In this fast-paced digital age we live in, love can either be too easy or too hard to find. Enterprising app developers have invested time and money into online dating apps and social media apps geared towards increasing personal networks and strengthening connections. I have, many times, tried to connect via apps and social media sites. But let's save my misadventures on dating apps for some other time. Watch FindHer Smart's digital video series this Valentine's season explores the joys and perils of finding love online. Entitled "FindHer," it asks the question "Is Love Online?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZNdCr1LXA FindHer Trailer Intrigued? I am! FindHer seems like an entertaining way to spend Valentine's Day. And here I am Valentine's Day... about to binge watch the entire series. A bonus is Dionne Monsantoas Aika. I am a fan of hers. If you're a fellow Dionne fan, leave me a comment. The entire series is now online at Smart's Youtube Channel. Go to this link to watch the playlist of the all 9 episodes. This Valentine's Day, get inspired, laugh, cry, and even get angry with FindHer and other videos. Watch old and new series, movies, and other online videos about love and relationships and…
Category: life
Dear Love
02/06/2019 Dear Love, It's February. When it's February, I usually do this thing... do a podcast or make a vlog series. I was going to do Vloglentines this year again but I could not. Then I thought maybe I should just do what I feel is easy. You see I was never really good at relationships or commitments. But I was always good at one thing: writing love letters. Maybe because I didn't always have anybody to really talk to. Not that I did not have friends. But somehow I always found it easier to share my thoughts by writing. In journals. In personal essays. Even in school projects. In high school, I would be so busy in February. I wrote love letters. Not just for my crush but for other people. I wrote love letters that my friends would send to their girlfriends or to their crushes or to the girls they are courting. Often, I'd ask them what they want to say. Then, I would take a sheet from my stationery collection. And write as beautifully as I could. Sometimes, they would not even tell me what to write. I just wrote whatever I thought would put a…
Entering Jurassic Park
A few days ago, I posted this on my Ria Jose Facebook Page: I created the post in celebration of #ScienceFictionDay. But it also gave me soooo many memories. As far as I can remember, Jurassic Park was the film that piqued my interest in the sci-fi genre. First Cinema Experience Interestingly, my first memory of watching a film in the cinema was another sci-fi film. All I remember was it was a King Kong film and the first scene I remember was King Kong in a some sort of hospital bed or operating table. Via Google Search, I recently found out that this movie was "King Kong Lives." King Kong Lives Movie Poster According to Wikipedia, it was released in 1986. I was around 4 years old in 1986 but I am not too sure if the film was released in our city on the same year or if my memory is accurate. I did enjoy that movie and many other sci-fi movies like ET, Batteries Not Included, Back to the Future, and even Robocop. But I was not particularly attached or fascinated by these films. Entering Jurassic Park Sometime in the early 1990s, I saw the trailer for…
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January 2018 Word: NEW [Blogging Challenge]
It's 2018 and there is no better way to start the year than with a challenge. This year, I want to push myself to be a better blogger, vlogger, content manager, netizen... whatever it is I do. One way I thought I could push myself is to require myself to post in every online outlet I have at least once every month. And I can achieve this by imposing a theme for every month. Let us begin with the January 2018 Word: NEW. January 2018 Word: NEW. New clothes. New smile. January 2018 Word: New New may mean anything. A new me. A new dish I made or tried, a new habit, a new friend, a new product. Anything new. Whatever new means to me and you, in different ways, that is ok. For clarity, though... the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines new as follows. Definition of NEW 1 : having recently come into existence : recent, modern 2 a (1) : having been seen, used, or known for a short time : novel (2) : unfamiliar b : being other than the former or old 3 : having been in a relationship or condition but a short time 4 a :…
Today’s Lessons
On the day I honor my father and the marytyrs and heroes who fought against Martial Law, a callous and ignorant person had the gall to throw sh*t all over my post. Instead of empathy and compassion, he chose to be rude and condescending. He chose to victimize me. I do not even know this person. We do not have any mutual friends. I was angry. But my anger has turned into profound sadness and pity. Sad to say, he represents just one of many Filipinos who continue to choose ignorance, who continue to be prisoners of propaganda and lies. It is emotionally exhausting and intellectually taxing to deal with these people. But we must. Otherwise, we fail to honor those who sacrificed their lives. Open your eyes. Free your mind. Do not allow yourself to be limited by your own experiences. The world does not revolve around you but it is yours to explore and learn more about. Do not be enslaved by what is in front of you. Listen to people. Converse. Read. Be educated. Develop a critical mind. Most of all, use your heart. Be compassionate. Choose kindness even when faced with callousness and hatred. And to…