https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp Life Giving and Life Depleting Experiences en-us 2022-02-04 03:07:09 UTC 2026-02-16 20:20:39 UTC hello@padlet.com andicruz1 https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029049836 Strangely enough, towards the end of October 2021, I started playing Genshin Impact again. I initially started around the beginning of October 2020, but I had to stop, mostly because my phone couldn't take it. It did make me sad, considering I really enjoyed the game, but playing it again recently with all the newly added features made it feel nostalgic yet new all over again. And I can even bond with my friends over it again, which is what makes me enjoy it the most.]]> 2022-02-04 08:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029049836 andicruz1 https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029055269 We actually took quite a few vacations! We mostly went to beaches around the Philippines, considering we can't exactly leave the country, but we celebrated my birthday (2 days late) in Amanpulo, went to Pangasinan for Christmas with my mom's side of the family, and Boracay for my mom's birthday. I enjoyed seeing my family the most though, considering we hadn't celebrated Christmas and new year with them in the previous year due to the pandemic. It was even better this year actually, because out of my mom's 6 siblings, 5 of them had actually come! It was special because every time we had a family reunion, 2 of my mom's siblings could never make it due to certain reasons, so seeing even just one of them come made me really happy! They haven't been complete as a family for a while, so I just found this really great. 1 more tito to go!]]> 2022-02-04 08:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029055269 andicruz1 https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029063446 Okay this might sound a bit weird, but don't get me wrong, I did enjoy celebrating with my family. But it also sort of reminded me of what could have been in a way. Ever since I was young, I always had a dream of going to Paris, and my mom promised me that we would when I turned 18. Well I did turn 18 on November 2021, but we couldn't leave the country for reasons that should be fairly obvious by now. So to make it up to me, or for a sort of remembrance is what my mom said, she booked me a photoshoot. Now I don't blame her for this, and I really am the one who agreed to it in the end, but I'm not very fond of photoshoots or being in front of the camera in general. And I never realized something like this was so tiring! I couldn't function properly for 2 days after because I was so tired. And when my mom posted the photos, the attention was quite frankly overwhelming. I'm really glad that the photos came out nice though, and I think it would make a nice remembrance for me to look back on.]]> 2022-02-04 08:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029063446 andicruz1 https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029068607 After our celebration of New Year and out Boracay trip, my mom started coughing when we got home, so all of us got tested. Me, my mom and my dad weren't positive, but my two brothers were, so we had to isolate them for a while. We tried pinpointing when exactly they had gotten it, but we couldn't nail down any specific time considering I was always with them. It was lonely at the dinner table for a while, and while it wasn't as stressful when my parents contracted it, it was still pretty sad.]]> 2022-02-04 08:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029068607 andicruz1 https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029077018 I'm sorry I can't go into specifics here, but aside from the COVID contraction, there were other pieces of news involving my two brothers. I'm just going to say that I didn't expect it from the two of them, and it sort of shifted the family dynamics around a little bit. My mom also got really attached to me, maybe because I was the only one who didn't stress them out, and I'm honestly just really worried about her. I'm also planning to go back to therapy to deal with the stress better, because I've lost over 8 pounds over a lot of things, and I think a large part of that may be due to stress. I just pray that everything will be alright.]]> 2022-02-04 08:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029077018 andicruz1 https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029081549 Aside from the Genshin, I actually started actively talking to my friends again recently. I didn't mean to fall out of contact with them, but it was hard to manage online class and trying to align our schedules. So it came as a huge relief when I started talking to them again, a reminder that they didn't forget about me. They're actually also going through hard times of their own, and it was nice to talk to each other about what we were all going through. I really miss them, and I just hope we'll be able to see each other again in real life.]]> 2022-02-04 08:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/andicruz1/ftpqn80tqc0zjhrp/wish/2029081549