Feb

1

Flat in Bed

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The last couple of days I was flat in bed with fever and an erupting stomach. I missed the Komikero meeting last Sunday. I wasn’t able to work, which bummed me the most. I’m feeling a bit all right today to start working again, and there’s lots of stuff to do.
But for a couple of [...]

Jan

20

What is the meaning of life?

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Nov

4

Electrical Conundrum

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Electricity has been very unstable recently due to the weather. I used to have a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) attached to my computer, but since that thing gave out, all that’s standing between my computer and the naked socket is a voltage regulator.
But since Voltage Regulators just, well, regulate, I’ve had to buy a new [...]

Nov

2

I Will No Longer Be Selling on Ebay

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Auction Update: Apologies to those who we have promised to assist, but the the money is still being transmitted from abroad, and once it arrives, Mr. Hugo Yonzon and I will be meeting to make an accounting of all moneys collected. We should be able to start releasing directly to the intended people hopefully [...]

Oct

27

Email Screwup

Filed Under General, Internet | 1 Comment

If you had sent me important emails to my yahoo address within the last 12 hours, please resend them to my gmail address. Same username @gmail.com
Apparently, Yahoo Mail is screwing up on my end, and has not been sending through emails for the past half day. I hope this is only temporary. Yahoo is [...]

Oct

23

Shameful, Unnaceptable Incompetence

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In the light of what you will read on this blog:
http://mabuhaygirl.multiply.com/journal/item/1104/WTF_is_going_on_Blog_Ni_Ella
I want to assure everyone who donated to help the Typhoon Ondoy Flood victims via the auctions held online, the the PICCA, at the Komikon and elsewhere, your help will go DIRECTLY to the victims and will NOT be coursed through incompetent government agencies.
You [...]

Oct

2

What Gets Me Through The Day

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This piece of music gets me through the day every day for the past week. Composed by English composer Murray Gold specially for the fourth series of new Doctor Who.

Oct

1

How To Help (October 3)

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(October 3 Update) Red Cross Paypal Confirmed!
I’ve confirmed with the Philippine Red Cross that they do accept donations via Paypal. Use this email address: give@redcross.org.ph
Or you can go to their Paypal Donation Page here.
Original Comics Art Auction to benefit Komikeros affected by the flood:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkomikeroQQhtZ-1
(October 1 Update): UPDATED LINKS
Alerts and Information
http://www.quezon.ph/2009/09/29/alerts-and-information-updated/
List of Places to Donate
http://sites.google.com/site/ondoymanila/list-of-places-to-donate
(Sept. 30 [...]

Aug

14

Carlo J. Caparas is a National Artist (Lord, Have Mercy!)

Filed Under General, Philippine Comics | 15 Comments

The strange nature of blogs has us reading events starting with the end, and ending with the beginning. I thought I’d put together this special page where visitors to this blog can follow my posts, and the accompanying comments, in chronological order.
I was first alerted to the news that Carlo J. Caparas has been declared [...]

Aug

7

Carlo Caparas Stamps

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A Statement from Ramon Orlina
********************
Dear All,
HOW CAN CARLOS J. CAPARAS BE NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS WHEN HIS COMICS ARE NOT ILLUSTRATED BY HIM BUT BY OTHER ARTISTS?
I was a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Philippine Postal Corp for many years, and the Chairman of the Designing [...]

Aug

6

National Artists Awards: Two NCCA Commissioners Speak Up

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Elected NCCA Commissioners Speak Up
on the National Artist Awards Controversy
August 4, 2009
Of Truth, Honor and Delicadeza
or How to Bake Your Cake and Eat It, Too
By Elmar Beltran Ingles,
NCCA Commissioner for Cultural Dissemination
“The leak did it. Whoever leaked the results of the deliberations is a criminal.“
This was the observation of a government [...]

Aug

1

Maraming Salamat, Tita Cory

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I woke up today to news that former Philippine President Corazon Aquino has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Having been a strong supporter of her and Ninoy even during the Marcos era, I feel sad at the passing of a great and wise leader.
She and Ninoy were heroes of mine, and are [...]

Jul

14

Are You Weird?

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Isn’t it weird that someone asked me to recommend their work to people, and I dunno, to save me the trouble he said that he’d give me a script of what I will say. Wha… are you weird? I’ll recommend something if I LIKE something. And if I recommend something, I’ll use my own words [...]

Jul

6

The Past On My Heels

Filed Under General, My Art, My Comics | 2 Comments

An old acquaintance of mine got in touch after 15 long years. I remember this particular girl well because I liked her name. Ariadne. I liked it so much that I used it as a character for Dead Heart Stories: The Promise, which was serialized in Karen Kunawicz’s column for The Mirror Magazine in the [...]

Jun

13

A Master Plan

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Several months ago I joined a networking website that focused on the university I went to in college. Having been open to worldwide networking sites like Friendster, MySpace, Facebook and Multiply, I welcomed a networking site that focused on and accepted only members of the school I went to.
Yesterday, I deleted my account and left [...]

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