thank you for reading this faaar, hope you’re all taking care of yourselves too, because you deserve it! 💖

[maharahnee]

Confused ako how to arrange them - alphabetical or color (ROYGBIV). 🤣🤣🤣 #titashoard #beautyhoard #beautyroutine #skincare #selfcare #beautymnl #lockdowndiaries #quarantinediaries #ECQdiaries #LifeInTheTimeOfCOVID #LifeInTheTimeOfCorona @beautymnl https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnDDJclhF2/?igshid=icq8djj0wxre

[jazorbe]

Always.

It’s 3AM, but I’m writing this anyway. Maybe because for once, I felt like I’m ready to forgive and let the pain go. I’ve been holding on to this for so long already and I realized, it doesn’t even help me make my relationship, my mental health, and my heart better. But as I let go of it, just want to share with you also some of the lessons I and Ej hardly learned from all of it. Here it goes...

You don’t have to be perfect to be loved. I can’t count how many times I thought that Ej doesn’t love or care for me anymore or how many times I questioned his love for me. I always asked for reassurance from him. But I realized, he loves me the same way as before so why do I keep on asking this to him over and over again? It’s because I’m the one who feels like I’m not lovable enough. That I’m very easy to let go. But in reality, Ej holds on to me whenever I give up. He honestly held onto our relationship tighter and I was the one who always wanted to leave. We’re both not perfect, I’m far from perfect. It was easy for him to love me but it was hard for me to believe. I was the problem. So, instead of pointing out each other’s flaws, we talk about how to deal with it. We’re both not perfect but at least, everyday, we try. We’re both not perfect but we truly love each other.

Stop carrying old feelings into new experiences. Past traumas really find their way to fuck you up. But mine’s different. I had a long serious relationship before Ej and that one really gave me so much lessons when it comes to dating. I thought that maybe I should carry those lessons into my relationship with Ej because those are my learnings and lessons anyway. But I was wrong. My relationship with Ej is different, his views are different, his love is different, today is different.  

The answer is YES. His love language is different. His views are different. How he expresses his love is different. We’re different from each other and I shouldn’t expect him to love me the same way that I do. The only things that I should expect from him is to be loyal to me, to love me, and to show it in the ways he knows how. And I promise to be grateful for that. I promise to look harder whenever I feel like it’s not being enough because that’s Ej, that’s the love of my life the same way that I am his. I shouldn’t let my expectations make me feel and believe that he doesn’t love me or care for me anymore because that would be unfair and painful for the both of us

Communication. I just want to reiterate this to myself & Ej. Communicate and understand first before you let your feelings consume you. Hear each other out. No matter how long it will take, no matter how crazy, how irritating, and how frustrating it gets. Just don’t stop communicating until everything becomes okay. 

Also, don’t forget to tell each other how the day went. This is just too important for me because this is how you get to know the person based on what he talks about with his workmates, how he bonds with his friends, how he is with his family. Because you can’t be with each other during those times, and the least you can do is just talk about it. No matter how unimportant you think a topic is for you, it’s important! Especially if it involves people who are the reasons behind each other’s trust issues. Hmm...

Need I say more? But I’m honestly proud of Ej and I. We started as a couple who rarely fight, turns out, we’re not really telling each other everything that’s why we don’t really fight lol. This ECQ is honestly bringing out the worst in both of us and dealing with all of our shit combined is hard. Plus the fact that we can’t see each other... it’s honestly just insane! I don’t know how we are able to deal with all of it but I hope we continue learning and growing together. 

Terribly. Immensely. Awfully. Extremely.

I just want to see you, hug you, and kiss you. I just want to make up for all of our fights and pains. I just want to see you at our office stairs waiting for me to go down—always ready to give me the warmest hug and the sweetest kiss followed by “San tayo kakain?” every night. Times may be tough for us now but always know that my heart will be always be yours. I love you and I will choose you. Always & Everyday, Edward.

[fullyjenanigans2]

Blackout

Writing went unplanned tonight cos my mind is blank. But lights been out for three times already and I have nothing else to do. It's past 9 and all I was left to do is to thumb in some thoughts. Plus this hot heat 🥵

I was trying to work on the papers that I brought home but struggled to finish them. So I made some churros instead. I made a DIY piping bag and posted it together with the mixture in my IG story. After a couple of minutes, my best friend DM-ed me asking slash demanding where the finished product is. She even told me that she's been waiting a long time for it to be posted, too. That cracked me up 😂 So I immediately did it. That girl! 😂

I suddenly miss how we go along our lives during our college years. Like how we used to talk about anything under the sun (literally and figuratively), how puzzled others were when we weren't together, how happy I was when she walked me home, and how we used to eat tuna in can with soy sauce at our old house. I really miss those times. I miss my college friends.

Sadness comes creeping in random when I'm reminded how quickly the events of life turn. It's fast-paced and it won't give you any clue. It always comes in disguise. It walks past through you unnoticeable. It comes masked with all the good things that life may offer - the highs and the drunkenness. An addicting drug that stops you from swimming through the waves. And without you knowing how to swim nor paddle, you are brought to a different place. But of course, in this life, it's a choice. It will always be your choice. An inkling of how you might be.

My friends and I chose different paths and I'm sure we won't be running in the same race. But I know we'll always be at the bleachers cheering for each other. Our future might not be in sync with each other's chosen life, I'm still hopeful that the bridge that connects us won't collapse, but instead, will be strengthened by love and time. A wine that taste even better as years go by.

I need to remind myself that all things don't go back the way they were. If they change, they change. I have to deal with that. I have to believe that change always brings good. We won't be clinging onto the child we once were cos that will leave us all stuck. And what good does it bring us then? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh. Power outage isn't bad after all. 🥱

P.S.

We still talk and see each other at least once or twice every year. We never lost communication. We always try to stay on the same page picking up where we left off. So grateful to technology! ❤️

[prinsesamaestra]

My Boyfriend Cut my Hair

Yesterday, I was just wondering if someone could give me a hand and cut my hair, kasi ang haba na talaga ng buhok ko. Then, my boyfriend told me, s'ya na daw maggugupit. Sige OK. Come this afternoon, I borrowed my tita's haircut scissor. Tapos ayun na, sinimulan na ng boyfriend ko. Siguro sarap ng pakiramdam n'ya kasi nakaganti ganti s'ya sa mga kaartehan ko at sa pagpapasakit ng ulo na ginawa ko. HAHAHA.

Kaya kayo girls, wag kayong gaya ng gaya dun sa mga babae naggugupit ng buhok ng mga jowa ngayong ECQ, try n'yo din pagkatiwala buhok n'yo sa kanila. Tapos mag-away na lang kayo after. Hahahahahaha. La langs.

[sinosicath]

Sunday family night be like . . . ⛺📺 #CampCuyo #ECQdiaries (at Taguig) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Kyq5Xh_N0/?igshid=13ilng81m33tl

[tortvred-artist]

Gray

       You are wearing it. The buildings' colors. Everything was gray and blue but don't worry,  the world is not yet ending. We were just parting. Not parting as lovers, not parting as friends, and most of all, not parting as strangers. What will become of the world, what will become of us after the quarantine, that I am uncertain. Hopeful that when this mess is over, all of the bonds that we've created had finally turned to grey ashes blown away with the wind along with this life-threatening contagion.

       The winter soldier isn't hoping for that mighty phoenix to appear after the smoke.  Too late to reach that mental gate in these crucial times. But that image of you; your le petit figure facing the colossal façade of black and grey tower, while the wind was peacefully swaying people to the bosom of their humble abodes, these imagery is enough to  fill the ashtray of my dusty indifference. Home bound and self-bound. After that peaceful day, I retreated to my room to collect the dust, from my clothes, my hair, my skin, and one moon of home isolation is not enough for me to let the dust settle in my breezy soul.

       the universe knew so well how to cloth you. It mirrored my unintentional demeanor; dull, lifeless, mediocre, and stoic. Yet, even this melancholic color, when worn by a bright soul, would seem to give off luminescence. Perhaps, I'm veiled in and out that I failed to behold it. Or perhaps curtains were drawn for the sparks to protect them from my holes. Whatever I'm assuming, I wish I am right and wrong at the same time.

[wontlastadaywithoutseeingyou]

Saturday Morning Yoga! Few more days, TikTok na po. (Any Suggestions?) 🤣 #ECQdiaries YOGA - is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science, which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body. It is an art and scince of healthy living. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ismNNDnqB6ePYOWdbJg0EfQ-4Fd5R2Ou4ne40/?igshid=1ir9s1txxxbhf

[indiobotod-blog]

Fave since childhood 🥣☕️🌈 #frootloops #breakfast #breakfastcereals #cereals #wheninmanila #kelloggs #foodie #asianfoodie #foodstagram #foodgrammerph #photography #film #filmphotography #asia #southeastasia #ecq #ecqdiaries #ecqseason2 (at Katipunan, Quezon City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNYudeIHZx4/?igshid=6hbn6hn8n06u

[rodneyartida]

Philippines to vaccinate 3 million people per week by June – Galvez

The OCTA Research Group on Saturday urged the national government to extend Enhanced Community Quarantine in the NCR Plus Bubble to curb the transmission of COVID-19.

The statement came after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded over 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.

“We should have a two-week period of ECQ where we have strict mobility restrictions,” Professor Ranjit Rye said during a media briefing.

“We’re recommending that the ECQ be extended,” he added. “And we’re suggesting maybe a recommendation of this for at least two weeks.” According to the research group, as of Friday April 2, the reproduction rate of the virus in Metro Manila slowed down to 1.65 from the previous week's 1.96.

However, professor Guido David cautioned that it doesn’t mean that the spread of COVID-19 is slowing down.

"It does not mean that cases are slowing down, that the number of cases is decreasing now. The R number... is still very high... If we extend the quarantine or minimize mobility, the R number could decrease to 1.33 by this time next week," David clarified.

“As a reference, the United Kingdom had to maintain a tight national lockdown for four months in order to relieve the pressure on their hospital infrastructure from a variant-driven surge,” the group said.

The group also recommended the transition of the capital region and its adjacent provinces to modified ECQ before reverting back to General Community Quarantine status.

OCTA said this exit strategy will help slow down the transmission and ease the hospitals overwhelmed with the surge of cases.

The independent panel of researchers also proposed to the government to expand the isolation and quarantine facilities as well as transporting health workers from low-risk areas to the capital region to help assist the region’s health facilities.

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to announce the quarantine classifications in NCR Plus bubble later Saturday.