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ART IS LIFE ✨
PHOTOGRAPHER / FILMMAKER / MERMAN 🇵🇭
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THE FILIPINO MER-ATHLETE 🌊
🧜🏻‍♂️ @thefilipinomerman

We always have our firsts, and yesterday was a lot of firsts for me, first depth competition, first white card for depth, first time to compete in a monofin and to add to that, first time to wear a mermaid tail in a freediving competition. Happy to share this moment with @wanderwomandives who competed with a mermaid tail as well! @mfi.international Mermaids represent!

Then everything fell into place, I don't want to use rubber merfin for this competition since it's open water and the current might be too strong for it, and I'll be diving deep, so a merfin won't be fit for that purpose. I thought of using a monofin, Instructor @ken_underwater has a one and asked him if I can try to check it it fits me, and did! Well it's a bit tight but monofins should be that tight anyway, next question is if the monofin can fit in my Mermaid tail, and it did! If any of these didn't match, I won't push through, but all went well.

Tbh. It was already on my mind to someday compete with a mermaid tail as a tribute to mermaid instructor and also to promote mermaiding but only for pool comp, didn't know it'll happen yesday, not on pool but on open water.

Big shoutout to these people who helped a lot during this comp and provided things and support I needed to do this milestone for me and the Filipino mermaid community.

To my @oceanlimitsph fam! Solid na support always @kelclarin and Doc Irene.

To Instructor @ken_underwater for letting me and Doc Irene borrow your monofin, to @amour.freediver for my evolve mask and nose clip, @iam.paov for my lanyard, @rjiniego for the big support and being our aerial media and @divewithgab for the amazing UW visuals!

And merman @afa_zhang for inspiring us mermaids and mermen around the world!

@doublek_ida_eng @cocochelocabins @double_k_freediving @aida_philippines

Organizer @freedivingkk

Judges @aljrvitor @rollyben23 @alexandieee

Safeties @daneggward @adelfernandez24
@shengfuna @iam.paov @wanderlust_annegeal

Medic @naizadefrancia

#merman #mermaid #mfimermaid #freedive #freediver #travel #athlete #freediving #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines taken in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines by @iammarkdizon

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2 years ago

I FELL ❤️

Almost a month when I went to Paris and haven't posted anything on my feed, this is the first.

More to come!

Bucket hat @hm @hm_man
Jacket @bershka
Follow @markgoesto 😊

#paris #france #EiffelTower #eiffel #europe #thisisparis #parisjetaime #parisgram #parismylove #parismonamour #lfl #wonderlustparis #VisitParis #fff #IgersParis #LoveParis #ILoveParis #ParisLife #ParisCity #ParisLove #ParisianLife #ParisFrance #pinoy #asianmen #wanderlust #boy #cute #DMTravelSeries #pinoygram #grammerph taken in Eiffel Tower - Paris, France by @iammarkdizon

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5 years ago

To my younger self, congratulations! 👏

Thank you for not giving up on this dream, thank you for continually doing films kahit paunti-unti, pasundot-sundot, ginagawa mo pa rin kahit sobrang dami mong ginagawa sa sa buhay. Maybe that's just how it is, kapag may gusto kang gawin, wag mo bitawan, at kahit napapagod ka minsan, wag mong sukuan, at kahit pilit mong iwasan, tatawagin at tatawagin ka nito pabalik, unibserso ang hahanap ng paraan.

Can't contain my feelings, so ecstatic just to think that this Cinemalaya dream finally came true. It might have been years, maybe more than a decade of dreaming, but look, here we are now! 😊

Thank you sa lahat ng mga nakatrabaho at nagtiwala, special thanks to Sir Kevin at lalo na sa aking Direktor @ikenlive ✨ Napakaraming pasasalamat @cinemalayaofficial!

Salamat @bulawanngausa ✨🦌

#Cinemalaya2023 #BulawanNgaUsa #cinemalaya #cinematographer #film #filmmaker #cinematography #movie #travel #wanderlust #nature #fashionblogger #fashionable #fashionstyle #styleblogger #quoteoftheday #streetstyle #travelblogger #traveltheworld #fashion #photooftheday #styleoftheday #picoftheday #vsco #traveladdicts #worldnomads #portraitphotography #instago #portrait taken in Manila, Philippines by @iammarkdizon

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🧜🏻‍♂️❤️♎️ by @iammarkdizon

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Some thoughts while on the road.
Dear self, you will never be this young again.

@markgoesto @thefilipinomerman @seepangasinan @palikpik_merskin @clouiedp

#pangasinan #birthday #travel #philippines #life taken in Pangasinan, Philippines by @iammarkdizon

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WOW! AMAZING CAVE POOL IN BOLINAO! 🧜🏼‍♂️🌊
We never stop discovering beautiful places!

Thank you Mermaid @clouiedp for your help on this trip! Love you nak! Message her for freedive and mermaid activities in Pangasinan! ✨

📍 @enchantedcaveph
@bolinaotourismoffice
@seepangasinan

Tail by @palikpik_merskin
Mermaid Classes and certifications available at @underwaterartsacademyph @official.mfi

#thefilipinomerman #mermaid #merman #bolinao #Philippines Pangasinan taken in Bolinao, Pangasinan by @iammarkdizon

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6 days ago

HUNDREDS OF REASONS TO BE GRATEFUL HERE AT HUNDRED ISLANDS.

THIS IS HOW THIS MERMAN SPENT HIS BIRTHDAY AT PANGASINAN!

@official.mfi
Tail by @palikpik_merskin
Shot using @dji @djiglobal @osmo_global DJI Support
@seepangasinan @studiodragonfly_

#Pangasinan #HundredIslands #thefilipinomerman #Philippines #mermaid taken in Hundred Islands National Park by @iammarkdizon

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7 days ago

BIRTHDAY SUIT 2026 🖤

The present day is the youngest version of oneself that will ever exist. This specific version of yourself will never return. Take the photos!

#blackandwhite #birthday #portrait #photography #life taken in Philippines by @iammarkdizon

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Digitally hand-drawn by @Underwaterartsacademyph Master Merman Instructor @thefilipinomerman!

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MFI PHILIPPINE INSTRUCTORS 🇵🇭

Different batches, different schools, and different journeys, yet we are all connected by the same love for mermaiding. In our differences, we find strength, and in our unity, we discover the beauty of being one family under @official.mfi . Together, we celebrate, learn, and continue to inspire the mermaid community in the Philippines. 💙

@aqualam @thefilipinomerman @mermaid_doherty @pattie_pat_ @sirena_avemareeia @magindara.ij @crissah_mm @karuhi29 @patrickuoza @frcllgrzl @annieyoongtubig @cheeney.kawaii @mermaid.amarie @clairemarie.dtl

Salamat sa litrato Bry!
Edited by @thefilipinomerman

#mermaiding #mermaid #mermaids #merman #philippines #MFIMermaid by @iammarkdizon

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15 days ago

OCEAN FULL OF COLORFUL FISHES ✨🧜🏼‍♂️🧜🏻‍♀️

Sharing Random ganaps from this week’s @official.mfi Mermaid Instructor course with @underwaterartsacademyph and @theheartmermaidacademy + MFI 🇵🇭 Instructors Gathering 🌊

@aqualam @thefilipinomerman @crissah_mm @karuhi29 @patrickuoza @frcllgrzl @annieyoongtubig @mermaid_doherty @sirena_avemareeia @magindara.ij @pattie_pat_ @mermaid.amarie @cheeney.kawaii @clairemarie.dtl taken in Philippines by @iammarkdizon

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