Created 7/2/08
<font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I WANT TO PROMOTE MINDANAO TO THE WORLD.</span></font><br><br> I am a photojournalist for 14 years now and have been traveling around the country to document anything of human interest. As a writer, artist and photographer, I write, paint and capture experiences. I discover… (more) new and exciting places armed with my dental floss, cameras and asthma inhaler.<br><br>I used to be afraid to go out of my box, literally. One day after a rude awakening in my early years, I decided to live life on the edge and never looked back. <br><br>I rode on a helicopter and found myself headlong into freak storm clouds in the mountains of Banaue and crash landed on an earthworm-filled cabbage patch of the g-stringed Ifugaos. That was my first life happily wasted. I've got eight left.<br><br>I dove in the aquarium ocean of Bunaken, Indonesia without even learning how to swim. I rode in a two-seater banca in the raging waters of the Pacific to visit a remote island inhabited by an unknown cult who believes the UFOs are landing on their barren land. <br><br>I climbed Mount Apo in my highly strung state of asthma and lived to recover 10,311 ft. above sea level, wheezing from the chill. In my lifetime I've had more than 20 dogs, and now have four dogs who sleep with me.<br><br>I discovered little known places, lived and breathed with the locals, ate the most exotic dishes, and have my share of Oprah moments. I am an insomniac who loves to write in the wee hours of the morning, and scribble like there's no tomorrow.<br> <br>I am an artist minus the temper tantrums...i sketch, paint and create moments from a vivid imagination. If I find you unusual, I create your caricature on the spot.<br><br>Currently, I contribute for several publications, and maintain a lifestyle and travel column in SunStar Davao newspaper since 1994. I also give workshops on cartooning, computer design and photojournalism. My split personality is hosting on tv and big... (less)
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mindanao,
philippines,
witerary,
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