this is our corso.

"open cane corso, here we go again"

DCRTCLTHNKRS exhibit entry at whitebox studio

organized by carlo ongchangco, assisted by j.pacena II
june 12 - july 8, 2009

collaboration with ige trinidad
16inx20in
origami + acrylic on canvas
2009

more photos in ige's multiply: the man cannot be killed. :)

from last year

i'm directly up front+center, and behind me is Ambeth Ocampo.

The group picture from the UGAT (Anthropological Association of the Philippines) Conference I attended last year in San Fernando, Pampanga, as observer/interested student. The theme was "Performing Heritage" and I enjoyed it immensely. This year the conference will be held at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City, and I plan to go again, but this time as paper presentor, on the theme "The (Re)making of Cities and its Consequences". Naks. Abstract deadline's in a week. Wish me luck!

short lists

for today,

i'd like to do more:

• film photography
• anthropology-related reading
• conceptual art
• walking

i'd like to finally start:

• anthro & aesthetics paper abstract
• my thesis (ha ha ha)
• shaping up for fieldwork

i'd like to learn:

• printmaking
• metal sculpting

i'd like to eat:

• katipunan ave. japanese sweet corn
• jamaican patty-spicy beef+iced tea

i'd like to watch:

• where the wild things are
• up
• coraline

things i've done today:

• printed out photos of a water pump & an activity calendar
• e-mailed some information about our office to the office beside ours
• uploaded new photos to the thursdaykids photoblog

things i'd like to do right now, in order:

• teleport
• rescue
• sleep

sociology

Of Stellar Travesty is my sister Bianca's blog for her UP Diliman Socio 10 class. I'm so proud. Iipunin ko muna ang thoughts ko bago ako magcomment, baka mapanis ako dito eh, wala na ako sa kondisyong mag-sociologize. :P Di ko lang sigurado kung para sa current sem lang 'to, tignan natin. :) Do visit and comment. May points daw ang replies eh, and in UP you need a lot of those. Hehehe.

mukha kang tanga

pasensya na, ha. alam ko ang aga-aga, nagpapa-hayblad ako. naiinis lang talaga ako sa ganitong paggamit ng headband. kapatid, alam ko "in" ngayon ang bangs effect chuva ever, pero ang sagwa talaga tignan. pag maghe-headband ka, idamay mo ang buhok na nasa bandang harapan ng ulo mo--hindi lang kasi pang-fasyown ang headband, functional ito 'day. ang silbi nito ay panghawi ng buhok palayo sa mukha. at isa pa, hindi naman ganu'n kaikli ang buhok mo para maituring na "bangs" kaya mas nakakainis, kasi ako nae-excuse ko ang mga bangs na "nakakatakas" sa headband. pero 'yung ganyang sinasadyang magpaka-fasyown...hay gudlak na lang sa 'yo. advice ko, dahil mukhang nagnu-nursing ka, gamitin ang headband bilang functional na item--be neat, i-praktis mo dapat ito lalo na pag nasa health science profession ka. ayan humaba pa tuloy, career talk/personality development na. (actually function muna talaga bago ang fasyown, or sige na nga, depende rin sa tao.) kailangan makita ang iyong face...er, ay, sige, takpan mo na lang pala ang mukha mo. o ayan namintas pa tuloy ulit ako. malas mo lang talaga nakita kita ngayong umaga. 'the functional headband' girl kasi ako. naks.

it's too early for monday

i was supposed to bring a banana for lunch but i forgot it at home, hurrying to leave to allot more time for being stuck in monday rush hour traffic. it's almost july now; the second half of the year's about to start--wow. yes i better get started on the big t. before that though, there's a paper i hope to present for a conference in october, and the abstract deadline's in two weeks. wish me luck; i still have a topic to grab hold of. work-wise, for this week i'll be fixing our office's website to the best of my abilities (working around its limitations) and generally i'll be spending a lot of time in front of the computer, gah. well then. here's to another grown-up week, folks.

workspace cleanup

today, we fixed/organized/sorted/threw away old files. it was also my chance to fix my workspace up a little.

the middle folder full of paper (beside the yellow pig) is the reusable paper folder. i'm on eco-warrior mode. :)

yesterday's rain came today

today, i jumped over puddles. puddles formed by rain that finally fell on the city, the city that yesterday anticipated a deluge, cancelling today's classes, taking down billboards, closing windows, urging everyone to be home by nine. we looked at our watches and waited, looking up the sky, feeling the wind--where is it? any form of precipitation would do, as long as it came.

later, when images of rain actually made me look forward to the city being submerged (because along with it would come the probability of passing the time with coffee and conversation), i saw the clouds leaving, scurrying from the city, refusing to let the rain replicate lights on pavements, leaving the night as it is--dry, like our mouths post-beer.

today, i jumped over puddles, each time hoping the next rain-pool would reflect you.

malayang talakayan 01

oo pare, pag naririnig ko ang 'free as a bird' ng beatles, parang gusto kong mag-pole dance. nai-imagine ko na ang sarili ko: may suot akong kumikinang na two-piece na pink at stilletos. stereotype na kung stereotype, pasensya na, nakatatak kasi sa utak ko 'yung itsura ni natalie portman sa 'closer', nu'ng nagpaka-prosti siya. nai-imagine kong ganu'n ako, pag tumugtog na 'yung kanta. ...tapos ayan kunyari may pole na sa stage, madilim pero may iilang mga ilaw sa sulok-sulok. oo pare, ganu'n katindi ang imahinasyon ko. nai-imagine ko ang sarili ko, pag yun 'yung kanta, at ikaw--

nandu'n ka nakaupo, tahimik lang, may hawak na malamig na beer sa kaliwang kamay, at sa kanan naman, panyong pamunas ng pawis. nandu'n ka, nakaupo, nagmamasid, nakatitig, at dahil alam kong nandu'n ka (dahil nilagay kita roon), at walang ibang tao kundi tayo (dahil 'yun ang inimagine ko), lalapit ako sa 'yo--

tapos matatapos na 'yung kanta, medyo wirdo ang ending nu'n di ba, di na bagay sa pole dancing nang walang halong tama. ang beatles talaga oo.