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I already lost count as to how long I have been out of the page...I'd like to say though it's good to be back and here's hoping that it will be for good.

There are a lot of things i'd like to share but at the same time I don't want to think back or recollect...I just have to move forward...here's what's what if in case your around the area. dexterspoint.blogspot.com/

I'ts been a year since i wrote something in this journal...I'm having an uneasy feeling if i should still post. In any case, just this once, I think I should.

Like anyone else I've been busy putting up with basic necessities...you know...work, work and yes! more work. And then I gasp for air...here's what I've got. Gabriel Black- 2-page Origin Story is set to come out for the upcoming issue 4...and I'm frantically excited, as a matter of fact this is a revision of a previously submitted entry ...I'm still changing layouts for page 2 as of this writing and is due to pass it today <exhale>. I've also finished my 8-pager story for The Komikero Komiks Anthology Issue 5 komikerokomiks.com/ which features my very own Mandaragit Side Story titled; Deja Vu <inhale>. And then, this coming Sunday ( Feb. 21, 2010); Renaissance- The Comics Convention will be held. It features an art compilation from famous Filipino Artists (localy and globally)from comics and animation. Talk about too much...too much of a good thing.

Here's hoping this just the opening salvo for the local Filipino Komiks Industry...can't wait for the upcoming events in the coming months...really can't (still gasping for air).

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1960's, 70's and 80's!!

First, some of us survived being born to mothers
who did not have an OB-Gyne and drank
San Miguel Beer while they carried us.

While pregnant, they took cold or cough medicine,
ate isaw, and didn't worry about diabetes.

Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made
of hard wood covered with lead-based paints,
pati na yung walker natin, matigas na kahoy din at
wala pang gulong.

We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no
disposable diapers (lampin
lang), and when we rode our bikes, we had no
helmets, no kneepads, sometimes wala pang
preno yung bisikleta.

As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned
buses with wooden seats (yung JD bus na pula),
or cars with no airconditioning & no seat belts
(ngayon lahat may aircon na)

Riding on the back of a carabao on a breezy summer
day was considered a treat.
(ngayon hindi na nakakakita ng kalabaw ang mga bata)

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a
bottle purchased from 711
(minsan straight from the faucet or poso)

We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our
friends, and NO ONE actually died from this.
Or contacted hepatitis.

We ate rice with star margarine, drank raw eggs
straight from the shell,
and drank sofdrinks with real sugar in it (hindi diet coke),
but we weren't sick or overweight kasi nga......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
and get back when the streetlights came on.
Sarap mag patintero, tumbang-preso,
habulan at taguan.

No one was able to reach us all day (di uso ang
cellphone, walang beepers ).
And yes, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our wooden trolleys
(yung bearing ang gulong) or plywood slides
out of scraps and then ride down the street ,
only to find out we forgot the brakes! After hitting
the sidewalk or falling into a canal (seweage channel) a few times,
we learned to solve the problem ourselves
with our bare & dirty hands .

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes,
no video games at all,
no 100 channels on cable, no DVD movies, no surround
stereo, no IPOD's, no cell phones, no computers,
no Internet, no chatrooms, and no Facebooks.
...WE HAD REAL FRIENDS and we went outside to
actually talk and play with them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
and there were no stupid lawsuits from these accidents.
The only rubbing we get is from our
friends with the words..masakit ba?
pero pag galit yung kalaro mo, ang
sasabihin sa iyo...beh buti nga !

We played marbles (jolens) in the dirt , washed our
hands just a little and ate dirty ice cream & fish balls.
We were not afraid of getting germs
in our stomachs.

We had to live with homemade guns (gawa sa kahoy),
tinali ng rubberband, sumpit, tirador at kung anu-ano pa
na puedeng makasakitan. Pero masaya pa rin ang lahat.

We made up games with sticks (syatong),
and cans (tumbang preso) and
although we were told they were dangerous, wala
naman tayong binulag o
napatay. Paminsan minsan may nabubukulan lang.

We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a
friend's house and knocked
on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for
them to jump out the window!

Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone
made the team. Those who didn 't pass had to learn to deal with the
disappointment. Wala yang
mga childhood depression at damaged self esteem
ek-ek na yan. Ang pikon, talo!

Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tignan kung ayos
lang ang mga bata,
hindi para makialam at makipag-away sa ibang
parents.

That generation of ours has produced some of the
best risk-takers, problem solvers,
creative thinkers and successful professionals ever!
They are the CEO's, Engineers, Doctors and
Military Generals of today.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of
innovation and new ideas.

We had failure, success, and responsibility. We
learned from our mistakes the hard way.

You might want to share this with others who've had
the luck to grow up as
real kids. We were lucky indeed.

And if you like, forward it to your kids too, so
they will know how brave
their parents were.

It kind of makes you wanna go out and climb a tree,
doesn't it?!

- just a thought to ponder

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Filipino Comic Book Artists Unite for Heroic Cause
By John Geddes, USA TODAY

Comic book artist Whilce Portacio is a man on a mission. Actually, he's a man on several missions.

As one of the co-founders of Image Comics and a participating creator in the Image United comic-book series, Portacio has a schedule filled with daily artistic duties and deadlines. He is one of the most well-known and sought-after artists in the comics industry today. He's successful, has a wonderful family, and loves the work that he does. Portacio, however, is compelled these days by a higher calling.

Whilce Portacio was born and currently resides in the Philippines. He is immensely proud of his Filipino heritage and is delighted to talk in lengthy detail about the country, its history, and — most importantly to him — its people; specifically, its artistic community. Within this community, Portacio has, at various stages of his career, been a student, teacher, mentor, pioneer, and now, benefactor.

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