Then versus Now

 

Hi guys, I'm back! How are you doing?

Could I subtly disguise the fact that I have't written anything in over three years, after an insane amount of posts (well, six) in a four month period back in late 2020 / start 2021? I guess not. So I'll have to bring you up to speed a bit.

First of all, we all got older. Which should not come as a total surprise. But we had some significant milestones. Onyx became 21, Kuromochiii is now 16 and Mr. Dad has his 50th birthday in 2 months. And still all into games, comics/manga, animated TV shows & movies/anime and other nerd-stuff.

Onyx is currently doing his second year of Game Artist at the Mediacollege Amsterdam. This is where he met his current girlfriend, who is also an aspiring game artist and tattoo artist. Within the Game Artist course, Onyx chose the 3D modeling track. Besides school he still plays guitar a lot, does photography, going to rock concerts (like Polyphia) and Ikea and of course there is the gaming.

Kuromochiii will start at a new school next year (if all goes well). He wants to do something with cooking, so we registered him for a entree level Horeca (hotel, restaurant, café) course. It's not his main goal, though. He wants to be a professional esporter. It's been his dream for years and he has the talent. When we took him to GameForce last year on his birthday, he got scouted by the coauch of the Valorant team of the Esports Talentcenter Gelderland. After the try-outs he joined the esports course one day a week at Papendal (where a lot of Dutch top athletes train). Next to that he also joined a Valorant team at Dynasty esports. Besides the esports, he's also doing a lot of fitness and he went from a chubby child to a ripped teenager.

Mommy meanwhile has finished her inburgeringsexamen (integration exam) and has been working at  a Van der Valk hotel for over two years now. There she met a few other Filipinas with Dutch husbands and we often hang out with the other couples. Usually at parties with traditional Filipino food, tequilla shots and karaoke. For Mr. Dad not that much changed. New team at work since 2,5 years, but yeah, same shit, different day. Mommy and Mr. Dad are still not married. Still waiting for the annulment papers of Mommy. Annulment has been granted, but the papers take sooo much time. Hopefully 2025 we can tie the knot.

Why did I come back to this blog after 3 years?

Well, I have a lot that I want to talk about. Not personal stuff like in this post, but a lot of nerd stuff. I'm still into Fortnite and the current season features Fallout armor, so I want to talk about that. And the Fallout TV series has been aired, so there's a good connection there. Also a Last of Us TV series has got a second season is imminent. I also am binch watching For All Mankind and animated series like Scavengers Reign. And in gaming my time has been going to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the last few days to Multiversus. And maybe I'll talk a bit about the podcasts that I've been enjoying. 

So a lot of things to talk about. I hope I won't get lazy again and write another blog again soon (maybe next weekend). See you then!