This is me. The real me I guess, I was born to entertain. I enjoy when people appreciate what I did, whatever it is. Back in college I was a member of a band, we called it the Winged Icon, I don’t know why, we just liked the illustration I made of a nude diabolic woman with wings. Then the Winged Icon was born back in 1998. We did really good back then. We were friends back in highschool and were influenced by the OPM band era, specially the eraserheads. It was back then  when they called people like us as adik,”mukhang mabaho”  etc… simply because they don’t undestand.

We had a manager back then, we called him Ka Boy, but he preffered to be called Boy Mary, because where he was born was lots of “boy” and they call each “boy” BOY plus the name of their mother…the name Boy Mary actually sounds gay but we really love the man. He was the coolest 40 (plus) year old man we have met.

We played OPM songs on the start of our band days and eventually shifted to new wave music, we have played with many “big names” in music, one was Kamikaze back when they were not yet super famous , and i remember that the one playing the guitars back then was Chito Miranda of Parokya Ni Edgar. We also played with the Dawn. I myself have various gigs with other bands, I played as front act of Free stylle back then. I really love to reminisce these days. Those were the coolest days of my life.

I remember going to school in all black, One time I grew my super curly hair, but most often Skin head, I remember going to school on a skirt, on a “taong grasa look” wearing necklace made of stupid things. I still remember joining the prestigious MetroPop. I still remember how I was back then. We have played in various clubs in Manila and Bulacan, we can make it big, we all know that, but first things should come first. Most of us in the Band are scholars and came from a poor family so we have to prioritize our studies. Now, ( from left to right) Slowhand  is a Licensed ECE, Teves is an IT specialist, Hakob is  licensed Architect, Red is now Almost a Dentist and me a licensed ECE.

Two of my former bandmates ( from my other side-bands) are still living the life of a musician, Aries, the drummer of Kenyo, and Yapi, the lead singer of bluewish, both are now recording artists, is there a regret in my decision? yes there is, but I have to live with it, because I’m still happy now, with agreat job as an engineer and still doing and Loving music, still enjoying art, still living my life to the fullest.

Band Reunion. Pic editing courtesy of Rachelle Mendoza. Photo Taken by Alvin

These picture was taken after our reunion back 2008. Celebrating friendship.

Christmas Party 2007

This picture was taken last 2007, on our company christmas party ( on my previous job). Me, playing the Keyboard at the back. still loving music.

Me, on an Acoustic night on Burias Island Bar

Music never ends with me. Then till now …I will rock till the day I die.

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May mga kakilala akong pulitiko…madami kung tutuusin. Nung buhay pa si erpats maraming pulitiko ang humihingi ng tulong para madagdagan ang kanyang boto. Pero tulad ko…alam ni erpats ang dapat gawin…at di din sya masyadong nakikisimpatya sa mga ito.

Di ako galit sa pulitiko..pero eto ang nakikita ko. Madami sa kanila doble kara. Mabait sa kampanya, walanghiya sa tunay na buhay. Pareho kami ng damdamin ng isa kong utol. nang mamatay si Erpats nuon..di mabilang na pulitiko ang dumating na parang kaibigan namin sila,,walang masama…ang nakakainis, ginawang meeting de abanse ang burol ni erpats.

Madami sa pinoy, alam ko ang kapareho ko ng damdamin.

Madaming pulitiko ang tumatayo lang pag halalan..nakangisi ang larawan na nakadikit sa mga pinagbabawal na lugar. Mababait at laging nakikipagkamay, yumayakap sa mahirap, nakikisalamuha sa mahirap at nagpapanggap na mahirap.

Ngayong araw na ito isisilang si TAONG GRASA. Isang tauhan na likha ko upang kumatawan sa masang pinoy.

Gamit ang ilang pangguhit at lumang papel…eto po ang unang pahina. maigsi pero malaman. Di po ako radikal, mapagmasid lang.

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ON THE BUS

Once we arrived in Lucena, we immediately transffered to a van going to Unisan, Quezon. We are carrying our swimwear, some sweets for my sister, and also a dress for her and a shirt for her hubby. During the travel we saw the simplicity of life there, most houses are made of cogon, bamboo and pawid, they are getting water from wells and “bukal” , trees are everywhere, we saw bodies of water one after another.

ON THE WAY

The only problem is…there is no light on the road, the only light we saw are lights coming from the very few vehicles passing by and some locals who are walking with flashlights.

We arrived at my sister’s place at around 6:30 pm a special dinner was already set for us…ginataang alimango and pinakbet. We ate and immediately got into sleep. We are getting ready for tomorrow for the main event. The trip to Malatandang Beach… a beach free for all.

It is about 15 minutes travel from my sister’s place, before we went out, her neighbor gave her some fruits for us to bring… for free. You see, almost everything here is almost free, free fruits, very cheap seafoods ( sometimes free) and a lot of good places to visit ( we are planning to visit the nearby cave and waterfalls next time) for free.

We were accompanied by some friends, once we arrived in Malatandang Beach, my girlfriend was really surprised ( I can see it in her reaction) and i also pretend to be surprised ( coz I have been there already).

Orly ( one local who accompanied us) , have shown us how to catch balakwit, a snail like sea creature that is found on under the sand. There is also this creature that the locals called “puke-puke” for a reason I don’ know, it looks like a mouse ( used in computers) for me.

PUKE-PUKE and BALAKWET

We had a great day, as I write this, I can still feel the pain on my back due to sunburn, but all in all, it was a good experience, the people in UNISAN are very great people. You should try it for yourself. Thanks to my sister May and my bayaw Bong for inviting us. We hope next time Nanay, popot and bule will be with us.

Menggay and Tembong ( my sis and my bayaw)

See you again soon…

A couple of twists and crumplings plus a lot of imagination should give you something like this………

BASURERO

BASURERO

I used an old CD for the stand and double sided tape to position the figure. Maybe next time you’ll think again before throwing foil wrappers.An aluminum foil may take 200-500 years to be completely disintegrated, better turn it to art so that the next ..next…next generation can see it, than to let it be an earth pollutant…I don’t like foils covering my dead body in the future….

Next time you throw..Think…

My sister chose Band Slam, a recent American C hick Flick ( which fits mia’s personality, she was a kikay writer for Candy Mag. and still receives special projects, see her article this March.), Lee chose UFC ,I don’t need to explain why,I personally chose the ” Law Abiding Citizen” dvd and I didn’t regret it..

It is a story of revenge by a husband to the criminals who killed his family and eventually to the attorneys and everyone involved to the plea made to release one of his family’s killer. The story is filled with twists that made me think for a while, then it made me enjoy the way he killed those m@#$er f!&Kers… I was really carried away by the emotion of wanting to kill…that is only for a while… I don’t usually feel that way to movies, that is why I think you should watch this movie. Talkin about Art of Killing…..you’ll see why when you watch it.

The Killer/Husband( Clyde Shelton)  was played by Gerard Butler

The Attorney ( Nick Rice) was played by Jamie Foxx.

I want to thank my siblings( lee,may,mia) for being my first visitors and some of my college friends namely: Marvin “lampayatot” Lacap, Rolando “Tengteng”Diche, my Former officemate in EPSON:Glenn “Bongski” Mendoza, my brother in art, Former officemates in DAIHO: Mark “Amak” Estrada, one of the first people who appreciated my Junk Arts ( co-artist as well),  Francisco ” Kiko” Bautista, goodluck future totoy saudi, my housemates: Jojo “Negromancer ” Budomo, Christian “Mong” Dimaranan and  Byron “Femfem Lancer” Pamplina…… of course my girlfriend Jelyn “bebang” Nuguid.

Most of all, I will never forget to give my deepest gratitude to my friend Gayward “Slowhand” Mendoza, a former bandmate and forever friend…goodluck and Godbless with the the baby…congrats to you and Clarisse.

the Guard

The Gatekeeper

The Medium

Greed

I want to put something new in my site. Something unique and interesting. But all I can think of is that freakin rat in the kitchen. It is sunday again, and tomorrow is “back to work” day. I just can’t help but thinkin that I am a prisoner of my own life. I’ve studied for 14 years,so that I can work as many years as I can after that….damn…

I am planning to have a business…but that doesn’t mean resigning…I just want an outlet, to release my stress. Right now I am really really interested in having my own comic book and toy shop..I am really a 7 year old trapped inside a 27 year old body.

My friend and I are now collaborating for a story, he will be the writer and I’m the artist. Another friend of mine, a former bandmate,  also have another idea in mind. I am a writer myself and I have written a comic book and an indie magazine back in my college days,these I will show once I have finished scanning a few pages of it.

Here is a view of some characters I have made for my next comic project.

I am just amazed how KidRobot brought life to his’ vinyl figures. I have plans of doing this myself, but not for now maybe. I am giving myself  three more weeks to study.

If you want to study with me here are the tools:

RTV : one set (it includes a hardener)

R10-103: a set( also include a hardener)

Clay: preferably hard clay

Sculpting tools

Dropper

Measuring cup

I will post my recent work as soon as I finished it. Goodluck to both of us…

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Do you ever wonder why Oscar the Grouch never left that trash can for years? Have you seen what’s inside of that? Never? well here is your chance…not just a glimpse, but you can totally have a look at what’s inside….

A freaky version of the trash can awaits you…the junk yard artist welcomes you…

Enjoy Unique Junk Sculptures, Clay Sculpting, Painting, Sketching, character making, magic, toy collections, music, videos….etc… you can see all these in here…

So Visit my world now…