Opening this Saturday, our friend ?¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¢?¢‚Ǩ?°?ɂİ?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ? the much sought-after photographer Toto Labrador has a one-man show titled Transient: Images from Vietnam and Cambodia at Lumiere Gallery. Lumiere is open Tuesdays to Sundays, 11am to 9pm. Take a peek when you can.

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If you’ve been checking the phlog, yes we’re back from Japan but with the way things are moving, it feels like that short vacation didn’t happen at all, tsk. Since we arrived, I’ve already (1) attended a photo shoot for WE, (2) judged for the Direct Marketing, Design and Interactive categories of the Ad Congress Araw Awards (some pics here), and (3) finished several illustrations for an album that’s about to come out. I’m not complaining, in fact all the activities have been enjoyable. It’s just that work fell on my lap too quickly that there was no time to savor that fresh-from-a-vacation feeling, you know what I mean?

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By the way, I got my 6-year-old G4 a bluetooth dongle (I know, I know, I’m so behind!). The contact list on my cell is now synced with the Mac’s Address Book and holy cow, it’s suddenly such a breeze to send text messages to friends (like Carlo, for one, since he tipped me about it in the first place (: ) via the nifty “Send SMS” feature. Unless I’m not in front of the computer, I’m finally liberated from using my phone‘s slow-operating keypad. (So if you send me a text and I miraculously respond in less than a second, thank the dongle!)

“Building Stories” (or what a building might think if it can).

Chris Ware fans (me included, natch) will be happy to know that he has an ongoing downloadable strip at the NYtimes Funny Pages.

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I would love to own everything they sell at Pixel Girl Shop. Check out these goodies:

Origami patchwork wristlet, patterned belts, sushi necklace and bracelet set.

There’s more where these came from.

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For most of my career life, Ad Congress season would mean sleepless nights and extra-long working days spent toiling over work to be entered in the prestigious Araw Awards. This year though, it seems that I will have a feel of how it is to be on the other side, so to speak, as I’ve been invited to be one of the judges* for the Design competition — something I’m quite thrilled about because (a) I’m very interested to see what the corporate design world is up to and (b) I would certainly love to catch up with former colleagues again — I guess it’s like coming home.

*My first time for the PAC. The only other professional competition I’ve judged for was the PWA (2x), the rest are various UP and Ateneo student org art/design contests. Like I told Shei, I’m flattered although it kinda makes me feel… old, eheh (nervous laughter).

So, like the new look? 😀