The CSB Experience 2: Unintended Plate

Yesterday, I started my homework on making my new plate for Desprin. I was to show all warm and cool colors and that include Y-YO-O-RO-R (Warm) and YG-G-BG-B-BV-V-RV (Cool) using B, R, and Y poster paints courtesy of Dong-Ah. I made two small square and that’s were I basically painted, one for warm and the other for cool.

This morning, I found out that the whole plate was supposed to be filled with the poster paints so I had the two existing squares expanded by painting them to look longer and larger.
Eventually I had the plate finished and with more than an hour to spare, started to solidify the colors. I enjoyed doing this plate, especially the mixing stuff. Doing it made me feel kinda fascinated rather than bored with it since I felt a passion to do it, no matter how it would look like in the end.
The plate is done for good and I don’t have the slightest idea on what my plate really is (it was on landscape). I thought at first that it looked like a big yellow foot with a toe, hahaha! But when I turned it around by 90 degres\es, er, I mean portrait position, I was AMAZED!!
The plate if placed on portrait looks like a scene of a beautiful sunset about to submerge over a green field with a blue-violet lake at the very bottom. I didn’t expect it would turn out like that but I was proud about it. The only problem is that I painted over the lines, hahaha!
Hidden talent? I don’t know, but God only knows how I did it. Thank goodness for that!

The CSB Experience 2: Frustrations

I think it’s that time in college life when you know you that works gets piled up and you don’t have the slightest idea what to do to them. It’s exactly what’s happening to me right now.

I’m having a difficult time right now especially in Comgrap. Compared with Desprin, Colrend and Frehand, Comgrap is the only hands-on subject for which my homework has to be made right at school and not from home. Comgrap requires its students to use Adobe Photoshop (preferably in its latest edition, CS3). Unfortunately that’s bad news for me.
You see, I’m in a disadvantage here. I don’t have a Photoshop program installed in my laptop nor to our family PC at home. Asking my parents to buy the program proved to be a futile effort; my dad said I should buy a pirated version instead while my mom nows that I need it sooner or later (thus having my own laptop) but she’s quite mum about it so I don’t what to expect. 
Other than that, I have to go to school on days where I’m supposed to  have no class at all, which equaled to expenses on travel and food (instead of saving up my weekly allowance just for the sake of it). An added difficulty is the availability of freeslotted computer laboratories equipped with CS3 since most of them are used at different days at different times for class purposes. Those left would either have an old version of Photoshop or the computers are just too dang slow.
So the only solutions for my dilemma is probably: 1)Go to school 2 hours earlier before class at 11:30 am on Mondays and Fridays and 2) Go to school on my free days and leave as soon as I’m done.
Another frustration would probably be Frehand. I know my prof there is all nice and alright, I don’t really have a problem with him, it’s just that it’s me who’s the problem. I’m angry at myself because I couldn’t get all the drawing stuff right. I love drawing but learning the basics and disciplines (shading, perspective drawing, etc.) proved to be way, way difficult.
I should be challenged instead of be angry. I should exert more effort on practicing drawing, utilize my HB, 2B and 6B a lot (I’m yet to buy more of ’em), and less on lazying around and being a bum at home (first time I ever used the word “bum”).
So I should go with my favorite quote of the day, “Believe in yourself and create your own destiny. Don’t fear failure”. 

Maski “ipis kinatatakutan ko” hahaha!

Broken Promises/Dreams

“Believe in yourself and create your own destiny. Don’t fear failure”

One of the best Toonami ads aired on Cartoon Network. Aired sometime from 2000-2002, this is probably one of the most inspiring infomercials meant for the youth.

Featured clips include: Outlaw Star, Gundam Wing, Dragonball Z, and Tenchi Muyo

“May Pera sa Jeep…”

Kung sa tingin niyo may pera sa basura…nagkakamali kayo. Alam niyo ba kung saan ka mas kikita? Sa jeep. Bakit kailangan mong matuto magmaneho kung hindi ka naman magmamaneho ng sasakyan para lang kumita?

Marami na akong nakikitang mga tao na gumagawa ng kabuhayan mula sa mga raket-raket nila, mula sa pagtitinda ng mga pekeng accessories na gawang Nokia-“kuno”, paglilimos sa mga kalsada’t bangketa at estasyon ng tren, pagiging mangpapayong sa mga walang payong, at taong bantay sa mga sasakyang naka-park sa harap ng Jollibee-Francis Market.Pero ang talagang nakakapanghinayang natrabaho sa lahat ay ang pagiging shoeboy at mang-aawit-for-hire.
Insidente #1: Mabini St. en route to Roxas Boulevard (December 2007)
-Pupunta ako sa opisina ng mom ko sa DOF kaya sumakay ako ng dyip na de-orange. Eh may ginagawa sa VP. Ocampo kaya nagshort-cut sa may Pasay tsaka balik uli Manila. Paglabas ng dyip patungong Mabini, sabay biglang pumasok dalawang madungis na bata na biglang nangaroling. May isa na umupo sa likod ng dyip at nagtutugtog ng drum habang ang isa niyang kasama ay kumakanta. Matapos mangaroling bigla kita kamay nanghihingi ng pamasko. May ilan nagbigay ng piso habang may iba na hanggang sampung piso ang kanilang binigay sa mga bata. Bago pa man lumiko sa P.Ocampo, bumaba na sila sa harap ng 7-Eleven.
Insidente # 2: M.H. Del Pilar Street, Tinajeros (en route to Maysilo), Malabon City (1st Qtr. 2008)
-Heto naman nangyari noong pauwi na ako. Paakyat na nang tulay ng Tullahan (iyung isa pa) ang sinasakayan kong jeep nang may sumakay na isa ring marungis na bata. Isang shoe boy na biglang nilinis ang mga sapatos ng mga pasaherong nakasakay nang mabilisan, kasama ako. Nanlimos kaagad nang nakatapos, nilalapitan pa niya kamay niya sa’min. May isang babae na katabi ko ang naawa kaya binigyan siya ng limang piso. Bumaba na rin siya nung nasa Maysilo na ang jeep namin.
Insidente # 3: Gov. Pascual Avenue, Potrero, Malabon (en route to Caloocan) (October 3, 2008).
-Buti na lang may i-Pod na nakasaksak sa tainga ko nung araw na yon. Kasi nung nasa may bahaging PNR raillines na kami may biglang may sumakay na mamang kahinahinala ang itsura. Pagpasok niya sabay bigay niya sa mga kasamang kong pasahero ng mga sobre na may nakasulat na sinasaad ang rason kung ano ang pakay niya at bakit. Ang kanyang hulugan ng pera ay kalahati lamang ng kanyang “drumset”, ginagamit niya ang drumset na yon para gumawa ng tunog sa tuwing kumakanta siya. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang kanyang mga sinasabi pero sigurado akong gimik lang niya yon para kumita kaya di ako nagbigay ng pera sa kanya.
Sa totoo lang, nakakaalarma na ang mga ganitong pangyayari. Hindi dapat iyon mangyari kailanman kaya naman dapat gumawa na tayo ng paraan bilang mamamayan na mawala ang kahirapang nararanasan ng ating mga kababayan. Kasi hindi natin alam kung magiging mga batang magnanakaw ang mga mukhang inosente na kabataan.

Hayup!

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http://www.birminghamzoo.com/images/giraffe.png

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/65/cute_baby_animals_T3509.jpg

http://discovermagazine.com/2005/may/what-do-animals-think/animals-open.jpg

http://s.ngm.com/2008/03/animal-minds/img/animal-minds-hdr.jpg

Photoshop Set: Hybrid Children Produced by Unlikely Unions

Thanks to Mandy, Gilbert, and Jiko for lending me their pics para lang may magamit akong mga litrato for Comgrap.

I know I know medyo lousy siya kaso wala kasi ako nung last session kasi recollection ko nung Tuesday. Ipapasa ko na sila ngayon.

What do you think guys?

Alex+Joaqui=Joalex (“Huwa-Lex”)
Mandy+Issi=Mandissi (fusion mode ala DBZ?)
Gilbert+Issi=Gissi (Hmmmm…)

What’s Inside My J-Pod Today?

I had my I-pod restructured with a whole new playlist. They’re mostly downloaded songs from Limewire.

  1. Beautiful Life-Ace of Base
  2. The Sign-“
  3. Chasing Pavements-Adele
  4. Irreplaceable-Beyonce
  5. Waiting-BoA
  6. Flower-“
  7. Milky Way-“
  8. Love Generation-Bob Sinclair
  9. Kids in America-Cascada
  10. Believe-Cher
  11. Forever-Chris Brown
  12. Love is Gone-David Guetta
  13. Thank You-Dido
  14. Digimon English Theme Song
  15. Mercy-Duffy
  16. Maskara-E-Heads
  17. Magasin-“
  18. Minsan-“
  19. With a Smile-“
  20. Huwag Mo Nang Itanong-“
  21. Torpedo-“
  22. Ligaya-“
  23. Toyang-“
  24. Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka (Basil Valdez Original)-“
  25. Fruitcake-“
  26. Harana-“
  27. Pare Ko (P.I.-free version)-“
  28. Julie Tearjerky-“
  29. Kailan-“
  30. Overdrive-“
  31. Ang Huling El Bimbo-“
  32. Low-Flo Ri Da (Napuputol ‘to, ewan ko kung bakit)
  33. Elevator-” (One of the best songs in my I-Pod)
  34. Booty Music-Git Fresh (a.k.a. Deepside)
  35. Degrassi: The Next Generation (We Can Make It Through)-Jakalope (Heto pantg isa na napuputol bigla habang tinutugtog ko)
  36. The Jam Song-Jam Creative Productions
  37. Happy (Loop-Di-Loop Remix)-James Habitan Feat. Square Heads
  38. Kids in America-Kidz Bop
  39. Can’t Get You Out of My Head-Kylie Minogue
  40. Love at First Site-“
  41. Come Into My World-“
  42. I Should Be So Lucky-“
  43. All I See-“
  44. Kids in America-LEN
  45. Forget About Me-Little Bit
  46. Touch My Body-Mariah Carey
  47. Bye Bye-“
  48. Kids in America-Missing Persons/Kim Wilde (?) (I’m guessing this is the original and truly the Kim Wilde song)
  49. Pocketful of Sunshine-Natasha Bedingfield
  50. Miss Independent-Ne-Yo
  51. Kids in America-No Secrets
  52. So What-Pink
  53. Sweet Soul Revue-Pizzicato Five (only J-Pop song in the playlist)
  54. Disconnection Notice-Pupil
  55. Disturbia-Rihanna
  56. Umbrella-“
  57. Himala-Rivermaya
  58. Sayang-“
  59. Sumigaw-“
  60. 241-“
  61. Balisong-“
  62. You’ll Be Safe Here-“
  63. Maskara-“
  64. Sleep-“
  65. Liwanag sa Dilim-“
  66. Alab ng Puso-“
  67. Awit ng Kabataan-“
  68. 214-“
  69. Happy-Square Heads
  70. All About Us- T.a.T.U.
  71. Not Gonna Get Us-“
  72. All the Things She Said-“
  73. That’s Not My Mine-The Ting Tings
  74. Great DJ-“
  75. Melrose Place Theme Song
  76. Beverly Hills 90210 Theme Song
  77. The CW’s 90210
  78. WLS-FM Jingles-Jam Creative Productions
  79. World Hold On-Bob Sinclar
  80. Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance)-Craig David feat. Bob Sinclair
Forever J-Pod!

Ang Baha sa May Amin

May hirit pa ako kaya di ko kayo titigilan!

Iyung  baha sa subdivision namin ay hindi na bumaba. Kung nagsubside man, doon lang sa area namin at hindi sa iba pang bahagi ng kapitbahayan (kalahati ng subdivision tinaas at sinemento na! Lintek ba’t ang kabila di rin itinuloy?!)
Ilang buwan na nandoon ang baha sa’min simula pa noong unang bumagyo sa Hunyo tapos nagtuluy-tuloy na…Lintek.
Akala ko pa naman nung may nagtataas na ng kalsada sa kabilang banda ng subdivision ay matatapos na rin sa wakas ang problema namin sa baha. Iyun pala hindeh!
Nakakalungkot kasi dati naman panandalian lang talaga ang pananatili ng mga baha sa lugar namin, mga mula 2-5 linggo lang bago bumaba. Natagalan nga lang kapag naapektuhan kami mula sa mga high tide ng Obando, Bulacan at ng Malabon-Navotas, kumbaga nagiging kitchen sink ang aming barangay!
CALLING MAYOR SHERWIN GATCHALIAN AND 1st DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE REX GATCHALIAN, KAILANGAN NG TULONG NIYO ANG MGA MAMAMAYAN NG ARKONG BATO!!
Mga BUWISET!

Ang Malas sa Payong

Kahit umulan man o umaraw

Payong ko’y iyong maaasahan
Di ka na mababasa nang ulan
Di ka na mababasa nang ulan

Kahit ang bagyo ay kakayanin
Huwag kang lalayo sa akin
Di ka na mababasa nang ulan
Di ka na mababasa nang ulan

Di na, di na, hinde, hinde, hinde
Mababasa nang ulan
Di na, di na, hinde, hinde, hinde

The third in a series of “frustrated blogs” I’ve been doing since yesterday. This one’s about my thing with umbrellas…

Ellah…ellah…eh..eh…
I think I have some sort of curse when it comes to umbrellas…I don’t know. Misfortune, yes, but too much of it? Weird…
Lately I’ve been noticing a pattern whenever I bring an umbrella when going to school and whenever I don’t bring one. On days that I do bring an umbrella, there’s no rain showering over the city, or at least when I’m out commuting. That even if I know that the weather on those days would show signs of heavy rain due to the formation of cumulo-nimbus clouds, you know, “makulimlim na kalangitan”?
However, on days when I don’t bring an umbrella because of promising looking skies, most often I’ve been deceived by such looks. I ended up getting wet and….getting wet. Yes.
Just last Saturday, I started my day deciding whether or not should I bring an umbrella. I brought one the day before but not a single drop of rain fell. I ended up not bringing one. I left Valenzuela with skies clear as blue. By day’s end, it rained and upon leaving the LRT, I could see the sky as dark as some thug’s dark underarm. None of the my fellow commuters dared to go outside in Avenida Rizal and wait til the traffic signs goes red. I took the risk, went out and just as the red light turned on (on the vehicles’ side at least), i walked across in front of Victory Central Mall really fast. 
Come with the misfortune of not having an umbrella is the misfortune of not having to wear shoes and instead wear sandals which I’ve been wearing for the past week. I had my shoes washed because a household lizard pooped on one of them.I was already running along Samson Road en route to the jeepney terminal in McArthur Highway when i slipped somewhere in front of Mang Inasal restaurant, almost fell to the ground, my big toe on my right foot got wounded and there’s blood coming out from the wound.I hurriedly ran for dry land somewhere along the facade of a seemingly unused yet rented Ever Gotesco Grand Central building before going out again in the rain. 
The moment I came home in Valenzuela, the rain there had since stopped and thank goodness it did because I don’t know what to do. I don’t even want to take a tricycle ride because I wanna save money.
I hate myself right now. Just today I brought, once again, an umbrella to school and it didn’t rain, or at least it didn’t rain while I was commuting earlier to and from school. Grrr…..!!