Hello.

About Me

I am Peter Ryuken B. Hermosura, a 17-year-old student from the Philippines. You can call me Peter, Pete, or Rock. I am an aspiring meteorologist who loves to track the weather and tropical storms. In my free time, I write poems and take pictures of what I observe in everyday life. I also read textbooks, watch YouTube short documentaries, and sing Taylor Swift songs in the bathroom when no one's watching. I am easily interested in most things, but specifically, I have a special interest in science and mathematics.

Before the pandemic, I came from an era in my life where everything was moving too fast. That time, I had been burdened school works, personal problems, a heartbreak. Even when my teachers and classmates appreciated my academic performance in school, I actually had no clue on who I truly was. What I knew back then was that I was a student that had to comply, a son that had to act fine, a person lost in the thick woods. I was directionless, even when the world was moving too fast. Earth continued to move while I stood, sessile, just tired of the speed of life.

However, ever since I started documenting pieces of my life through pens, papers, and camera lenses, I found that life slowed down. I found balance and reassurance in savoring moments by turning emotions and lived experiences into jars of deliberately chosen words and frames of reference. That way, I could savor the small moments in life for what they are and how I live and see them—and not what the world paints them to be.

Since then, I have written poems and taken pictures that reflect the world I see in another perspective.