: About Me

I am 57 years old. Happily married for 33 years. A father to three beautiful daughters and a grandfather to a cute one year old granddaughter. I am a retired wedding photographer and now pursuing creative writing. I enjoy expressing my thoughts with written words and photography.

I am a columnist in Manila Media monitor, a Toronto community newspaper where I write articles about life and the society in general, based on my own opinion and observation.

I am writing two books that I hope to get published someday. One is ""Shooting Without Bullets" and the other is "The Reluctant Pilgrim"

I am the Team Leader of Photographers for Christ. A Christian fellowship whose main purpose is to praise God through the art of photography.

My passion is ...

my Christian faith, my family, photography and writing.

I know too much about ...

my surroundings but too little about myself.

My parents always told me ...

"Always remember the supreme one who created you."

My childhood ambition ...

to see America

My favorite memory ...

my time with my Dad.

Why I write ...

Writing is more binding than spoken words.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I read and watch anything that makes sense. I listen to oldies music and people who can speak with authority.

My first job ...

Artist/Illustrator

My best moment ...

when I became a father to my first child.

My inspiration ...

my Lord Jesus, my Dad, Abraham Lincoln and Michaelangelo.

Religion & Spirituality > Religious Concepts (Other) Believing in angels

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ANGELS WITHIN In the sleepy barrio of San Miguel, nothing really spectacular ever happened that is capable of putting it on the world map. If not for my grandparents who lived in the barrio and the chapel where I found my childhood superhero, the place would have nothing else that would entice me. When I was about six, my father took me to San Miguel to stay a week with my grandparents. They were thrilled to have me. My grandmother was tender and tolerant. She was the one who would lift the restrictions imposed on me by my parents. I loved her for that, giving me the chance to release all ...

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Writing:

• Marketplace Approved Writer
• Creative Writing Bronze
• Helium Charter Member