Visual Stories | Ulysses Aftermath

When you live in a tropical country the only seasons you’ll ever experience are the excruciating heat of summer or the raging personalities of every tropical typhoon that makes landfall whenever part of the Philippines. The later part of the season is where many locals show their survival or even the resilience to push on.  Recently tropical cyclone Vamco (local name: Ulysses) made its arrival it’s unlike the previous one that devastated a province, but it a sure reminder of the past super typhoons that made short work of a town or a city.  It wasn’t terrible in some parts of the country, but for those who caught the eye of the storm it’s a hurdle that everyone would never want to experience and yet it is difficult and so sorry to those affected.

Grind in Photos | Saturday Feels of Sunday

Saturdays are reserved for wind down to start the weekend. But sometimes you forget what day is already when you have been stuck most of the time at home and your only excuse was just to go out for an errand, which you won’t mind looking around while you are up about the less crowded side of the CBD. In this case the usual routine sometimes in need of deep exploration of places that are rarely a route for most people. For a moment there the first thing comes to mind that it was already Sunday and waking up to that reality seemed confusion. This day has been slow like the past few weekends to catch up on so many things. It’s quite daunting to get the grasp of the world we live in now with so many things happening.

Grind in Photos | Just Another Sunday

The writing process in putting together this starts with the pictures and how to describe each of them taken like the journey you share with the reader. It is often I write and describe what was happening this Sunday morning on another routine errand that has taken me to the places I used to pass through and it has been a long time since I’ve been in these parts. It has been more than two months since the world was divided and closed all borders to every country due to this pandemic. It is still astonishing how this is becoming complicated every day. This is how we deal with things out of our control and only what we can do is work our way on how we approach it to avoid the anxiety.

Grind in Photos | Sunday Morning Hustle

It has been almost two month now since the world went into lockdown. Some countries has found a way to contain the coronavirus and some are still unfortunate in how to deal with the repercussions. While not all countries have the same restrictions still have the freedom to go to parks and beaches, the Philippines don’t have that luxury mostly those living in a densely populated area. Though restrictions imposed doesn’t mean all the cities within Central Luzon including the major towns in Metro Manila follow a very stringent protocol it still worth noting how anxiety of isolation greatly impacts those who are used to social gatherings. Personally, I’m used to it but this does not mean it doesn’t affect me...