jimmyelmo
kitty,cuddly,kitten,stuffed dog
Showing posts with label lenten abstinence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lenten abstinence. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

It has been a week since my socmed hiatus

Today is the 8th day of the month and technically it has been a week since I deactivated and logged off my social media accounts in Twitter and Facebook...

And by gawd!

I SO MISS IT!

I don't know how much more I can endure my quiet mobile phone at night after work... or even when I stop for a breather at work... it has been really quiet...
To be honest...



What I really miss so much is my fangirling... My fangirling over Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza or the phenomenal loveteam in the Philippines called ALDUB...

If you don't know much about them you can go and search for them online or on Twitter and Instagram and Facebook...
 
 
I still have LOTS of photos on my phone obviously but...

I don't want to get into much on what I have been fangirling over the past 2 years... I will just feel sadder that I don't get to be updated on whatever is happening in their careers and in their lives and I also miss the friends I met online because of these two...

I just really miss them... my stress relievers and my happy pill... Seeing them together oncam in their regular show, Eat Bulaga... And chatting with my peeps online - Aldub Nation is what the fandom is known as...

 

Well aside from my hiatus from social media, I also am not watching TV much anymore and so I redirect my time to watching online stuff and now this... blogging again...

One week...

A couple more weeks before I go back to Twitter... and Facebook... and the rest of the socmed platforms...

Haaaaay.... Is it April yet?!


All photos credit to their original owners.

If you want to know more about Alden and Maine, ALDUB and the Aldub Nation just search the keywords online and on Twitter 

Or check out my other blog, I think I posted a few about them there http://tikisoka.blogspot.com 

Or wait until I go back to Twitter and see my profile http://twitter.com/tikisoka or my fangirl account on Instagram http://instagram.com/tikisoka_fg

Friday, February 2, 2018

Coloring by numbers

Day 3 of my socmed hiatus and I am really trying to change my habits...
So yesterday after work, before watching my usual kdrama online,
I colored a page from my sister’s coloring book... I didn’t finish the whole page but it was enough for me...
This morning though when I woke up, I grabbed my phone to check and as usual it has been quiet...
So I opened the coloring by numbers game I have installed on my ipad and did a few...
I already did a few when I first installed the app




And I discovered something...
I can color using photos taken by my camera!
Hahahaha
I did a few of my face and gawd it is not easy!
It would really take time...
If they did not have to call me in for lunch I would not stop and take a break from it


So I wonder how long will I last with this one until I get bored again and look for some other game to kill time...
Perhaps going back to my pending reads...

Will get back to you on that...

Thursday, February 1, 2018

It took me to do a socmed hiatus to blog again

As the title says...
I'm back to posting here because I promised myself
that I wouls let go of social media - particularly Twitter and Facebook
and even Instagram and just stay connected thru messenger apps,
email and text.
Gawd! When I first thought about it I thought I would literally cry...
I have been immersed in socmed esp because of my fangurling
for the past 2 years and yeah I fuess I would have to recalibrate
and change my habits so as not to be too dependent...
As you can see I haven't been blogging like I used to...
There are alot of other hobbies or habits I let go in lieu of my fangirling
and socmed...
But I guess this isn't counted as socmed...
I plan to chronicle my days off socmed...


Today is Day 2

I decided to start early instead of starting on Ash Wednesday because
something personal came up and I had ro immediately attend to it
So this prompted me to deactivated earlier than I first planned...
I said goodbye for now to a few of my contacts online so they would know
at least that I did not die haha

So this morning, instead of my usual habit of going online on Twitter to
be updated, I just checked Viber messages I missed during the night and then
What else to kill time? I installed a coloring by numbers app haha
I colored a few until I had to be picked up and go to school...

I downloaded a few news site app kn my phone, Twitter has been my
newspaper ever since so I need alternatives during this hiatus to be updated.

I also thought of blogging about this hiatus and so I downloaded the blogger
app too

And I am on the way to work now while I am writing this on my phone
Adding a screenshot for you to see what I am doing at the passenger seat haha

And so... In a few minutes I will be at work so I won't need to go online much except for work so I have a whole day to get my mind off my socmed hiatus...
Sort of like those withdrawal pangs people go through haha...

I can do this!
One day at

Sunday, March 13, 2011

for 40 days, I'm staying away from...

Lenten season started last March 9, Ash Wednesday and as a habit I thought of what else could I abstain from aside from eating meat and fasting...

The day before Ash Wednesday, after discussing with my friend Katek and qualifying and looking for all the loopholes, I've decided to stay away from sweets - cookies, candies, cakes, ice cream, anything chocolate - that means goodbye desserts!

And the 1st test.... our intern gave us polvoron and brownies for us to share! hahaha

The next day... we went to Starbucks at the new store in Glorietta 5 and after a long discussion with the barista... I had and suffered through a GREEN TEA LATTE! I kept the cup sleeve because it was cute and green!

thanks to Sheila for this photo

I was supposed to meet my friends after work on Saturday... and when they confirmed the date... where else were we going to meet? At Cafe Mary Grace! Goodness! It was my first time there in that coffee house and I just had to list down the recommended ensaymada and pastries and tsoknut chocolate that I will try the next time I visit the place - I had carbonara instead...

Also on that same day... I met up with Katek again... and for dinner, we tried out Amici pizza pasta gelato - yup! I had the pizza and the pasta and not the dessert! haha

Goodness! I can do this! I know I can survive the rest of the 34 days! haha


oh and I deactivated my Facebook too if you would care to know