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CINEMA
My humble beginnings in cinema
Today I commemorate a decade since the world premiere of my first feature film Limbunan (Bridal Quarter) at the Cinema…
ART
Street art across the globe
Street art (sometimes graffiti art or independent public art) has garnered legitimacy in the art world recently thanks to …
CULTURAL NOTES
The business of fear
Serpentine creatures abound in many cultures. (Photo courtesy of Mythology Wiki) It has been theorized that during a …
WRITING LIFE
Archipelago of stars
I have received a few messages on Facebook inquiring about my biography and the origins of my writing life. These came …
BOOKS
Lockdown reading list
I have a confession to make. I have not been reading novels lately. The last novel I read was We The Animals by Justin…
LIFE HACKS
Life skills children can learn this year
This photo of a rice pounder in Bandung, Indonesia (1908) is reminiscent of the rice pounding tradition of the Moro …
Qiyamah
Qiyamah (The Reckoning) is my third film. It won best film in the Young Critics Circle of the Philippines Citation f…
LIFE HACKS
Digital decluttering
I decided to embark on a digital decluttering project while on quarantine. The objectives are mainly to organize my …
CINEMA
Recreating sound and look in a period film
When I was pitching Masla A Papanok (Bird of History), I was asked the question, "What does the bird look lik…
BLOGGING MATTERS
An ugly truth about blog monetization
So I resumed my blog after an absence of five years. I noticed some changes in the blogging landscape. For some of …
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