To remind me that I should never stop to create 1: My bentsingko ring, 2010-ish

100 Things to Do Before I Die (in no particular order)

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1. Sing in a band, or sing on a stage in front of a lot of people.
2. Visit Easter Island.
3. Visit the Great Wall of China.
4. Party in New York.
5. Watch a play in Broadway.
6. See the Mona Lisa.
7. Have a song I wrote played on the radio.
8. Get a tattoo of my own artwork.
9. Have my film screened at Sundance! ! !
10. Win a Palanca!
11. Publish a book.
12. Gumawa ng isang malaking painting and hang it on my sala's wall.
13. Deliver a memorable commencement speech.
14. Watch Sarah Kaye and Bassey Ikpi do spoken word live in New York.
15. Get a standing ovation for my film.

November 28, 2012, 6:46 am
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Circa 2010. Old bentsingko (25-centavo) coin from my lola’s collection of old coins. Silver ring, my own, I haven’t used since high school. I initially used Mighty Bond to stick the coin to the ring but it fell off after one day. I had the ring permanently placed on the ring on a local store. The coin used to be very rusty–the way I like it–but when it was returned to me, I was very, very annoyed to learn that they cleaned the coin–it was gold and shiny like new! Grrrrr! I had to “slide” the front of the coin on top of a candle’s flame several times to bring back its old rusty look. Well, this was the best that I can do. Not as good as how I first saw it but definitely better than gold and shiny.

I’m no artist, but I’m really proud of this.