Hi! I just want to share my kakampink story here. Ako po si Mike. OFW ako since 2015. 3rd country ko na ang Japan. 3 years na ako dito and recently lang ako nagparenew ng registration ko to vote. Ano ang deciding factor at bakit tiyinaga kong pumila for 5 hours sa Philippine Embassy sa Tokyo kahit maulan para lang makaregister? May tumakbong kandidato na … Continue reading My Kakampink Story
-work (very busy because end of fiscal year)-office (I hate it. JK. Not really but it’s just a hassle to iron my clothes, travel for an hour 1 way and do my work. The same work that I can do at home)-solo coffee dates (I just love to pretend that I got my sh*t together)-solo photowalks (I don’t have any other hobbies)-going out with friends … Continue reading Life Lately, 2022-Q1
Sorry for ghosting you. It’s been months since my last blogpost. I just got busy with life. Actually right now I’m waiting for the 8:13 express train to our office. I realized this morning that I can blog during my idle time like this. I was consumed with the dread to go to work every morning that I usually self pity on my daily commute. … Continue reading Life Update: Happy New Year
Two years ago, I wrote this blog post about my near death experiences in Burkina Faso. I got sick with Malaria, missed a coup d’etat and a terror attack. That’s why this photo is very important to me. Malaria changed me. I borrowed a couple of paragraphs from that post but you can always check out the blog post here. Mike two years ago: So … Continue reading Through the Lens: Malaria in Africa
Today marks the 6th Death Anniversary of my mother. I don’t know what to feel. 6 years have passed in a whim. I can’t even remember her voice now. I’m scared that one day, I’ll forget her face too. But weirdly enough, i can vividly remember my dream about her a few days before her death. In my dream, we were in an escalator. It … Continue reading Six Years of Emptiness
I’m used to working non-stop. In my last site, I work from 5:30 to 16:30. That’s Monday through Saturday. My work load in that minesite in Burkina Faso was not a joke. I get just enough energy to eat dinner and that’s about it. Haggardo Versoza days in Burkina Faso Fast forward to my site here in Uganda. I barely do anything. For this month, … Continue reading Lifestyle Change
A month ago, my life has literally no direction. I have plans until the Coldplay Concert but after that, I’m just a plastic bag drifting through the wind if we can borrow the words of Katy Perry. When our office in Makati called me to do our company brochure for the fourth time, I grabbed the opportunity and just went with the flow. Two weeks … Continue reading How these Kids Changed my Life
In a few weeks, I will be turning a year older. To celebrate my 25th birthday, I decided to make a blog but made a video on my YouTube channel instead. I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions because I know in my heart that I won’t follow them anyway. But this year is different. I made this #GOALS video which is similar to … Continue reading #GOALS | On Turning 25
I haven’t blogged in a while now. I’ve been very busy adulting to earn some dough for my future travels. My original target is to post a couple of posts in a week but I failed. I’m such a disappointment. I can even see my mother in heaven shaking her head now. You see, there’s nothing wrong with adulting. We’ve been preparing for this since … Continue reading Dark Clouds Overhead
This morning (actually, a couple of weeks ago) at the restaurant, I noticed something’s off with my Site Manager. He was just newly assigned in our site a little over a week ago but I can read people like that. He looks sad, and tired. Lack of sleep? Missing his family? I just shrugged it off and continued with my bacon and egg breakfast. But … Continue reading Life Lessons from a Site Manager
eat read shoot film. repeat. 