Happy Independence Day!

And yeah, I'm back to blogging.

It's exactly 90 days since the Philippine government have implemented the community quarantine here in NCR (National Capital Region) due to the Covid19 Pandemic. As of this writing, we have a total of 24,787 cases, 1,052 deaths and 5,454 recoveries. We still have 18,281 active cases which means 74% who were tested positive are still fighting for their chance to live. Looking at the data, I'm not really sure if we're flattening the curve. There are news of a possible vaccine within the year but who knows when?

Looking at the brighter side of this pandemic, a lot of good things happened. Mother Earth is healing! No traffic. Less pollution. Most countries are on lock down. Most people stayed at home. Families are bonded together. There are lots of wanna-be chefs who mastered cooking and baking. People with green thumbs rekindled their likeness to gardening. New entrepreneurs had the guts to do their business online because of the demand, may it be food or essential goods.

Basically, life forced us to go back to the basic things that matter. This pandemic gave us the time to re-organize our thoughts and feelings. The time that we've always wished for but we cannot have because of our other priorities. Now that we have all the time, this is the perfect moment to think about our mission in life and be closer to God.

From the bottom of our hearts, let us pray for the end of this world pandemic. So we can finally say out loud and proud "Happy Independence Day!"