on ondoy

okay, ondoy has left already. the damage it has left us is really too much. because of the floods+mud, the whole metro's blanketed with dust and heaps of trashes. telling that it's not a sight to see is TRULY an understatement (or an understatement of an understatement.)

i'm glad that both public and private sector has mobilized. a few weeks ago, facebook was flooded with photo tags. but now, it is also flooded with initiatives coming from anyone lending their hands to help the victims of ondoy. twitter has been the means of the tweeple to communicate with relatives in and out of the country.

i just noticed that private efforts are more visible and felt than the government's action. it be really a gasgas already to speak of the government lacking the means and measures during this time of trouble. focus, help and proper recognition should be given to individuals who are willing to help. i just hope that this movement of ours would be felt too during elections since we realized now that we have so much to do with our country.

and that's all. let's pray for the families who lost their loved ones due to ondoy's onslaught and the nation's recovery.

open letter to you

You,

i just want to know, what happened? is there something wrong with you and me?

i just feel weird when i'm around you, coz you make it feel like it.

has there been a drastic change? i haven't, i guess.

i could have said something wrong and not conscious about it, but i guess you could have let me know about it.

sincerely,

me

what's up with this friend?

she kept me online til this hour. talking about music, and other stuff. well, i guess that's the answer. i'm starting to like our conversations. it's been years na puro music lang ang pinag-uusapan ng ganito katagal. matagal-tagal na rin talaga.

i actually never expected that we have a common ground. almost the same type of music.and a little bit when it comes to film.

i smell trouble...

that session, sir alexis

sir, i would like to thank you for making me more open to films. i can still remember the time when you substituted our prof for around three to four sessions. those sessions when i wished that i should have taken your course. the session when you let us watch the short, entitled cataract/or katarakt - that until now, i haven't found online and haven't thought of the spelling.

but that session, that session. it opened me to become more appreciative of short and/or indie films. i had always dreamed of becoming a film-maker; trying my best when i was in high school to come up with an "indie" film, coz i once thought that a short indie film is totally pointless, it's a film that you feel like you doing. and after that session, i was completely wrong.

that session,sir. a short film, or any film i believe (unless it's made by a director not worthy of any "prestigious" government award)is not just about making one. malabo, i know. there should always be a point (or a point about being pointless). films are not done out of whims.

that session, i guessed, was conspired by the heavens to teach me that films are done in a very complex manner. that films should be seen with a really wide and open eyes - leaving all biases. tremendous amount of effort is used to produce a combination of stills. though you try to hide the meaning, it should be understood well by the audience. completely different to my point of view.

that session, though may be seen as little of little importance but to me it means a lot. i would try my best to make myself not to believe that you are now lost and gone forever. cause you are not. your legacy would continue. mabuhay ang pelikulang filipino.