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i don't know how to answer this coherently, but let me try...

we like because, and we love despite.

pari ka pala...

i think that's completely normal. we all have our sad days, days when we just don't want to do shit. feeling sad isn’t at all unusual, kasi feeling sad is a normal human response.

in my personal experience, sadness that doesn’t have a clear reason behind it can be attributed to burnt out or from the feeling of a hungry soul, and it may occur from time to time.

pero be careful and observe. if the feeling doesn’t seem to improve, it may suggest something else is probably going on.

i think i've said this before but my biggest pet peeve is a dull conversation and an even duller conversationalist!!!

parang:

hi, kumain ka na? - oo

kamusta araw mo today? - ok lang

anong ginagawa mo? - nakaupo

KUNG GANYAN KAYO MAKIPAG-USAP, UMUPO NA LANG KAYO SA TABI 4EVER, WAG NIYO NA KAMING GAMBALAIN PA!!!

and i know and understand that a lot of people are not good conversationalists, pero mahirap bang ibato pabalik 'yung tanong sa kausap niyo?

parang:

hi, kumain ka na? - oo, ikaw?

kamusta araw mo today? - ok lang, ikaw?

anong ginagawa mo? - nakaupo, ikaw?

THE LEAST PEOPLE CAN DO IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALSO IN THIS CONVERSATION!!! ANO 'TO, INTERVIEW??? KAMI NA LANG BA MAGTATANONG???

ok i'm not sure if i'm the most qualified person out there to answer this question, and i don't know if i can explain it correctly, and most importantly coherently, but here's what you need to know...

there's this group of 30 counties called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founded sometime in the 1940s. it includes countries such as France, UK, Italy, Germany, Canada, and of course, US, among others. these countries formed an alliance whose nature is to agree with and to support each other on political and military views (this means that if one member of the Organization is attacked, most, if not all, other members will come to help defend the member being attacked). this particular organization was primarily formed to prevent the Soviet Union (another group/organization of countries mostly from Eastern Europe and Asia which was established around 1920s and fell around 1990s) to expand their borders. "expanding borders" in its simplest definition means to conquer or to dominate another country.

both Russia and Ukraine are currently not part of NATO. But, Ukraine was under consideration to be a part of said organization. Ukraine's membership in NATO was seen by Russia, specifically its current president Vladimir Putin, as a threat because Pres. Putin is claiming that NATO is breaking some agreement between NATO and the Soviet Union to stop expanding borders, but according to NATO, such agreement was never made.

Russia and Ukraine also used to be one major functioning country, which is also why Russia still sees Ukraine as being part of its sphere of influence. so now that NATO is considering expanding even up to Ukraine, Russia is "protecting its own" by means of going to war with Ukraine, which for me is counterproductive since even the Russian citizens are protesting against the war instigated by their president.

China is in a good working relationship with Russia, and China also has a history of financing Russia's activities, but i'm not sure where China stands with all of what's currently happening. and we all know that China and Taiwan's relationship with each other is controversial because of their political stands.

to answer one of your questions, yes, the Philippines and other countries around the world are at risk, and repercussions of this war will be evident in the global economy because Russia is the third-largest producer of oil in the world, and we all know that oil, among other things, is a pretty big contributor to our economic growth.

imagine this, if oil prices increase further than the current prices, mas magmamahal ang mga bilihin at mas liliit ang halaga ng piso kontra dolyar. third world and developing countries, such as the Philippines, will directly take a hit, and common citizens like you and i will also suffer.