Life in Lockdown


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How is everyone doing? Life seems to be stuck on pause with the current situation we are facing now. It must have been really tough for most of us and I just hope you guys find the strength to get through this crisis and make all these restrictions as bearable and productive as possible.

Anyway, I decided to update this blog because I wanted to document my 27th birthday two days ago. Nothing grand happened. It just felt different though. I couldnโ€™t be with my family or friends due to the extended enhance community quarantine, but that didnโ€™t make my day any less special. I received tons of birthday greetings mostly from people I donโ€™t know and not even close withโ€“my parents are the ones responsible for this because they like to publicly post their greetings with my photos and videos on their timelineโ€“and some throwback photos from friends. Fambam also sang happy birthday to me through video/voice calls. Asis did all the food preparation. He cooked spaghetti and tuna spring rolls for me, and just had the cake and a bucket of chicken delivered. And that pretty much it. A virtual celebration with my loved ones.

Also, adding my Sunday Currently here:

Playing

Asis and I have been playing Path Of Exile for a month already. This game is keeping us up late! The game is like the Diablo one I used to play when I was a kid. This is a free online-only action RPG game. So addictive!

Reading

Iโ€™ve been reading a lot actually. Wattpad stories, Twitter AUs, I still have an unfinished book: We Are Okay by Nina LaCour, and Iโ€™m planning on starting another story on Wattpad and Twitter.

Writing

This blog update. Iโ€™m kinda in the mood to blog since I canโ€™t do anything that much because we got a shitty net connection for almost two months now.

Watching

None as of the moment. Well, I do have tons of unfinished Netflix/Kdrama series. Itโ€™s like I have acquired a habit of not finishing a series, especially Korean ones when itโ€™s 2-4 episodes away from being done. And sometimes, I watch anime movies whenever I feel like it. The last one I saw was Castle in the Sky (1986) and I gave 9/10 stars. You can see my anime list here.

By the way, hereโ€™s my โ€œto-watch-seriesโ€ list: How to Get Away with Murder 6, Pose 2, This Is Us S3-S6, The King: Eternal Monarch

Listening

My โ€œDeliquesceโ€ playlist on Spotify

Currently playing: Same Room โ€“ JP Saxe

Wanting

The taste of real coffee! But most cafes, or businesses for that matter, are close due to the ECQ.

Needing

A vacation! Itโ€™s summer and I need a change of scenery. Staying at home for so long feels like time has slowed down. Oftentimes, Iโ€™ve lost track of what day of the week it is. Iโ€™m guessing itโ€™s the same for most of us, hmm? But we got to stay at home. We need to work together to help stop the spread of the disease.

Wishing

For this COVID-19 pandemic to end. Wishing and praying they find the vaccine for this virus.

Hoping

For fewer work tasks next week and for the internet to be fixed.

Missing

My family, shooting film

So yea, a day to go and Iโ€™ll be back to work again. How are you? I hope you are doing well. Please keep your social distance. Stay strong, stay safe. And A big salute to all the frontliners! Maraming salamat. x

16 responses to “Life in Lockdown”

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    Belated Happy Birthday, April! It's lovely that you received a lot of well wishes from family and friends. ๐Ÿ™‚ I feel you with wanting to go on vacation right now; the sky outside is so blue and summer time is definitely upon us. I am also totally wishing for less work for the coming weeks…Thank you for sharing with us :)Anna Jo | http://helloannajo.blogspot.com

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    Thank you, Anna Jo! Hope you are well. Stay safe! x

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    Belated happy birthday, April! I'm with you on wishing this ECQ would end. I hope you're hanging in there kasi nasa epicenter ang NCR.

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    Thank you, Pryce! Kayo rin diyan. Ingat palagi. x

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    Happy Birthday! I also spent my birthday in quarantine and am missing taking photos. Though I recently ordered materials to develop some rolls at home. Should be fun! Stay safe!

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    Happy Birthday to you too, Annette! Do you have filming materials for C41 films? I've been wanting to develop my own rolls but I don't know what stuff to buy. Is it also too pricey? Stay safe! x

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    A lot of the materials are sold out in New York. But I found a cinestill c41 kit for 40$. Not the cheapest. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos to get an idea of what to get.

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    Ahhh! Cinestill! No doubt it's pretty expensive. I'll just stick with lab dev at the moment. My wallet is going to cry if I start developing my own rolls. Thanks though, Annette! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Belated happy birthday, April! Hopefully this pandemic will end soon! Take care and be safe!BTW, I love your random lists page!

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    Quarantine birthday for me too! I was fortunate enough to spend it with family. They prepared a lovely spread of my grilled favorites and an oreo cheesecake from my cousin. Nothing grand, but definitely one for the books.P.S. Thank you for inserting a Sunday Currently portion! Been trying to recall it for the longest time! I hope you don't mind if I'd copy it for a content one of these days.x, Cae

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    Thank you, Clarisa. Sana nga. Ingat palagi! x

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    Yes, celebrating a birthday or any events in lockdown is definitely something new. Bet you had a wonderful time with your loved ones! Anyhoo, welcome back to blogging!!! Can't wait to see more of your posts. Ingat palagi, Cae! x

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    belated happy birthday, April! sobrang late, one month na. hahaha! and same tayo, i have a lot of unfinished K-drama sa Netflix kasi nabobore ako lately. i decided to switch to movies na lang muna. haha. ingat palagi! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    I really hope everyone is doing well too. this kind of stuff makes me worry a ton for others :/ AWW happy late bday. hope your 27th year is great!It sounds really cute how people celebrated with you! Love that!I'm looking up Path of Exile rn… def need more games to play heheThanks for sharing your list, I am obsessed with other peoples lists of things because I keep a bunch of lists myself like all over. I like how you shared it on your blog too. Hope you're doing well!

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    Masyado kasing mahaba ang 16eps kaya nakakatamad manood na. Haha! Thank you, Janine. x

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    Hope you try playing Path of Exile! I think you would love it if you like Diablo and all that quest stuff. Thank you, Kiki! x

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