Mr. Dad versus the Boys

 The last day of 2020 has arrived. I could do a long rant about what this year brought us all, about Corona and lockdowns and all that, but actually for us it wasn't that bad. This was the year that Mommy and the Boys came to the Netherlands. And that makes me very grateful, even if it took a bit longer because of COVID-19 and the lockdowns in both the Philippines and the Netherlands. I have been working at home since April this year, which meant two hours of travel time less and more time to spent with my family (gezin). In my larger family (familie) there were two cases of Corona. My brother and sister-in-law and my niece and her boyfriend got sick. All of them are doing better now, although my niece and her boyfriend still have trouble with their sense of smell. But yeah, all-in-all 2020 wasn't that bad for us. Year End Party 2017/2018, Philippines What I do want to talk about today is the traditions we have in the Netherlands and the Philippines for celebrating the end of t...

 My first blog is going to be about MOBA's. According to Wikipedia MOBA stands for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena and is a subgenre of strategy video games in which two teams of players compete against each other on a predefined battlefield. Each player controls a single character with a set of unique abilities that improve over the course of a game and which contribute to the team's overall strategy. The ultimate objective is for each team to destroy their opponents' main structure, located at the opposite corner of the battlefield. However, MOBA games can have other victory conditions, such as defeating every player on the enemy team. Players are assisted by computer-controlled units that periodically spawn in groups and march forward along set paths toward their enemy's base, which is heavily guarded by defensive structures. The most well-known MOBA's are DotA (Defense of the Ancients, 2003), League of Legends (2009), DotA 2 (2013) and Heroes of the Storm (201...

Mr. Dad (a.k.a. MaxxHoorn, 46) lives with his girlfriend (Mommy, 48) and her two sons (Onyx (18) & Kuromochiii (13)) in a small town near Hoorn in the Netherlands. Mommy, Onyx & Kuromochiii came from the Philippines in the middle of 2020. They are currently learning the Dutch language and culture. Since Onyx & Kuromochiii have a father, we settled on the nickname Mr. Dad. We're all into gaming, movies, TV series, etc., but because of the cultural differences between Europe and Asia and because of the age gap, our interests don't always align. That's where the 'versus' comes in. Don't worry, we're not fighting about it, just comparing. And sometimes we all like the same stuff, like Star Wars. Mr. Dad is into Marvel (and a bit less DC) in comics, movies, games and TV series. Also he likes to play games like Fallout 76, Marvel's Avengers and Fortnite on the Playstation 4. This fills up most of his spare time outside work and chores at home. Momm...