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happy 2013 of yore!
the year’s past. an attempt to detail victories and stories of defeat in 2013 might be tricky, considering i practically dont have time really to write and edit a real blog article. just putting this...
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preparations
ive setup in the living room. trying to consolidate notes from two versions of the script. reencoding my breakdown. coffee helps but i think i need more. it’s january but we’ve been at this since july...
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gym today
made it to the gym tonight. 2nd time this year. ive about 10 pounds to lose since i let myself binge during the holidays. and still another 5 to my desired weight. i like my upper frame now as my...
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shooting in sagada
. one lazy afternoon while preparing for a shot, i started to make a short video (shot with my phone camera- a samsung galaxy note 2) of my colleagues on the set. featured in this vid are pepe diokno...
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DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN (bisaya version)
have to admit we got frostbitten by the Disney movie, FROZEN. i really don’t think we need to explain this obsession any further im sure my neighbors are sick by now listening to LET IT GO blasting...
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HENERAL LUNA: 8 days done. 17 to go
we finally finished the first 8 days of shoot for HENERAL LUNA that has brought us to tanay, taal (batangas), bulacan, and all the way to ilocos (vigan and laoag). forgive me but i did plan to write a...
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ABOVE THE CLOUDS BEHIND THE SCENES: Production Design
during the shoot of pepe diokno’s 2nd full length feature, ABOVE THE CLOUDS, last year, bradley liew, a malaysian filmmaker, was tasked to create short featurettes for the film’s behind the scenes....
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heneral luna: happy people make happy sets
after a grueling race against time, the art department managed to finish enough of our train and station set for HENERAL LUNA to be able to shoot on time as scheduled last week. perhaps given another...
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les capehan de tarlac
we spent about 2 weeks in capas, tarlac to shoot the battle scenes of HENERAL LUNA in may. why oh why did we only find this cafe last week? found on the ground floor of mr blue inn (macarthur highway,...
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one afternoon
put myself in a rather tight spot as ive declared staying away from social networks until i get to watch the episode 9 of game of thrones lest somebody spoils it for me. with nothing else to do, i...
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restless. 5.26pm
it’s been weeks since ive shot anything. HENERAL LUNA wrapped up mid june and ive been in and out of bed in katipunan and in mindanao since. my 2-week birthday break was awesome but ive been restless...
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today’s serving of blog nonsense
a lot of people on facebook (at least in my facebook news feed) have developed an annoying habit of sharing stuff from annoying websites like viral nova and sfglobe feature videos and articles with...
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LUCY (2014)
i saw the trailer a few weeks back and i was excited for this. i totally forgot this was by luc besson when i went to watch LUCY this afternoon with my mother. i was a major fan of the professional...
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the burrow bar and brew
heard a lot about this place from my sisters. it’s a cozy watering hole in an area surrounded by bridal shops. i do remember in the 80s the building burrow is located now used to house our favorite...
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HENERAL LUNA Teaser is out!
the film we worked on for about a year of our small, insignificant lives (compared to fallen heroes who fought for our liberation) just released a teaser trailer! sharing with you a glimpse of the...
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camiguin in two days
i booked plane tickets for my art department staff around august last year so they could join me in my mindanao birthday celebration this year. i planned out a week’s itinerary for them, most of whom...
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social media fatigue syndrome
im tired. emotionally, spiritually, physically, creatively. and social media is white noise, loud and empty. yesterday, i deactivated my facebook account. in times when im in this conflicted restless...
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rot fai market, bangkok
it pays to do research. while learning more about places worth visiting in bangkok i would come across a few articles mentioning the rot fai market. night markets are a dime-a-dozen in southeast asia...
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the 15th shake
we’re roughly midway shooting through the 2nd episode of regal film’s widely anticipated horror anthology, shake, rattle, & roll, now on its 15th version. carlo and i are working again with...
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a week na
posted this a week ago on twitter. so far i think ive been productive in other things, including upping my game levels in the mobile x-men battle of the atom game hehehe and ive caught up on the all...
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