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 …

274 – On A Belated 2020 Recap

To borrow a song from R.E.M., 2020 is "the end of the world as we know it." The coronavirus pandemic has definitely changed the world in the span of a few months. Remote work became the norm rather than the exception. Video conferencing apps such as Zoom and Cisco Webex were thrust in the spotlight. …

205 – On Closing 2018 And Closing Doors

CONSUMMATUM EST. It is finished. God hath given, God hath taken away. Of all the slumps I have ever encountered in my five years of blogging, none has ever brought me to the point of quitting—until this. If you read my previous post last October (and if you've been following me on Instagram), I just …

177 – On Recapping 2017

To put it bluntly, 2017 was screwed over to begin with. A broken-down laptop in January cost me a lot of posts and derailed any plans I had for the blog. To add insult to injury, my smartphone's screen also got broken. (I have yet to bring both these electronics for repair. If they can't …