FN Blog - Seven heads are better than one!

Hello! My name is Genie, short for Genevieve and pronounced as “Jenny”. Who I am right now and what I do starts with this little story: A little over a year ago, I was in the office sitting in front of my computer, when I realized that I never got to see any green growing things anymore. You know, what they call nature, the great outdoors: birds singing in the trees and fresh air. The exact opposite of my basement office right beside the seething mass of pollution called EDSA.

My longing for those green growing things soon materialized into an actual need. So I joined a mountaineering group, and spent four months training to be a good climber. And the rest was history—I left my job to go freelance, and now spend almost every weekend either up in the mountains, swimming in the sea, or crawling through caves in this gorgeous country.

The rest of my time is spent on freelance work, or making things (or both—a lot of my freelance jobs involves having to make something). I’ve liked making things for as long as I can remember. It’s pretty much an insatiable need. I’ll draw, paint, sew, write, solder, drill, wire, fold, hammer, just to make something. I’ve made lunchboxes out of plastic signs, artwork out of old toys, and an entire Ronald McDonald costume out of ukay-ukay finds.

Well, that’s it so far. I’ll tell you more in the next few months if you care to know. Hello! My name is Genie, and it’s nice to meet you.