My cousin told me on Facebook about the Earthquake. The epicenter was somewhere in the strait between Negros Island and Cebu Island. Negros Oriental was most affected, with almost 50 deaths as of today, but it was felt as far away as Panay Island.

In Silay, the ground shook with a level 6 magnitude quake, although there was no serious damage, and ( Read more... )

I dreamed that Dad had built a house on top of a hill. It's a grassy hill, cris-crossed by two-lane streets. Electric poles march on the ridge of the hill. At the base, to the west, is a beach, and the sea. It felt like the world was in a perpetual sunset.

It's a simple wooden house, but sturdy. There were four interconnected bedrooms, one for him ( Read more... )

It's been a little bit more than a year now. This is the longest I've been away from home. I would have actually blogged last week, August 3, during my actual anniversary, but my weekends have been really busy. My brother has been having weekend wanderlust, only because it's been so nice and sunny the past couple of weeks, so we've been trying to ( Read more... )

Installment one of a series of despedidas. It was a pretty laid back hang out at home with Pat, Pio and the other crazies. We reminisced about a lot of things, like High School, college, etc. Pio jokingly says that my having despedidas is kind of pointless, when it's clear that i'm coming back anyway. I really hope I do, soon. Pio seems to have it ( Read more... )

Sher and I met at Glorietta a couple of days ago, and she announced her decision to follow Rob in Shanghai and work there. She was rushing her paperwork, and is scheduled to leave soon. I was surprised, but I thought it would be a good move for her. After having coffee and walking around and talking, we bid goodbye to each other.

We mused on how we ( Read more... )

Matthew, one of my schoolmates, invited me to edit for him (pro bono) for the new travel show he was trying to get out. It's entitled "Hoop Pals", and it features him and his buddy, Marco, as they travel the Philippines in search of basketball courts to play on. Along the way, they sample a bit of the local culture, and perform some horrible antics ( Read more... )

I was so happy when I picked him up at the airport. When we got to my apartment, we could just stay in bed all day. Sadly, we didn't do enough of that, because I still had classes. But we made use of my free time well. I took him out around the city, to Ayala Center Cebu, as well as to a beach in Mactan.
Sher had a voiceover session on Saturday, and ( Read more... )

I did not have to do a lot of editing for my thesis because I did fewer shots with longer takes, and no special effects, so I just had to piece them together. I wasn't worried therefore, when my friends decided to visit me.
A welcome respite from all the shooting is Kay and Tip's visit. I love this couple, and I'm so glad they're together. I picked ( Read more... )

Had one last roadtrip with the Kamotes in Tagaytay. Chantel and Ieth and I took Ieth's car and had dinner at Dencio's. The moon was full so we could kind of make out the lake far below us while we ate under the stars. Then we hung out at Starbucks and fell asleep at the parking lot, in her car. The next day, our backs hurt like hell but we somehow ( Read more... )

Actually, this is a list of things that I have to do but haven't been able to do yet:

Finish that damned PI final paper Malapit na mag-one year anniversary since the supposed deadline. Forgive me Sir Ambeth. And Rizal (P.S. Happy Rizal day, Rizal!)
Paint my room once the final construction repairs are done. now I really have to paint the ugly, ( Read more... )