From a corporate employee, I have turned myself into a freelance writer/online worker/ self-employed individual. I’m still at loss when answering forms that asks for Occupation because I still can’t believe that yes, even when it doesn’t feel like it, this is my occupation (at least for now). I’ve been tempted to write non-practicing telecoms professional. I would love to romanticize how the whole decision-making process went, how years of imagining finally became reality, and how it felt to finally
Today marks the sixth month that I’ve been out. Out of my old loop, out of a regular job generating steady income, out of my previous routine. I thought of writing this post to remember this day and to tell the story of how the past six months have been. To say that it is bittersweet is an understatement. To romanticize the experience would be to lie. The digital nomad, location-independent, strike anywhere life is not all unicorns and rainbows
Coming from a one-year hiatus, I’m back with a pretty hardcore post. Go ahead and watch the video at the end. I have a long-standing fear of small crawling or flying insects.. generally anything so small that can go and play inside bodily orifices (nose, ear, eyes, and all the other \’holes\’ we\’ve got). Thinking of these things gives me the creeps. Naturally, stories of leeches (locally known as limatik) scare the heck out of me. Limatiks are widely known
Drank my beer. Sorry Mr. Coelho. An ice-cold beer (and a few glasses of rum cola) is the most fitting reward after staying wide-awake and walking the whole day around Melaka. It’s a good thing that Melaka can easily be explored on foot. I was functioning solely on adrenaline and zero sleep, so walking was definitely a great idea. We got a map from the hostel, put our sunglasses on, and braved the hot December weather. Walking starts at the
Since Nepal is the gateway to the roof of the world, it is easy to think of this country as a destination only if you are a serious, cross-that-off-my-bucketlist type of mountaineer.I used to dream of setting foot in the Everest Base Camp and I was that person who kept on pushing it down the list because heck, I’m not yet ready (I don’t think I’ll ever be). Nepal was not a priority until a fortunate event happened that led