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One time game show contestant, oft-time urban roamer. I have nothing much to say, I'm the quiet one...which is probably why I take photos too much.

For decades, the pedestrian crossing between Shang For decades, the pedestrian crossing between Shangrila Plaza and SM Megamall was such a pain point due to its poor placement such that sidewalk in the SM Megamall portion was practically nonexistent due to an obstructing boundary wall, forcing pedestrians to walk by the side of EDSA itself. But finally, things have been sorted out despite that it took a damn long time for it to be done with part of the wall now demolished and opened to pedestrian traffic.
10 years ago and some days ago, we were invited to 10 years ago and some days ago, we were invited to guest on the radio program hosted by Grace Bondad-Nicolas to talk about documenting Philippine heritage. This was done actually a few days before the registration of our nonprofit organization Grupo Kalinangan, which aims to document and promote Philippine cultural heritage.

This year would be/would have been the 10th year of the organization. Regardless of what had transpired in the past 10 years, I have always been proud of the work we had done and the passionate heritage advocates I have met along the way.
After years of being stuck at home during New Year After years of being stuck at home during New Year’s celebrations, the opportunity came to spend it somewhere else, a place quite nice and near to me. So what better way to document the experience than create a video about it...something I haven’t done for a long, long time.
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