I NEVER told you THIS! Answering Questions I have been AVOIDING for 3 years!

Are you ever coming back to the Philippines and live there again? When are you getting married? And are you and Mike still friends? Okay, we are back with another Q&A with Nelly and it's going to be an exciting one because I've been avoiding some of the questions for quite some time. And today we're going to spill the tea. I just want to be done with it. I just want to put it out there so that you guys can just let it go. We can forget about it and move on. Yeah, you might have figured I'm a matcha girly now. I switched to matcha pretty much when I started doing my detox. I had to quit coffee for a few weeks. So, yeah, matcha it is for me because I just needed something else that would give me the afternoon pickme up and this is a pretty healthy alternative. Yeah, when I'm drinking matcha, it's ceremonial grade matcha because it is the best quality out there. And I found this really, really delicious homemade almond milk that is fantastic and makes a very, very good matcha latte with this. [Music] Okay, that was not my best latte art, but I was focusing on filming, so here it is. Matcha. M. Wow. Yum. Okay, I have a few juicy questions for today and it makes me so happy that one of the most asked questions is how are you doing? So, we'll start with that. I'm doing very fine. I am super excited. I have some things coming up that I'm going to share today in this Q&A. And this is also a way to connect with you guys uh a little bit deeper than, you know, just the travel videos where I share my travels. So, yeah, life is really good. I'm leaving for a long trip in a week. So, a lot of travel vlogs are coming your way. So, stay tuned for that. Turn on the notification bell and it's going to be really, really good. I'm going to meet a few of you guys. You reached out to me. I posted on Instagram if anybody has recommendations for content creators or even foodies who are around. So, you guys said, "Hey, we are here. So, let's meet. Let's hang out." So, I said yes. So, it's going to be an exciting one. And um yeah, fun times and I'm really happy to see my family very soon. It's been a year. That is going to be really nice to just reconnect and spend some quality time together. Next one that I got is got a few questions I'd like I'd like to ask, but it's too personal. Just stay safe and kind. So when I say I want to do a Q&A, I am inviting you to ask me questions that are interesting to you. So feel free to ask. Don't be shy. The worst case scenario is that I will not pick your question on the blog. But always always ask. If you don't ask, you will never know. And besides that, I get asked some juicy questions all the time and I know my boundaries and I can say it in a very very kind way. So don't be afraid to ask questions. Next one. How good are you at paddle? I would say I am pretty good. I'm um high bronze, low silver. I'm taking private uh lessons right now to improve my technique and I'm pretty sure I can beat Will as a witch. So, game on. Will next time when I come to Manila, we're going to play. No question. But I just want to say you look gorgeous. Thank you so much. I've been putting in a lot of work into self-care, inner peace, surrounding myself with amazing people, eating food that nourishes me, taking care of myself, and I think that shows. I personally believe that beauty is something that comes within. So once you do the inner work, I think it shows to the outside. Okay. Next one is about my living situation and this is also a question that I get asked a lot because of my past. I lived for a very very long time in the Philippines and of course people are intrigued to know what is happening. So are you still living in the Philippines? No, I'm not. I've been living in Bali for 3 years, but I do visit the Philippines, I would say, two to three times per year. I still have friends there. I still love it there. I still explore and go to the islands. So, it is my second home after all. I love coming back. I love the people. I love everything about the Philippines. It really fills my heart with joy every time I'm there. And I just took my boyfriend to the Philippines for our one year anniversary. And hopefully someday I I can also bring my family to show them where I used to live for a very long time. And another question that goes hand in hand is are you ever coming back to the Philippines and live there again? And as of now, there are no plans, but never say never. Maybe I will just retire with my friend Cat someday, probably in Shagaw or something like that. I'll keep that open because I don't know what's going to happen in my life. It is definitely one of the amazing options that I have. By the way, if you fly into the Philippines, make sure you come prepared and install an eim. The internet at the airport was not reliable and I had to log in into the visitor registration at the immigration and the internet was not working properly. I walked outside and found the SIM stands and the eims they were way overpriced like ridiculous prices. So just make sure you come prepared because you don't want to add stress to your travel and after visiting so many countries I can confirm that airport Wi-Fi is not always working. You definitely want to make sure that you are connected to the internet to know your way around and to simply Google things translate when you are having a conversation with your driver and yeah we just need it. I'm personally a tech girly and I love using tools that make my life easier. So, SY is one of those tools. It's a new SIM app that was created by the same team behind NodeVPN, which is quite popular. And what I love about it is that you only need to install the EIM once, and you can stay connected across multiple countries. I personally have traveled to Korea, the US, and to the Philippines within a month, and SY is a real lifesaver on my trips. No more swipping SIM cards or wasting time at the airport. I also used it on my trip to obtain eim and it worked instantly as I landed. So yeah, the prices are super affordable and they have both regional and global plans which is perfect if you are visiting several places in one trip like I did. Plus SY offers extra protection features like blocking malicious ads which is important and changing your virtual location so you can browse more safely on public networks basically like a VPN. So, if you're traveling soon, definitely download the SY app and use my code at checkout to get 15% off your data plan. And of course, I'm going to leave the link in the description box down below. You can also just scan the QR code here or just simply go into the comment section. It is on top of all of the comments, so it will definitely help you a lot to navigate around in a different country. Where do you think you will be for 2026? Wow. I'm probably I don't know going to be between countries again and let's see. I really have no idea what's going to happen next year. Options are open. Let's see. Relationship. Do you have a boyfriend? Yes, I've been dating for a year and it has been really really amazing. If you have been sticking around, you already know a little bit the background story. Maybe from just like bits and pieces of content that I shared on Instagram and on YouTube. Yeah, I'm happily taken. Next question is, I haven't really seen the guy's face close up. Is he camera shy? I wouldn't say he's camera shy. He's just not a social media person, and I really don't want to push him into the social media world, onto YouTube, onto the screen. I also prefer to keep my private life private. If you've been around for quite some time, you might know that I had a very public life. I learned my mistakes from it and I definitely enjoy having more privacy in on that part of my life. So, I'm sorry. Can't really share too much about him. If he ever feels comfortable to say hello or talk to the camera, of course, I'll let him do so. But yeah, he's definitely not shy. He is very much outgoing, very similar in terms of character like I am. He's a big foodie, so he loves to travel. There's so many things that we have in common. He's an amazing person. All of my friends that met him say that he has this very calm energy. So, I just want to keep that calm and peace in my life. While on topic, I have received a very weird comment that said, "Are you going to show your boyfriend on camera? If not, I'm going to unsubscribe." And I was like, "Okay, that is uh very uh I don't know entitled. I don't know why anybody would post something like that." Uh, if you want to unsubscribe because you don't see my boyfriend's face, please do so. I'm no hurt feelings whatsoever. I treat my YouTube channel as my office. So, this is my workspace. I take you along on my journey, on my food adventures. I share my thoughts. It's called Nelly's Life. But yeah, I'm definitely not here for the drama and I don't want to push people in front of the camera who don't really want to be in front of the camera. So yeah, I definitely want to be respectful of everybody who is around me and uh not every situation needs to be filmed. I'm very happy that I can just keep things private. Don't have to prove anything to anybody. Next question, when are you getting married? And this is a question that I cannot answer to you. I have no idea when. Marriage is not something that you can force. If it happens, I'll be happy to do so. So yeah, when I know the answer, I will let you know here on YouTube or on Instagram and uh share that I am uh off the market. We're switching into upcoming trips. Any plans to visit Ireland? Would love a selfie with you. I'm not sure if Ireland is on my list. I'm definitely going to Europe and I'm going to go to potentially London, Amsterdam, Paris. I'm also going to explore south of France most probably and maybe also a little bit of Italy. If I do island, I'll let you know on Instagram, but I would definitely love to do some meetups. I really want to connect with you guys more in person. So, please follow me around. I will keep you posted where I'm traveling to and uh maybe we'll meet in real life. If you see me anywhere in the world, please don't be shy to say hi. I'm always happy to take a selfie with you guys. How do you see yourself in the next 3 years? Any plans on settling down or family living? I will go into detail with the second part of this question. For the part with the next three years, I don't know yet. I personally don't plan that much in advance. Um, I know what I want to accomplish this year and I also have some ideas for next year. And I reassess all of my goals and intentions quarterly where I just sit down with myself, look back, what was easy, what was fun, and where do I see a lot of alignment in my in my life and then I continue that direction and leave out the parts that I didn't enjoy that much. So, it's kind of like always a trial and error thing. So, I can't really say what I'm going to do in 3 years. I just know that I am staying here on YouTube. I have big plans for Freedom Creator Academy and there are also some other things happening in the background that I can't talk about yet but I'll keep you posted about that. Okay, this goes into content creation. What do you think you have achieved being a vlogger? I think besides the external success of having a community, a certain amount of followers, brand deals, really really nice life of full of freedom where I can work and live from wherever I want. I personally believe that I grew as a person. I used to be very shy. I wasn't really good in front of the camera and I really evolved into myself and I really gained a lot of confidence through just being on camera, putting myself out there. I'm also blown away by all of the opportunities that are coming my way. All of the people that I've met so far. I would have never met those people if I would not have been vlogging. So that for itself is just such a beautiful part of being a vlogger. You can express yourself. You can be very creative. You can take your own direction. You don't have a boss. There are just so many parts about blogging that I love. Yeah, of course. You know, if I can put a smile on your face, that makes me very happy. I always appreciate the comments and the messages that I receive where I can make someone's day by just showing them around what I've been up to, where I've traveled to. So yeah, what I've achieved as a vlogger is really living my own passion, living my dream, and just literally creating my own job through the things that I love to do already. So that's uh pretty cool about being a blogger. If you want to learn more about that, please feel free to follow Freedom Creator Academy where I teach you how to do YouTube. Oh, that was a shameless plug. I know. I'm sorry. Got to do that a little bit. But yeah, if you're eager to learn about that as well, I think that's a great opportunity to just start following my other account to see if this is something that would align with your goals, with your passions, um something that you would like to do. Another question is, I'm an ambassador for a mushroom coffee brand here in Canada. Any tips on becoming good at it? And I personally would share the story to why you ditched coffee. I ditched I just told you earlier on I ditch coffee because I did a detox. I needed an alternative and I really got into matcha. So share your why. You can try content ideas like I did coffee this is why or you say I tried mushroom coffee for 30 days this is what happened and just talk about the benefits talk about the changes and something that I personally believe is the transformation that it made in your life. You feel better you sleep better. You're not anxious. You can share some recipes if you want. Something that is super big on Tik Tok right now is coffee recipes, matcha recipes. You can do the same for mushroom coffee, so people can recreate that. And then you can tag the brand that you're using and then explain why you love this brand so much. And you can also go on Tik Tok and just see what other people's did and put your own touch to it. So there are so many ways to promote it. It's a trial and error thing with social media as always, but if you see that something works for you, stick to it and continue doing it. Okay, we're going into the topic of friendships. Are you still friends with the Juicy Blog? Ever planning on collabing with other YouTubers in the Philippines? First of all, yes, I am still friends with George and Lucy. In fact, Lucy reached out to me and um told me that she's pregnant when she was pregnant with her baby Remy. And currently, I'm trying to catch up with them when I'm in Europe. So, hopefully it will work out. It's a little bit difficult for them because they have two kids and traveling and vlogging with two kids is a little bit difficult, but uh we'll try to make it work. Although you don't see it on social media, we are in touch in private life. So, all good between us. We're still friends and hopefully we'll stay friends for many, many years. Okay, this is a juicy one. I you and Mike still friends? The short answer to it is no. I personally don't believe in staying friends with your ex. I don't know how you feel about it. For me, it is not a natural thing. There's a reason why it didn't work out. There's a reason why we went separate ways. There is uh no friendship involved in our current lives. We The past is the past. We moved on. And hopefully this is the last time that I get asked this question. It's been 3 years. So, so yeah, we have our lives. We have our reasons. And there's no bad blood or anything. We're just moving on. We're living our lives. And that's it. Yeah, that was the Q&A for today. If you have any recommendations for my upcoming trips in terms of which content creators to collaborate with that are in the food and travel niche or if you are a foodie that just wants to connect with me and show me around or send some suggestions, please do so. I always appreciate your suggestions for my travels. I always know that I can trust the locals. So yeah, that was it for today. I'll see you guys very soon with a lot of new adventures. Whoop! Woo! [Music]