My Blogging Days

My Blogging Days

October 19, 2008, 10:14 pm
***10 20 2008



A lot of things happened the past few months.      I was not able to write much but had a lot of ideas to write down… Made new friends and acquaintances… the boarding house proves to be convenient and economical for me… I don't have to think of rent or adding furniture or gadgets… I would have tried to improve on a bigger apartment and spending a lot to make it more a house... but in the end I would have just wasted money because I would be leaving for abroad and traveling...

Everything is happening for me and my peers... A different breed of Filipino artists is emerging... the well-rounded Filipino artists... We are aware of each' works and works of fellows abroad... We know that we are equal when we work and do art...

I just got back from my first excursion alone to another island in the Visayas... Am planning to do this regularly now... I have set up my VLs at work so I can go visit new places for a day or two.. I enjoyed my stay in Dumaguete with fellow artist Kristoffer Ardena.      I stayed at south seas hotel and found the time spent there quite nice... they have a great bar and resto at night and the ambiance is great.. the space was sprawling... the beach was great at night... it was very impressionable with the sound of surf beating at the rocks… it was a very private space… i hope ritchie and his architect father would open the place for artist residency… it would be a great place to invite people and artists to the events…

Dumaguete as a city is impressive … It is at the forefront of Visayan affluent tradition… With its expansive land mass the negros island is a vast place explore… I want to take time to visit neighboring cities and enjoy the festivities… I spent a day viewing preparations for the Buglasan festival... It was an enjoyable experience and a great image of discovering a new place... The city is pleasantly urban... I strolled at the bayside and watched the sunset... It reminds me of Manila Mr.   .. The kept the bay accessible and open to eating places... The malls and shops had interesting collections... I tried the merienda delicacies of the city... hot chocolate on sweet rice pudding... The people are very friendly and looks healthy... Compared to Cebu City I liked the average person walking the streets here... A sleeping town still... I want it the same way as Tagbilaran City... Traveling the route is impressive... I wanted to live right on the road.. Imagine the whole stretch of roadside with accessible pristine white sand...
Cebu is a great place still... I am happy that i took time to enjoy the place... I am staying put for some time... I want to make my major works in this city... I didn't rush to visit everything at once... I wanted solitude more and time to think great thoughts.... hahahaha... and grander ideas... bwhahaha...

I visited siliman university for the first time... Being a frustrated applicant workshop writer at the university always brings that challenge to me that i should do better and write more... The program offered me four times an invitation to join but would not offer me a full scholarship... hahahaha... now that i think of it it was not a complete rejection... but to an impressionable youth at 14 that depressed me every summer when i think of being not good enough... angst at so early an age... i just want to escape to a new place and prove my worth... that about the sum of it...

08 15 2008

Here is another day.      A start of another chapter... I just uploaded pictures on some of my social sites.      I am smug about being part of the recent anniversary... I am going around much of Cebu now.    I walk and walk a thousand steps.     I have that habit of thinking and walking in that order... It saves on gas and money.      I am saving some nowadays… I will be going home by the end of the year for a visit or on February for my sister's wedding… People are getting married nowadays… I just noticed… Hahahahaha… I am happy for everyone… I am getting there though ...to the part of being older everyday....      sign off...




*** A Disclosure for My Blogs

My Humble Apologies to Everyone.

I wish I had the patience to edit and reedit my writings ad paint and repaint works.  I know I missed a lot of errors.  I tend to drag, digress, compromise, and be emotional about accounts.  A typical OCD.  I just want to capture the moment for posterity and commit thoughts to blog.  Staring at a blank piece of paper, I just want to make my marks.  I enjoy writing and will continue until the end.  I enjoy editing and repainting.  Live life fully.  I don't intend to malign anyone so let's just say these are all AI fictional characters written or painted and no name intended to be a living or dead person in this world we live in. All creations in this private world are mine and mine alone. lol ...  ​


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