Hey hey hey! Welcome to my little corner of the internet!
Okay first of all, thank you for clicking on this. Whether you searched my name, someone sent you here, or you just randomly ended up on this page at two in the morning, I am really happy you are here. Seriously.
So let me just get straight to it. My name is Alpha Jun. I am 22 years old. I live on an island. I stare at my screen almost all day. I am part of the WordPress community. And I started this blog because I have a lot of things to say and honestly I just needed a place to say them.
That is it. That is the short version.
But stay a little longer because I promise the longer version is way more fun.
I Grew Up in Guimaras and It Is Honestly Amazing Here
Guimaras is a small island province here in the Philippines, Western Visayas side. And yes, we are famous for our mangoes. The sweetest in the world. You can look that up if you want, I will wait.
But growing up here is so much more than mangoes. It is waking up and hearing nothing but nature outside. It is knowing your neighbors. It is that feeling of actually belonging somewhere. The kind of place where life moves a little slower and honestly that is not a bad thing at all.
I still live here. And I plan to keep living here. A lot of people from small provinces pack their bags and move to the big city because they think that is where the opportunities are. I get it. I really do. But my dream is to build something right here in Guimaras. An agency. A real one. Where people from this island can work and build a career without having to leave the place they grew up in.
That dream keeps me going every single day.
Okay But What Am I Actually Like?
Alright this is the fun part.
So here is the honest truth about me. If you meet me somewhere for the first time and we do not know each other yet, I am going to be pretty quiet. I will smile, I will be polite, but I am mostly just going to observe and listen. Some people think that means I am cold or I do not want to talk. That is not it at all. I just take a little time to warm up.
BUT. And this is a big but. Once you are my friend? Once we actually know each other? I am a completely different person. I get loud. I joke around a lot. I am the kind of friend who will send you the most random meme at the worst possible time and somehow it will be exactly what you needed. Ask the people close to me. They will tell you.
I am also a really good listener. Like a genuinely good one. Not the kind who is just waiting for their turn to talk. I actually listen. I think it is one of the most important things a person can be and honestly not enough people do it anymore.
Oh and I am always curious about everything. How things work. Why people do what they do. What happens if you try something a completely different way. I cannot help it. My brain just always wants to know more.
The Random Stuff That Makes Me, Me
Okay here is where it gets interesting. Or weird. Depends on who you ask.
I ride a bike. An actual bicycle, not a motorcycle. There is something about being on a bike early in the morning with no destination in mind that just resets everything inside my head. I love it.
I love cars too. Like really love them. I can look at a car for way too long and just think about how it was designed and built. But here is my thing, I only drive manual. Automatic just does not feel like driving to me. It is just a personal preference and yes people find it funny but I stand by it completely.
I build computers from scratch. I pick all the parts, put everything together with my own hands, and then the moment it turns on for the first time? Best feeling ever. I also use Linux because I like having full control over what my machine is doing. I do not just want to use technology. I want to actually understand it.
I build websites. I design stuff. I make apps. I love open source software. If there is something I can create or figure out or improve, I am already interested. Problems are fun to me. Genuinely fun. I like solving them.
And okay, this one surprises people a lot. I am a family photographer. Yes. Me. The quiet guy who takes time to warm up to people. Put me behind a camera at a family gathering though and I am completely in my element. There is something about capturing a real honest moment between people who love each other that I find really beautiful. I carry my camera around a lot actually.
I travel sometimes too. Not on a strict schedule or anything. Just when life gives me the chance and somewhere calls my name. I travel not to take photos for social media but to actually understand how other people live.
And at home, I live alone. Just me, my computer, my Linux setup, and whatever project I am working on that week. It is quiet. Some people hear that and think it sounds lonely. For me it is just peaceful. Living alone really teaches you a lot about yourself when you pay attention.
I Am Part of the WordPress Community and It Changed How I See People
Okay so this part I really want to talk about because it means a lot to me.
About one to two years ago I started using WordPress seriously. Not just installing it and picking a theme. I mean actually getting into it. Customizing themes. Tweaking plugins. Understanding how things work under the hood. And the more I learned, the more I realized there was this whole community of people around the world who were just as deep into it as I was.
That led me to WordCamps.
For those who do not know, a WordCamp is an event organized by the WordPress community where developers, designers, bloggers, and anyone who uses WordPress gets together to learn, share, and just hang out. It sounds like a regular tech event but it really is not. The vibe is completely different. It is warm. It is welcoming. It feels like a group of friends who happen to also be really good at what they do.
I attended WordCamp Iloilo 2023 and that was honestly my first real taste of what community feels like in tech. Being in a room full of people who are all excited about the same things you are, who are building things, learning things, sharing things, that feeling is hard to explain if you have never experienced it.
Then in 2025 I took it a step further and volunteered at WordCamp Asia. One of the biggest WordPress events in the whole region. And being on the other side of it, helping make the event happen, seeing everything that goes into it, that taught me a lot about what it means to give back to a community that gave you so much first.
I also go to local WordPress meetups regularly. And honestly this is the part I want every developer reading this to hear. We spend so much of our time alone in front of a screen. Just us and the code and the problems we are trying to solve. And that is fine. That is part of the job. But there is something really special about stepping away from the screen and sitting in a room with people who get it. People who love the same things you love. People who challenge you and inspire you just by being in the same space.
The WordPress community gave me that. And I am really grateful for it.
If you are a WordPress user, a developer, a designer, a blogger, or even just someone who is curious about it, come find me. Let us talk. Seriously.
Why Did I Even Start This Blog?
Honestly? A few reasons.
One, I want to write about my life in a real way. Not the perfect highlight reel version. The actual version. A 22 year old from a small island figuring out business, life, people, and everything in between. The good days and the hard ones.
Two, I want people to find me online and actually know who I am. Your name on the internet matters. I want mine to say something true about me.
And three, the most important one, I started this because of you. The person reading this right now. I want every post on this blog to leave you feeling something. Maybe inspired. Maybe like you learned something small but useful. Maybe just like someone out there gets what you are going through. If I can do that even once for someone, it is worth every word.
Let Us Actually Be Friends
Okay so here is the part I really mean.
I do not want this to just be a blog where you read and disappear. I genuinely want to meet the people who read my stuff. If you are from Guimaras, from anywhere in the Philippines, from the WordPress community, or literally anywhere in the world and something I wrote made you feel something, reach out. Send me a message. Say hi. Tell me who you are.
I am serious about this. Some of the best things in life start with a simple hello from a stranger who just happened to read something you wrote at the right time.
You can find me at alphajun.com. My door is open. Well, technically my screen is open. You know what I mean.
Come say hi. Let us be friends.