“era” as i’d call it. 

As I end my time here in Sydney (have just over 48 hours left). Where do I even begin? My family was here for a week a couple of weeks ago, and that was great. We have just been selling our clothes, items, furniture, etc. But man...

I’m done. 

My time here in Australia is QUICKLY coming to an end. Just like that. These last 2.25 years have flown by. Literally. I remember distinctly arriving here and being new to everything, now there are new people taking my place, new kids on campus, etc. All the lols, late nights, early mornings, all the people I met. Gonna be leaving it. I’ll leave a piece of me here. I became a man in Australia, I learned to grow, learned to be independent, learned to learn. I grew up in Australia. Sydney will always have a piece of my heart. I’ll always love this city, and this country, but for now it’s back to ‘my reality.’ and whatever that means who knows, i sure don’t know.

What I do know however is what we’re up to next in the immediate future. We are headed to Brisbane to visit Abi and Aster, then off to Bali Indonesia for a couple of days to help train up a few local churches in Video production/Marketing, then we’re off to Malaysia for a couple hours, then staying in Seoul for 30 hours. Hoping and praying World War 3 doesn’t happen while we’re there. My goodness, this NK talk has been stressin me out. And then after that, we’re off back. back to the USA.

I’m coming home, but not really. The reality that I return is so different from the home I remember when I first left. It’s almost scary. I’m returning to a new life, almost like another fresh start. What’s ahead, I don’t know. What I’ll do next, I don’t know. There’s a lot of I don’t knows ahead of me. But hey, learn to embrace it. You don’t ever have to fully know, or have a plan. Sometimes it’s best to just accept that. 

And with this post -- there it is. My time in Australia. 

11:51 PM AEST // chillin in the corner watching Terminator Salvation. (I watched 3 terminator films today lol)

woooo00ow it looks like we’re going home.

what is home though? when I go back to cali it’ll be a WHOLE NEW WORLD. Inang is gone, the house that I’ve lived in for 20 years is no longer where we live, i’m coming back a married man. damn, it’s crazy how life changes in just two years.

anyways, that’s not what this post is about. it’s almost the end for me here in australia. I’m slowly accepting it. Yeah, it’d be awesome to stay (the pay here is great) but realistically our visa is running out, and no I do not want to do 3rd year. but yeah, we’re reaching the final pages of the australia chapter. it’s been good. just finishing up the assessments, getting ready for hillsong conference, and then it’ll all be over. wow. can’t believe it. 2 years just like that. well, I can’t believe it but it is what it is. Me and Kriselle’s 7 year anniversary is on monday btw. Just thought i’d say. Ahh.. life these days... 

what is life. currently 12:49 am, feb 8 2017. in my corner with the ac on listening to 90s music. a friend to talk with would be nice right now. i enjoy these late night sessions, i know I can’t do them for the rest of my life though. anywaaaaays....

seasons, seasons, seasons. seasons in life are crazy... we all live life in seasons, chapters, whatever. we just got back from the philippines which was a month long chapter of our life and now we have 7 months left? in australia. well, technically... my visa ends in september and this is my final semester at hillsong college. kriselle just got a job, which is cool. she’s good at finding those. hmm. what else. marriage is good, marriage is fun. still trying to find some tv, film, graphic design gigs. i might do one on saturday. i’m on for ccu this thursday at team night at the epicentre, which is pretty cool. 

anyways, this season... idk, i’m kinda over college tbh, the college bubble is a bit frustrating and annoying tbh. some people are just all about themselves tryna advance themselves at the cost of others, some are just fake and kiss up. idk maybe its a christian bubble thing haha. i dont know what i’m really trying to say but yeh... this is a season, excited for my next adventure. whether it’s back in america, or wherever. we’ll see. 

I’ve really wanted to post but I just havent had the time or anything or like the drive to or w/e. But yeah... College is good. Still doesn’t beat my first semester but hey... some peeps moved back to the states. Michelle & Mindy. Oh and Trump is our president elect. So much salt irl and on social media but damn what a meme we’re living in lol. Anyways. I don’t really know what to say, but I’ll try to post more often in the days/weeks/months to come.

I hate the norm that we are to take photos/videos of every moment and present ourselves as if we’re living a grand and fabulous life. Mind you being a photographer and a videographer where my sole job is to do these things.

I feel like we should live in the moment, who cares about taking “cool pictures” or videos. Missin them simpler days, were life was more enjoyed. i say this as i upload my edited pictures from today.

I am currently studying TV/Media at Hillsong College in Australia. It’s amazing, would definitely recommend it to anyone who is able to go. 

I originally planned to only stay for one year, but after being here I just love it.  My visa expires in July, which has caught me by surprise that its already May, which is ridiculous. Time is running out for me here.

I’ll just get to the point, I basically need a job, please pray for me that God would provide. I have sent out many applications and would just love it if you would keep me in your prayers.

over the years i’ve always seen cameras at various hillsong events, concerts, conferences, etc. and i’ve always, always wanted to be on camera for an event. i remember taking pictures of the actual cameras during the concert at the forum, just to read up on anything i could on those actual broadcast cams lawl. 

God did just that for me, He put the pieces together to finally accomplish this, although it isn’t really a big deal since i’ve been on camera multiple times, its just like wow a testament of where God takes you when you allign your dreams with His will. 

I was a camera op for day 2 of colour conference, shooting for several speakers and the y&f night which was awesome. yeah, my back was gonna snap after standing up for hours at a time, but it was worth it. i was just in awe of where God has taken me. and yeah, it’s a small goal achieved, onward to future goals.

tyGod for Your faithfulness. 

today was a pretty good day.

we started in our location camera class which was all about shot composition today, then we broke for chapel, my housemate Chris led worship it was really good, homebody hit that dab during the beat drop too. LOL. after that, we had our core tutorial class which was really good, talking about colour conference, and we broke and just literally prayed for each other and spoke our hearts to each other, shared laughs, and yeah. good times. our group has seriously gotten on a whole nother level these past few weeks.

after that class, we had an hour break until visual design, it was such a good class today, and our final session with john unfortunately. he was such a great trainer and inspirer. we talked about how basically design is all stolen from everything? saw conference opener inspiration etc, then did work on photoshop/illustrator, etc. i got so much out of that class. inspiration wise, creativity, etc, so good. 

after we all as a class went to a restaurant under the norwest food court and it was really nice just having ALL our intake together for like the first time outside of class, even though it was just at norwest, still good. gotten to love each and everyone of our group forreals. wouldnt do this without any of them.