According to the MBTI, a very popular yet highly arguable tool used in determining an idividual's personality type, I am INFP. And according to statistics, a scientific tool reducing everything into numbers and percentages, only 4% of the world's population are INFP, and that would make us rare. In addition to this ~rarity~, I have this condition wherein I see time (in weeks, months, and in years) and number sequences in my head. It's apparently a form of synesthesia, called Time-Space or Spatial Sequence Synesthesia (SSS), wherein people like me visualize time and numbers which are projected and mapped within our minds. It's like a cognitive map on how we experience time and the number line. Studies found that only 1% of the population has synesthesia, and a portion of that one percent is those with SSS. Talk about rarity! But however rare I could be, I can't say I am one of those one-of-its-kind gems that's worth a million dollars, or one of those rare species of living thing that would've disrupted the balance of nature were it to become extinct. Well I don't see myself that way at least; I'm sure society would agree with me. I mean, look at me--I'm a 26-year-old freelancer (aka unemployed), still clawing my way through college for a mere piece of paper and a handshake. Oh I am rare, all right. I'm an outlier--a renegade, challenging the curve. However, outliers like me are exactly why society remains fluid. We prevent society from being too static, monotonous, boring. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I am different, unpredictable, strange, and really REALLY weird. I just hope this uncommonness could at least leave a relevant mark in the face of this planet before this universe turns back to nothing.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Like everyone else here, I love going to different places to expose myself in different cultures and landscapes. I've always traveled with family, friends, and colleagues within the country but have never traveled independently (well, once I've flown to and from NZ alone, but I stayed with my relatives so I can't truly say I've gone on a trip by myself.) I'm planning on doing that real soon, though. Cebu and Bohol are on top of my list of places to visit by myself. But first I must save enough money for tickets and provisions. Definitely, Couchsurfing could help minimize lodging expenses, especially for budget travelers like me. Plus I don't really mind having to stay in some stranger's space, although that sounds a bit scary. But hey, that's part of the thrill! And strangers can't be all that bad, right? I mean once you get to know them a little bit, share a meal with them, I guess they wouldn't be that much of a stranger now, won't they?

兴趣

I am into

▪ eating
▪ photography/cinematography
▪ music
▪ films
▪ mountain biking
▪ swimming
▪ reading
▪ crochet
▪ sewing
▪ longboard skating
▪ hiking and camping
▪ science and social science
▪ eating

• fish
• arts
• culture
• photography
• documentaries
• dancing
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• movies
• reading
• crochet
• music
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• swimming
• freelancing
• science
• social science
• statistics
• budget travel

音乐、电影和书籍

Favorite artists:
▪ Erykah Badu
▪ Arctic Monkeys
▪ BADBADNOTGOOD
▪ The Black Keys
▪ Frank Ocean
▪ Bonobo
▪ Deftones
▪ Mouse on the Keys
▪ Toe
▪ Phoenix
▪ Cibo Matto
▪ Up Dharma Down
▪ Red Hot Chili Peppers
▪ The Doors
▪ Pixies
▪ Kula Shaker
▪ Tahiti 80
▪ The Internet
▪ Mabanua

Favorite films:
▪ Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Henry Selick
▪ Beetlejuice, Tim Burton
▪ Big Fish, Tim Burton
▪ The Science of Sleep, Michel Gondry
▪ Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
▪ LOTR Trilogy, Peter Jackson
▪ Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro
▪ Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino
▪ Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson
▪ Role Models, David Wain
▪ Thelma and Louise, Ridley Scott
▪ Exit Through The Gift Shop, Banksy
▪ Blue, Derek Jarman
▪ Manila After Dark, Ishmael Bernal
▪ Himala, Ishmael Bernal
▪ Insiang, Lino Brocka

Favorite books:
▪ Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
▪ Hope for the Flowers, Trina Paulus
▪ Mythology, Edith Hamilton
▪ The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
▪ The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
▪ Anthem, Ayn Rand
▪ The Three Incestuous Sisters, Audrey Niffenegger
▪ One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
▪ LOTR Trilogy, JRR Tolkien
▪ The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
▪ Cubao 1980, Tony Perez
▪ Endless Nights, Neil Gaiman
▪ The Sandman, Neil Gaiman
▪ M is for Magic, Neil Gaiman
▪ Short Stories by Philip K Dick
▪ The Time Machine, HG Wells
▪ 2BR02B, Kurt Vonnegut
▪ Asterios Polyp, David Mazzucchelli
▪ Maus, Art Spiegelman
▪ Dune, Frank Herbert

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I was involved in the production of Walang Rape sa Bontok (Bontok, Rapeless), winner of the 38th Gawad Urian for Best Documentary, together with three of my colleagues-turned-friends from Habi Collective. What's amazing about it, aside from our courage to break the taboo of rape and sexual harassment by speaking up about it on film, is how our team contributed to the preservation of the slowly dying Bontok culture in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Cordillera, Philippines.

And just recently, I won grand prize for my very first documentary film, Magtatahi Nakurah (Tailoring Leadership). The competition was set by The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), with the theme: Filipino women as culture bearers. It makes me real proud to have written and directed a documentary that was worth catching the attention of folks from the NCCA. I think I may have actually found my calling :)

教，学，和分享

I wanna learn to

▪ dance on a longboard
▪ ride a motorbike/scooter
▪ free dive and scuba dive
▪ catch a wave on my own
▪ catch a fish on my own
▪ catch a wave and a fish at the same time on my own (I understand this is a very difficult trick to learn, but if you know how and are willing to share this special knowledge with me, let's start dropping everything and get to surfing and fishing at once haha!)
▪ windsurf
▪ kite surf
▪ ski and snowboard
▪ write and speak a different language (and retain the knowledge)
▪ pack light (literally and figuratively)

I can teach you how to sew and crochet if you think it useful for you :)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I have not much to offer, but I could share stories of my experiences over a smoke and/or a cup of coffee/tea or a couple bottles of beer--it's on me! And if resources allow, I could cook us a meal and/or whip up a bowl of my mom's special sour cream dip everyone just can't get enough of!

我游览过的国家

New Zealand

我居住过的国家

Philippines