Marion Talavera Gets His First Number One in My FABE OPM Top 10

Marion Talavera tops my FABE OPM Top 10 countdown for the first time as Stranger Now moves to the top spot.  Here are my ten favorite songs by OPM artists for the week ending November 17, 2023.

#1 Stranger Now (#2)

     Marion Talavera

#2 Ikaw Lang (#3)

        Nobita

#3 Pinadama (#4)

      Zack Tabudlo

#4 Di Namalayan (#5)

      Benedict Cua

#5 Matapang (#6)

       Vivoree

#6 Higa (#7)

     Arthur Nery

#7 Ulit-ulit (#8)

      Jason Dy

#8 Face to Face (#9)

      Jorik Katalbas

#9 Kapiling (#10)

         Meowfie

#10 Elevate (NEW)

         Jeff Grecia

 

Indonesian Singer Tulus Tops My FABE International Top 10 Countdown for the Second Time This Year

 

Indonesian singer Tulus tops my FABE International Top 10 countdown for the second time this year as Tujuh Belas moves to the top spot.  Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending November 17, 2023 -

#1   Tujuh Belas (#2)

 

        Tulus

#2 Virgo's Groove (#3)

        Beyonce

#3 Terrible Thing (#4)

  

        The Killers

#4 imagine (#5)

        Ben Platt

#5 Happy Not Knowing (#6)

        Carly Rae Jepsen

#6 When I Get There (#7)

        P!nk

#7 Charlie Be Quiet (#8)

       Charlie Puth

#8 Sex Talk (#9)

      

      Kim Petras

#9 The Great War (NEW)

      Taylor Swift

#10 Mastermind (NEW)

        Taylor Swift

MY BUCKET LIST IN MY 50s

 

In another post, I wrote about some dreams which I still want to achieve.  This post lists more feasible dreams which I want to pursue.  Here they are -

#1 Make a photography concept 'Wintle Boys'

#2 Write a book on my prison experience

#3 Write a book on my gay life.

#4 Write a play or screenplay.

#5 Put up a production company - AVM Productions.

#6 Tour Borneo and Java islands.

#7 Travel to Slovenia and Malta

#8 Produce short Youtube films.

#9 Produce a film.

#10 Set-up a gay-themed website

#11 Take a master's degree in Art Criticism.

#12 Take a doctorate.

#13 Attend a Summer Olympics.

#14 Attend a Winter Olympics

#15 Attend an Asian Games

#16 Attend a world gymnastics championships

#17 Attend a world swimming championships

#18 Watch the Australian Open

#19 Watch the French Open

#20 Watch the US Open

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing:

⁣ 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.⁣ ⁣ 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.⁣ ⁣ 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.⁣ ⁣ 4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.⁣ ⁣ 5. Start as close to the end as possible.⁣ ⁣ 6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what they are made of.⁣ ⁣ 7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.⁣ ⁣ 8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.⁣

Sleeping with Shit on My Adult Diaper

How to Deal with Competition

Know who you are

I love writing and covering music, movies and tennis.

What you stand for

I stand for integrity, honesty, hard work, creativity and justic

Where you want to go

I want to finish Mama's book.  I want to write my book.  I want to make Youtube travel videos.

I want to make videos on movies, music and tennis

Why you want to get there

I want to share my thoughts to the world and make them appreciate those things more.

PROJECTS - UPDATED FOR NOVEMBER 2023

'It is now November 2023 and I am reading this plan of action.  Some I have done, many I haven't so I am editing it to suit my current situation.

MONDAY

1. Weekly affirmation.

2. Work on Mama's book.

3. French 

TUESDAY

1. Spanish

2. Design clothes for Greenbelt shop.

WEDNESDAY

1. Bahasa Indonesia

THURSDAY

1. Screenplay

FRIDAY

1.  Book - read writing book

SATURDAY

1. Put up Patreon Library

OTHER PLANS

1. Improve video content. Get DJI camera. Study editing.  Post more videos daily.

2.  November 2023 target - US$6/day.  We are currently at US$3 per day.

3. Renovate the 'house entrance' including the 'store front' area there so it can be rented out for additional rental income.

4.  Pay HPG 60,000.

5.  Increase traffic in blogs to reach 5,000 page views per day.  

6.  Increase Twitter followers as follows - MtM - 30,000 / VF - 7,000 / TF - 1.200.  Post an interesting Tweet everyday.

8.  Increase IG followers to 1,000 (tonyfabejr).  Post an interesting photo everyday.