Sunday, July 23

New Goal



create your own visited countries map
or
vertaling Duits Nederlands


I've only been to ten other countries (aside from the Philippines). According to the Visted Countries Website, that's only 4% of the world. Sigh. I MUST change this stat soon.

Tuesday, July 18

Pure Possibility



I dedicate this to this month's Waning Moon. I say goodbye to everything that is dark and will only hold on to pure possibility.


"In the face of of life's uncertainties, we say, "Anything is possible!" sometimes with the passion of hope or despair, sometimes with detachment and indifference. The possibilities we refer to are casually more or less well-defined by the limited contexts of our life experience; thus, it may not rain tomorrow, war may or may not come, a sick friend may or may not die. Whatever it may be, we are making reference to something that seems possible. It is through actual being, then, that we understand possible being."

------ Art & Existentialism by Arturo B. Fallico

Friday, July 14

Sabbatical
















I opened Wish Jar Journal, one of my favorite blogs, and found out that Keri has been, in her words, "remiss in posting lately." She continues by giving 5 excuses (reasons, I mean) why she has been away from the net:

a. I have been packing up everything I own so that it fits in the car.

b. I've been finishing a book.
c. I'm rebelling a bit.
d. I've been living in the world more.
e. I have not felt the call to work in this medium.
f. I've been hunting in the wilds of the amazon, and was briefly kidnapped by a unidentified tribe of natives.

I myself have been remiss in my postings (more than she has, actually) and can relate to her list. I HAD been packing my things..uhm, a little over a month or two ago... and tried to cram everything in one car. You see, I moved to a new flat closer to the city center. Letter B is also applicable to me: I have been finishing a book. NOT making it, unfortunately... more like READING it. And it's not just one book. My attention span has been shorter of late (more than usual), so I keep jumping from White Teeth (Zadie Smith) to Insomnia (Stephen King) to Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman) then back to Zadie. Letter C is normal for me; I am always rebelling against something. Letter D, well, is true for me as well. I have been "raketeering" (freelancing for you non-Pinoys), seeing old friends and meeting new ones. And had been going to almost all of the World Cup matches at 3AM. Why is it pay-per-view here?!?! Letter E is definitely me--I have been tinkering with my sewing machine, drawing with my sign pens, and assembling jewelry. I haven't been writing in ages and haven't been feeling good about it. Writing doesn't come easy to me so I get dissuaded easily. And the letter F? Maybe not in the Amazon or by tribes of natives, but something like that is probably happening to me.

So I am back. Now what?

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PS. The illustration above is from my all time fave (comic book/graphic/contemporary) artist, Dave McKean. I don't know how it relates to this entry. I just feel like that. Which reminds me... For all you people out there who live in Manila, is Neil Gaiman really going to be here soon? Like this weekend? I must stalk him.







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