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January 21, 2008 3:51 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

2008!

January 1, 2008 12:16 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (4)

Year in Review

January 1, 2007 2:20 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (7)

200 million people have already stopped writing their blogs... - Blogging 'set to peak next year' (BBC News)

In a couple of months I'll complete my third year of blogging... but I'm not so sure if I'm still going to be here in throughout my forth year..., as the 200 milliion people already found out, blogging is hard, tedious and most of the time not fun.

To sum up 2006 in one post, here are sample of works in each medium that I explored...

"Love Song" (pen and ink) posted February 2006

First try on printmaking (rubbercut)... posted March 2006

Grasshopper (pencil) posted posted March 2006

Water color study posted April 2006

"Figures Series" (pastel) posted April 2006 also in the gallery.

"Octopus" (mixed-media) posted May 2006. I do not specifically like this subject but I discovered to like mixing colored pencils and gouache...

I joined the Materpiece a Day... "Crowded and Noisy World" (acrylic) posted September 2006.

posted October 2006. For some reason by August 2006, I started to post lots on photography...

When I started blogging, I read "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web" @ A List Apart. The article is almost 5 years old now but I still think it is one of the best post ever written on blogging. Hopefully ,I will always "find a reason" to blog, and however insignificant this blog out of the 100 million bloggers left in 2007, I will still be able to blog "passionately about things that matter" to a few.

In Memory of Simonette

September 24, 2006 10:52 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (21)

... a good friend.

Where I Work...

June 28, 2006 1:34 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (6)

IMT challenge this week - "Open Studio"

... Create anything you would like and share it with us, along with pictures of where you created it. - Inspire Me Thursday

This was a drawing I did last weekend for an illustration work... Unfortunately this was not accepted because the style did not match the project... 9" x 12" pen and ink with watercolor wash.

Where I work...?

My studio corner... I mostly work at night when everybody is sleeping.

Gouache, and Colored Pencils - right now my favorite media on moleskines...

Easel

Finally, art supplies clutter...

Side note: I also updated my online gallery...

Far Away Hometown

May 3, 2006 12:33 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (3)

Digital Composition

I submitted this to IMT challenge this week..."Digital".

My Home from 9 to 5...

February 3, 2006 6:19 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (1)

The most boring office space... I will put up some pictures in here someday.

PacMan!!!

January 22, 2006 1:50 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (2)

I've been a boxing fan since I was a kid... this is a huge victory.

I know everyone in the Philippines is happy. - Manny Pacquiao

Alex

January 14, 2006 2:06 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (1)

One of the highlight of my vacation in the Philippines was meeting again a good friend who I have not seen for about 15 years. I previously asked other people I know for his info but unable to get contact numbers from them. One afternoon I asked my cousin to accompany me to go to his house; we rode on a scooter. All I could remember was his house was behind a small chapel in Pulong Buhangin, Sta Maria, Bulacan next to the town I was staying.

It was nice to meet him again and I was so glad to know he is doing very well. This February he is going back to Aruba for a contract work.

Good to keep in touch with you again my friend!

Back in Indy

January 12, 2006 5:00 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

We're back in Indy after 3 weeks vacation. It was so nice to experience Philippines again.

Back to the web and blogging too for me.

There are Still Rice Fields Left

December 29, 2005 1:41 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (4)

I went to the ricefields this morning and was able to shoot pictures using my Nikon F3. I will not be able to post the pictures until I develop the film when I get back in Indy. I was glad to see there are still ricefields left in my hometown. I was able to chat with the farmers there working while I shoot. I ruined my shoes because it was all covered with mud but I think it was worth it. I plan to go back there before our trip is over to shoot in digital.

Blogging Half-Way Around the World

December 28, 2005 4:47 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

I am enjoying my stay here in the Philippines. I placed some pictures in my USB stick to post but unable to load them because all machine here in the Internet cafe are still running on Window 98.

I am currently in my hometown (Bocaue, Bulacan) "Fireworks Capital" of the Philippines...

In ten years...

November 17, 2005 6:00 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

There's a chance in ten years I know two kids will do a video like this wearing Pacers jerseys. :-) [thanks Pao for the link]

Sending them Out

November 16, 2005 6:39 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (1)

Two of my works found their way to a new home.

I've been tagged...

October 12, 2005 12:12 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (3)

updated:7/26/2007

I cheated and used this also when Rayts tagged me...

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I've been tagged by Janey to post "20 random facts about me then tag the same amount of people as minutes it takes you to write the facts".

Here are 20 random facts about me:

1. I'm an introvert.
2. I'm obsessed with Faber-Castell pencils.
3. I need caffeine fix to keep me going.
4. I love to work at night, I'm more awake.
5. I like working alone and figuring things out by myself.
6. I won 200 dollars on scratch off bingo 2 times.
7. I do not read or watch sports news when the Pacers lose.
8. I do not read or watch sports news when the Colts lose.
9. I do not like wearing tie at work.
10. I wanted to be an architect when I was in high school.
11. I do not like playing video games, they are too confusing. I only play Pacman.(1)
12. Before Sunset and Before Sunrise movies are in my favorite movies list ever.
13. I love summer and hate fall even with all the colors because it just means winter is around the corner.
14. I used to play a lot of chess when I was in high school.
15. If I ever win the lotto, first thing I'm going to do is to go back to college and study fine arts.
16. I'm a passionate programmer but have difficulty expressing myself on techie stuff conversation.
17. I got into building my own website and eventually blogging because I fractured my foot.
18. I do not like giving tech support especially hardware and network questions.
19. I study art history for fun.
20. I am constantly figuring out what art supplies do I need so I could go to the art store.(2)

So here are the people I'm going to tag:

• Jolo
• Pao
• Kates
• Markku
• Penovate
• Nita
• Carla

Update:
1. I like playing Wii now.
2. I can change this now to camera/photography shop... got to have film.

Art Fair

September 18, 2005 11:30 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (4)

Here were my works out in public!

I had a great experience in the art fair yesterday.

It was really not about the money or selling stuff... What truly made it a great experience were I met people personally who came in my booth, took time to look and appreciated my work. If I was doing this just to sell, it was not worth it with all the work I had to do to prepare for the fair (I'm so glad I do not do this for a living and so appreciate even better my morning job...)

The whole week I worked so hard trying to be ready, finishing up few pieces, cutting up matting for my works, buying frames, and figuring out how the heck I was going to set up my booth. By noon time, I was ready to quit and saying to myself what was I thinking trying to join an event like this. But it got better in the afternoon when people started to come in.

Here were the pieces I sold: watercolor on paper and this drawing to Mike; this drawing to Barb. This piece was bought by an artist Charlie Spear.We were starting to put out my works already when a couple I talked to earlier went back and wanted to purchase this - they were artists and the owner of Galerie Penumbra. I will always treasure the comments I got from other artists who came in and appreciated my works.

Sidenote: Sara - I really want you to have this, so just email me. :-)

Makeshift Studio

July 13, 2005 12:52 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

I'm going to miss painting in here during winter time.

On vacation...

June 16, 2005 10:46 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (1)

Currently in Canada...

Graduation Weekend @ ND

May 12, 2005 11:45 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (2)

We're going to Notre Dame tomorrow for my sister's graduation. Congratulations to D! ... and to Margaret and Jill too! :-)

Happy Birthday Joma!

May 11, 2005 9:44 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (2)

My son Joma is 5 years old today!

I love MS .NET!

April 1, 2005 8:38 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (2)

I just love .NET!; probably start studying C# and buy all Microsoft development tools. YEAH!

I also just found out you can use HTML tables to layout your website, thats pretty cool! :-)

April Fools Day!

They Do "GlueHands" Too???

March 30, 2005 6:53 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (3)

Uber blogger Kottke posted "Gluehands". I used to do this exactly, put Elmer's all over your hand, let it dry, then peel it off.

Anybody else "gluehands aficionados" out there?

Happy Birthday Koji!

March 14, 2005 8:20 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

My son Koji is 4 years old!

2005!

January 1, 2005 12:39 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

What a warm fifty degrees F new year here in Indy.

Back to Acryllic

December 7, 2004 11:42 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

Detail of an acryllic painting that I am doing - 4ft x 2ft on paper.

updated 5/9/2005: Was not able to finish this one... again.

I can't even remember the last time I completed an acryllic painting; it was a long time ago since I used the medium. I am just happy to be productive painting and drawing again.

It is just nice to have an activity not related to software; I am so burned out with development stuff.

Back to Work

November 29, 2004 8:25 AM | posted to Personal | permalink | comments (0)

I am back to work today from a week long vacation.

Happy Birthday to me...

September 25, 2004 12:00 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

:-)

Nothing is more appropriate...

August 9, 2004 3:38 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

I just cannot go to sleep without making this entry.

It is about 16 days ago when I made my last post, right now, nothing is more appropriate for me to reflect upon than my last post(#54).

Suddenly I just feel the urge to do something creative: to paint, to write, to code, anything. This is exactly the "inspiration...the darkside" I am talking about in my previous post.

Neglected Blog

July 19, 2004 9:12 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

Okey I've been lying for a long time with my last post...

I thought changes would be just so easy, but not quite. I just came off from vacation to Canada (great trip!).

Pretty much it is summer, I've been enjoying outside life more so less time in front of the computer.

Happy Birthday Joma!!!

May 11, 2004 9:42 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

My son Joma is 4 years old today! Pacers lost the Game at Miami last night. Since there will be Game 5 here, I am gonna go walk to Fieldhouse box office at lunch time and see if I could get tickets for the game this Saturday. Joma loves going to the Fieldhouse and (of course) the Pacers :-)

No Work Today...

May 4, 2004 1:11 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

I do not have work today. We went to the zoo and enjoyed the nice weather outside.

Summer Memories...

April 8, 2004 4:08 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

Good friday... no work for me tomorrow. Growing up in the Phlippines, around this season was the most memorable to me... summer time without school for two months. I have been away from the Philippines for more than 12 years now. I just miss the sights, sounds and sweat of summer over there. I did not mind the heat because I grew up playing outside even if it was so hot. Not that I was an active kid in my teens into playing basketball or any sport. Nope, I mostly enjoyed sitting on the street corner in our small barrio; just sit there, watched people passed by. Within our small barrio is a cemetery. Sometimes there were funerals going on almost everyday, so sitting in that corner was not thay boring at all :-) That cemetery served too as our playground and place to rest under a big, century old acacia tree. I was very lucky too to experience playing on rice fields which are non existent now because most of them are paved with cement, with roads and houses. The fields were all dried up, with just stalks from harvested rice, perfect place to fly kites late in the afternoon as the sun set in the horizon.

After 15 years...

March 16, 2004 3:40 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

As I mentioned in my previous post, I was able to connect with my high school classmates back in the Philippines. Yesterday was 15 years after we graduated high school, March 15,1998. I was a unique experience since we set up an online chat session last weekend. There were groups who had their reunions near their specific location: one in Disneyland, California; one in Bocaue Philippines; one in Toronto Canada and another in Manila Philippines. Then at 11 pm Indiana time, we decided to chat online. It was so much fun to get in touch with them again. Of course I am the only one here in Indiana, so lucky for me we went online. I guess what is amazing is lots of people in our group actually are very enthusiatic to participate, get in touch, and reminisce our high school days. There were lots of things happened in those 15 years, college, and years after college; we are living different lives now, but still it seems we are more connected in a way... *Current blogger count in Campus Figures Site is 81.

Happy Birthday Koji!

March 14, 2004 7:54 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

My son Koji is 3 years old today.

Weekend...

March 12, 2004 3:05 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

My son Koji is three years old this Sunday! We are going to have a small party Saturday night. Last Friday it was 60 deg F, today back to 30's winter temperature!... typical Indiana weather... Coding stuff... I am trying to learn Struts and convert all my webapps to use the framework. I was able to develop lots of webapps using my own hacking techniques. They all function as intended and I can deploy them in a short time. But the problem is I'm not sure if I'm using the best practices out there... On my personal projects, the more I develop all these webapps, the more I see them difficult to maintain in the long run. So I am hitting the books again... then redesign the server-side components of these sites...

Friday...

March 5, 2004 4:02 PM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

Friday... I am about to go home in 30 minutes. A little windy but it is currently 60 deg F outside. We might be able to go outside this weekend if the warm temperature holds up. The boys will be so excited to play in the open air again....

Welcome...

February 16, 2004 1:37 AM | posted to personal | permalink | comments (0)

Welcome to my own personal web site. Firstly, why create a web log? I've been wanting to improve my writing, so what a better way than to write anything you want, when you have the urge. I will also include in the gallery creative works(photography, painting, drawings) I have been doing outside software development. Hopefully, I will find the discipline to post and update this often.