Peace, yo!

Peace! (on sketchbook, sharpie and acrylic, 2015)

My International Day of Peace piece.

It's getting to be cliche, but seriously, the world needs peace. Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Chad, CAR, Afghanistan, Turkey, Ukraine. Our own Mindanao.

Heneral Luna: Adelante!

Heneral Luna, the independent film by Jerrold Tarog is the first Filipino I watched in the cinema since Eric Matti’s On The Job. Sadly, I only knew of it after reading raving reviews from Facebook and Twitter friends. Marketing budget was perhaps nil, which is unfortunate because these sorts of movies are exactly what Filipinos need, young and old. I watched a matinee showing at the Tagbilaran Island City Mall on its last day, and expected a full house. But alas, despite the 50% student discount (regular price is P120), the theater was mostly bare saved only by a string of senior Tagbilaranons enjoying their free movie passes c/o the city government. Where were the students?

Their loss. Heneral Luna is epic. It has flaws worthy of a movie sins episode but is overall a gripping cinematic fare worthy of a pert Heneral Luna salute. Adelante!

Filipinos are Asians. Period.

This is insane. Some Filipino Americans actually say they're Pacific Islanders? Filipinos in the motherland would always consider ourselves Asians, Southeast Asians more specifically. We've so little relations with the Pacific Islands. Come on.

Am I an extroverted introvert?

So this LifeHack article by David Khim lists down 19 Real Life Examples of An Extroverted Introvert So You Don’t Get Confused. (Which is actually 20, because he listed down two (2) number 9's.)

Let's see if I fit in any of the traits of a extroverted introvert...

A must-watch.

Damn, I miss the cinemas.

Happy International Women's Day

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We do this every year. But we struggle daily, 24/7. And we fight. And march on. All the time.

Remembering the Bohol Oktubre Kinse Linog

Exactly one year ago, the island of Bohol snapped from beneath, rocking the very foundations of our faith and fate as a people.

In less than a minute, I saw our stone churches reduced into rubble, homes crumbled and toppled, lives lost, families shattered, dreams interrupted.

While today, I shiver still, as I remember the people we lost – the kids crushed by  a falling wall (the only concrete wall of their house), the farmer pinned down by a falling debris from a chocolate hill, the churchgoers buried under centuries-old rubble , fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, friends, classmates, colleagues, neighbors, strangers – and I shudder still, as I remember the earthquake, the 7.2 magnitude swaying of the ground, the eerie crackle of breaking earth, the raging groan of the tumbling hillside, the fierce seething of the sea waters, and the uneasy trembling of our hearts – I quiver more in rapture of the spirited humanity that engulfed the whole of Bohol during those most trying of times.

Padayon sa pagbangon, Bohol.

Bye, for now!

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In case anyone asks, I'll be in Ethiopia.

I'll drop by, from time to time (meaning: never).

See you in two years!

BAD 2013: Blog for Human Rights!

Register for Blog Action Day (BAD). I did. BAD 2013 will be on October 16 and will focus on the topic: Human Rights.

It's a Rummage!

Happy 15th, Google!

This is a fun game!

Google turned 15 on September 4.

Fifteen years ago, in 1998, I was a college freshman in UP-Diliman, barely knew how to use Microsoft Word, and had absolutely no idea how to use the Internet. My older brother had to help me set up my first email account. (I'm not sure if it was Eudoramail or Yahoo! I know, it's no longer active.)