December 27, 2002
I was gonna hold off announcing this until the new year but since my brother sneakily pre-empted me (and since most of our relatives and close friends know already), I might as well break the good news.
This is my Arn's pre-Christmas gift to me.
By this time next year, we'll be man and wife. (:
07:08 AM
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I'm 2 days behind but it's never too late for Christmas greetings, right? Hope you're all having a wonderful holiday season (:
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The Culture Crash-sponsored Comic Book Convention held last weekend went pretty well, I guess, considering that Megatrade Hall was filled to the rafters with fanboys and girls of every size, shape, and school of thought for two whole days. (Hard to miss were the dozens of kids in manga/anime-character costumes who showed up for the Cosplay Competition. [Photos here.])
It was terribly exhausting (I even got sick the second day) but Arn and I were happy enough to see all our friends from that field again. Since I don't have time to upload the bazillion pics I took, here's a little preview muna:
The Quest Ventures Booth celebrities, Carl, Arn and Marco.
Arn with our good friends Dean, Nikki and Vinnie.
Shirley and her Pets! (or Arn with Robert and Shirley Magnuson in their very colorful booth)
Here's a pic of Ramon, Arn, and yours truly.
Twas a surprise EB for Alia and me!
The posse.
06:34 AM
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December 19, 2002
This month's Adarna House E-zine has a nice feature on Arn. [Go]
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As always, the UPCFA contingent made the Lantern Parade well worth the traffic and five-hour neck-straining ogling. Their theme this year? Superheroes, Pinoy and otherwise. The pics are right here. Please let me know if I identified all the characters right. (:
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I was so pleased to find out last time that J Sushi also likes the Swedish group Popsicle as much (or maybe even more) than I do. I started liking them too late, though. They disbanded in '97 and sadly, there's hardly any info about them and their music online. I myself only have taped copies of their albums "Lacquer" and "Abstinence".
Then last night J and Halina gave Arn and me a chock-full-of-MP3s cd that, surprise, contains all the group's albums from '91 to '97, including some of their recordings as Sweet Chariots -- something I could never find at KaZaA or Amazon. What a treat! Grabe, thanks again you guys. I dedicate Sunkissed to you both. (:
10:38 AM
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December 17, 2002
How fun, my apple crumble-baking friend Naomi went a step further and has now also mastered the art of creating apple roses.
And if you're thinking of preserving your precious flower arrangements* but have no idea how, please do check out Second Bloom.
*this service is only available in Vancouver though, unless Naoms is in Manila for a visit (diba, Yo? (:)
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Just one more Christmas gift to go and Arn and I are done shopping for the holidays. Sigh, isn't this season such a heaven-sent for Henry Sy, Gokongwei, and the Lopezes? 'Right, all together now:
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Events we're looking forward to this week:
ï The UP Lantern Parade. Tomorrow, 3 pm.
ï Culture Crash's Comic Book and Anime Convention. Dec. 21+22 at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall. (Arnold will be there to judge a contest and sign copies of his books.)
ï And of course, my dad's homecoming on Saturday!!!
There's something else I really want to share but the timing's not quite right... not yet. (;
09:29 AM
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December 16, 2002
Philweavers Christmas Party-slash-3rd Anniversary General Assembly pix are up. [Go]
10:42 PM
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December 12, 2002
I only discovered the jazzy Manhattan Transfer-esque New York Voices after Arn requested that I download "Now or Never" for him via KaZaA. Now I'm hooked! We've so far collected 35 tracks from their various albums, burned select ones to a cd, and made that our official soundtrack for this Christmas season.
You may listen to the loungey "Do You Wanna Know What I Want" here.
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Get your walking shoes and cameras ready because U.P.'s much awaited annual event, the Lantern Parade, is happening on December 18 at 3pm.
The Lantern Parade was very much a big deal to us Fine Arts folk, mainly because we had to live up to our college's decades-long reputation of having the best-designed costumes, floats and, well, lanterns in the University.
Coincidentally, Lizza showed us her 5" thick college photo album at her house yesterday and there we found a couple of 1989 Lantern Parade pics of a silly-looking Cleopatra costume-garbed me and a reeeally thin boyish-looking un-costumed (daya!) Arn. We all didn't know each other at the time the photos were taken so it was a blast seeing them now and taking note that 11 years ago, we were all together pala at the same place and time.
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Oh, and just because.
My Arn, then (1993) and now.
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How cosmic is it that Arnold and I both received wedding invites* on the same day this week? And how double-cosmic is it that both events will take place outside of Metro Manila? Arn and I have never gone out-of-town in the 32 months that we've been together so we consider these perfect opportunities for that.
*One is for Gerry and Ilyn's wedding in San Pablo City, Laguna, and the other is for my good friend Joan L and Joel's wedding in Nasugbu, Batangas. Congratulations, you guys. (:
10:40 AM
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December 4, 2002
Lots more Webbies pix are up at the HP photo gallery.
*Thanks for the heads up, Carl.
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Speaking of pictures, just found out via Fuel Factor that lomos are available right here in Manila at the Photography Art Center.
Lomo? Wha--? [Go]
Been thinking of getting one since I saw them cute toycams at the ICP shop in New York two years ago. I got turned off lang when I realized that accessories and service centers supporting lomography in Manila could be scarce. Besides, I swore to bid processing centers goodbye since my dad already got me a digicam. Still, it's worth checking out now that they're within reach.
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Also found this Peyups article, "Films in the Guise of a Homage", via Jessel.
IMHO, the problem with the local movie industry is that while there are young, talented writers and directors with fresh ideas, there are still the old-school producers to contend with. The sad fact is that they run the industry and usually have the last say.
We experienced this first-hand, believe me. (You can stop reading now, or...)
07:12 AM
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December 3, 2002
This year's Webbies was definitely more organized than last year's -- there were fewer speeches (heh), the category intros were short and quick, the actual award-giving was faster, and performances were livelier*. As a result, the entire show finished very early at 10:30, considering that it started 30 minutes late.
*In fairness, we liked the bands who performed last year but they all chose to play slooow songs so the show dragged on for more than 3 hours.
It's not as grand as the Ad Congress Araw Awards nor the NU107RA (haha, no Pasay punks here at the PWA) but the good show was a sign that the Pinoy web industry is indeed "growing up".
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Arn and I sat with Halina and J in the Philweavers area where all our friends were. The good cheer was so infectious that even if our bets didn't all win, okay lang. Some notes (disclaimer: these are personal opinions, ok?):
ARTS: HalfProject, for us, you're still the best*. (pic stolen from HP, heh)
Aww. Drew and Zoo are the winners in my book.
*Lopez Museum won. I liked Dark Elephant and PageDown (at least it won for People's Choice) too but I thought that HalfProject, being a collective, would be a shoo-in. Oh well.
MUSIC: It's PhilMusic again, folks, for the 5th straight time. (Congrats to sir Jim & co.)
NEW & ZINES: I'm proud of IndieFilipino (aba shemps kina Meg yan) for making it to the Finals but it's still admittedly a baby beside veteran greats MaArte and Generation Rice (which won, incidentally).
PERSONAL: Cool, last year's winner Nikki (of Skylight) won again. Redberger and TaymMatsing are great sites too though so I'm sure it was a tough call.
WEIRD & HUMOR: Aha, our bet KuboriKikiam won... and how! Mike's ultra-long spiel brought the house down, and will certainly go down in the history of the Pinoy Webbies. Watch the telecast and you'll see what I mean.
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A few pics (click to enlarge):
Arn conceptualized and illustrated the fantasy-themed intros, 25*8 magically transformed them into animated clips.
Arn with web gods Kubori Mike, Berger, and BongSeg.
Happy kids all: Halina, J, Zoo, yours truly and Arn.
Flash whiz Jeff having copies of MythClass 1-4 signed.
Arn with Celsius-guy AJ.
Joel and Jois reprazenting... what company again? Hehe. (Ninoy was off somewhere fetching his gf.)
Tsk tsk, superstar talaga eh. This happens to be my new desktop pic.
There should be more pictures courtesy of Carl (who was going around clicking away at people!) and AJ soon.
08:02 AM
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