*Here is Grab Your Passport, We’re Leaving’s Spotify page. So, what are some new things you planned to pursue this 2021? I have been contemplating on two things since 2019: quitting Instagram and starting a podcast. Since putting up my Instagram travel account last 2017, it has so far gathered 17,000 followers and I found…
Macau deserves to be appreciated more as a travel destination. Just saying. With a show of hands (assuming I’m TED-talking here), how many of you have actually traveled to Macau? With ‘actually traveled’, I mean not as a day tour from Hong Kong. I’m asking because a lot of people I know treat Macau as…
I was born and raised in a small town south of Manila with an abundance of mountains, a beautiful lake, and forest areas. I remember my adventurous spirit spans back as early as my primary school and high school days where I would go on a random excursion with friends and classmates where we climb…
Daaaamn, 2021 is fast-approaching! As I have mentioning in my old social media accounts and in my previous daily blogs here, one of my goals for 2021 is to quit social media for good. For one, I want to look at another perspective on my own creativity without consuming a lot of inspirations. Second, I…
10 photos of Southeast Asia food I was able to try in each country, and here are their back stories: SINGAPORE: Chilli Crab, Mantou Buns, and Teh Tarik 🇸🇬 Chilli crab has been on my SEA food bucket list and had it for my solo celebratory dinner (‘coz I rock and roll solo 97% of…
If I’m being honest, I don’t have a super fixed ‘morning routine’ (or whatever you wanna call it). A lot of friends of mine would know that I hate routines, so much. I hate repeating things, I am a person of spontaneity, and I always look forward to surprises that could happen every single day….
Have you always thought of traveling somewhere? Not in my case. Honestly, until now, I am still surprised with myself in terms of how I got addicted to traveling like I do today. I created a short film expressing how traveling came as an afterthought to me:
Here’s another short film because I’m feeling so extra today. 😎 Yes, there are indeed no rules. There are no rules on how to be creative and how you’re supposed to live your life. Trust me, I know how liberating it is to live your life in your own terms. I still have some things…
I’m trying so hard to combat my laziness and make brisk walking and photo walks a regular thing. Today I was able to pull myself out of bed to go outside and walk around. Boy, Manila is so back to its usual weekday craziness. 🥴 I have a lot of passion projects in mind, and…
Ten years ago, I started embarking on a journey to go around the Philippines and Asia to take photographs of beautiful landscapes, museums and historical sites, architectural wonders, street art, and the candid daily affairs of people, all while keeping a full-time job. Ten years after, here I am. (Travel and street) photography still sets…
Okaaay, vacation is over! It’s time for me to go back to Manila (aka the real world) to resume working at the start of the week. It was a refreshing (but a little stressful and triggering) week in Batangas, but I find maximum convenience and comfort working in my space in Manila. My siblings and…
Is it just me, or Instagram could really ruin someone’s creative process? This photo I’ve taken in Myanmar somehow made it to the Picture Perfect section of Manila Bulletin, a national newspaper in the Philippines, and, along with my other photos, to a photo exhibit at the University of the Philippines Asian Center (featuring grad school classmates…
It’s been almost a year of love-hate relationship with Instagram, and I really feel like Instagram sucks nowadays. It’s already taking toll of my time and (mental) health, so I need a break. That’s it. I’m taking a hiatus from it. I celebrated my birthday today with two work-related tasks. In the morning, I had…
So, you’re still not convinced that traveling in my 20s were more than just a ‘waste of time and money’ and more than just a source of content for your Instagram feeds? Read on, I’ll convince you otherwise. I became kinder to strangers. Whenever you travel, chances are, 100% of the people around you are…
What other fun way to celebrate your birthday solo than spending it on a very nice and heavenly resort in Cebu? When I 20s arrived, for some reason, I decided to start a tradition of going away somewhere alone to celebrate my birthday. Cebu Pacific has been offering cheap flights to Cebu every now and…