01 Jul 2010
by angkuletin Uncategorized
With all the activities in this site that I never really expected, I found myself for some reason, going back to one of my entries. I have forgotten what it actually contained but towards the end, I remembered. And how vividly it remains true to this day.
“Coming back from the play, done with dinner but not quite eager to come home, we stop by our usual place for a bottle of beer and a cup of coffee and a lot of conversation. We talked about the play like we always do. In the middle of the conversation, a memory came back to me. It was that of what of Glecy Atienza said in a class while we were talking about the Virgin Labfest back in 2007. She said that if people in the industry only wrote whatever it is they talk about every time they watch a play, we would all be better off. Everybody talks, but nobody bothers enough to write what we talk about. Some people tell me I should write about what I see or write an opinion when I post my events. I tell them I am afraid. Not because I do not have anything to write about or that I do not have an opinion but simply because my opinion might count more than it should. The last thing I want is to be another Joey Ting, no matter if his intentions are good or even that I completely understand what he does even if not what he says.
Soon, I will write down what I think. Not because I want to let people know about them but because I want to remember. People forget. I know whatever I think will pass me by and will be forgotten, unless I keep a record for myself. I will not try to pretend I know what I am talking about or that I am educated in the matter even if I may be. I will write what I know limited as it may be to my failing brains. I will write what I feel and what I think because I felt. I will write for nobody but myself.
I am waiting for inspiration still. But it might be round the corner. And it might be coming sooner than I expect. But if it does not, I guess I will continue waiting. And hoping it eventually will.”
Written September 26, 2009
01 Jul 2010
by angkuletin Uncategorized
With all the activities in this site that I never really expected, I found myself for some reason, going back to one of my entries. I have forgotten what it actually contained but towards the end, I remembered. And how vividly it remains true to this day.
“Coming back from the play, done with dinner but not quite eager to come home, we stop by our usual place for a bottle of beer and a cup of coffee and a lot of conversation. We talked about the play like we always do. In the middle of the conversation, a memory came back to me. It was that of what of Glecy Atienza said in a class while we were talking about the Virgin Labfest back in 2007. She said that if people in the industry only wrote whatever it is they talk about every time they watch a play, we would all be better off. Everybody talks, but nobody bothers enough to write what we talk about. Some people tell me I should write about what I see or write an opinion when I post my events. I tell them I am afraid. Not because I do not have anything to write about or that I do not have an opinion but simply because my opinion might count more than it should. The last thing I want is to be another Joey Ting, no matter if his intentions are good or even that I completely understand what he does even if not what he says.
Soon, I will write down what I think. Not because I want to let people know about them but because I want to remember. People forget. I know whatever I think will pass me by and will be forgotten, unless I keep a record for myself. I will not try to pretend I know what I am talking about or that I am educated in the matter even if I may be. I will write what I know limited as it may be to my failing brains. I will write what I feel and what I think because I felt. I will write for nobody but myself.
I am waiting for inspiration still. But it might be round the corner. And it might be coming sooner than I expect. But if it does not, I guess I will continue waiting. And hoping it eventually will.”
Written September 26, 2009
01 Jul 2010
by angkuletin Uncategorized
“Last week, I decided to catch a couple of sets of the Virgin Labfest at the CCP, just in case I’d be too busy this week, or it would be difficult to get tickets….
…Just a disclaimer, I’m not writing this blog entry as a review. Hindi ako magmamagaling na theater practitioner like others who claim to be one, ahehehe. Let’s just say I’m a theater enthusiast.
…And it was also amusing how Riki managed to get people to cross the stage to do on-the-spot cameos the catch the actors off-guard. Sige na, playtime na kung playtime. For me, mukha rin nga silang naglalaro, but little things like those keep actors on their toes and keep their performances fresh. So I’m not really at all biased here, considering they’re also my friends. Anyway, despite the predictability that I saw from that tiny detail, what amused me was that things aren’t really what they seem. You never know who you’re really going to end up with, and you really don’t know what kind of people are despite their facade.”
01 Jul 2010
by angkuletin Uncategorized
“Last week, I decided to catch a couple of sets of the Virgin Labfest at the CCP, just in case I’d be too busy this week, or it would be difficult to get tickets….
…Just a disclaimer, I’m not writing this blog entry as a review. Hindi ako magmamagaling na theater practitioner like others who claim to be one, ahehehe. Let’s just say I’m a theater enthusiast.
…And it was also amusing how Riki managed to get people to cross the stage to do on-the-spot cameos the catch the actors off-guard. Sige na, playtime na kung playtime. For me, mukha rin nga silang naglalaro, but little things like those keep actors on their toes and keep their performances fresh. So I’m not really at all biased here, considering they’re also my friends. Anyway, despite the predictability that I saw from that tiny detail, what amused me was that things aren’t really what they seem. You never know who you’re really going to end up with, and you really don’t know what kind of people are despite their facade.”
01 Jul 2010
by angkuletin Uncategorized
I have already set my schedule for watching all the sets, and it was supposedly:
June 29 Sets E & D
June 30 Sets D & F
REST ON JULY 1
July 2 Set C
July 3 Sets A & B
But I left home at 2pm on June 29 because my daughter woke up at 12noon and I had to play with her, feed her lunch, give her medicine and vitamins and a bath before I left for a long work day ahead – and I arrived in CCP at 3:45pm. I live in Cainta and CCP is not close at all. If I took a cab, it costs P250 by taxi meter. It’s that far.
And because I missed but the last 5 minutes of the first play in Set E: Banyaga: Twinbill, I have to come back on July 1 – or the photo documentation is incomplete. It’s their last show.
I was supposed to stay yesterday to watch Set F but I had migraine and all I wanted to do was go home with my family and sleep. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in weeks, it seems. Actually, I didn’t want to go to CCP today either. I had migraine but it was Set D’s last show and I needed to catch it so I can take better photos of Huling Habilin ng Sirena because its lighting is dark and I needed to be on the audience’s side on the left side of the stage for better angles. My husband recognized how important it was that I get there so he drove me, we left the house at 2:23 actually, all the way to CCP, taking with us Lia and the maid since we don’t have a child seat installed in the car.
Lia insisted on sitting on her Papa's lap while we were driving to CCP. This was taken in Fort..
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01 Jul 2010
by angkuletin Uncategorized
I have already set my schedule for watching all the sets, and it was supposedly:
June 29 Sets E & D
June 30 Sets D & F
REST ON JULY 1
July 2 Set C
July 3 Sets A & B
But I left home at 2pm on June 29 because my daughter woke up at 12noon and I had to play with her, feed her lunch, give her medicine and vitamins and a bath before I left for a long work day ahead – and I arrived in CCP at 3:45pm. I live in Cainta and CCP is not close at all. If I took a cab, it costs P250 by taxi meter. It’s that far.
And because I missed but the last 5 minutes of the first play in Set E: Banyaga: Twinbill, I have to come back on July 1 – or the photo documentation is incomplete. It’s their last show.
I was supposed to stay yesterday to watch Set F but I had migraine and all I wanted to do was go home with my family and sleep. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in weeks, it seems. Actually, I didn’t want to go to CCP today either. I had migraine but it was Set D’s last show and I needed to catch it so I can take better photos of Huling Habilin ng Sirena because its lighting is dark and I needed to be on the audience’s side on the left side of the stage for better angles. My husband recognized how important it was that I get there so he drove me, we left the house at 2:23 actually, all the way to CCP, taking with us Lia and the maid since we don’t have a child seat installed in the car.
Lia insisted on sitting on her Papa's lap while we were driving to CCP. This was taken in Fort..
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