AJ Cosca (left) and Alvin del Rosario of DreadKnot Used (center); and reggae artist Kokoi Baldo (right) jam during the Nalu Music Fest in Baler, Aurora. Photo by Kimmy Baraoidan.

Nalu Music Fest: Two nights of aural bliss

Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan Surfing, the beach, good music. That’s Nalu Music Fest in a nutshell. Three days of paradise. Who wouldn’t want to go? To temporarily escape work and domestic responsibilities was always a welcome opportunity for me. We arrived a few minutes before midnight at the…

Jim Paredes at TEDxADMU

Takeaways from TEDxADMU (Part 1)

Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Hipster stuff. That’s what one of my clients said I was doing when I told him that I would be away for a day to attend TEDxADMU. One of my life goals is to attend a 'main' TED Talk in the U.S. However, at the moment, I’m financially challenged, so that…