Straight Onto The Bucket List

A week ago my favorite YouTuber posted this video on his channel, which is a montage of his sponsored trip to Montana, adventuring through in a classic 1973 VW camper van, capturing the breath-taking beauty with a drone. Sick shots.

I personally am not the biggest fan of color correcting as done by Sam, but he and Louis were the dream team. The footages were insane! For the captures that aren't hefty in edits, check out his daily vlog from here up to the round-up.

Daily Vlogging on YouTube

I was never a couch potato type to start with, but ever since I was introduced to the world of YouTube, basically you'll never find me in front of the TV at all anymore. Casey Neistat, a filmmaker was inspired by my favorite YouTuber, Louis Cole, to start daily vlogging (they are the only two creators I watch every single day). Today he reached 3 million subscribers.

It's a fat chance that daily vlogs are all natural and spontaneous. After all, the aim is to gain views that automatically generate more revenue from the advertisements (although I don't use AdBlocker; just thought I'd put it out there). They're definitely orchestrated too, just a lot less since there are also less conflicts of interest. Even so, it can still go south for the YouTubers:

Just like what happened to Jesse and Jeana from BFvsGF and PrankvsPrank (a combined 17++ million of subscribers on both channels), deciding to quit the daily vlogging life for they feel that filming their life everyday has put so much pressure into the relationship and that the whole experience has changed them. Sincerely hope Louis and Casey won't ever stop doing so!

Giant Takeaway from A Dating Show

With my startup taking a lengthy hiatus --much to my dismay-- and Lu being away traveling to London, Ibiza, Valencia, and Calpe, I've been having a lot of free time around and past midnight, being a night owl I always am. For the past a couple of days, movies streaming and e-books are no longer cutting it so I started watching The Bachelorette............. which is highly unusual since I don't watch that kind of reality show, or any kind of TV show anymore for that matter. I guess the trampoline phase of my life lately has gotten the best of me that I want nothing more than a blah show to pass the time. How many times can you say 'show' in one paragraph?

It's the ninth season, starring a bridal stylist Desiree Hartsock who is not only drop-dead gorgeous but also seems very humble and non-materialistic. I had always heard people in these shows to be the just opposite, so she immediately earned my respect and, long story short, I began rooting for her to find love here. And oh my gosh, let me tell you, I've never seen someone crying as much as she was during her final days into the program! I can't stand cry babies and drama queens (this has to do with me being friends with mostly guys growing up, I believe), but even I gotta admit that what happened to her was utterly awful, and I'm not sure I would've handled it better had it been me who had to go through all that, not to mention for the world to see.

She did get engaged in the end, and after looking her and her fiance up on Google, I learned that they are happily married now and expecting a baby, which is a wonderful news because Google also told me it's very rare for The Bachelor and its spin-offs' couples to last for any period of time at all. *poker face* Even so, it raises my alarm on how things could go very smoothly and believable in a relationship and one day it'd just blow up on your face. There is almost nothing certain in love, and the deeper you fall for someone, the vulnerable you are from the risks of having your heartbroken. It makes me reflective on how we can't rely on our partner no matter how promising the situation is, because they might not always be what they seem, or they are, but they might change one day, rocking your world that has already revolved around them.

Insecurities, insecurities.

PS: The island of Madeira, Portugal is CRAZY beautiful. Thanks for helping me discover this, The Bachelorette season 9.