Archive for July, 2006

Shopping for a Bike

Monday, July 31st, 2006
Last Saturday I was out with my 2
best buds, A and Wyn, and went to Cartimar. Cartimar is like one big
market place where you can buy all sorts of stuff (literally). So there
we were, braving the heavy downpour that’s been going on for the past
few days. Luckily, when we got there, the rain stopped. So there we
were. My friend, A, was looking for an aquarium. My other friend, Wyn,
was looking for some exotic birds (and probably some fishes to. He was
really quite interested on the sharks). While I, on the other hand, was
there just to "check" on this bike that I’ve been looking for for some
time now. And they said that the price there was a steal (compared to
the one the we saw in the mall). So there I was, "checking"… I let my
two buddies do all the talking. I’m not really good with making deals
and apparently they were. So from Php12,500 (the mall price was
Php16,500), my buddies got the store owner to lower the price to
Php10,500. Well, that really was pretty low compared to what I was
expecting. And it’s really not a good idea to let it slide for I may
not get the same amount when I come back for it. So on that day, also
due to my impulsiveness in buying things, I bought the bike.

So here it is. The Schwinn Stingray…

Well,
ofcourse, after that, if you know me better, I suddenly had this
feeling of guilt. I was questioning myself, "was it worth it?"… "did
I really have to buy it now?"… but as they say, there’s no use crying
over spilt milk. Then again, I do love the bike. Now only if I can use
it. There’s been non-stop raining lately and it’s really a pain that
can’t use it at the moment. Drat.

Bounce!

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What’s Keeping Me Busy?

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

For the past couple of weeks, all I ever did was watch wrestling
videos. I keep shelling out some money to buy one and watch it. Let’s
just say that I’m totally engrossed over the whole wrestling business.
Nope, I don’t want to be a wrestler… not by a longshot. Lately, I’m
just trying to do a story/comic about wrestling that I’m planning to
add to this sort of comic anthology project by the Ponju
online community. What the deal is is that we submit a short storyline
(about 10-15 pages) and it will be published along with other short
stories created by other webcomic artists (in comic form of course) in
to one big graphic novel. Now, if all goes well, this graphic novel
will be presented and sold in comic cons and anime cons in the US. I
don’t really care much about the earning (though it’ll be great if I
did get something out of it), but what I was really hoping for is the
exposure and recognition.

Anyway, back to what I was saying, I
was originally planning to have my comic penned by my big brother, but
he gave me a break in having to write it myself. Well, he also wants to
make one of his own, so that really leaves me no other choice. So, that
leads me to watching wrestling videos. I’ve been doing a lot of
research about wrestling: the terms, the moves, the holds, the people
behind every character and the business. I was aiming for a story that
centers around wrestlers. Not the wrestler that you see on the ring,
but the wrestler behind the curtians. And I must tell you, it is tough
to make one. I’ve already finished my draft script and I’m currently
making thumbnails to see whether I’m in the 10-15 page limit.
Hopefully, if this comic does great, I’m planning to continue it by
creating a webcomic of my own.

What’s really interesting about
what I’m doing right now is that I get to know most of the famous
wrestler’s life stories. And some are just sad to hear, especially when
they reached that part of their career where they feel that they’re on
top of the world and they look down on other wrestlers who are just on
the rise. Most of them get arrogant. Some died in the process.
Wrestling is a tough business. And it deserves its respect.

Bounce!

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