Basically, since 2015...life went by in a flash. There were 5 of us and now 4. Then ever since, we try to live out the best of life as we can and could afford.... well my family can afford...HAHA There's not much I can remember from 2016 but I was still in Singapore for most of it. In 2017, we went to Brunei early that year cause Kresta's trip was just way too short and we are a clingy bunch.  

I then moved to The Philippines and took up a job in Inventory Control in a Cosmetics Company which I later switched up to Process Improvement in a different company, a construction one this time. Later that year my family and I went to Cebu Philippines for the first time ever. 

Then I fell inlove with snorkling

 

 2018 - we went to Japan, the visas were such a headache to process but the trip wouldnt have happened without my sisters 

   

 2019 - was Korea, unfortunately Karen wasnt able to join us even tho most of the funding was done by her. God Bless her kind soul. I still get annoyed with the person she had to deal with in processing her papers till this day but we still went through with it.

   

Then there was 2020. How do I put this.... a pandemic happened. Well there was talk of the now typically known as Covid Virus spreading around in mainland China in the end of 2019. 

It was initially referred to as the Wuhan Corona Virus where it started and it was fast and deadly. The news of it spreading in Korea and Japan and other parts of Asia only started after we left Korea. We left right after Christmas Day, if I'm not mistaken. Till this day theres no official statement of how the virus came about and its still quite unknown thus the trickiness to find a proper vaccine. The media says it started in a market that sold wildlife to people. Highly mentioned that it probably came from bats and got transferred to humans somehow. I think the WHO (World Health Org) supports this information too.  

But a part of me believes that that was just a disguise or to deflect information from what is happening between closed doors. The unknown people who run the world. I know it sounds corny but it's been almost a year and isnt it weird that if scientists really know the source, there's still trouble in finding the proper vaccine for it. They say it's not constructed in a lab and has traces to a zoonotic source. In my point of view, people have forged blood tests too, how is this so different. 

The ever changing shape of the virus makes it hard for a typical person's immune system to create an antibody to prevent them from catching the virus again. Before I go on about going all Nikita and Umbrella Corp. on this post. Yeah a part of me believes the virus was created as a deadly weapon in a hidden lab. There's been books of people mentioning the exact virus so detailed that they even mentioned how the media will even try to portray it and with the same time period too. Some have been silenced and theres not just one book, theres actually a few, check out "End of Days" by Sylvia Browne and "The Eyes of Darkness" by Dean Koontz which dated back in 1981. The accuracy is just so creepy.

So anyways, there wasnt a reported case yet in The Philippines in January this year, but Taal Volcano, near Tagaytay erupted actively and it was so continuous to the point it brought ashes to Manila. The experience was so weird cause we were just about to go to Tagaytay to prepare for a wedding the day it started. Noticed some black stuff piling up on the windshield and cars going the opposite way looked like, they went through ALOT with all that ash and dirt. We ended up going back and everything got cancelled. 

February, papa turned 60 and a proud senior citizen. We spent his birthday in Solaire Hotel. It was amazing. I'll talk more about it later. 

The pandemic struck Philippines really bad after, the total lockdown started in March 17 and there was silence, shortly the whole world was. Everyone was scared of the unknown deadly virus. Philippines then became the leading in Asia in the increasing infected rate per day then it got to the top 10 in the world but reports have changed ever since it became compulsory to wear both a face mask and a face shield. 

So yeah...oh my gosh is that the time. I gotta run, I think this calls for a part 2. Stay tuned!