tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88726664424925592392024-03-13T09:49:40.066-07:00anik-anik lovetake a peek inside the unique spaces of creative Filipinosmitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-8150958812065447682013-08-10T09:54:00.000-07:002013-08-10T09:58:15.894-07:00nyko maca<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nyko Maca is musician, one of the pioneers of Capoeira in the Philippines, and a passionate traveler. I visited her home last year, and we ended up talking for a good 3 to 4 hours about life, beliefs, and dreams. I love that she has a ton of maps pinned to her wall --- places she's been to. Goes to show how much she's a citizen of the world. She has a hammock inside her crib too, how cool is that?! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nyko Maca</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Makati City, Philippines) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation: </b>Creative artist, capoeira and language instructor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nyko.maca" target="_blank">Nyko Maca official on FB</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child:</b> A doll whose hair stood up like french fries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> Open space! And a mic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> Good food! Good conversation and honesty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs: </b>Plastic and White lights</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Capoeira</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who are your influences?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mother and my father</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fela kuti</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Theo Dombrowski</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rumi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Usual Suspects</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kung Fu Panda</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Very Long Engagement</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black Cat White Cat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star Wars (entire series)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top 5 books:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Book of 5 Rings (Musashi)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Essential Rumi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Velveteen Rabbit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Alchemist</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord Of The Rings (series)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> wow. everything! right now, frank ocean and a lotta french rap, plus kizomba</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 Favorite websites:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.maya-portal.net/tzolkin">http://www.maya-portal.net/<wbr></wbr>tzolkin</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ebcphilippines.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ebcphilippines.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tatame.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tatame.com/</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sleep. i love to sleep. it's the best happy medicine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">clean. a clean house is fun to sleep in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eat and hang out with friends --- essential to well-being!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">criminologist</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to FLY combined with APPARITION and COOK GOURMET MEALS MAGICALLY</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">negative influences that create negative thoughts = lack, poverty, thus fighting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">abundant thinking for one and for all</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to love fully and have the courage of your convictions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">pois a vitoria de um homem as vezes se esconde num gesto forte que so ele pode ver. "The victory of a man is sometimes hidden in a powerful gesture that only he can see." Falcao (o rappa) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and: "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."</span></div>
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mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-40750324220189957012013-08-10T09:42:00.002-07:002013-08-10T09:42:26.513-07:00I'm back!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow, I just realized that my last post was November 2012. A few months more and it'll be a year... 0_o</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I unintentionally took a sabbatical from Anik-Anik Love to focus more on work and personal growth. It's been a hectic roller coaster ride of a year, but I'm back and ready to snoop around the spaces of creative people once again! Hehe. ;)</span>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-83977214419524596662012-11-26T20:05:00.000-08:002013-08-10T09:57:38.073-07:00buensalido architects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to be an architect and build houses as a child, but math and I weren't meant to be together. So I was really psyched when Jason and Nikki Buensalido of Buensalido Architects agreed to have their creative space photographed. They are the awesome husband and wife team who designed <a href="http://www.facebook.com/kenjitei" target="_blank">Kenji Tei Ramen House</a> in Greenbelt 5, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bx3yICA7CoQ#!" target="_blank">DMCI's Sofia Townhouse</a> in Taguig, and broadcast journalist <a href="http://vimeo.com/34328037#" target="_blank">Ces Drilon's condo</a>. A peek inside their edgy pink office and one would instantly grasp how innovative and dynamic their creative energy is. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jason and Nikki's own home is also a reflection of the duo's very modern mindset. Check out a feature of their house here <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443982904578047211433561992.html#/1" target="_blank">www.online.wsj.com</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jason and Nikki Buensalido of Buensalido Architects</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Makati City, Philippines) <b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Architects</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.buensalidoarchitects.com/" target="_blank">www.buensalidoarchitects.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Jason:</i> Scaled models of airplanes, aircraft carriers, tanks, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Nikki:</i> Jackstones and crayons!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J:</i> MacBook pro</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> MacBook pro, sketchbook, cellphone, colored pencils and colored pens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>A creative mind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> Nice eyes and a cute smile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>Dark elbows and stinky armpits</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> People who think they own the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J:</i> Nikki Boncan-Buensalido, my wife</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My new house</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every project with an opportunity to influence people's lives through design</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> Jason, colorful things, creative tidbits, creative processes, things that make the mind work, arts and crafts, modern architecture, and out of the box thinking with avant garde ideas and solutions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who are you influences?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>My parents, Ayn Rand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N: </i>My family</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For work - Joey Yupangco, Rem Koolhaas, Bjarke Ingel's group (a relatively young architectural firm in Denmark)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Modern designs and ideas </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J:</i> Last of the Mohicans</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord of the Rings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fountainhead</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N: </i>A Walk to Remember</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J:</i> Lord of the Rings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alchemy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> The Bible</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design Yourself by Karim Rashid</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music you listen to:</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>Alternative rock</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> Alternative and Manila sound</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J:</i> <a href="http://buensalidoarchitects.com/" target="_blank">Buensalidoarchitects.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.coffeewithanarchitect.com/" target="_blank">Coffee with an architect</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/" target="_blank">Fastco.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> <a href="http://buensalidoarchitects.com/" target="_blank">Buensalidoarchitects.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>Spend quality time with my wife and family, fix up our new house, travel, wakeboard, and think of work</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N: </i>I just got married, so my husband and I are busy fixing up the house. I want to go back to painting and arts & crafts. That's my next project!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>Advertising or sculpture</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> I would probably be in real estate or in the jewelry business</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J:</i> To be able to rebuild poorly planned cities with a flick of a finger</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> I would love to fly and to be able to stop time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>Selfishness, self-centeredness, and lack of care towards each other and the environment. Apathy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J:</i> Is for everyone to feel how it is to suffer, even for just a while, so that they will realize the importance of things</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> Awareness and practice of conserving the environment in small ways</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>Don't trust anyone else except yourself and your family. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want something to happen, insist for it to occur with a combination of will power, luck, and faith. Before you know it, the universe will conspire for it to happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> Make the most out of every moment in life. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faith and prayer will bring you as far as you will it to. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trust that God is in control of your life and you will not have to worry about anything else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>J: </i>When she said "Yes" :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>N:</i> If you are truly passionate and enjoy what you do, you will never have to work a day in your life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(right) Autograph of British artist Tracey Emin </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(left to right) Dina Gadia and Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin framed works</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Makati City, Philippines)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ryan:</i> RC!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Garovs:</i> Barbies and Gumamelas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R:</i> iPhone haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> The iPhone is not a toy, it's a necessity! My favorite toys now are my iPhone apps. LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are the 5 things that inspire you right now?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R:</i> 1. Magazines</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. Art</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. Books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Yakult</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5. T-shirts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> 1. VERY GOOD COFFEE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. The color white & dirt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. Dimly lit places</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Random things on Pinterest</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5. People I follow on Instagram</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who are your influences?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R:</i> Andy Warhol, Inez & Vinoodh, Stefan Sagmeister, Terry Richardson, Peter Saville, Eduardo Recife of Misprinted Type, the people behind Men's Non-no, Thomas Schostok of THS.nu, and Helmut Newton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G: </i>Gaga! Bjork, Karen O, Carrie Bradshaw, Andy Warhol, Terry Richardson, Michel Gondry, Sofia Coppola, Wong Kar-Wai, Ryan Vergara, and Oscar the Grouch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R:</i> 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. Trainspotting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. Chungking Express</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Kill Bill</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5. A Clockwork Orange and MANY MORE!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. 2046</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. The Lonely Guy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Empire Records</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5. Candy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 books:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Terryworld</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Sagmeister: Made You Look</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Fashion Now 1 & 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Fotografie: Inez & Vinoodh #55</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Helmut Newton</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of what everyone else listens to and 96.3 W-rock haha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R:</i> 1. Google</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. Tumblr</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. Twitter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Philmug</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5. Facebook</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> 1. Pinterest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. Google</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. Tumblr</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Youtube</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5. Vimeo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're mallrats on weekdays, on weekends tambay lang with friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We wouldn't!!! We're so happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R: </i>XRAY VISION haha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> That I can make my head of hair grow super fast, super silky hair in any length and in any color, whenever I want!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R:</i> When the next new iPhone is coming out!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> It's so hard to be original anymore!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R: </i>Read Apple forum websites lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> Try and try to be different! Never give up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R: </i>Say no, when you can't do it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> Go to the bathroom whenever one is available because it might be your last chance to got to a clean one. Hahaha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>R:</i> It's not the PANA, it's the INDIAN! Har har har!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>G:</i> "Lahat nahahanap na sa internet, ano kaya kalalabasan ng works natin kung tigilan muna magresearch at tumingin ng art ng iba"</span></div>
mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-76075903109197560032012-05-22T09:33:00.000-07:002012-05-22T09:35:47.643-07:00raymund marasigan<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Filipino rock icon, Raymund Marasigan, opens his home to Anik-Anik Love. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Finding new use for an old piano</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A studio at the basement of his house for jamming sessions</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Wings that were given to Raymund by a fan. It actually swings up, down, forward, and back.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Raymund Marasigan</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Marikina, Philippines)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Musician. I play for Sandwich, Pedicab, Gaijin, and Cambio. Sometimes, I also produce records for other bands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toys as a child:</b> Lego, Atari, Nintendo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toys now:</b> reason 6, ableton live 8, and synthesizers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> hard working creative people</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> lazy complainers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are things that inspire you right now? </b>Drum lessons with Mike Alba inspired me to be a better musician, trying out new ideas working with Team Manila and Locked Down, goofing off with my daughter, working with Dong Abay (very intense), and watching Chris Garcia work (meticulously detailed and focused). I'm also inspired to work on songwriting after watching my OPM heroes at Ryan Cayabyab's music camp in Dumaguete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> An American Werewolf in London, Out of Sight, Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Lord of the Rings, and Moonraker</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 books: </b>The Delta Star by Joseph Wambaugh, Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, Tunesmith by Jimmy Webb, and recently, I read the (three) Dragon Tattoo books by Stieg Larsson (before the movie screening).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to: </b>(I'm a bit late but) I just got into dubstep after catching some local DJs in B-side, Makati. Recently, I've been heavily playing the Black Keys, Yuck, Jay Dilla, Justice, The Social Network soundtrack, Gary Granada, and Tom Waits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b> I don't surf a lot. I mostly just email.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time? </b>Bike</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> (If I had the skills) I think it would be pretty cool to be a tattoo artist or a hairdresser. You can travel and work almost anywhere in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> <a href="http://anikaniklove.blogspot.com/2010/11/kiri-dalena.html">Kiri Dalena beats everyone with China</a> (Haha), so I'd settle for traffic destroyer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> Illiteracy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> Education</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> There are no short cuts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> Art and music, not politics, are the markers of our lives. </span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-30820144494832605092012-04-24T07:58:00.002-07:002012-04-24T08:05:38.859-07:00brandie tan<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was commissioned by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/realliving.ph">Real Living</a> magazine to shoot the pad of ad agency creative director Brandie Tan. Luckily, he was able to squeeze us in his schedule right before he moved to Malaysia. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we entered his unit, I was immediately drawn to his colorful bikes aptly named CMYK and RGB. They were custom-made by <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20090502-202727/The-Art-of-the-Bicycle">Ave Maldea</a>, a local bicycle maker. Brandie's shelves contain a growing collection of Boba Fett toys. He is also an avid collector of Nike Air Max 90 sneakers --- he has 35 pairs! He also owns 2 cats, one was too shy to have his picture taken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Photos as seen in the March 2012 issue of Real Living.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A Tibor Kalman vinyl Legal Paper paperweight</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Brandie Tan</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Makati City, Philippines)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Executive Creative Director at an advertising agency</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://brandietan.blogspot.com/">brandietan.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> Bobafett collection</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> Things that look good. Ads that look good. And good looking people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> Badly produced ads. Very cluttered ads - specially billboards on EDSA and print ads on magazines and newspapers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. There's this twitter feed called Minimalist Living</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. This blog called jjjound.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Getting to work with very talented creatives</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Knowing that it's possible to do ads people will love and talk about</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. A blank sheet of paper</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tibor Kalman was a big influence on how I art direct and think. He called it Undesign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dave Ferrer, Manny del Rosario, and David Guerrero (original team at BBDO Guerrero) had a big influence on how I make ads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star Wars episodes 4, 5, and 6 (Pwede bang top 3 movies lang?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, two more... Back to the Future 1 and 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Generation X by Gouglas Coupland</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Nuromancer by William Gibson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Hey Whipple Squeeze This by Luke Sullivan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Tibor (The book about Tibor Kalman's life and work)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jjjound.com/">jjjound.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bestadsontv.com/">bestadsontv.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://commarts.com/">commarts.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://prollyisnotprobably.com/">prollyisnotprobably.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://hypebeast.com/">hypebeast.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> Sleep. Ride around the city. Read. Catch up with friends. Run. Drink. Sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> I'd possibly be a waiter at a beach side cafe in the south of France. (Parang sagot sa "Who do you think you'd be in another life?")</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be? </b>Teleporation. Bamph!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> The biggest problem of the world right now is thinking about the problems of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> "The less you own, the more you own."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ironic that is blog is about things. I read the quote after you took photos of my place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> If you're going to do anything, do it with style - An Autobot</span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-44887022199703851402012-02-20T05:04:00.000-08:002012-02-20T05:10:08.467-08:00budjette tan<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Budjette Tan lives and breathes storytelling. He is the writer of the comic book <a href="http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/">Trese</a>. It tells the story of Alexandra Trese, a supernatural investigator solving crimes committed by creatures from Philippine folklore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Budjette </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shares a well-organized work space with his wife, Wella. He has an impressive collection of graphic novels and a growing number of fan-made Trese memorabilia. Take a peek inside his creative space. :) </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Budjette Tan</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Mandaluyong City, Philippines)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Advertiser by day, comic book writer by night</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.tresecomics.com/">www.tresecomics.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child:</b> Fisher-Price toys</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> my iPhone</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> an exciting, surprising story</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> people who just talk about themselves</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crime reports in the Metro section of the Inquirer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seeing the thriving Filipino comic book community</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My team doing kick-ass work and winning pitches! Go Team MRM!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting new artwork from Kajo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My wife</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who are your influences? </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as comic books are concerned... in the 80s, it was the works of Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, and Alan Moore. In the 90s, it was Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison. And in the 2000s, it was Warren Ellis.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as other storytellers are concerned, I think Sting's songs have been a big influence, Stephen King's short stories, and TV shows like Twilight Zone, X-Files, CSI, and Fringe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> Aliens, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Se7en, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 books:</b> Sandman, Planetary, American Gods, Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to: </b>When I'm typing down the script, I usually listen to the Ray Brown Trio. I have this album of theirs which they record live in a branch of Starbucks. I like listening to the piano beat as a type. Makes me want to type faster.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I want to get into a certain mood for a scene, I listen to Sting or to the soundtrack of The Dark Knight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b> <a href="http://newsarama.com/">Newsarama.com</a> and <a href="http://ifanboy.com/">iFanBoy.com</a> for my daily comic book news. Housed within iFanBoy is the Word Balloon podcast, hosted by John Siuntres, who interviews comic book writers and artists. <a href="http://deviantart.com/">Deviantart.com</a> is how I keep tabs on the new and current Filipino artists. Of course, Facebook and Twitter, to keep connected to my family, friends, and readers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time? </b>Sleep. Read comics. Try out new restaurants with my wife.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> What do you mean? Are you asking, what would I be doing if I were not in an ad agency? I would be doing comics full time! And if it weren't comics, I'd still like to be in a place where I can tell stories for a living.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> I want to have all the powers of the Martian Manhunter! He can shape-shift, has telepathy, flight, super-strength, heat vision, can become invisible and transparent, and has great abs!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> I think the biggest problem of the world is hunger. And this "hunger" can range from the lack of food in one's belly to the need for attention and gratification. We hunger to be "liked" and loved.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> To be generous and help feed the hunger of others.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> Finish what you start. Get things done. Keep writing your story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who things you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"...I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself." --- Neil Gaiman</span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-19644312772969007192012-01-30T19:40:00.000-08:002012-01-30T20:19:31.619-08:00jason moss<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is a visual artist, educator, and mountaineer.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His studio is a playground for his artistic imagination and a treasure trove of interesting books. Take a peek at the creative space of</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.artesdelasfilipinas.com/archives/103/jason-moss-unabashed-narrative" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jason Moss</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! :)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jason Moss</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Quezon City, Philippines)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Visual Artist / Part-time college instructor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child:</b> Lego</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> I don't collect toys anymore</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> Elitists</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b> Impurities of the skin, colors that I do not use, old cinema clips, listening to a stranger's random conversation, nature</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> Spirited Away, Legend of 1900, Star Wars series, Back to the Future series, Burton's Batman</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 3 books:</b> Lynne Truss' Talk to the Hand, What's What, and Grey's Anatomy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> Anything, but lately mostly punk rock</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b> Lance Armstrong's, BBC, Bored Panda, Ted.com, Accuweather</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> I go diving or trek mountains, or just travel to eat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> Urban Planner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> Teleportation</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> Poverty</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> Expose the greedy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> Never be in a hurry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> Everything you can imagine is real. - Picasso</span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-25937196253697612752012-01-23T00:40:00.000-08:002012-01-23T19:30:06.637-08:00jp cuison<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art director JP Cuison's creative space showcases his growing collection of vinyl toys, art books, and of course gig posters. JP's colorful sanctuary was designed by his wife. Check it out! :)</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6747795111_f6b96a7c29_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6747795111_f6b96a7c29_z.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6747793853_40ddddea76_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6747793853_40ddddea76_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6747793929_fa90d89267_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6747793929_fa90d89267_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Rizal Borg busts created by JP Cuison</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6747795427_280ae77d7a_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6747795427_280ae77d7a_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(left) "Grakatak" is JP's piece for the "Munnyfestation" group exhibit</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6747796497_42a8cbcb72_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6747796497_42a8cbcb72_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Gig posters created by JP</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6747794209_608f09cd7c_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WGGLoJXBKmE/Tx0jk3niYQI/AAAAAAAAAwk/knbiGw__C94/s1600/392575_10150496180323197_589263196_8832499_1117545771_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WGGLoJXBKmE/Tx0jk3niYQI/AAAAAAAAAwk/knbiGw__C94/s1600/392575_10150496180323197_589263196_8832499_1117545771_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Anik-Anik Love's feature on JP Cuison's creative space also came out at the Philippine Daily <a href="http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/30661/inspired-space">Inquirer's 2bU section</a> (photo by JP Cuison)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JP Cuison</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Pasig, Philippines)</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Senior Art Director, CEO and founder of GIGZILLA</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.jpcuisonart.blogspot.com/">www.jpcuisonart.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child: </b>Masters of the Universe's "He-man" (Mattel), WWF's "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Playmates' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle "Raphael"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> Bandai / Popy Voltes V, vintage 1970's (Thank you Mr. Edmund Yanga)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> being real, comedy, unconventional</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> pretensions, seriousness</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Future</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Daughter and Wife, Family</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Banksy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Matt Groening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Richard Branson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who are your influences:</b> Jack Kirby, Ed Roth, Frank Kozik, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtestein, Dina Gadia</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Fly Me to the Moon (Tito, Vic, and Joey)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. K-PAX</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Kakaba kaba ka ba?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Iron Man 1 and 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. KICK ASS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 books:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Bible</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Basic and Beyond Language</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Gig Posters vol. 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Kikomachine komix</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be (Paul Arden)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> Pheonix, Blur, MGMT, Beatles, Supergrass, Eraserheads, The Limousines, Coconut Records, Beulah, Tito Vic & Joey (tough hits)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. <a href="http://www.gigposters.com/">www.gigposters.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. <a href="http://www.9gag.com/">www.9gag.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">www.youtube.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. <a href="http://www.jpcuisonart.blogspot.com/">www.jpcuisonart.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. <a href="http://www.vigilantcitizen.com/">www.vigilantcitizen.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> When I'm not busy with work (advertising) I do art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> Full-time painter / artist, musician</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be? </b>Brainwashing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> The Illuminati</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> Resist the New World Order</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> Just be yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> "True skill comes without any effort" -Li Mu Bai (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)</span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-11818142159638154612012-01-10T00:36:00.000-08:002012-01-10T01:09:47.706-08:00diego mapa<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musician Diego Mapa's (Pedicab, Monsterbot, Cambio, and now <a href="http://www.artisteconnect.com/projects/tarsius">Tarsius</a>) creative space can be found at the spacious attic of their house. He loves collecting vinyl records, indie magazines, and is a thrift shop fan boy. Take a peek inside Diego's creative playground. :)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Diego Mapa</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Quezon City, Philippines)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation: </b>Musician, Music Arranger, and Associate Web Manager of <a href="http://www.artisteconnect.com/">www.artisteconnect.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> online music arranger reel - <a href="http://www.wix.com/diegomapa/home">www.wix.com/diegomapa/home</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> tumblr - <a href="http://diegomapa.tumblr.com/">diegomapa.tumblr.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child: </b>GI Joes and Tranformers but I lost them all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> My laptop</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons: </b>vintage anything, gear, clothes, records, toys, memorabilia, furniture, video games, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turn-offs: rude, conceited people, and war freaks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b> successful art projects, or business ventures from my friends that I like, Pinoy rare grooves or records, history books from World War II, toys old and new, and found furniture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who are your influences?</b> in music, my favorites are The Beatles, Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Zombies, Cornelius, Beck, The Cure, Joy Division, New Order, The Faint, Fugazi, Pixies, Nirvana, Giorgio Moroder, Telex, Kraftwerk, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Buddy Rich, Sergio Mendez, Joao and Astrud Gilberto, J Dilla, Madlib, DJ Shadow, Eraserheads, VST, Hotdog, Cinderella, and the list goes on...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies: </b>The Godfather, Goodfellas, Ninth Gate, Inception, Norweigan Wood, Sukiyaki Western Jango</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 books:</b> Lust for Life, Last nite a DJ saved my life, Brave New World, Sin City books, and The Watchmen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if currently listening to - Rotary Connection, Jazzanova mixtapes, Pet Projects: Brian Wilson Productions, The Drums - Portamento, M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming, and The Pains of being pure at heart - Belong</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites: </b><a href="http://indabamusic.com/">indabamusic.com</a>, <a href="http://artisteconnect.com/">artisteconnect.com</a>, <a href="http://insound.com/">insound.com</a>, <a href="http://turntablelab.com/">turntablelab.com</a>, <a href="http://stonesthrow.com/">stonesthrow.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time? </b>I bike, hang out with my kids, watch DVDs, or rummage my favorite thrift stores</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> I can imagine myself being a chef, a flight attendant, working front desk of a hotel, working in a t-shirt company, or a nurse or a care giver</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> X-ray vision, invisibility, the ability to crawl on walls, I can spit spiderwebs with my hands but still fly, and I also have cool gadgets, a billionaire with super intelligence. So I'm like Batman, Superman, and Spiderman in one --- that can be invisible. Kinda redundant huh?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> corruption, violence, racism, and greed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution? </b>Peace and let them have what they want, anyway someday they will implode here on Earth or in the afterlife. I'm for what Gandhi, Buddha, or what Jesus would say.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> God, family, and friends are the greatest remedy to spiritual and physical hunger and loneliness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> currently, "You can't achieve anything just by sitting around." - William S. Burroughs, Interzone</span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-89568594339653534732011-10-09T07:52:00.000-07:002011-10-09T07:54:38.635-07:00real living magazine feature<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want to take a peek inside my creative space? Grab a copy of the October 2011 issue of Real Living magazine. :) </span><br />
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</span>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-32675543876257060762011-09-29T05:05:00.000-07:002011-09-29T06:06:57.004-07:00christian san jose<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the creative space of web/graphic designer Christian San Jose aka CSJ! :)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Christian San Jose aka CSJ</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Pasig City, Philippines)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Designer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.christiansanjose.com/">www.christiansanjose.com</a> / <a href="http://www.create.ph/">www.create.ph</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child: </b>Lego</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> Mac</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> Talent</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs: </b>Smokers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b> Money, success, baby sister, friends, parents</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> The Social Network, Toy Story, Up, Wall-E, How to Train Your Dragon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 books:</b> Rework, Purple Cow, The Tipping Point, It's Not How Good You are (...), The 4-Hour Workweek</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> Jay-Z, Kanye West, Incubus</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b> <a href="http://www.good.is/">Good</a>, <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">Techcrunch</a>, <a href="http://dribbble.com/">Dribble</a>, <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/">Fast Co. Design</a>, <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/">Smashing Mag</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> Sleep</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> Teacher</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> Stop time</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> Greed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> Share</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> If you really work hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> "The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is, it's that you can see how it isn't." - Kathryn Schulz</span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-79224732605338148792011-08-23T10:21:00.000-07:002011-08-23T20:25:23.568-07:00manuel ocampo<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His spacious studio together with generous amounts of sunlight spilling into the area felt so refreshing and inviting. There were tubes of paint, books on the great masters, and huge paintings everywhere you looked. A fertile place enticing one to toy with ideas, create things, and experiment. :)</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Manuel Ocampo</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Makati City, Philippines)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Manual Laborer of Weird Menageries Gussied Over White Ground</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.dagcgallery.com/">www.dagcgallery.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child:</b> As a child, I used to play with anything I could put my hands on as toys while in a state of fantasy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> Now my toys are for real, and my fantasies forbidden.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> Kindness always turns me on. It's a striptease that never stops.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> Evil. Pure Black Evil. It taints everything and ruins the day like shit smeared on a shoe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The color Black inspires me, which is the bastard offspring after a night of colorful orgy.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White is just asking for it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blue says it all.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red always captures attention.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Yellow is extremely sneaky, never underestimate it. Too much of it ruins everything. While too few doesn't make a party. Yellow is passive aggressive, pummeling you with soft paws.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies: </b>Going to the movies is like going to see the dentist, except I'd rather go to the dentist to take away the pain. Movies just create more problems, because people tend to mix fantasy with reality. It can never be the vehicle for social revolution as early cinema was previously hailed to be. Too much entertainment makes one pathetic. While too much content will make you apathetic also. It's a no win situation. Plus, you still have to pay for admission. I don't see the point of sitting back and being the receiver of other people's fantasies at my expense. I'd rather have my own.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> I like listening to ambient noise that just keeps you company without the cloying need to affect you. It is just what it is, a formless incoherence that is not necessarily void of presence.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> My free time is always caught in traffic.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> The power of money.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> People loaded with opinions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> To get off his ass and find a different job.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> Ask me this question when I'm gone.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't stop believing.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't stop 'till you get enough.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love like a hurricane.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like a virgin.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can't get no satisfaction.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heaven knows I'm miserable now.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What, me worry?</span>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-38126674376819640052011-08-17T20:09:00.000-07:002011-08-17T20:27:54.247-07:00lena cobangbang<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She loves to cook, collect tiny toys and knick-knacks for her artwork, and has a growing collection of well-designed art magazines (she wants to get into publishing one of these days). Take a peek into the world of artist Lena Cobangbang. :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Lena has an upcoming collaborative exhibit with Mike Crisostomo titled </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;">The Weather Bureau : Experiments in Degree Zero</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on September 5, 2011 at Blanc Gallery, Makati City. Kitakits! :D</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lena Cobangbang</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Quezon City, Philippines)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> Artist / freelance production designer / caterer / freelance writer / gallery manager of <a href="http://freshmanila.blogspot.com/">Secret Fresh</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> don't have a real website but I have works posted on some websites like ---</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<a href="http://www.lenagrrl.multiply.com/">www.lenagrrl.multiply.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<a href="http://lukinda.multiply.com/photos/album/4/Lena_Cobangbang">www.lukinda.multiply.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<a href="http://www.zimmermann-kratochwill.com/#en/represented_artists:lena_cobangbang">www.zimmermann-kratochwill.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<a href="http://www.kitchentestdriver.wordpress.com/">www.kitchentestdriver.wordpress.com</a> - which is actually my attempt at being a travel and lifestyle blogger</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a chile:</b> none. I read more books like Choose Your Own Adventure and Nancy Drew</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now:</b> homemade play dough, cookware, Diner Dash, and Cooking Mama</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> intensely stimulating conversations</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs: </b>idiocy and rudeness, and assholes (but what is an asshole? the term itself is relative)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a. the idea of Adolf Hitler becoming an artist instead</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">b. Architecture, ruins, old buildings, terrain vaguest, maps, diagrams, Malevich, utopia/dystopia</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">c. moments of nothingness and bliss, the ecstasy of St. Theresa - still bewildered by it and being my alma mater's patron saint</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">d. cook books and gardens</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e. sci-fi movies and dreams</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a. La Jetee - especially when I saw this in the late 90s during the Pelikula at Lipunan festival run at SM Megamall</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">b. A Clockwork Orange</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">c. God of Cookery / Drunken Master</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">d. Maynila sa Kuko ng Liwanag / Kisapmata</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e. the Eon Flux animation series / Akira / Ghost in the Shell</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 3 books:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a. all volumes of Cabinet magazine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">b. Rem Koolhaas S,M,L,XL - yet to have a copy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">c. Larousse Gastronomique - yet to have a copy, will probably not have to go to cooking school if one has such a copy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">d. Fantagraphic comic books!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> hmmmm... too lazy to select from what I have in my hard drive, basta madami yon from Benny Goodman to Animal Collective to Stereolab to Sergio Mendes to Esquivel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite websites:</b> wikipedia, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/">Project Gutenberg</a> --- free books, yay!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time? </b>sleep, watch videos, cook, writing long letters to friends</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> madami --- assassin, tour guide, caterer, food stylist, publisher, hotelier, food writer, sommelier, architect, pilot, forensics pathologist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> the power to... I don't know... to fly na lang... I had a really vivid dream one time that I was flying like Icarus, really feeling the breeze beneath and then the next day I dreamed again about swimming naman</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> moral breakdown</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> annihilation to start a new, because I believe we're at the tail end of civilization already having reached the peak, what would inevitably come after is the decline and its own destruction</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've leaned so far?</b> that giving smiles mean a lot especially when given in complete sincerity. And of course the value of humility and to learn to live and make do with what one has already (so true when I did production design gigs), and to never underestimate people</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> hmmm... this wasn't "inspiring" but find this instead really funny on a crocheted banner on a city bus </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">en-route to Ayala Ave --- the road to success is under repair </span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-48078603316083170602011-07-26T01:48:00.000-07:002011-07-26T01:50:04.154-07:00kate torralba<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking into musician/designer Kate Torralba's creative crib instantly made me smile. There were bursts of v</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ibrant colors and knick-knacks everywhere!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> :) Like the songs and clothes she creates, Kate's place is overflowing with fun & quirky pieces. Her space really reflects the passionate and positive energy that she has. Her dog Daisy is such a charmer too!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Kate Torralba</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Makati City, Philippines)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> fashion designer / pianist-singer-songwriter / entrepreneur</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website: </b></span><a href="http://blogs.stylebible.ph/katetorralba"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blogs.stylebible.ph/kate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">torralba</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://facebook.com/katetorralba">facebook.com/katetorralba</a> (music page)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://facebook.com/KTDesigns">facebook.com/KTDesigns</a> (fashion page)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/KATETORRALBA"> twitter.com/katetorralba</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child: </b>My Barbie army, comprising of 30 Barbies and 2 Kens. A highly competitive dating ratio: I had to dress each girl up to the nines and make up interesting scenarios. The Kens always seemed to run out of pickup lines.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now: </b>my adopted 2-year-old Maltipoo Daisy. But I don't dress her up - after my last dog Miu-Miu turning homicidal and reading a certain Lourd de Veyra piece on canines, I'd rather be careful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons: </b>talent, wit, thoughtfulness, all things good and geeky: good music; good writing; good boys who are tall, lanky (and handsome naman!), shy, nice to their moms and sisters, and God bless them if they wear glasses, because I have a spectacle fetish. I am fascinated by people who put a lot of thought into what they create: an intricate artwork, a well-written piece, a killer musical score, a perfect pastry crust.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs: </b>all things bad and unsanitary - bad intentions, bad teeth, bad breath, bad taste - but that's relative, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b> the process of creation, love, 6841 miles, chic grandmothers, and the Big Guy that I don't see but am beginning to really, really believe in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> I hate these lists - how could you narrow 'em down to just 5?! Off the top of my head, 5 movies I really liked: Inception, In The Mood for Love, La Mome, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Amelie</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 3 books:</b> Outliers, The Great Gatsby, Streams in the Desert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> OMG. Do you have time for this?!?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now, I'm listening to Kakkmaddafakka's super fun Hest album - it was a gift from Erlend Oye, and it's my instant picker-upper these days. (Hmmm... maybe we should bring those boys to play here!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my current playlist: Ciudad, Joanna Newsom, The Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Jonsi, Frank Sinatra, Humanfolk, Explosions in the Sky, Burt Bacharach, Barbara Morgenstern, Turner, Pasta Groove</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To feel good, I always go back to the Beach Boys, The Pretenders, Fleetwood Mac, The Whitest Boy Alive, and Phoenix. I listen to Sigur Ros and Chopin when I'm feeling stressed. Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell's Blue album to accompany my emo stints.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And my own music. Cos for some reason I still cringe listening to my own stuff. I'm training myself to get the hang of it soon. Cos if I can't stand it, why the hell would anyone be able to?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b> <a href="http://twitter.com/">twitter.com</a> (what a brilliant invention), <a href="http://huffingtonpost.com/">huffingtonpost.com</a>, <a href="http://pitchfork.com/">pitchfork.com</a>, <a href="http://bitrebels.com/">bitrebels.com</a> (so helpful!), <a href="http://lettersofnote.com/">lettersofnote.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> I sleep. It is the greatest indulgence when there is so much to do! I like to putter around the house, look for things I misplaced, write music, try to read the books and magazines I haven't read. I see and get in touch with friends and family as much as I can.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> I'd be a full-time touring musician. Or a professional pizza/dessert taster. Or a hue-namer (?? I don't know how to call it) - someone who creates names for paint shades, make-up, and nail polish colors! That would be so cool!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> The power to multiply myself - so I could do everything I wanted - make music, make clothes, travel, write, blog, go on a food trip, and manage my business at the same time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> Apathy and cynicism</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> FHL - faith hope and love (so sue me for being a cliche)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> That God gives, and God takes away. So be kind, appreciative, and don't be so full of yourself!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read): </b>Gaaaah there are so many! But of late, here's one that resonated with me: "So, what does patience feel like? For me patience is the slow, yet perfect unfolding of my dreams one day at a time." - Mastin Kipp</span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-81601757929198785702011-05-30T08:05:00.000-07:002011-05-30T11:33:53.223-07:00ben-hur villanueva<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A spontaneous trip to Baguio City led my boyfriend Paolo and I to the studio of renowned sculptor Ben-Hur Villanueva.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were drawn to the place because of the huge metal figures resting atop the roof of the gallery Arko ni Apo. Upon entering the gallery, a small cafe with newspaper clippings welcomed visitors. At the second floor, intricate metal sculptures were on display. We heard music and smelled incense coming from the balcony so we curiously peeked outside, and there he was... the artist at work! Lucky us! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I asked if I could photograph his work area. I was careful not to take too many photos of the artworks because of their "no picture taking" policy. We ended up having coffee with sir Ben-Hur and his cool family, talking about art & life for two hours. I learned so much from that serendipitous meeting, "simplify and maximize" he said. Simplify your life and maximize your talents. We left Arko ni Apo with a bottle of soy coffee and a pocket-full of wisdom. :) </span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ben-Hur Villanueva</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Baguio City, Philippines)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> sculptor, educator</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://arkoniapo.multiply.com/">arkoniapo.multiply.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I wasn't able to ask Sir Ben-Hur the usual set of questions for Anik-Anik Love, here is a really good video I found online that captures him perfectly. :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*video from <a href="http://loqal.ph/arts-and-entertainment/2011/03/14/baguio-based-visual-artist-ben-hur-villanueva-talks-about-the-value-of-sharing-art-to-filipinos/">loqal.ph</a></span>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-75067721965983282972011-05-15T11:32:00.000-07:002011-05-18T04:21:26.161-07:00apol sta. maria<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I didn't know where to start shooting when I entered <a href="http://www.apolstamaria.com/">Apol Sta. Maria's</a> creative crib... artworks on the walls, tons of toys, and a drool-worthy collection of books! Kaloka sa dami ng interesting things! ;D A fun afternoon of stories about his recent trip to Nepal, and how not to lose books when lending them to friends. Hehe. ;)</span><br />
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</div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-31805477489161171642011-04-27T08:38:00.000-07:002011-04-27T08:51:50.242-07:00christina dy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great things come in small packages. Christina Dy creates <a href="http://artepinas.blogspot.com/2009/09/christina-dy-2009-ateneo-art-awards.html">massively beautiful charcoal pieces</a> that are 12 feet high and 60 feet wide, no small feat for the spunky 5-foot tall artist. :) She's also the founder of the pole dancing group called <a href="http://polecatsmanila.wordpress.com/">Polecats</a>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CD's work area is a small corner in their condo unit. A thin blanket of charcoal dust covers everything; including her once-white laptop. When she's not drawing, this little artist haven turns into her pole dancing area. Too bad her pole wasn't there when I dropped by, it would have been awesome to photograph her while she practiced her routine. :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occupation:</b> drawist, pole dancer/instructor</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://christinady.com/">christinady.com</a> (under construction pa!), <a href="http://slab.silverlensphoto.com/">slab.silverlensphoto.com</a>, <a href="http://polecatsmanila.wordpress.com/">polecatsmanila.wordpress.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child: </b>a second-hand upright piano (i had dreams of being a classical pianist when i was 4, so not much time spent playing...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toys now:</b> my pole -- his name is Rain!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> i like funny, kind, extremely talented people. i also like dark chocolate and fluffy cotton sheets. the ocean. and ropes. haha!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> i don't like mayabang people. people with no dreams. loud cars. long toenails.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b> aerial arts (silks, hoops, trapeze, ropes), the human body, the human brain (ok, it's less than 5!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> Great Expectations -- first movie i saw that i noticed the production design (it was green); Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- so sad and so hopeful at the same time; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- it's just beautiful; In the Mood for Love -- great pd (production design)!; Big Time -- funniest Pinoy movie EVER! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 3 books:</b> Anais Nin -- Delta of Venus; book on Schiele -- first visual artist i really liked; Scrabble lists!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> a lot of OPM -- Sugarfree, Urbandub, Up Dharma Down, Drip, plus some NuSoul</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b> ay hala... i don't really surf</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> play scrabble with my family, learn a language or a new skill</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> miseducation</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> nako. education, on whatever level, however small. we have to start somewhere.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> be thankful. everyday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read): </b>Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, "So what." -- Andy Warhol</span><br />
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*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CD at <a href="http://pechakuchamanila.com/main/">Pecha Kucha Night</a> talking about pole dancing :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the full article at <a href="http://proofofpassion.tumblr.com/post/4042967014/where-the-magic-happens">Vicky Herrera's blog</a>. :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manix is the nicest guy ever! He lives in a very clean and impeccably organized studio, where all his books are safely wrapped with plastic cover. His pens and notebooks are even lined-up neatly on his desk whenever he draws. :) Take a peek into the world of well-know cartoonist Manix Abrera! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Also, check out his comic strip <a href="http://www.gmanews.tv/humor">News Hardcore</a> online! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy now: </b>clay</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> pag mahilig mabasa :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> pag hindi mahilig magbasa hehe :-/</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are 5 things that inspire you right now?</b> sobrang dami eh, as in! tapos kadalasan, mga maliliit na bagay na perfect ang timing. kunyari, pagod na pagod ka na tapos biglang may ihip ng hangin na ooooh sarap. hehe :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> Not One Less, Wall-E, Amelie, 2001: Space Odyssey, Cinema Paradiso</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 2 books:</b> The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Watchmen, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> iba-iba! as in! hehe :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b> hindi kasi ako masyado nag-i-internet. hehe :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> tumulong sa kapwa, magbasa, mag-bike, o manood ng sine</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> hmmm... documentary filmmaker (sana) hehe</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be? </b>yung super power na pwede magtravel sa deep space :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is the biggest problem of the world right now?</b> nakakalimutan na natin tumingin sa langit minsan. hmmm... :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What do you think is the solution?</b> tumingin-tingin sa langit :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> imbes na mag-focus sa problema, mag-focus sa solusyon :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b> mag-invest sa memories, hindi sa material things :)</span>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-51299491325578883622011-03-29T09:59:00.000-07:002011-05-31T07:39:58.955-07:0013 lucky monkey<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of the blue, I got an email inviting me to hang out at a studio that designs rings. I had no idea what kind of jewelry they did until I saw their <a href="http://13luckymonkey.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, and instantly fell in love with their kick-ass custom-made rings!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot rods, tattoos, leather, and metal... check out the workshop of Dante Dizon and Noli Conrado of <a href="http://13luckymonkey.blogspot.com/">13 Lucky Monkey</a>! :)</span><br />
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</span>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-13258267484077971912011-03-15T09:42:00.000-07:002011-03-16T07:15:19.614-07:00kabunyan de guia<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enter the colorful and whimsical world of mosaic artist Kabunyan de Guia! :)</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5529013471_9871f6b693_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5529013471_9871f6b693_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5529017053_0f72c8c8d6_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5529017053_0f72c8c8d6_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gate of the de Guia compound represents all of the family members: Kawayan, Kabunyan, Kidlat, Kat, and Kidlat Tahimik</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5529606558_ed1d311da3_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Kabunyan de Guia</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://themightybhutens.multiply.com/">themightybhutens.multiply.com</a>, <a href="http://mytsart.multiply.com/">mytsart.multiply.com</a>, <a href="http://kabuchawpet.multiply.com/">kabuchawpet.multiply.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite toy as a child:</b> bolex ni tatay (kaya may nasayang na mga roll ng film ni tay. Hehe. Sorry tay) <i>[his tatay is artist/filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik]</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-ons:</b> watching people, lakad-ing, laro-ing</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn-offs:</b> greed, SM-ism... welcome to republic of SM!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What are five things that inspire you right now?</b> Di lang 5 eh, daming happenings araw-araw --- mga naririnig sa kanto, mga nababasa sa kung saan-saan.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 5 movies:</b> Syempre anjan na yung films ni tay :) at ni Rene Requestas na kamukha niya :) aside prom dat...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kantoku-Banzai by Takeshi Kitano</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visioneers by Jared Drake</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wristcutters: A Love Story by Goran Dukic</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Life is a Miracle by Emir Kusturica</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Science of Sleep by Michel Gondry</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Top 3 books:</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rizal with the Overcoat by Ambeth Ocampo</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good-bye and Thanks for all the Fish by Douglas Adams</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ikabod by Nonoy Marcelo</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Music you listen to:</b> Halo-halo parang ice cream at bagoong :) From YOYOY Villame (I lab you dapat national artist ka!) to Skatalites to Balkan stuff, Emir Kusturica, Gogol Boldero (panalo-panalo!), basta masaya at nakakapaglipad ng paa wag lang mga ar en bee bling bling robot voice dugo ilong ko</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5 Favorite websites:</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lpcoverlover.com/">lpcoverlover.com</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://designbyhumans.com/">designbyhumans.com</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mp3locker.net/">mp3locker.net</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jpgmag.com/">jpgmag.com</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jimcarrey.com/">jimcarrey.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> Parang dapat baliktad. :) Maskonti work ko. Hehe. Gumagawa kami t-shirts <a href="http://mytsart.multiply.com/">T's ART</a>, mga designs ranging from love of ones country, to funky designs straight from our imagination, to shirts that will just leave you wondering "HUH?". Available in Cubao X's Junkie Shop, Mad Kahuna, and Vinyl On Vinyl sa Collective in Makati</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's the most important life lesson you've learned so far? </b>If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry." - sabi ni lakay dalai lama, in other words float through life don't make your own problems</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read):</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Bathala na! Leave it to the jamming with the cosmos. Make defect into effect. Gisingin ang sariling dwende and you will be the best in whatever you do. - sabi ni lolo tatay Kidlat Tahimik</span>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-68766084789998172202011-02-10T08:21:00.000-08:002011-02-10T09:12:49.322-08:00gian romano<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't know much about fashion in 2004 but when I was assigned to shoot </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mega Magazine's Young Designer Competition back then, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">saw his grand prize winning collection, I instantly became a fan. :) Dark, punk rock yet streamlined, his designs called out to me and I've been stalking his<a href="http://www.gianromano.com/"> work/website</a> since then. So it was really awesome when he agreed to have his space photographed!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step inside the creative crib of superb fashion designer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/giangangbang">Gian Romano</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! :)</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5433095247_3af383e91d_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5433095247_3af383e91d_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5433707784_c1b407ac44_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5433707784_c1b407ac44_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*If you happen to be in Singapore, drop by <a href="http://www.theblackmarket.sg/blog/">Black Market</a> to check out Gian's inspiring designs! :) </span></div>mitchmauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485814309899899569noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872666442492559239.post-14219980575119682462011-02-03T06:45:00.000-08:002011-02-03T07:33:33.802-08:00off-topic and shameless plug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5412810857_8d10e14aee_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5412810857_8d10e14aee_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aside from creative spaces, for the past 2 years I've been cooking up a photo project on women's sexuality --- something close to my heart. :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black;">In <i>Puerta</i>, Mitch’s first solo exhibit, she shares with the public an intimate collection of photographs that fearlessly explore female sexuality. Her work is an attempt to stimulate discussion about women’s sexual desires, their unique needs, and the role that female sexuality plays in our lives. </span><span style="color: black;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black;">Mitch attempts to capture all twelve vagina portraits completely devoid of sexual objectification and commercial glamour, in the hopes that the audience will come to see the vagina in a different light."</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Despite the fact that he's a National Artist, he's a very warm man who takes time to talk to the youth. He wears hats in fear of catching a cold (he even wears a bonnet to bed!) and his favorite food is oysters. Take a peek inside the creative space of writer <a href="http://www.philstar.com/ArticleListByAuthorname.aspx?AuthorName=F+Sionil+Jose">Mr. F. Sionil Jose</a>! :)</span></span><br />
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Sionil Jose</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387672808_4686383ba9_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387672808_4686383ba9_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387671180_6f1d184fd4_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387671180_6f1d184fd4_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5387067201_51a5cf662e_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5387067201_51a5cf662e_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387069395_721b291955_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387069395_721b291955_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;">his books were translated into 22 languages </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5387068371_105a08b04f_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5387068371_105a08b04f_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5387671764_d532c0cb38_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5387671764_d532c0cb38_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5387673382_7edcfa59a3_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5387673382_7edcfa59a3_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5387070007_980931945a_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5387070007_980931945a_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387068849_de9e6d53a5_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5387068849_de9e6d53a5_b.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;">his very supportive wife Maria Teresita Jovellanos</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5387068143_ac68a90b20_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5387068143_ac68a90b20_b.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Francisco Sionil Jose</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Malate, Philippines)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What are your turn-offs? </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I detest ostentation.I detest people who look down on us. I detest people, who by their actions, demean us. That's why I'm so mad at this girl, yung sa "wine sucks"... Yung nagpunta sa Hanoi na Mislang. Bastos! I wrote to Ricky Carandang to fire her. She has no business working at Malacañang. If she were an ordinary writer like me, ok lang yon. But she represents the Philippines, government yan. If I say that Vietnamese food is awful, ok lang yan, who cares! But if I were the President of the Philippines on a state visit, iba na yon. For instance, I'm invited by someone and the steak is very tough. I want to be honest all the time kung maaari e, "How is the steak?" Sabi ko, "It has character!" Hahaha! Yon ang stock comment ko pag ayaw ko yung pagkain. Ok di ba?</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What are the things that inspire you right now? </b></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's not inspire, hija. It is anger. Well, it can be an inspiration. That's the other side of love, hija. Love inspires, so does hate. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What are the things that anger you right now? That pushes you to write?</b> Not so much anger, hija, but disappointment. Itong si Noynoy. I like Gibo pero nanalo si Noynoy, what can we do? I understand that maybe I expect too much from him because I knew his father very well. Ninoy used to sit where you are seated, Nick Joaquin din dyan. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mitch, I've always been politically conscious nung bata pa ako, meaning when I was in High School. I was already politically conscious when I heard Quezon speak at Luneta. Naintindihan ko na yan. I've seen a lot of political leaders come to power and decay. 3-4 months into office and this President is already showing signs of irreversible decay. I'm very unhappy. Tapos sabi pa niya in Hanoi that his critics are his enemies. No! Ano bang agenda ko? What is the agenda of so many people? We criticize him because we want him to succeed. It was such a pleasure na nawala na si Gloria sa katungkulan, and now here he comes and what does he have to offer? I'm not very happy. And I don't think he's going to change.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tapos yung budget, ang laki-laki ng mga pork barrel. Everybody knows that these congressmen will spend half of the pork barrel for themselves. I'm really depressed talaga. Wala na bang pag-asa ang bayan natin?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dito sa bayan natin, Mitch, when you stop complaining or stop talking about all these nasty things that are happening to us, you're dead --- patay ka na!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Favorite movies:</b> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Filipino? <i>"Ganito Kami Noon"</i> ni Eddie Romero. I like that very much. Yung kay Fernando Poe atsaka kay Sharon Cuneta, wherein Fernando Poe plays the bodyguard of Sharon. Maganda din yon. None of the Carlo Caparas movies! He's so stupid! You know one of the tragedies sa bayan natin is that a 3rd rate movie maker like Carlo Caparas earns millions. Nakita mo yung story na billion Pesos from the Charity Sweepstakes? While ang best writers cannot live on their writing. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Foreign... There are so many. Yung Japanese act "Seven Samurai". And there's this other film na nakita ko, it was in Japanese... "Shall We Dance". Nakita mo yon?<span style="line-height: 115%;"> "Wuthering Heights," it impressed me very much! Batang-bata pa, high school pa lang ako. Si Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff and Merle Oberon as Cathy. Ang ganda! Black and white. I saw it in 1938 or 39. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span>In the 1950, we step up FAMAS. Kami nila Rosa Rosal, D. Paolo Dizon, Eddie Romero, and more. Si Janice Tuvera, Fred Bunao, we were the writers. Paolo Dizon, Janice Tuvera, Fred Bunao, myself, and Teddy Agcaoili. Lima kaming writers. Atsaka si ano... no pito! Fred Muñoz of Literary Song Movie. May isa pa. Pito kami. We're about 20. We set up FAMAS.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>What type of music do you listen to?</b> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Some of the songs I like, yung compositions ni, namatay na siya e. The old composers ng Kundiman magagaling sila (Nicanor) Abelardo (Sir Sionil hums the song). Atsaka meron isa pang gustong-gusto ko pop song na kinanta ni Dulce. I prefer, whatshername... Lea to Charice. Si Charice malakas lang ang boses e. Her voice doesn't have the limpid and silver quality ng boses ni Lea</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>When you're not busy with work, what do you do in your free time?</b> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Read, walk, watch TV. Reading relaxes me. </span>Because I enter another world, hija. Not the world of crime, graft, dirt, and violence which is our world. <b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>What do you enjoy reading, sir?</b> Halo-halo! (He starts showing me his books) Tignan mo 'to, this is the "The Lexus and the Olive Tree", it is about globalization. The selected stories of Willa Cather is one of my favorites. O, China. O, Political Esthetics. O, History Imperial Japan. The Plato Primer. Iuuwi ko mga ito. They'll be my reading for the next few four days siguro pagkatapos yan (points to a another stack of books). Every time I want to relax, I pull this out (a book of poetry by William Butler Yeats). He's my favorite poet. Pareho kami ni Nick Joaquin, gustong-gusto niya ito. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>If you were to choose a different job, what would it be?</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I'd be a cook siguro! Hahaha. I'd be a cook or an artist. Or I'd like to be a choreographer. Or a composer. I'd like to be a choreographer or a composer. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I like to dance! </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>So you like to cook also? </b>No, hindi, I like to eat! Hahaha!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>If you can have any super power, what would it be?</b> Alam mo, hija, you are asking very silly questions, pero OK lang! Hahaha! Because yung mga questions na yan hindi pwede mangyari. Hahaha! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If... if... You know, I would like to have a lot of money, hija. So that I don't have to worry about making a living, and I'll just be happily writing and writing and writing na lang. But you know, this thing didn't happen. Life is more pain than pleasure. It's in the blood. Yung araw na hindi ako makasulat parang the day is not complete. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Sir, so you really feel the need to write? </b>Yeah, yeah. And, alam mo that last book, my daughter Jet who is also my... Eto siya (shows me photos of his family). These are my great granddaughter. Mga grandchildren ko ito. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Are they here in the Philippines, Sir?</b> No, only two. They're all in America. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nung nabasa niya yung draft of "Sherds", she had many objections, so we had to argue. But she's a very good critic, you know. So sabi ko, "Ano Jet, walang magsasabi sa akin kung hindi lang ikaw or yung Mama mo or yung mga kapatid mo, shall I stop na?" </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You know, because I know that you'll get the truth from those who really love you eh... yung talagang mga nagmamahal sa yo. "O wag, Papa, pwede pa!", sabi niya that's why inumpisahan ko yung pangalawa. So I sent her the first draft, "Ano hinto na ko, anak? Ano, maganda?" "Hindi pa" sabi niya. So that's it, I'm still writing. Because I'd like to stop when one of my daughters tell me "Laos ka na. Huminto ka na." Because there are some people who don't know when to stop, and that is very sad. Very, very sad talaga. Kala nila... Because the body, the mind, everything ages in this world. Kala nila they're still very good. But at least kung athlete ka, you know when you have to stop because hindi mo na magagawa. It's difficult you know. Pero if it's the mind that works, it's very difficult. Football players, boxer, basketball players, they know that they have to retire. But the writer wouldn't know eh. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>What do you think is the biggest problem right now?</b> Sa atin? Moral malaise, hija. Consumerism which is basically a moral problem. Poverty is a moral problem, hija, it's not economics. It's not social or political, it's moral. If you get right down to it... you should have listened to the discussion I had with this writer na Amerikano. There are times when I have people... when the conversation is so interesting, so pertinent and I wish they should have been recorded. Kasi kanina, you know most of Americans are pragmatists. They deal with the realities. Sabi ko "No", many of the things that bring us problems are problems that start from the heart, sa puso. So I was telling him, this Tiglao, Roberto. He used to be the Ambassador to Greece and now he writes a column for the Inquirer. So he was writing all this statistics and gross, about the era of development. Ok, it was statistics, but on the surface. Sa ibaba, which is deeply embedded in human nature hindi lumalabas yon. And it's the artists, the writers who are capable of bringing this out. Because we were discussing development kanina, why is it that countries develop on other's decay. Why do empires flourish and they also decay. In other words, the story of civilization, not just the story of man. So I was quoting to him my favorite American jurisprudence authority... and I remembered his quote which I read a long time ago, and it's still with me since then. Sabi niya, "Freedom, the spirit of liberty is in the heart. When it dies there, no constitution, no court of law can restore it." So in other words, hija, in that mycosis and result of human development springs deeply from the heart. It's the heart, the spirit that moves men and nations. And the vitality, the strength, and the integrity of that heart, of that man, can be seen in what he does. So makikita mo na an institution decaying or flourishing. Ganon dito sa Pilipinas, because so many of the Filipinos, the Filipino leaders wala silang puso. They have no sense of nation kaya ganito tayo. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Have you been to Hong Kong, Mitch? On Sundays, pumunta ka sa Star Ferry in Victoria Island, hundreds of Filipino maids andon sila nakaupo sa sidewalk kumakain, nagkukwentuhan sila. And everyone who passes by will recognize them as the Filipino domestics in Hong Kong. Kung Pilipino ka, makita mo silang ganon you get very ashamed. Ganito na ba ang nangyari sa atin mga Pilipino? Sabi nung taga-Hong Kong, we are a nation of servants. Pero yung mga mayayaman na Pilipino they don't care because hindi na sila Pilipino, you understand? Ang puso nila hindi Pilipino so hindi sila nahihiya, hindi sila napapahiya, you follow? Pero kung Pilipino ka sa puso, makikita mo mga kababayan mo na ganon, mapapahiya ka. That's what I mean. That is perhaps the best illustration. Why do you care? Hindi ka naman Pilipino, kahit na Pilipino passport mo but deep in your heart hindi ka Pilipino. Wala kang malasakit sa bayan mo, this is what I mean. That is my example now. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>What do you think is the solution to moral malaise?</b> I've answered that question long ago. Nothing less than a revolution, hija, nothing less. I feel guilty saying these things because who am I to want a revolution when I'm here in this air-conditioned bookshop being comfortable. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You know, isang bata na kakilala ko si <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_F._Lacaba">Eman Lacaba</a>, younger brother ni Pete Lacaba, he used to come to the bookshop, naupo diyan. I try to give time to all the young people who come to see me, you know. Kung minsan I feel guilty about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maningning_Miclat">Maningning Miclat</a>, do you know her? Because she used to be there too. So sabi ko, I should have given her more of my time, because we would discuss literature. Nagsusulat siya ng poetry. I don't want to give a bleak image to these people, lalo na si Eman. So nagulat na lang ako nung sinabi na namatay siya sa Davao. So sabi ko, baka our discussions confirmed him kaya napunta siya doon, you know. Sometimes I have to think hard about my own political beliefs, because alam kong yan ang solution. I can only say matanda na ko, I have no time to go join a revolutionary movement. Kaya galit na galit din ako sa mga komunista because hindi nila ginagamit ang utak nila. I have communist friends, writers... mali kayo mali kayo. Sila Satur, mga kaibigan ko yan, si Bobby Malay. They're my friends and I love them dearly. I know that they have suffered a lot, especially sila Bobby and Satur. Pero isipin mo, nakakahinayang, and also many of them were betrayed by their own comrades. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>What is the most important life lesson you've learned so far?</b> Compassion. That is what is lacking sa mundo natin. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Have you read Bertolt Brecht? The communist poet and playwright. He wrote a poem shortly after World War II, an ode to the next generation. I remember two lines lang doon, one line is, "shouting about injustice hoarsens the voice". Naintindihan mo yon? Specifically addressed to writers. So be careful that you don't shout too long or too loud because your voice will hoarsen. The other is, "And we who want the world to be kind cannot ourselves be kind." Kung minsan naisip ko yon, I want the world to be kind but have I been kind myself, kung minsan hindi. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Is that the most inspiring statement you've heard?</b> Hindi naman, hindi naman. But they are things that I remember. It's difficult to be self-righteous also. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>What's the most inspiring statement you've heard? </b>Not the most inspiring statement, hija, but my greatest inspiration is Rizal mismo, number one. The greatest influence in my life as a writer is Rizal. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My greatest influence as a person was my mother, yung nanay ko. She taught me sacrifice, hard work, virtue. We were very poor, my mother worked very hard for us her children. Nung nakita niya na I liked reading, nung bata ako she would go all over town looking for books for me to read. Because she herself, her generation, she finished Grade 7. Shortly after the turn of the century atsaka her teachers were the first teachers --- the Thomasites, yung mga American soldiers. And in those days, when you finish Grade 7 you can teach already. So she also taught English for a while. You know, if you saw her she was a tiny woman, nakapinggol (pusod), we call it in Ilocano yung buhok niya dito and she was always in the baro't saya. She never wore Western dress, and she never wore shoes. Puro mga sapatos ang suot niya palagi ay tinatawag namin na kutso, you don't see it anymore. Parang slipper na makapal ang swelas na ganito. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Yung parang may takip po tapos may embroidery?</b> Yeah! We call it kutso. Yan ang palaging sinusuot niya. When we had foreign visitors, mga scholars na ganyan, I would introduce her to them and she would speak beautiful perfect English because yung mga Thomasites they taught beautiful English. And my children would be, "Ay si Lola ang galing mag-English!" Hahaha!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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