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illo friday: forgotten
2008-06-07 16:55:00
the only solution to avoid forgetting the places you've visited..is to take pictures. or draw. or both.no place left forgotten900 x 450 (orig.)photo collage on MS Paint(colors added thru picasa)moogie seventh honey!!pub-7079080684070653
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illo friday: baby
2008-06-01 03:08:00
"Shift work sleep disorder is a sleep disorder which affects people who change their work or sleep schedules frequently or work longterm on other than the day shift.Such recurrent interruption of sleep patterns may result in insomnia and/or excessive sleepiness." - wikipediain dreams515 x 630 (orig.)MS Painti think i have this disorder. no, i really do have this. but is there a cure?working at night, sleeping at day (or at least trying to sleep). this is my routine during weekdays for the past 3 years. and prior to my night job, i have insomnia. and it was not bothering me at all. i can read, draw, surf online, watch a movie and do more, while everyone else is sleeping and nobody is disturbing me. i move carefully tho for i dont wanna wake up or disturb anybody as well. so, no noisy neighbors playing their boom boom music or people shouting, talking loud, babies crying, kids playing on the street. blah! it's more peaceful this way. and when i got my job on a night shift, i thought...
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Photo Friday: Difficult shot
2008-05-27 01:26:00
here's my plan: i'll be collecting my posts about my vacation in europe, if ever i finish writing it all down, and have the links in one post. i may be posting them not in chronological order as i luv remembering things as they strike mei lost track of the holy week. we chose the perfect season for a vacation. we based it all on when the cure will have their concert, then reserved the first weekend flight to Amsterdam.Prior to the flight, i wanted a day to day journal, i even bought a small scrap notebook, but i had no step by step plans, no schedule to strictly follow, nothing but pure adventure and unconditional trust to my tour guide *.* Thus, i let each day pass with spontaneity. i lost track of my plan to write down a diary, but thats the least of my worries. in fact, i had no worries at all.so, this will be my first entry. maundy thursday, march 20, 2008, franeker.After our afternoon walk (dont forget the fotoshoots - lol) in the streets of Franeken, and an early dinner of d...
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illo friday: worry
2008-05-25 03:24:00
there is so much positive energy for this week's IF entries. well i broke my rule today as i went over to check some of my fave artists entries before doing mine. but i already have an idea before doing so. and here are some worries that i would luv for you to see.. first, i got worried about.. anon's missing parrot, jack (thanks to ces who made a tribute for him). i also got worried on how studiololo saw rude people living behind their cats, they just couldn't see how cats can be companions too, unlike sketched out. they can be like dogs too as they worry of having their owners leave them behind, just like Rat, the dog of valgalart. yep, i worry like m heart. i also got bit worried of the people who swim too close to boats just like aynaku. what also worried me was the scary hand usually dreamt by kids, drawn by vhrsti. got scared too of the idea of not having ideas like rrramone. and although ginger's little girl is so worried of the frogs, it worried me more when she reminded...
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Illo Friday: Wide
2008-05-21 11:20:00
wide open sky900 x 650 (orig.)MS PaintAchlum.. yep, Achlum again. my third illo for this city. if i were to choose and re-live just one day of my stay in holland, i'll choose the day we went to achlum. of course i love all my days there (as short as it may have been) as each day was an adventure; with a new place to see, new museum to go to, new art to discover, new people to visit, new food to taste and new things to do.this illo is based on a photo i took, as well as the other two:         ; well, what can i say? i just fell inlove with the place.. and fell inlove with my moogie *.* all over again..pub-7079080684070653
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Illo Friday: electricity
2008-05-11 00:44:00
i cant believe that a week just passed by so fast.. i wasnt even able to finish my illo for the topic "seed".. well ok, not even started with one. but i have the image in my mind until now.so here goes a couple of camera paintings that is well suited.. but dont touch your screens or the electricity will stun you! };-}when work eats you alive... ...you have to fight back or you're dead.coz life without art is not life at all. you are just in autopilot.pub-7079080684070653
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illo friday: wrinkles
2008-04-25 16:41:00
we dont need sound to feelwe dont need sight to seeyou can see from miles and mileswithout the need to open your eyesjust pause for a whileto feel what we cant seethose glittering gray eyeswould walk with me thru eternity.. "in mint"4" x 5" (orig.)green gel pen sketch on recycled paper[color added thru picassa]-----illo note: drawn while listening to The Cure's "Mint Car" on repeat mode.pub-7079080684070653
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illo friday: primitive
2008-04-18 18:29:00
a famous dutch quote -"If the world will end, I would go to The Netherlandsbecause everything happens there 50 years later.""achlum in blue"4" x 5" (orig.)sketch on recycled paper[color added thru picassa]pub-7079080684070653
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A.W.O.L.
2008-04-14 13:26:00
the sunset is only the beginningas i relive the dream of our past in my mind i bathe with the promises now showered and cleari drink the wine of your fulfillmentas i untangle your giftof once unfathomed desiresi am not afraid anymorefor fear is a snow dropthat melts as it hits the floorand i lay myself on your warm handsas you open the window for us to seecome...come soar with me nowas we unravel whats aheadwhile the blue horizon changes its hueshining at our every footstepglistening to our wingsnothing is indeed impossibleas long as we hold onto our dream...-----note: photo taken at Holland, poem written soon as i got back to Manila..awol - yep, i owe my friends an update of where i am and how i've been. first, that i finally went to Holland and Paris. now im back and my head is still floating. please slap me i feel like im only dreaming..pub-7079080684070653

villose velvet velvetine
2008-03-09 02:16:00
i found a meme from andrea and tho some find it easy i dont.. for there are just a handful of words i know offhand that starts with V..anyway here goes..> your name??????Velvet > 4 letter word????????vamp> vehicle??????????volkswagen (i used to drive one)> city???????????Versailles (i'll see you soon!)> boy's name?????????vladimir (nabokov) or vincent (van gogh) who to choose? who to choose? lol..> girl's name????????vivianne> alcoholic drink????victoria bitter> occupation?????????ventriloquist> something you wear?????victoria's secret (*giggles)> celebrity????????Vin Diesel (not that i like him.. he's just the only "v" celebrity i know lol)> food????vallée d?auge chicken receipe> something found in a bathroom??valium (well, not in my bathroom that is..) lol> reason for being late?????visa card! (oh no!)> cartoon character?????? victor - one of three gargoyle statues at disney's hunchback of notre dame> something you shout?????voot!> animal?????????veery see photo> body part???...

illo friday: garden
2008-03-07 15:27:00
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless gardenwhen the flowers are dead. -Oscar WildeHAPPY THIRD ANNIVERSARY TO MY MOOGIE!-----note: here's an ms painting that i have done 2 years ago. click here [IF: spring] if you wanna see the progress of how it was madepub-7079080684070653
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Illo Friday: Leap
2008-03-03 09:17:00
"A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality." - John Lennondo you believe in dreams?do you believe in fate?he said you'll never know unless you take the leap..he leaped.now its my turn..dreaming of paris5" x 8" (orig.)pen and ink on recycled paper12 days to go..pub-7079080684070653
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Moody Monday: Colorless + meme
2008-02-27 10:52:00
my world would be colorless without booksand lifeless without musichere's another tag for this week. isay passed the baton to me to post 5 random weird things about myself. i had done one of these before as i posted 5 weird habits.. but here's to add another 5 then!6. i have more cds than books. and the photo above shows only a fraction of what i have. 7. i buy a book 90% of the time i pass by a bookstore. even though i have tons of other unread books calling for me in the middle of the night (well technically "day" because... read no.8)8. i have insomnia and im up all night. thus i work at night and sleep at daytime. and my body clock only allows me to sleep for max of 5 hours or else i get a headache.9. among my old high school peers (barkada), i used to be the quiet one. until i met them again a few years back and they were almost shocked that i was not as timid as they once knew. (*.* thanks!)10. i am a geek and my hero is dexter.now i tag: Anto | Teri C | Forever Young | Anon...
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illo friday: multiple
2008-02-22 17:10:00
and aside from playing with my digital camera in the dark, im also fond of playing with ms paint and making collages from my paintings.playing in the milky night1155 x 775 (orig.)MS Paintpub-7079080684070653
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love liefde mahal
2008-02-20 23:21:00
February is almost over and st. valentine's day have past. but a tag from a generous and artistic friend, zari, has inspired me and many others to remember the origin of this holiday. and to quote.."St Valentine?s Day; a holiday named after various early Christian who became models of selfless love surviving in cruel circumstances. Yet nowadays, this holiday is mainly associated with romantic love; it is just a day to spend on chocolates, flowers, trips, lingerie, and romantic dates?I think it?s time we forget about this meaningless stuff to focus on the true meaning of this day; love, peace and global unity."and as i have mentioned previously, love and giving should not be shown only in one day..so share the love and spread the love to the world and join us..Here are the simple rules:1. If you get tagged or not (and want to play along), take some minutes to meditate about love and peace, pray for countries that are facing troubles, for those people you love and those you don?t 2. ...
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illo friday: theory
2008-02-16 19:56:00
"The speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers, regardless of their relative motion or of the motion of the source of the light." -Albert Einsteinmy theory about light is that it can be bended by extending time.i cant decide on what image to post, but here are 3 more from the same series. i created them when i was watching disney on ice with my son. fun huh? whats your fave?         read more about:speed of light, andlight painting (notice the links at the bottom?)---update: please visit share the looooooove for an art raffle.pub-7079080684070653
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share the looooooove!
2008-02-14 00:00:00
after a week off from work, another nice surprise awaited me.. some of you illo friday folks may have seen justZHM?s post for the topic 100% (link).. and yep, monica c link) and yours truly, are the lucky visitors to win the raffle.. 100% luck indeed! what i got was a very cute bookmark! and zari was also kind enough to throw in a cool personalized post card!Happy 2008 too, Zari!i really luv illustration friday!here?s an idea! i?d like to pass on this chain of IF creativity, i am having a raffle here as well. anyone interested should just drop a comment on this post and choose any artwork or photo found here at my blog. if you don?t want to choose, its fine.. just say so and i?ll be the one to pick one for you. whoever wins will get a post card or print out of your chosen artwork or photo and i will inform you by email or comment on your blog. i would recommend to pass on the chain and give out something to a lucky visitor as well.there is no exact closing date tho, but hopefully i...
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Moogie Seventh Moonlight Kiss
2008-02-07 11:03:00
"...Sudden Stars"by: StereolabSweet smellingessenceshugs and smilessweet kissesmovementstowards meembracereverietendernessvelvet skintreasured dreamsintimatesilk and goldnuit d'amournaked soulAfter such distanceCome to me, precious being, come to meAfter such ennuiCome to me, delicious, enfold meAfter such a long droughtHere a place for flowers to flourishBut if you must,And if you must,If you must go, go--The wind will take youIt will lift youAcross the oceanInto the skyTowards the sunIt will take you, high--So if you must,And if you must,If you must go, go--Sweet smelling windAnnouncingL'amour de ma vieWhen you're readyMon bel amourSimply come to me.-----illo note: sudden stars sudden kiss, 800 x 650 (orig.), MS Paint collagepub-7079080684070653
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illo friday: blanket
2008-02-01 16:26:00
Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. - Charles Simicare we staring at nothing?820 x 620 (orig.)MS Paint... or sew this blanket into a poem.i am constantly having a writer's block. geesh.. i wonder why?anyway, id luv to know what you see here.pub-7079080684070653
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and the countdown begins...
2008-01-27 00:46:00
yep.. a few more hours of sleeplessness awaits..layoutcodez.netsee another version of the countdown herepub-7079080684070653
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Illo Friday
2008-01-25 11:21:00
Tales and Legends: Diwatain philippine mythology, a "diwata" is a mythological figure similar to fairies or nymphs. they are said to reside in large trees, such as acacia and balete and are the guardian sprits of nature, bringing blessing or curses upon those who bring benefits or harm to the forests and mountains. it is a filipino spelling for the Sanskrit word devadha, but the name is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word dev, meaning deity.Maria Makiling is my favorite diwata. she is a guardian of the mountain, responsible for protecting its bounty and thus, is also a benefactor for the townspeople who depend on the mountain's resources. in addition to being a guardian of the mountain, some legends also identify Laguna bay - and the fish caught from it - as part of her domain.it is often said that a mount in Laguna, Mt. Makiling, resembles a profile of a woman lying down which is believed to be that of Maria. this phenomenon is described as true from several different perspe...
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illo friday: plain
2008-01-19 01:19:00
i had an interview before and results just came in.. the agony of waiting is almost over.. on second thought.. a few more days of nerve racking excitement shall consume me. buthow can i endure more days? if i am there would it be true? how could i know reality from not? how could i be there but really be here? how could i be here but be there? maybe in dreaming of being ..under your roof.. Flatlands around.. cows.. water.. rain.. cold.. and.. you... *.*"there but not here"4" x 5" (orig.)sketch on recycled paper[color added thru picassa]pub-7079080684070653
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Illo Friday: Stitch
2008-01-13 03:33:00
The WombI have a 3-inched stitch from below my navel running downfor six years now.this dark brown, reddish thick skin lineis a symbol, a reminder,of the reason why i try so hard -breaking my bones stretching my veinsand splitting time in nano-secondsand i would trade everything just to see -that astonished stareice melting smilerunning to me.and to feel -that heartskipping warmthof those arms wrapped around me.and to hear -the words that will shatter all wallsstop all the wars in the world.."i love you, mommy" -----note: as of the moment of posting, flickr was down so the image was temporarily stored somewhere else. soon as flickr is up, the image will be transfered there.pub-7079080684070653
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Photo Friday: Mountain
2008-01-11 08:09:00
i would only love to sleep now if i wake up and go here, not work---for this week's Photo Friday pub-7079080684070653
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Illo Friday: 100%
2008-01-06 09:49:00
100% camera painting... [definition]100% - Sonic YouthI can never forget you - the way you rock the girlsThey move a world and love you - a blast in the underworldI stick a knife in my head - thinking bout your eyesBut now that you been shot dead - Ive got a new surpriseI been waitin for you just to sayHes off to check his mindBut all I know is you got no moneyBut thats got nothing to do with a good timeCan you forgive the boy who - shot you in the headOr should you get a gun and - go and get revenge?A 100% of my love - up to you true starIts hard to believe you took off - I always thought youd go farBut Ive been around the world a million timesAnd all you men are slimeIts the gun to my head, goodbye I am deadWastewood rockers is time for cryin, hey!----update: just found today my old tapes of sonic youth and im sound trippin'.. remembering the time i saw them live here in manila when i was only 13. and note that they took the adventure of the daily commute - and rode a jeepney! wo...
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Illo Friday: little things
2007-12-10 18:43:00
little things when in great numberscan move and shape the planetplease save our seas...what have you done for mother earth lately?"we are mere little things to them"800 x 510MS Painti supportpub-7079080684070653
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photo friday: dead of night
2007-12-03 19:54:00
Night Light night lighti beami stareas i move aboutone stepfrom yet anothercounting all the pinescounting all the signsin an aviery of shadowsa burst of starsthe crash of wavesthe fading suna warrior going downnow all spirits take flightand wander through the nightnight lightsi hoveri sparea second gone with youthe silk of your blanketi wrap me with starsas the wind flew aboutanother moondustanother dawn's duskthrough rooftopsi look downand how your brillianceshineabove everything else...above everything.atomicvelvetsigh © 04.21.05pub-7079080684070653
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the things i miss
2007-11-28 02:20:00
"I think we dream so we dont have to be apart so long. If we're in each others deams, we can be together all the time." - PDV1. wake up, smoke, and miss you2. shower, smoke, and miss you3. do some stuff, smoke, and miss you4. eat brunch, smoke, and miss you5. shuffle stuff, smoke, and miss you6. gaze at stars, smoke, and miss you7. eat dinner, smoke, and miss you8. watch tv, smoke, and miss you9. listen to music, smoke, and miss you10. read and write something, smoke, and miss you11. go online, download, smoke, and miss you12. dream of skydiving in paris, smoke, and miss you 13. think of more things, smoke a few more, and miss you14. go to bed, smoke, and miss you 14 things, divide them in two and half of me is you.. in tribute to my blog turning 3, those are the things that i miss and were once me.. now everything is busy but despite that i still miss you.. will we ever dream of paris again? ca va?-----photo credit: "Paris" by Aerial Photospub-7079080684070653
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photo friday: travel
2007-11-21 23:52:00
b.l.a.n.k.i wake updarkness around mefive seconds before the alarm ringsi pretend to not hearbut it comes echoing in my headin the dungeon of my desiresi long to sink beneath the sheetsto melt with the fresh breath of another twilightthat is another day for meand the other side of the worldbut i have no choicechoices are left for the resilientand i am not as freeand nothing is altered by stayingso the mist lifts meas i drag my nerves to rake the cold floorevery step further from tranquilityalong with my soul that sleeps with the soundburning the thread of where i travelas it denies another window to openso can you -help me banish the voidthat recurs on the sundownof my shortened years?no, i know. there?s nothing that i can even dobut concede onand embrace it.at leastembrace itwith you.---photo notes: this post is my entry for this week's Photo Friday . and since i cant decide on which image to attach the poem i wrote, might as well have them both.pub-7079080684070653
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Illo Friday: Scale
2007-11-13 10:47:00
i was stunned this morning to find out that there was already 350 entries to this week's illustration friday. and gosh its only monday!! did i went awol that long?! my ttlb rank even fell to a microorganism! waah!but while all the IF folks posted a fish scale or a weighing scale.. or something out of the ordinary.. a picasso-ish abstract, a playful kinder art, a graffiti, a growing mustache or whatnot, i thought of posting this old illo that is collecting micro dust from my archived files.yeah it was suppose to be a reciprocal portrait but some people are just too busy (which includes me!)so here yah go.. hope you can guess who this is before clicking the last image. "portrait of a man named ..."930 x 630 (orig.)MS Paintpub-7079080684070653
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