Back to ECQ! It’s Dalgona coffee season again! Yawa!

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Dalgona is trending I suddenly remember the summer of 2020. One year ago. It’s my Dalgona-versary today 

I guess we’re back to Ube Cheese Pandesal, Baked Sushi and Dalgona coffee phase all over again.

It's Lockdown S2E1

ECQ na naman!

The Palace announced on Saturday that NCR, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Bulacan will be placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine starting March 29 to April 4.

How do you feel about Greater Area Manila being put back to ECQ status like in 2020?

Alexa, play Supalonely while I break my arm whipping this Dalgona coffee! Lemme get my whisk and start doing that Dalgona s*** again. 

Or not!

We're repeating 2020, except this time we've lost the optimism to make Dalgona coffee and draw oranges on our IG story. We're done being called "resilient". We're done watching this government turn a pandemic into profiteering. 

We. Deserve. Better.

ECQ ulit.

But this time, there will be less people who will just hang back and explore hobbies or learn new skills, or even make Dalgona coffee.

The year-long lockdown has bitten so deeply into the economy & our livelihoods that this time, there will only be desperation.

HOW TO MAKE DALGONA COFFEE

1. Combine sugar, coffee & water

2. Whisk using a mixer or whisk it by hand til it becomes thick & foamy

3. Fill glass w/ ice & milk. Then swirl the mixture on top. If desired, throw it to Duterte kasi wala naman siyang kwenta. Magresign nalang siya!

Week 1 of Pandemic: I made Dalgona coffee 

Week 52 of Pandemic: I've been seeing the past in one eye and the present in the other.

#InaaSAMnaGintongKorona: Miss Grand International 2021

Wazzup Pilipinas!

The new Miss Grand International 2020 is USA. Third Beauty pageant. Unplaced at Miss Universe 2014, Top 20 at Miss Earth 2019 representing Ghana.

She's a Ghanaian with an American citizenship so I'll take it as a win for Africa too.

History repeated itself (goosebumps)!

Miss Universe 2012 × Miss Grand International 2020

During the coronation night held in Bangkok, Thailand tonight, Samantha was crowned First Runner-Up despite an outstanding performance and a unique answer at the final Question & Answer portion.

The story in Miss Universe 2012 happens in Miss Grand International 2020: The one who says the best answer settles in second.  

Congrats, Samantha Bernardo! For us Filipinos you are the Miss Grand International 2021 

BAWI TAYO SA MISS UNIVERSE!

Well anyway, congratulations to the both of them. Philippines, you know the drill. Eyes on Miss Universe. It's the real battle! 

Your turn, Queen Rabiya!

On a positive note, Miss Grand International elevated pageantry during this pandemic. How they staged this pageant should be emulated. Miss Universe, better step it up.

I might get my Miss Universe loyalty card revoked for appreciating Miss Grand International's production . 

Tbh nag-improve ang system nila and ang quality ng mga candidates.

Miss Grand International's questions are mind-boggling. Miss Universe should learn from MGI especially on crafting timely and relevant questions. 

To be fair ha, quality answers from the Miss Grand International queens. The gowns too! I dare say this year's pageant is better than the previous Miss Universe pageant. 

And the platform they gave to Miss Myanmar! 

We can make fun of Miss Grand International all we want but the political awareness they’re doing right now for Myanmar is just wow. Miss Universe wouldn’t even dare to do this. Most Americans don't care about Asians. 

I love how Miss Grand International address the issue in Myanmar. Brave to call out Myanmar. Bukod sa maganda ang production, spontaneous and smooth ang pageant, may substance itong pageant na ito. Very promising.

True to its words, the organization made this year a grandslam competition. They made it appear like we're watching Miss Universe with some touch of Miss Earth and other beauty contest. But this is MGI. And it is just so meaningful, I almost cried. 

We can’t also deny the fact that Samantha  and the rest of her team are delivering the Miss Universe standard.

Idk about ya'll but I really felt Samantha Bernardo winning Miss Grand International that night. She gave us Filipinos the Miss Universe tension, taking MGI to another level. She deserved it so much. 

The competition was Miss Grand International but Samantha Bernardo's overall performance was suited for Miss Universe.

This gave me Janine Tugonon Miss Universe 2012 vibes. Gave the best answer but had to settle for second place. 

Miss Universe lost Janine Tugonon.

Miss World lost Catriona Gray but now a Miss Universe

Miss Grand International lost Samantha Bernardo

SAMANTHA ISN'T DESTINED FOR MISS GRAND INTERNATION, SHE'S DESTINED FOR THE MISS UNIVERSE CROWN!

Why always Philippines?

Sadly, Samantha will be beyond the age limit of Miss Universe after her reign as Miss Grand Philippines. I wish they will change the restrictions soon.

Philippines records highest one-day tally of coronavirus cases

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

The Philippines records its highest one-day tally of coronavirus cases on Friday, March 26, 2021, with 9,838 new cases.

Total cases now at 702,856.

Almost 10K cases in a day. More than a year of pandemic. And yet this admin keeps on believing the falsehood that they made that we are “excellently handling” this pandemic. 

This is the result of incompetence and hubris. This is the government's failure.

Shocking that there are still people who are rooting for this current administration that still have the audacity to make face on screen. GRABE NA!

Scary na talaga sa panahon ngayon lalo na when you have unprofessional government officials who are running the country making bleh faces on TV. Disgusting!

Frontliners cried upon hearing the news na almost 10K yung positive today.

“umiiyak na kami. pagod na pagod na kami.”

Please let’s do our part in minimizing this outbreak.

It’s what we fear. What’s alarming is some of the severe cases who are admitted are young people without comorbidities.

The fastest way to slow down transmission is to implement ECQ for 2 weeks at least. It's bad for the economy but if we don't do it, our healthcare system will collapse in a week time.

Hospitals are running out of beds, facilities and equipments. There should be a sense of urgency at this time.

As the country breaks again its record for the highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases, we are calling on the government to expand its testing scope and healthcare capacity to avoid overwhelming hospitals. 

Two weeks ago, the spokesman of president Duterte claimed the government's pandemic response has been "excellent."

“We did a very good job given that... we lack health facilities and we lack funds for the health sector,” Harry Roque said.

Magyabang ka pang vhaklang 'to!

Then.....now:

JUST IN: CHED allows 24 colleges, universities to hold limited face-to-face classes beginning second semester of AY 2020-2021.

CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera says these schools can "bring their third and fourth year students for hands-on training and laboratory classes."