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Ever since graduating, me and my college girlfriends have been postponing plans nonstop. After two years, we finally had a short trip out of town since one of us can only have two days off and her nature of work is quite strict with leaves. Hence the video name, Plans na Madayun (plans that pushed through LOL).

My girl Gia made this and try to spot me at the Hanging Bridge clips. I was shitting my tits. I've been to Bohol maybe three times and if you've explored all over Cebu, Bohol will taste familiar. Cost of living especially at Panglao is more expensive than Cebu since it's become a tourist capital of the province. There are many travel bloggers out there that have extensively covered where to go and I haven't explored enough. However, there are some food recommendations that I always tell friends if they were to visit:

1. Get the pesto spread from the Bohol Bee Farm. Aside from being a bread and pastry spread, I highly encourage you to use it with pasta.

2. The Buzz Cafe of Bohol Bee Farm has impeccable ice cream. My favorite is the peanut kisses flavor.

3. Ice candy from the Butterfly Sanctuary. Please do, maybe two. Or three.

4. A recent discovery, peanut fingers. Ditch the kisses, opt for these. Purchase a big-ass pack at the vendors outside Hinagdanan Cave.

5. There are restaurants at the Panglao beach area that cater to different cuisines. I only discovered this during our recent trip. We ate dinner at Isis that specializes in Thai cuisine. I say skip the grilled meat and fish products as these tend to be overpriced- this holds true in other restaurants in the area. But they serve huge-ass prawns. Damn.

I'll update this with more pictures and will maybe plug about where we stayed, which was the Panglao Bed and Breakfast owned by sir Boy. TBH, I tend to get lazy when I'm out with friends since they're the ones trigger happy with their cameras. I'll share with you my trip to Baguio last February with my partner soon as that will definitely be picture heavy and we got the chance to explore the city for 4 days.

See you later guys.

Disclaimer: The statistical data to be shown does not reflect the views of the writer (she's not a registered voter anyway, unfortunately).

My full time job requires looking at statistics before coming up with marketing efforts so we eat analytics for breakfast few days a week. Today I shall welcome you to the wonderful (and accurate) part of the internet!

It’s no secret that social media has become a part of our day-to-day living and truthfully, your live feed on Facebook and trending topics on Twitter contribute to the results shown on popular statistical analysts such as Pulse Asia. Let’s take a minute to reflect here: do you have a Facebook friend that receives a crazy amount of Likes on their posts and selfies (*cough famewhore chough)? Notice the comments section of that post and you would notice, there are several comments and replies. Check it out and come back to reading this article.

Just Googled this image. Credits to the owner/s.

There’s a reason behind that fact- Facebook has an algorithm called EdgeRank. It streamlines what appears on your feed, your friend’s feed and their friends. It decides which stories appear in each user’s newsfeed- it hides boring stories so if no interaction happens, no one will see it. Professionals around the world have learned to work with this tool because most friends and fans of a certain page never get to see updates made. Now let’s take a moment to view statistical data thanks to Google Analytics as of April 25th(click the photo to enlarge):

*Jejomar “Jojo” Binay has received few spikes in trend statistics over the last several months due to the controversial charges he is currently up against.

*Miriam Defensor Santiago’s stats are slowly rising because of her recent appearance at the 3^rd Presidential Debates.

If you would notice on your feed as of this moment, a lot of people post about their favorite candidates and resort to bullying other people who have different opinions of their own. People against Rodrigo Duterte also share posts that advertise against him. People who have sided with Duterte relentlessly defend for their candidate and it sparks a point of conversation all over your newsfeed. People who defend and are against Mar Roxas sparks a point of conversation all over your feed. The point here is that regardless if you are for or against a candidate, you are contributing to his/her online marketing efforts. Bongbong Marcos, although generally popular in Luzon has been poorly received by those against his father to the extent of organized demonstrations and concerts aside social media posts urging voters to vote for other candidates. Even so, he disappearing off your live feed and the top spots at surveys won’t disappear anytime soon (click the photo to enlarge):

*Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s momentum was spiked last February and has pulsed downward ever since the start of the campaign.

*Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan is not reflected since the search limits to 5 terms and he ranked lower than the rest of his opponents.

At the end of the day, bad publicity is still good publicity. So support your candidate as much as you can and stop propagating against another candidate because you're just doing him/her a favor! Leave the Dutertards, Martards, Noytards, Daang MatuWEED, Poetards and all other tards you can think of alone. Capiche?

You can test out this statistical tool by Google yourself by visiting google.com/trends.

Jessy Speaks

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