The Bears Den

 read back on some old posts, and i saw that i once mentioned some time ago in like christmas 2021 idk that i became an atheist... uhhhh that aged just as well as spoilt milk. i'm catholic again. shit happens and life is just weird like that. been "catholic again" for quite some time, since i got into college ig like 2nd yr, and tbh i feel happier like that then when i was an athiest. its sort of nice to at least know that even though one's own personal struggles happen for seeminly no reason, one could always rely on there being a God up there listening to prayers. it is kinna doodoo to expect some mystical magical sandman fairy dust to just pop by and all your problems will be solved for you. you kinda have to figure shit out for yourself, and for the most part, one has to accept the fact that the answers we may find may not be satisfying answers, and what may be correct is one view is wrong in another lens, or even, what can be considered the "correct" an...

here we go again... Right. First blog post of the year. It was already very uneventful and full of work and all of a sudden a ton of bullshit suddenly came crashing through by the time my academic break for this trimester came rolling along. In the past month since the beginning of this wonderful year, we've had the rise and fall of the omicron variant; the Philippine General Elections; and now the whole world suddenly exploding again because the Russians decided to invade Ukraine after aggressively teasing it for the past few weeks prior to literally a few days ago as of writing.  Literally nothing much can be said about it, as it was already to be expected. I never really imagined 2022 to being the mega year the entire planet would pull its boot straps together and sing so hard all the problemos go away. Shit is still bound to happen. The most I have expected was further disappointments with maybe some pleasurable moments tucked somewhere in the side lines. Let's just say tha...

  it has been fun... i guess? Here we are. A few more weeks left into what can be considered as the second worst year in all of humanity. After that, we will be moving on into expecting so much out of 2022 that we will all cry into depression when we realize that the New Years celebrations do not equate to a ultimate reset button, but instead indicate a set reminder that it can been 1 year and we still have not yet solved the problems that has turned the entire planet into a burning shithole along with the thousands of new problems the world decided to push out on the way. To be completely frank, you can probably see that I am not that excited for the festivities to come a few days after Christmas Day. People may or may not agree with this, but I feel that we overhype the new year, especially knowing how dogshit late 2019 and the entirety of 2020 was. We have dealt with almost 2 or so years of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccinated so many people, discovered new variants of the...

get vaccinated. So the Philippine government recently announced that they are going to begin vaccinations for the general public around this month. I was really happy for this because I have no idea how much longer I can stay inside my house with the constant reminder of COVID-19 looming around and about whenever I want to do something, like go to my college when face to face classes finally become a thing for colleges or literally anything that would require me to get out of the damn house. Most vaccination centers are by appointment according to the LGUs, which is extremely annoying and would take me infinitum, so I just simply waited for the chance on getting a walk-in vaccination... which is the obviously easier option.  That's what I did today as of writing (October 12, 2021). My mom literally called me over after classes, told me we are going to a department store to grab a seat for vaccinations, and I basically had a good excuse to not do most of my homework for the day. My ...

a lot of this stuff is online now I have just recently finished my college application for the University of Santo Tomas (UST), and hoo boy that entire process was very scary and now I am in the mercy of whoever is going to read my application and my high school, who is in charge of basically filling in the rest of the details and make life easier for us in the long run. This is just the beginning of a whole year of clusterfucks as I apply to 3 more colleges in the hopes of getting accepted into one and getting into a decent paying job that will give me the power and revenue to become financially independent and not die a phenetic failure. To you all younsters and zoomers approaching the years of 10th-11th grade, or whatever equivalent thereof exists, let this older zoomer explain his trials and tribulations of dealing with the seemingly cruel process of applying or college. On the 12th Grade, you will basically be bombarded with a ton of people basically pushing you to finally decide ...

did you know: i included this blog in my resume for some reason  As of typing this very article, I am on the starting stages of applying to college. I have planned to apply for multiple colleges in the Philippines, planning to take up basically anything interesting that keeps me within the Humanities and Social Sciences. However, there is one thing that most colleges that I plan to apply to have in common. Some of them require me to ask for a recommendation from my teachers or guidance counselor; therefore, I need to provide them with my Curriculum Vitae (CV). When I first heard of those two Latin words, I had a very slim idea on what it meant. Curriculum means "Course" and Vitae  means "Life". Put the two together and what a CV basically means is a "Course of your Life". For the Freedom English Speakers out there, it's basically your resume. The basic purpose of having a CV on hand when applying for a new job or getting yourself into a good college is...

cycling is fun.     Cycling has always proven to be a fun and enjoyable sport that basically anyone can have a hand in. Everyone says that once you learn how to ride a bike for the first time, you basically never forget how for the rest of your life. Indeed, the bicycle is known as one of the most environmentally friendly alternatives in personal transport and a brilliantly practical tool for exercise. Every country has their own cycling cultures and sets of policies for cyclists; however, the Philippines isn't what I call a "friendly" place for casual cyclists.      You see, The Philippines developed in such a way that its infrastructure and roadway systems can only accommodate cars and motorized vehicles; cycling in the Urban Philippines can be very dangerous. This is true to a fact where cycling is mostly a professional sport rather than casual transport, with very limited routes and options for Filipino cyclists to choose from. Living in Angono, Rizal, for e...