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Good Art Ain’t Cheap: Dissecting Never Not Love You from an Amateur Freelance Graphic Artist’s View

posted in Career, Creativity, Dream, graphic design, Life Lessons, Productivity, Thoughts, Ventures by lazylykee on

Disclaimer 1: No, this post is not a critique of the art as seen in the movie or of the movie in general. I don’t even know what point I am making in creating this post. Probably, to see the worth of freelancers. Or this might just be a random rambling.

Disclaimer 2: I guess I can call myself a freelance graphic artist because I earn from making digital art, so yeah.  I’m just speaking from an amateur’s point of view. So, if there is anything I’ve said about the freelance graphic design world that was in any way not true or partly untrue, then, please, enlighten me.

Watched Never Not Love You. Triggered by a scene where Joanne’s father sort of devalued Gio’s being a freelance graphic designer, living on just gigs. Had a conversation just recently explaining what exactly I am doing working as a freelancer currently. Piece these all together and here’s what I came up with. Continue reading “Good Art Ain’t Cheap: Dissecting Never Not Love You from an Amateur Freelance Graphic Artist’s View” →

3 Benefits of Being a Transcriptionist

posted in Career, Dream, Life Lessons, Productivity, Ventures by lazylykee on

A transcriptionist, or a transcriber, is someone who listens to an audio and types whatever is being said. And no, you’re not typing while listening to a live call unlike what most people who asked me what type of job is it thinks. It’s a recorded audio. I think it’s a simple job, you listen, you type. Done.

I like being a transcriptionist because I think it’s a lazy job, and I have plenty of lazy days. But before any transcriber/transcriptionist reacts negatively to this, it’s just my thought, but of course, you know the truth about this type of work. It’s lazy but it’s strenuous—in the mind, eyes and fingers. Continue reading “3 Benefits of Being a Transcriptionist” →

The Entire History of My Blogging

posted in Dream, Life Lessons, Productivity, Thoughts, Ventures by lazylykee on

After years, I opened my Blogger blog again, not this one, but my very first personal blog. I guess I owe it to my subscription to Arriane Serafico‘s newsletter. No, that’s not an affiliate link you got there. I genuinely want to share the benefits of following her.

That particular newsletter is about the New Year. We usually write resolutions over and over and get depressed about not achieving our goals the previous year. What she encouraged to better do is to start with looking back at your 2017 wins.

I thought, then, aside from my longest long-term travel (just almost a month), creating this website last year was one of my top wins. Humans my age were buying gadgets, buying houses, creating families and babies. For my 27th birthday, I gifted myself a domain and started my blog. Continue reading “The Entire History of My Blogging” →

Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia Trip for 28 Days for less than P50,000 All In: Part 3- Bali, Indonesia

posted in Beach Bumming, Beach Love, Budget Travel, Couchsurfing, Dream, Life Lessons, Travel by lazylykee on

Note: I’ve written a comprehensive itinerary about the whole trip in the post 3 Asian Countries, 28 Days, and a P48K Budget All In.

I mentioned in my previous post that I met a Filipino couple back at a hostel in Singapore. We learned they just finished the Indochina leg of their trip with Malaysia as their last destination. They’d be traveling for three weeks all in all.

At the back of my mind, I was jealous. Indochina was really my goal so I can visit my friends in Laos but eventually, my travel plan changed. And wow! Three weeks! That’s something. Until I realized, oh, I was just one week in on my own travel schedule. Doing the math, I swallowed, the thrill of 20 more days of traveling hasn’t quite seeped in yet. Continue reading “Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia Trip for 28 Days for less than P50,000 All In: Part 3- Bali, Indonesia” →

Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia Trip for 28 Days for less than P50,000 All In: Part 1-Malaysia

posted in Budget Travel, City Escape, Couchsurfing, Dream, Travel by lazylykee on

*Disclaimer*

All-in means every single bit I spent in this trip: travel tax, airfares, bus fares, etc. I also included the flight tickets for my parents since it’s sort of part of our deal (mother pays for food in Singapore which explains zero expense on those days). Though, there might be small discrepancies due to my memory gaps or some toilet usage fees.

Note: I’ve written a comprehensive itinerary for the whole trip in the post 3 Asian Countries, 28 Days, and a P48K Budget All In.

I’ll divide this into parts. Click on the link if you want to skip ahead to the posts, continue scrolling to read Part 1. If you’re just here for the detailed list of expenses, click this link: Lykee’s EPL Expenses.

Eat, Pray, Love isn’t really an inspiration of this trip. It just so happened I did eat a lot in Malaysia, couldn’t relate pray with my Singapore trip but it’s with my family, and that I found a cheap flight to Bali where I travelled solo. Continue reading “Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia Trip for 28 Days for less than P50,000 All In: Part 1-Malaysia” →

The P4,000 10-Day Boracay Survival Challenge

posted in Beach Love, Budget Travel, Dream, Travel by lazylykee on

Around 2015, I started with Couchsurfing just accepting guests. I met travelers and I heard many interesting and weird and crazy travel stories. At that time, I just sigh and and say,  “I wish I could travel too.” When they ask me why not, I tell them I don’t have money.

And I realized I am being pitiful.

So I reset my mindset. I told myself I will not just sigh and say those awful words. I believed that I can do it, I can travel, and I will. Money is not an issue.

But it is, honestly. I remembered when I was in Ho Chi Minh and a local asked my friend how was I able to travel if I’m a nurse? I learned from my friend that nurses in Vietnam have the same problem with Filipino nurses: low income.

I’m not saying I’m good at budgeting. The truth is, I had debts. I’m still paying my credit card for my expenses in Hong Kong way back two years ago, the first time I traveled outside of the Philippines. My 10-day Northern Philippines tour last year wouldn’t be possible if my mother didn’t lend me P5,000.

I’m constantly learning, so I decided this time, I’ll travel within my budget, no debts, no credit cards, no borrowing.

How did I decide with the amount? That’s my 1/2 month salary after deducting tax, SSS and those stuff, and some things that need money’s attention.

I’ll discuss by dividing the topics like how I make an estimate budget for a trip. So what I do is plan on four areas: food, accommodation, transportation and miscellaneous. I’ll talk particularly about surviving Boracay. Continue reading “The P4,000 10-Day Boracay Survival Challenge” →

Never Had A Better Year: Farewell with a Smile, 2016

posted in Dream, Life Lessons, Thoughts, Travel by lazylykee on

In my mind, I think last 2016 was my loser year. I have not advanced in my career nor have I taken any step towards my goal to shift career.

But when I met 2017 this year, I think this was so far the New Year that I’m satisfied with everything that I had done the year before.

Just a quick side story. A couchsurfer spent his New Year with my family. Like before, my family had doubts about having a stranger in our home, but I think they were happy about it in the end. Continue reading “Never Had A Better Year: Farewell with a Smile, 2016” →

Couchsurfers and Travel Bloggers

posted in Couchsurfing, Dream, Iloilo, Travel by lazylykee on

This happened a few weeks ago or maybe a month already. I just didn’t have the urge to post but because I was tagged in a post yesterday, finally I have photos to grab and I have good data signal at an overpass early in the morning,  so here it goes. 

They say, in couchsurfing, there will always be a person attached to a place as it was for the person I hosted (which I’m unaware of prior), Mayan from Cebu. 

She works at Cebruery which sells craft beers. She and her friends were at Tatlong Pulo at Guimaras before they separated and she couchsurfed at my place. She had staff training for Gastropub and Farm to Table.

We didn’t have much time together on the first day but since I’m off the next day, I attended the staff training and learned about craft beers myself and shared a sumptuous (expensive but free) meal with her at Farm to Tables. Wished I had that kind of job with such perks. Haha! 

Highlight of this couchsurfing experience was when I was introduced to Mayan’s friends. I met Marky Ramone Go, travel blogger of Nomadic Experiences, who is staying with Summer Solstice, a profile I just saw in couchsurfing before. If Mayan is Cebu, I think Miss Riza (her name) is Iloilo. 

Mayan hosted a lot in Cebu, and she and her mom hosted house parties. Miss Riza had a lair, hehe, for couchsurfers and it was A-mazing for a person like me. 

We had a simple supper and they had a few drinks. And we, no, they talked about travel stuff. 

Also with us are Miss Sam on a vacation here from UK, one of Mayan’s friends who’s with her in Guimaras. And… 

Marcos Caratao of Explore Iloilo. I know he’s my senior at WVSU but I didn’t have the chance to meet him personally especially now that he’s popular for his website. 

And so they were talking about their travel experiences, going to India, if they had been to Morocco, where you should go in this particular place and all of that. 

I have nothing to share but I have nothing against that really. I just love hearing their stories. These stories and these people, they inspired me to pursue my dreams of traveling.

With starstruck moments and just chill, carefree conversations, definitely one of the things I’m thankful I am into couchsurfing. 

My Dream Comics

posted in Couchsurfing, Dream, Thoughts by lazylykee on

A few days ago, I woke up late for work because I finished this:

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I was up until 1:43 AM. Sometimes, when my creativity strikes, I don’t want to let it go (just like my writing streak) because it doesn’t always come easily.

They are the characters of a comics I want to make.

It all started with this sketch:

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Which I turned into one of my first vectors:

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Well, someday you will read about them.

That’s a promise.

Itaga nyo ‘yan sa bato!

Haha!

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