Jonathan D. Orbuda, an Economics graduate, was a writer in college, when he served as a section editor (from 2007 to 2008) of The Pillar. Not surprisingly, after completing his degree, he ended up blogging, detailing his travels (sans much of the frills). He also established “Cute Pinoy”, an online social networking site for Filipino gay and bi men, eyeing to inspire closet gays to come out and learn to embrace themselves. Since finishing his schooling, he already worked for a bank and the BPO industry, among others. But his passion remains writing, and so he now travels as much as he can to discover what this world (and life) has to offer. As he keeps stressing: “I honestly don’t want to be rich; I just want to fly and be free.”
Contributing writer Jonathan Orbuda meets Manuel Rozal, or just Mang Manuel, a 58 year-old widower, who continues to restore and work on rock statuettes...
Jonathan Orbuda visits Puerto Gay-lera for the first time, and discovers the (in)famous gay landmarks of the place - "Jurassic Park" and "Rockwell". Here,...