randomness

i remember when i was small, i used to kill boredom and forget all my childish problems by drawing small stick figures on each side pages of my book or notebook. then slowly flipped and released each page and watch as my little stick figures move from one place to another. it amazes me how that 30seconder felt like time flew; like everything moves and falls the way i want them be. like for a moment, they're gone.

during that time, while kids, my age, dwell upon tv cartoons and fairy tales, i chose to create and escape through my drawings, which i guess, i have carried until now. obviously, it didn't solve anything. but in a way, it cleared my cluttered thoughts.

the past days have been tiring and exhausting. a number of things happened. i have been busy finishing some dues for my classes while straightening some other businesses on the side. some were successful, while some were just too frustrating to be solved. and it bothers me how frustrations can sometimes be so paralyzing. it leaves your body with nothing to do but makes your brain work 'til it dries.

last night, i rode a bus in makati going to fairview, and fell asleep out of exhaustion. when i woke up, the bus was still running along commonwealth avenue. but then i noticed that i was the only passenger inside. in a second, i felt very confused. even thought that probably i am still dreaming. but it was to vivid to be a dream. too lonely to be surreal.

then, i figured,



aaahhhhh...


probably, its the february breeze coming. hahaha!

ang emoterong paper crane

naging super busy lately. pero striving to catch up.

for now, i want to dedicate this animation that i did for a good friend, xall pierce as promised.



a.k.a. ang emoterang paper crane. hahaha! ang talambuhay mo ang inspirasyon ng animation na ito. nyahahaha!

buloy

call center industry is one of the growing industries in the country and among third world country. in metro manila alone, you'll not meet one who doesn't know of someone who works as a call center agent.
then i just thought, what if the world turned upside down and the philippines is considered one of the powerful nations in the world and the united states is the developing one? in addition, what if americans are the one who are taking our calls, adjusting to our language and accent? or can you even imagine it? i am actually having a hard time picturing it out as well, until i bumped into this video in youtube.

in fairnbess, to this guy he was very polite in the beginning of the video.



now, did this help you at all? hehehe.

*next post will be top 10 with the same issue (just for me to be reminded about it).

film spoiler: daybreak

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last friday, me and andy decided to meet up and watch a movie first before dropping off to dette and sharon's new place for a so called "dinner"(hahaha). andy was so persistent in convincing me to watch lihim ni antonio. but since i have already seen the film. i insisted for jumper instead. we were arguing for quite sometime, thus to settle things out, we met half way and figured out to watch daybreak instead. he wanted a pinoy film with the same genre. while i haven't seen the film either. so it was in favor for the both of us.

after dinner, we went our way to the cinema. there were lots of people who were inside the same house and all of them are males. by this point, i am no longer surprise, after lihim ni antonio in up film institute. although i know, andy, like the last time we saw lalaki sa parola was getting his usual dose of uncomfort whenever he smells something obvious(if you know what i mean).

the stars, who were the only actors in the file, coco martin and paolo rivero were even there to thank the audience together with probably the staff and crew of the film. it was funny seeing the audience cover their face or turn in the opposite side when the camera and its light passed their faces, andy included. hahaha!(just kidding, andy!)

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the film was a story of two men who were tanggled in the complicated web of homosexual relationship. william, played by paolo rivero is a well-off closeted urbanite gay yuppy who found himself spending the weekend away with his girlfriend, melissa: to be with his lover, jp. JP played by coco martin, was a local boat man in the taal lake, who also flirts with his clients but ended up falling in love with the later.

the what was deemed at first, as a flingy type of relationship eventually found itself to each other's heart. unfortunately, both guys never expected the complications of the relationship would lead them in a very difficult situation that even saying goodbye was hard to do.

the film is rather dragging to quote the guy next to my seat. but for me it was typically the main highlight or ingredient of a substantial movie. for such movies allow the audience to think, to create their own plots, conversations, conflicts and endings. the film basically would just trigger the thought of its viewer to formulate his own story of the film that makes the movie more substantial than the actual "what you see story" that we normally have.

the film was bombarded with lots of signs and symbols that opened itself to lots of interpretations as well. there was the window blinds that was first opened, then gradually closed until it was completely close on the later part of the film. the almost empty space of the rest house, the dinner table, the way they cook the pasta, the half empty pool, the misty ambiance etc, all referring to the gloominess that its viewers have to feel and watch for in the entire film. in a way watching the film reminded me of wong kar wai's happy together, another gay film played by tony leung (hero, in the mood for love, 2046) because of the similarity of the mood they bring out in me.

on my opinion, the entire film could have been made even without the credits of the script writer nor the director because the film was created not by them but by its audience. something that shouldn't be taken negatively by the staff rather as a compliment because in reality not all directors and script writers could do this.

i realized that the main problem with our movies (particularly in the philippines) is the fact that they are simply spoon fed crafts. they don't allow their audience to think deeper or outside the box. they are only allowed to think in response to what the film is letting them see. making the entire industry monotonous, stagnated and worthless.

on the other hand, i chose not to say anything about the emotionless and monotonous expressions of paolo rivero and the highschool-skit-type acting of coco martin.

if you don't want to think too much, i'd rather not recommend you to watch the film. because at the end, the movie like its title, day break, would just be a story of how they break.

a tribute to david poarch

its almost a year ago when i started maintaining a blog. surprisingly, with the type of personality i have, i never thought, i am still maintaining it up to now.
it was also the same year when i bumped into this blog site that gave me the inspiration of writing my blog and continuing life with a distinct perspective. this guy has everything one would dream for: a good education, good profession, good looks and a promising future in the modern time land of flowing milk and honey, the united states. but he turn his back against all of these to prove something: that the best things in life are not on what you luxuriously have but on the simplest things that you wouldn't expect.
thus, my highest respect to him, david poarch or commonly known in the blog community as the coconuter.

here is a video documentary of his life as shown in nagmamahal kapamilya.

insecurities and doing one's best 2

if you have happened to watch my previous post entitled: insecurities and doing one's best. this was the result conencted to it.

Paul Potts has won the final of this competition and ins £100,000 and will perform at the Royal Variety Performance.

insecurities and doing one's best

"when your insecurities come along your way, always opt to the things you wanted to do best because everything would just follow."

this video just blew me away.

special thanks to blogadikted.

unmasking maskman

1987 - Hikari Sentai Maskman - Ab [B]
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"i never thought, male maskmen knew how to dance jazz. probably the very first ever interpretative dance in our childhood---BRAVO!"

maskman na marahil ang isa sa mga kinahiligan ko'ng 5 member super teams bago pa man lumabas ang power rangers. sila na rin siguro ang nagmulat sa akin pagiging sexual being bago pa man ang adolescent period ko (ito yun, kapag nagtratransform na sila). pupusta ako, inaabangan niyo rin yung eksena na magtratransform sila at manghihinayang sa ilang mga episodes na diretsong transformation kaagad. nakakafrustrate nga lang dahil pare-pareho naman ang undergarments na suot nila every transformation. ayoko ng mag-isip.

kabisado ko lahat halos tungkol sa palabas na ito: ang pinoy theme song nito( refer to the previous play list na pinost ko), ang hand gestures nila kapag nagmemeditate sila at maging ang aura garter game nila (na nauso rin nuong grade 4 ako). Halos may current profile nga rin ako ng mga bida dito eh. pinakakilala na marahil ang kanilang professor na nasa Takeshi's Castle na rin (siya yung leader ng mga contestants).

akala ko alam ko na ang lahat tungkol sa kanila, subalit nagkamali ako nuong nakita ko ito. umiyak ako buong gabi. kakaisip at patuloy na sinisi ang IBC 13 dahil pinutol ito sa introduction. kungkayat, masakit ang ulo kinaumagahan pagdating sa trabaho, kakabisado sa sayaw na ito...hindi niyo ako masisisi...hindi.