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dragon oranges

2012-01-25T20:00:00.000-08:00

Last entry on journal. time for a new one!

Kissing the tortoise shell

2012-01-23T20:50:00.000-08:00

resolute

2012-01-02T02:29:00.000-08:00

ang hirap manligaw ulit

2011-12-05T04:44:00.000-08:00

keep the sheets warm.

share skin.

the cool one

2011-11-08T22:35:00.001-08:00

doodling the ref at home.

nothing to do.

cary on.

father figures

2011-11-04T01:34:00.000-07:00

i wrote this on my old blog in 2007, on Father's day:

He visited us as much as he could. when he stayed, you could find him fast asleep in my sisters room. I knew he was tired. and in all possible ways. But you cant really split yourself into two. Anyone should know that. People say we looked alike, even sounded alike. I would cringe everytime someone would blurt out "para kang si manny ah?" " kaboses mo si manny?" "kamukang kamukha ka ng tatay mo!" I’d swear them off every single time. But now its a bit different. I smile and laugh inside and remember the things he did. Like how he would pick 5 albums at the end of the day and let the music end his day. Like how he liked watching movies and how he bought the first betamax machine into the clan and had screenings of ET and A Nightmare on Elm Street all on one night. Like how he eats with such gusto and never without a bottle of family sized Coke on Sunday lunches. Like how he would burst his road rage for a minute cursing the high heavens when someone’s being a jackass on the road and drive on afterwards like nothing happened. Like how he loved Xian so fiercely he’d take broken toys and hand me downs from his bastard children and give it to his first apo like it was new. It’s fathers day Manny. You’re no Father of the Year awardee, But I remember you and all the great small pieces you have shared. I will always carry you in my heart.

nonsense cranes

2011-10-18T02:52:00.000-07:00

draw more, slack less

2011-10-17T23:02:00.000-07:00

Newly scanned old sketches

how to write happy

2011-10-16T17:51:00.000-07:00

which i cant. i was thinking of something to write about this morning on the jeep ride to the office but now its a blur. i have completely forgotten about it. all i remember was the awesome title.

Post-its ftw!

2011-09-18T23:25:00.000-07:00

my photo was picked by artist john clang, a new york based visual artist. it is currently exhibited in singapore as part of spikes asia 2011. Mine is the one with post-its. More about the theme "look twice".

saigon sketchy

2011-08-25T18:39:00.001-07:00

first ho chi mihn. work vacay eat shop sleep thing.

first time i held millions in my hands.

my crane wife

2011-08-25T18:31:00.000-07:00

i saw some of my old multiply blog entries last night. some 5 years ago. i was pretty impressed with how i had written them. i was funny and sharp. i was interesting. i had style. although i was reading a lot of hunter s. thompson and bukowski back then and i think i carried over their themes, breakings and style, still i was conversing in my own voice. i was funny, damnit!

eggshells

2011-08-16T07:41:00.001-07:00

fuck that.

it's got be perfect

2011-08-16T04:06:00.000-07:00

from mr. destiny 9 and 14

2011-07-24T21:55:00.000-07:00

RIP Amy. One year on my ipod i promise.

I shall miss your drunken smile.

you will never know

2011-07-21T20:26:00.000-07:00

chinese believe that if you whisper all your secrets in a hole and cover it with mud, that secret will never come out.

two conversations

2011-06-28T00:59:00.000-07:00

one for jazz one for rock

one beer two beer

2011-06-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

new one old one

takas tayo

2011-06-25T22:26:00.001-07:00

basta ang alam ko, ikaw lang ang gusto kong kasama.

fckd

2011-06-21T00:03:00.000-07:00

some days you immediately wake up and start to worry.

nothing in particular is wrong. It's just the suspicion that

forces are aligning quietly and there will be trouble.

i just realized

2011-06-15T19:39:00.000-07:00

my time in the office is spent on stupid briefs, stupid directions, stupid workmates.

bangkok has me now

2011-06-13T02:25:00.000-07:00

come away with me

pictures of you

2011-06-08T17:17:00.000-07:00

click. snap. walk. laugh. eat. drink. talk. kiss. hug. sleep. soon.

OP

2011-06-08T17:07:00.000-07:00

you will be ok.

and it's raining cats

2011-06-07T21:40:00.000-07:00

OT

2011-04-08T06:32:00.001-07:00

end of the world na nga gumagawa ka pa ng name studies. OT pa. anubayun. =(

id rather go home and sleep than explain megabyte options to you

2011-03-08T01:58:00.000-08:00

i asked someone from work if he can email me a file thats less than 5mb. he emailed me an 8mb file. i asked him again if he can email me the same file but less than 5mb. he emailed me a 5.5mb file. again. another person i asked for a file that is less than 10mb. he asked me back if an 11.5mb file is ok.
ayuz.

year one

2011-03-06T01:43:00.000-08:00

ma. fae clarisse b. barandon aug1982-mar2010

Dear Xian

2011-02-16T05:19:00.000-08:00

Feb 16, 2011. Uy birthday ni Lolo Manny!

Anyway…

Dear Xian, Patong, Tong, Shuy, Bushushuy,

Suot mo muna ang salamin mo ok? Ayan. Aba, pogi.

Ayoko kitang tawagin “Nathan” kase parang di ka na baby pag tinatawag kitang “Nathan”. Pero di ka na nga baby kase mas malaki ka na sa akin at baka may bigote ka na ngayon kase di kita madalas makita.
Marami na ako utang sayo. Marami na rin ako mga na-miss na dates na dapat tayo magkasama. Marami na rin ako na school lessons na di naturo sa iyo ( wag lang math kase di talaga ako marunong sa math).
Pero. Kahit na ganoon, kahit na wala ako at text text lang minsan (at minsan di pa nag rereply) kahit na malayo ako at kahit na laging may sablay ay hindi naman ibig sabihin nun ay hindi na kita labs. Labs kita kase proud ako sayo at tapos ka na ng high school. Labs kita kase labs mo si mommy mo at lola mo at ninang mo (minsan di labs si ninang pero ok lang) labs kita kase Xian, Patong, Tong, Shuy, Bushuy ka pa rin sa aking mga mata.

(naiiyak na ako dito)

Sana lagi kang mabait sa mga tao. Patas tumingin. Mapagmahal. At laging tapat sa mommy mo sa lola at sa ninang. Pamilya sila eh.
Sana wag mo silang bigyan ng problema. Wag muna.
Sana maging magaling kang college student (yey, Mapua!) at sana pasado lagi kase mahal ata ang “quarsem”.
Sana maging mayaman ka para maka “world tour” si mommy mo pag nag retire na.
Sana maka-imbento ka ng astig na software sa internet o kaya online game na malupet at i-brand mo na “Made by Nathan Inton” (naks)
Sana happy ka lagi. Wag muna serious na girlfriend kase marami ka pa makikilala.

Wala akong promise na mabibigay. Puro sana nga diba?
Pero sana magkatotoo. Lahat. O fine, kahit tatlo lang.

Ayan. Daddy lang ako.
Di ako super daddy.
Isa lang ang anak ko.
Ikaw yun. Kiss.

Francis Inton.
Daddy.

okay

2011-02-06T06:34:00.000-08:00

someone asked me that i should blog more. but my life is boring. and i stay half my waking life at the office. and when i go home all i want is to curl up to my cat and listen to records. hmmm.

puuuurrrr

2010-12-25T21:54:00.000-08:00

2010-11-30T02:36:00.000-08:00

weow. pasado. college na anak ko.

2010-11-09T20:43:00.000-08:00

haha

2010-09-21T21:48:00.000-07:00

pinoys are funny

wax

2010-09-02T21:03:00.000-07:00

there' a certain madness to record playing. its not automatic. it takes a lot of patience. you have to handle a record in a right way. clean it real slow then place it on the turntable. lift the needle slowly and place it lightly on the spinning record. not anyone can do this. there is a secret rhythm. all i've been listening to are my records and for this, i'm pretty much an analogue guy stuck in a digital world. it's crazy.

bridget inton

2010-08-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

BER months are near and i think of my male offspring who is turning 16 on december. here he is with his favorite anime character bridget, who happens to be a guy dressed as a nun in an online rpg called guilty gear xx. confusion much? kids.

tats and sharpies

2010-08-08T21:08:00.000-07:00

graphika manila 2010 ender: tara macpherson signing romina's prints. yay!

water music

2010-07-29T22:34:00.000-07:00

coffee is warm again.

i tried the avatar thing with my moustache

2010-06-12T06:49:00.000-07:00

doodle by romina.

colors and moustache by me.

blab

2010-06-02T20:47:00.000-07:00

gave a talk on lomo in the i heart makati event. the pa system sucked. think i kinda sucked too. boo.

almost there

2010-04-27T04:04:00.000-07:00

spending, no, wasting hours figuring out the right speaker placement is not productive at all. my turntable is already pretty set up: vta's, alignment, fine fine mm cart, the works. but these damn speakers are such a pain to position. and oh the kefs are no more. sold it.

listening to: ella fitzgerald's cole porter songbook on vinyl. more here.

fun with post-its!

2010-02-01T04:15:00.000-08:00

hello, thirty seven

2009-12-18T23:46:00.000-08:00

twenty two out of thirty six is not bad at all

2009-11-27T01:43:00.000-08:00

it's fun to go back at last years list and see how much you've crossed out. i think i did pretty good. heeh. and it's still not the end of the year so i still got time to cross out some. i'm already thinking what to put on my 38th. old. haha. whatevs.

~~36. have a new tattoo~~
35. take nihonggo referesher class
~~34. fix lost passport~~
33. stage a lomo solo exhibit
~~32. have my postcards printed and copyrighted~~
31. secure a regular dj gig
30. add a new lomo to the family
~~29. shoot self-portraits~~
~~28. stop smoking luckies~~
27. ban softdrinks off my tummy
~~26. travel to bkk~~
25. batanes also
~~24. win an international award~~
23. cauterize
~~22. update work portfolio~~
~~21. learn to float~~
20. re-apply for a drivers license
~~19. reconnect with old friends~~
18. draw a comic book
17. take up that offer erik matti asked me to
16. visit the cancer ward kids again
~~15. fly power kites~~
~~14. fix my dvd loot~~
~~13. get rid of my guns~~
~~12. smile a lot (it confuses people!)~~
~~11. retire my favorite jeans~~
~~10. give away something i love~~
9. have my crooked fingers checked
~~8. sell my old scooter~~
~~7. grow my long sleeve polos to at least 10 pcs.~~
6. finish a book every month
~~5. run~~
~~4. fill out my derwent~~
~~3. discover a new addiction~~
2. grow a beard
~~1. stop being emo~~

found: hiks at books for less

2009-11-02T22:32:00.000-08:00

battered hiks catching up on their reading

valero st., makati city

found: hiks in bkk

2009-10-31T07:55:00.000-07:00

sukhumvit road, bkk

howl

2009-08-14T01:43:00.000-07:00

you no longer have power over me.

spring cleaning

2009-06-14T13:43:00.000-07:00

trashed old stuff from my apartment and put in new vibes.

got two new chairs and a table. painted a wall mimosa.

cleaned and played new/old records. upgraded a turntable.

planted a new cactus. clean slate. it's a real nice feeling.

found: hiks at island stoplight

2009-03-12T02:51:00.000-07:00

HV dela costa cor. valero

found: party hiks

2009-03-03T04:25:00.000-08:00

seen drinking in gweilos

found: hiks hiding

2009-02-19T01:49:00.000-08:00

hiks at ponts.

lush colors, slow motion and the love of numbers

2009-02-09T01:59:00.000-08:00

wong kar wai is not too keen with fast moving stories. his anecdotes are intricate. his plot thickens slowly. it is decided that this week is a good week to watch old wkw films in room 304 in building 4176 and be like cop 663.

first star i see tonight

2009-02-05T22:15:00.000-08:00

i forgot about how magical shooting stars are

reading: unlundun/ china mieville
listening to: hello dearest love/ the appleseed cast

what's your job spartan?

2009-02-01T17:44:00.000-08:00

my work in advertising used to get a lot of questions from my mom. and one day she saw me fixing my portfolio. "ang gara naman ng picture chit, san ka nag shoot nyan?" "mommy may photographer ako para dyan. di ako nag shoot nyan." and then she'd comment on the nicely laid font on the print ad. "ang ganda naman ng lettering ng print ad mo. ilang oras mo ginawa yan, chit?" "mi, may art director ako. hindi ako nag lettering nyan." and she got a bit excited to see the tvc's i worked on. "ah, yan yun commercial ng fita! nakita ko na yan! nakakatawa! ang ganda ng pagka-direct mo ha?" "ah mi, may director kami at prod house para dun. sila ang nag shoot at hindi ako nag direct nun." she be confused a bit while browsing through the other tv commercials. then she let out a small sigh and with a bit of frustration in her voice she said, "ang sarap naman ng trabaho mo."

sad eyes

2009-01-30T20:09:00.000-08:00

a line from a josh rouse song. and oh. gouache rocks.

count to ten

2009-01-23T22:16:00.000-08:00

sometimes the fastest way to get there is to go slow.

and sometimes if you want to hold on you got to let go.

drawn from a view

2009-01-08T02:43:00.000-08:00

i moved office space before the holidays. this is the view from my sun drenched spot. i hope i dont get vertigo attacks at my place.

and so it is

2009-01-06T03:20:00.000-08:00

it's inevitable. sad songs will always remind me of you.

reading: love in the time of cholera/ garcia-marquez

listening to: falling slowly/ the frames

bad day

2009-01-04T06:39:00.000-08:00

i wished that doctors and nurses be more compassionate and not giggle inside the ICU where patients are critical. i wish interns and residents be bolder and not wait for superiors that are 2 hours late. i wished that doctors and nurses be fit and beautiful and not normal looking like the ones here. if i am ever confined in an ICU, id like my nurse to look like an angel and my doctor godlike that came down from mount olympus after a round of golf with his demigod buddies. it helps form a picture in my head that im ready to enter heaven anytime. ok fine. if it were hell, i wished my nurse to wear spectacles of schoolgirl conformity and a red plaid skirt of course. and my doctor to look like the morningstar lucifer, a harbringer of death with blonde hair.

necy had a two hour seizure two days ago and this pneumovent below is just one of the three machines thats connected to her.

sometimes it's fated

2009-01-04T02:02:00.000-08:00

ripped all my placebo cds into chai.

they will be on loop for the rest of the year.

headspin force trauma

2008-12-30T09:48:00.000-08:00

the most popular theory about peripheral vertigo is the presence of free flowing particles in the inner ear which eventually dissolves spontaneously. spontaneously. like you don't know when it comes and then all at the same time too. it was the first time vertigo happened to me. the room spun, my eyes blurred, i sweated like hell and i wanted to puke on ians red sofa. theory one: you lessen the chance of vertigo when you blow your nose frequently if you got a cold. or it could mean luga is causing your imbalance. ian came with me and stuck it out the whole 2 hours at the mmc emergency when i could've cut it to an hour if only i had my health card with me. theory two: wallets are useful.

found: commuter hiks

2008-12-25T21:53:00.000-08:00

one hik said, "i forgot my wallet! pfft."
hiks waiting for a jeepney ride in ayala.

found: rent-a-car hiks

2008-12-19T22:54:00.000-08:00

cityland condos, v.a. rufino cor. esteban sts. makati city

back to cafe mocha or how starbucks ruined the metric system

2008-12-15T06:33:00.000-08:00

tall is not small. grande is not medium. and venti is twenty in italian and is most definitely not large.

found: underpass hiks

2008-12-09T18:43:00.000-08:00

hiks trying to escape billboard life

lost weekend

2008-12-08T22:58:00.000-08:00

hell week's over.
my head is still throbbing.
methinks a nice dinner is well due.

found: baguio hiks

2008-12-03T00:57:00.000-08:00

on harrison road living on a busted parking meter.

36 things to do before i hit 37

2008-11-27T00:29:00.000-08:00

35. take nihonggo referesher class
34. fix lost passport
33. stage a lomo solo exhibit
32. have my postcards printed and copyrighted
31. secure a regular dj gig
30. add a new lomo to the family
29. shoot self-portraits
28. stop smoking luckies
27. ban softdrinks off my tummy
26. travel to bkk
25. batanes also
24. win an international award
23. cauterize
22. update work portfolio
21. learn to float
20. re-apply for a drivers license
19. reconnect with old friends
18. draw a comic book
17. take up that offer erik matti asked me to
16. visit the cancer ward kids again
15. fly power kites
14. fix my dvd loot
13. get rid of my guns
12. smile a lot (it confuses people!)
11. retire my favorite jeans
10. give away something i love
9. have my crooked fingers checked
8. sell my old scooter
7. grow my long sleeve polos to at least 10 pcs.
6. finish a book every month
5. run
4. fill out my derwent
3. discover a new addiction
2. grow a beard
1. stop being emo

the huge ass lomo book and im on it

2008-11-25T22:42:00.000-08:00

cant wait for the big lc-a book to arrive.

i saw GOD there...

i saw genghis khan too...

i read a magnitude of lc-a history.

too much information for one sitting.

and there was a russian (but of course) poet too.

hey, that's lenin my lc-a (he mispelled "promisses" dyx. heeh)!

and my fairy photo (and it's a spread too, ehem)!

there's also valdo my art director chilling on his bed...

and starcity bumpcars parked...

and a double exposed jeepney with a monster hitching a ride!

LSI gave me piggies to order this from the website. and when i saw this huge book in lomoembassy manila's office a month ago, i got a tingling sensation in my crooked lomo shooting fingers. lenin's hungry for film again.

endless numbered days

2008-11-24T20:40:00.000-08:00

Mondays are spent on breakfasts and coffee and planning the work week.

tuesdays are spent working.

wednesdays for thinking. and more working.

thursdays for being thankful that the weekend is almost done (my fave day).

fridays for finishing work.

weekends for hanging out and doing silly stuff.

listening to: saturday night wrist/ deftones

reading: love in the time of cholera/ garcia-marquez

hiks

2008-11-23T00:58:00.000-08:00

hiks are always together. they cannot live without the other.

hiks are curious creatures. they ask what songs you are listening to right now and ask what books have you finished. though you seldom see their feet, they go around. yes they do!

they live in fuseboxes and lamposts and billboards and cracks where you least expect. if you see them, wave hello.

songs from the year of our demise

2008-11-20T00:50:00.000-08:00

happy (reprise) : jenny lewis and the watson twins

heartbeats : jose gonzales

fever dream : iron and wine

sleeping : the swell season

delicate : damien rice

time of no reply : nick drake

my good deeds : shearwater

the greatest : cat power

somewhere down the road : feist

cemetery song : jon auer

pain and sorrow : tywanna jo baskette

have you forgotten : red house painters

the crane wife : the decemberists

i will possess your heart : death cab for cutie

backyards : broken social scene

house of cards : radiohead

falling slowly : the frames

cherry waves : deftones

where do i begin : the chemical brothers

i need to learn how to html again and learn if i can put links on the songs so i can "share" them here.