message from the author

Anyone can write their own blog. Anyone can share most of their ideas and talk about it like it’s their means to the outside world. There is more into blogging and its great contribution in virtual world. I am a blogger, and I have several blogs existing in the blogosphere. I am an experienced writer, mostly did content writing and research. I like talking, blabbering, and musing about different stuff. Stuff like films, places, people, technology, blogging and bloggers, fashion, travels, and many other things.

Welcome to my amusement! You guys are not reading material that isn’t of any value, right? So I am taking the responsibility of writing some valuable stuff to read to encourage you to practice reading since it exercise the brain, and share your idea. My name is Sajhi Angel. I am Ex-bartender (My road to stardom started here ha-ha, AS IF!!), ex-call center agent (had been and I think will still be doing it come next couple of years), ex-model (this thing I really love doing and it’s a great pay), ex-cheerleader (I still remember those days), ex-dancing queen (I still dance), ex-billiard queen (I still play once in awhile), ex-activists (I forgot why I used to), musician( I always… love music though), and what am I today?

I would like to define myself as someone who had been incessantly observing and commenting on things that have purpose and just to satisfy my curiousity.

- sajhiangel aka fabmanila

updated October 17, 2008

Probinsyana is Back …

After like so many days of not being able to write articles for my own blog, I realized that this might be the right time to write again. My thoughts were all uncertain for the past months and I was not really interested in writing anything despite all the things that had happened around me since I last blogged. Being out of the office opened a lot of opportunity and rooms for great improvement.

Many things had happened for the past several months, including that of the tragedies that came in the Philippines due to several super typhoons. Great example is the typhoon “Ketsana” ( Ondoy). Our community was severely affected, creating great damages to those places unexpected from the destruction of flash floods, and landslides. The flood came in too quickly for us to save all of our things. Most were submerged in floods. Some people was left stunned and in disbelief as they see their properties being swept away by the flood.

After that, there is another typhoon that drastically hit the Northern Region of the Philippines. Which by the way included my own province. It was quite devastating because alot of lives were sacrificed due to tremendous flooding and landslides. A lot of people are blaming this tragic events to climate change. Some are left to blame the government who keeps on giving approval to those rich businessmen in corrupting even the natural resources that the Filipinos were left to keep. They keep on building subdivisions and real state properties in the mountain areas, when in fact trees should be nurtured in these places.

The government is blaming the illegal settlers who allegedly been making distractions for the water shed areas, when the government should have been doing something before the tragedy even happened. Farms has been wiped out literally leaving alot of the farming community homeless and no source of income. The question about the garbage disposal has also occurred to be essentially paramount to the actions of the community leaders.

Then come, the voter’s registration which has proven once again the bahala na attitude of the Filipinos. Very disappointing indeed that our fellas are always late in doin their share for this country. But what can we do?

Carlo J. Caparas is Not Qualified to be National Artist Online Petition

Please read through the excerpt..

To: My Fellow Filipinos and Artists

Many of us in the artists community were shocked and appalled that Carlo J. Caparas was named National Artist for Visual Arts and Film on July 2009. Although we recognize the work and accomplishments of Caparas within the comic book industry as well as television and film, we strongly believe that his body of work does not live up to the tradition of excellence the title of National Artist entails.

It is appalling to us that someone who has made a living exploiting the lowest common denominator in films such as “The Cecilia Masagca Story: Antipolo Massacre (Jesus Save Us!) “, “The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre 2 – God Have Mercy on Us “, “Lipa Arandia Massacre (Lord Deliver Us from Evil)”, and “The Marita Gonzaga Rape-Slay: In God We Trust! ” shall now be placed in the same league as Manuel Conde and Lino Brocka, the greatest filmmakers in the Philippines responsible for our greatest movies as “Ghengis Khan” and “Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag” respectively.

However, if one is looking for an objective reason for this protest, it would be this:

It is clear that “Visual Arts” and “Film” are two different categories. Therefore, “Visual Arts” refer to Caparas’ work in comics. Caparas is a writer. He has never illustrated any of his comics stories, least of all his most popular ones. Panday and Pieta? They were illustrated by Steve Gan. Bakekang? It was illustrated by Mar Santana. Kroko? Illustrated by Hal Santiago. Totoy Bato? Illustrated by Tor Infante.

In the guidelines for selection of National Artist for Visual Artists, the category clearly covers:

“Visual Arts – painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation art, mixed media works, illustration, graphic arts, performance art and/or imaging;”

How can someone who is not an illustrator, therefore *NOT* a visual artist ever be named National Artist for Visual Arts? If Carlo should ever be given this title, the title should be shared with all the artists he collaborated with, for that is the nature of comics. It is a collaborative medium as Carlo himself points out many times during his talks.

If not, then this title should be removed, as it is not factually descriptive of who he is. In short, Carlo J. Caparas is NOT qualified to be National Artist. The guidelines unarguably points this fact out.

Our objection and resolve are strengthened by news that have recently come to light that Carlo J. Caparas did not go through the rigorous selection and assesment process of the National Artists voting board. Carlo J. Caparas is a SNAG, or “Singit National Artist ni Gloria”. It is through this Presidential insertion process that a person who is not qualified to be National Artist manages to be one.

As Philippine artists and concerned citizens who feel that our artistic legacy as a nation is compromised by these events, we strongly and vehemently put forward this protest.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Please click on the link below to vote. Thanks.

multiply wallpaper design

I created this wallpaper just for the heck of it. random images used in photoshop cs2

check the page here:

http://jailhouserock.multiply.com/

Muziklaban Indie Film Challenge Kick-Off party – wild kids and riots! full blown messy event

Badtrip! andame trashers sa Cubao X kagabi, at mga newbie punks, kids these days don’t know what they are getting into.. kung punk kayo, pakita niyong disiplinadong punk kayo! Went there to meet Hil from Bisikleta Productions after having dinner with Cris and Glen in Ortigas., baket puro mga high school kids ang nandun parang naghahanap ng teacher?We decided to leave the place and went to ten-02 bar.

Cubao X was a messy sight last night. I saw Nino though, some dude I worked with at Sykes. The kids were all raging with annoyance when the organizers decided to close the gates, eh baket naman kase sinara. Sabi nio open gates, or FREE ENTRANCE. Yun tuloy, mga bata nagwawala.
The crowd attacked the gates and it a was pretty wild sight.
I bet there would’ve been a mosh pit if we didn’t leave the place.

Anyway, ten02 bar is pretty ok for me. Walang gulo, tamang gig lang. Pinikpikan performed and I am not really a fan of ethnic music and I’m not familiar with the band members as well, but according to Hil kasama nila before si Louie Telan. I met Louie way before, from Razorback, tamang pogi na meju addict.. hehe..
I think ex ni Jill pa yun dati. Anyway, he is history. No other news about him in the circuit.

After some few beers, lakad kami ng onti papuntang Jade Valley siomai house hehe.. ordered siomai. Hil bought some street pizza, na lasang spahetti, na nilagyan ng Cheesewiz.. Si manong padyak, may built in oven ang bisikleta, ininit ang pizza hanggang maging Crispy pizza kumbaga. hehe..
I didn’t taste it though nor touch the pizza, baka masira tyan ko. Not safe. hehe

We decided to go home, cuz our company decided to go back to Cubao X to see the scene.

Sketchpad 101

Originally, I have been an art fan and an “artist” myself. I like to draw using an ordinary pencil in my sketchpad. So I like to share some of the things that I do as a hobby. Drawing and tweaking some stuff on certain art applications.

Down here, you’ll see some pictures taken of my drawings.

Enjoy

title : Gypsy in my Sketchpad

Tools Used:

Berkeley Sketch Pad

number2 Mongol Pencil