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Getting to that next level seems daunting, but my guest for this episode seems to be up for the challenge! Rea Alducente RETURNS to the podcast! It’s been a while since I got to meet and talk to her since her recent rebrand. We talk about how she went about that and her recent achievement in being one of the winners of YouTube NextUp Manila 2019! From receiving that email until the 1-week trip to Manila, Rea shares her experiences there! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Rea Ninja! bit.ly/ReaNinjaYouTube Follow her on social media! facebook.com/callcenterninja instagram.com/reagenes Check out her video on YouTube NextUp Manila 2019! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrsR8KgKpsY This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Podcast updates and behind-the

I’m really grateful to have two of the people behind “Postcards from Elsewhere” as my guests on this episode! I have Rachel Arandilla, the author, and Donald Villamero, one of the people behind D&Co Publishing. We talk about how the book came to be, how traditional publishing works, the struggles of getting the book out, and more! Forgive the three of us since we were literally hungry while doing this! Hehe. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Get the book! dcopublishing.com/books/postcards_from_elsewhere Get updates on the book on social media! facebook.com/postcardsfromelsewhere/ Check out Rachel’s work! postcardpretty.com Check out D&Co Publishing! dcopublishing.com facebook.com/dco.publishing instagram.com/dco.publishing This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com

Now’s about the right time to feature another content creator! My guest for this episode is Miguel Gee Abas, blogger behind VivoMigsGee! He got inspired to travel after going with his friends from work. Since then, he has traveled a lot to local and international destinations and shares his experiences through his blog. We talk about that, and his upcoming trip to Japan! It was very fitting since I’ve stayed there twice already. We also touched on how you can get started with traveling as well! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Follow Migs on his blog and social media accounts! vivomigsgee.com facebook.com/vivomigsgeeblog instagram.com/vivomigsgee This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Podcast updates and behind-the-scenes stuff are on social media! face

My guest for this episode recently traveled a lot this year thanks to her different affiliations. She’s Franchette Camoro, a Full Stack Developer at Symph and involved with many tech communities in Cebu such as Google Developers Group Cebu and Women Techmakers Cebu. We talk about what she does, her recent travels, and even touch on GDG’s upcoming DevFest Cebu 2019! We also talked about her struggles as a developer and a community organizer. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Franchette on the web! www.franchette.dev Go join DevFest Cebu 2019! devfest.gdgcebu.org If you need a website or mobile app made, check out Symph! www.symph.co This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Podcast updates and behind-the-scenes stuff are on social media! fa

It’s not easy to find people you could relate with in terms of being a developer and a community builder. Good thing I found someone like my guest on this episode! Neriah “BJ” Ato is a Python developer for Full Scale and one of the people behind PizzaPy, Paglaum sa Sugbo, and MakeSense PH! He was based in Manila until a series of events led him to being in Cebu and falling in love with the place! We also talk about his endeavors, present and future. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out the PizzaPy Cebu Python group! http://bit.ly/TCL-PizzaPy Check out MakeSense PH! https://www.facebook.com/makesensePH/ Also check out Paglaum sa Sugbo! facebook.com/paglaumsasugbo This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Podcast updates and behind-the-scenes stuff are

It's not everyday that you know someone who wrote a book. It turns out that Rachel Arandilla, someone I had on the podcast, wrote one called Postcards from Elsewhere! I'm here to talk about the book launch with the one most suitable to talk to: Kristiana Rule of Thirdworldbooknerd! We talk about how we felt and what transpired during this awesome and passion-filled book launch! Watch out for more about this book on the podcast feed soon! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Go buy Postcards from Elsewhere at D&Co.! https://dcopublishing.com/books/postcards_from_elsewhere Follow Kristiana! facebook.com/thirdworldbooknerd instagram.com/thirdworldbooknerd This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Podcast updates and behind-the-scenes stuff are on social media

I love it when I get to meet other podcasters, especially those in Cebu! One of them is Andrew Diamante, a Pinoy/Kiwi (thus PiWi) that documents his life on the way to become an entrepreneur! He does a podcast called the People & Trends podcast where he talks to interesting people about their origin story and what’s trending with them and what’s trending around them! Forgive us in advance since we really went meta and talked about podcasting and how different our setups are. We also happen to be huge Apple fans so we bonded over that in this episode! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out the People & Trends Podcast! http://bit.ly/PeopleAndTrends-TCLLink https://www.youtube.com/user/andrewSBlues Follow Andrew on social media! facebook.com/piwivlogs twitter.com/piwivlogs This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/th

Everyone wants to be a billionaire or has thought of that at some point. The difference between my guest and them is that he’s doing something about it! OJ Lopez, co-founder of RevaStaff and VR Spaces, really wants to make it BIG! We talk about the origins of both his startup endeavors, his struggles getting to where he is now, and his future plans! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out his startups! RevaStaff.com vrspaces.ph This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Podcast updates and behind-the-scenes stuff are on social media! facebook.com/creatorlifepod twitter.com/creatorlifepod instagram.com/creatorlifepod Check out utterlyrandomtechie.com for your dose of tech! Follow Utterly Random Techie on: Facebook: facebook.com/utterlyrandomtechie Ins

A year after she was on the podcast, SHE'S BACK! Yes, Issa Perez of Issaplease is BACK spouting MORE FIRE THAN EVER! We talked about A LOT of things including her married life, struggles to get back into creating content, and some behind-the-scenes stuff from doing her new show, Bayhana! Buckle up, folks! This was the same person that brought on the swearing to this very podcast! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Bayhana, her show on BAI TV every Wednesday! facebook.com/baitvcebu Join the Bayhana community Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/354077975308555/ SHOW NOTES: Issa's Spotify playlist - Quatro Kantos - https://open.spotify.com/track/04hPcwo9qqu4h0m096SZiA?si=4BS_k9Y4TJSJlO0V2RQn6w Follow Issaplease! facebook.com/1ssaplease twitter.com/issaplease instagram.com/issaplease This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them

Not everyone is fortunate enough to know what they wanna do in life. But when they do, it’s a beautiful thing! This is totally the case with me and my guest for this episode, Dorell James Galang! He’s a full stack developer at WebriQ and regularly helps out in Cebu tech communities like Laravel Cebu, React Cebu, and Javascript Cebu! We talk about our experiences as developers, how lucky students are today thanks to tech communities, and a lot of random stuff in between! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Javascript Cebu! facebook.com/JavaScriptCebu This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Follow the podcast on social media! facebook.com/creatorlifepod twitter.com/creatorlifepod instagram.com/creatorlifepod Check out utterlyrandomtechie.com for

This doesn’t happen very often, but I happen to know someone that’s in the intersection of my creative endeavors and my day job! My guest for this episode is Stella Grace Tan, creator behind Lines and Grace! She used to be a full-time software engineer for 10 years until she migrated to New Zealand with her husband. Shortly after that, she started doing what she loves in the form of Lines and Grace! She primarily sells stickers and her new endeavor: Storytelling Stickers! Know how she got to the idea through the episode! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Lines and Grace! linesandgrace.com facebook.com/linesandgracegiftshop instagram.com/linesandgrace_ig This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Check out utterlyrandomtechie.com for your dose o

Old can always be new again. Trends come and go all the time, but my guest for this episode made his return to the content creation scene after being away for a few years! He's Rabsin de la Cruz! You may know him from his work in Philippine Street Fashion and other things. He recently became a member of Cebu Content Creators almost 6 months after he applied!  We talked about he used blogging as a distraction from thinking not-so-nice thoughts. (Saying not-so-nice things is an understatement, really. Haha) We also talk about his journey  Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Follow Rabsin! philippinestreetfashion.com facebook.com/philippinestreetfashion facebook.com/LetsBurnThoseFats instagram.com/rabsin_d This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu

My guest for this episode is probably the best when it comes to making me think that she doesn't have a life. Hahahaha! Demi Bernice used to be in the education sector until she got tired of it and decided to get out altogether. Then, she found the world of freelancing thanks to life and her boyfriend! Now, she's helping other Filipino freelancers to earn six figures per month by working less and charging more. We talk about all that and the impact of freelancing to the overall workforce today! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Follow Demi Bernice! demibernice.com facebook.com/demiberniceeslit/ If you're interested with her Create and Rise Academy, check it out here: https://www.risingcreator.com/cra-waitlist29529892 This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompan

So I've been wanting to attend a Story Nights event for a LONG time now. After I had Rachel Arandilla on the podcast, I immediately wanted to go to the next one right away! Sadly, it took me another three months before I could finally attend one! This one's really relevant as it was all about Startups! There were 7 storytellers that shared their startup stories to a crowd who was willing to listen! It happened at the lovely place that is The Company Cebu and the experience was amazing! This episode is basically my reactions to all of that. Enjoy! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Follow Story Nights Cebu! facebook.com/storynightscebu instagram.com/storynightscebu Check out the episode with Rachel! bit.ly/CreatorLife27-Spotify This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/

Sometimes I just wanna talk to old friends about various creator topics and have a fun time while doing it. This is exactly what happened when I had a chat with Johanna Frejoles, also known as Miss Bean! She’s the travel blogger behind Bean in Transit. She also has a podcast called BeanBites where she shares her stories about her travels and everything around them! We talk about her recent journey of being away from the city while doing freelance work, why she left Cebu Content Creators to pursue her own thing, and so much more that I can’t stuff it all in here! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Follow Hanna! beanintransit.com facebook.com/beanintransit instagram.com/beanintransit Give her podcast a listen! anchor.fm/beanbites This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com

FINALLY BACK IN CEBU bringing you fresh new episodes of the podcast! My guest for the first episode back is Kathleen Belleza, co-founder of Noa. It’s a brand that really revolves around the idea of a sustainable lifestyle. I really felt Kathleen’s passion in this. It’s also nice to see that she really likes wearing the stuff they make as much as she likes designing and making them!  We talk about Noa, design, and basically anything in the neighborhood of those topics. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Noa! shop-noa.com instagram.com/shopnoa.co facebook.com/shopnoa.co This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Check out utterlyrandomtechie.com for your dose of tech! Follow the podcast on social media! facebook.com/creatorlifepod twitter.com

Even in the start of August, I still want to feature tech and social media creators! My guest for this episode is Nikki Tumulak! She’s a digital nomad and Instagrammer that focuses on lifestyle and travel content. She recently delved into a journey of self-discovery and she shared her realizations and learnings so far. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Follow Nikki! instagram.com/nikki.in.wanderland facebook.com/perspectivesbynikki perspectivesbynikki.wordpress.com This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Check out utterlyrandomtechie.com for your dose of tech! Follow the podcast on social media! facebook.com/creatorlifepod twitter.com/creatorlifepod Follow Utterly Random Techie on: Facebook: facebook.com/utterlyrandomtechie Instagram: instagram.com/ut

We’re still in July and I wanna go back to my roots by featuring tech and social media-centric creators! This one was months (years, to be really honest) in the making! My guest for this episode is Ian Fuentes, the creator behind Pinoy Metro Geek! I haven’t seen this guy for a long time. The last time I saw him before recording this episode was in 2016 when I was still new into tech blogging! He used to be THE Cebu tech blogger before he made his move to Manila for his day job! We talked about how tech blogging is still relevant and basically catch up on A LOT of things, tech and otherwise. (Note that this was recorded in April, so most of this conversation is old news to y’all. Hehe.) Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Ian’s work at Pinoy Metro Geek! pinoymetrogeek.com facebook.com/pinoymetrogeek instagram.com/pinoymetrogeek This episode is sponsor

Continuing with the theme of tech and social media creators, here’s one that’s months in the making! This one is Part 2 of a conversation I had with Isa Rodriguez! She’s doing her own thing now with Isa Does Tech! I actually get to interview her on this one! We talked about how she got her start in lifestyle blogging and how she eventually ended up in the lifestyle tech space! We also talked about the struggles and hardships of being a creator in the tech space and the realities of social media. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Isa Does Tech! bit.ly/IsaDoesTech-YT Follow Isa! twitter.com/sisasaid instagram.com/sisasaid facebook.com/isadoes This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/thecompanycebu Check out utterlyrandomtechie.com for your dose of tech! Follo

Continuing with the theme of tech communities and social media creators, here’s one that’s months in the making! So much so that this became my first two-parter! I FINALLY have THE Isa Rodriguez! She used to work for this cool website GadgetMatch. While she was there, she started a lifestyle-centric section in that site called Her GadgetMatch! Now, she’s doing her own thing: Isa Does Tech! On this episode, we talked about basically anything and everything under the sun! Topics include Starbucks, WeChat, social media, politics, and more! Tune in next week for Part 2! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy making it! NEW EPISODES drop EVERY FRIDAY, 8AM Philippine Time! Subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts as that helps the show a lot! Check out Isa Does Tech! bit.ly/IsaDoesTech-YT Follow Isa! twitter.com/sisasaid instagram.com/sisasaid facebook.com/isadoes This episode is sponsored by The Company Cebu! Follow them here: facebook.com/thecompanycebu twitter.com/thecompanycebu instagram.com/theco