Cabra Borracha · Stories
Art, apps, fishing holes, and whatever else I'm thinking about. All from Manvel, Texas.
Break-ins do happen to expats in Southeast Asia. Here's the honest guide to picking the right building, securing your unit, protecting your valuables, and building the habits that actually keep you safe.
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Your current bank probably has a terrible international setup. Here's the one-time fix: Schwab for ATMs, Wise for transfers, and a backup card you'll be glad you have.
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The Philippines is a different situation entirely. Thailand depends on where you are. Vietnam rewards effort. Malaysia surprises people. Here's the honest breakdown by country.
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Speed test in the unit, not the lobby. What to ask your landlord, which cities have the best infrastructure, and why you always need a local SIM as backup.
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Walk it at 6am. Walk it at 10pm. Time the grocery run. Ride the clinic commute. The legwork you do during your scout trip is the difference between the right neighborhood and a 12-month mistake.
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I started with the Philippines, spent three weeks going down a research rabbit hole, and ended up with 40 pages of actual data. I haven't moved abroad yet. The obsession is real anyway.
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Everyone's phone looks the same. Stock icons, default grid, zero personality. I started designing icon sets because good craft deserves better than whatever Apple shipped by default.
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Etsy is a search engine first and a marketplace second. The gap between "I made something I'm proud of" and "someone bought it" is real — and humbling.
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Nobody in Manvel cares what you're building. Turns out that's the most freeing creative environment I've ever worked in. Also the fishing is excellent.
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I am deeply frugal. I also have more watches than any reasonable person needs. The justification logic is airtight — and completely made up. I've accepted this about myself.
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I spent 15 years in IT and never wrote a line of code. Then I started building apps anyway. Here's what I learned, what blew up in my face, and how five of them ended up live on the App Store.
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Full-time job. Girlfriend. Two cats. An hour and a half between dinner and bed. Here's how I actually get work done and why painting at night feels different than anything else.
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I kept losing my best spots. No app did exactly what I wanted. So I built Honey Hole — a fishing log that remembers your spots, conditions, and what actually worked.
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Cabra = goat (Capricorn). Borracha = drunk. The brand is eclectic by design — art, merch, apps, fishing, photography. The drunk goat doesn't apologize for being all over the place. Neither do I.
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