Milo's Corner

I miss the times when I travel with friends and online acquaintances. I used to travel to a different local destinations. Some were daytrips and some were overnight and some took a few days away from the city. I'm a part of a get together group at Meetup.com since 2013.  I started to join their events and activities so I can be out of the apartment once in a while. I resigned from my office based job and found a gig to work from home in 2013. So to fight my boredom and be able to socialize a bit I joined MTAG, short for Manila Trips and Get Together. The group is one of the biggest in Meetup PH. It grown to 2,800 membership in about 2-3 years it was organized.  I'm super active starting 2013 to 2017 then I kind of rested a while. The group is still at Meetup.com and being maintained by Chris. He is the original organizer and along with other event organizers. As everything slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic so did the meetup group. Now that everything is picking u...

       Who would have thought we come this far? I have been thinking in starting this blog again lately. I'm not sure what to post and what will be interesting to do myself.      After the pandemic, there were lot of things that are nice to write about as short blog entry. Tidbits. Maybe less than 500 words. I will write short pieces to make it more readable or digestible for anyone who is interested to read.      Most of us did suffer existential crisis during the pandemic. I felt the greatest fear of my life. I was afraid that I might catch Covid19 and die alone. Have you felt the same?       I'd been living alone for most of my adulthood. Yea, I never thought of getting extra baggage like having a relationship or two. But I don't.      I'm a fur parent and certified plant lover. It came about during the pandemic that I got into plants.       I was a fur parent to Milo. He was pure...