Philippine High School for the Arts Class Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco, 1989

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29 April 2006. A Mini-Dinner/Reunion hosted by Jose and Koleen, present were Daniel and Therese, Carol and hubby, Eric and his wife and pamangkin and myself*. *not in photo :) Sana next time mas kumpleto na. :)

Blogging from Siem Reap, Cambodia...

Wala lang... :D

Bangkok Day 1, at the Grand Palace

Angkor Wat, Cambodia Day 4

26 days till vacation...

I can't wait...

Fashionably Geek

Me & Ala Paredes for MPH Fashionably Geek shoot, March 2006. Photographed by budding (bading? hehehe, joke lang Jayvs...) photographer Jayvee Fernandez

Call time was 8AM at the poolside of the Hotel Philippine Plaza (formerly known as the Westin Philippine Plaza Hotel) at the CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. I was a bit late for some reason and Barney was already starting making Ala up when I arrived. Eva and Jayvee were doing the interview already. We wanted a travel and leisure feel for the shoot and the poolside of the hotel was perfect, nice view of the ocean and coconut trees.
The shoot itself went pretty quick. We were done in a little over an hour and we still made it to the breakfast buffet at the hotel restaurant. After an animated chat with our hostess over the meal (which pretty much sustained us through lunchtime), we were off to the office again to start our day. Soon on the next issue of MPH. More pictures from the shoot here.

State of emergency...

1:10 PM, Friday.

I'm in the office supposedly working. I have no idea if there is still a Philippine Republic outside. Rumors of a coup. There will be a large rally this afternoon at the Ninoy Aquino monument on the corner of Paseo de Roxas and Ayala Avenue in Makati. If that rally pushes through, arrests will be made. Arrests without warrant are in effect.

And I'm supposed to watch a movie tonight to unwind. Fuck.

Nude

Triptych, February 2006

Bored...

Typical day at the office.

Clicking away at a little-less-than-four-thousand-peso mouse. Compositing images to make ridiculous devices for the magazine hoping to make people laugh at the idea.

I better go back at it.

I'll just wait for my Big Mac meal then go straight home.

Wala lang.

It's been a while...

Yeah, its been a while. I guess life caught up with me again.

I even forgot to bring a broom to sweep the cobwebs in here. How long has it been? Wow, my last post was on October 19, 2005. Time really flew these past months. Wish I could say I had fun but I regret to inform you that a lot of not-so-fun stuff happened during the time I was away. Not really what I had in mind for ending 2005. And definitely not a way to start 2006. I'll probably tell you about it when I find time to actually sit down, organize my thoughts and write everything. At least the ones that I think I should write about.

Anyway, shot mph's first cover for the year last Tuesday. Of course I had to have that mandatory "friendster" photo taken with our cover model, Isabel Roces. A very talented and passionate vegan. Read all about it when the issue comes out.

Me and Isabel Roces. Photographed by Kai Huang

And coming out soon is a new title (I don't think I'm at liberty to say at the moment). All I can say is that it's a music magazine. "The music magazine." This one has a feature on the band Up Dharma Down.

Me and Denise Mallabo, our Editorial Assistant for the new mag with Up Dharma Down. Photographed by Ricky Carballo

That's it for now. Need to go back to my balancing act now. Oh, and a happy new year to everyone.