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Community Quarantine, Enhanced Community Quarantine, or Total Lockdown? Does it really matter? It’s all still the same. The bottom line is we are deprived. Deprived of our freedom. Deprived of our rights. Deprived to flee like a bird. With the emergence of the COVID-19… we lost our jobs, kids can’t go to campus, we can’t meet our friends, heck… we even can’t eat out or watch a movie. It’s has placed ourselves out of our comfort zones. It has disrupted our lives. Never in our minds that we thought that something like this will happen… but it did. But it is not the end of the world (not yet). And no matter how horrifying this  “Virus Crisis”  is, believe it or not, there is an end to it. In my last article, I wrote to you about what to do while we are in containment. How to keep ourselves busy and happy in amid of these crazy circumstances. That article was written specifically  “During”  our time of crisis. What I am writing now is  “After”  this cri...

As of today, most of us are in community quarantine (or to most people commonly known as a  “Lockdown” ). Schools are closed. Malls have shut their doors. Streets are empty. Our Government and Health Officials are strongly encouraging  “Social Distancing”. Panic is everywhere. Tissues and Alcohol are running out. Fake news in social media is rampant. Your actions and choices are limited. There is not much to do but to follow strict orders and isolate yourself from the mass people that could be infected virus carriers. Indeed the COVID-19 has disrupted our lives and brought fear into our homes. But what can do really? If you are not a Doctor or Nurse or a Scientist who will invent the vaccine that will give remedy to this alarming disease, then the only thing that we can do is to  “Stay Home”  and wait it out until this  “Virus Crisis”  subsides. Our role as ordinary citizens is to commit to ourselves to  “Flatten the Curve” . If we do our par...

As I wait for the train at Magallanes station, I discreetly observed the people around me. Then I realized the great number of these people. A horde of the working class who take this very train out of necessity. Metro Manila is one of the most densely populated cities in the world with an estimated population of 21.3 million. That doesn’t include those who lived in nearby provinces like Cavite, Bulacan, etc. And with the current local transmission of the dreaded COVID-19 virus, it just a matter of time that our government will declare an Alert Level 2 and initiate a lockdown. By the time that happens those other people who are infected will be spreading the disease in their respective provinces. Our country and its citizen will be massively overwhelmed. I’m not trying to scare you but we have seen and read proof and evidence to foreign countries that were gravely hit before us. Progressive countries like South Korea and Italy. There is also Japan, Singapore, and the United Stat...

Having a Sister is the best thing that you can ever have in this world. They are so sweet, kind, and always there for you whenever you need them. They are like fairies and fairy godmothers who will do their best to grant your every wish. You will always get their support no matter what. So when I lost my youngest sister due to Aneurysm, the world suddenly came to a halt. She is the sweetest thing that came to my ever dull life. We sing a lot, play the guitar, share books, and regularly watch movies on the big screen. Until her last few years before her sudden death, Roberta (I call her Roberts) was always there for me. In fact, she was my Social Media Manager even before Friendillion came to existence. She was the first one to Like, Comment and Share even when my article (or Facebook post) was not that good. The youngest of the brood supported the eldest every step of the way… believing in my potential and what I could have become. A part of me died witnessing my dearest sister b...