Michael

Travel information

I am currently

Activities i am interested in:

Backpacking and Backcountry/camping backpacking.

Description

I want to do Workaway to help develop people and enrich their lives. I'm looking for ways to help those who want to move on in life after a personal or life struggle. I also want to help develop people's businesses.
I'm a minimalist who enjoys silence being an introvert, but will break out of the shell ever-so-often. I'm a very simple person and try to live below my means. I love to travel. I can be boring being that I live a simple life, but I like listening to people's life stories. I don't watch television, but I've travelled the world a bit, and lived in 4 different countries.
I love learning new things, hiking, trekking, sucking at the violin/fiddle, being a terrible cook (although I can help you out and assist with cooking with supervision), travelling, and being in nature. Most of all, I love my culture and heritage.
I'm back on this site after some years mostly because I'm going through a transformation in my life and a new chapter after having gone through some rough times. I'm back to self-searching, travelling, and time to reflect as I travel around and help others with what I can do. This means a new career, a new life, and a new way to seeing things - not to mention the new people that I'll meet along the way. I like to help out people who need help with things when I am able to.
I'm a proud Davaoeño born in the Philippines who grew up in the United States and now living in Australia. I travel often. I'd like to brush up on my Cebuano, Spanish, and Russian - so if you speak those languages, please teach me! I carry 2 citizenships/passports and 2 residency permits, so travel won't be much of an issue for me.
I write in this manner because I believe that being true and authentic to yourself is something that you cannot hide. Being real with life and real with people is what will show in the end.

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
Cebuano: Fluent
English: Fluent
Tagalog: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Beginner
Russian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
I can teach English, Cebuano, basic Spanish and conversational Tagalog. I am improving on Spanish and beginning Russian.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

DIY and building projects

General Maintenance

Eco Projects

Art Projects

Helping with Computers/ Internet

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

Being an elderly companion

Life at a Farmstay

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Animal Care

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

Teaching

More details about your skills

Health - Management/Operations/Admin - Casual back/leg/arm/hand massages - Critical Thinking - Foreign languages - Planning/Organising/Liaising - Travel - Meaningful life conversations - Patience - Understanding - Flexibility - Attention to details - I can teach music/violin/viola

Age

33

What else ...

I've served in the US military (navy) doing all sorts of jobs.
I've worked as a waiter/kitchen hand for a sushi/Japanese restaurant ran by Koreans in Australia.
I've worked in a bookstore warehouse packing and sorting mail/packages/parcels at a university.
I've worked remotely in an immigration detention centre.
I've worked in chicken egg, pig, and grape vineyard farms.
I'm wanting to improve on playing the fiddle/violin to play Irish reels.
I've worked as a registered nurse during the Covid-19 pandemic.
I did my first workaway doing basic woodwork and sanding.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  Seasonal pollen/allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  None. I'll eat to survive and live, but if given a preference then I'd prefer not to eat too much meat/pork. Don't eat lamb/sheep/mutton much either nor insects. Other than that, I love seafood/fish and vegetarian meals. Again, whatever is on the plate to