Mixtape Project

Hi Friendlies!

Just wanted to announce something special I came up with yesterday.

The Mixtape Project.
It's a kind of themed daily drawing project where I asked people to suggest their favorite (or whatever comes to mind first) love songs, then I'll draw/illustrate my own interpretation of the song they suggested. So for the entire month of February, I'll be busy on my spare time with this playlist created by my friends!

1. Something Stupid - Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman (Jekko)
2. You and Me - Lifehouse (Dionne)
3.Sunburn - Owl City (Rini)
4.So Close - Jon Mclaughin (Bea)
5.Time After Time - Cindy Lauper (Auds)
6.Ever The Same - Rob Thomas (Eveth)
7.Best I Ever Had - Vertical Horizon (Joseph)
8.Simple, Starving to be Safe - Daphne Loves Derby (Mitz)
9.Close to You - Carpenters (Jonski)
10. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (Nicole)
11.I don't want to set the world on fire - Ink Spots (Arianne)
12.Stick Around - Azure (Gon)
13.kahit anong kanta ni april boy (mark)
14. You've Got me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger - Beth Rowley (Anna)
15. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis (Dom)
16. Hiling - Silent Sanctuary (Just)
17.Sen No Yoru Wo Koete - Bleach OST (Jewel)
18. Never Lose Your Heart - Noel Pointer (Sir Rags)
19. Pag-Ibig Ko'y Metal - Jograd dela Torre (Irish)
20. More than Words - Guru Pitka (Robin)
21. Terrified - Zach Levi & Kath McPhee (Makel)
22. Vanilla Twilight - Owl City (Xtian)
23. By Chance (You and I) - JRA (Jommel)
24. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz (Miah)
25. If You Ever Come Back - The Script (Kaye)
26. Blue Skies - Noah and the Whale (Faye)
27. Sana - Shamrock (Jeffrey)
28. Tonight I Give In - Angela Boliff  (CJ)
29. I See the Light - Mandy Moore & Zach Levi (Gerik)

For those who'll probably keep on suggesting even if it's too late, no worries...I'll still draw them if I have spare time but on a more smaller scale. I can't wait to work on these songs that came in...it gave me a reason to look forward to the month of love! LOLZ.

Also you can still change your mind up until the day before your list number...so yeah! Oh well...hopefully I can finish every single love song.

**Little Mixtapes (The ones that didn't make it to the list)
_Your Arms Around Me - Jens Lekman (Kelly)
_One Night - The Corrs (Becks)
_Stigmatized - The Calling (Cayel)
_Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frank Valli (Karla)
_I Just Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Buble (Ness)
_By My Side - David Choi (Rom)
_Til They Take My Heart Away - Claire Marlow (Mom)*
_I Love You More Today Than Yesterday - Goldfinger (Jem)*
_Don't Know What to Say - Ric Segreto (Noel)
_When I Fall In Love - Nat King Cole (Auntie)
_You First Believed - Hoku (Ate Mhelle)

*finished

because love is so hardcore...

goodbyes and new beginnings

Spending the last night in my first workplace. Lots of wonderful memories are within these walls; from lessons learned to feelings suppressed...to hushed mumbles and loud bouts of laughter and jokes. It's funny how just last year...around Jan 31, I tagged along with Eveth to go for a tour at the place where we hope to get hired...and at that very same day we instantly got in!

It's amazing to think that I've always wanted to be in Cubao ever since I got aware of CubaoX. Now I can manage not to get lost in the area at least! LOL. (It's pretty ironic now that I think of it since we rarely visited CubaoX actually haha! but oh well)

I honestly don't want to leave because the place has become like second home to us. But well, the only thing permanent in this life is change...and change brings growth...and you can say that our studio is growing. Hehe...so now...it's time to move to bigger pastures and our ship is headed for South -- to Makati. I feel a bit of dread at the thought...but maybe I'm just nervous.

Oh well...cheers, Balete Drive...thank you for making my 2011 a blast. :)

To Makati and beyond!

Beliefs...

doesn't hurt when you see it
as much as the naysayers ask or claim
of how stupid we are for believing in a 2000 year old 'myth'
is how much we wonder why they believe what they believe
if we look back, His history is older than what we know
and yet we all act like we're smarter than the old.
why are we so smart?
why is everybody a wise ass?
somehow i fear for the day
things will definitely turn and people will say
that the white be black and the black be white;
blinded by the proud gray areas they have in their mind.
i think there is no harm to voice out what we believe;
it's just the same as how much some people believe it's worth mocking
and get celebrated for bashing what someone trusts in.
sincere people respect each other.
those angry people should look closer
because not all are mocking
not all are judging
not all are so cruel as they claim.
besides, just like you, we only call out
in order to find those who will listen and stay;
just like what you're doing whenever you shout 'lies!'
it's fine, okay. we respect that. just don't ever cross the line...
the difference from offensive and irrational to intellectual and respectable
maybe the reason it hits the core is because a part of you knows its true?
push it away for all i care, no one's forcing you.
really. o_o

---
Just wondering about stuff...and how some people comment. Maybe i'm being too sensitive on the matter. But then again, why are they being so touchy on the subject too?

In an age where opinions are just all out in the open, be it twitter or facebook. I'm amazed at the level people have reached in burning each others' opinions and beliefs. And bothered by how 'hated' sensitive topics are in public media. It's like...the hatred is more celebrated. It's not balanced anymore. I can't help but wonder as well, as to why there are a lot of people nowadays so bent on convincing they're the gods of their own lives.

I don't know. Sure, there's nothing wrong with celebrating our strengths and weaknesses as humans...but it i must admit, i miss those days that we people knew our place in this world. Somehow, now...it's like...we don't -- even if we're at the brink of realizing the 'peak' of our qualities as a humanity, why does it feel like we're all circling down the drain?

sketches

foinalleh!!! some sketches to welcome the new year...blogpost-wise. haha! meh. it's some cool sketchprogram you use online...give it a shot here!!:  http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/

yours truly...in her workspace

Sleeping Awake

A senseless post it might seem.
But funny how deep it was a while ago in my train of thought
Full of meaning, full of promise
Now it's all lost in the vast sea of memories
Long forgotten...hopefully to come ashore someday

Soon, hopefully, when eternity passes by

For now I close my eyes
And wonder about worlds beyond my own
Just to simply forget...
Or perhaps just simply
To make you stop and wonder
If I'm merely asleep, or purposely dreaming.

Life split into two
Wondering which one is true
One breathed into life
One drawn to life
And yet...one remains as it is
The other never content with who she is

Such is life through glasses split by white
With pink in front
and blue behind....
Will you invent a word for me?
So as much to make me sputter with glee?

But what is glee exactly?
Only but a form of shallowness, with pun intended.
Or perhaps one that makes us sing
And my helpless implication of puns keep a-pourin'

The words flow
But nothing changes...


I'm filled with philosophy, with no conclusions.

New Year Finds

First of all...

Happy New Year!

As a present...I stumbled upon new musical inspirations.

In Christ Alone - Owl City




Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (cover)


Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye


Settle Down - Kimbra


Eyes Wide Open - Gotye


Enjoy them my friends as much as I have. Really amazing artists! :D
As for drawing, since I'm sure you're all looking forward for some of my new stuff -- which I do have in my pockets by the way -- but you'll have to wait until probably the end of the month. I'm currently working on a project...that I plan to keep secret until I'm done with it to prevent myself from jinxing it and not finishing the project, which will turn into another set of failures I'll dump in my failure box....so...yeah. I seriously don't want that. haha!

That's all for now~ toodles!