“I used to think I love you more than I loved him, but now I’m not so sure,” I said, then he said, “Why?”, then I said, “The way I love you now, I don’t think I loved him at all.” Advertisements
Month: March 2012
Sikretong malupit
“Pang-ilang tao po yung iluluto, tinatanong ng catering?” tanong sa’kin. “Pang-20 pax po,” sabi ko. “Ah so sabihin ko po sa catering na pang-20 pax ang iluto?” Ay hindi teh, isikreto mo please, mas nakakabusog yun.
This Never Happened to Me Before
Kapag ako kinasal, ito ang tugtog.
It’s my first international film festival, and I don’t think I’d even be able to see it
My first full-length film is competing at the 14th Udine Far Eastern Film Festival in Italy in April, but poor me, they decided to award the round-trip airfare to my lead star instead of me. I always thought that the director gets the first priority in receiving invitations to personally grace the film festival; it’s…
Eto ‘yung tipong dapat ang ending e “Wala lang, just sharing”
Ang utak ko, sa eksaktong puntong ito, habang tumitilaok ang manok ng kapitbahay kasi 6:05 na ng umaga at hindi pa ako natutulog, may iniisip na isa, dalawa, tatlo, apat, lima, anim, pito, walong magkakaibang mga bagay nang sabay-sabay. Partida, hindi pa ako baliw nyan ha.
“On making your first full-length, and how it breaks your heart”
Note: I wrote this to my high school friends’ (we call our group Bugsy) Facebook group page on one madaling araw of October 2011, days before I shot the awards night sequence, one of the most important scenes in my first full-length film. That scene was the film’s ending, and we had to simulate a…
Opportunities
That guy who said that opportunity knocks only once? He got too eager grabbing the first opportunity that came, went away in a heartbeat, and so when the great opportunities came knocking again, he wasn’t there anymore to answer the door.
Reckless
Cancelling at the last minute a four-day vacation to a country she’s never been because she realized she’d rather spend a day in a place that’s not new, somewhere she’s always been, as long as she’s with him? She’s back to loving recklessly, baby.
RIP Karl Roy
“Mahal, patay na raw si Karl Roy,” sabi ko kay Michael. “Ow? Bakit? Ano ikinamatay?” “Hindi pa sigurado e, pero sabi nung kaibigan ko, may tubig daw sa baga?” “Ahhhh. Parang ganun din yata nangyari kay Edwin.” “Nakakalungkot talaga… Naalala ko pa yung mga napuntahan kong mga concert na nandun din siya. Nakakagulat.” “Ahhhh.” “Pero…
