310 – On Recapping 2021: The Year That Was (Part 2)

Now, let's proceed with the numbers for 2021 and compare them with those from the year prior. The Monching's Guide logged a total of 8,346 views and recorded 4,218 visitors for 2020. This could be attributed to the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders put in place that year. As people were no longer allowed to go …

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309 – On Recapping 2021: The Year That Was (Part 1)

Now, 2022 is already a month in, but it feels like the clock has frozen – thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The world has dealt with two variants, the B16172 Delta and B11529 Omicron strains, which are more infectious than the initial strains that emerged from China. It has also seen a so-called "new …

308 – On A 2021 Fourth Quarter Update (Part 4)

Of course, the holidays are never complete without food. Thus, the last part of my fourth quarter update for the previous year will touch on that. My Florida-based aunt who sent the US Army jacket I mentioned in a previous post also sent us several food items. She sent two jars of instant coffee, a …

307 – On A 2021 Fourth Quarter Update (Part 3)

I'll focus on the non-food items I got for both my birthday and the Christmas holidays, which fell under the fourth quarter of 2021, for the third part of this series. All in all – I got two pieces of outerwear, two shirts, a belt, a new pair of eyeglasses and a new pair of …

306 – On A 2021 Fourth Quarter Update (Part 2)

December was a rather busy month as the holidays neared. Alongside that, the B11529 omicron variant started to make waves – forcing countries worldwide to impose lockdowns and intensify inoculation drives. Fortunately, we managed to sneak in some last-minute trips before restrictions were tightened here in Manila. Putting those aside, I published three triptych entries …