Hello there fellow Hivers! How are you doing today? I hope all is well with you.
Ahh, I miss writing that introductory greeting in my blog. It’s been a while since I published something here on Hive. My last post, almost a year ago, was about the unfortunate hacking of my funds when malware infected my laptop. Sadly, that's one of the reasons why I lost interest in posting blogs here. I felt that the fruits of my ideas, effort, and time just slipped through my fingers, which discouraged me from continuing what I used to do.
Today, I am gladly writing this blog after a long hiatus. To be clear, this decision to write again was not a result of a sudden urge to yap and earn from it; it took several months of thinking about how I would start again. In fact, for the past few weeks, I have been mentioning my plan to return to writing to @dennnmarc , who has been supportive. However, I just didn't have the will and courage. Fortunately, by the time you’re reading this, I have already built the confidence to start my first, second, and third paragraphs. Thank you for reading, by the way, and I hope you find it interesting. 😂
Now, I will continue this blog by sharing a glimpse of my life in the past year of being inactive on Hive. Without a doubt, almost a year is a long time. In that span, a lot of things happened. If I were to summarize it, it would revolve around my partner, family, friends, academics, and self-improvement.
To begin with, let's talk about my romantic relationship. It's been a rough road, but I’m glad we have come a long way.
I love the way things have turned out for us. Despite the uncertainty that lies ahead, people who are special to us have accepted our relationship. For instance, my partner’s family, on both his mother’s and father’s sides, approved of our relationship. I also had the courage to confess to my mother that I’m in a relationship. At first, she didn’t agree with it, but over time, she’s slowly starting to show her support, and I am grateful for that. I really appreciate it. Although sometimes I feel she’s still hesitant, I understand since this is something new to her. Moreover, some of my cousins on both my mother’s and father’s sides also know about this. However, I’m still conscious of being open with them since some of my relatives, especially my father, still don’t know about us.
There is still a long way to go. Undeniably, it is a challenging yet exciting journey.
In terms of my relationship with my family, I feel more connected to them than ever. For example, I can talk to them about the things happening in my life, even the most unserious things. I can see that they’re trying their best to understand and make sense of it, and I appreciate them for that. 😂
Also, these past few months, we often traveled to different places. Just recently, we went to Ongpin and Chinatown in Manila. I believe these travels together gave us more opportunities to bond with each other.
Moving forward, I also became focused on academics. I enjoyed studying so much that I somehow got addicted to it. 😂 Sometimes, when I am not satisfied with my professors' discussions, I ask some of my friends if they have additional information about the topics so I can read about them. Actually, there was a point where I doubted the quality of education I was receiving because I felt that I was not challenged enough, lol.
Despite being a self proclaimed nerd, I have been able to build strong friendships. Who would have thought that someone who values education deeply would find people who share the same values and also love to have fun?
As you know, in movies, students who value academics often get left behind, have a boring college life, and become loners. But I am thankful to have friends who help me balance my college life. These people don’t take things too seriously and always find a way to alleviate stress. In fact, I can say that I have a perfect circle of friends. Just recently, we grouped together for our programming class and built an inventory system using C#. We successfully defended it to our panelists. Everyone did a good job and contributed to our project.
On another note, I also became fixated on improving and removing old habits that hinder my potential to better myself. I started first by changing my sleeping routine.
@dennnmarc is my biggest critic when it comes to my unhealthy habits. I admit it’s not easy to change when you are used to doing something. In my defense, I love to work at night because the house is quiet and there are no distractions. I tend to focus better when everyone in the house and neighborhood is sleeping peacefully, and there is no noise. But the downside is I get groggy during the day and can’t perform properly, which is not good because all of my activities, especially attending class, are scheduled in the morning. As a result, I feel irritated easily.
Next, I started to do some exercises, focusing on light cardio. I read in a medical journal that heart disease is becoming more common in younger people, and it might be explained by our sedentary lifestyle. Well, I still have a lot of goals to reach, and I don’t want to put my existing achievements to waste. It would be a waste of effort to die young, so just keep going and continue the fight.
Finally, I started building my skills since I realized that my hard skills aren’t that competitive yet. Especially in the IT field, competition is so strong that I need to show my future employers that I have a better edge compared to others.
Right now, I am focusing on web development, especially front-end development. I chose this field because I am interested in building and designing websites. This is perfect because I am also leaning towards learning graphic design. Front-end development and graphic design sound like a perfect match, right? 😂
On the other hand, aside from improving my hard skills, I am also working on my soft skills. These are also important for building my reputation at work. For example, hard skills are useless if you don’t know how to communicate your ideas with your teammates or organize your thoughts to build a plan.
Now that I shared these happenings of my life during the past months, from personal growth to academic pursuits and professional aspirations, I realize how much I’ve evolved and learned.
I believe that this new version of myself is better compared to before and I am optimistic and excited about the future challenges and opportunities that await.
Welcome back to blogging, I guess? Cheers!
Welcome back to posting in Hive indeed @cli4d! WOW and just wow!!! Your life update! I'm happy for everything that have happened to you in the past year. I didn't know it's been a year since you're gone. Time flies so fast indeed.
I should also toss away my unhealthy habits.. I feel threatened when you mentioned about heart diseases. 😅
Kahit si self hindi rin namamalayan na mag iisang taon na akong wala dito hahaha.
You're active than me naman ah. Nababasa ko mga post mo eh hahaha
It's good to be back, kli4d! It's been a long time since I heard something about you and dennmarc haha, seems that he's also not active.
It seems that you are having more achievements nowadays, congrats! Sana all sinisipag mag-aral hahaha
Good luck on developing your skills!
Thank you laulau. Dennnmarc is busy with work kaya di nya maisingit 'tong hive. I am still pushing him tho na magparamdam dito. He will try daw.
Welcome back Clipuuuuuu! You've been absent for sooooo long! Charrr, lol. But it's goo to see you here again on Hive. Pero teka, kinikilig pa rin eke, enebeeee haha. Support na support ko kayong dalwa ni Denden coz I remember lots of sweet and romantic BL manhwa that I read from you ywo, uwu. I feel like a side character tuloy that support you two love birds, uwu. ❤️❤️❤️✨
Anyways, nakaka tuwang malaman na despite your absence here, you are doing great naman in the real world. Super busy ayy. Good Luck sa mga ganap na mangyayari pa. And sana more story about you and Denden soon. Sowie na, mas excited ako dun ehhhh 😆😆. Ahhh, congrats coz legal na kayo on both sides. Ayiehhh ✨✨
Sana tulad ng mga nasa BL maging happy ang ending namin hehe. Kinilig naman ako sa side character na laging naka support samin. Thank you ate rupatot 💖.
Hoping sa mga good things at tolerable na challenge na haharapin namin :))
Hey, @cli4d! Glad you’re back! It’s been ages 😆 So happy you had the courage to get in touch again :) It’s awesome to read about all the cool stuff happening in your life. Sana magka time din si Denn!
Busy sa work si denden hahaha. Pero sinasabihan ko sya. He will try daw
Welcome back to Hive! Nakasubscribe naman ako sa landian nyo sa FB so updated parin ako hahaha.
Nandyan naman ang Hive to stay wag mo lang iwala ang keys hahahah
ay jusq HAHHAHAA, pa sweet kami madalas sa story at myday sana wag kayo maumay 😂
You have a great family and best wishes for your front-end development journey.
Keep sharing your story.
Thank you for checking my blog 💖. Probably in the coming weeks I will share on a separate blog my travels together with the fam. I will also share my progress in web development :))
Thats great. Would like to see how you move forward.
Keep going!