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Achieving 3,000 public watch hours is no small feat and Carmina Lifestyle has done just that.

As newcomers to YouTube, figuring out how to grow a channel and encourage people to rewatch videos to hit the 3,000-watch hour's goal can be a challenge. It’s not easy when you’re not famous and only start getting noticed by meeting new people, joining their live streams, and engaging in conversations. Along the way, you learn who’s worth purchasing a membership from—those who truly support you—and that some channels don’t need to buy memberships because they already help with your public watch hours. Whenever someone watches my videos and leaves a comment, I make it a point to visit their channel and interact with them too. It can’t be one-sided, and viewers should watch because they’re genuinely interested. I’ve met people who claim to be subscribed but never actually watch, so I don’t focus on them since they don’t help increase public watch hours. There are also those who stick to short videos for quick engagement without contributing much to watch time. In any friendship, mut...

Cabanatuan City, Philippines

  I went to Cabanatuan City the home town of my mom where she grew up with her family. The drive takes 3 to 4 hours drive from Manila.  Every time we visit her home town we eat either in Rustica Restaurant that serves Filipino and Asian dishes. Address : Maharlika Highway Across from Zulueta Street Cabanatuan City, Luzon 3100 Philippines Contact : +63 44 940 7927 Beef Sinigang with Gabi Soup Barbecue Pork Ribs Butter Garlic Shrimp Cabanatuan is known for garlic longganisa served for breakfast. Buro (ferment rice) is a common dish to buy in the Cabanatuan Public Market. I was able to discover someone selling smoked dried fish that is related to the person whom I just went to visit last Sunday in Balanga Bataan. What a small world the person who runs the one in Cabanatuan is the brother and the sister runs the one in Balanga, Bataan. Tip : Rainy season the dried fish are more expensive.      ...