random work

I made this piece earlier this morning and of course, I used watercolor as my medium. I don’t like her skirt, though. The color looks dull, so I’ll make another version of this someday. I hope I don’t forget. The shade of brown is just awful, it reminds me of those smelly, tattered, leather seats found in old cars.

Downtime sounds

Bagong music discovery.

Na aalala ko ang Feist pero mas trip ko tunog ni Bat for Lashes. Ok naman sa akin si Feist; kaso, masyadong masaya si Feist, parang pinakain ng sangkaterbang Hallmark cards. Mas trip ko ‘to, dark ‘yong tunog. Masaya pakinggan pag malamig ang panahon at pag hinihintay sumikat ang araw.
Trenta na pala si Natasha Khan. Amazing.

Mga tugtog masayang pakinggan pag wala masyadong ginagawa:

Sarap damitan ‘yong babae.

Matagal na akong nakikinig ng Bossanova. Kapanahunan kasi yan ng mga magulang ko, lalo na si Mama, bagets yun noong dalaga pa siya. Lagi siya nagpapatugtog ng Sergio Mendes, Jorge Benjor, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto et al. Kung gusto niyo ng Bossa, check out ninyo yung Red Hot Rio na album. Maganda ang selection ng mga artists dun. Mahilig din siya makinig ng mga jazz at blues. Kaya familiar din ako sa mga kanta nina Billie Holiday, Ella Fritzgerald, Louie Armstrong atbp. Basta mahilig siya makinig ng music. Basta may tugtog, oks siya. Pinanood niya kami ng Cabaret tapos na realized namin ng kapatid ko (malaki na kami), di pala pambata yun.

Si Papa naman, mas into country at classical music siya. Kung rock n roll man, Elvis at Beatles. Pero gusto niya si Lady Gaga, Abba, Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus (nyack) at…Kenny Rogers–yung singer, di ‘yong restaurant.

Pero kung meron man gusto si Mama na hindi ko talaga nagustuhan, yun ay (ok pa sa akin ang Manhattan Transfer), Air Supply.

Because Christmas is not limited to a box wrapped in fancy paper

“Christmas has become such a stressful time because we feel obliged to give, and to do that, we have to battle traffic and crowds at malls and end up living with holiday grumpiness rather than cheer.”

-Michael Tan, “Thanksgiving” from his column, Pinoy Kasi

Read the rest here.