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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Remember when we were afraid of a Binay presidency? Take me back
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Just only realized that there are about 6 Dunkin Donuts within walkable distance from my apartment. I am currently sitting in one while waiting for the rain to calm down and I love hearing people order. MISS DALAWANG BARBARIAN NGA DIYAN
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
8 months
Generational wealth helps a lot
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Rappler
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THIS IS YOUR SIGN TO GET THAT MASTER’S DEGREE ABROAD ✈️ For those who are already living the dream: What should one consider before pursuing graduate studies in another country? READ:
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Idk how to satisfy the urge to be both alone and be part of something bigger all at the same time
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Im not mad about the targeted ads I receive
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Gywneth just saved the government a year’s worth of accountability tbh
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
*uses Gcash* Yeah I’m into crypto
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
My mind rn
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Do not tell me how I should grieve. Thank you.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Wild bro
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
This pandemic is proof that time flies even when you’re not having fun
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
8 months
@GilbertCRemulla I feel the same about political dynasties minsan
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Guess masks are not mandatory if you’re white and in BGC *shrugs*
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
This is what senators should be doing instead of tweeting bro and dude at each other.
@newswatchplusph
NewsWatch Plus PH
3 years
Sen. @risahontiveros files a resolution for the Senate to "strongly condemn" the harassment, red-tagging, and intimidation of private community pantry organizers, especially by gov't officials and authorities | @eimorpsantos
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
You know what sucks? We’re being robbed of brilliant minds every single day. My friend just lost 2 batch mates who would have become great urban planners to COVID, and one of the most important people in Philippine coffee is planning to go back home because of the response here
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Why cant viva films just go back to making bold? Tangina
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
4 years
The first person that says the Filipino is waterproof or resilient I will punch in the throat
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Wow looks like Enrile just outlived Prince Philip
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Just saw current prices of film in the Philippines and I’m floored. 4-5 rolls of the cheapest film is a full tank of gas. Anyway… here are a few frames that live on my website that were shot on film and all on a Mamiya 7ii with a 80mm f4
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
6 months
Raquel Fortuner
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Raquel Fortun
6 months
Omg do you drive???
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
I wish more coffee shops sold kakanin :( I really want bibingka with my coffee
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
CSA has always been breeding ground for racist behavior. Even teachers were racist and to be honest a lot of my current hang ups are because of this sorry excuse of a an educational institution.
@G9CSAracist
Exposing The Truth
2 years
Colegio San Agustin - Makati: Grade 9 Bathroom Torment Incident (TW: Blood & Racism) A Thread.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
December 40, 2021
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
What utter BS is this? Why not just pay an agency or professionals instead of ripping off the public?
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
4 years
Mediocre white man with a camera. Tell me otherwise.
@chrrypicked
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4 years
juergen teller is going to hell for this
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Lol “simple”
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
I’ll never forget the time I marched at a Gabriela rally with an oust duterte armband only to be shouted at by an elderly (DDS) man, “YOURE NOT EVEN FILIPINO, STUPID” Watch me.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Im having a difficult time focusing on my goals. It’s like my mind is more interested in all these little side quests this life has to offer.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 year
MAKATI IS SO PEACEFUL WITHOUT THE CARS OMG. I CAN HEAR MYSELF THINK WHILE WALKING ALONG LEGAZPI 😭
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
4 years
There’s still a pandemic right? Why was IG stories of Makati/BGC last night full of gatherings and people slamming down drinks?
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Please congratulate me on my new position. Fetal.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
There is no point to this tweet. Just happy I wasn't mid-sip when he said it or there would have been coffee spray
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
There is now an older couple listening to a recorded mass with a portable bluetooth speaker. They’re sharing a coffee and a bunwich
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
When I retire, I want to run a small cafe that serves mediocre coffee and amazing kakanin. I want the place to be cozy and comfy and people can stay for as long as they want.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 month
A lot of people are just biologically bobo
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@jvejercito You’re a senator. Quit tweeting and get to working.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Can my friends on twitter please help me report Biohacking Philippines, a Facebook group, for spreading disinformation about vaccines and ivermectin treatment as alternative. Their platform is too big to ignore. Thanks.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Random Indian Guy for Leni
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@sotto_tito You’re literally in government and can make a difference about this and yet here we are tweeting like someone else can fix this
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 year
Dear people and companies who “champion local creatives” : sana naman you can also champion money transfers cause there’s no way I’m spending the entire day driving to your office to pick up a cheque between 1-2PM on a Friday when I should probably be working
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 year
@batrisha__ Mabait yung seller at rider pero sira yung product pero ok lang kasi mabait talaga sila 4/5
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@jvejercito How many times are senators going to call him out instead of actually doing anything!?
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Hypothetical question : where are we meeting up because it’s starting to sound like a lot of people are getting robbed of their right to vote
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 year
I’m watching the DOT receive flak over using stock footage from other countries. Agencies have always been top heavy and when all the whales are fed the production budget is only ever good enough to purchase stock or hire interns. Fuck you all.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
My brain cant process going from “lets hit the ground running in the new year and get creative and produce work and get new clients” to “where is work?” And “I hope my friends and family are safe” and “why do I feel useless” at least 300 times a day
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
5 years
Closer to home now. A friend is ill after drinking Cosmic Carabao Gin. PSA : do NOT drink this gin. If you go to a bar and see this on their shelves - ASK THEM TO TAKE IT DOWN.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
James Dea/kin with his trademark on the fence about everything just do your best nalang narrative. Yes lets just keep to ourselves and not ask for accountability. Diesel is a hell of a drug.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
lol I’m not upset
@rapplerdotcom
Rappler
3 years
MAJOR UPSET! 🥊💪🏻 BREAKING NEWS. Yordenis Ugas retains the WBA welterweight title after stunning Manny Pacquiao! #PacquiaoUgas
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
4 years
I hate how some of my favorite restaurants are closing down yet korean bbq places operating at 100% indoor seating capacity are allowed to operate in BGC :(
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
My mistake. It’s bible study using youtube and only one of them is eating! Idk why they need a speaker though
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
11 months
It’s humiliating enough to be paid such low editorials rates so the least you can do, existing editorial outlets in Manila, is to transfer our payments directly so we don’t have to sit in traffic while you enjoy your dinner parties. Thank you.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
As a freelancer, it’s always a gamble raising prices. I did exactly that this month and I’ve gotten a lot less people working with me. I’ve had really restful sleep the past couple of nights not thinking about copying someone’s pinterest board for bar money.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
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@ABSCBNNews Ministry of Health, not Hamas Dead, not “Dead” Do better. It’s no wonder people are losing faith in mainstream media
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 months
Looking for 799 friends
@MikeDwyerMike
Michael Dwyer
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Start with 20 litres of cooking oil and go from there.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Me and my imaginary problems
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
I photographed this spicy flying chicken for my favorite fried chicken place, Tetsuo
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 year
Stop glorifying long shoot days. It’s not cool to work 16-20 hours with no sleep. It’s also not cool to hop between 3 shoots in one day. Stop glorifying exploitation and poor work practices tysm :)
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Tangina @COMELEC kung kailangan ninyo ng SD ang dami dami sa greenhills putangina
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@Doc4Dead @desamting Anyone looking into how cars/SUVs are deadly hunks of metal?
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
This is what national pride feels like. I can’t believe it’s been over 5 years since I felt like this. 🇵🇭
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
My pops and I dont talk very much but tonight over dinner we prepared our kodigos for tomorrow. Random Indian Guys for Leni 🌸
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Forget MBTI, what's your coco-ichibanya order?
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
7 months
Happy that we have coffee shops that work so hard on their aesthetics. Wish the food and drink looked as good as the interiors sometimes though
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
This pandemic has be so detrimental to my mental and physical health. It’s also killing my relationship with my parents and my partner. I don't know what to do with myself anymore and I don't know where to fit in. Why can’t this just end please?
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@babyikea69 Some of those people have jobs and can’t afford another day off. Myself included.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
9 months
@goodkidbikecity Mercury’s fault. It wasn’t in the bike lane
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
4 years
275 Billion Pesos Whoops I went there
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
As per IATF : Under MECQ breakfast items can only be served til 9am. After that it’s regular menu time. Pls pass.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Nobody’s ever gifted me furniture before and I’m not sure what to do with this but I now have my very own Eames Ganesh 🥰 I’m very happy!
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@sandromarcos7 You shade 2 presidents again bro?
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
10 months
Not invalidating what Maria has done in the past but this tweet sounds like she cares more about “bullying” than genocide and brand building with that hashtag. #JustWokeUp
@mariaressa
Maria Ressa
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This was a quote from @nytimes about bringing down toxicity online. When you include it in your bullying campaign, you prove its point - it says more about you than me. #CourageON
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Hello mga DDS Its community pantry not communist pantry. Mga bobo.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 year
Every neighborhood should have its own little bakery and panaderya and I’m talking something other than that one that rhymes with mild sour
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Moving into my new place next week and my mom made me these to bring with me 😭😭😭
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Say what you want, but know that our future here looks bleak as fuck
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Today’s front page had a photo and story about this one dude from Baguio who demonstrated a flying car. Idk why people think flying cars are the future maybe idk a road where I can fucking walk on would be better? Just a thought
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Sugoi
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
@rowheyourboat Actually you guys are in the wrong. That’s their living room and guest bath area. Sometimes if you pass by at the right time you can catch them brushing their teeth or having meryenda maskless as people walk by. Its not a bike lane!
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
5 years
Sick of your shit Manila Bumble
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Persona Au Gratin
4 months
I can’t help but feel it’s lazy and almost sad that our leading theory is that the mayor is a 🇨🇳 spy. There are so many possible explanations for her line of reasoning and thought and it’s exciting to think about the degree of just how fucked up this might all be.
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Persona Au Gratin
5 years
Me also its so hard to spell
@Sentastic
roberto seña
5 years
I hate bureaucracy
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Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Oyster-gate in Manila. Never got sick eating there but that PR response has my stomach upset.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Just learned the meaning of Bardagulan and now I kinda want to open a cute little cocktail bar and call it Bar Dagulan
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Persona Au Gratin
4 years
Only white people can do disgusting things to other people and come up with words like “rehomed” to wash their hands and soften the blow. Evil.
@JordanUhl
jordan
4 years
"an update on our family" ah cool thanks for the update
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Recent work for Metronome
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
1 year
Photographed this for Rebel Bakehouse in Baguio right after my car broke down on the highway and I literally got towed into set 😂
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
I used to take portraits once upon a time. I’m not sure how or when I started shooting mostly food but I miss taking photos of people. I hope I can work my way back to this.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
5 years
My Bumble dating life is so colorful
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Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@saientific Higher pay for creatives means a collective effort to say no to unfair fees. I’ve stopped taking on work below my minimum only to find contemporaries agreeing to the rates. Its a group effort and nothing will change unless we all say tama na.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
4 years
If the private sector is being asked to figure this out WHY MUST I STILL PAY TAXES?
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Persona Au Gratin
2 years
I believe Mushroom Burger Tagaytay deserves its own moment too
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
@jilsonstiu Elections are over. Job’s done na.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Cant believe we still want to build more flyovers for cars 😭 it’s 2021 and we’re going backwards at an alarming rate.
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Omg is this it... will it finally happen? 😂
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
Just sold a #NFT Non Fungible Twin-popsies
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Persona Au Gratin
3 years
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Persona Au Gratin
2 years
LF : Manila based editorial photographer for a coffee crawl assignment. Should be a day long only, 4-5 cafes and all within Manila. Lots of coffee c/o the title.
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@sonnythakur
Persona Au Gratin
2 years
Advertising agencies really want you to pencil book 8 days for them, present a feasibility deck, and show treatment boards without signing and agreeing on rates. Stop this shit. 2022 na.
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