A little thing called "Faith"

As I waited for my brother to pick me up at the UST Hospital, I sat outside the Cancer Institute. Like any other average Psych student, I observed people and tried figuring out their stories.  I took my phone and started writing this. 

The point of realization:
Nowadays, there are several online campaigns and like pages on Facebook about Cancer victims. I don't really hit the like button or  share the pages. Well, I guess I think that's not enough to be able to make a difference. 

Don't just LIKE and SHARE, make a difference by doing ACTUAL HELP!

Cancer: it's a disease which kills not only the mortal human body, but also tries to terminate our delicate faith; to destroy our hopes and slaughter our spirit.

I admire families who evoke constant support, battling together with the victim in order to win over a strong curse...

Let us help in promoting strength in believing that everything will be fine. 

Support a cause, HELP!
It only takes an ample amount of tears, a dose of love and care, a soul sprinkled with prayers, and trust in GOD. Believe me, WE CAN SURVIVE! 

You can check out this website if you wish to give assistance and donations to people fighting cancer:

http://www.cifphil.org/programs.htm

Please do check out this blog:
http://www.miofightscancer.com/

You can buy unique iPhone cases here too :)
because I'm not a big fan of CAUSE like pages...I'm going to buy an iPhone case instead. Let your centavos save a life! 

Teenage Dream No More

A week before my 20th birthday, my sister called me. She asked what I wanted for my birthday.

"A simple family dinner will do," I answered.

Too bad, my sister and brother couldn't make it to my pre-birthday family lunch. So, I had lunch at Conti's with my other sister and dear father. Wish granted! ROAST BEEF!!! Best food on earth next to inihaw na Liempo

Perfect pre-birthday lunch! Not to mention, BOTTOMLESS LEMONADE!
I also  grabbed the chance to buy a gift for my friend, Faye Rayos.

My phone's fucked up with text messages and notifications before and after September 17 came. Well, I felt like a celebrity for days =))

I only managed to answer a few tweets, special phone calls via Viber, and voice messages via Voxer. As for the wallposts, I was kinda choosey =)) I only like highly-personalized wallposts...especially the ones with pictures of "me."


I welcomed my birthday practicing the art of cramming. I had tons of quizzes and homeworks on my very special day :((

Anyway, I went to school early to work on my homework :|

Mimi gave me this Cookies and Cream Joe Monkey milktea

MY FAVORITE!!! And I wasn't even expecting anything from Mimi =)) thank youuuu Mimi! She was a little less of a bitcheza that day =))  I also realized that Mimi's a sweet person =)) She also sent me 3 weird voice messages :)) quite annoying

Cookies and Cream Milk tea from Mimi

Got a new iPhone case too from Luzzy :)
ONE WORD: GAY.
But, thanks to Luzzy!!!

Food from Faye! naubos agad before my birthday ended =))
sobrang sulit! thanks Faaaaaye!

After almost 4 years, I finally had the chance to swipe my UST I.D. and listen to the "happy birthday" greeting. THANK YOU UST! :))

I  also got the chance to have a picture with Sir Padilla and Senora Canizares 

After my 7p.m. classes, I had a night out with my highschool buddies. We went to Tomas Morato for some fine dining. NAAAAKS!
We ate at ALBA Restaurante Espanol, a Spanish restaurant. A+ for the food!!! we had a sumptuous meal...and I had the chance to show-off my Spanish skills =))

Janina and I

Ikee and Michelle

During our dinner, the rain poured so hard. And as we exited the restaurant...the flood was already knee-level :((
My car fought the gallant floods and heavy rains! HUHUHU

Glad that we came home safe! I spent the rest of the night with my best buddies.

A week after my birthday...
I had my post-birthday family dinner together with my ate, kuya, and selected JGSH staffs at City Buffet

got this picture from my brother

with my favorite co-pirates!

Still, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Thank you everyone!

Gunter

So much  for art therapy!

ORIGINAL VERSION

I made this painting for my friend's birthday. But I didn't give it :|

Anyway, I used watercolor in painting this.
Here are the processed versions:

GRUNGED VERSION

POSTERIZED VERSION

PENCIL SKETCH VERSION

There's really nothing special about this artwork; just the reason why I made it.

For the record, this is for Louise Bueser, and I hope she gets well soon :)

Art Therapy No.1

I've been busy this past months. Senior year's kinda tough! I've decided to focus on my academics before 4th year started. I gave up on writing, music, and visual arts. But you know what? there's still this part of me that forever belongs to art. 

Actually, my co-intern at Science  Guidance and Counseling quite inspired me in doing these artworks. She's such a DARK KNIGHT fan! =))

Here's the original watercolor Batman that I made:

This one is very simple. I finished this one in approximately 6 minutes.

I prepared some newspapers and placed it on the carpet inside my room. I used a simple "tabo" and a set of kiddie watercolor.

I took a picture of  my painting using my phone. 
I had too see the negative version of the painting to determine the perfect balance on how to "bleach" my painting.

Then, I bleached my painting for a "washed out" effect.

And of course, if there's a Batman...there should be a JOKER! 
I made this one a couple of minutes ago. I just used two of my Sharpie fine point permanent marker.