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What can we learn from our February 2022 Values Awardees about being proactive?

One observation stood out: we had team members who went out of their way to show care even when they were reeling from the impact of typhoon Odette themselves.

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im really excited for the fnaf movie. ive been watching a lot of fnaf gameplay from my favorite content creators and i feel super nostalgic over it even if i wasnt like - a superfan or something. i grew up witnessing the birth of this game and its just so cool to see how far its come now

To my Filipino moots and followers, stay safe!!! (Or anyone in general that's gonna be affected by the typhoon)

Every year I draw my pet Flappy as a different old artwork. Here's the four most recent yearly chickens ♡ 2018: Poetry | 2019: Self Portrait with Straw Hat 2020: Water Willow | 2022: The Figure of Nathan

Hello I'm Antonio Balagbis from Sulat Eatern Samar, 22 years of age a former criminology student and a ROTC officer graduate. Wayback 2019 I'm the one who acknowledge as the best Platoon leader during sport fest in the campus. Anyway, this is my first time starting a Tumblr blog. I am excited to be joining this vibrant community and sharing my thoughts, experiences, and interests.

Rebuilding lives

I'm also a volunteer Army Reservist during the typhoon Odette in Southern leyte together with 8RCDG PA and 802nd Infantry brigade PA.

Troops from the Philippine Army's 802nd Infantry Brigade continued efforts for the rehabilitation and relief assistance to the families affected by the recent Typhoon "Odette" in Southern Leyte.

On January 8, 2022, soldiers from the 14th Infantry Battalion assisted in the distribution of relief goods to the residents of Brgy. Inolinan, San Ricardo, Southern Leyte. Meanwhile, troops from the 8th Regional Community Defense Group (8RCDG) of Army Reserve Command, and the Disaster Response Units of 8th Post Engineer Detachment facilitated the distribution of the 700 galvanized iron sheets and nails donated by Aqualine Construction Company, further assisted the residents in the construction of their damaged houses in Brgy. Magallanes, Limasawa.

Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. lauds the troops for their ceaseless efforts in helping the suffering communities from the aftermath of Typhoon "Odette". Being one with them gives hope to get them back on the track of their lives.

“I commend our soldiers who are staying in the frontlines to help our people get back on their daily lives. Rest assured that as you support our communities, your Philippine Army is also ready to support you in your endeavors,” said Lt. Gen. Brawner. | Philippine Army

#SundaloSalamatsaSerbisyo

#Rebuilding Lives | Army continues rehabilitation and relief efforts

Oh also tell me about yourself 😭😭 like anything really

My pleasure 💪 Let me tell you about the "letters" I occasionally write to myself because it's honestly funny and a while journey

Entry 1, no date: It all started... In late 2019 maybe? It began with just me talking about the people I liked 😭😭 Very painful to read. Why did I type like that.

Entry 2, no date: Short letters directed to them but I'd never show them (think lara jean). Also painful to read, why did I not understand grammar.

Entry 3, March 2020: Another letter to one person, basically me "coming to terms with the fact they'd never like me back and maybe we can be friends instead." Also very. Very painful.

Entry 4, the day after: I WAS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING AND HONESTLY IT'S BOTH PAINFUL BUT HILARIOUS TO READ. I was "coming to terms with the fact that they'd never like me back and they should be happy with someone else" with a dash of self-deprecation. Basically also "cutting ties." Again, a painful but funny read

Entry 5, April 2020: Me liking them again and admitting it and just letting it be. So far this has been a very dramatic teleserye

Entry 6, August 2020: Me seeing that past me was stupid and learning about loving fictional characters 😍 This me was honestly harsh to the me's before, but. Deserved. Then again, she may have crossed a line

Entry 7, March 2021: I realized how stupid everything was, from March 2020 to August 2020. I said, and I quote, "All I can say is, why? They look crusty. And you're kinda dramatic. Though all your words would make for a very good fanfic. I might use them in the future. That's all I'll thank you for." Then I talk about Tsumugi Tsukioka and Albedo OSNDKCKNDKSNF and just "make peace with the previous me's"

Entry 8, August 2021: Just added two more characters who I will not mention bc I don't really like them as much anymore? And I was wondering why I liked them in the first place (I still wanna know why)

Entry 9, December 2021: Remember typhoon odette? Yeah, it was during that time. I'm pretty sure I was typing on the way home in our car. There's a lot of stuff here so the basic summary is judging past me, adding enstars characters (most of whom I don't like as much anymore too), apparently Simeon came home twice?? Idk what card tho, talking about the games I played, Alexa play jealousy jealousy by Olivia Rodrigo, begging for a character to come home, learning I won't have internet for 80% of the time (I was suffering so bad, it's worse I really wanted a card from an on-going event)

Entry 10, January 2022: Most of the bad stuff that happened bc of the typhoon was over! I didn't manage to get that card that I wanted (I did in the future tho) but I managed to get the rest of the cards in the next event 💪‼️‼️ Hence the start of me loving Eden (enstars) (Don't ask how I did it, I'm not entirely sure either. But there were many sleep deprived days with non-stop grinding). I end up talking about the characters I love again (delulu moments)

Entry 11, March 2022: Yeah, fun fact, by this point our wifi hadn't been working for 4 months. And I finally discovered I apparently like Azul Ashengrotto a Whole Ton!! Yay!! (One line here is definitely delusional, idk what I saw back then) I also ramble about my lovely mutuals from that time, some of whom are still my mutuals today! (Shoutout to the homies, love y'all <3) Hmm there's some talk here about some stuff I'd like to leave in the past. But! As it says, on a happier note, I also talked about some ocs and ships <3

Entry 12, March 2023: Updates on my favorite characters, more rambles about my lovely mutuals, and back to being delulu

Aaand that's it! I have surprisingly fewer entries than I thought? Anyway, that's a little silly summed up version of how my brain chemistry changed from 2019 to 2023! Now that I'm remembering it, I might update it soon

Newsletter #11: December 2022

If I'll describe my entire 2022, I'd probably go with WOW. I may have plans prepared for this year but it's still surprising how God surprises me spontaneously with unexpected things.

This year's highlights weren't really expected but I'm glad they happened. Join me as I wrap my 2022 in writing!

YEARLY WRAP-UP

For me, 2022 is an unforgettable year because this is the year when I first released a story related to my profession—Medical Technology. Publishing 576 Hours With You was the best way to start the year because little did I know, I would be known by most of my readers for medical romance stories.

One of the projects I had this year was to bring back my old stories namely, Brownout (Lights Off), OFF LIMITS, and April Fools Day. The unrevised version of these stories made me cringe but it was actually a great learning experience as a writer. Revising and rewriting these stories made me realize that there is still room for improvement for me.

This is also the year when I tried to enter Wattpad Romance PH's writing contest. I was able to write entries for the January and October writing contests namely, Three, Two, One, and Baby Boo, respectively. Despite not winning the contest, writing these one-shots down was still an achievement for me. Besides, it was really a great writing exercise as well.

Last but not the least, and probably my greatest highlight among all of my 2022 stories... You Make Me Sick is my first story within a collaboration series. This is probably one of the most unexpected things to happen to me this year because this wasn't really part of the plan. Nevertheless, I'm not regretting it because this brought me talented collaborators turned to friends, milestones I never imagined for my stories, and a community of readers (despite being small).

2022 HIGHLIGHTS

This year is the first time I collaborated with some writers. First, Tales From The Closet was released by several participating authors for our Write For A Cause project, in order to extend help to victims of the typhoon Odette. It's a privilege and honor for me to use my writing as an avenue to help other people. Through this project, I also discovered underrated gems and gained new writer friends. WFAC writers, I'm glad I met you all!

That wasn't the lone collaboration project I joined this year. Last February, I stumbled upon Gwayne's tweet wherein she wanted to start a collaboration series featuring Medical Technology. Since I love my degree program so much, I took the chance to do so. Few months later, we were able to release our collaboration project entitled, "MedTech Love Stories." Because of this collaboration project, I was able to craft one of my best works I've written so far which is You Make Me Sick. Aside from this, I was also able to connect with my fellow medtech student writers. Despite our busy schedules, I'm glad I have found new friends who I can rant on about my studies and understand it as well.

You Make Me Sick did not only bring me new writer friends but an actual community of readers. More than the reads, votes, and comments, I believe that the actual people who I can talk to is the best gift that my stories could give me. It brought me friends who I can treat like a family, and I'll forever be grateful for that.

NEW NAME FOR READERS

Someone asked me what do I call my readers and I just answered, "readers." Just because I don't really have a name to collectively call them. (I'm so sorry, you guys! Hahaha.) One of the reasons why I didn't want to give a collective name for my readers is that it could easily be mistaken as a fandom. I feel uneasy about that term because I don't want to be idolized by anybody. Besides, I've always wanted to treat my readers as my friends.

Another reason why I haven't established a name for my readers was because I don't really have any good ideas for a name. But since someone already asked for it, I've really thought about it seriously. So if you're a reader of my stories, I welcome you to my community of readers, RNAs, which stands for Readers Ni AM!

In medicine, RNAs carry genetic information and have various functions such as translation of genetic information, regulation of gene activity, and so on. This is a reminder to myself and to my readers to treat each other like family. Since you've read at least one of my stories, I'm hoping that you already have a piece of me, just like a single strand of genetic information. At the same time, you are also a part of me already.

I wouldn't be able to reach this far without you. Thank you for 377 followers on Wattpad! 🧬

WRITING MILESTONES

Last year, I made sure to document my numbers to see my growth statistically. Numbers are undeniably great indicators of growth, thus, this yearly statistics. Looking at my statistics last year, I can conclude that there's also growth in numbers from the number of reads, to the number of stories I've published, and to the number of followers I have in Wattpad.

This was also the year I braved myself enough to apply for Wattpad's Ambassador Program, which I successfully graduated to last July. My job as a Content Ambassador is fulfilling and enjoyable even though it's tiring but it's all for the love of the Wattpad community.

And so another time, here I present my yearly statistics for 2022.

Once again, if you reach this, thank you so much for being a part of my 2022. I hope to see you again next year. Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone!

nagsusulat, AM

quick thing for the fellow filos : typhoon is apparently only hitting luzon and ( dont trust me on this one ) will be around as powerful as the typhoon odette that hit visayas last december !! stay safe !!!

possibly similar to the typhoon odette from visayas???? that is the scariest sentence ive ever heard. i hope you guys stay safe regardless of how powerful it might be:((!!! its already raining pretty hard here

thank you anon i hope ur safe

1 8 13 29 32 for book rec

1. a book that is close to your heart

idk if I’ll ever like anybody close enough that I’d tell them

8. a book you finished in one sitting

Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin, partly because I had nothing else to do during this time. Our house had no power as our province’s grid infrastructure was wrecked by Odette (Typhoon Rai). But also this book was my favorite in the Earthsea cycle.

13. your favorite romance novel

Pride and Prejudice hands down.

29. your favorite YA novel

I think it’s probably still Sabriel by Garth Nix unless we’re counting Terry Pratchett stuff which I sort of put in their own category (my favorite Discworld YA novel is probably The Wee Free Men). It was like a tightly cut 90-minute action movie. No lulls, perfectly edited, brief and precise.

32. your favourite nonfiction novel

Probably either The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee or Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. Salt really got me into wanting to read a lot of nonfiction titles about the histories of materials and goods.

Life after Typhoon Rai (Odette) Dinagat Islands, Philippines. July 11, 2022.

Day 847 since the 1st Lockdown Extreme Community Quarantine in the Philiipines on March 15, 2020. Wuhan COVID Pandemic.

Philiippines Is The World's Longest COVID-19 Lockdown.

Typhoon Paeng is also the strongest typhoon that everyone has experienced. They are similar to Typhoon Odette in that both caused harm to a large number of individuals.

We had a very strong wind in our area, and I saw some trees being felled and branches and leaves from the trees being scattered on another road as a result of the very strong wind. However, I am still grateful to God that our area did not experience floods, and I am thankful that my father did not leave us even though he was needed for his work at that time, He also thought about our family that we might experience a flood if the rain continued. I can say that my father is the super hero of our family.

In this kinds of situations, we should be always be ready or prepared, whether there is an announcement or nothing. It is important as long as you experience a typhoon. The second thing I learned is to always think about whether it is safer to stay at home or to evacuate, and also not panic. And lastly, always choose to save yourself or someone else who needs more help than things that can be replaced. Always remember what Mother Teresa said: “The greatest good is what we do for one another” And according to the Bible in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “In everything give thanks” so let's still be thankful that more are safe when we experience these situations.

Weird Questions for Writers (because writers are weird): 2 and 3

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

I can, most definitely. I had to, back when this hellhole of a country I used to live in had to endure long bouts of blackout for several nights in a row...in fact some of the stuff I posted last December 2021 were partly written on pen and paper under candlelight (thanks Typhoon Odette).

Not everything, so totally not a wizard but I can do it, I mean...if I have to. But you guys would have to contend with shitty handwriting. See, Exhibit A:

I use fountain pens. My crappy penmanship will never give justice to the fancier fountain pens; I'm just using them because I love writing in different ink colors and love mixing my own colors sometimes (I have this neat-o fountain pen ink mix set).

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

The cursed thing, I guess, is that I do NOT have a writing ritual. But I do certain things that I only resort to when writing. Like smoking; it never fails to help me focus. I try my hardest to curb it though; I almost always get horrible bouts of palpitation after chain smoking a pack or so... (I easily go through several sticks since I tend to write a fic from start to finish...in one sitting).

One thing unique to Vynposting though...which, I guess, is ultra cursed is that I'm almost always actually horny when writing. Like with physical manifestations of such. Um. The specifics of which are another story........

Thanks for this!

ITTO! HE'S COMING BACKK!! This is the blessing of the Hoyoverse.

I was not able to get Itto cuz of the typhoon Odette last December. 😭😭😭 I fall in love with that Oni the moment I saw and hear his voice. I hope to get him now!! ✊✊✊

YOU WILL GET ITTO COMRADE YOU WILL GET HIM 💪💪💪💪💪 he’s def a great character to have !!

I am Kristina and just like other teens these days, I pretty much spend my time with mobile phones and technologies, I used to call social media as my HAPPINESS back then, as it helps me with so many things including my studies and my social life, and ever since I had my first phone on 6th grade, I used to think that not having to use technologies a day would be impossible, not until 1 big disaster happened that had big impact on how I see the real HAPPINESS

One afternoon on December 2021, my dad was watching News while I was on my phone scrolling, I heard as the weather forecaster said that there will be a big typhoon that would landfall in our place, Cebu, and the typhoon was named ODETTE, PAGASA advised us to evacuate on safer place, I got a little shock with what the news have shown, it was a very big typhoon that i could not see the VISAYAS part anymore, but at the time I wasn’t scared, I didn’t take that seriously. I continued scrolling and listened to my parents discussing as they were planning on where to evacuate. My mom decided that we should go to her friends house whose name’s “Ate Nining” she’s very close to us, and she’s the mother of my childhood bestfriend “Jody”, they live in a subdivision in which my mom think is a safe place to shelter since its spacious and concrete.

on December 16, It was a very stormy day, We evacuated at Ate Nining’s house, Mom brought foods and first aid kit, while I only brought my phone and charger. I actually got happy when we evacuated since my bestfriend Jody was there, We never got to spend time at each other because she lives in Manila, but at the time she was on vacation here in Lapu-Lapu. It’s like a sleepover to us, We plan on doing tiktok, watch kdrama’s and upload a vlog on youtube.

As I remember around 6pm that day, rain started to pour heavily, me and Jody were doing tiktok dance, then suddenly the wind blows very loud like it’s whistling together with the rapid rain, everyone got panicked, the glass windows started to break, roofs started to make noise, business posters are everywhere, trees were falling, the electricity got blacked out, and everybody got anxious. It was ODETTE, That situation was very creepy to me, it’s like mother nature just screamed.

Luckily none of us got hurt, the subdivision was indeed safety for evacuating. After the Odette has landed, Morning of December 17, 2021, I could not believe what I saw outside, roofs are on the street, Electrical wires are everywhere, trees got paved, no one could access the street because of the debris, Everyone was still in shock.

Fast forward to we got home, My phone’s battery was dead and I couldn’t charge because electricity was still not there. And everybody’s phone was dead.

from there my life started to get a little hard as I wasn’t used to not use a phone, but little did I know my life started there.

Days after that, I wake up because of the smoke that came from what my dad was cooking, he was using trees and charcoal to cook our foods, since there were no butanes for sale, my brother was asked to go and get water from the well (tabay)to wash the dishes and I volunteered too, It was my first time for a long time to “sag ob” a tubig from the well, I just realized its dun and its like an exercise for my arms,

then we started eating together without distractions because no one was using phones, we were having story telling about the hilarious happenings and experience from the past and we would laugh out loud, my bestfriends and I started to have a very deep conversations, that we don’t use to talk often. My neighbors would have a chitchat everyday. We celebrated Christmas without electricity but it still felt very nice and nostalgic as I think of it.

Odette might have had a bad impact on everyone including me, I still felt healed, feels like there used to be a missing piece in my heart that have just completed, and its the CONNECTION, I just realised that the real HAPPINESS is by having a quality time with love ones having deep talks, enjoying nature, being contented is the real HAPPINESS.

PHOTO WAS ABOUT MY FIRST CHRISTMAS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

Memoir

Ma. Michelle Mae Mondares

12-Bookkeeping

April 14, 2006

I was born in April 14, 2006 and my mother named me Maria Michelle Mae Mondares.

When I was a month old, I got sick and my whole skin turns to red. My mother was just crying while holding me because she couldn’t afford to bring me in the hospital due to lack of money. When my grandfather and grandmother arrived at home they saw my mother crying while holding me, they ask what happened and my mother said that I am sick. They look at me with pity in their eyes and they rushed me to the hospital. The doctor said that, thankfully that I was rushed in hospital or else I would die that time because my body wont hold it. I was so thankful back then because through the years I am still alive and thats because god is good. Later on, at my age of 5 to 7 I really love to play sisira ang bulalak-bubukas ang bubulak it is commonly known in philippine as children play. I used to wear colorful dress when I was a kid and I really like to wear high heels because it makes me feel like an adult. I love playing outside of our house in mandaue city and I have a lot of friends in mandaue city, named deo, grace, maxine, love, jessa, and many more. My favorite food back then was fried chicken and I really love to dip it in the ketchup. One day when my grandmonther sell an ice candy I thought that it was for free because im just a kid back then, I called many kids around our neighborhood and gave it to them one by one. I was scolded and I cried because I was clueless and I just want to have many friends back then, but if I think of it right now its kinda funny. One day my father died due to heart attack and I cried so hard because I couldn’t afford to accept right away and in 2017 we moved to lapu-lapu city, I met new people and new friends. In 2018, I started online business on facebook. I sell clothes online and I have many customers and I earned a lot of money around 7,000pesos and I used that money for my school supplies and other personal stuff. In 2019 I graduated in junior high and in 2022 a typhoon occurred again and it hits very hard in Lapu- Lapu city. The typhone called “bagyong odette” that time I cried for mercy because the typhoon that we didnt expect that the typhoon will be so strong. All humanities in Lapu-Lapu city was affected and we lost electricity, some of people lost homes. Every night we used candles for light and a diy fan, I used to go out at night and just staring at the moon because if the night came the road is dark. We suffered at least 2-3months because of “Bagyong odette” we used to go in a lanueva or unitop to use their generator to charge our phones and flashlights. That time it is hard to use cellphones because there is no signal and there’s no electricity, so what I did I read books, paint and play with my sister and cousins. The typhoon occurred when christmas is coming, during christmas all people didnt celebrate I didnt see fireworks. I realized that in december 25, 2022, 98% of people was sad because they lost homes and cant eat properly. After 2-3 months, the electricity came back and we we’re so happy. We start to get back on our feet and start cleaning in our house and I helped my grandmother to clean our house. I learned many lessons when bagyong odette occured because if bagyong odette didn’t occurred we will always focus on our cellphone and we cannot notice what is in our environment, we will not learn how to have a quality time with our families. Bagyong odette thought me that having quality time with your family is the best part of our lives. Right now im currently studying in Asian Learning center, I joined a choir in the school called “glee club” and I practiced singing and playing piano but sadly I quit in the choir because of some reason. But through that I met my new bandmates but we dont have band name for now, I am happy with them and I enjoy every moment if were together. In 2024 I joined a singing contest in our school called “ALCI Global Idol”, I won 1st placer. Also I met a boy, he is so handsome and smarter than me. He asked me if its okay to court me and I said yes! I felt butterflies in my stomach that I haven't experienced in years. Right now Im living the best.

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