ELEMENTO ALBUM LAUNCH

Kaibigan, TODAY, 15th of December 2011!!!

"UNBOUND"

ELEMENTO is launching their limited edition album today at the CCP ESKENITA at 6PM-8PM.

And embrace thine friends who will gather performing tonight too;

SKIES OF EMBER
LAKBAY LAHI
COSMOPOLITAN SMOKE STABS
GENTLE UNIVERSE

It was originally slated for the 10th, which I was so guilty about I thought I missed it. But by all means, smoke and ways, it sounds and feels GREAT it was rescheduled for TODAY!!!



John R. was true in saying this really is Fine Art!

Kitakits!

ROCK THE RILES 2011

What to do on this rainy Sunday ?

What to do for The International Human Rights Day?

What to do when down with high fever and literally and figuratively voiceless?

Stay in bed or...

Get Up! Go Out and Rock n Roll ??!!

Rock Ed Phil said, "Choose a station, watch a gig, take a stand, and rock and roll! It's Rock Ed Philippines' seventh annual Rock the Riles, a massive celebration of International Human Rights Day!"

I will choose from any of the 8 MRT EDSA station to watch a film or see a FREE gig!

I want to bring my folding bike to make a stand but I might just tag my kids and hubby along so we can all rock and roll!

This is Rock Ed Philippines' seventh annual Rock the Riles! It is indeed a POWERful celebration of the International Human Rights Day!

Say hello to the list;

TAFT STATION
Rocking vs Hunger.

Tanya Markova,
Giniling Festival,
Stonefree,
Soapdish,
Above Zero,
Wika,
Heavy Heavies,
Hatankaru,
AJKA,
Soundvent,
Eevee,
Letter Day Story,
Kaligta,
Kilos,
Circa,
Not So Fast,
Philia,
Ginoong Vitalis,
Dhruva tara,
Game Theory,
Nyctinasty and Ciudad Tribu


CUBAO STATION—
Rocking for Global Trade and Development.
Presented by Dakila

Noel Cabangon,
Paramita,
Hijo,
Hilera,
Turbo Goth,
Camerawalls,
FMD,
Top Junk,
Chongkeys,
Ganhava,
Alex in Wonderland,
Miko Pepito,
Faintlights,
Allecia,
Nityalila,
OG Sacred,
Midsummer,
LTNS, and Toyo.

SHAW STATION
Rocking for Education.

Ebe Dancel,
General Luna,
Paolo Santos,
Silent Sanctuary,
Peryodiko,
Duster,
Malay,
Kala,
Caliphate,
Paraluman,
Gracenote,
Kai Honasan,
Akasha,
Flying Ipis,
Never the Strangers,
Playphonics,
Naked Lights,
Armed Aesthetics,
Progeny,
Beyond Science and Fiction,
Imaginary Friends and Ani Bughaw

AYALA STATION
Rocking for the Environment.
Presented by Terno Recordings

Radioactive Sago Project,
UpDharmaDownm Encounters With A Yeti,
Musical O,
Sleepwalk Circus,
Hidden Nikki,
The Charmes,
Not Another Boy Band,
Dr.Strangeluv,
FilterKeen,
Steady Machine,

BONI STATION
Rocking for Gender Equality.
Presented by Mambo Rat Productions

Flippin’ Soul Stompers,
Big Band Groove,
Collie Herb,
Goodleaf,
The Oemons,
The Go Signals,
Fingertrap,
Jeepney Joyride,
The Strangeness,
Nanay Mo,
Tirso Cruise Three,
Kevin's Express and
Wilderness.

BUENDIA STATION
Rocking vs HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Preventable Diseases.

Intolerant,
Reklamo,
Bad Burn,
Odat,
Trapeze,
Penguin,
Gab n' Josh,
Parada,
Arcadia,
DOA,
Fuzz,
Pocket Full Of,
Imelda,
Love Sax and Magic,
Htachbanko,
Around the Metro,
Lights in Transit,
Last Minute,
JZE,
Lady Ransom,
Jensen Gomez,
Archievals,
Harlequin Carnival,
Twin Lobster and
Sleep is the Enemy

QUEZON AVE STATION
Rocking for Maternal Health.

CinemAlexis Film Showing

NORTH AVE STATION
Rocking for Children's Health.
Presented by Mary Moon Productions

Mayonnaise,
Tonight We Sleep,
Hansom,
Subscapular,
Sirens,
Chris Cantanda,
Blue Boy Bites Back,
Pull It Surprise,
Inday Bote,
Jejaview,
Save Me Hollywood and
Shoulder State.

Oha, change stations, make a stand and RAKENROL!!

TALAHIB Album Launch

I would like to BE with them tonight but I'd be peaks away (even if it's rainy today) and so will blah blah blog about them TALAHIB this way.

A DECADE OF MUSICAL FLIGHT: TALAHIB’s Mga Awit ng Pag-ibig at Digmaan Debut Album Lauch.

TONIGHT at 10:00 pm, December 9, 2011 where else but The 70’s Bistro Anonas.

TALAHIB band was formed in December 2001 performing at the Payatas Tragedy Benefit Concert dubbed as Paskuhan sa Payatas Benefit Event. They began as an acoustic folk group promoting peoples music. Their early gigs where touring Pinas exposing them to traditional music of the indigenous tribes. This cultural immersion shaped TALAHIB and its music.

The event is free. No ticket at the gates. Woot! So purchase their CD for Php250 only. Make it your Christmas gift-ss!

Oh by the way,one can also donate used clothes which will serve as a Pamaskong Handog to a Mangyan community in Puerto Galera.

Sana MAGSAYA tayo at hindi ito Bagyo! Masama ang panahon kasi may Masamang nililipat (another issue)

Oh well, WALANG TAMA kung WALANG MASAMA. Let's just enjoy TALAHIB's Bagyo. Watch their vid.

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CALATAGAN at 100

" Ma, where is Calatagan?" my son asked me. I assured him, " Just BE with me,anak and you'd know so much more about Calatagan and its Centennial Celebration."

How about you? Would you like to BE with us and know her-Calatagan? Tara!

Let us celebrate with Calatagan's 100th year in so many ways one of which is by joining the CALATAGAN CENTENNIAL RUN run on Sunday, Dec 11, 2011.

Registration fees:
10K – 500
5K – 400
3K – 300

10K (Male and Female)
First place : 10,000 pesos
Second place : 8,000 pesos
Third Place : 6,000 pesos

5K (Male and Female)
First place : 8,000 pesos
Second place : 6,000 pesos
Third Place : 4,000 pesos

3K (Male and Female)
First place : 6,000 pesos
Second place : 4,000 pesos
Third Place : 2,000 pesos


Proceeds of the run will benefit the Marine Protected Areas, Bantay Dagat and the rehabilitation of Ilog Santiago.

For more info, please contact the following: 09167777446, 09228765538, 09208026807 or email run.dc.enterprise@gmail.com

Also, let's witness the opening of Calatagan ArtGallery! woot!

Pili na at bili na ng mga shirts!!

And so I close by swaying and singing to my son Bob Marley's " Don't worry about a thing. Cause every little thing (is) gonna be alright!"

"Ma, parang buhok ni Papa" End of conversation!

Kitakits!

6th Firefly Brigade Christmas Gift-giving Ride

Fireflies never cease to amaze me. My kids and I love these beautiful tiny creatures and we had debunked the notion that there is a ghost when there is a firefly!

I have been blessed and was wow-ed to meet the WOW Pinay and join them during their WOW Pinay F1rst Anniversary Ride. Napa WOW talaga ako dahil sa kanilang open arms, their humility and calm strength riding the bike- mapa TIKLOP man o Mt. Bike or the ULTIMATE-de TIKLOP na Mountain Bike argh!!!

But I guess, that's it - whatever, whoever, whichever way, BIKING is an ADVOCACY not an Elite group-ing so go grab your BIKE and RIDE! yeah baby!

Hence, I am PROUDly reposting this another worthy ride from a WOW Pinay and a very important "LIGHT" of The Firefly Brigade.....

Each year for the past five years, we don our santa claus and fairy costumes to go around Metro Manila to give out lootbags to kariton families and roadside public servants along our usual bike commute routes to school, work or errands.

Be a part of this annual yuletide CMR... no registration fees to be collected.

When December 17, Saturday
Registration 3.00-3.30pm Meet, Mingle, be Merry!
Assembly/Briefing 3.45
Ride Out 4.00pm
Lootbag-giving 4.00-6.30pm
ETA FB HQ 7pm

Requirements for joining the ride:

1) A happy yuletide disposition and willingness and physical capacity to carry at least 2 lootbags in your own backpack for the duration of the ride

*In case of back problems, you can be our candy man or woman... carry candies for giving away to kids, street families, traffic enforcers, takatak boys/girls and bystanders.

2) Contribute two lootbags (more if you like!) for the ride

3) Wear a Xmas Costume or have a deck your bicycle with xmas bling!

4) If under 18 years of age, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

5) Must have blinkers, wear a helmet (if not wearing a santa hat),

6) Enough water and ride trail mix for energy:)

Suggested Contents of Loot Pack:

Option A
2 kgs rice
2 Sachets of sardines or corned beef or any ulam in sachets
3 mami noodles
1 pack candies

Option B
Tasty Bread
2 Sachets of sardines or corned beef or any ulam in sachets
3 mami noodles
1 pack candies

Optional additionals:
facetowel, new/pre-owned good condition clothing, slippers, crackers and blanket

You may also donate in bulk any of the following, we'll pack it for you!
Cash
Rice Packs
Rice Cavans
In Sachet Goods (sardines or corned beef or ulam)
Candies
Mami
Pre-owned bags or shirts big enough for wrapping loot in

Food for After-ride Xmas Dinner for Volunteers also welcome.

We will accept goods at Firefly Brigade's Headquarters:
169 Kamias Road near corner Langka St., Kamias, QC from December 10-15.
Drop-off times are from 1-6pm only.
You may also come early on ride day to help pack last minute donations.

photo credit: Crisostomo Family

I can't wait!

Merry Christmas with a different HIGH - RIDE and LIGHT!

LIWANAG SA YADU

Have you ever felt you knew someone not just from the Social Media but is really close to that person and that the feeling, the energy is somehow mutual? I guess that's the "past life" concept!

I met Aze through Lirio of Elemento during Dott's album launch st B-Side. Admittedly, rekindling with the group after 13 years and meeting Aze gave me a newer LIGHT. Aze wanted to thank me for blogging about her previous exhibit. I asked if I can embrace her in return. You see, I blah blah blogged because I like her artworks and I want to feel the EVENT. More than that, I blogged about it to BE heard and share that LOVE.

That night, Aze invited me to the opening of her upcoming exhibit at nearby Yadu. But for some reasons, I was not able to attend. As I would put it now, I was supposed to BE there when Aze Ong had its Opening, but hey, going in full circle, it's never too late!

So, let's all BE jamming to the exhibit's Closing Performance, TONIGHT 1900hr at Yadu, inside The Collective, on Malugay St. Makati City

Kitakits!Tugudung tsak tsak!

Namaste!

Myra’s Tortas of Cebu

One night, I was lucky enough to have a conversation with a dear Uncle and we were wondering whatever happened to our bloodline in Cebu. He shared his story about a doctor he met during his Heart Center check up. I knew we had relatives in Cebu because as far as I can remember,when I had to fly to Cebu then ride NN Ferry to finish my thesis about Bohol's Sustainable Community-based Tourism , Mama and Lola learned that I'd pass Cebu, so they reminded me to mention "Atty. Mauro's" name and Cebuanos would know where I could stay. But I did not do so, because after all, I would not stay in Cebu nga-I had to go research in Tagbilaran,Bohol.

Yesterday, with the sudden 45-minute downpour in Manila, I was supposed to be walking inside the walls of Intramuros and enjoy The Manila Ocean Park, but opted to go malling . I was stuck in La Loma and just had a rolling tour of factories, cemeteries and Mila's, PingPing and a whole lotta Mila's Lechon. So I began to wonder, who's the real Mila's here? . Isn't Mila a great name,huh! I then had the sudden craving and started comparing Mila's and ZUBUCHON (Cebu's lechon). But about Cebu and its gastronomy, I'm missing them Cebu tarts!

My taste buds and my hunger was ignited just waiting ang BEing in that floody traffic jam. To keep me entertained, I started searching the Internet cloud for the weather updates and alternative tour in QC. And so, with wi-fi tech the answer flashed ! I even saw my Auntie's post re Myra's Tarts. Social Media Power! Hence, I found my tart and my Cebu BLOODline while the great SUN appeared and the waters subsided. Yeah,SUN!

Meet my SUNny side- my Auntie Myra and...

I discovered Auntie Myra and this part of her through http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/myras-torta...

So, here's an open letter....

Dear Tita Myra,

While I'm sending you CYBER HUGs, please send me those real tarts...

I hope to see you this Mayo!

Love FOUND,
Joy

WOW

I will ride and rekindle with a bike for tomorrow's Holiday.

Would you care to join us, ladies and gentlemen, ( yes, even MEN are free to join!) to the WOW PINAY's "WE ARE ONE!" - THE 1st ANNIVERSARY RIDE?

As Nitch said, "Oh ‘WOW’… It’s going to be a big ‘ONE’! "

Yes, WOW PINAY™ is turning ONE year old! So ladies, let’s celebrate the day—the WOW PINAY way!

1st ANNIVERSARY RIDE
Wednesday, November 30, 2011.

The Itinerary will be as follows;

7:00am
UP Oblation
* Assembly and Meet-and-greet old/new WOW Pinay members
* morning chikkahan and pictorial
* ride to the Inang Bayan statue then ride around UP

9am
* Ride out of UP
* bike towards E. Rodriguez via Cubao
* then P. Tuazon to NomNoms for brunch
* more fun activities

Please be in your best WHITE top, blouse, dress or FILIPINIANA Plus another signature item: a scarf/shawl

ONE YEAR na pala…oh ‘WOW’!

I hope to bring my boyz but they do not want to yet. I hope to ride with my buddy too. But he told me he will as long as I wear a helmet! Deal !

Haribol!

The LAW OF ATTRACTION IN ACTION Series EPISODE 1 PART 1

Being a pioneer for the launch of several Accounts in the BPO Industry and preferring to remain that WAVE 1, I like the firsts! But after my recent resignation, I am happy-er calming down and chooses to be back trying the different "firsts" while in tuned with BIG U.- my Universe. And in line with this, I am resonating and oh so silently vibrating in this "buena mano" endeavor of Ripples.

A film screening on The LAW OF ATTRACTION IN ACTION Series EPISODE 1 PART 1The Teachings of Abraham Hicks through Esther & Jerry Hicks is happening this Saturday, November 26, 2011. Join us and be there from 3 pm - 5 pm. There is a Fee of Php100. So please call or text to reserve your seats at 340-1214/6551982, or text 09228871158.

Btw, The RIPPLES BOOKS & GIFTS STORE located at the 3rd Level East Wing, Robinsons Galleria is looking for a male & female sales and marketing staff, from ages 23 to 30 years old. "One who posses good computer (Excel, Powerpoint..etc),oral & written communications,enjoys reading inspirational self help books, willing to work on mall hours, responsible and with a happy disposition. :)"

They said that the chosen one "will receive a basic salary with overtime pay. With good evaluation during the probationary period, they will be a regular staff with additional benefits as mandated by law. And a possibility of taking a supervisory position if qualified."

So let them know if you're interested and if you have referrals. Contact Yasmin S. Nuno at 0918-352-9412.

They and I say," Thanks a lot! Have a lovely day! :)"

UNDER THE LORD'S SHADOWS

TODAY at 1600hr!


Under the Lord's Shadows Photo and Multimedia Exhibit

A photo and multimedia exhibit on Mindanao by documentary photographer Jes Aznar opens on November 23, 2011 at Kanto Artists-Run Space in The Collective Makati as part of the activities marking the second anniversary of the Ampatuan massacre.

Maguindanao is a place where people flee their homes in the middle of the night to escape the fury of conflict; where children crawl under running mills for morsels of corn; where 58 people are massacred under a glistening sun to keep a ruling clan in power; where babies endure the damp earth of makeshift evacuation shelters; where young men are trained to kill to protect the mighty and the powerful.

Greed and power brought outsiders to Mindanao, taking advantage of those in far-flung areas and in the remotest communities. The island's geographical distance from the rest of the country made it easy for ruling clans to plunder its resources and abuse its people. The powers-that-be spawned wars to justify armaments and their slice of the trillion-a-year national budget. The evacuees are forced on the run to escape manufactured conflicts.

For decades, the government supported and funded ruling families that could tighten the national government's grip on power. Mindanao represents the decades-old problems of feudalism, greed and poverty gripping the Philippines. What is happening in the rest of the country is happening in the island tenfold. The ruling clans remain in power, living comfortably inside sprawling mansions, surrounded by their very own gun-wielding private armies.

Outside these fortresses, the people of Maguindanao go on with their daily struggle to earn a living. Their lives are at a standstill. They will flee when there is conflict and they will bury their dead when bullets overtake them. At harvest season, their hungry children will crawl under the mills for leftover kernels of corn.

Under the Lord's Shadows is part of a Jes Aznar's long-term documentary project in Mindanao. His project on the issue of land and feudalism in the Philippines led him to the island of Mindanao. Far away from the seat of power and urbanization, it's an island where our society's social, political, and economic conditions are magnified tenfold.

TODAY!

AMPATUAN Massacre

TODAY is the 23rd of November 2011...

I am going to light a candle, pause, breathe and silently send healing energies for the brave journalists and beyond this November 23...

I wish not to say anything more maybe because I lost HOPE. Or maybe I have finally realized my silence is more valuable than what we have been all crying for a long time...

I would just make my stand for today, and that is to repost this statement from the #UP #CMC

Healing to us all!

HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE ?
Statement of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication
On the second anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre

DESPITE President Benigno Aquino III’s pledge that his administration will stop the killing of journalists, twelve have been killed since the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 claimed the lives of 58 men and women, of whom 32 were journalists and media workers.

Neither the glacially slow trial of the accused in that massacre, nor the pledge Mr. Aquino made in his 2010 State of the Nation Address that he will “hold murderers accountable,” has made much of an impression on those who resent press attention. Not only have journalists been killed since November 2009. A number have also been threatened, sued for libel on the flimsiest grounds, barred from attending interviews and press conferences, and physically assaulted. In one of the more recent incidents, unidentified persons also burned a Catholic Church-owned radio station in Occidental Mindoro.

Mr. Aquino’s “hold murderers accountable” statement was the last he has made about the murder of journalists. He has since been silent on the subject, although he has criticized the press from time to time for its alleged bias against his administration and focus on his personal life.

At the same time, his administration has taken almost none of the steps agreed upon between media advocacy and journalists’ organizations and his communication group and the department of justice in July, 2010 as necessary to stop the killings. Among these were the formation of Quick Response Teams to immediately investigate the killing of journalists and to assure the integrity of evidence in the crime site, and Malacanang support for the reform of court rules and procedures to speed up the judicial process.

Mr. Aquino’s silence on the most recent incidents of journalists’ murders is equally unforgivable. And yet a statement from him each time a journalist is murdered declaring his impatience over the failure of the police to prevent it, and immediate police action in furtherance of the filing of the appropriate cases as a consequence, could help make would be killers hesitate by suggesting that things have changed and they could be prosecuted.

Meanwhile, Mr. Aquino has rejected the dismantling of private armies, even if they not only made the November 23 massacre possible, but have also been a factor in some cases in the 100 other places in the country where warlords have also privatized government security forces.

What has always been clear is the imperative of showing the killers and would- be killers of journalists that they can’t get away with murder. State failure to punish most of the killers of journalists—only ten have been convicted since 1986 out of 122 cases—is after all what continues to encourage not only the killing of journalists in the Philippines, but also their harassment. The whole world has known it since 2003, when the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists found that the killings were due to the weaknesses of the justice system, and called for immediate government action--which, as usual, the past administration ignored.

Today Mr. Aquino seems to be as unconcerned over the killing of journalists in the Philippines as his predecessor, despite the rest of the world’s being sufficiently alarmed to have declared November 23, 2011 the International Day to End Impunity in recognition of that event’s significance not only to the state of press freedom in the Philippines, but also to the safety of journalists everywhere.

Charged with the education and training of future journalists and media practitioners, we in the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication have the responsibility as well as the right to ask how many more must die before Mr. Aquino acts. So does the rest of the international press community—and so does every Filipino.

Dean Luis V. Teodoro
Dean Georgina R. Encanto

College Executive Board
Dean Roland B. Tolentino
Dr. Lourdes M. Portus
Dr. Jose R. Lacson, Jr.

Faculty
Dr. Elizabeth L. Enriquez, Ph.D.
Prof. Josefina C. Santos
Prof. Rosa Maria T. Feliciano
Dr. Eulalio R. Guieb III
Prof. Fernando A. Austria, Jr.

Dr. Florinda D.F. Mateo
Prof. Juno Paruñgao
Ms. Roxanne Girlie Cipriano

Prof. Danilo A. Arao
Ms. Lucia Palpal-taloc-Tangi

Dr. Nicanor G. Tiongson
Prof. Jose C. Gutierrez III
Prof. Libay Linsangan Cantor
Mr. Cenon O. Palomares
Mr. Patrick F. Campos
Prof. Sari Raissa Dalena

Lecturers
Twink Macaraig
Pinky M. Aseron
Melba S. Estonilo
Ina Cosio


CMC REPS and Staff
Gina Villegas
Clarissa S. Concepcion
Alex NP Tamayo
Jonathan Beldia
Nemesio B. Faulan
Louie Olid
Teresita Santos
Janette Pamaylaon
Virginia B. Cuyugan


CMC Students
Jefferson Lyndon Ragragio, President
CMC Graduate Students’ Association and 6 Executive Committee Members
Norma Riego, CMC Student Council Chairperson and 12 Council members
17 CMC Student Organizations

TANAGA

I want to share my TANAGA with YOU...

Tanaga measures seven.
One Filipino poem.
Profound seven-syllables,
Aesthetic words in ART form

K. Vim,

Sinaniban ako kagabi! Tanaga ako ng Tanaga hanggang sapagkanta ko ay napatulog ko pa ang mga anak ko. Puwede po ba sumali at gamitin ko ang "powers" na ito? Pa gamit ha?

Susmaryosep, na realize ko pag pito-pito ang sukat hindi angst ridden ang tinutula ko. Grabe! Ibang klaseng salita nabibigkas ko. May ibang healing....

Hear and dig this, man!

Simula ng Agosto
tunay ngang buwang ako
dahil pagkamatay n'ya
siya kong pagkabuhay na!

Namatay ang tatay ko,
nawala, nagrebelde
sumayaw at nagsulat
di naluha sa ere.

Kitam... May sanib na ako!yikes! I'm scared!

Pwede na tong TANAGA
naglalaro sa siyete
Kagabi inawit 'to
alas dos natapos ko.

Tanong ko sa kaniya kanina, " May freeverse TANAGA ba?" Tugon ni Kuya " Binilang ko 7 pantig naman lahat. Apat na taludtod o linya. Tama ang tanaga."

Oh di ba, pito-pito!
Hilig ni Ama pito.

Naaliw si Kuya "Talaga?. Lucky Number." Ito pa ikagugulat mo...

Kapanganakan ko ay
October 7 'xx

Pinanganak ina ko
December 7 'xx

Ang kay Kuya ay nandun
napasa sa anak n'ya
November 7 "xx

Nilibing nga si Papa
nitong Agosto pito!

Buhay namin pito.
i-REclaim ko na ito!
Hala, diwa ko pito.
Hala, nonstop na ito.

K. Vim, oh my gosh, it flows!
Yehey!
I found me at thirty four!
No wonder
3+4 equals SEVEN

Papuri ni Kuya " Salamuch sa Diyos! Amen. Praise the Lord. Allelujah." PATAY! di ako makahirit nang mula sa puso ko. Umanin na ako

Isa yan sa issues ko...

Birth Cert ko ay INC
Sakto incomplete ako!
INC ang tatay ko
Nanay ko Katoliko
Katoliko hubby ko
Ako? I'm happy searching!

Okay na Interfaith ko,
Habi habing hibla raw.
Kulang pakiramdam ko
pero darating din yan,
I know!
And I know it will build soon!

Gets mo na? TANAGA, rocks!!

TANAGA is measured 7-7-7-7. Each line may rhyme like AABB, ABAB, ABBA; to freestyle forms such as AAAB, BAAA, or ABCD. And Tanagas, like the Japanese haikus are meant to be untitled as it speaks for itself!

Bow!!

Ako si Amapola

Do you believe that it is wonderful to start embracing and hugging any soul, any creature, any stroke?!

Have you required yourself to hug 8x a day to release those oxytocins as per Dr.Love?

And have you ever wondered what if you were destined to be a superhero, what power would you like to have?

I would choose to have the super hugging power so yeah, I can hug my country! This is what Ricky Lee was musing while writing his Amapola too-how to save a country which you can not hug? How to be part of the country and their world? How to BE?!



And only Ricky Lee read and listened to the jist of my whining and told me, in one profound line "sana nga magsulat ka na uli!" Then I said, " blogging lang po....writing on the cloud!" but he laughed and was kind to tell me " that's still writing! anyway, am launching my second novel on nov 27, at the sky dome, sm city north. 4pm. claire and the rest of the barkada will be there. feel free to drop by. Finally, I uttered, "Salamat po....Nabuhayan ako!"

Let bygones BE bygones and start to BE part of this comedy on loving Pilipinas in a very happy way! No doubt about it, only Ricky Lee can give us this type of story. Only Ricky Lee!!

Alright, Sky Dome!Sunday, November 27, 2011, 3:00pm until 7:00pm.

To be back alive too, go get a sure seat on this ahem, "writer-star-studded" book launch. It's a first come first served basis, so you can pre-order the autographed Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata on a discounted price of Php250 with the ticket and a bookmark from;

Angels Antique Thrift Shop
Stall 17, Cubao Expo
Gen. Romulo St., Quezon City
Letty: 0920 4838995

A Baltazar TRW (Between Ministop and 24K Drug)
Katipunan cor Abada Sts. near Aurora Blvd., Quezon City
0947 3549340

Ann Angala Shy
Unit 1003 Orient Square, Emerald St., Ortigas Center
(Smart) 0928 3283629
(Globe) 0917 5769198
(Sun) 0922 8847309

BenchFix Salon
E. Rodtriguez St., Quezon City
Tel. 726 5526

BenchFix Salon
Ground Floor, Telus Bldg. near SM Cubao and Farmer Market
Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City
Tel. 709 2140

Bookay-Ukay Bookstore
55 Maginhawa St., UP Village, Quezon City
Dan: 0905 4283125

Bong
ABS-CBN, 10th Floor, ELJCC Bldg.
(Smart) 0928 2118339
JC: 0905 3307298

KS Coffee Shop
1137 Kamagong cor. Pasong Tamo Sts., Makati City
Tel. 478 2133
(Globe) 0917 9330505

Star Records Kiosk
ABS-CBN, ELJCC Bldg.

Vangie Tan
Star Cinema Creative Dept.
2/F ELJ Bldg.
Tel. 415 2272 loc 3906

#40 B. Gonzales St., Xavierville 1
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Tel. 928 9557

Ako ay isa ding Aswang....
Ako ay minsan ding nahati....
At ako ay masayang lilipad sa mga Nobela ni Ricky Lee!
Read,
Write
and BE Alive!

Kitakits on his Official Book Launch

Actuations

I have been finding my passion. And one of these favorite things is writing. Higher than this Internet CLOUD, I started capturing the Sunset, Luna and what lies in the streets with Myphone camera but then after drowning to this rock bottom, I found the Grand Canon! No where to go but up,up and away !

But just this week, my husband asked me why am I wasting my camera's shutter life. We finally had a dialogue in which he advised me to conserve my camera's and my energy and actuation. Then, I thought he is telling me some good viewpoints for life- Actuation,huh. Actuation, what?

from http://www.thefreedictionary.com
ac·tu·ate (kch-t)
tr.v. ac·tu·at·ed, ac·tu·at·ing, ac·tu·ates
1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator's movements.
2. To move to action: a speech that actuated dissent.


For me, actuation is counting performance through detailed simple prolific ways! Getting vague!

Okay, hear this. We Hu-(wo)-man have our arms, hands, fingers, legs as actuators. Our body is close to its mileage being signaled by our moving parts. If my Left knee's Meniscal tear worsens, then I may have reached say, my 34kth actuation.

But going back to my camera, one should be fully aware of how long my shutter will last, This can be done by finding out the current shutter actuations or shutter count of my camera. It is the count on how many photos I have taken. This is the shutter life expectancy of my camera. Sometimes, it is a secret. It is hard to know how and how to find it out. Some camera manufacturers may not even give me the details. but I hope this too will change to openness and truth. Try to search online like that from Olegkikin.com or always Goggle it up!

I am spoiling it but hey, FYI...

For Canon,it does not store the shutter actuation in the EXIF data. So, to check your shutter count is through its EOS Info by AstroJargon.It gives more info than just the shutter counter, like the serial number, the camera model, the firmware version and the the owner or the date of results.. EOSInfo known as 40DShutterCount utility is an old edition but don't you worry, this program works with DIGIC III/IV DSLRs. Try if it works for the 500d. Oh, and it this is not for Macs, but for Pc's only...

For the other camera models like Nikon and Pentax, Olympus, Sony Cameras
- try and try until you and I re-discover you and your Camera’s Current Shutter Actuations!

Click! click the camera!

Crazy Clown Time

I was looking forward to the old Buzz nights and performance noise hoping to record soon with my Gothic Scene.

I was just jamming with my College performing group lately to the point that this 5th of December, we will play again in one A-CAUSE-tic night at the Conspiracy Garden Cafe at Visayas Avenue,Quezon City.

And I was sooo moved by no Eraser head, but The Great David Lynch, so that,like him until 65 years old, I can still jam using 97% energy and 3% result with my beautiful mind-ful kindred friends...

here is an excerpt from David Lynch Q&A: It's Crazy Clown Time at Billboard.com

Most of the songs on "Crazy Clown Time" originate from studio jams, correct?

"That's the technique that was used more often than not. I [would] say probably a 20 to 25-minute jam is 97% garbage. Maybe in that three percent there is something there and that becomes the fuel for the next steps, which lead to the finished song.

An example of that is [album track] "Speed Roadster." That track came out of a jam when my guitar was just making a sound that was thrilling to me. It started making the sound of a speed roadster... a night time dream that was sparkling in the piney woods."

It is indeed the Crazy Clown Time NOW and I need that Speed Roaster! It is so surreal, I love to invite you for a jam! Jamming, anyone? Tara, jam na tayo! or let us just go and enjoy http://davidlynch.com/

Dig this man,dig this!


I would say , I have been clowning, playing and resonating around all the 7's in my life and I want to go back performing. I want to do a remake of this lady in a radiator song so true that " in heaven, everything is fine".



Don't panic, I am finely in LOVE and

rekindling...

Buddy, Raymund, Marcus, Ely,
Bass, Drone, Literature and Poetry
Photography
Music and Film

researching...

1977
Bernardino Pardito Berbon
Concepcion Magsaysay Irlanda
INC

finding...

1977
David Lynch
Fatherhood
Jennifer Lynch

healing through..

ABSTRACT
FILM
Construction
Haircut

Erase my head!

The Karl Roy Series

T.O.C.C Call Center Triskelions’ and 6TradS Production presents:

The Karl Roy Series
November 26, 2011
B-Side– The Collective, Malugay St. Makati City

Ticket costs Php 200 + Free 1 Beer

This is to enjoy the night listening to Karl Roy's classic hits from Advent Call, P.O.T and Kapatid-everything Karl Roy!

With performances by:

- Ammos
- Oremus
- Snooze Box
- Rizal Uno
- Doughboy
- Dhruva Tara
- Talata
- Maplesyrup
- Bad Burn
- Collie Herb
- The News
- Chaos Sophia
- Karl Roy

Also, the exclusive Limited Bonghitters Raglan Tee will be released on the venue. I don't really know what shirt that is but Bonghitters 3/4′s Raglan Shirt will be available at the event @ Php600 each. Making me curious, huh!

I wish to BE there and BE SAFE. Not that I am Master of any Sororities nor associated with them Fraternities but for me, I am there because any Karl Roy is Karl Roy!

I am obviously a FAN!

PSI Basic Seminar in Manila,Philippines

If I invite you to a "coffee", be with me...

PSI Batch 250
Dec. 8-11, 2011)
Thurs & Fri: 6pm-12mn
Sat & Sun: 9am-8pm
Venue: 5/F Soliman Corp. Center, 2182 Chino Roces Ave., Makati City

The PSI Leadership Success Seminar is the first step in PSI's comprehensive approach to personal and professional success. It is based on the fundamental principle that each individual possesses unlimited, untapped potential. Unlocking this allows a person to achieve greater results and abundance.

It is an educational program that assimilates learning through experience. It is an experiential and values based seminar (values formation) that deals with the 4 aspect of man (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual).

It is a personal development and values reinforcement program designed to assist you to learn and experience as much as possible in a short period of time and yet, remember the skills and your values long after the seminar, even if you can't use them everyday. In the class we examine self-limiting beliefs that act as barriers between us and our goals and which hinder us from achieving what we most want in life. It provides the opportunity for us to be aware of these beliefs as well as experience new ways of overcoming them.



For discounts and details pls contact the seminar manager, Camille Martinez at 0917-7231976; 0918-578598

I was Basic Batch xx.

I will re audit this December 2011!

Milwaukee's Infant Mortality

“YOUR BABY SLEEPING NEXT TO YOU CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS,” blurred by Milwaukee The Journal Sentinel..and yet minutes before city officials unveiled this campaign this Wednesday, the medical examiner's office announced that a 7-week-old baby was found dead on the South side because she/he was co-sleeping with his or her mother. The infant was reported to be the ninth Milwaukee baby to die this year from an unsafe sleep environment.

But my points to consider inthis hyped stereotyping, provoking and separation anxiety are these;

1. Golly, please tell me when they did this it was not taking the risk using a real knife and it was just the FAKE magic of Photoshop!

2. When I lived in Europe, Canada and the States , oh and with some Elite Pinoys residing in the Exclusive Villages equipped with their "First-World-individualistic-thinking, I tell you, man, these parents can afford to build a Guest Room, Powder Room, TV Room, Music Room, Game Room, Workout Room, Closet, Lanai, extended Garage Area, Half court sized Basketball Area, Workshop room, Potter's Wheel room, Jukebox Room etc etc. So, a Nursery or a Baby's Room is just another part of the HOUSE. That, for me, is affluently and fully respecting one's individual space.

But I belong to my Third World, middle class parenting and with a 12, 7, 5 and 2 year old boy,and not victims;

1. I tolerated them sleeping with me because I breastfeed them until I wean them at 2 y.o.

2. My children, together, with me, in our bed from time to time. Jam-packed!

3. When they turned 7 years old, I awarded them with the keys to their own rooms!

I believe all It takes is preparation, an open mind and proper time management to have no paranoia for so called "unsafe sleep" or "sudden infant death syndrome" (SIDS) causing infant mortality.

Mayor Tom Barrett told ABC News. ”Some ZIP codes in Milwaukee have infant mortality rates higher than Third World countries. That’s unacceptable.” “If the ads make some people uncomfortable, I guarantee it’s a lot less uncomfortable than having another baby die from co-sleeping,” a cause of death that is “so preventable,” he added.

I say, yeah,this advertising campaign WORKED!

BUT...

STOP the insanity! JUST BE LOVING!

BE AWARE that I am a SAFE and LOVING PARENT!

All it takes is MODERATE SPACE RESPECT!

It still is safe when you are conscious to be SAFE. But when you feel unconscious and so sleepy, have a proxy or an onlooker. Ask to be of help and be helped!-that 's how most aspects in life works too,right?!

Women’s Solidarity for Peace TODAY

I've been drowning so much with the NEWS TODAY and my INNER Issues- my monthly OB check up and the kids need their visit to the Pedia. Also, nasa barangay kaya ako! Oh, make that "pina-Barangay ako"! But,hell yeah, we've RECONCILED EVERYTHING Basta pasulatin at palakarin niya lang ako! SOLB!

It may be an escape but hey, I WILL BE resonating HERE! TODAY ,Wednesday, November 16 · 3:30pm - 6:00pm, at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines

reposting from Beverly Orozco

Women say NO to WAR and assert that peace and justice must be won by means of PEACE! Once again, after the tragic events of conflict in Basilan and Zamboanga Sibugay, women and their
families have fled their homes and communities because of the outbreak of fighting.

We are doing this solidarity action for peace, to raise WOMEN’S PEACE VOICES above the din of war and to counter calls to “eradicate the enemy once and for all”. We want to listen to the voices of women affected by the conflict. We also hope to raise funds for relief goods for those who still
fear to return to their homes.

We invite ALL WOMEN who want to show their solidarity for peace to join in this open peace action. We encourage you to speak out, give a one minute statement of support for the peace processes.

We request you to bring a shawl of scarf that can be donated to the rummage sale ( for relief funds) but that we will use for the Peace Solidarity Ritual during the event. (Other items for relief or for the rummage sale will also be very gratefully received.)

Let us gather women’s forces , for peace power still to be imagined!

Proposed Program

3:30 p.m. Registration
4: 00 Opening ritual
4:10 Welcome, Rationale for Event
4:15 Update on situation of Women affected by conflict - Mindanao Peoples’ Caucus
4:35 Women’s Speak Out : Women peace advocates will give short messages
5:40 Offering of donations - relief goods or for rummage sale
5:45 Peace and Solidarity ritual
6:00 Closing and Refreshments

Contact /convening organizations:
Waging Peace Philippines, thru GZO Peace Institute : 4266064, Karen Tanada ,
Mindanao Solidarity Network
Women Engaged in Action on 1325

Political Asylum

This is an overwhelming day

May lilipad na dating Pangulo
ngayon isang rep ng Mekeni
Karapatan nga niya
pero may tungkulin pa siyang mag eksplika!

Dito ko majujustify
na ang pagiging mabilis ay mabuti kahit mapusok!

Dito ko mababatukan kayo
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied!

May darating na dating asawa ng Pangulo
ngayon Secretary nila.
Ano ang icecelebrate?
Agreement nino?
Treaty?
Sino i tretreat?
Sino may Treat?
Walang Libre sa Treaty!
Pact You!

May dumaang Tropical Depression
ngayo'y maaraw na.
Ilabas ang mga sampay kung ika'y nakapaglaba na.

Di pa din tapos ang Suntukan craze
May mga apak na pinagtatakpang pangasar
Ngayon lang niyo nakita yun ?
Duh
Ilang araw nanamin pinag uusapan sa Facebook.
Ngayon lang sa TV at ang dahilan ay "narinig ang punto ng social media users"

Alam niyo mga mambabalita at TV
to BE ONLINE is the NEW NEWS and LIFESTYLE
Sa social media na ang mga balita
Sa social media nakaka connect
Pero sa social media din madidisconnect

Nakakalunod na ito
Take me to an Asylum
Political Asylum
Nah, take me to the cloud
Allow me to write in this cloud..

O ito na lang ...

Bell x1's Sugar High is my type of high,tsong!

SAKAY SA HANGIN

I admit. I missed Cinemanila and its opening. But this, I don't want my family to miss. Why? because apart from the essence and value the film would share, I want to rekindle the Panggao huntahan, Araw , listen and use much more of the deeper Mata to learn a lot from mga kapusong MatangAraw and PusongBughaw.

I will be happy to see Matang Araw not in his black , but now in White, still sporting his long hair. Hmmm, I wonder how would my Roberto be in his dreads when it turns white then? But seriously, Time tested the Love and Passion of Pusongbughaw and Matang Araw to which husband and I witnessed and are fanatics to its beginning way back in Diliman...

Congratulations to your new baby , Matang Araw! Dapat alam ni Pusongbughaw ito at nang maisalang sa Art Space Cafe Cinema niyo . Kita kits para nang magtugtugan at magsayawan tayong muli kasama ang mga anakat kabataan!

(INLULAN HU KALAMAG)
(WINDBLOWN)

This is a Documentary of Waway Saway and the Talaandig Ethnic Community

This film features Waway Linsahay Saway & Balugto Necosia with the Special participation of the Datus: Datu Vic Migketay, Datu Makapukaw and the Talaandig Ethnic Tribe

According to Regiben O. Romana from Pusongbughaw's post:

"Our film focuses on a peaceful tribal man of Bukidnon , Mindanao. A Talaandig master player and maker of traditional musical instruments. Has a family of seven to support and a world in decay to save. Guided by his dreams, he starts the contagious tune to heal the land and inspire the lost children-of-the-tribe in our hearts back to the flow of natural law.

“Sakay sa Hangin” (Windblown) answers the need to contribute awareness on the wealth of indigenous culture in the Philippines and its importance in determining our long lost cultural identity"

His film will be shown TONIGHT TUESDAY, 15th of November 2011, by 1900hr at CINEMA 5 MARKET MARKET GLOBAL CITY!

Witness IT! Jam!

Sumakay na sa hangin!

Cinemanila International Film Festival

During my College days, I love doing volunteer work for International Film Festivals and productions. I'm a frustrated film student, maybe. But when the UP FILM Center declared that I am their Research Assistant, I quit. Why? because I did not want to sign my allowance for work. I just love "squatting" at the Center that much and I like the fact that I could sleep and bathe in it fortnights ,without commitments!

Then when I had my eldest, I volunteered too and brought him to Cinemanila office near Bagtikan, Makati. But I quit,again. Why ,I guess I'm better off a fanatic than its organizer. Things and need change.

But I always am proud to say , once a Cinemanila volunteer, always will love Cinema. I love Cinemanila!

How different is Cinemanila from the others? This is an annual film festival held in Manila founded by Filipino filmmaker Amable "Tikoy" Aguiluz in 1999. Its focus is on the cinema of the Philippines as well as the films of our neighboring Southeast Asian cinema.

I missed the opening since I was in a turmoil. I missed that Cinemanila 2011 is at the BGC in the City of Taguig but still

I ❤ Cinema. I ❤ Cinemanila
NOV. 11-17, 2011| MARKET! MARKET! CINEMAS, BONIFACIO CITY, TAGUIG

The tickets are at reasonable prices of:
PhP 150 - Regular Ticket Prices (special screenings not included)
PhP 300 - 3D Films (including Pina)
PhP1,500 - Gold Pass (Buy 10, get 2 free)
(All tickets are available at Market! Market! Cinemas)

For the SCREENING SCHEDULE visit http://www.cinemanila.org/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2011_FinalSchedule-.jpg

And here is a very detailed Film Compilation by Jovie Angelica Dayon,just for posting.

By the way,The Research and Graphics Team for the Cinemanila Catalog 2011 comprises of;
Jovie Angelica Dayon
Jennylyn de los Reyes
Kat Lee, Juvy Galamiton & Louise Gonzales
Storyline by: Mari Santiago

Congratulations TeamCineManila!

CINEMANILA 2011 | OFFICIAL FESTIVAL LINE-UP

OPENING FILM:
PINA / Wim Wenders (Germany -France / UK, 2011)


CLOSING FILM:
LIFE IN A DAY / Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald (USA, 2011)


MAIN COMPETITION

CENTURY OF BIRTHING by Lav Diaz (Philippines, 2011)
GANGOR by Italo Spinelli (Italy, 2010)
IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE by Florin Serban (Romania, 2010)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey, 2011)
POETRY by Chang-dong Lee (South Korea, 2010)
SUN-BEATEN PATH by Sonthar Gyal (China, 2011)
TOOMELAH by Ivan Sen (Australia, 2011)


SEA COMPETITION

BOUNDARY (2011) by Benito Bautista (Philippines, 2011)
ETERNITY by Sivaroj Kongsakul (Thailand, 2010)
GOLDEN SLUMBERS by Davy Chou (Cambodia, 2011)
THE MIRROR NEVER LIES by Kamila Andini (Indonesia, 2011)
WATER HANDS by Vladimir Todorovic (Singapore, 2011)


DIGITAL LOKAL

LAWAS KAN PINABLI (Forever Loved) by Christopher Gozum
SA KANTO NG ULAP AT LUPA by Mes de Guzman
SAKAY SA HANGIN by Regiben Romana
SEÑORITA by Vincent Sandoval


YOUNG CINEMA

Shorts in Competition

123 by Carlo Obispo
ANG GUGMA NI OLIVIA (Olivia’s Love) by Christian Linaban
CANTO III by Keith Sicat
INOSENSYA (Innocence) by Mikhail Red
KAPATID (Brothers) by Steven Flor
SARANGHAE MY TUTOR by Victor Villanueva
SIRIP (Glimpse) by Kim Camelo


Shorts in Exhibition

AGOS (Waves) by Samantha Lee
BLEACHED by Jess dela Merced
DADI by Ilsa Malsi
HULING ARAW NG PAGSISILBI (Last Day of Service) by Bienvenido O. Ferrer III
LEAVING HOME by Epoy Deyto
MANENAYA (Waiting) by Richard Legaspi
PANGAKO by Sari Raissa Lluch Dalena
SYDNEY-MANILA EXPRESS by Bor Ocampo
THERAPIST by Diane Ventura


DOCUMENTARIES

BABY ARABIA / Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee, Kaweenipon Ketprasit (Thailand, 2011)
FOOL IN A BUBBLE by Joshua Sternlicht (USA, 2010)
THE COLOR OF PAIN / Kanghyun Lee (South Korea)
THE DAY I DISAPPEARED / Atousa Bandeh Ghiasabadi (Netherlands / Iran, 2011)
YOYOCHU IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SEX / Masato Ishioka (Japan, 2010)


THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: SOCCER PROGRAM

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM / Gurinder Chadha (USA, 2002)
HAPPYLAND / Jim Libiran (Philippines, 2010)
OFFSIDE / Jafar Panahi (Iran, 2006)
RISE & SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY / Nick Lewis, Ranko Tutulugdzija (USA, 2011)
THE CUP / Khyentse Norbu (Bhutan / Germany, 1999)
THE STRIKER WITH THE NO.9 / Pantelis Voulgaris (Greece, 1989)
THE TWO ESCOBARS / Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist (2010)
ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT / Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno (France, 2006)


HORROR PICTURE SHOW

I SAW THE DEVIL by Kim Jee-woon (South Korea, 2010)
THE TUNNEL by Carlo Ledesma (Canada/Philippines, 2011)
VANISHED: AGE 7 (Nanatsu made wa kami no uchi) by Ryuta Miyake (Japan, 2011)


TRIBUTE TO DARIO ARGENTO- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SUSPIRIA (Italy, 1977)
DRACULA 3D (Italy, 2012)


TRIBUTE TO NORA AUNOR: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BONA / Lino Brocka (Philippines, 1980)
HIMALA / Ishmael Bernal (Philippines, 1982)
TATLONG TAONG WALANG DIYOS / Mario O’Hara (Philippines, 1976)


FOCUS ON KOREA

BLIND / Anh Sang-hoon (South Korea, 2011)
BREATHLESS / Yang Ik-Joon (South Korea, 2008)
I SAW THE DEVIL / Kim Jee-woon (South Korea, 2010)
NIGHTFISHING / Park Chan-wook (South Korea, 2011)
THE YELLOW SEA / Na Hong-Jin (South Korea, 2010)


TWO FROM AUSTRALIA:

SLEEPING BEAUTY / Julia Leigh (Australia, 2011)
TOOMELAH / Ivan Sen (Australia, 2011)


ASIAN CINEMA

13 ASSASSINS / Takashi Miike (Japan / UK, 2010)
ETERNITY / Sivaroj Kongsakul (Thailand, 2010)
GANDU (ASSHOLE) / Kaushik Mukherjee
MADAME X / Lucky Kuswandi (Indonesia, 2010)
OPERA JAWA / Garin Nugroho (Indonesia / Austria, 2006)
QUATTRO HONGKONG 2 / Brillante Mendoza (Philippines), Ho Yuhang (Malaysia), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong)
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES / Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, 2010)
WU XIA / Peter Chan (Hong Kong -China, 2011)


FREE JAFAR PANAHI PROGRAM

OFFSIDE / Jafar Panahi (Iran, 2006)
THIS IS NOT A FILM / Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (Iran, 2010)


WORLD CINEMA:

BUENAS NOCHES ESPANA / Raya Martin (Philippines / Spain, 2011)
ELITE SQUAD 2: ENEMY WITHIN / Jose Padilha (Brazil, 2010)
FINNISTERAE / Sergio Caballero (Spain, 2010)
GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE / Joann Sfar (France, 2010)
HABEMUS PAPAM / Nanni Moretti (Italy, 2011)
MAPANG-AKIT / John Torres (Philippines, 2011)
MINDFULNESS AND MURDER / Tom Waller (Thailand, 2011)
NANGA PARBAT / Joseph Vilsmaier (Germany, 2009)
ORILLAS / Pablo Cesar (Argentina, 2010)
POSTALES / Josh Hyde (USA, 2011)
RED STATE / Kevin Smith (USA, 2011)
SHIRO'S HEAD / Don and Kel Muna (USA, 2008)
THE JOY / Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande (Brazil, 2010)
THE WAY / Emilio Estevez (USA, 2010)


JEONJU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL:
Jeonju Digital Project Films by Asian Masters

PROGRAM A: [Non-Korean]
In Public / Jia Zhang-Ke (China, 2001)
No Day Off / Eric Khoo (Singapore, 2006)
Worldly Desires / Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, 2005)

PROGRAM B: [Korean]
A TIME TO LOVE / Yang Ik-Joon & Boo ji-Young (South Korea, 2011)
DAYTIME DRINKING/ Noh Young-Seok (South Korea, 2008)
INFLUENZA / Bong Joon-Ho (South Korea, 2004)
LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS / Hong Sang-Soo ((South Korea, 2009)
MAGICIAN / Song Il-Gon ((South Korea, 2005)

New Aesthetics Of Korean Cinema From JIFF:
A BROOM BECOMES A GOLDFISH / Dong-joo Kim (South Korea, 2008)
THE COLOR OF PAIN / Kanghyun Lee (South Korea)


OBERHAUSEN BEST OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

ATROPHY / Palesa Shongwe (South Africa 2009)
IN THE NEW WORLD / Rick Raxlen (Canada 2009)
INWENTARYZACJA / Pawel Lozinski (Poland 2010)
KENGERE / Peter Tukei Muhumuza (Uganda 2010)
MERCURIO / Sandro Aguilar (Portugal 2010)
SANS-TITRE / Neil Bolufa (France, 2010)

FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/246306172084819/
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Official Website: http://www.cinemanila.org.ph/

Or then maybe,I can shake Tikoy's hand again and reintroduce myself while joining with my film ?

Relax,see more INTERNATIONAL Films! See the world!

Spirituality and Health

When you turn 33-ish, an EPL mode arises. I have been hitting rock bottom and been grieving differently since August but it's rising well now, little by little. I guess all it takes is good sifting!

Join us as we talk & discuss with an enlightened resource person on Holistic Health- Ms. Jennifer S. Madamba MD CFP CMA

She is...
A Doctor of Medicine- University Of the Philippines
A Family Physician
A Certified Medical Acupuncturist
An Anthroposophic Medicine
The Head, Advocacy, Research and Training- INAM Philippines
An Auditor, Philippine Academy of Acupuncture Inc (PAAI)

Be one, BE whole!

Be HEALed!

My August Rush, my CASA , my Cello and my Silent Conservatory

Do you know why I can't get over the film, August Rush?

Please look for this beautiful film about re-searching and re-discovering where one's talents come from, then you'd understand my longing for the music.

I have a thing for the Cello and the dresses and the noise and it made me realize, hell yeah, I want to be a cellist!

Then I remember, why seek for Julliard when here in Pilipinas, in San Antonio, Zambales, the kids and I have long ago found a Sanctuary for the Arts. A little CCP perhaps and more than a family lot. It's called CASA SAN MIGUEL. CASA which means "home" and stands for " Creative Alternatives for Social Action ".

CASA was established on 1993. Indeed, it lives to its three pillars-Enlightenment, Empowerment, Excellence since the Mt.Pinatubo eruption. And since 1996, it was intended for scholarships at the Philippine High School for the Arts (where I found good friends and I pray my son would do too)and leading conservatories locally. CASA also aimed for the music institution at Germany and the United States, and to continue careers as teachers and professional musicians in our major orchestras and cultural institutions.

They give workshop programs especially to Zambales talents. My children can be considered because aside from the talent,err,Coke is my Mum's cousin-that's blood relation. That's music in the blood! But that's not an excuse. Must we search for it really? Not until recently. I guess that's a family lesson- just you wait for the exiled bloodline as it will soon discover and return. (Interjecting the upcoming Magsaysay Reunion) Oops,spoiler!

My roots are from San Marcelino but Pundaquit and my husband hails from San Antonio that's why we spend summers at their safer side. When in the CASA, we just silently listen and watch the performances. I once was just aiming for my kids to join the violin or the Arts workshop but it never happened. Maybe because it's not yet for those little fingers after all. It's not yet time. Nah, I've realized it's not them to be pushed by Nanay, Tatay or my in-laws. Maybe it is me who wanted to play all along. But hey, one good news, they also give a Parent-child violin and cello training. And guess what, they have workshops here in Manila at Miriam College (formely Maryknoll)

At last, I can selfishly admit, It was ME. I want to be a cellist- this is one of the many things I would like to become before I die..

But you see, the Classics and Conservatory belongs to Uncle Coke's. This Piano Guys group,I like...

Be a Piano Guys Founder!

Groove with them as they are doing Adele's - Rolling in the Deep....



Yes, I will be SILENT for a while as I relaunch my passion, but my photos and music will always SPEAK for me.

RESIGN

There comes a point in my career when I felt I needed to go because I foresaw that I am are in a dead end. It's also a different story when in business operations, they say you are "redundant". But it all boils down to the 5 dreaded words to utter-I DRAG MYSELF TO WORK.

It's not that I can't see through and recommit anylonger, but it's more of re-thinking how to spend the last fire on my disposable lighter.

It's planning a strategy. It is implementing the wisest move. It is honing that Character and grasping to my only weapon-Attitude.

I believe that Quitters are Winners . I am a Quitter. I am a Winner. Logic? I don't know if I still have it but I have been inspired by Seth Godin's book The DIP.

For the nth time, I finally bid goodbye to the BPO Industry which molded me into being a true blooded Thespian. I transformed into being a Global Pinoy, engaging in its Multicultural Modern Discreet Colonialism and putting in the costume of a Stress Warrior with Katana Shields. This experience made me one seasoned actress. But as I pull the cable off my spotlight, I have seen the light and has redefined the word "RESIGN".

From the http://www.merriam-webster.com

Definition of RESIGN

transitive verb

1: relegate, consign; especially :
to give (oneself) over without resistance

2: to give up deliberately; especially :
to renounce (as a right or position) by a formal act

intransitive verb

1: to give up one's office or position : quit
2: to accept something as inevitable : submit
— re·sign·ed·ly adverb
— re·sign·ed·ness noun
— re·sign·er noun

See resign defined for English-language learners »

See resign defined for kids »

Yes, the last line hit me. I have to define my state of resignation to my kids in a positive spectra.

The surfer in me says this is it!

Dive into that deep Dip , get wiped out but rise!

MY REST SIGN !

FREEDOM !

yah yah!

Light and Space Gallery

Did you know there was a gal who was noisy way back 2003? Take a look in this rare feature about a Noisy Group-not STAIND but Centella Etherea

If Ashton Kutcher says, "You've been PUNK-ed", the gal says, "We've been PULP-ed!"

And yes, the gal will still be NOISY especially after seeing the guys- Roger,Earl,NC as we miss you Francis Reyes NYC during Dott's album launch at BSide . After 13 years, these guys and the gal still crave, if not for the noise, linger for the art.

And we will all continue to do so in the Gathering of Filipino Noise/Sound Artists happening this one fine Sunday,November 13 at 1:00pm at the Light and Space Gallery on 53 Fairlane St., West Fairview,Quezon City, Pilipinas.

Soo damn close to home that the gal can not make excuses not to be there. And this time, can now tag her kids along!

Out of the many events for this Sunday, it starts with...

PINOISE: Juan Massive Noise Festival

This is their way of celebrating Music/Noise/Sound Art Performance and whatever comes out of their mindsss...



Watch the Performances by:

Animalidad
Arvie Bartolome
Aurelio Castro III
Beejay Esber
Blend:er
Caliph8
Chris Murillo
Dott Seki
Edy Varde
Gonzo Army
Goodleaf
Ian Madrigal
Inconnu Ictu
Ivan Reyes
Jean Paul Zialcita
Jing Garcia
Joey Santos
John Robert Luna
Karl de Mesa
Lirio Salvador and Elemento
Love Less
Love Never Dies
Mannet Villariba
Marlon Magbanua
Mel Araneta
Minister Mark Zero
Monochrome
Nyabinghi
Paolo Rosero
Pow Martinez
Rembrandt Vocalan
Sam Kiyoumarsi
Similarobjects
Single Eye Perspective
Spastic Noise
Stanley Castelo
Tad Ermitaño
Thera Barra
Tortured by Roses
Tunnel 29
Ugong
uLoL
Utotibi
Vhalfae
VT:XXXIII
E.X.I.S.T.
TupadaActionMediaArt
Paper Monster Press (Shouting Poetry)

OPENING EXHIBITS will simultaneously BE as follows:

Strange Days & Other Anomalies at Gallery 3

Did you know that Ramon Raphael Banzon, Miggy Borja, Raffy La Madrid, Paul Bryan Miranda, and Mek Yambao come together in their first ever group exhibition as an official art group? As they put it, "discovers unchartered terrain played out in unusual settings and circumstances. Through observation or pure imagination, strange encounters are conceived, which leads the mind to question its very own boundaries and re-examine what one considers "Strange"."

Their exhibit will run from 13-28 November 2011.


For the Solo Shows they will have Kaloy Olavides and Beejay Esber at Gallery 1 and 2

Kaloy Olavides, a graduate of University of the Philippines, Diliman Fine Arts is known for his performance art during his earlier works. He ventured into collage, video and sound art in recent years. He even plays Lirio Salvador's sculptured guitar in Elemento.

Kaloy, this time, "focuses on the play of language and the process of arriving at meaning(s). Still images, videos and a painting are employed as avenues in delivering messages through various communication methods. Participation of the viewer is necessary in uncovering the message as he/she will be taken into paths of different symbols and signs...."(d)effectivity complex" also demonstrates social, cultural and even intellectual commentary inscribed in each piece"

Beejay Esber’s DEOXYMETRICAL THUNDERBOLT AUTOPSY

Man, dig these Ingredients by Bjorn Calleja

1 (130 pound) whole artist, neck and giblets removed
28 cups sci-fi (robots, ufo’s and analog synthesizer sounds)
1/ 2 cup psychedelia, melted
1 whole joke
225 large wasteland movies, peeled and chopped
4,000album covers, peeled and chopped
49 stalks Rauschenberg, Basquiat and Oehlen chopped


250 broken dreams
1 cerebral fragments
½ melody
1 cup system
2 cups art
8 blank canvases
paint

Directions

1. Rub the artist inside and out with the art and the system. Place the artist in a large stock pot, and cover with cold water. Place in the refrigerator, and allow to soak in the art and system mixture 12 hours, or overnight.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Thoroughly rinse the artist, and discard the art and system mixture.

3. Brush the artist with 1/2 the melted psychedelia. Place breast side down on a roasting rack in a shallow roasting pan. Stuff the artist with 225 large wasteland movies, 4,000 album covers, Rauschenberg, Basquiat and Oehlen cerebral fragments and melody. Scatter the remaining ingredients around the bottom of the roasting pan, and cover with the joke and broken dreams.

4. Roast uncovered 3 1/2 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (85 degrees C). Carefully turn the artist breast side up about 2/3 through the roasting time, and brush with the remaining psychedelia. Allow the artist to stand about 30 minutes before carving.

5. Leave the artist alone and he will start to paint.

So, will you SHARE and BE there too? Just bring in some food,love,booze and noisesss! because that is how we play the sound!

Blah blah blogged!

Tugudung tsik tsak tsuk! toink!

Kita kits!

Save the World's Saddest Dolphins Campaign Launch

My kids and I never watched any of the dolphin shows!
They haven't even seen those large aquariums sea creatures even!
I never introduced them to caged animals but when their Grandma took them to the Zoo and brought home a caged Dove, after 3 days, we let the bird flew somewhere else. Yahoo!

As I read this letter ,I was moved!

I will to take my children to this event, will you care to join us?

Dear Friends,

Warm Greetings from Earth Island Institute.

This early on, we would like to invite you to the launching of the campaign to Save the World's Saddest Dolphins led by Animal Concerns Research and Education Society of Singapore (ACRES) and Earth Island Institute Philippines (EII-Phils).

Since 2008, a total of 25 wild-caught dolphins were imported into the Philippines from the Solomon Islands. Despite scientific reports from no less than the International Union of Concerned Scientists (IUCN) that the harvest of the dolphins from the Solomon Islands may not be sustainable, these were nonetheless allowed into the country.

Further studies of dolphin-populations by inter-government scientists in the Solomon Islands has strengthened the initial findings that wild dolphin populations in the Solomons cannot sustain continued harvest. Finally, the Solomon Island Government itself announced that all dolphin captures in the territory will cease starting January 2012.

Given this, all dolphins now in the Philippines for training at the Ocean Adventure Park in Subic, must now be returned to the wild.

We urge you to join us in launching the Campaign to Save the World's Saddest Dolphins this November 12 and 13 at the R.O.X., Bonifacio High Street, Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. This is to inform the general public about this situation and urge the Philippine government to return the dolphins back to the Solomon Islands.

We shall be sending you all details of the venue and time of the launching. We hope you can block your schedule on the said date.

Should you have any inquiries, please don't hesitate to ask us through the phone numbers given below or via the following email addresses:

savedolphinsph@gmail.com
savedolphinsph@earthislandph.org
eiiphils@earthislandph.org


For more updates regarding the campaign, visit our Facebook pages:

SAVE DOLPHINS: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001554324325

EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE PHILIPPINES: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Earth-Island-Institute-Philippines/257456237615124

DOLPHINS BELONG IN THE SEA: http://www.facebook.com/NoToDolphinCaptivity

SAVE PHILIPPINE SEAS: http://www.facebook.com/savephilippineseas

DOLPHINS LOVE FREEDOM: http://www.facebook.com/dolphinslovefreedom?sk=wall


Thank you in advance for all your support and we hope to see you at the launch.


Sincerely,

Trixie Concepcion
Angela Colmenares-Sabino
Earth Island Institute-Philippines