The hardest thing about running a blog is doing it for free. Especially when that blogger also does freelance writing work where he pitches to the publishers. How are you supposed to put something on your blog when you can pitch it and make some scratch instead? Freelancing is one of the few … [Read more...]
Presenting my new logo!
Well, it took a few hours of tinkering with Illustrator and Photoshop, but I've done it. I very nearly threw my laptop out the fifth story window of this hotel a few times, but that's besides the point. Here's the new logo for Elsewhere Man! It's supposed to be an "EM," with the E in the shape of … [Read more...]
Back to the Present
Hey guys. It’s been a while. But I’m willing to give this another go. Take me back? On my trip to Palawan, I would up connecting with another American I shared a mutual friend with. She’s from Utah, which is the only place in America where a husband and wife can have a relationship defining fight … [Read more...]
How to get to Palawan in 30 easy steps.
1. Think about it for a while, then forget about it. You've got so much other stuff to do that you want to get out of the way before you can even begin to think about going out to Palawan. I mean, you want a job, don't you? 2. Go to a networking meeting for Juice.ph, a Manila lifestyle website. … [Read more...]
The roads are goddamn terrifying.
I’m having an after-dinner beer in Café Adriatico. It’s a nice place. Wooden. Smoky. The stray cats can’t get in here and for a second I almost forget I’m not home. From our second floor balcony seat, I get to look down on the four-way intersection outside. Aya and Amira are chatting over their … [Read more...]