{"id":4148,"date":"2017-10-04T22:51:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T02:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/?p=4148"},"modified":"2017-10-04T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T03:02:23","slug":"back-to-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/?p=4148","title":{"rendered":"Back to Blogging&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s been more than three years since I last updated this site.  Looking back, certainly a lot has happened.<\/p>\n<p>I read somewhere that it&#8217;s important to create something everyday.  Whether that be drawing something, painting something, building something or just writing something down.  I read that piece awhile ago, but for some reason, it just came back into my mind tonight, and I guess it&#8217;s time to start creating again.<\/p>\n<p>So like I said, a lot has happened\/changed since I last posted and a lot of things have still stayed the same.  Some notable things to mention:<\/p>\n<p>1) I did a small animal internship at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.<br \/>\n2) I got married.<br \/>\n3) I got a new job.<br \/>\n4) I am still a big foodie, but due to my new commitments, my traveling trips are now few and far in between.<br \/>\n5) I am still a nerd, but in the last few years I&#8217;ve focused more on tabletop gaming (rather than video games), miniature painting and the like to pass the time.<br \/>\n6) I am still in New York practicing small animal medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm&#8230; so I guess a lot has changed since the last time I posted.<\/p>\n<p>So now I have a wife, I do a few new things I do to pass the time, and I&#8217;m pretty comfortable where I am now. Guess it&#8217;s time to restart this blog and re-open the Pillow Book for more entries. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking that I&#8217;ll post some random tabletop gaming blogs to add to this site. Also, it&#8217;s probably time to shut the Filipino Vet Student part of this site down.  I&#8217;ll leave it up here for posterity&#8217;s sake, but obviously I won&#8217;t be posting in that part of the site anymore since I&#8217;m no longer a veterinary student, but a full-fledged and licensed veterinarian.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I hope you guys are doing well.  It feels good to be writing again&#8211;I&#8217;ll try to do it more often in the future.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s been more than three years since I last updated this site. Looking back, certainly a lot has happened. I read somewhere that it&#8217;s important to create something everyday. Whether that be drawing something, painting something, building something or just writing something down. I read that piece awhile ago, but for some reason, it just came back into my mind tonight, and I guess it&#8217;s time to start creating again. So like I said, a lot has happened\/changed since I last posted and a lot of things have still stayed the same. Some notable things to mention: 1) I did a small animal internship at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. 2) I got married. 3) I got a new job. 4) I am still a big foodie, but due to my new commitments, my traveling trips are now few and far in between. 5) I am still a nerd, but in the last few years I&#8217;ve focused more on tabletop gaming (rather than video games), miniature painting and the like to pass the time. 6) I am still in New York practicing small animal medicine. Hmm&#8230; so I guess a lot has changed since the last time I posted. So now I have a wife, I do a few new things I do to pass the time, and I&#8217;m pretty comfortable where I am now. Guess it&#8217;s time to restart this blog and re-open the Pillow Book for more entries. I&#8217;m thinking that I&#8217;ll post some random tabletop gaming blogs to add to this site. Also, it&#8217;s probably time to shut the Filipino Vet Student part of this site down. I&#8217;ll leave it up here for posterity&#8217;s sake, but obviously I won&#8217;t be posting in that part of the site anymore since I&#8217;m no longer a veterinary student, but a full-fledged and licensed veterinarian. Anyway, I hope you guys are doing well. It feels good to be writing again&#8211;I&#8217;ll try to do it more often in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4153,"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4148\/revisions\/4153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonpinoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}