Babbling Point

PLAYING WITH DICE Story by Budjette Tan / Art by Bow Guerrero (originally published in MANUAL magazine, 2010) He was the only one in the hospital cafeteria. The lady behind the counter had stepped out to go to the comfort room, leaving him and the day’s special that no one really wanted to order. Miggy felt small seated at that long, white table. He chose the one near the window, hoping to catch a breeze since the lady turned off the air conditioning. The night air was stuffy, made worse by the antiseptic they used to mop the floor that just seemed to punch him in the nose. He adjusted his eyeglasses as he flipped open another book. His finger ran down the page, searching for the right magic spell. He was once caught reading the spellbook in class. And of all the classes to get caught in, it just had to be Religion Class with Ms. Saligumba; who completely freaked out when she saw the dragons and magicians on the cover. She lifted the...

The Art of Collecting Stories I found these videos of Jonathan Harris' talk a couple of months ago. That was around the time were working on the Globe "Connected 24ever" project. When Harris talked about his experiment / exploration to find new stories, it made me think about the stories we were trying to tell with the Globe campaign. There were certain nights when it felt like I had run out of stories to tell. Thankfully, with everyone pitching in, we pooled together a good number of interesting tales. Watching Harris' journey makes me remember that I need to spend more time outside of the office and collect more stories. (Well, we try our best to get out of the office earlier than usual). My friend Rog had a favorite line from the movie "The Lady and the Tramp". There was a scene where the two dogs were chasing after a car. Lady asked, "What are we doing?" Tramp smiled back and said, "Making memories." Yup, need to go out there and make...