amiel roldan blog

09272009 Filipinos are willing to help but we also like to point fingers so there is never anything done but always someone to blame. We are always suspicious of the person beside us or the one in the position we helped out. They call us the smiling people but in our hearts we never always meant it. The nearest scapegoat for every ail is the next person beside us. Now we are faced with the onslaught of typhoon Ondoy. What we normally see every few years happening in and around the country might be occurring every rainy season because of our neglect as individuals. For a change we can't point all fingers at the government for this calamity. Ever heard of catch basins? Same thing happens to Boracay now every rainy season-- natural formation of water traps (small dams) on irregular terrains equals gradual floods or in this case flashfloods once they are removed... When we develop too much for subdivisions these are leveled or filled up. Add to it deforestations of mountains and hills,

09252009 Alvin Villaruel opens a momentous solo exhibit of paintings with “Field Activities” today, September 25, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the SM Megamall Art Center sponsored by the West Gallery. Alvin Villaruel is perhaps one of the most understated contemporary artists in the Philippines today. He has for more than a decade now been exhibiting consistently photorealistic images on canvasses. His images were gathered unconsciously and rendered painterly on large formatted canvasses. His bodies of works are outstanding for a younger artist in his thirties. An ingenious play of light and perspective are always standard in his works. Even amongst the progression of photorealism in the Philippines with the likes of Nona Garcia, Geraldine Javier, Yasmin Sison, Keiye Miranda, Wire Tuazon and lately painter Eric Sausa, artist Alvin Villaruel has stood strong in works and concepts and have complemented the rich diasporas of Philippine arts in realism. He has enjoyed painting and reveling in the di

09 24 2009 Perhaps the week could still end the tops for me. I really enjoyed a family gathering last week and all its preparations. I do not know that it could ever be surpassed. My youngest sister just got married in an almost intimate church wedding with a party reception afterward. It allowed for all close family members to witness this newest nuptial celebration. My other sister just tied the knot last February and it was quite unexpected in a pleasant way to have another too soon. Since this is the last of the four weddings I would attend for my sisters it was officially a momentous one for all of us. Until of course my own one. Looking for the right partner could be quite easy but building a lifetime of friendship is quite hard. I guess that I wanted still a person I could talk and be with for the rest of my life without being bored to death. Going back to the event. It was a culmination of six years of friendship turned mush... Ha ha ha ha... I am a bit sentimental and allowed