This is a rough version of the TVC I made with Hoogie and Bianca for Basicom. Comments, suggestions and criticisms are very much welcome.

note that it’s not yet final. Im yet to put the product at the end of the ad and a universal countdown to make it look complete.

It was last year, May 23, 2007 where I first met and talked to a fellow 107 MMA frosh. I remember we were seating next to each other while the frosh orientation was about to commence. Ever since my block was called out, the last thing I did was waved her goodbye. I remember the meeting I could no longer recall her face. I already said to myself that I may never get to see her for a very long time given the circumstances hehe. The only thing that will m ake me recognize hern is that she’s from Oman, attended Philippine School-Oman and that she was telling me about something concerning DLSU.

    Fast-forward to June 11, 2008. BASICOM class had just ended and me and classmates were about to return our borrowed laptops to the AV Room at the 10th floor of SDA. While there, many fo us were talking about animes aired when we were young. Then one of them said, “The first anime that I watched was ‘Samurai X’…”. We were like “What? ‘Samurai X”?” yeah, I was surprised too. Asked why she didn’t watched anime earlier than that, knowing that Samurai X was aired way when I was like 10 years old. Prior to that, they were a lot of animes that were shown like Gatekeepers, Akazukin Cha Cha, Bubu Chacha, etc.

    She answered something like “Ah, we don’t have ABS nor GMA in Oman”. I never heard her say Oman the first time but she reiterated it that she was from Oman. “Oman?” I said. Something just came in my mind that time —>*”Oman?”*<---. I'd be a fool if I don't ask her this, so I was like "You wouldn't happen to be from Philippine School, would you?". "Yeah!".     And it all came together, ‘I think I know you…from the Frosh Orientation?”. Looks like I wasn’t the only one, “Yeah, I remember your face from somewhere..”.     Wow! It’s been a long time but who could’ve guessed that were classmates in 2 classes (the other one was Joseriz)? Who would have knew, ‘no?

Gonna make this very quick….

So okay, I had this very weird dream early Tuesday morning. Weird indeed.

1. Rail along McArthur-First sequence, I was in someplace similar in McArthur Highway. I was riding with someone on this “for two people-only” electirc scates gliding down on the railway which somehow looks a lot like a roller-coaster as we swing back and forth, fast and slow, up and down. And I felt like I was screaming like crazy as I holding a pole as I stand (I have nothing to seat in there by the way. Then we stopped somewhere in the Malinta section of the highway. Then a conductor from a train behind us dropped by and asked us to ride on the train itself than rather risking our very lives on this highly fatal death-trap.

2. Onang’s Cradle-Next sequence, I was inside a room, all grey and shadowy then standing on the wall is Onang and his band of brothers (sila rin ba?). And they were singing mushy emo love songs. Why am I having these strange dreams? I don’t know.

3. She Lies Next-Last sequence, I was standing next to this popular girl I knew back in high school. She was lying on the floor along with her circle of friends. They were all wearing the school uniforms and as they lie there, they all raised their right legs and they were all singing. One of them invited me to tag along. I did but in a 90 degrees angle, forming an “L” of sorts. really, even my dream counterpart is finding all of these all weird, out of the ordinary and increasingly creepy for every sequence that followed.

ganon pa rin, medyo cut out pero may iniba lang ako sa setting ng function para mas kita ung buong shape ng SDA. Buti na lang pinayagan ako ng may ari ng katabing building kung puede kong kunan to mula sa lugar nila :):)

I was listening to Campus 99.5 this morning on live stream. I suddenly wanna make a request to that station so I YMed the station (campusfm995/Manny Pagsuyuin). I thought John Hendrix was talking over the YM pero nung nanagalog, airchecker pala. So heto ung kinahinatnan ng conversation namin ni Airchecker Miguel of Letran:
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James: Hi! Can I request for Guillotine by Urbandub? from James Habitan of the College of Saint Benilde, Thank you!
Manny Pagsuyuin: hey  sorry that’s kinda old already compared to their new single
James: that’s ok…
James: havent been keeping up with new songs these days
Manny Pagsuyuin: hehe songs are phased really fast
James: yeah, you really dont know what will happen..
Manny Pagsuyuin: hehehehehe
James: ah ok…what about “One Step at a Time” by Jordin Sparks?
Manny Pagsuyuin: anong course mo sa benilde? MMA i think
James: yeah
Manny Pagsuyuin: sabi na nga ba eh
Manny Pagsuyuin: hehe
Manny Pagsuyuin: anong year mo na?
James: 2nd year
Manny Pagsuyuin: ka batch mo si paul ang db? LD
Manny Pagsuyuin: ka batch mo si paul ang db?
James: paul….who?
Manny Pagsuyuin: Paul Ang..
James: Mmm…no..
Manny Pagsuyuin: Paul Sherwin Ang..
Manny Pagsuyuin: hmmn baka di mo kablock..
James: nope
Manny Pagsuyuin: he’s my good friend.
Manny Pagsuyuin: hehe wal alng
James: hehehe. r u an airchecker?
Manny Pagsuyuin: yepyep
Manny Pagsuyuin:
Manny Pagsuyuin: i’m miguel of letran
James: oohh…i heard about you
Manny Pagsuyuin: hmmn san naman?
Manny Pagsuyuin: waah
James: Brewrats last week
Manny Pagsuyuin: argghh
Manny Pagsuyuin: haha
Manny Pagsuyuin: the controversial guy
James: yeah, the gay guy
Manny Pagsuyuin: hahahaha
Manny Pagsuyuin: damn
James: good thing “he” was banged
Manny Pagsuyuin: hahaha
Manny Pagsuyuin: si pipsy!
James: hehehe
Manny Pagsuyuin: pero
Manny Pagsuyuin: masaya ung experience ko sa brewrats for a week
Manny Pagsuyuin: masaya nmn
James: hehehe…gusto ko sana rin magng airchecker but di pa 18. nakakinis
James: next year susubukan ko
Manny Pagsuyuin: as long as
Manny Pagsuyuin: college student ka ayos na!
Manny Pagsuyuin: our youngest is janna she’s 17
James: don nga ako hopeful
Manny Pagsuyuin: ahahha, try out!
Manny Pagsuyuin: wala namang mawawala ehhhh
James:
Manny Pagsuyuin: wat time class mo/
James: 2day?
Manny Pagsuyuin: yeah
James: 1pm
Manny Pagsuyuin: ahhh
Manny Pagsuyuin: heheh
Manny Pagsuyuin: kelan nag start class nyo?
James: May 21
Manny Pagsuyuin: hehe
Manny Pagsuyuin: we greeted you ah!
James: w8…
Manny Pagsuyuin has signed back in. (2008/06/10 7:57)

James: im on live stream…antayin ko
Manny Pagsuyuin: delayed ang eradio ng apala..
James: thanks talaga for greeting!
Manny Pagsuyuin: no prob  we’re the only station that greets listeners frequently
James: heeheh.
James: Thanks talaga…
Manny Pagsuyuin: no problem
Manny Pagsuyuin: wait
James: ?
Manny Pagsuyuin: alam mo ba ung DL?
James: Dean’s list?
Manny Pagsuyuin: hmmn
Manny Pagsuyuin: nevermind
James:
Manny Pagsuyuin: hehe pasenxa na
James: ok lng
Manny Pagsuyuin: heheh
Manny Pagsuyuin: la lang.
Manny Pagsuyuin: hahahahahha
Manny Pagsuyuin: ahh
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Binati pala ako ni Miguel sa ere pero biglang naputol connection ko sa eradio so di ko narinig. huhuhu. Di bale…:)

    I was having my super expnsive lunch at the SDA Caf, costing me over Php160.00 with matching C2 Big and 50-pesos worth of a pair of sandwich. I was seating next to Mandy who was entertaining her fellow colleauges probably from her classes. Mandy introduced me to one of them and I said hi to them. She, with Chris, had to go somewhere so sheleft me with her friends as well as bags from Yana and Hoogie.

   So these guys were talking about all things FREHAND this and FREHAND that. Suddenly the guy in curls (forgot his name) asked me if I experienced it too (inconvenience of having Frehand classes in a not-so-desired classroom). I said “Ah, I don’t have Frehand yet…”. As I was dragged into their conversation, we were talking topics ranging from MMA to Porn to Soft Porn to Cruel Intentions.

   That’s where one my classmates, Jorge I’m guessing, came into the picture. He’s a friend of Kervin who is blockmates with Jus. He’s a classmate of mine in Joseriz and Cathwor and often see him wearing a cap and being with his friends during class. He (obviously he knows them too), compliments that I have a very peculiar choice of words during class. Flattered by his comment, I reasoned out that I’m sort of a history buff, a “walking kodigo” kumbaga in high school, and a misunderstood “know-it-all” right now in college (an image I want to change). He believes that that there’s nothing wrong with being a know-it-all. But really, it’s very nice of him to say good things to a person.

   As the 160-Peso lunch conversation dragged on for the next 30 minutes, we talked about national politics, from who is the worse president of the country (Marcos?) to the best one (the guy in curls said Carlos P. Garcia, while went for Diosdado Macapagal), to the state of economy then and now. All of that completely (pls some Filipino phrases) in English!

   I’m really looking forward to meeting them again since having a conversation with them really helps clear away the emo college blues. Now that’s a complement!