February 2012 – antoinette jadaone, filmmaker, manila, ph

Ninong Oscar

I’m watching the Oscars right now, and I’m thinking, fuck, I want a standing ovation someday. And maybe, at Sundance.

Traydor ang mga alaala. Magpapaalam sa’yo hanggang makalimot ka. Pero eksakto. Sa puntong sinabi mo na sa sarili mong wala ka nang isasaya pa, lilitaw siyang muli. Na mula sa malayo pa lang ay kilalang-kilala mo na. At paglapit nito sa’yong harapan, babalik ka sa pamilyar na lugar. At ikaw ay mamamatay na naman. Tuloy,…

1. Sing in a band, or sing on a stage in front of a lot of people. SEMI-DONE! (February 2016, at the OTWOL cast party)
2. Visit Easter Island in Chile.
3. Visit the Great Wall of China.
4. Party in New York.
5. Watch a play in Broadway. - DONE! (March 2016)
6. See the Mona Lisa. - DONE! (February 2014)
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! - DONE! (August 2014, 3rd Prize, Dulang Pampelikula)
11. Publish a book. - DONE! (August 2015, The Arrow With a Heart Pierced Through Him)
12. Gumawa ng isang malaking painting and hang it on my sala's wall.
13. Deliver a memorable commencement speech.
14. Watch Sarah Kaye or Bassey Ikpi do spoken word live in New York.
15. Get a standing ovation for my film.
16. See the Kremlin in Russia.
17. See The Bean in Chicago. DONE! (March 2016)
18. See Macchu Picchu.
19. Watch an NBA game live.
20. Direct a Piolo-Juday film.
21. Do a Paris film.
22. Rotteram or Clairmont-Ferrand! ! !
23. Have a flight upgraded to business class by face value hihi
24. Meet Judith Weston.
25. Watch an Alanis Morisette concert.
26. Meet Brian Andreas.
27. Meet Jason Reitman or Charlie Kauffman.
28. Holy Land pilgrimage for Mama and Papa.
29. See the aurora borealis.
30. Sky-dive in Dubai.
31. Ride a hot air balloon.
32. Buy a farm for Mama and Papa.
33. See the pyramids in Egypt.
34. See the Taj Mahal in India.
35. See the Hagia Sophia in Turkey.
36. See the Pope. - DONE! (September 2015)
37. See the Sagrada Familia. - DONE! (February 2015)
38. Ride the gondola in Venice. - DONE! (April 2012)
39. See the Parthenon in Athens. - DONE! (2011)
40. Walk the Great Wall of China.
41. See the Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.
42. Watch an Olympic game live.
43. See the Niagara Falls in New York or Canada.
44. Write a letter to Juliet in Verona.
45. Write something for Mama and Papa.
46. See the Eiffel Tower. - DONE! (February 2014)
47. See the Macchu Piccu in Peru.
48. See the Stonehenge in England.
49. Walk across Abbey Road in London.
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