I SUCK TODAY!

I suck at conceptualizing today. I am literally stressing my sissy ass out! I ended up eating two bags of chicaron, cheese sandwich, lipton red tea and pillows (that darn biscuit covered chokweet) during merienda. Silly reason of my wittle stress? T-shirt design for Mega Dominate Business Review. I don't usually fall on a booby trapped blankness during rush. For some stoooopid reason, I stare at my monitor for a minute before I create an inch of path in my artboard.

I should yeah, probably get back to sketching. Maybe it'll help my stiff mind back to the creative world. Congratulations to me for staying in my cyber world! Yipee! Happy one year of blogging to me! (Maarte lang, singit lang) Medyo matagal na pala akong hindi nagssketch o nagkoconceptualize. Ganon pala yun: pag matagal ng wala, hindi mo namamalayan nawawala din pala o nababawasan.

Ayun, one thing I learned from designing for the corporate world: The simple, the better. It makes a lot of sense to me now. I am not employed to some advertising company or freelancing now. Stress is different here.

My blog contains an awful lot of words.

MISSION NUMBAH 1: TO CREATE THIS KIND OF KICK-ASS VECTOR

INVADING WEB LAYOUT: BATIBOT STYLE

This is my first time to design a web. Not technically. It's basically a job request by MFC VP. Nothing serious. Concept lang naman. I played more on illustration and colors. Regi contributed the idea of the TV and sun. Very cool stuffs. Very Batibot. Now, I am thinking of creating stuffs with pastel colors.

O_O

I hate it when I am in a middle of my creative drunkenness during the night and suddenly, just when I was about to blow my full creative power, time's up you poor little girl, it's time to go home! Darn.

LSS: CRAWL! ABS CBN TRADE SHOW AT PICC

LSS tayo p're!

Last December 2, 2010, we went to ABS CBN Trade Show Forum at PICC with MFC Creative and Marketing Department. It's really fun, though hindi ko masyadong naenjoy ang food. They were there to introduce ABS CBN's new shows. Ang cute nga e. To make the story short, we registered. I was given a 2x5 card that says: "you are entitled for one parol, blah-blah", a 3D glass, and an ABS CBN pamaypay. I like the 3D glass. I was excited about the glass, and to my dismay: I lost it at the end of the show! Hahaha! I don't care about the parol. But well, I still manage to get one and as usual, made its way to my back pocket. Later on, Gi asks for it, I gave it to him na lang.

We went inside, hinanap ang table 54. We ate and chat a little then nagstart na ang show. I am not really interested to see ABS CBN's artist, (blame it on the food!) but since I cannot munch as planned, I got up my feet went near the stage and started shooting.

Erich and the gang from Shoutout was there. Iya, Echo, KC, Vice, Kim, Gerald, James Reid, Ivan, The Hitmakers, Anne Curtis, Melai & Jason, etc. But the best performance goes to Iya and Echo! Their music caught me off guard. I've been trying to search for it on the net since Friday and hindi ko makita. I asked Iya personally through Twitter, sumagot naman sya. And yes, yan na nga. Crawl by Chris Brown. Ang ganda ng sayaw nila. Plus her moves, big factor! OMG! Super.. If not about her skin and face na gusto kong maidocument sa camera, I probably should have watched her on the dance floor.

I ended up having my parol c/o S' Raffy.

THANKS HEAVENLY FATHER

Hey God, I know you are listening..

Thank you for your extra kindness. You love me, and my family. And I love you. I am saying this prayer in public because yes, I want them to know that you are there always. It's my own way of saying thank you. :)

Even if there are people judging me by comparing me to their daughter abroad, I don't care. I am better. I am happy because I know I am on the right path. So what if I am here in Manila and decided to pursue what I love? So what if I am not working at a central business district? What difference does it make? I wake up, I travel, I work, I eat, I go home.. Mas mura ang pamasahe ko. Hahaha! Diba Lord? And thank you for making me realize that I went to an excellent institution with the right attitude..

Thank you for giving me my friends, bless them. My family, bless them. And my enemies. Bless them the most. Hehehe.

Thanks Dear God! You rock!

NOT ANOTHER MOMENT: THE DEAR JOHN EXPERIENCE

I have read Nicolas Sparks' Dear John earlier today. It moved me both emotionally and spiritually. And because I was so affected by its story, I completely skipped the part where John's father had suffered a heart attack and for that, he has to stay home and extend his leave to attend to his Dad's medical needs. (Not to mention, to spend his time together with his Dad) I was actually into Savannah and John's story by the way. But I want to take this part to really dwell more on what I feel about John and his Dad's situation. 

I kind of more like to feel the same way about my father when I was younger. But I wasn't a rebel. As mentioned from my previous blog post, we do not have that father and daughter serious talks.
But we do share moments where we laugh together over some silly jokes. He is not cold. He is just quiet. And he is a completely normal person. My dad went to the army. So does John. John is pretty much, a rebel. Just because his Dad's comfortable talking about coins, little John must've
pinned that he's done with it. I cannot blame John. He grew up without a Mom. No one else but his father. Who would have thought that his father's suffering from autism? No one knew about it then. Not until he met Savannah. My dad.. My dear dad.

He doesn't ask about how my day went. Just the same as, I don't have an interest telling him. But getting back, what if he does ask? Would it make a big difference? I am clearly trying to avoid the thoughts. Anyway, I already mentioned to my previous blog entry that I had a prayer. My prayer goes like this:

(I can't believe I am saying this in public)

Dear God,

I love my Dad. I love him so much that I do not want to see him suffer when he's getting older. I prefer to die younger than seeing any of my family member dies right before my eyes. I know it sound selfish but Lord, you know pretty well that from the deepest part of my heart, I am, but most telling
you the truth. So please, help me and guide me to make the most out of my time with my family, specially with my dear Dad. I can exchange my life to extend his. To extend anyone from
my family. I just hate it being like this. To swear over mushy stuffs. See Dear God, I am not as cold as a meat on a freezer. I just hate talking about emotions involving my family.

So Dear God, I know You love me. So I am asking you this. Please, please help me find a way to get through my dad too. Thank you!

A prayer so strong he listened. Probably because I was so makulit. And then, he bought his 2nd hand mountain bike. I was really into it. And whenever its chain snapped, walang alinlangan to bring it to a local bike fixer. [fixer -- what the?] It cost around atleast 200 pesos. And knowing him, he'd rather
spend it on rice grain, his utangs or anything much more valuable than fixing a chain. I can't imagine him pulling out his dear hard-earned money off his pocket. I love him.

I am looking forward to spend a weekend riding that bike with him on an early morning MOA adventure. But for now, I was more than agitated that the chain snapped again. Holy cow! I'll lose
weight not because of riding my father's bike. But to getting home walking four kilometers away. Hahaha! I'm still riding that bike again. For some reasons, I do not hate it. I do not curse it. I do not think of not riding it again. But instead, I am pushed to spend another afternoon with it. Even if it fail to get me home, not walking. I love that bike but not more than I love my father.

MY LIFETIME WISHLIST C/O AMAZON DOT COM

I've been drooling for these items for the past weeks already. I wish they have an Amazon.com in the Philippines para kahit ako na lang ang magpick up ng item ko. Cheaper and I don't have to think about government taxes and shipping fees. Geez, why do we have to work hard to earn money when spending will take you just a minute? (darn, even without a minute!) I don't like that kind of thinking.. Anyway, here they are.. You'll learn how boyish I am until today! Hahahaha! So what if I don't like make ups and Hello Kitty? Duh!

Drool Item #1
Pacific Chronium Men's Dual Suspension 26-inch wheels Mountain Bike - $99.95

Drool Item #2
Topeak Modula Cage EX Modified Shape Bicycle Waterbottle Cage - $8.39

Drool Item #3
Ventura Bicycle Headlight and Taillight Combo - $14.00

Drool Item #4
Park Tool WTK-1 Essential Tool Kit (para hindi na ako mukhang tanga na naglalakad kapag nasisiraan ng bike) - $16.72

Drool Item #5
M-Wave Bicycle Saddle Bag (Medium) - $4.99

Drool Item #6
Schwinn OPP Bell (black) - $4.99

Drool Item #7
Schwinn Trasher Adult Micro Bicycle Helmet - $21.99

Drool Item #8
Schwinn Aluminium Frame Pump - $7.99

Drool Item #9
Mongoose Cable Combo Bicycle Lock - $9.99

Drool Item #10
Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wifi, 6" Display - $189.00

Drool Item #11
Polar Insulated Water Bottle - $5.88

I like window shopping in Amazon.com. Feeling ko kasi ang mura nilang lahat because I can afford almost everything. Really. Seriously. And all I have to do is just replace the $ with peso sign.. :p I can grab 'em all at a blink!

INVADING 3D ILLUSTRATION, RAAAR!

Er, it's kinda hard you know.. You have to make sure you draw the right size and the right shape. But it is extremely fullfiling. It is..

This is a sample of my latest 3D work. Stan and Eric from SouthPark.. It's not done yet. Up ko na lang next time.

I GOT ME MY OWN GAME BOARD

It's just one of our school's project this time: to make your own packaging design. But I am actually thinking of creating (and selling) a larger version of my Media Monsters Travel Game Board.. It's basically a board game slash truth or dare slash ice breaker. All in one! And to make it more exciting, everybody will perform on a current player's challenge. Kid's stuff. I have my mock-up design with me right now. Looking at it is encouraging.