It has been a mentally challenging year for me this 2020. Despite the global pandemic that started last March, I still made some progress and achievements this year.
Personal
- Maintained my expense tracker for the whole year
- Bought a new planner from Where to Next
- Started collecting ITZY merch (magazines, albums, posters, photo cards, etc.)
- Supported local FB Gaming and Twitch streamers
- Supported local businesses selling specialty foods
- Reinvested to Bitcoin and XRP
- Joined Clara Benin’s Patreon page
- Joined Clarafied’s Discord server
- Celebrated Toby’s 4th birthday 🐶
- Trained Toby how to seat
- Made cups of dalgona coffee
- Received a care package from a close friend
- Partially redesigned my room
- Experienced a lot of mental breakdown and burnout throughout the year
- Bought computer accessories for online learning (and teaching)
- Bought a CCTV unit
- Booked an international trip for April 2021
- Purchased an air fryer
- Purchased a Tanita scale to monitor my body weight
- Purchased a GoMo SIM card
- Subscribed a Netflix account
- Took a swab test and experienced home quarantine for several days
- Ordered a LOT in FoodPanda and GrabFood
- Purchased a LOT of Facebook stars and mobile gaming credits
- Planted trees at Ipo Watershed c/o GCash
- Got scammed several times donating money to different people
- Helped a friend set up a Facebook page for her online food business
- Introduced a close friend to my relatives for the first time
- Taught some friends how to play the violin
- Upgraded current Internet plan from DSL to Fiber
- Opened a payroll account in Metrobank
- Met new strangers on Twitter
- Fiddled with my violin during my free time but never had a chance to post a complete cover
- Disconnected with someone for the sake of mental being
- Visited the newly built sports complex of DLS-CSB before it was open to public
- Walked from Luneta Part to Manila Bay to Buendia
- Tried chasing a thief of a friend’s phone, from Makati to Pasay
- Celebrated my birthday with some of my work colleagues
- Remained single for the whole year
Dev
- Accepted a web application project from Korean clients
- Maintained Themes & Motifs website
- Maintained By Camilla website
- Got my hands with ASP.NET Core and EF Core full time
- Applied continuous deployment using Azure + GitHub
- Developed and maintained sales and inventory systems for different clients
- Maintained a website for an NGO
- Sent a lot of website proposals + portfolio links for potential clients
Academe
- Experienced full online learning for the first time
- Prepared online materials (recordings, courseware) for programming and web development courses
- Attended boot camp/workshop for courseware development
- Conducted online capstone and course consultations, project proposals
- Invited former students and friends to observe during online class presentations
Health
- Maintained my weight (190 pounds) throughout the year
- Still drinking a LOT of coffee
- Started writing my daily food consumption
- Started keeping track of my blood pressure and heart rate
- Ate more junk foods!
- Started eating rice again on a daily basis
- Break my food ban against potato chips, French fries, and burgers
Travel
- No outside travels for the entire year because of the global pandemic
- Visited my cousins and relatives at Quezon City and Marikina
Events
- Watch Clara Benin’s monthly coffee date/gig with fellow Patreon and Discord friends
- Attended Clara Benin’s listening party for her latest EP album, Wine, Araw’t Gabi and It’s Okay
- Watched live streams (performances) organized by Moobos Productions, Project Padayon, and Red Ninja Production
- Watched 2020 MAMA last December
- Watched live (online) performances of Any Name’s Okay, Bamboo, Banna Harbera, Eloisa, Lions & Acrobats, Mayonnaise,
- Watched Route 196’s farewell gig last September
- Watched KCON:TACT last June
- Attended Eye Know Right’s anniversary gig last July
Social Media
- Maintained my #onesecondeveryday Instagram posts every month
- Maintained my Platinum status from Grab
- Improved my engagement and impressions in my Twitter account
- Increased my LinkedIn network, with at least 1600 connections
Leisure / Entertainment
- Binge-watched some TV series: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Big Bang Theory, Community, FRIENDS, Parks and Recreation, Money Heist, Toradora!, Itaewon Class, Family Guy, Black Mirror,
- Played Season 5 of NBA Live Mobile, with account level 97 and 114 roster level
- Spent a lot of time playing Left 4 Dead 2, with at least 60 Steam achievements
- Started playing Honkai Impact 3, Tennis Clash, and SuperStar JYP
- Made a lot of GIFs from my KPOP artists and music videos
- Watched Chris Smoove’s gameplay videos of NBA Live, Cyberpunk 2077, Detroit: Become Human, The Last of Us Part 2,
- Watched ITZY’s V Live posts
- Watched Mr. Carter
- Watched Michael Jordan’s documentary, The Last Dance
- Watched NBA Playoff games
- Watched Paris et ITZY and Bu: QUEST of ITZY episodes
- Watched the popular Netflix film, Parasite
- Watched the Filipino rendition of Miracle in Cell No. 7 alone
(Still trying to remember other significant moments from my memory.)
Looking forward to a productive and healthy 2021! Thank you for reading.
(Visited 47 times, 1 visits today)