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Takeaway (#1)


Hi again! A week ago I finally returned to this blog, publishing my reflection on Saturdays. I plan to post a blog post fortnightly. But this time I like to do another thing which I hope would be regular in Dispatches. I call this Takeaway. Every Takeaway, I attempt to show below links on things I've seen, read, watched, or listened to in the past days and weeks. And they are all laid out here in bits, pieces, and highlights. Hope you like it. Here we go:

💻 FEED


 Government media: Government-owned Radyo Pilipinas (738 khz on AM band) has a new program every Saturday. It's Cabinet Report sa Teleradyo. Their second episode is interesting for its discussion about digital terrestrial TV, Emergency Warning Broadcast System, Datacasting, and better Internet connections. Also sneaked in were upcoming improvements on the Philippine Broadcasting Service.

On marriage


About the self


 Tunganga comics



📄 ARTICLES

“No matter what you are experiencing, sweet or bitter, good or evil, no matter how long it’s lasting, he has not left you alone.”

"[I]f our pleasures are blowing the whistle that our hearts are not enthralled with Jesus, that we don’t love him supremely, it’s time to come to him and repent and invite him to search our hearts and ask us his probing question, “Do you love me?”

Print media: British newspaper The Guardian has a new format. On print it's now appears in tabloid-size, and online it has a new look. But it appears that the same commitment to independent journalism sticks. I love it to learn that their profits go not to an owner, etc. but to a 'trust'. (link here)

▶ VIDEOS


 Blackpink House: The reality show's second and third episodes just show more of Blackpink while on vacation, inside and outside their pretty (as pretty as them!) Blackpink House. 

 Ep. 2 Highlights: Jisoo's two sides (EP.2-1, first 2 minutes). Jisoo's helium voice (EP.2-2, 4:59), Guerilla party with fans (EP.2-3)



Ep. 3 Highlights: Set-up with the lucky fan (first 13 minutes), Jisoo's try at Thai language ('We're hungry' [33:15] and 'I'm broke' [45:15])
RogerRaker: Vlogger Pau Sepagan has been so diligent creating content that he uploads a vlog almost everyday. What I really like about him is that his editing really does a lot of magic.




 KathSepaganVlogs: Pau's sister, Kath, also does vlogs.

🎧 MUSIC


 Hold On To Love - Jon Anderson
So much love for this chill song from the vocalist of rock band Yes. Another radio discovery. Like it so much. Good for commute, and a seat at a sofa with the feet on the foot rest

Take Me Home - Phil Collins
Thanks to throwback station FM2 I heard this song (even only in one of their stingers [mini station IDs]). Phil shows in this classic track his remarkable skill in making beats out of a drum machine. Really a Collins trademark, IMO.


Livin It Up - Bill Labounty (cover)

⏩ QUOTED




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PS: I'm so inspired by a regular post made by writer Tim Challies on his blog I decided to make my own take of it. I just find it interesting, and I hope you find this the same.
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