• I often think of my Instagram posts as diary, or journal entries. Some of the ideas here are fully baked, others are not. I’ll often serve commentary of how it’s made or what it means to me.

    More often than not, the work shared here is indicative of what I was interested, or cherished at the time.

    If there’s a way for you to get to know me, and what I’m about outside a resume, a business call, CV, or formal bio, this is probably the way.

View fullsize In addition to an emphasis on poomsae, the first few days of the week at @calsma_official tend to have a strong focus on fitness. While this is integral in training and conditioning the body for learning new techniques and competition, it also allows
View fullsize Miles has learned that one of the foundations of each belt level is the respective form, or Poomsae. While it generally increases in difficulty as a student progresses through the ranks, its continued to be one of Miles’ strong suits. In conve
View fullsize June 2023 — in lieu of Miles annual summer camp, he decided on committing himself to learning taekwondo. In my next few posts, I’d like to share a few selections from my latest book, tentatively dubbed “Dojang.” While this pro
View fullsize Time flies. Miles’ 11th year was a year of firsts, and a year of really significant growth. He started a new school, learned how to drive, learned how to kick and take a kick, speed run Rubix cubes, and travelled to the homeland. Here’s t
View fullsize Happiest of Birthdays to @btesorero. I wanted to crack this joke about how I wanted to pay for her favorite Korean actor/actress/pop star to greet her with a video, but instead bought a car. But actually, it’s just too hard to select a person
View fullsize I’ll a let Miles close this out. All photos here are by him and used with permission. As parents, one of the tricker parts of trips like this is keeping the kid engaged. Discomfort, homesickness, and technology are difficult enough forces to c
View fullsize The remainder of this trip was a relaxing one. By day we were on a bangka, island hopping and snorkeling through various lakes, coral beds and ship wrecks. We augmented these endeavors by taking over the hotel pool. There was also a couple of misha
View fullsize Coron, Palawan Coron makes itself easy for me to like. It’s hot, but like Hawaii-hot. It’s somewhat exotic, but also on the rails enough that I never felt alien, unsafe, or out of place. The main strip is busy, but not suffocatingly busy
View fullsize Balay Dako, Tagaytay Between warm incandescent lights and blue hour, the food started to roll in. The aroma of lechon and putobongbong pushed the tropical mountain air out. Moths and geckos found their ways into the classically rustic room. I was p
View fullsize Tagaytay was a good change of pace, and a welcome change in weather. Amidst breathtaking views and awe-inspiring thunderstorms, I couldn’t think of a better place for about a dozen people to combat the runs. “Don’t drink the water
View fullsize May 2023 By this time in the trip, the majority of homies had arrived and in an effort to closer we relocated from our on-loan condo (endless thanks @klarissebaet !) and moved to the City Garden Hotel. It’s sort of surreal to me to travel int
View fullsize May 2023. What a treat it was to get picked up from the airport by Bea’s family, have a quick Jollibee meal (the chicken out there is better), and then get asked “Hey do you want us to drop you guys off, or would you want to go to Intramu
View fullsize Makati + Manila. May 2023. Here’s some work from my first 2-3 days back in the Philippines. My last visit here was in 1991 (I was 6). Working on projects like Enclave, I tend to lean more towards landscapes so going back to doing people base
View fullsize Tonight, we came to terms with the fact that we’re really good at planning stuff outside of date night. But, we’re really good at spontaneity. However, it’s balanced by the fact that we’re also really good at allowing each oth
View fullsize Car wash day. Miles likes to do wheels, which is great because I don’t. It sort of feels like car culture is on the decline in the Peninsula, or maybe it just doesn’t look as recognizable. In any case Miles says he’d like to inherit
View fullsize Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers this weekend. And to all the folks whose fathers can’t be with you. Also Hapoy Father’s Day to the mothers that have to father like my mom @casmersvillaluz . Thank you to the other fathers in my life l
View fullsize Happy belated 3rd birthday to our roommate, coworker, private security, and second biological son, Teemo. No one makes people feel like they’re being sus for no reason like you do. Our bad that we forgot, maybe you should stop staring. Thank yo
View fullsize Tito Dante + Tita Nitz tied the knot again after 50 years of marriage. So much excellence, so much love with a celebration to match. What an embodiment of the saying “Oh, the places you will go!” If may say so myself, the family looked so