Babbling Point

I saw this pic a year or so ago and always wondered, was there a story behind it. Last Monday, around 2:19am, while doing OT at the office, something kept bugging me, like something wanted to be written-- and out came these words. Maybe it's her story. :-) Words: Budjette Tan / Lay-out: Brandie Tan Photography by: BEYONDER. Hair: Bea Rivera / Basement Salon. Make-up: Flore Rivera / Basement Salon. Model: Maria Kathrina Agarrado. Photo from PULP MAGAZINE. (used without permission… hehehe... sorry po)

. Found it. Another chopped up journal entry pretending to look like a poem. Two others can be read in the archives. June 29, 1996 / 3:50am SELOS Part 1 Nakakapagod at napakasakit ang magselos. Wala ka naman ginawa kundi tingnan ang litrato niyo na kinunan sa Photo-Me at isipin kung ano ang gingawa niya ngayon kung ano ang ginagawa nila ngayon. Pagtingin sa relo dalawang oras na pala ang lumipas. Pawis na pawis. Pagod na pagod. Masakit ang dibdib. Aksaya nang oras ang magselos. Pero buong puso mo ito pinagbibgyan. Parang baboy na naglalaro sa putikan. Pagod na ako. Mamaya na lang siguro magseselos ulit ako. Matutulog muna. Sana mapanaginipan ko siya. Baka mapanaginipan ko SILA! Manood na lang kaya ng TV. Ano ba ang palabas sa HBO? Aba! The Crow! Tungkol sa magsyotang pinaslang at ang lalaki ay binuhay ng uwak na makapangyarihan, upang ipaghiganti… Ahhh… Paghihiganti! Para sa ibang tula naman yan.

. COMICS FOR KIDS “…I can’t help noticing that in the world of children’s literature, an overwhelming preponderance of stories are stories about children. The same is true of films for children: the central characters are nearly always a child, a pair, or a group of children. Comic books, however, even those theoretically aimed at children, are almost always about adults, or teenagers. Doesn’t that strike you as odd? Maybe somebody should try putting out a truly thrilling, honestly observed and remembered, richly imagined, involved and yet narratively straightforward comic book for children, about children. “We can’t afford to take this handcrafted, one-kid-at-a-time approach anymore. We have to sweep them up and carry them off on the vast flying carpets of story and pictures on which we ourselves, in entire generations, were borne aloft, on carpets woven by Swan and Hamilton, Kirby and Lee. They did it for us; we have to pass it on, pay it forward. It’s our duty, it’s our opp...

. tuning into monday 12:59am At the office. Now listening to Lille's songs . Just finished writing copy for something that needs to be presented at 10am. Welcome the new work week. Hurrah. Hurrah. Ugh...

daddy groovy Underneath that afro and shades is Taps. His leading lady is Aze Sasaki (FHM Girlfriend of the Year). This was shot for a MYGLOBE RINGBACK TONE print ad. As things go, when we usually make a study for a print ad, we sometimes grab the nearest creative not doing anything in the office and take a pic of them with the digicam... cut-cut... paste-paste... and there you go... instant print ad. (Well, it goes something like that.) So, we showed the ad to client using Taps as the stand-in talent and they loved it and said we should use him for the real ad. So, he got to stand really, really close to an FHM Babe (which doesn't really matter bacause Taps has got his own babe these days... yiheeeee!)

. wanna see more? :-) Ahhh... the things you miss while you're stuck at work. Well, two of my office mates were able to go and watch UNDERSTATEMENT (Bench's yearly fashion show). Good thing Eddieboy was there to give us these up close and personal pics. More pics at Eddieboy's UNDERSTATEMENT album

. Weekend Reading " ‘BERTO, ON THE CORNER OF AYALA AND MAKATI AVENUE " is now online. This was recently published in the Philippine Graphic. :-)

. they who make great things possible TEAM GLOBE circa 2003 I am now the "eldest" in the team. This is my fifth year in the Globe Team. Most of Team2003 are still with us. Some have moved to other creative teams. Others have completely left the agency and are now doing the thing that they've always wanted to do. It is 2:49am and we're still working on several materials that need to be presented later. Today I realized even after my five years here, there is still much to learn. Thank God it's Friday. We have the weekend to look forward to. And then we start all over again. Making great things possible.

PHLOGGIN' UPDATES!!! Nanni starts her own phlog Brandie goes on a road trip! Rachel got to meet a Viva Hot Babe!

. gblog! gblog! gblog! I'm now testing myGlobe's new G-BLOGS service . So far, so good. The nice thing about this blogging service is that you "earn credits to send SMS and MMS for every journals or pictures downloaded from your G-Blog site".

. I was in Filbar’s yesterday. In the store was a dad with his eight or ten year-old kid. The kid wore eyeglasses, spoke 50 words per second, and had this nasal voice. He was just like that brainy kid in “Jerry Maguire”. When I stepped in the store, the father and son were trying to decide which alternate cover of “InQuest” magazine they were going to get. The kid picked one and the dad said, “Great choice!” “Why is Superman carrying the hammer of Thor and the shield of Captain America?” asked the kid as he pointed at the cover of JLA/AVENGERS #4. “Wow! You’re right! That’s a good question,” said the dad, and asked to see the comic book. “It’s number four of four. Why don’t we just wait for them to release the compilation and then we’ll get it, okay?” The kid agreed. “Okay! Change topic! What about….” and the kid launched to another series of comic book related queries, all of which were answered by the dad. It’s nice to see that there are dads like that. A lot ...

. WIN! WIN! The National Book Award for Comic Books goes to “Mars Ravelo’s Darna,” edited by Zach Yonzon, published by Mango Comics. Like any other big super-hero, Darna undergoes reincarnation every now and then. But Mango Comics’ newest avatar for Narda with the magic stone is by far the flashiest and most effective so far. With Boboy Yonzon updating the heroine’s setting and plot, artists Ryan Orosco, Lan Medina and Gilbert Monsanto breathe glossy, four-color plus life to this Filipino komiks icon. But it goes beyond resuscitating Valentina or having Darna flying over modern Metro Manila. It’s about according our heroes the proper respect, giving them five-star treatment and that Mango Comics has certainly given Darna. It is a treatment that also honors the boundless contributions of Mars Ravelo to our collective consciousness. Mango Comics’ considerable efforts have brought Darna back into the hearts and minds of young Filipino readers, to whom she was little more tha...

. The Summer of a Million Tutubis by Dino Igancio and Budjette Tan Her name was Celeste. We met back in the summer of `82. I was nine years old and she was eight. She was Rey’s cousin from San Francisco. She came to visit and was the flower girl in Rey’s older sister’s wedding. It was a hot, dusty summer in Marikina. We spent it playing in the streets all day and eating halo-halo at Aling Ninding’s store. She would always put more lanka in the halo-halo than Manang Lety from across the street. Every day after lunch, my Nanay Loleng would make me take a nap until the afternoon sun went away. I would twist and turn in my bed until I was allowed out to meet my friends. It was a true test of patience but it always paid off once I was allowed out. It was the summer of tutubis. The summer of the million tutubis. We must have caught over a hundred of them that day and they just kept on coming. We chased them and put them in jars, and no matter how many hole...

. I love you. And not, not in a friendly way, although I think we're great friends. And not in a misplaced affection, puppy-dog way, although I'm sure that's what you'll call it. I love you. Very, very simple, very truly. You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being. And I know that you think of me as just a friend, and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option you would ever consider. But I had to say it. I just, I can't take this anymore. I can't stand next to you without wanting to hold you. I can't, I can't look into your eyes without feeling that, that longing you only read about in trashy romance novels. I can't talk to you without wanting to express my love for everything you are. And I know this will probably queer our friendship - no pun intended - but I had to say it, because I've never felt this way before, and I don't care. I like who I am because of...

. So, last week I went to the doctor because of a cold that had been bugging me since the week before. She prescribed to me P3,000 worth of medicine and after taking all of that, not only do I still have my colds, I now have a terrible cough. It's just wrong. Doc, I'd like a second opinion.

. Parang wala ako nagawa buong araw. Nagpunta sa meeting ng alas ocho ng umaga. Pagbalik sa opsina nagmeeting hanggang tanghalian. Pagkatapos nun, nakatulog sa lamesa. Nagising. Naglakad-lakad. Naghanap ng kape. Bumalik sa opisna. Nagmeeting ulit. Pagkatapos, nakatulog ulit. Parang wala akong nagawa buong araw. At hanggang ngayon wala pa rin maisip na kwento para sa ad na ito. Bad trip.

Ahhh, the things we miss when we're too busy working. More pretty pics from SUPER'S 1ST ANNIV PARTY at Eddieboy's pretty site .

. I didn't get a copy of PLANETARY #20! AAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHH! What a great way to start the week! Anyway... The Filipino Comic Book Portal / blog is now online. The Philippine Comics Art Musuem is also another site to visit. The new komikeros on the block are Abono Comics . Please check them out and their comic books (when they eventually get it in the stores). Now in stores are the stories of Nautilus Comics . It's just great to see the local comic scene to alive.

achoo!!! Last week, when we went to Hong Kong I developed a cold while on the airplane. As the plane was landing, my left ear got clogged and it felt like I was losing my hearing. Cut-to: Today. I still have that cold and my left ear has this weird dull pain. So, I went to that doctor. Waited an hour. And spent a grand total of 3.5 minutes in her room. She took a look at my nose, my ears, and my throat and said, "You have a bad cold." Duh!  Really, doc? The weird sensation in my ear is because of my eardrum, somehow affected by my colds. So, she pulls out her prescription pad and scribbles down what could've been the secret of eternal life, but no one can really know. To my surprise, the guy at Mercury Drug actually understood it (and it wasn't the secret to eternal life). He punched up all the drugs I was supposed to take and the digital read-out told me that it all cost P3,000! I think that made me more sick. P3,000 for medicine. It just m...

:-) Been watching WEST WING again. I just get this strange comforting feeling when I watch that show. Not sure why. Anyway, Sorkin just loves to pepper his scripts with little stories. Here's one of them, from the episode NOEL from the second season. This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, "Hey you. Can you help me out?" The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, "Father, I'm down in this hole can you help me out?" The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on Then a friend walks by, "Hey, Joe, it's me can you help me out?" And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, "Are you stupid? Now we're both down here." The friend says, "Yeah, but I've been down here before and I kn...