The Life of Honey

Finally! I’ve been waiting for this contest! And to be given by the company of PLDT! I’m sooo glad! My Dad works at the PLDT so, of course, we have Fibr! It’s very efficient especially most of our family members are techy and internet addict.

My mom likes to surf Facebook a lot and watches TV channels through internet and My Dad watches Naruto Videos through online streaming whenever he gets home. My brother and I love to play online game and just imagine how fast our internet connection should be while we use the same connection all at once.

Have you seen the PLDT Home Fibr? It’s freaking cool! I love cars, especially sports cars (I usually attend different car shows around Metro Manila) and for PLDT Fibr to explain how Home Fiber-Optic Internet works through these is genius and catchy. It effectively explains how their connection works in a cool way.

If you we’re to create a character inspired by Fibr, what special skills would he’she have?

I were to create a character inspired by Fibr, it would be almost like the superhero named Flash from the DC Comic universe. Yep, she’s that fast! Imagine, if the hunger games just started and the weapons are placed at the middle of the arena, the Fibr character would be able to access the weapons faster than the other tributes!

It’s a great asset to have a speed like that. I would able to pick the weapon that I wanted, unlike Katniss in the first Hunger Games. Surely, it’s a lot easier for me to outrun an attacker. I can attack rapidly and won’t be able to give some time for my target to get ready, an element of surprise! If the character is fast as the Fibr, it would almost have the superhuman reflex which would be able to evade all the attacks given by the other tributes.

Obviously, if there’s a character inspired by the Fibr, it would surely be the Annual Hunger Game Victor.

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As I said in the previous post, I’m going to post my everyday schedule for me to be a better person. It is also a way for me to feel guilty if I wouldn’t be able to follow these plans for myself, knowing that you guys knew about my self-improvement plans.

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 1:30 – Prepare my things for School

1:30 – 2:30 – Get Ready For School

2:30 – 4:00 – Travel to School

4:00 – 9:00pm – Class Time

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 9:15 – Prepare Things

9:15 – 10:15 – Get Ready

10:15 – 11:30 – Travel to School

11:30am – 9:00pm – Class Time

                12:00nn – 1:00pm – Lunch

                3:30 – 4:30 Break Time

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 10:00 – Leisure Time

10:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00pm – 3:00pm – Schoolwork Time

3:00 – 3:15 – Prepare Things

3:15 – 4:15 – Get Ready

4:15 – 6:00pm – Travel Time

6:00 – 9:00pm – Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00pm – 2:00pm – Schoolwork Time

2:00 – 2:30 – Prepare Things

2:30 – 3:30 – Get Ready

3:30 – 5:00 – Travel Time

5:00 – 9:00pm – Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 1:30 – Leisure Time

1:30 – 2:00 – Prepare Things

2:00 – 3:00 – Get Ready

3:00 – 4:30 – Travel Time

4:30 – 9:00pm - Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 10:00 – Leisure Time

10:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 3:00pm – Schoolwork Time

3:00 – 3:15 – Prepare Things

3:15 – 4:15 – Get Ready

4:15 – 6:00pm – Travel Time

6:00 – 9:00 - Class

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

Obviously, I scheduled my meals, sleep, and workouts in the same time so my body would be able to get used to eat since I don’t have regular time for the things that I’ve just said. I’ve got my home exercises and yoga videos from YouTube. Hopefully, I would be able to follow these schedules most of the time.

I also have different time allotted for Travelling to School since it depends on the time of the day if it’s crowded and many people uses my usual public transportation or not. It takes a lot longer if it hits the rush hour especially during Wednesdays and Saturdays.

I decided to give myself some time to prepare my things like packing up a snack, preparing my uniform, etc. Because usually, that’s what makes me late when I realize that I haven’t prepared my things yet and I just got out of the bathroom. I’m disorganized and clumsy so I have to prepare it beforehand. And of course, my Sundays are my free days!

Our 2^nd semester began last week, I haven’t met all of our professors yet but it’s almost the same schedule. The only difference is that it’s quite easier to handle compared to our previous one because the standard number of units is lower now.

My grades for the last semester have been my lowest so far and I’m not planning to let continue that way or to even maintain it. It has been my morale booster and now, I’m trying to get a productive and healthy lifestyle.

Yesterday, I made a day to day schedule from Mondays to Saturdays so I would be able to use my time wisely especially now that our research for our individual major thesis is about to start. I know I won’t be able to follow these schedules all the time but I want to at least be strict with myself. It’s for my own good anyway. So here it is:

My Not So Busy Monday Schedule

7am – Wake up

7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast & Stretching

8:00 – 9:00 – Home Exercise

9:00 – 12:00nn – Schoolwork Time

12:00 – 1:00pm – Lunch & Relax

1:00 – 1:30 – Prepare my things for School

1:30 – 2:30 – Get Ready For School

2:30 – 4:00 – Travel to School

4:00 – 9:00pm – Class Time

9:00 – 10:30 – Travel Time

10:30 – 11:00 – Dinner

11:00 – 12:00mn – Schoolwork

12:00 – 1:00am – Yoga and Prepare for Bed; Sleep!

So that’s an example of my everyday schedule. It varies everyday depending on my class schedule, of course. I’ll just post the whole schedule separately into another post. As you can see, the title is "My Not So Busy Monday Schedule" because I know that when our major plate comes, I won't be able to do these things, let alone sleep. 

You might be wondering why I’m trying to do this. First, I want to be productive and be on time. I’m always late but there are times that I’m too early for a class or a meeting. I’m inconsistent! Second, as I said, I’m trying to have a healthy lifestyle. I seldom do some exercise and I know I’m not healthy. I procrastinate A LOT and I want to change it.

I took advantage of our new schedule and create a new lifestyle. I know I won’t be able to follow exactly what’s written on my schedule but what I’m trying to reach as a goal is to have a pattern that would make me a dynamic and effective, especially when it comes to my studies. I really want to get a better grade and I know I have to do something to make it happen!

Few weeks ago, my brother got married. It’s only a civil wedding given the situation that he got his girlfriend pregnant. I didn't go to his wedding anyhow. I just told everyone that I’m busy but honestly, I was only in room, sitting in front of my computer. I know that’s rude, I should’ve gone to his wedding no matter how much I hate him. It may be because of our unhealthy sibling rivalry or all of the things that he’d done to me for the past decade, or maybe both. You might think that sibling rivalry is just normal but there is growing evidence that in a minority of cases, sibling warfare becomes a form of repeated, inescapable and emotionally damaging abuse. Just like what happened to me.

I know competition between siblings is very common. It is just a normal part of growing up in a family. We all say that sibling rivalry is perfectly fine and healthy, but there can be times that it becomes dangerous.  It may lead to severe physical violence, psychological distress, serious illness and disability in siblings.

Based on my research about sibling rivalry, it’s always about what parents can do. What can I say; I’m a little bit bummed about it. What parents can do? Then, How about ‘what the person who’s experiencing it can do’ besides telling my parents who doesn't do anything about it? Because honestly, I've tried to talk to them and they said that they’ll do something about it. Blablabla. They did nothing. They didn't even try. All they did is that, talked to me, asked what I want and such, offered some useless gadgets I don’t even need and don’t even want.

Of course I didn't accept their ‘bribe’. First, as I said, I’m not interested. Second, it would only make things worse. My brother would be jealous of those things, etc. My counselors already talked to my mom, but then, nothing really happened. I even tried to cut myself just to prove my point, to let them see that I am hurt not just physically but emotionally as well. Since I don’t have evidence regarding my emotional hurt, I tried to let them see that I’m crying out for help through these physical pains. Honestly, it’s kind of addicting. My body craves for the stinging pain.

Anyway, this sibling rivalry affected my life a lot more than I want to. I've always thought that my brother would always protect me which is the exact opposite of what’s been happening. The things that my brother did to me would always be engraved into my mind but I hope that someday, I would be able to get past all those bad memories.

Obviously, it’s been too long since I posted a ‘real’ blog post. For the past few weeks or even months, I wasn't able to write an ‘acceptable’ post due to a lot of reasons. This semester, I wasn't feeling like myself. I've done things I know I shouldn't have yet I didn't give a damn about it.

This month, I've only wrote to join blog competitions and earn free movie tickets. It’s annoying. I created this blog as an outlet yet after reviewing my entire posts for the past few months, it didn't seem that way. I've been trying to write this post for a week now. There are times that I even wake up in the middle of the night feeling that I’m in the mood in writing this. Clearly, this topic is something that I couldn't write in one sitting (or maybe I could?)

Downward Spiral, a depressive state where the person is depressed and it keeps on getting worse. I got past this state. I think. I’m not even sure but if there’s one thing I’m sure about, it’s the people that are here by my side, knowing that I could always count on them.

Even though I have my reasons, I know I've done things that aren't acceptable that even I can’t believe that I did it. If you have read my blog post, Understanding Depression, you’ll know that I have depression for quite some time now but I never thought that it would get worse to the point that I’m inflicting physical pain on myself. Yep, Self-Harming. I never thought I would do this. If someone told me a year ago that I would cut myself, I would have laugh in their face. Back then, I never understand the point of harming oneself until I realized that I’m doing it. My counselor told me that it’s a silent cry for help. For me, it’s kind of releasing some of my distress and it gave me a temporary relief.

Thankfully, I've stop doing it. My counselor ever wrote a contract to bind our agreement about this. Luckily, the scars in my arms aren't that visible anymore unless you’re actually going to look for it otherwise, it’s not noticeable. For days, I wasn't allowed to be alone in everything. Technically, I didn't have my privacy which is a very important thing for me. I always have someone by my side, literally, so I wouldn't do any kind of self harming even though I swore I won’t.

And that is only the beginning of my downward spiral...

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I love texting all my friends to stay connected with them. Sadly, not everyone has always-available time, and not everyone loves texting as much as I do. Unlimited Calls is the solution for that matter. It’s more convenient, fast, and effortless. However when the messaging apps came, and I couldn’t blame it, it’s more fun with all those emoticons, we use it all the time if and only if, we both have internet connection. Now, with the use of Globe’s Promo, we can use it all the time.

I’m really thankful with my telecom’s offer. I’m really glad they made this.

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