A few weeks from now, I will be leaving my beloved first country assignment of Burkina Faso. Though it may not be the best country to conduct my training but I learned to love her. That, despite of my poor French communication skills and my not-black-not-white-skin. I’m out of place. I’m maybe the only Filipino in the country as of the moment. Well, I’m not … Continue reading Au Revoir Burkina Faso
This video is very dear to me. It took me a year to complete this video but it’s all worth the fuss. Date: December 21, 2015 to Devember 21, 2016 Countries: Burkina Faso | Senegal | Philippines | Malaysia | Cambodia | Togo | Guinea Thanks for watching! Continue reading A Year in the Life | One Second a Day Video
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
The hype of Pokémon GO is very real. I don’t know in Facebook but in Instagram, it’s as if everyone is training to be the best Pokémon Master ever. Pokémon is a game very close to my heart. I started playing Pokémon with my good ol’ Nintendo Gameboy in the 2nd grade and played through high school. Actually, this is one of the few video … Continue reading Pokémon GO et Dakar, Senegal Tour
Part of our training program in our company is the 3-4 years overseas OJT. This is after the classroom training, local OJT in the Philippines and the advance technical training in Japan. Our company sends its trainees in different countries. As of writing, there are 100+ trainees and graduates which are sent in 23 different countries around the globe. We send trainees to the US, … Continue reading Real Life Lessons from Burkina Faso
I’ve been craving for chips for over three months now. I don’t usually eat chips when I’m on site because it’s rarely available. During my home leave in the Philippines, I didn’t get the chance to eat crisps too because I traveled a lot. So this afternoon, I went to the restaurant to inform the caretaker of the house that I don’t have electricity. This … Continue reading Money Well Spent
So I’m stuck for another more year here in Burkina Faso. A West-African French-speaking country. I’ve been here for over a year now. Because of that, everyone expects me to speak fluent French now. I also thought I can do a year and emerge victorious and with a new learned language in my pocket. But what went wrong? You see, I hated my country assignment. … Continue reading My love-hate relationship with French (not the fries)
As you can see the trend of my posts, I really love eating and ihaw-ihaws. This time, we ate at the Charaptor in MoA seaside. I’ve been hearing good things about this restaurant so we decided to try it out. This restaurant has more Filipino touch. From the meats and the fish. They also have sushi btw and a variety of drinks. What’s bonkers is … Continue reading Charaptor | SM MoA, Philippines
eat read shoot film. repeat. 