“Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn. The most wonderful stuff.” - Dr. Seuss

There’s a silver lining in the corporate cloud.

Sorry for the lack of updates, too many things IRL ((in real life, lest you've forgotten)) were keeping my hands full. Most notably, our bi-annual labor of love: The new Wedding Essentials (July-December 2007) issue is out, and has actually been out for a while now. In case you haven't seen ...

Can you feel it? (Turn up your stereo!)

I have a confession to make: ever since Twitter invaded my life, I've been too lazy to update the normal way. But rather than let this webspace go to waste ((And yes, it's been paid for til the end of the year.)), here's one big fat update coming up. So ...

Riding around in a Volkswagen van, thinkin’ ’bout the people upside down in Japan

Halloo, Arn and I are back from a brief vacation in Japan ((Obviously we love the place, that's why we keep going back. Add to that the fact that my Papa always invites us over and generously sponsors our trip. :))) with my family. This time we took a Shinkansen ...

If you’re cold I’ll tell you it’s just the summer breeze

Since my last entry... * ...PLDT-DSL has gone from bad to worse. Is it just ours or do the lines really fluctuate for one to two hours during off-peak hours? It's been like this for two weeks now. We've reported it 3x but the rep only keeps saying that "they will ...

Really busy…busy, busy…hairdresser on fire

Huh? Is it time for my once-a-month entry already? I hardly even noticed February creep in because I was [see subject heading] ((And I was in 3rd year college when that song was all the rage with the new wave crowd. Do the math if you like.)) with: 1. A website ...

Brown paper packages tied up with string.

My favorite 2006 "discoveries" in no particular order. Photo swiped from this site. 1. Seafood Gumbo at Gumbo (SM's Mall of Asia and The Block). Yummy -- spicy, chockfull of crawfish, crab meat, shrimp and squid -- and very filling. Even if you only get the petite serving (P175), it's more than ...

And so we’re told this is the golden age

Happy 2007 to all of you :D *** A few scenes from MY December: One of my bestest friends Sheila was in Manila last month so naturally Tips and I dropped everything to meet with her for good ol' lunch and coffee. And then of course there were the family reunions and get-togethers ...

No need to hear the music play,

Your eyes say all there is to say The stars can fade and they can shine 'Long as your face is next to mine. I don't need a crowded ball room Everything I need is here If you're with me Next year will be The perfect year. Thank you for making these past three years nothing ...

In inches, in miles, in laughter and strife.

*** May all of you have the merriest of Christmases and the happiest of new years! *** And if you're still stumped about what to give your loved ones this season, why don't you check out Michael's list of Christmas Gift Ideas from Filipino Graphic Designers ((Thank you for the mention, Michael and ...

Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass

There's an excellent feature on pop-up books and artists including paper engineer extraordinaire Robert Sabuda over at Pingmag ((One of my favorite online mags!)). I'm a big fan of his as I've been fascinated with pop-ups ever since I was a little girl. ((It all started when my parents bought ...

December 11th 2011
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Jose Rizal in post-apocalyptic Manila?

I'm very proud to share with you my talented husband's latest animated creation - a music video for the Rock Ed collaboration song "Kaninong Anino" (lyrics by Gang Badoy-Capati, music by Francis de Veyra, performed by Aia de Leon, Noel Cabangon, Vin Dancel, Kris Dancel, Ebe Dancel, Lourd de Veyra, ...
October 29th 2011
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Andong Agimat Animated!

What happened since the last time I blogged here? Lots! LOL but I'm not here to talk about them right now since I only have time to share with you Arnold's latest project, an animated film starring his very own Andong Agimat! Arn's never animated before (except for the flip books ...
May 29th 2010
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All’s well that ends well

I apologize for being in a bad mood today but a certain "Totally Creative Graphic Design Studio" totally ripped off one of my original artworks and is selling it on notepads, journals and other stationery in their store "Invitation House". Tsk. My original design, a low-res image of which has been ...
May 13th 2010
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You make me want to tell all I know

My husband Arnold is working on his second short film called "Kaye for Komiks". It's basically about a boy and a girl who bonds over a shared love for the comics medium. The film is still a work in progress but he made a 1-minute teaser video so you can ...
May 2nd 2010
Tags: design projects 6 Comments

I don’t have a reason, but I live like I do

In an alternate reality, the Eraserheads actually released an 8th final full-length album titled Waltz This Knee containing 8 new tracks by the Philippines' fab four. This is the album's wraparound sleeve that I designed: In this reality however, the revolutionary team of Uno Magazine invited me to illustrate a piece ...

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