Hello, I hope you can support the following projects that my Arn recently worked on¹
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• Cast 10: Issue 10 of the charming Nautilus Comics series that revolves around the lives of high school stage play actors. Story by Jamie Bautista, art by Arnold Arre.
• Graphic Classics: Jack London volume 2. Arn illustrated the somewhat tragic Jack London story “The Wit of Porportuk”, adapted by Tom Pomplun.
• Bandang Pinoy, Lasang Hotdog. A re-issue of the original Hotdog Tribute album which was first released in 2001. The line-up includes all of Hotdog’s best-known, well-loved songs and a host of today’s hottest bands.

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I was supposed to write a travelogue about our trip but work got the better of me and so I only managed to make the following articles²:

• The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka
• NHK Studio Park in Shibuya

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We’re currently putting together the 5th issue of Wedding Essentials and the articles and features are pretty amazing as always³ so for the brides-to-be reading this, I hope you’ll watch out for it.
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Here are a few photos to whet your appetite⁴:
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Among the perks of being freelance is that Arn and I can work anytime of the day and still be able to squeeze in some R&R like an occasional movie (or grocery) date, coffee with a gal pal at a nearby mall, dinner with a best bud, the odd blog entry, and the once-in-a-blue-moon-thank-goodness-for-Nest-for-making-it-happen night out with old friends.
[Soundtrack of the night: opening riff of The Final Countdown]⁵
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The bunch in front of the spanking new Blow-up Babies branch at Serendra: Buddy, Earnest, Myrene, Arn, Lia, Raimund, and Quark
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The “shiny happy people” shot. We contemplated having dinner at “Abe: Where Good Friends Dine” but it was just so given, diba?
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Because Cupcakes by Sonja was closed for a private function (hmph!), we ended up having dessert at Cafe Mary Grace which actually turned out to be a great idea (You have to try their Tsoknut Tsokolate, it’s a yummyness!). This photo was taken before the waitress recognized Quark⁶ and asked to take photos with him. A few minutes later, she also recognized Budz and Raims⁷ and then asked to take pictures with them and eventually the whole group hehe.
UPDATE: Coolness, Nest has a complete recap of the shiny, happy night out including the dialogue between Jona (the very friendly girl who waited on us — Ms. Mary Grace, in case you’re reading this: she’s a keeper!), Quark, and Budz when she realized who they were, hehe. Clicky click, velly funny.

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1. I only played supporting roles in these projects — you know, scanning, photoshop and layout/FA work. It’s really me hubby’s show. [ back]
2. They’re quite detailed so if you’re planning a trip to Japan, be sure to check em out before you go.[ back]
3. Kudos to Marbs and the girls! And as always, I hope to do them justice with the design and layouts.[ back]
4. I’ve to be careful not to give away too much to avoid dealing with copycats flatterers. Remember?.[ back]
5. Tinenenent… tinenentnentnent! Pasensya na, panahon namin ito.[ back]
6. “Wag Kang Lilingon“! He’s also directing two films for the MMFF — “Super Noypi” and “Shake, Rattle and Roll”. Show him some love and watch his films, yeah.[ back]
7. Who were bandmates in… Rivermaya! Ahehehe. [ back]