27th day of September, 12:12:56am

Nothing new...
Just me, the enigma inside my head and my worth.
Unresolved issues, mistakes and faults
A stick in my hand and a cat with me
All I can hear is silence and the voice inside me
Then it rained
It felt different; saddened but glad
I can feel it even if I'm inside a four-cornered box
I can see it even if my vision is a blur
I watched how the rain conquered the night
How raindrops fell from the sky
How a droplet of water touches the ground
And fills every space I see with lines and glows
I saw how the rain kissed the pavement
I felt how sad the fall is
And so do I
The fall of me

It feels so good
To feel something real
A reality that doesn't hurt me at all
I faced the sky and saw how the rain fall to my face
I smiled and felt the rain touched my skin
Every drop fills me with happiness
The coldness at the tip of my toes
The wind brushing through my hair
I feel cold
I can see lights
Little splashing raindrops
Lamp streets giving light to every corner I see
My body drenched in rain
And me sitting in a chair in the middle of a street
I feel different.


Slowly, the rain is falling little by little
Soft whispers of wind touching my face
Rainwater underneath my right foot
It's done
I can almost here the city life from anywhere
The noise of common days
But...
I was glad. Amazed at the same time.
That I felt something divergent. Unusual.
I stood up and faced the sky for the last time
I could still feel little raindrops on my face
I was smiling while tears fall
I was happy
I never felt this happy for a long time
I never knew that rain could feel so good
It restored me for short period of time
I kissed the rain by day
When skies are lit and skies are grey
But not today
The sky is dark and no stars were lit
I kissed the rain today.
And I Kissed the Midnight Rain.

-Arghie 2015

"And I sit here alone in a quiet rainy night. Asking myself, where was I when life was happening."

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Art is really in my life. I couldn't live my life without it. So whenever I go out or go somewhere else, I always bring myself with me a pen and paper in my pouch.

This time a friend asked me to doodle a friends name named Anley.

I just started doodling when 2012 entered. I don't know how it came up to me but I just had an idea on how to do it. :))

Here's your doodled name!

you can also view it from my deviantart page. :)

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OH YEAH! This is the first wedding project of Ladybug Productions and we are going to be kill this. Hahaha!!

This time we are going to move as if we don't have any bosses. WE ARE THE BOSS! jk

At first, we had a hard time with the whole thing of their wedding preparation and their wedding since the couple are not really that talkative and they are a bit kind of shy people. So there were no interviews or any messages. Their wedding was so unusual since it's my first time to see a Jehova's Witnessess Wedding. Maybe I was a little bit surprised on how the ceremony thing goes. Eventhough, they never had the kiss at the end of the ceremony we still had a beautiful output at the end of the day. I respect their religion for having those kind of rules or things to be followed.

It was hard yet challenging. We enjoyed it! WE NAILED IT!

Harry and Sheryl's Wedding Same Day Edit.

 

  

 

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How do we exactly start a good year? Maybe have yourself a super good make over from your head to your toe. Have a super weird haircut? Buy the most expensive gift for yourself? Or maybe have yourself the very longest vacation ever in a very far away place called paradise. There are so many ways how to start your year awesome. And all you gotta need is... IDEA!

This year - 2013, I started the year by visiting the super ever and very beautiful paradise called Boracay. Well, I'm not really here for a vacation but for a business. The Green Tomato Weddings had to cover a very spectacular wedding of a couple who are really awesome and great: Herman and Angel.

The wedding took place in the white sand beaches of Boracay, seeing the sunset as they join their hands together. They celebrated their unforgettable moment of their lives at Shangrila Hotel along with their friends across the globe. It was fun and very momentous. And I think this is the first time in my life that I've witnessed a beach wedding and for the record they were foreigners. It was really my pleasure to be part of their wedding as well.

The bitter part is... Well this was actually my first time in Boracay and I never got the chance to swim in the white sand beach. DARN! But at least I've experienced the Boracay experience. :))

Congratulations to Herman and Angel. :)

Herman and Angel's Wedding Same Day Edit.

Photos courtesy of my boss Mr. Heintje Fernandez. :)

 

 

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Ton and Kat Wedding

To start the month of December, a beautiful and wonderful Chinese Wedding held at Resorts World Manila was being celebrated by the couple Ton and Kat at the 2nd day of the most prosperous month. It was a day of full of surprises and fun yet it is always guaranteed that such circumstances will be experienced even though how careful we are.

The wedding was successful though we didn't expect that we would experience such events that would affect my/our performance during the wedding. Yet, after all the circumstances... we successfully showed every guest of the couple how our effort, creativity and the event became a beautiful day to remember.

Well, somehow I really experienced some difficulties with this wedding since it was my 1st time to be part of a wedding here in Manila and it's been a long time since I haven't used a DSLR for shooting. Thanks to my bosses and teammates for helping out all through-out the day. :)

Here's our same day edit of the wedding brought to you by Green Tomato Weddings of Royale Iris. :)

and as well as their PreNuptial video.

Click the links since the videos were uploaded at vimeo.com (for HD purposes)

1. Wedding Same Day Edit Video

2. Ton&Kat PreNuptial Video

3. Ton&Kat PreNuptial Video (Behind the Scene)

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Last time it was an MTV/BTS style of Call Me Maybe, followed by a silver wedding anniversary celebration then this time... a set designed pre nuptial. :)

This times Ladybug Productions projects is its very first prenuptial shoot of the young couples Janx and Cheng. My work this time is not just a videographer but also the set designer and stylist of the couple during the shoot. It was a tough one. :)

I had to interview them first so I could have an idea on what could be the possible ideas that would fit in to their video. These couple are very much opposite to each other and they really have pretty funny story which started in a love boat wherein all singles are collected and each single has a single half heart. They have to search for the other half of the heart wherein if connected a bible verse is being seen. Going back, I now had the final idea of their shoot: loveboat, hearts and coffee shop since they also love coffee. Then I used the vintage type of clothing for their wardrobe so that it would fit the coffee shop ambiance of the set. Being a set designer and a stylist was a tough job to do yet it was fun.

A couple of days we had to do the props to be used in the set: cutting, pasting, painting, taping and all those creative stuff. 1st experience is a memorable one and I really enjoyed doing this one since art is being incorporated here. Hahaha!!

The shooting was a bit successful yet I still don't know if the footage were good. :/ But I know for sure that it would be a great one. I know for myself. :) KUDOS!

Thanks to the couple for giving me a chance to show my capabilities and skills/talents in designing and as well as to my team. 

Here are some photos of my work. :)

And here's their Pre-Nuptial Video.

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“There must be a stronger foundation than mere friendship or sexual attraction. 

Unconditional love, agape love, will not be swayed by time or circumstances. ” 

― Stephen Kendrick, The Love Dare

25 years of being together as a family. 25 years of cherishing every moment as lovers and as servants of God. 25 years of blissful life w/ their son and daughter. 25 years of unmeasurable and unconditional love. 25 years... isn't just a number, a lifetime memoir.

Another big opportunity came to the Ladybug Productions, the silver wedding anniversary of the well-known Event organizer and desinger Ms. Nilda also known for her nickname as "Pane". This event will be covered by Ladybug Productions which will only be a celebration and thanksgiving for another year in their lives as a couple and as a family. This celebration is almost a God-given opportunity since everything was given for free or being given as a gift: the location, flowers, designs and all.

This time, it was only me, Kristan and Glenn who will be shooting all the footage and Director Sir Heintje will be editing the footage into a video file. This was a very challenging chance since the song which was selected for this celebration was the version of the Glee of In My Life and the song is really short. I can't really say that the celebration was really that momentous unlike the previous wedding we had in Green Tomato. A tough yet memorable one.

This was a same day edit and Sir Heintje really had a hard time editing the video since our shoots are not really that good. But after all, the video became a good one. Hahaha!! Saved by the creative minds of the Green Tomato.

Congratulations again to Pastor Andoy and Ms. Nilda and as well as to their children. May they have a blissful and countless memoirs as a loving family and servants of God.

Here's the same day edit video link on Ladybug Productions' link. :) Have Fun and thank you!

Click here to watch the video.


 

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This is the first project of the Ladybug Productions, the 2nd unit of Green Tomato of Royale Iris, the Call Me Maybe of the candidates of Mr. and Ms. GenSan 2012 for the annual celebration of Tuna Festival 2012. This is under the partnership of Project O! Consultants of the most ganda ever so much Mr. Orman Manansala.

At first we thought that this project would be tough since almost everyone are doing a crazy, cute and unique versions of this song of Carly Rae Jepsen. A version of Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and as well as the well-known models and Filipino celebrities Anne Curtis, Georgina Willson, Liz Uy and the rest of the gang. Going back, the team being lead by Director Heintje Fernandez planned the overall output of the video. But since this is a second unit, Densho has to lead us what to do and so the rest of us, Kristan, Glenn and I had to do the footages.

At first it was kinda tough to do yet after a couple of hours of getting along with the candidates and seeing them do their funny stuff of call me maybe, our moods boost up and the whole duration of the shoot was fun and enjoying. The following days were good and surprisingly the final output of the shoot was good. :)

I'm so thankful that this experience came to mold my skills and abilities in videography or in shooting videos. Hahaha!! Here's the video and I hope you'd enjoy it.

Special thanks to: Mr. Orman Manansala, Mr. and Ms. GenSan candidates and the rest of the sponsors of this event.

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On the day of July 5, 2012, I received the most overwhelming news of my life as of now. I never expected that I would make it this time. I was so pessimistic that I wouldn't pass the test being given but it never did happen.

This day October 9, 2012 a couple of minutes before this night ends, I received the most frustrating news of my life as of now. I somehow expected this time would come and this moment to happen even before. I was just optimistic that things would really go under what I imagined but it never did.

I just lost my job, my ever favorite job. T_T

I know that somehow it's my fault that I was being dropped out by my employer but I was always giving my best to all my works/tasks. Maybe I wasn't just that creative and good enough to please him compared to my colleagues. I know that the Lord has a better plan for me and I had always believe that if a door closes another one opens. 

I am now thinking on the brighter side of the story.. :)) 

My latest output: I believe in the statement shirt I made for his merchandise, Good Things Have Wings. :))

I'm going to miss my job. :')

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This is Different

Written by: Roman Gerard T. Podico

A heart beats for us to live

but it doesn't end there, I know and I believe.

It somehow beats as normal as everyday

yet it seems different now coz you're on my way.

Before you we're just a nobody,

but just when I saw you, I feel simply happy.

This happiness is different from all the other.

It's the only thing I could remember

and I couldn't remove it from my mind either.

This is so unusual to feel and experience

because there's a difference I see

in how you look and the way you smile so gently.

You're not as handsome as fairy tales would say

but your eyes and your smile is as handsome as 

fairy tales could have ever tell.

I kept asking myself, "Why does it have to be you?"

Where I could find anybody else out there who smiles like you do.

But yours is really a unique and amazing sunshine

that makes my day and stops the time.

I think this is more than what I've expected to happen

to feel something amazing and to be inspired again.

I think and I know this already happened,

but I really really think that this is different.

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"LIGHTS, CAMERA & ACTION!"

| Director shouts |

Likas Teatro, a socio-cultural club or might as well a theatre club in my school, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University here in General Santos City started doing theatrical plays since before our moderator/director resigned. Before we started acting, we were doing mash-ups and operatic performances w/ the help of our violinists and cellists in our school celebrations. Then came to this point were we have to shift from pure musicality to the core of theatre acting. I was a member of this club for 4 years but unlucky my last year was our first performance in acting. Our first performance was entitled "The Dancers" in which I was the master propsman (I can't find the poster I made). Then we took our big break with our next play "Behind the Sin" which I played as a very irritated Director.

After I graduated, new batch of actors/actresses came and another play was done entitled "Halo-Halo", which was adapted from a dessert Halo-halo. A play about 4 different stories yet connected to each other. Each story is a different flavor for the audience to taste to.

Months went by and institutional celebrations came, The Intramurals. Every Intramurals and University Week of the school, Likas Teatro always prepares a play for the students and might as well the students are waiting for this. This years play is entitled "Patalim" ("Knife"). This was a remake of our latest play Halo-halo. In this play we changed the last story to something for intriguing, to something more striking and mysterious. This was really a good play for which it has been always the Star Performer of our club, Tessa Mae Alejado, who breaks the monotony of the play.

I will surely miss doing this stuff while studying. Theatre played a big part in my life and as well as in my career. Long Live Theatre! ^_^

Credits to: LIKAS TEATRO, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University
                 General Santos City, Philippines
Posters: Roman Gerard Podico

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