About
I am a filmmaker, software developer, author and writer from Sydney, Australia, but above all, I just am.
Me In Bullet Point Form:
- Born and raised in Sydney, Australia
- Other countries I’ve lived in: USA (Kansas City) & Spain (Barcelona)
- Other countries I’ve been fortunate to visit at least once: Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, England and Canada
- Have family all over the world, but they predominantly reside in the Philippines
- Currently live back in Sydney
- I love a good coffee
- If I could eat any meal for the rest of my life it would be salt & pepper squid
- I don’t drink much, but my favourite drink is an old fashioned
- I used to play a lot of tennis, but now just do calisthenics
- Top 10 films: Stalker (1979), The Mirror (1975), 8½ (1963), Nostalghia (1982), The Sacrifice (1986), The Seventh Seal (1957), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Woman in the Dunes (1964), La Notte (1961), La Dolce Vita (1960)
- The book I recommend the most is Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo
- Some musicians I like: Omer Balik, Kastomarin, Metahesh, Stoto, Dj Vianu, Jaynerix, Lastlings
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Some quotes I ponder often:
- “Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness” – Samuel Beckett
- “A healthy person wants ten thousand things; a sick person just wants one” – Confucius
- “We are as we see” – The Buddha
- “Follow your bliss” – Joseph Campbell
- “You cannot go past what is in front of you” – my grandmother
- Nothing is more creative than death, since it is the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown cannot be avoided, that “I” cannot continue, and that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this, he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he loses it. By letting go he finds it.” – Alan Watts
- My mental model: Correct my errors, the rest is up to destiny
- My only opinion is that opinions are redundant
- I have no advice to give
- I don’t believe in anything
- I don’t know anything
- I don’t want anything
- My greatest flaw: Being too hard on myself
- How I manage this flaw: By doing nothing
- What I value most besides my family: Inner peace
- A reflection I feel sums me up quite well: A tree that cannot produce fruit and whose branches are too thick and interwoven won’t be cut