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"Raiding" Aperture Science

Video Game Crossover (Tomb Raider and Portal)

Size : A3

Digital Painting by © Michael Abalon

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To love at all is to be vulnerable 

-C.S. Lewis

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My life is "pointless" if I didn't met you in the first place :') Happy 3rd Monthsary loves! I love you! :*

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Can we take a ride? Get out of this place while we still have time...

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Wow Billie's on the front page of Rolling Stones... again :D

In an exclusive interview for our new cover story, Billie Joe Armstrong opens up about his years of alcohol and prescription drug abuse and his road back from his onstage meltdown at the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas last September. The magazine hits newsstands this Friday.

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I can't believe that this is really happening! (Aim for the role of 'Mark Cohen' Michael! *yeah that's the spirit!) 

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to smile is to be happy... because a smile is worth a memory :')

Heeeh, cutest & sweetest. Thanks loves! =))

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"You're what you own... You're not alone"

What You Own - Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal (RENT)

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Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes (Now you sing the rest)

Thank you Jonathan Larson for the wonderful musical :)

I want to be a part of the musical, *someday :D hahaha! 

Seasons of Love (RENT)

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Exactly two years ago, director Marie Jamora’s drunken New Year’s Resolution was to finally finish the film that had been gestating in her mind the last 9 years. That same party, she asked her friend Ramon De Veyra to co-write the script with her.

Exactly one year ago, the skeleton crew of Ang Nawawala (What Isn’t There) spent their New Year’s Eve working, filming the fireworks seen on Marie Jamora’s roof. We had no actors yet, we just had the principal crew members. We spent our Christmas days stuck in traffic jams, taking guerilla 2nd unit Christmas footage of night markets and dressed-up houses, our cameras set up on pickup trucks.

Since then, it’s been a crazy 365 days. We made our film and shared it with you — in the Cinemalaya festival, in your schools, even theatrically across the country. We moshed with you during our ANG NAGWAWALA afterparty. We even gave you our official motion picture soundtrack.

We know what 2013 will bring. We’re taking our labor of love overseas to share it with even more people. Our international premiere will be in Slamdance in January. In Feb, you’ll be able to hold the Ang Nawawalang Soundtrack as a vinyl record in your hands, made in the US of A. You will be seeing more live music videos from your favorite artists who performed in the film. And, most importantly, we will be releasing our DVD.

It would never have been the same without YOU, the viewer. YOU = the folks who have helped us out all the way: from our cast and crew, to our families and friends, and to everyone else who has been wonderful to us.

This has all been a lesson on how keeping your New Year’s Resolutions can change your lives.

So, as the fireworks burst through the sky and the clocks reset, and you *may* hear Ric Manrique’s “Kung Ikaw Ay Pag-Ibig” in the background, we hope you whisper your dreams to yourself and spend all of next year making them come true.

Love,

The Ang Nawawala (What Isn’t There) Team

P.S. As a HAPPY NEW YEAR message, we the Ang Nawawala Team say (once again) “HIGH FIVE!” (translation: “APIR!”). Keep safe with those darn fireworks, guys. The government has even made an acronym for it (check photo above).

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Paalam 2012. Hello 2013.

At dahil mag-ne-new year na, at hindi naman ako gaano nagpopost dito sa Tumblr, magpopost ako ng summary ng isa sa mga mabibigat na taon ng buhay ko. Mabigat, magaan, hindi ko maipaliwanag dito, pero masaya ako kahit sa dami ng mga dumaang bagyo ngayong taon (isama na natin si Sendong), nanatili akong matatag at patuloy na ginagampanan ang tungkulin ko bilang estudyante, anak, kapatid, kaibigan, ka-ibigan, at syempre, bilang ama... Pero syempre joke lang yung ama. 

Nakita ko lang kanina yung storyboard namin dun sa MyPhone commercial na ginawa namin, yung dugo't pawis na pinaghirapan ng Likhamahinasyon. Nakakatuwa lang isipin na mag-iisang taon na pala yon. Masasabi kong napakaganda ng pasok ng taon ng 2012 para sa amin noong panahon na yon. Kahit bilang namin yung mga gabing hindi kami natutulog, para lang mabuo namin yung concept ng buong commercial. Wish ko para sa Likhamahinasyon sa darating na 2013, ay makagawa pa kami ng mga short films tulad ng ginagawa namin noon, sana mabuo kaming muli sa mga susunod na projects na gagawin namin. Para kay Jake, Viel, Rasty, JD, at Elwin, mabuhay tayo! 

Itong 2012, hindi lang ako ang nabigatan sayo, syempre, ang buong pamilya ng hardware namin na nagsarado nung September. Sobrang napakabigat sa akin yung pagkawala ng hardware store namin. Sa 13 years kong nakatira doon, masasabi kong nalanghap ko na lahat ng samu't-saring polusyon ng kalsada, pero kahit ganon, masaya ako pati ang pamilya naming nanirahan doon. Kaya napakalaking kawalan sa akin/amin ng hardware store namin. 

Pana-panahon ng pagkakataon, maibabalik ba ang kahapon?

Kanlungan - Noel Cabangon 

Sa taong 2013, patuloy na pinagdadasal ko na matuloy na ulit ang bagong simula para pinaplanong pagtatayo ulit ng hardware store, pero syempre hindi na Lee San Utmost ang pangalan haha! :)

School? Wala naman akong naging problema sa MCL, meron pala, pero kaunti lang, kung ano man yon, sana maayos na, ayaw ko naman na naghihiwa-hiwalay ang relationship ng isang pamilya ng mga matitinik at malikhaing MMA. Para sa mga OHW-tistics! sa mga MMA Friends, sa mga kaibigan ko sa MCL, sa mga future friends, at sa mga professor na patuloy na sumusuporta sa amin, sana maganda ang pasok ng 2013 para sa ating lahat, lalo na sa mga ka-batch ko at dahil 3rd na kami, isang taon nalang at maghihiwa-hiwalay na kami. Para sa mga gra-graduate sa May 2013, sana maging matagumpay kayo sa kung anong tatahakin ninyong landas, wag lang magdu-drugs. Bad yon. :)

Chocolate Coffee Men, kailan ba tayo ulit makukumpleto? Okay naman yung reunion nung December 22, nagkulang lang ng isa, pero okay lang, marami pang mga susunod na pagkakataon. Lumalaki na tayo mga poging alagad ni Marie (namiss ko tuloy magpagupit don, hahaha!) Basta kahit anong mangyari, kahit magkakalayo tayo, mabubuo ulit tayo, yung kumpletong kumpleto, gusto ko na nga ulit magreunion eh, pero para may drama, patagalin muna natin, mga isang taon pa ulit hahaha! :)

At syempre, hinding hindi ko makakalimutan tong taong to, *kilig sabay hampas sa katabi. Syempre si Loves. Hindi ko alam kung paano ko sisimulan tong paragraph na'to dahil nalulunod na ako sa kilig eh. Pero natandaan ko yung sinugod ko yung klase ni Sir Jet at binigyan ko siya ng bulaklak, haha, may video pa nga yun eh, naka'y Jualayba ata. Nais ko lamang na magpasalamat kay Lord na biniyayaan niya ako ng napakabait, napakasweet, napakaloving na taong nagpabago ng buhay ko, kahit na jeje (haha! joke lang loves! :>) mahal na mahal ko yan ;) Para sa darating na 2013, lalampasan natin lahat ng pagsubok na madadaanan natin at sabay nating haharapin yang mga yan, at mas papatatagin natin ang relasyon nating dalawa at ang pag-ibig na nakapaloob sa ating dalawa. I love you Chabs :)

Sa dami ng mga nangyari sa akin ngayong taon, nais ko lamang na magpasalamat sa Diyos sa pagbibigay sa akin ng hininga sa paggising ko araw-araw, at sa mga biyayang natatanggap ko, ng pamilya, ng mga kaibigan, dahil Ikaw lang naman ang nagsisilbing takbuhan ko sa tuwing ako'y may problema, nalulungkot, at kung hindi dahil Sa'yo, wala ako sa mundong ito, kaya't buong buhay Kitang pasasalamatan at hinding-hindi magbabago ang pananampalataya ko sayo :)

Sobrang daming kong natutunan at napuna ngayong taong ito, na hindi lamang ito ang taon na magiging mabigat para sa atin, marami pa tayong pagsubok na haharapin at kailangan lang natin ay ang matinding pagsisikap at patuloy na manampalataya sa Kanya, at lahat ng mga pagsubok na iyon ay mahahawi.

At dahil mayroon na lamang na dalawa't kalahating oras, nais ko kayong batiin na  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Ingat lamang sa mga paputok, kung magpapaputok man. Siguro mapapadalas na ako dito sa Tumblr sa mga susunod na araw. Na-miss ko eh :)

Maraming Salamat, at...

  -Maykol

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A Reason to Smile

"To smile is to love,

And for everyone to have.

To smile is to share,

As we cheer up and care.

To smile is to believe,

All the blessings we receive.

To smile is to see,

What anyone can be.

To smile is to forget,

The things you most regret.

To smile is change

Yourself locked-up in chains.

To smile is to be free

In all the madness you see.

To smile is to enjoy,

Like you're playing with a toy.

To smile is to be real,

Showing others what you feel.

And to smile is to be happy,

Because a smile is worth a memory...

Just a poem written by yours truly ;) 

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