SULYAP in MOA

I will be at Powerbooks SM Mall of Asia branch today at 4PM for the SULYAP book signing. I will be giving away Issue #2 and #3 of my Kalayaan comics and some Kalayaan key chain for those who will buy SULYAP anthology. Other contributors will be giving away their comics and other stuff too.

Here is the map of Powerbooks SM Mall of Asia. Just click the image to enlarge.

I hope to see you all there.

Unconditional Love

Greenbelt Sulyap Signing

The Greenbelt Sulyap Signing last Saturday was a success and a lot of fun. Many people came and many famous comic book artist also came. They were Gener Pedrina (Sandugo), Heubert Khan Michael (DC Holiday), Freely Abrigo (Kulas and Kapitan Tog) and of course Carlo Vegara (Zsazsa Zaturnnah).

Carlo Vergara smiling at the camera.


Erico Calimlim (creator of Pag-Asa comics) were there to support his fellow Bayan Knights. Namely... Me and Rhiver.


On the table were (from L - R) Macoy, Ian, Josel, Tepai, Omeng, RH, Mel and Me.

Each of us sketched our character for the Powerbooks Greenbelt store as a courtesy for giving us this very rare opportunity. Many thanks to you Powerbooks people.

After the event, we went to the foodcourt for the traditional Tepai Cake eating contest. :D

On our signing at Powerbooks Greenbelt, we gave away lots of free stuff. I personally gave away 4 copies of Kalayaan #2 and #3 (courtesy Forex Cargo, Inc.) and a few Kalayaan key chain as well. Tepai gave away Maktan chibi key chain. Josel, Mel, and Macoy also gave away many copies of their comics.

For those who did not make it in Makati last Saturday. Please do not fell bad, because you still have a chance to buy the Sulyap book and get this bountifully freebies from us at Powerbooks Mall of Asia this coming Saturday (January 29,2011). The event will start also at 4PM to 6PM.

See you all there. :D

Poor Teacher

One day, when I came home from work, my wife told me that something that she thinks is very funny that had happened in my eldest daughters school. My daughter (Vannesa) is already grade 5 by the way. So this is how the story goes.

Teacher: Sino sa inyo class ang gustong maging teacher? Taas ang kamay.

(Almost all of the children raised their hands except for my daughter, and her teacher noticed this immediately.)

Teacher: Oh, Vannesa.... bakit hindi ka nagtaas ng kamay? Ayaw mo ba maging teacher?

Vannesa: Ayoko po.

Teacher: Bakit?

Vannesa: Mababa po kasi ang sahod.

Teacher: Ouch. :-(

I was laughing when I heard this. And partially I am part to blame on how did my daughter got that idea. Narinig nya siguro kami ng Mommy nya na naguusap kung paano ako naawa at kung gaano kahirap ang pagiging teacher dito sa atin dahil mababa ang sahod nila. I was laughing for a few minutes but after that, reality sets in. Nakaka awa talaga ang pagiging teacher. Required silang magbantay at mag asikaso tuwing election. At maniniwala po ba kayo kung sasabihin ko na P4,000 lang kada bwan ang sahod ng mga teacher duon sa school ng anak ko? At balitga ko ay madalas pa daw ma-delay. Hindi na talaga ako nagtataka kung yung ibang teacher ay nagtitinda ng kung ano ano sa mga estudyante nila. :-(

I have once interview a few applicants in our company in ortigas, and sad to say that most of them are not qualified for the position. When I asked them with a few techinical questions, they could not answer it. "Hindi po iyan naituro sa amin, puro theory lang po kasi kami sa school namin sir." yan ang madalas kong marinig sa karamihan sa kanila. From there, I had really wish for a better educational system in our country. But how can that be with a very very low salary of the teachers?

I could only hope that the current political leaders would look deep into this.

Taxi Driver

Bihirang bihira talaga ako makasakay ng taxi na ang driver ay matino. Up to now ay mabibilang ko pa lang sa isang kamay ko ang matitinong driver na nasakyan ko na. Karamihan ay mga mukhang pera at balasubas ang mga ito.

Noong nakaraaang linggo lang ay kasama ko ang pamilya ko na namalengke kami sa may Robinsons Supermarket sa tapat lang ng SM Fairview. At the same time ay bumili rin kami ng bagong computer chair. Dahil ang luma naming computer chair ay wasak wasak at lasug lasug na. Maliban sa aking asawa, ay kasama ko pa ang tatlo kong chikiting. Sa madaling salita ay marami kaming dala at mahihirapan kaming isakay sa jeep ang mga ito. Dahil dito ay nag pasya kami na mag taxi na lang. Habang nakatayo ay kitang kita ko na namimili talaga ng pasahero ang mga taxi driver (paalala lang po sa mga taxi driver na nakakabasa nito, ang pamimili o pagtangi man sa mga pasahero ay bawal po ayon sa batas). Pagkatapos tangihan nung mamang taxi driver yung nasa harapan namin ay sa amin huminto. Nang nalaman nya na malapit lang ang bahay namin ay agad itong pumayag. Nang pag dating sa aming bahay nakita ko na P45 lang ang nasa metro. Tatlong P20 (bale P60) ang pera ko at wala na akong barya. Tinanong ko ang asawa ko at sabi nyang wala rin syang barya. Kaya binigay ko na lang ang tatlong P20. Sabay bulsa kaagad ng damuhong taxi driver sabay tingin sa malayo at dead ma na sa akin. Tinanong ko kung wala na bang sukli? Sabi nya "hapi new year ho" sabay dilat ng mata sa akin. Aba? ang damuhong ito, parang sya pa ang galit nang humingi ako ng sukli ah. Happy new year daw? Sa isip-isip ko eh halos isang linggo nang tapos ang new year ah. Pinabayaan ko na lang at bumaba na lang ako.

Pina ubaya ko na lang sa DIOS ang bagay na ito. Inisip ko na lang na sana ay sa asawa at mga anak nya gamitin ang mga kinita nyang pera at hindi nya gagamitin sa alak,sigarilyo,beer house at kung ano anong layaw. Okay lang sa akin yan dahil alam ko namang mahirap ang buhay dito sa Pilipinas. Pero paano kaya yung mga bisita nating dayuhan? Ang mga taxi driver kasi ang mga unang sumasalubong sa kanila mula sa airport(maliban na lang kung meron silang sundong sasakyan). Baka maging masama ang tingin ng mga turista sa mga Pilipino. Meron kasing kasabihan na "First impression last".

Hay naku, ang mabuti pa ay panoodin nyo na lang ang video na ito para lalo nyo akong maintindihan.

Powerbooks Signing official poster

Here is the official poster for the Sulyap Powerbooks signing event. I hope to see you all there.

(click the image to enlarge)

Sulyap Book Signing at POWERBOOKS

Is this a good way to start the year or what :D

I'm so excited with this one because we will be signing on one of the major bookstore here in the Philippines. I am still a little bit overwhelm of the idea of us signing on Powerbooks. I only hope that many people would come to the event. But even so, I am sure that I will have a good time since I will be with the coolest people in the comics.

So please mark the dates.
January 22,2011 (Saturday) 4PM -> Powerbooks Greenbelt 3 Makati
January 29,2011 (Saturday) 4PM -> Powerbooks Mall of Asia


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KOMIKON's SULYAP Book signing at POWERBOOKS!

Meet and greet the creators from SULYAP: A COLLECTION OF CHOICE INDEPENDENT WORKS at POWERBOOKS Greenbelt 3 on January 22 and at POWER BOOKS Mall of Asia on January 29 4pm onwards!

FEATURING THE WORKS OF

GIO PAREDES
RH QUILANTANG
MEL CASIPIT
IAN OLYMPIA
ROMMEL J. ESTANISLAO
TEPAI PASCUAL
JOSEL NICOLAS
MACOY

Cover by Melvin "taga-ilog" Calingo
Compiled by Jon Zamar

this is not the official poster.

Almost done

I'm almost done with this project. Only a few more characters to add.

(click the image to enlarge)

New day, new year

Happy new year to everybody. I hope everyone are okay and no accidents happened during the new years eve. I guess this would be my very first blog post for this year 2011. I am very much optimistic this year. I hope that it would be a very productive year for me.

Hindi ako makapaniwala na January 3 na kaagad at nandito na ako sa office namin. Parang kidlat talaga ang pag daan ng mga araw. Napapa isip tuloy ako sa mga pending pages ko. :-( Hopefully, I could finish the latest issue of my comics as soon as possible. I will just keep you posted here.