Si Taba at si Puti

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Minsan, habang nakasakay ako sa tren pauwi ay hindi ko inaasahang makita muli ang dati kong ka-eskuwela noong ako’y nag-aaral pa sa mababang paaralan. Tatawagin natin siya sa pangalang “Taba” kasi mataba siya. Nagulat din si Taba nung nakita niya ako kaya nagkamustahan kami’t nag-usap habang pareho kaming lumabas ng tren pagkahinto nito sa pinakahuling himpilan.

Nag-aaral na siya ngayon sa isang kolehiyo sa Maynila, halata sa unipormeng kanyang suot nung araw na iyon. Nagulat lang ako nung nalaman ko na naninigarilyo na rin pala si Taba eh nung bata pa kami ay panay “clean-living” ang motto niya, kahit mataba siya. Bumigay na rin siguro sa peer pressure dala sa kabigatang binigay sa kanya ng buhay-kolehiyo.

Si Taba rin, mangha rin sa pagbabagong nakikita niya sa’kin kahit pakiramdam ko na wala masyadong nabago sa’kin mula nang nilisan namin ang alma mater namin. Inanyaya niya akong manigarilyo rin pero hindi ko tinanggap ang alok niya dahil hindi naman ako naninigarilyo (lalo pa’t masama sa kalusugan ko iyan). Okey naman siya pero siya iyung mukhang atat mag-usok.

Naglalakad kami sa daan nang itinanong niya sa’kin kung saang kolehiyo ako nag-aaral. Sinagot ko sa kanya kung saan at nagtanong uli kung may kakilala ba ako na tao na tatawagin natin siyang “Puti” dahil maputi ang kanyang balat.

Sinabi ko na “oo”, dala nang pagiging magkaklase namin ni Puti. Humingi sa’kin ng pabor si Taba na kung maari ay hingan ko mula kay Puti ang numero niya sa cellphone. Nais niya kasi makausap ang iyung-pala’y matalik niyang kaibigan.

Matalik na kaibigan pala sila? Akalain ba naman?

Si Puti nakilala ko minsan nung unang taon ko sa nilipatan ko noon na eskuwelahan pero siya naman ay lumipat sa ibang paaralan nang di naglaon.

Hindi ako kaagad pumayag sa pabor niya lalo pa’t hindi kami lubos na magkakilala at ganong kalapit na kaibigan ni Puti. At bukod doon baka hindi niya ako naaalala, nakakahiya naman na kausapin siya. Pero nagpumilit si Taba na pagbigyan ko ang hiling niya kaya pumayag na rin ako.

Nawala sa isip ko nga lang sa sumunod na araw ang pinapagawa sa’kin ni Taba ngunit noong nakaraang linggo ko naalala ang dapat ko gawin at nilapitan ko an rin si Puti nung meron kaming klase na panggabi.

Mabait pala itong si Puti, humble kahit mukhang maangas. Nalamn ko pa nga mula sa kanya na kaklase niya noon ang isa kong matalik na kaibigan nung grade school kaya may “common friends” kami. Nabanggit ko na rin sa kanya ang tungkol kay Taba at pinaliwanag an rin niya sa’kin na nagkita na rin pala silang dalawa ilang araw matapos ang huling pagkikita namin ni taba. Binanggit na rin daw ni Taba ang tungkol sa’kin kay Puti kaya medyo alam na rin pala niya na kakausapin ko siya.

How ironic, ‘no? Nangyari na pero ang magandang dulot nito ay medyo lubos ko na rin nakikilala ng unti-unti sina Taba at Puti: ang kanilang pagiging matalik na kaibigan at iba pa.

Isipin na sa iisang lungsod naman sila nakatira, hindi kaya mas mainam kung sila mismo ang magkausap? Hahaha, eh di hindi na nahirapan pa’tong si Taba na magatubili na hingan pa ako ng pabor na kausapin si Puti.

Okey lang. 🙂

Quick-Drill Encoding (It’s the Extra Long Weekend, Baby! Part 3 of 3)

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Hay, it’s better late than never.

For most, school resumed the next day, Tuesday December 1 but in my case, I don’t  have due classes ’til the 3rd. That makes an extra two days of bumming, half of it I spent in school.

I was planning on starting work on several of my finals projects on those extra two days but it didn’t work out well, probably due to laziness, lack of motivation, and the temptation of blogging instead of doing actual work. That’s what I get for having such off-days, I have grown to use suich days to recuperate and reclaim lost sleep before, during and after midterms (and finals has yet to set in until for a few more weeks).

If only things worked out the way I hoped, I would have spent the remaining extra weekend being a quarter finished with the following:

1. Cadvis2 (Animated 3D-rendered production logo using 3DS Max)
2. Author2 (Rendered major parts via Photoshop which I’ll be using for an interactive program I’m designing through Macromedia Director)
3. Webdev2 (Should have sent my plates to our group leader for our client’s consideration)
4. 2Danim2 (Should have been done drawing a an animated walking character and started work on my finals project: An animated 4 scene short, each scene composed of at least four poses. Actual number of plates/frames I’ll be drawing is unknown since 13 animated plates only make up a second-worth of animation.)
5. Vidprod2-Reserved video equipment in time for shooting my film plus casting of roles and finding an appropriate location outside the school.
6. 3Danim2-Continue working on a 3-dimensional “bahay na bato”/Castilian house I’m modeling using Maya 2008.

Most of them I wasn’t able to do in two days time although several were accomplished on the days that followed. The next few weeks preceding and succeeding the Christmas break should be tiresome but I’m up to the challenge.
 
Considering I’m almost done with my 8th term here in CSB, what I should focus on is what’s ahead for the last remaining terms of my tenure. Next term contains a lot of classes ending with 3’s, prerequisites of the 2’s I’m having right now, another 2 for next term and what I’m guessing as a bloody course-related class called MSCIETY.

Here’s what I’m taking next term:

Sked by ~jlhabitan on deviantART

This is what I get for going to school to encode my schedule at a time when the school is prepping up for an earthquake drill gone wrong. note to self:

1)Never trust CSB’s computers especially during encoding period.

2)Always trust the nearby internet cafe which are faster than ever.

3)Don’t ever EVER lose out on getting the best times available among all the scheds posted.

4)Always make sure you won’t get the lousy profs (that I managed to do once I realized my old prof which I don’t like is going to teach in one of my classes so I moved to another class).

Well, there’s nothing much I can do to change what I’m going to have next term. Hopefully I come out of it still alive.

Thus capping the extra long weekend

Photoshop Set: CASTING CALL! NAGHAHANAP NG ARTISTA!

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WANTED ACTORS
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1 Male Actor and 1 Female Actor
(Non-MMA and Non-CSB students are welcome)

Must be available at the either of the following days:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
(Between December 1-22, 2009)

Locations:
SDA
Condo ng may condo (TBA)

*A copy of the script will be given for each actor

Contact me at 09053321814 or email me at jlhabitan@yahoo.com

A Tour of Radio Stations (Extra Long Weekend, Baby! Part 2 of 3)

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Continuing the “twilight” saga of the Extra Long Weekend, I went on to Ortigas for an eyeball between my fellow listeners in the Max FM studios in Jollibee Plaza on Bonifacio Day. What supposed to be the grandest EB in the biggest town in radio turned out to become the widest invasion of radio stations all in one day!

I. DWKX-In Tune with Manila

Still reeling from that party fever over the weekend in Laguna, all I want to do was to take another whole day to sleep it all off. But then I remember that I still have to attend the gathering of the “Loungers” (fans of Max FM’s noontime program, The Lounge) the next day.

I arrived around a quarter before 10 at the 15th floor of Jollibee Plaza, the most un-“Jollibee”-ish building I’ve ever seen among all JFC-owned buildings. Thinking I was late, I was surprised to learn that I’m the first guy to arrive. The rest came an hour later starting with Drin, then Bhunnie and Lyn, after that Steph and her mom and later, the president of our organization, Mark Allen. Liza came in later. Then came the sudden realization that I’m the youngest of the pack.

I finally got to meet some of the DJ’s of Max, including Scarlet (Madam S), Zip Cody, Bryan Scott, and HTown. I also saw Tony Spark but he was in a hurry though to leave so I never got to greet him right away. Maybe next time? 😀

The food was awesome: pancit, donuts, puto, and CAKE! Boy was I stuffed!

We took some pictures inside the station, including the booth itself. Dim-lighted but not too dark.

The word of the visit: “Amelia“

II. DWLL-Sounds Good!

I’m not much of a listener for Mellow 94.7 but when I chanced upon the station I would listen to it sometimes. Although as a little boy the helpers in our house would tune in when the station used to be The Mellow Touch. One voice I still remember during their Mellow Touch days was Chris. He forms one half of C&C Music Factory with Chloe. Unfortunately, he was absent during the show by the time me and the guys went on to gatecrash on the stations based in Paragon Plaza in Mandaluyong.

The first DJ we met is Ingrid who hosts the show preceding C&C, The Afternoon Cruise. This is probably one of the few Mellow shows that I know of besides the former and Sunday in Time.

Ingrid looks like Nina the singer, also nice and lovely. Afterwards, we headed off to get inside the booth, which is jampacked with fans of Mellow. Inside, we saw stacks of CD’s and what looks like records piled in shelves behind where Chloe is sitting.

Word of the visit: “Sounds good!“

III. DWTM-Today’s Best Music

Magic is leading the pack, ’nuff said. I got to tell you, I have have a crush on two of the lady DJ’s over at 89.9: Grace Lee and Andi9. Security in Paragon was lax so it was easy for many of us to go inside.

Upon entry Top 5@5 with Andi9 and Jessica was still on. We were able to gain netry inside the booth and was surprised to see THE ANDI MANZANO! Jessica is just as pretty as well, ’cause she looks like a courtside reporter (actually: she is).

Later, we caught up with two-thirds of Boys Night Out: Slick Rick and Sam YG. Tony Toni is somewhere and he won’t be back until further notice. I remember last year, BNO fans were clashing against the Brewsters, loyal subejcts of DWRT’s The Brewrats. The “un-feaud” ended after both shows made guest appearances to each other’s radio stations.

The word of the visit: Yeah men!

IV. DWRT-The Rhythm of the City

Last station to visit was 99.5RT. I haven’t been visiting for quote sometime now so I thought that it’s high-time to check what’s going on inside 906-B Paragon Plaza.

Considering the clock has yet to strike 6, I thought Inka who usually mans the booth from 3-6pm to is around. Got disappointed upon learning she got sick but good thing Ron Valentine was around to pinch-hit for her. (That reminds me of the day before: Inka’s famous dad, Jeremiah Junior got hit with laryngitis so he can’t speak in his usual cheerful self for 24k Weekend last Sunday. He made up for it by donning a deeper voice.)

Eventually, the hosts of the next show arrives: Sam Oh and Gibb. Sam Oh very friendly and bubbly, Gibb is frank and funny. The two of them make such good chemistry.

The word of the visit: “Inka is sick“
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It’s been one heck for a whirlwind ride for me. I got to meet new friends, see old faces as well as new ones and get to be inside more than 2 radio stations in one day! (Breaking the record of having been in 2 stations a year ago: RT and Magic.)

Hanggang sa uulitin!

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