I am back with a fresh podcast and along with it plans for future episodes. This new episode is the first of my Life Lately series where I will share what I have been up to. Here's the first one: Life Lately May 2019. https://soundcloud.com/ria-abella-jose/life-lately-may-2019 Life Lately, May 2019 Life Lately episodes will be monthly. I hope. And I will feature what is happening in my life, exciting news, stuff I tried, recommendations, and my latest obsessions. The podcast will also contain episodes on specific themes and topics. So let me know down below if anything specific interests you. Life with Ria on Spotify And here is something totally new! My podcast is now on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/show/3DbKCph88nq3xPhnutU5NI?si=kIPNmSqqRUKOBZguk7KO7A Listen to Life with Ria on Spotify Click on the embedded Spotify player or click on this link to view and follow my podcast on Spotify. Important Links Here are the stuff I mentioned which might interest you. First, my Blogs: RiaJose.com - personal stuff, entertainment, politics, and random topicsDiyosaLife.com - beauty, style, tech, and travelKusinaMaria.com - food, cooking, and other foodie adventuresMyDavaoCity.com - everything about Davao City and the Davao Region TechnoMaria.com - tech news, apps, gadget sale alerts Other links and…
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Dear Love
05/16/2019, past 4 am Dear Love, You know how some movies take you to a time and place? I am now watching "He's Just Not That Into You." And it took me back to when I first watched this movie. Back then, I was in love with this guy. I thought he was my one great love. To me, back then, he was perfect. Smart. Hard-working. And not bad looking. He was quite charming. I thought he loved me. Maybe he did... but not as much as he loved other things. When I watched HJNIY, it brought to light a lot of things. When you're in love or heartbroken, everything means something. You relate to everything. So this movie, it made me think and realize that what we had, whatever it was, was not worth the pain and heartache. We do not all have that one great love that's epic and tragic but end up happy. Most of us, we fall in love quietly... without much fanfare and no drama. It might seem boring and ho-hum but most relationships are like that. Boring. Not worth being written about or watching. But it does not mean those are less magical than…
Dear Love
03/05/2019 Dear Love, I have been meaning to write this for quite a while now. I think this letters to no one thing will be my thing now. It certainly feels like it's what I should do. For me. And maybe for you, too. If you exist. Somewhere. Maybe in the future. But really, I think this is good for me. Anyway, I have not been feeling myself for a few weeks now. Not sad or lonely. More like tired and uninspired. I have so many things to do. So many ideas to put into action. A to-do list like I never had. And I know I should just move forward and do. Act. Not be frozen by my feelings. Mind you, I have also scheduled lots of me time. I have taken rest days. Sometimes 2 days at a time. But somehow it is just not enough. I do not know. Maybe I am just really tired or need something new or exciting to spark something in me. Thing is... there are so many new and exciting things coming my way. So much new adventures (online and offline) that I am working on. And I know that I should…
Watch FindHer to Find Love Online
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…
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…