Signs of Life. Colors of Hope, Cheerfulness and Vibrance

 

If Cats Disappeared from this World

 Lockdown Notes

"If there is one thing that will disappear in the world for you to live another day, what will it be?

If I were to disappear from this world, who would be sad?

I want to believe that the world that I existed and the world where I vanished are different

If cats would disappear from the world, how would the world change?"

Film "If Cats Disappeared from this World" an adaptation from a Japanese novel by Genki Kawamura dramatizes the importance of memories, time, life, connection with others and cats while still alive. It asks questions what a meaningful life is and how to cope with death.

Movie is a about a young postman portrayed by Takero Satoh who has less than a week to live. He encounters a subconscious (a devil) who trades with him a day extension for every matter important to him disappearing from the world.

As cellphones (relationship), movies (friend), clocks (father and time), cats (a personal pet who he shares with fondness with his mother symbolizing the self) disappear, so do the happy memories associated with them. Cats were not eventually traded for an extension.

While theme deals with death, it highlights the value of being alive; postman eventually realizes not to take for granted the people he loves and those who inspire him to be alive.

Movie closes with a memorable joyous moment when the postman's mother presents for the first time the infant to his father. Life and being alive are the ultimate barometers of humanity.

Initially viewed on Sky Cable Tagalized Channel 80. Trailer in Japanese with English subtitles lifted from YouTube. Viewed again 4 AM 29 September 2020

https://youtu.be/DF9s5Rjb_5M

World Premiere on YouTube: Mad World by Pentatonix

I was one of the 2,000 plus viewers which jumped to over 7,000 in 2 minutes who watched the premiere of Pentatonix's cover of Tear for Fear's song "Mad World" on YouTube 12 midnight 16 September 2020. After posting this, in 10 minutes viewers spiked to 33,000 plus.

Pentatonix https://youtu.be/Md8kADJwMQ0

Adam Lambert sang this in American Idol

Adam Lambert https://youtu.be/6kAWesgI5LY

This was also Gary Jules' audition song in The Voice Germany

Gary Jules https://youtu.be/U4Zk-dI23w8

The acoustic rendition of young American cover artist is also one of my favorites

Chase Eagleson https://youtu.be/ewi4LJ1visw

Mad World is an original of Roland and Curt which hit the charts in 1982

Tears for Fear https://youtu.be/u1ZvPSpLxCg

"When people run in circles, it's a very very mad world"

Coaching Article

 "Coaching has been packaged in many different ways, usually based on which client to cater to. Albeit, the principles remain the same. As human beings, we have a primal need to be heard. This simple gesture of establishing real connection by expressing thoughts and sentiments with another person make people feel their existence matters."

Coaching in the Philippines, an article in the Golden Harbour webpage with Eng. Claude Sta. Clara (candidate for doctorate in Environmental Engineering) as the subject matter expert.

Lifted Key Points

-Coaching grounded on evidence to achieve positive results

-Genuinely care for client

-Coach should invest in proper training and certifications

-Coaching basically emphatic listening

-Relationship problems before pandemic, well-being while being alone now

-Depression, a threat for those who give importance to face to face interaction

-Adapting to new normal, isolation, limited interaction, virtual

-Coachable clients, a pre perquisite

-Coaching is for people who need help to sort out their goals so that they can realize on their own

-Variety of techniques to employ for versatility

-Techniques in coaching based on human behavior research

-Client should want to change first and show eagerness

-Friendship and familiarity in Philippines setting are deterrents to objectivity

-Limited face to face interaction a reality

-Human beings have a primal need to be heard

-Establish real connection by expressing thoughts and sentiments with another person make people feel their existence matters

-Genuinely listen with unconditional positive regard while keenly observing subtle movements gestures

-Coach to be on a sensitive lookout for indicators

-Baselining. Reprogramming to dispel mindsets until manifested in behavior transferred ownership for empowerment

-Coaching has destination goals which client must recognize for him

Successful YouTubers: Puth and Mendes

Stories of two young singers whose fame astronomically soared after they were spotted on YouTube inspire other aspiring artists.

The foundation of Charlie Puth and Shawn Mendes' successes is talent honed early on as kids and further nurtured by their parents. YouTube as an enabling tool put them in the radar which linked them to hunters and eventually giant recording companies.

Music and social media exposure created exponentially their fan base and transformed these shy, lacking confidence suspected introverts to stardom. 

What makes them tick right now is striking the right notes and elements that resonate with the evolving tastes of a dynamic music audience across all continents. Audience can relate to their songs, lyrics and melody and execution whether recorded, in a music video or live. Fans are awed with their looks, moves, instrument playing, outfit, outlook bonding a strong traction between performers and listeners. This large fan base is generating these young artists an enviable revenue in millions.

What their future looks like depends on several factors in the marketplace. For as long as they enjoy composing, singing, performing and flirting with their audience and innocently manifesting their passion for their craft as young performers, they will continue to dominate the airwave and the social platforms threatening the more seasoned singers older than them.

View how Charlie and Shawn started. You might deconstruct the secret formula to success.

Charlie

Part 1 https://youtu.be/gCrVKXxA6_M

Part 2 https://youtu.be/M-JLnGuFHLc

Shawn 8.7m views

https://youtu.be/ZYkvxtriIrI

Stitches and We Don't Talk Anymore

 Two young talented and good-looking singers in their twenties who got their breaks on YouTube in the mid-century (2015) are now ranked in the top music influencers in the world. The claim to fame of both Charlie Puth, 28 years old, an American and Shawn Mendes, 22 years old, a Canadian can be attributed to YouTube. Shawn learned to play the guitar through YouTube tutorials. Charlie started to post music on YouTube only in 2009.

Charlie is associated with the hits Marvin Gaye, See You Again, Attention, One Call Away, We Don’t Talk Anymore, How Long among others while Shawn with Señorita, In My Blood, If I Can't Have You, Lost in Japan. There songs are currently hot as cover songs of hundred others aspiring artists pursuing careers in singing.

Their channels got the attention of promoters, record companies, co artists eventually earning for them recording contracts. With the support of their management companies, their music reached wider mileage, acceptance and familiarity.

Charlie and Shawn are friends mutually appreciating each other's works. They have lots of commonalities and parallel paths. Other than their hit songs, they play guitar and the piano with Charlie more technically inclined. Their hit songs landed in the top billboard charts.

Charlie is inspired by the phenomenal rise of Justine Bieber. Shawn was noticed by millions doing a cover of fellow Canadian Justin Bieber’s “As long as you love me.” Both excel in singing either recorded or live.

Shawn launched his roadshow Shawn Mendes World Tour in 2016 while Charlie’s Voicenotes Tour took off in 2018. Charlie composes and sings with a signature beat and moves with a signature style. Shawn is wilder and straps a guitar in his live performances. The songs that he sings bring out his signature voice runs. Their sell out concerts attract thousands of young females with Charlie appealing to the older ones.

Shawn had the advantage of performing in the 2018 Victoria Secret Show.

Along with their fame are corresponding net worth envied by other performers. Estimated value of Charlie is $10 million and the younger Shawn at $40 million.

Enjoy their music, brought to you by the channel that drove their fame. They are no one-hit wonders as both have established a strong brand franchise built over a short span of time. They will stay in the business because their franchise is founded on talent and their passion for music expressing the sentiments of the listening audience.

Charlie

We don’t talk anymore 2.8b views https://youtu.be/3AtDnEC4zak

Attention 1.1b views https://youtu.be/nfs8NYg7yQM

How long 3.6m views https://youtu.be/CwfoyVa980U

Shawn

Stitches 1.2b views https://youtu.be/VbfpW0pbvaU

Lost in Japan 90m views https://youtu.be/SAWzXkV3hHo

If I can’t have you 171m views https://youtu.be/oTJ-oqwxdZY

Closing Mr. Holmes

Mr. Holmes. A well crafted movie performed sensitively well by professional actors. Mr. Sherlock Holmes in his senior years reconstructs his final case aided by a young boy interested in developing his probing-solving skills.

Mr. Holmes as depicted by Sir Ian McKellen is not just facts and figures but heart too; suffering from forgetfulness and aloneness, the aging detective displays vulnerability.

British theater and film actor Ian is supported ably well by Laura Linney as Mrs. Munro, the housekeeper and mother and Milo Parker as Roger the son and the protégé.

Roger shares his interest in bees and wasps, Holmes' unfinished writings and unresolved cases. Roger was raised without a father with some resentment to his mother. Mr. Holmes' word to his protégé, "one should not leave this life without a sense of completion." Roger helped Sherlock solve his last case and in recalling the gap between a Japanese diplomat and his son.

Prior to his closure statement he told Roger relating to bees and humans, "death, grieving, mourning, they're all commonplace." Line resonates better in the language translated in Tagalized Movie Channel (80 on Sky Cable) as " kamatayan, nagdadalamhati, pagdadalamhati, lahat sila ay pangkaraniwan" said twice by Holmes.

Theme on the realization of death, fading memories, bees and wasps, conflict between mother and son, master and protege, unresolved business dramatised well in the movie at the time of the pandemic deepens our appreciation for our personal journey.

As the movie closes, Mr. Holmes recalls the people important in his life; those who have gone beyond him. But it is in solving one final case relating to the unexpected death that he understood what loneliness was. Though physically weak and emotionally vulnerable, Roger, the inquisitive protege inspired him to continue to live and to close chapters.

One of my favourites during the lockdown. In Tagalog, "may tagos!"

#AswangMovie

Aswang, a documentary of Alyx Arumpac on the killings as part of the Tokhang drug cleansing program initiated in 2017 is a disturbing capture of the nightcrawlers supported with powerful images of adults, situations and children.

Children from the sound bite captures of Jomari and other playmates imbibe the language and posturing of the criminalized adults and the police authorities nonchalantly as casual as a day to day lingo.

Documentary captures at night (except for the Baclaran church service) tracking and tracing of the victims of Tokhang in Barangay 46 Bagong Barrio Caloocan, Eusebio Funeral Parlor Blk. 49 Longos, Malabon, Sitio Kabatuhan Tullahan in Valenzuela to the secret jail in Raxabago Tondo Manila and other sitios ending in EDSA.

A mortician waits for the next case to embalm and to be claimed, a church pastor doubling as a an unnamed EJS nightshift photographer comforts the close relatives of victims, death on the street, funeral parlors, wakes on site, blood on the asphalt, candles at the site of the crime, cramped cemetery graves accommodating bodies in twos and fours, kids poking fun at the difficulty of squeezing bodies at the grave, the discovery of a secret jail behind a cabinet of a police precinct with no documentation are not scenes from a staged movie but documentation of actual scenes morbid and distressing enough to be alarmed.

Yet no police nor military is shown on video except for the sight of a flashing police mobile.

Aswang, in Philippine folklore is a monster symbolizing fear. While distressing, Arumpac ends the documentary with a hint of hope. Some “chose to stand up and look at the monster in the eye. But some refuse to be afraid.”

“Kapag sinasabi nilang may aswang, ang gusto talaga nilang sabihin ay matakot ka

Itong buong lunsod na napiling tambakan ng mga katawan ay lalamunin ka

Tulad ng paano nilalamon ang takot at tatagPero mayroon pa ring hindi natatakot at nagagawang harapin ang halimaw. Dito nagsisimula . . .”

There might be no exit nor end.

Written after viewing Aswang on Vimeo 11 July 2020

https://www.facebook.com/aswangmovie/videos/623965178220644

#AswangMovie

Lockdown on its 9th week. NCR is on MECG. The rest are in GCQ.

The matrix on Covid-19 based on incidence of testing, positive rate and capability and occupancy of health system is dynamic and constantly changing day by day.

With the several variations and conditions per island, region, province, city, town, district, barangay, policies and processes are increasing in numbers making it difficult for the majority of the citizens to keep up. Most of the steps require cross functional interdependencies.

To be current, one needs an understanding of process flow tuned in to media releases for updated versions. Even the LGUs and the Barangay have not been apprised in a timely manner on the developments.

Even media front liners are challenged. Reports are further probed and validated by senior practitioners for consistency.

One of the government officials who understands and makes an effort to explain even the exceptions is DILD Secretary Eduardo Ano. His judgments are calibrated and policy based (compliance and execution are altogether a phenomenon).

With time in my hands, I track developments and changes i.e. GMA News TV, Teleradyo DZMM, DZRH.

But what about the ordinary folks? Most common needs are getting financial aids, DSWD listing, quarantine pass, travel pass, transport, inter area transfers among others.

For the past 9 weeks, I unconditionally assist particularly the marginalized like construction workers, senior citizens, QC residents in whatever capacity to help them move to the next steps. This is also to test the processes laid down.

It is understandable that given these conditions and reality and the complexity of situations and our current political structure, the fastest way to cope is through political connection. I am still working on this linkage to help more.

This is just process. This does not even cover health related concerns.

Earthling is in distress. Each of one needs to look closely at our values for us to tide us over.

My 6 basics to survive:

1. Stay healthy. Boost my immune system. Food. Personal hygiene
2. Isolate. Face mask, distancing, disinfecting
3. Maintain a sane mental mindset. Routine. Chores. Tasks. Socia Media. Hobbies. YouTube. DIY. Helping others. Prayers. Writing articles like this
4. Stay connected. Social media, media
5.  Maintain resources. Money. Hardware. Water. Energy. Food. Data
6. Comply. Don't get detained

18 May 2020

Flora in the time of Covid-19 before Flores de Mayo

• Golden Shower (/Cassia Fistula/), Bougainvillea, Mango (/Mangifera indica/) • Golden Shower (/Cassia Fistula/), African Tulip (/Spathodea Campanulata/), Yellow bell (/Allamanda Cathartica/)

•Palm variety, Kalachuchi, Chinese honeysuckle (/Triplaris cumingian/)

• Acacia (/Abizia saman/), Kalachuci, /Schefflera/ sp

• Acacia (/Abizia saman/), Gumamela (/Hibiscus/ sp.), Banaba (/Lagerstroemia speciosa/)

• Bougainvillea, Caballero (/Caesalpinia pulcherrima/), Banaba (/Lagerstroemia speciosa/)

Hua Chenyu Does

Keeping me company in isolation is Chinese singer Hua Chenyu who I first discovered on YouTube The Singer 2018.

Lifted from Google Images

Hua Hua is such a prolific unconventional non- mainstream talented artist. He can sing across all genre yet he is undefined by any genre.

Hua Hua sings mostly his own compositions with volumes of original unique touching renditions live.

Decoding him to understand how he can achieve such, he is an introvert with sensitive feelings which he can articulate in a melody.

Skilled and passionate he performs the feeling, melody, worded, assembled live engaging with thousands of spectators the minute he hits his 1st chord.

His feelings are staged in stories which he slowly unfolds intensely and controlled in a melody, body movement, vocal range, outfit and stage presence.

https://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404368513895685367

Hua Chenyu is such an enigma who strikes at all your sensitive nerves. At 30, he is already a great influence to the Chinese and to a number of non Chinese speaking music lovers discovering him which includes me.

Music indeed when it touches the guts transcends beyond language and genre.

Hua Hua does.

Compilation https://youtu.be/iIWqYXRPv0E
Hungry https://youtu.be/czQD5amQSZ0
I am what I am https://youtu.be/dCm7pvdigKw
Not good looking but gentle https://youtu.be/7B-aBroKXbA

Hua Chenyu, the Phenomenal Chinese Songwriter Concert Artist

A gentle soul, a musical genius singer songwriter, a daring unique progressive artist

He has the talent to express any message and feelings he wants to convey in music. Daring and innovative, he is not afraid to be who he is. Young, Hua Chenyu is not your typical pop singer because he is an artist, a creative musician, composer, a storyteller.

Unconventional, yet he has a strong command over his audience, predominantly young. His music mostly his compositions strikes a chord with them. Versatile, he can swing from ballad, to pop, hard rock, rap to spoken word. His sad songs make you cry, his angsty songs make you mad. His upbeat melodies hype you up. Even his outfits are outrageous challenging norms making a statement he is not mainstream.

Hua Hua actively uses his hands; hands to pound on the keyboard, right hand to cover his face and to point and to mesmerize his audience. His hands create music; his right-hand casts a spell.
He rouses his young audience to the stimulus he sends either in ballad, rock, pop, in Chinese or English, piano or full orchestra, traditional ancient Chinese or modern in hybrid format, sitting down, moving and in whatever position. They sing along with him, move with him immediately upon engagement.

Hua Hua created and defined a new genre which connects. When music touches you, it taps your core, opens you up, disabling you setting you up in an unexplainable state.

Hua Hua, a confessed introvert creates music from his sensitivity to feelings visualized in an imagery followed by an associated melody. From this cycle, he assembles and composes the song. A number of his songs are in the Top Billboard Chart in China.

Backstage, he is unassuming. On stage he commands a powerful presence with his performance, choice of music and storytelling. Hua Hua is one of the top influential personalities in China today. Ticket sales to his big concerts sell out in minutes. He is an advocate of the fight against depression.

Hua Hua placed 2nd to Jessie J. in The Singer 2018. He has fondness for KZ Kandingan who he met at the competition.

Series of performances at The Singer 2018 https://youtu.be/tb2NMFnbfoY
Awarding https://youtu.be/rf0eetJfbNM

Dulang UP's Ang Nawalang Kapatid Online

I suspended my expectation of the power of film as a a medium watching Dulaang UP’s collaborative work of 2 theater geniuses, Dexter M. Santos and Floy Quintos in their adaptation of an Indian epic “Mahabharata. I convinced myself I was not watching a movie nor a musical but a play at UP Diliman.

Streamlined on YouTube is the 1994 play #AngNawalangKapatid Familiar with the duo’s previous theater works, the  online broadcast of a full edition high definition video capture is the theater groups’ contribution to keep the citizen at home during their uncertain CoVid-19 lockdown for the healing of the nation in time of stress and loss; indeed the play not only made me stay at home, it kept me glued me at my seat for almost 2 hours.

I followed the epic's story unfold without a souvenir program understanding the profound Indian epic message and appreciating the spectacular theatrical production. At home without the threat of the virus, I was already awed at the spellbinding work of creative art, the mesmerizing and stunning war scene and dramatic closing, more so had I experienced it at the front row of Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater.

Thank you for bringing one of the glories of world literature executed exceptionally well by Santos, Quintos, Javier, actors and Dulaang UP ensemble online.

It leaves a strong impression relevant during this time, "after the bloodbath and the journey to afterlife, there is a new dawn waiting."

Act One ends with “Ito na ang katapusan.”

Ang Nawalang Kapatid closes with this transcribed message:

“Ang lahat ng dumaan ay pumapanaw. Walang talo at lalong walang panalo. At doon sa kanilang panororooan, muli silang nagkita lahat. Di na nila maalala ang kanilang pinagawayan. Hindi na nila matandaan ang dating galit ang dating sama ng loob. Ang lahat ay walang saysay, walang halaga. 
At doon sa kanilang pinarooan, muli silang naging mga bata. Walang ganid. Walang panama Payapa at walang hanggang pagasa.

Kaibigan . . ., kaaway . . . Bukas puso nilang minasdan ang isang mundo, ang isang bagong mundo di na nila wawasakin.

Tama si Krishna, ang lahat ng nangyari ay para sa ikabubuti at sa inyong nakanood sa dakilang kasaysayang ito, tandaan, isapuso at isabuhay.”

Namaste!

Posted 29 March 2020, it has been viewed by 12k when I followed it.

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“'Ang Nawalang Kapatid' was a musical adaptation of the great Indian epic, The Mahabhrata by Floy Quintos, with original music by Ceejay Javier, directed and choreographed by Dexter Martinez Santos.

The musical featured an all- student cast essaying the roles of mythic and archetypal characters, all executing the breathtaking choreography led by Santos and his team. It was the highlight of Dulaang UP's 38th Theatre Season when it opened in February of 2014. The show was met with outstanding reviews and audience reactions that it revived in June of the same year as the opener of the 39th Theatre Season.

We are proud to bring you the show in its entirety. Hopefully the epic's message of harmony, achieved after a period of adversity, will ring true in these times.”

https://youtu.be/vISTL9hHTcc

https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/152188/the-spellbinding-ang-nawalang-kapatid/

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Duets Showcasing 5 Talents' Passion and Perfection for their Craft

Top 6 Duet Favorites of YouTuber Max Schneider and Dimash Kudaibergen

Their interpretation of the pieces showcases the 5 singers' talents demonstrating their passion, perfection and  mastery of their craft.

Enjoy. Click on the link

Style

See You Again

• Max Schneider + Nick Dungo Style https://youtu.be/NtuCe7rKAo8
• Max Schneider + Nick Dungo See You Again https://youtu.be/UrXzpQLqXH4
• Max Schneider + Nick Dungo Take Me To Church https://youtu.be/iNQOEAi_SNw

Take Me To Church

• Dimash Kudaibergen + Victor Ma Bojun Earth Song https://youtu.be/mTsHrbct_K8

Earth Song

• Dimash Kudaibergen + Li Yugang Drunken Concubine/ Dance Diva https://youtu.be/8T3J9TqU-QM
• Dimash Kudaibergen + Tengri Swan Goose https://youtu.be/8LEXQctl0Q0

Drunken Concubine/ Diva Dance

Swan Goose

Everything I learned in coping to survive 21 days of CoVid-19 Community Quarantine I learned in mountaineering (except for one thing)

What has the popularity of mountaineering done? (Made relevant at this time we are facing a pandemic)

Subject: What has the popularity of mountaineering done?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Date: 1999/11/26

What has the popularity of mountaineering done?

1. Raised the consciousness of the climbers for the environment, acting on it though is different from just knowing.
2. Gave pleasure to the climbers either through their appreciation of nature, the camaraderie, use of equipment, purchase of equipment, physical exertion, feeling of completion, seeing new places, meeting new people, eating, drinking or mere escaping; or a combination of all.
3. Sharpened special skills: photography, cooking, organizing, leading, relating, writing, website developing, handling socials, technical climbing etc.
4. Not to mention improved the economy: equipment trading and local commerce thrived from guides, food that you eat, transpo that you avail, places that you stay in.
5. Above all, it ignited the passion in individuals, to enjoy their lives to the edge.
6. Close to saying it has opened us to our spirituality, to our role in life, our relationships with others and our place in this universe.

So what are we complaining about?
We are concerned that our playing ground is not kept and in fact desecrated.
We see it and know we can do something about it. Does this animal we are looking for really exist? Perhaps the environmentalist is a state of perfection and the purist is just our projection.
The best that most can do is keep the campsite clean and stay alive. But it is good to be reminded at times that we can fill in to that obligation. Just like what Alfie and Celine did.
Until we push so hard, it will be difficult. Because that is our nature.

Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Originally posted Nov 1999

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5 April 2020

The value of mountaineering in the time of CoVid-19 when one is in isolation under community quarantine

It instilled the discipline of planning, managing, scheduling valuing food, water, safety, hygiene, shelter, clothing among others.

The primary skill sets in disciplined and organized climbing are the same ones needed with the same level of importance to survive CoVid-19.

Top of mind are:

1. Planning meals, their ingredients, preparation, cooksets and cooking. Budgeting based on number of days in isolation, primary nutrients needed, sourcing and rationing. CoVid-19 Applicability-High
2. Staying hydrated. Conserving water, its use in cleaning and hygiene. Identifying its source, checking its content and quantity, storage. Covid-19 Applicability-High
3. Disinfecting cookset, equipment and clothing. Prudent use of rubbing alcohol for cleaning and personal hygiene even toilet paper. (Skip part on use of bath soap). Covid-19 Applicability-High
4. Overall health condition-be fit and healthy. Prepare for the rigors of trekking. Know how to check for symptoms and apply first aid treatment. Identify source and resource persons and nearest emergency centers in case of emergency. CoVid-19 Applicability-High
5. Dress appropriately. Pack basic protective equipment. Leave shoes outside the tent. CoVid-19-High (Face Mask, Personal Protective Equipment)
6. Respect line formation where one leads and one sweeps with spacing in-between. The word social distancing was perhaps never coined before. Keeping distance, not too close to avoid domino nor too far to keep everyone within reach. CoVid-19 Applicability-High
7. Complete primary and basic equipment, tools, clothing, cookset, lighter, stove, alcohol to drink etc. Data connection still optional then. Because of weight and space limitations, alcohol (GSM with EOC/Tang) has to be judiciously allocated, CoVid-19 Applicability-High
8. Set up shelter with insulation for protection. Ensure you have a light, water, connection. Create a holding area for wet and dirty clothing, garments. If extremely dirty, clean an wipe at the vestibule or the holding area. CoVid-19 Applicability-High
9. Recognize your leader. Climb as a group. Do not leave anyone behind. CoVid-19 Applicability N.A.
10. Maintain a basic survival kit with contact numbers in case of emergency. Covid-19 Applicability-High
11. Establish good relationships. Declare your ambag during cooking and in the socials. Play your role in the socials either as banka, tanggero, patawa, padrama, taga kodak, toka sa chaser, sa pulutan, clean up. CoVid-19 Applicability Waived in favor of social media
12. Deepen your spirituality. Through nature, appreciate the wonder of life and people. Seeing the grandness of nature, we realize that we are just a speck in the magnitude of the universe. CoVid-19 No explanation needed

Behavioral change takes time. While we have the discipline, skill and survival kits to survive CoVid-19 we developed and honed through the years. it is certainly challenging and difficult for a mountaineer to do a critical step asked from the citizenry; to stay at home.

Stay alive. Ingat lang po

Inspired by my mountaineering friends. Dedicated to all

Machine Measured Covers

Roomie Official. Technically measured covers by a talkative hyperactive young Swedish YouTube commentator Joel Gustaf Berghult

https://youtu.be/jPoLeJJsbCw
https://youtu.be/uXDSEcD5nE0

Confident, creative, well versed in pop music, he is straight forward with his critiques even if hurting. Particular with auto-tunes, diction, wrong lyrics, off-synchs, generic interpretations (admitting he too is guilty) but states there is nothing wrong and demeaning. His primary criteria in appreciating artists songs is, "how can it stand out in the sea of talents."

Observant, he is quick to spot opportunities and faults of renditions of up and coming and established mainstream artists. His inputs are concretely substantiated and can be taken lightly because of humour, contagious laughter, fast talk and "pabebe "

His channel is inserted with animation making it visually interesting and fun to view especially if one is into pop music. He too likes poking fun at himself praising his greatness.

(Joel is impressed with Marcelito and has high regard for the talented Filipinos.)

Joel narrates his journey on his 15 years struggle in his channel.
https://youtu.be/YyGWy3lXBIc

Not who is but where is?

Municipalities and cities named after family names of personalities with cultural and heroic contributions are common in the Philippines. But named in full including the middle initial is exceptional. Have you been to Braulio E. Dujali in Davao Del Norte?

To get there from Panabo, you pass through a banana plantation where you are required to soak your shoes walking in a disinfecting mat. In the same area you spot the Davao Penal Colony. Prisoners provide labor services to the plantation. The thought of prisoners tending to a farm brought back images in John Steinbeck's 1939 novel "The Grapes of Wrath," a piece of literature we dissected in college.

All these were triggered by a municipality named after a first, middle initial and a last name of an important person.

From Wikipedia, B. Dujali was the leader of a group of settlers from South Cotabato.