jay tablante

Computers and anime! Check out the playground of fashion photographer and self-confessed geek Jay Tablante. :)

Jay Tablante

Website: www.jaytablante.com

Occupation: Photographer / Your Everyday Nerd

Favorite toy as a child: Lego

Favorite toy now: Macross Frontier model kits

Turn-ons: A good conversation, a taste for spontaneity

Turn-offs: People who have too much ego for their skill, narrow-mindedness, stupidity

Top 5 movies: Kungfu Hustle, Matrix Trilogy, Revenge of the Nerds, Ghost in the Shell, Watchmen

Top 3 books: Dress Your Family in Curduroy and Denim, Civil War (graphic novel), Business @ the Speed of Thought

Music you listen to: Jamiroquai, Gotan Project, Snow Patrol

When you’re not busy with work, what do you do in your free time? Ride my bike, hide in some obscure coffeeshop

If you were to choose a different job, what would it be? I would be doing something in graphic design or in IT

If you can have any super power, what would it be? Teleportation. So I could travel wherever.

Where do you find inspiration for your creations? Pop culture, anime... anything that's teetering between reality and a child's runaway pretend world.

Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read)? It's easier to do things right, than to explain why you didn't.

jake verzosa

Fashion and travel photographer Jake Verzosa just moved into his new place, take a look at his cool creative space. :)

Jake Verzosa

Website: www.matanglawin.ph

Occupation: Photographer

Favorite toy as a child: paltik, saranggola, bisikleta

Favorite toy now: scooters and 4x4

Turn-ons: good vibes lang bah

Turn-offs: arrogance

Top 5 movies: High Fidelity, Almost Famous, Baraka, Trainspotting, The Wall (kulang ang lima!)

Top 3 books: Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman), A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson), Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert PIrsig)

Music you listen to: As of now: Benny Sings, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Binky Lampano, Up Dharma Down, Pasta Groove, Pink Martini, The Skatalites, Gorillaz

When you’re not busy with work, what do you do in your free time? Shoot personal work, go to the beach to either get stoked or stoned, drive my vintage rides to the talyer, hang out in Cubao X or just stay home and eat.

If you were to choose a different job, what would it be? ...

If you can have any super power, what would it be? I wanna be Pacman pero mukha ko pa rin yung nasa mukha niya.

Where do you find inspiration for your creations? Photographs, movies, conversations, random encounters, new places and new experiences

Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read)? You must be the change you want to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi

yvette tan

Take a look at the desk of writer and Palanca Award winner Yvette Tan. :) She loves collecting cute notebooks, is fascinated with paper, and makes pocket-sized journals. Her book "Waking the Dead", a collection of horror stories, will be out this August!

her handmade notebooks

Yvette Tan

Website: http://yvettetan.com which has a link to my blog, Http://glossmania.blogspot.com

Occupation: Writer

Favorite toy as a child: A ragged dog called Henry that got mangled at the dry cleaner's. Probably the same machine in the Stephen King story.

Favorite toy now: Photoshop, even though I can hardly do anything on it yet. :D

Turn-ons: Brains, slight weirdness, geekery, smiley eyes

Turn-offs: Hypocrites, bad hygiene, bad manners

Top 5 movies: Ghostbusters I & II, Fight Club, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Army of Darkness, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey (daya ba?)

Top 3 books: Douglas Winter's Prime Evil, China Mieville's The Scar, Grant Morrison's Kill Your Boyfriend

Music you listen to: in my iPod right now: songs by David Bowie, The Clash, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Dead Kennedys, NIN, Gang of Four, Intolerant, The Pogues, Incredibad, Velvet Underground

When you’re not busy with work, what do you do in your free time? I doodle in my little Moleskine and I make pocket-sized notebooks (which will soon retail for Php120 for 3 pieces, plug, plug - does that count as work?). I also watch a lot of Disney Channel.

If you were to choose a different job, what would it be? A coroner. I think I'd be great at diagnosing stuff, but I wouldn't want to deal with live people. Or I'd want to work for Disney.

If you can have any super power, what would it be? I'd want to be a supermodel, but like Cindy Crawford when she guest stars on Muppets Tonight.

Where do you find inspiration for your creations? I am fascinated by lives that are not my own.

Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read)? Overheard in an elevator: "...And he just bit her in the stomach. She was laughing until she saw the blood."