MY REALIZATIONS

                   When the pandemic came I had a lot of realizations be it family, self, or from other people. Firstly family I realized that even your family who is supposed to lift you up will bring you down. Honestly if not for the 3 people lifting me up every day, I don't think I will be where I am today as a person. The second is self I was so self-conscious before  I hated how I look, and my body type, I basically hated myself. But someone special to me said, "you can't expect everybody to like how you are because you can't please everybody. So love yourself ". I also heard a quote from my favorite vlogger who said "stop controlling things you can't control it will only make you overthink about things you can't control". When I heard this I realized that they are right I'm only stressing myself out about these things when some people don't even care about it. after the realization, I started to open up and love myself the way I am. And it made me healthier I think because all of the negative thoughts I was making faded.

 Lastly from other people, other people will say what they want to say about you. they will criticize you for every mistake that you're doing or about your body, but that's okay at least you can make improvements that will make you better or empowered. Aside from all of this I also realized that we only live once so we should live to the fullest. We don't have to empress everybody to make ourselves empowered we only need ourselves.

"How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you"

                                                                       - Rupi Kaur

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

 My brother taught me how to drive a car. The first thing he taught me is to memorize the gear handle and he draw this illustration for me to follow:

and told me to practice it using my imagination that I'm as if changing gears. Then he taught me how the machine works and how to change the gears properly. after teaching all that we went to manila hills in Theresa heights to practice. the second thing that he asked me to do is to maneobra the car he just showed me how to do it. since I'm a fast learner I did it. After doing it for an hour. He then taught me how to drive around the block for about four hours then my brother told me to drive the car home which horrified me because I was just practicing and I was about to drive on the highway with a lot of cars and trucks. but thankfully we were able to drive home safely which amazed me because I would have never thought that I could do it but thankfully my brother guided me along the way.

HOW TO COOK MY FAVORITE CALAMARI DISH

 My favorite food is a squid dish called calamari I love to eat it, especially the one sold on the streets. The ingredients you need to make calamari are medium-sized squid, all-purpose flour, egg, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and cooking oil. Once you have all the ingredients the next thing that you will do is:

• In a medium-size bowl combine squid, salt, and ground black pepper then mix well. Then let it sit for about 5-10 minutes. while waiting prepare the flour, egg, and bread crumbs.
• after letting it sit for a couple of minutes. Heat the pan and oil. the oil must drown the calamari to let it cook properly so put oil generously.
• after that dip the squid in the flour then into the egg and roll over the bread crumbs then put it in oil. Deep fry the squid until it's golden brown.
• then remove the fried squid from the pan and then transfer it to a plate that is lined with a paper towel
• Lastly serve it with vinegar sauce or ketchup. THEN ENJOY!!

The things that I observed during this Pandemic

 

                             On the 30th of January Covid, 19 arrived in the Philippines, And on March 17 2020 Our government declared a state calamity. After the declaration came the quarantine. Where it all started to fall for everyone. People started to lose their jobs, students weren’t allowed to go to school, and elders and kids could not leave their houses. People started hoarding groceries and other necessities needed to stay at home. Then for the first week of the quarantine, it was fun for the students because they didn’t have to worry about their schoolwork and they could play all day long. From there mobile games started to blow up along with Tiktok, YouTube, and other entertainment apps. A lot has happened and after a year of quarantine most of the people wanted to go out but can’t, and everyone was struggling because they don’t have any funds or any source of income. And most people were only relying on the government for the Ayuda. People became agitated because they didn’t know what to do.

                        Then people started to do their own business some started streaming, and vlogging and some were lucky to find a job. Call center companies started to hire people and new small businesses started to flourish. Online shopping has become more widely known and it became a hit. Some succeeded in their business ventures and some were unlucky. But since they had perseverance, they tried and tried until they succeeded. As the saying goes “try and try until you succeed”. This taught us Filipinos to be more resourceful and not to rely on their jobs because you can lose them in just one day. But with business as long as you have the motivation to continue doing it no one can stop you.

                       The students some of them became depressed because of the stress of school works, somewhere happy and some just didn’t care about it at all, as long as they can pass it’s fine. Students started online and modular learning after almost 2 years of alternative learning most of the students are complaining. Because there are students who are struggling. Some student doesn’t have an internet connection so they use mobile data, but with online learning mobile data doesn’t last long since there is no school work that needs to be done and meeting that needs to be attended to every day. Also, they don’t have the financial means to afford to buy mobile data every day thus they struggle with their schoolwork. The students who chose modular learning also struggle because some students can’t understand or comprehend what is written in their modules. And some teachers are unresponsive and pressure their students to pass it on time when they can’t. Aside from they don’t understand the lesson sometimes they also don’t have the money to travel or commute to school to get/pass their modules, and because of this pressure, they get depressed, which sometimes leads to students committing suicide.

                    A lot has happened in this pandemic and it taught us lessons that we can’t forget. It taught us to appreciate small things and to treasure our family. It taught us to fight and have patience, perseverance, and faith. Because in this pandemic we lost a lot of our countrymen. This taught us more about Bayanihan and appreciating small things, and loving our family unconditionally. In this pandemic, we fought as a nation and still fighting off Covid 19.

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls Blossoms”. -Marcel Proust