2020 Recap

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.