My first post for 2012! Yay!

Guys, do you still remember my post about Jogakbo? Of course you do! It was second to my last entry for 2012. Not so long ago right?!This post is actually related to that.

Last January 19, Thursday,  KCC  had given me the opportunity to attend their special class to learn how to make a Korean miniature fortune pouch to celebrate Seollal, The Korean New Year! The fortune pouch is a very commonly used motif in traditional Korean craft items, representing representing wealth, abundance, and fortune.The class started at 6pm but I arrived at 6:30 and everyone is almost on their half-way of the procedure but thanks to Hayan for helping me out.

Today, im gonna share to you how to make a Korean miniature fortune pouch. Sorry for the not so alluring photos. I just used my camera’s phone which is not so awesome for photos. haha

What you need:

1. Korean cloth

2. pins , needle and thread

3. Pattern

4. Pair of scissors

5. this…

6. and this…

How to do it:

1.Fold cloth in half so top sides are facing each other.

2.Measure 1cm from each end and fold outward.

3.Place a paper pattern on cloth and trace the pattern.

Thanks again to Hayan and KCC

Today is our last day with you. And I am very grateful that your gonna leave us now. The first ride with you wasn’t a good journey at all. You started it with sorrow leaving me so much pain and still bearing the agony. Nevertheless, thank you for teaching me to appreciate every moments with my loved ones especially my family. Thank you for the another year i spent with my current work despite of my desire of moving out.  Thank you that you make bawi on me later on. With you I met new friends and family who shared happiness, trying to replace the sorrow in my heart. You gave me several great memories and would like to highlight the following: With you I finally  met my favourite musician in the world-Marie Digby. It wasn’t just twice but 5 times! THANK YOU and with you I became a white belter and im so proud of that!

It wasn’t a smooth ride after all but THANK you. Yet sorry to say, i dont wanna go back with you again. But dont yah worry, i’ll say goodbye to you as nice as i can lol

Yours truly,

criticalpinaymaxims

Dear year of the dragon,

I don’t wanna make this longer. Just wanna say a few words for you. First of all, WELCOME to our life. I wish we will be in good terms in most of the times. If you gonna make us feel the sadness ,please dont be cruel like year 2011.  I don’t know what would be our stories but im praying that it would be a happy ending.

Yours truly,

criticalpinaymaxims

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This has been a good year for criticalpinaymaxims.wordpress.com in terms of site stat. Meaning to say i got more readers. And i would like to say sorry to all of you for not updating it lately. I wasn’t passionate enough to post.  But i’ll promise that you can expect for more on 2012. HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! May you all have  a safe celebration. Thank  you for spending time reading my site. With a great numbers on site stat, hopefully on 2012 it’ll be the time to hear your thoughts-COMMENTS!!! CHEERS!

“Jogakbo generally refers to the Korean traditional patchwork and is an expression of the Korean women’s sense of beauty and creativity. Having been passed down from generations for six centuries, this craft has been used mainly to create various household items and are usually sourced from leftover clothes.”

Bojagi, literally means a cloth of wrapping is the most quintessential boudoir craft. It is commonly employed in everyday household objects as well as to keep objects safe.

Jogakbo, the most characteristic style of Bojagi, consists of small pieces of cloth and is formed with a wide range of fabrics with geometrical patchwork designs. By mixing and matching small pieces of square or rectangular cloth, Korean women have created Jogakbo for daily purposes as wedding gifts and household decorations. Jogakbo is one of the artworks that illustrate the distinctive feature of Korean traditional needlework.

These boudoir craft varies on the shapes (speckled design, or oblique lines), linings (single or double-layered), color (natural dye, embroidered), type (silk, hemp, ramie, cotton) and function (daily usage, special occasions).

Currently on display at the KCC Exhibition Area are works recreated by talented artists and members of the Ssamzisarang Korean Boudoir Craft Research Center. It is an internet-based community of Korean women deeply committed in recapturing the uniqueness of the Korean traditional craft.

Korean Cultural Center of the Philippines Director Hwang, Seong Un said: “The woman of yesterday tirelessly worked on the Jogakbo, sourcing their materials from leftover fabric scraps when resources were scarce. They were able to produce sophisticated works of art and enabled the women to express their aesthetic desires and femininity as manifested in the symmetry and the harmony of colors.”

Jogakbo Artist: Sin Ja Lee

lsj630419@naver.com

Each stitch on the Jogakbo carries an artist’s thoughts and life.

For more photos please click here

Boudoir crafts in Korea express the Korean women’s sense of beauty and creativity. For six hundred years, this craft has been used to create various household items that evoke beauty and color. Boudoir crafts include patchworks, natural dyes, embroidery, traditional knots and wide range of accessories such as pouches, pillow case and pin cushions, among others.

This exhibit is open for public and will run from November 04, 201- February 29, 2012.  Visit Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines at 2F Mancor Corporate Building, 32^nd St. Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.

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As I was shooting the Jogakbo Exhibit, there were Korean media who suddenly interviewed me and asked what and why I like about Korea. Then i learned that It’ll be air on Japan TV on January 2012.

I also asked Marié e if she could play Beauty in Walking away (one of my favorites) later in the show. Unfortuantely she cannot play it since that’s a piano song and she’s restricted to guitar at radio because the studio is usually small.

(photo was grabbed at RX 931′s website)

The Morning Of is a pop/indie/rock band originating from Newburgh,New York. Influenced by Death Cab for Cutie and Dashboard Confessional, the band is formed of 6 members namely Chris Petrosino – Piano/Guitar/Vocals, Rob McCurdy – Guitar/Vocals, Justin Wiley – Vocals/Guitar, Jessica Leplon – Vocals, Dan Celikoyar – Drums/Percussion, and Ryan Jernigan – Bass. The band’s first EP in 2007, Welcome Change. Goodbye Gravity, held a steady spot in the Top 50 best selling albums on Smartpunk.com for six months. They also hold a steady spot on PureVolume’s Top 100, and top 10 in their pop genre. REVERIE was under the band’s first Full Length Album, The World As We Know It in 2008 which was debuted on the U.S. Billboard heatseekers chart at #18and peaked at the #25 pop album on iTunes. Last May 11, 2010, the band released their latest album entitled “The Way I Fell In” with producer Jim Wirt (No Doubt, Jacks Mannequin, Incubus, Hoobstank, The Rocket Summer) which was debuted #10 on the U.S. Billboard heatseekers chart.

The Morning Of is a really good performer that create great music. Im crossing my fingers crossed that soon, the band will perform in my country. Check out their music here.

My favorites

THE WORLDS AS WE KNOW IT:

Dear All,

When I am faced with a seemingly developing problem, my “stress-prevention formula” is to ask myself: “Is it worth the time and effort?” Frequently, the answer is “No.” So I forget all about it. Or if I text or e-mail someone and he/she doesn’t reply, I ask myself: “Is it worth waiting for – the reply?” Frequently, the answer is: “It doesn’t really matter.” Or if something is unattended to, I ask myself: “Is it really important to do it at this time?” Frequently, the answer is: “It doesn’t really matter.” And I leave it at that. Sometimes, I have disagreements with people. I ask myself: “Is it important?” Frequently, the answer is “No; it is not important.”

Then, having the answers, I move on. Later, it will turn out that the answers are correct. Give it a moment, an hour, a day, a week. Months. Years. The answers are correct! The secret is not to do anything immediately, but wait for a while. Events are self-correcting. That’s a Universal Law

I have noticed, after all these years, that people come ang go into/from my life; events come and are gone. They don’t stay! So, it doesn’t really matter. Nothing is permanent. I call this: “energy minimization” . It is also an illusion. A show. A drama of sorts. I found that if one refuses to enter into a scene, then the scene vanishes.

Stress? How do you spell it?

Stress

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience,
raised a glass of water and asked, ‘How heavy is this glass of water?’

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, ‘The absolute weight doesn’t matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem..
If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.’

He continued,
‘And that’s the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
the burden will become increasingly heavy:
and we won’t be able to carry on. ‘

‘As with the glass of water,
you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again..
When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.
So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down: don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you’re carrying now,
let them down for a moment if you can.’

Cheers,

Anna  

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On the lighter note, I am so grateful that there are people who dropped by this on this site. I can’t believe that we’re just beginning the 3rd quarter of the 2011 yet criticalpinaymaxims.wordpress.com already doubled the 2010 total views! look:

huwow! how did i make it? this is why i transferred to wordpress. i can see if this is something worth to spend time with. thank you so much invisible people. this will be more awesome if you leave your message here. fill out the spaces in between. i love hearing from you as well. thank.you.now i am pressured to update this regularly.lol

But lately, I’ve been reading so much about this new craze of drink on twitter- Happy Lemon. When I first heard of it, I was like Happy Lemon? What’s that? Then I googled it and found results of tea- It’s a Tea shop.  Originally from Hong Kong, Happy Lemon was brought to the country last November 2010 by a group of Chinese-Filipino businessmen who have been friends since grade school and college:  Kelvin Gaisano, Kristine Gaisano, Smart Gilas player/TV host Chris Tiu, Andy See, Wesley Pardilla, and Edward Go. It is a drink shop which offers a wide variety of tea (lemon series, fresh tea, milk tea, specialty tea, mousse spin) and coffee drinks. Though im not a tea lover, I really wanted to try this even before since Marié
Digby’s talking about her favorite Happy Lemon drink endlessly on her twitter which is the Milk Tea with Black Pearl Sago. But since it’s only located at Promonade in Grennhills San Juan my Happy Lemon’s first experience definitely took very long. If there’s a place that I really don’t want to go it is in Greenhills. I really hate travelling there. I even declined a job in a Hotel situated in that place because I always feel exhausted travelling there.

When I was in Eastwood last month, I passed by this another Tea shop-Serenitea. I ordered Milk Tea with Black Pearl Sago for me to compare it with Happy Lemon. And at my first sip, I blurted out, “ay tea!” And myself answered, “that’s why sereniTEA” hahaha

Anyway, this is it! Finally! I just had my first Happy Lemon experience on my favorite day yesterday at Eastwood! Yez! They opened their second branch at Eastwood Mall on the top floor and again beside Starbucks. After my flu vaccination, Im very excited heading to the Happy Lemon. Of course I ordered Milk Tea with Black Pear Sago. Here’s my review:

I still have more flavors to try and i’ll be Happy Everyday

This year thirty one digital films in competition, plus more than a hundred in exhibition, new sections, and a second festival venue all make Cinemalaya bigger and better this year.  With the tagline in festival ads beckoning audiences to “See the Unseen”, Cinemalaya films this year tackle such themes as passion, memory, truth, despair, obsession, terror and splendor.

THE FILMS

(Open) Directors Showcase

BISPERAS (EVE) BY JEFFREY JETURIAN

Synopsis: the eve of Christmas, the Aguinaldo family’s residence is burglarized, causing its members to identify stolen items and uncover lingering sentiments they have hidden from each other.  Amidst the tension brought about by the burglary, the Aguinaldo family realizes how treasured sentiments have been lost, relationships have evolved as they arrive from church at a house in shambles.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Tirso Cruz III, Raquel Villavicencio, Julia Clarete, Jennifer Sevilla, Edgar Allan, Aryanna Santiago, Jen Donaire, Kimmy Maclang, Troy De Guzman

 

BUSONG (PALAWAN FATE) BY AURAEUS SOLITO

Synopsis:Punay was born with wounds in her feet so that she cannot step on the earth. Her brother, Angkarang, carries her through a hammock, as he searches the changing landscape of Palawan in hoping to find a healer who can cure Punay. Different people help him carry his sister along the way- a woman looking for her husband, a fisherman who lost his boat and a young man who is searching for himself- and each one meets their fate.

Major Credits:  Cast:Alessandra de Rossi, Dax Alejandro, Clifford Banagale

ISDA (FABLE OF THE FISH) BY ADOLFO BORINAGA ALIX JR.

Synopsis:A couple, Lina and Miguel, move into a dumpsite in Catmon, Malabon from Pangasinan.  As they adjust to their new abode and surroundings, Lina’s longing to have a child of her own intensifies.  Miguel finds a job in a local ice plant while Lina goes with neighbor-scavengers in the nearby dumpster.  But when Miguel gets sick and loses his job, he joins his wife in scavenging.  Lina finds a burned image of St. Peregrine in the dumpsite and keeps it.  Then one day, the news spreads quickly that Lina is pregnant.  When her belly has swollen bigger, Lina gets out of her hut to show the world how a fulfilled woman she is.  Miguel is a more loving husband than ever.  In the middle of a storm, Lina gives birth.  Those who witnessed it were shocked—her son is a fish.  Miguel cannot accept it.  Lina embraces what has happened and treats the fish as her real son.  Strange and surreal moments test Lina’s love for her offspring.  What unfolds is a fable that questions the needs and compromises of a real family.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Cherry Pie Picache’s  as Lina, Bembol Roco as Miguel, Anita Linda as Juling, Rosanna Roces as Dolor, Angel Aquino as Cory, Alan Paule as Turing, Evelyn Vargas as Luz and Arnold Reyes as Jaime.

PATIKUL BY JOEL LAMANGAN JR.

Synopsis:The long-standing conflict between the military forces and the rebel group Abu Sayaff has severely ravaged the poor town of Patikul in Sulu.  Residents have become so accustomed to the armed clashes, that reports of kidnappings and recruitment of young Tausugs to join the rebel groups already became normal news to them.  However, Amman, a 33 year old coffee farmer in Sitio Kan-Ague, continues to believe that there is still hope for their town.  Amman believes that educating his children would change their present situation.  His 9-year old son Fahad is one of Kan-Ague Elementary School’s top students.  Fahad’s brilliance and perseverance have led him to represent his school in the annual regional quiz bee.  Joined by his best friend Alelie, Fahad goes through rigorous training under Michael Balmes, the principal of Kan-Ague Elementary School.  Michael is one of the few volunteer teachers who walk daily through a dangerous path just to get to Kan-Ague.  Michael’s constant encouragement and persistence to educate the kids in Kan-Ague gives new promise to the residents of Kan-Ague.  However, this hope becomes short-lived after a relative of one of the volunteer teachers dies in an armed encounter between the army and rebels.  Little did the residents know that this incident would lead to the death of their beloved principal and, for fear for their own safety, force the teachers to abandon the students of Kan-Ague.  The town’s worsening situation compels Amman to take action and convince his co-parents to find a solution, but Amman soon discovers that this won’t be an easy task.  Most of the parents are reluctant to cooperate, and he finds no support from the local government.  Amman is now faced with two choices:  capitulate to the brutality of war or find a way to make the teachers go back to the classrooms of Kan-Ague to teach their children once again.

Major Credits:  Cast:Mark Gil, Nonie Buencamino, Garry Lim, Efren Reyes Jr., Spanky Manikan, Dido Delapaz, Archi Adamos, Ermie Concepcion, Lui Manansala, Patricia Ismael, Tuxs Rutaquio, John Arceo, Ku Aquino, Roli Inocencio, Acey Aguilar, Amante Pulido, Nico Antonio, Lowell Conales, Ivy Rivero, Xavi Hemady, Wovi Villanueva, Bryan Cabase, Akira Sapla, Michelle Nollora

(Full Length) New Breed

AMOK BY LAWRENCE FAJARDO

Synopsis:The bustling and sweltering rugged intersection of Pasay Rotonda serves as the main setting for this story of interconnected fate and destiny.  As a raging man’s bullets strays into different directions, the fate of several different characters are sealed and determined.  As the temperature rises, the tension escalates and the story unravels with unforgiving immediacy and explodes in the end as each one struggles to survive and escape their inevitable end.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Mark Gil, Nonie Buencamino, Garry Lim, Efren Reyes Jr., Spanky Manikan, Dido Delapaz, Archi Adamos, Ermie Concepcion, Lui Manansala, Patricia Ismael, Tuxs Rutaquio, John Arceo, Ku Aquino, Roli Inocencio, Acey Aguilar, Amante Pulido, Nico Antonio, Lowell Conales, Ivy Rivero, Xavi Hemady, Wovi Villanueva, Bryan Cabase, Akira Sapla, Michelle Nollora

ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK (THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK)BY MARLON RIVERA AND CHRIS MARTINEZ

 Synopsis:Ang Babae sa Septic Tank chronicles a day in the life of three ambitious, passionate but misguided filmmakers as they set out to do a quick pre-prod at Starbucks, a courtesy call to their lead actress, Eugene Domingo, and an ocular inspection of their film’s major location, the Payatas dumpsite.  Director Rainier, Producer Bingbong and Production Assistant Jocelyn are well-to-do, well-educated film school graduates who are dead set on making an Oscar worthy film.  They believe they have a winning script, the energy and the drive to make their dreams come true.  Like most filmmakers they know, they have devised a screenplay that will show the real essence of our culture: poverty.  In the course of one day, they brainstorm and exhaust all possible treatment of their project: the story of Mila (Eugene Domingo), a mother from the slums, who out of desperation to survive, has sold her child to a pedophile.  As they discuss the possible executions of the story, the movie-within-a-movie gets reborn in Jocelyn’s imagination several times.  As a gritty no frills neo-realist film, as a glossy musical, as an over-the-top melodrama and as a docu drama using non-actors. For their last task of the day, they visit the dumpsite for the first time.  As filmmakers gunning for authenticity, they get excited with the ”beauty” of the squalor around them.  Soon enough, they are faced with reality as they come face to face with the real effects of their chosen subject.  Babae sa Septic Tank is a comedy about misguided ambitions, the art of making art and the romanticization of poverty.

Major Credits:  Cast:Eugene Domingo, JM De Guzman, Kean Cipriano, Cai Cortez, and special participation of Mercedes Cabral and Cherry Pie Picache.

BAHAY BATA (BABY FACTORY)BY EDUARDO ROY JR. AND JEROME ZAMORA

Synopsis:Sarah is a nurse at a Public Maternity Hospital. The hospital is abuzz with pregnant mothers of all shapes and sizes in different stages of labor. The hospital is short on staff on Christmas Day so Sarah is forced to put in a double shift.  Sarah observes the women coming and going in her ward, noting who is a first-timer and who is a veteran. Meanwhile, the wards are overcrowded : two women and their babies sharing single beds while those in labor are spilling unto the hallways. Sarah takes these all in stride, her heart and mind laboring over her own personal pains.

Major Credits: 

Diana Zubiri as SARAH,Yul Servo as PETER (special partipation),Sue Prado as HEIDI,Mailes Kanapi as DR. BALBOA,Pewee O Hara as CORA,Jeoffrey Javier as FROILAN,Janna Tiangco as CATHY,Stella Canete as ROSE,Judith Soriao as MELBA

Orlando Sol as JASPER,Raqs Regalado as GINA,Ronne Contreras as TESS,Paul Santiago as DON,

CUCHERA BY JOSEPH ISRAEL LABAN

Synopsis:Based on a true story, Cuchera is about Filipino drug mules, drug couriers and their recruiters.  It follows the story of Isabel, a veteran drug mule, in her first attempt at running her own drug transshipment operation between Manila and China.  Isabel’s character is based on the story of an actual Filipina drug mule who was caught with eight capsules of heroin lodged in her sex organ, 48 in the rectum and 11 in her abdomen after an x-ray was conducted by Chinese authorities.  Cuchera presents an accurate depiction of how some Filipinos end up becoming entrenched in the world of illegal drugs.  Currently, the Philippines leads all Southeast Asian countries in the number of nationals arrested for drug smuggling charges in China.  As of 2009, there are currently 95 Filipinos languishing in various jails in Chinese territories—four of whom are on death row.  Violators include minors who enter China with fake passports.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Maria Isabel Lopez as Isabel, Simon Ibarra as Samuel, CJ Ramos as Lobo, Paolo Rivero as Enzo, Jon Neri as Jonathan, Sue Prado as Lolita, Isadora as Rosa and Kimmy Fajardo as Clarissa.

I-LIBINGS BY ROMMEL ANDREO SALES

Synopsis:A coming of age story about Isabel’s lessons and realizations on life and death as a funeral videography intern.  Due to her family situation, Isabel is cynical and skeptical of everything that comes her way.  When she enters the I-libings for her required college internship, she sees it as the worst internship her college adviser could suggest to her.  Later as she accumulates her required hours, she realizes that the company is not just a place where videographers make money out of other people’s misfortunes but is a place where the dead and the grieving receive special attention.  It all comes full circle when Isabel is faced with an unusual family tragedy.  Isabel realizes that her internship might have been just 200 hours, but the lessons that the I-libings left her would last a lifetime.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Glaiza de Castro as Isabel Fabros, Rez Cortez as Eddie Fabros, Louella De Cordova as Mely, Marc Abaya as Kuya Boy, Carlo Aquino as JC, Alchris Galura as Harold, Earl Ignacio as Boss Erwin, Dexter Doria as Legal Wife, Osan Reodica as Rachel, GA Villafuerte as Josel Chua, Valkent Darunday as Renato, Gege Severo as Conrad,  Betty Uy Regala as Elaiza, Enzo as Alejandro, Maecon Timbol as Linda.

LIGO NA U, LAPIT NA ME (STAR-CROSSED LOVE) BY ERICK SALUD, NOEL FERRER AND JERRY GRACIO

Synopsis:Karl Vladimir Lennon J. Villalobos, aka Intoy, is secretly in love with his friend Jenny, the most beautiful girl in the campus.  Jenny is rich and quirky;  Intoy is street-smart and ordinary.  But this friendship is not simple, since Jenny has bestowed on Intoy some perks and privileges, including going to bed with her on the condition that they will not fall in love with each other.  Before graduation, Intoy feels that he has to shed his pretensions of being astig and finally profess his love for Jenny.   But he is devastated to learn that Jenny is pregnant.  Worse, Jenny tells him:  “Don’t worry, this is not yours.”  Based on the bestselling novel of Eros S. Atalia,  Ligo na U, Lapit na Me is an examination of postmodern love and relationship and the way this generation deals with their love and fear.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Edgar Allan Guzman and Mercedes Cabral.  Also starring Mel Kimura, Simon Ibarra, Tolyts “Shalala” Reyes, Evelyn Vargas, Beverly Salviejo, Malouh Crisologo, Jojo Saguin, Joseph Bitangcol, Lucky Mark Mercado, Joe Vargas, Christian Tan, Ian Lazibal, Alex Tiglao, Ardie Bascara.  Introducing Victor Medina.  Special Guest Appearance of Luis Alandy.

NINO BY LOY ARCENAS

Synopsis:The once illustrious Lopez-Aranda family has faded.  Celia, once the darling of Philippine opera, and Gaspar, a distinguished ex-congressman, lacked the shrewdness to maintain their once elegant status.  Saddled with a failed marriage, a vanishing career and mounting debt, Celia sold her share of their house to Gaspar, now bedridden.  She managed to stay for free in exchange for being Gaspar’s caregiver.  Gaspar loves listening to Celia’s arias.  This idyllic arrangement is shattered when he slips into a coma.  His daughter, Raquel, comes home from the US, determined to sell the house to salvage her own economic woes abroad.  This signals Celia’s impending homelessness.  With only a few heirlooms to sell, she is at her wits’ end.  A fervent believer of the Sto. Nino, she hopes for a miracle.  She dresses up her grandson, Antony, in Sto. Nino robes to prepare him for the coming fiesta.  She insists this will invoke a miracle that will awaken Gaspar and stop Raquel from selling the house.  Antony’s father, Mombic, while processing his travel papers to work in Dubai, tries to strike a deal with Raquel in selling the property without his mother Celia’s knowledge.  Merced, Mombic’s sister, reluctantly takes on the burden of taking care of Celia and a household sliding to ruin.  The family members clash in a confrontation that reveals their weaknesses and their hopeless ideals.  Mombic leaves his son to the care of his mother and sister, Merced, the only family member who quietly accepts her fate.  As a final ditch to awaken Gaspar, Celia holds a tertulia, inviting her aging opera singer friends.  They sing arias, oblivious to the ravages of time, crippled reminders of a glorious past.  In the middle of a chorus, Gaspar quietly dies, sealing the fate of his sister and the mansion that once was called Villa Los Reyes Magos.  Celia looks out into her once beautiful garden.  She sees Antony, still in his Sto. Nino robe, playing in the garden, offering a little illusion of hope to a past that can never be rekindled.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Fides Cuyugan Asensio, Shamaine Buencamino, Tony Mabesa , Raquel Villavicencio, Art Acuna, Diana Malahay, Joaquin Valdes and introducing Jhizhelei Deocareza

TEORIYA (FATHER’S WAY)BY ALISTAIR CHRISTIAN “ZURICH” E.  CHAN

Synopsis:Teoriya is a story about loss that centers on the film’s main character, Jimmuel Apostol II.  After hearing the news that his father has passed away, Jim goes back home to Zamboanga City after leaving ten years ago in bad terms with his father.  He arrives in Zamboanga only to find that his father has already been buried and he doesn’t know where.  Jim takes a journey around the Zamboanga peninsula and ultimately into his own self, finding the missing piece of his life.

 Cast:Alfred Vargas and Sue Prado

ANG SAYAW NG DALAWANG KALIWANG PAA (THE DANCE OF TWO LEFT FEET) BY ALVIN B. YAPAN AND ALEMBERG ANG

Synopsis:Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa explores the intersection and divergence between feminist and gay concerns in the third world context, as it features the poetry of Merlinda Bobis, Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Joi Barrios, Rebecca Anonuevo, Benilda Santos and Ophelia Dimalanta.  When Marlon, a college student, stalks Karen, his literature professor, he finds out that she moonlights as a choreographer and dance teacher in a dance studio.  Frustrated over his performance in her literature class, he plans to impress her instead by learning to poeticize his body movements and enroll in her dance class.  He hires his classmate to teach him the basics of dancing.  As Dennis, his tutor, teaches him how his body should move, Marlon begins to understand the intersections between the art of poetry and dance.  This opens up his world to new insights about the life of Karen as s single woman who chose to live the life of an artist in a third world setting.  Marlon begins to understand how the poems being discussed by Karen in class are testaments to her choice to stand by her art.  Karen eventually finds out, through Dennis, that Marlon only enrolled in her class to be near her.  She confronts Marlon about this and wishes that his interest for dance would survive his infatuation for her.  Marlon feels betrayed over Dennis telling Karen.  But it is also this sense of betrayal that tells him that he has already become close to Dennis, whom he now considers a friend.  Up until then, Marlon and Dennis have become inseparable as they both tackled the complexities of poetry and dance.  Sensing the coldness between the two, Karen set them up to help her train a group of dancers for a cotillion dance.  Eventually, Karen trains both Marlon and Dennis to star in her dance adaptation of the epic Humadapnon, when she bags a grant.  Marlon will play the lead role of Humadapnon, who becomes trapped in a cave full of women.  Dennis’ character now has to rescue Marlon from the women, as he plays the role of Sunmasakay, the male incarnation of the goddess Nagmalitong Yawa.  On the eve of their performance, in a drunken conversation, Marlon confronts Karen how he could not understand her poetry.  Karen, in response, assures Marlon that he does understand her poetry.  His mind is just unwilling to, unlike his body which already understands.  Karen invites Marlon to dance with her, but in the middle of her dance, she passes him onto Dennis.  Their drunken dance culminates with Marlon and Dennis taking on the roles of Humadapnon and Sunmasakay on stage.

 Major Credits:  Cast:Paulo Avelino, Rocco Nacino and Ms. Jean Garcia Featuring the FEU Dance Company with the special participation of Company of Dance Artists (CODA)

Whew! so many interesting topic. THis is what i like most about indie films compared to the mainstream/commercial films that we have today-CONTENT. I will surely watch ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK (THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK) and ANG SAYAW NG DALAWANG KALIWANG PAA  (THE  DANCE OF TWO LEFT FEET). What about you?

If you want to know the schedules please click here.

For more tickets and information, please call the CCP Box Office at 832-3704 and CCP Media Arts at 832-1125 local 1204/05 or visit the CCP website at www.culturalcenter.gov.ph and www.cinemalaya.org

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source: http://www.cinemalaya.org/

i badly want to have this camera! i took this yesterday at Team Manila store in Mall of Asia. This is so awesome