tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85322197701599842132024-03-14T00:40:29.489+08:00THE DAVAOISTMarkuz Dedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816770837667822283noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532219770159984213.post-61748315925065774282013-12-09T13:10:00.000+08:002013-12-11T00:55:53.913+08:00Davao Bands: Kwatro Medya Wants You to Move<br />
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Let me tell you this, Kwatro Medya is one, or if not tops the list of the grooviest Davao bands that you will ever hear. I'm not sure if they intend to be that way but each time I watch them play on stage, they always make me want to dance. I mean just move my body along with their rhythm and not "dance" like in the Step Up movie. What I'm sure of though is that their songs should be a part of every young Davaoeños "On-the-go" playlist. Their upbeat guitar play, upbeat drum beats, upbeat vocals (also upbeat vocalist) will surely make anybody feel that intense desire to just let go and let their body move. Unlike a few other local bands, Kwatro Medya is obviously not interested in putting you in a " senti" mood. What they want to do is to take away all of that "senti" feelings in your body and put you in the mood to party. Yes sir! Yes ma'am. The Kwatro Medya band, all four and a half of them, wants you to have some fun!<br />
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<b>The Beginning </b><br />
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The story of how this band was formed is quite long and complicated. But basically, Kwatro Medya is the offspring of Long and Dansoy's effort to turn the undermanned Nude Marry (their former band) into a group that in essence can be called as a full-pledged band. The troubles which are commonplace to forming a band made the going not easy for them. The years 2009 and 2010 were spent finding people to fill in the voids in the lineup.Nude Marry has seen a number of musically talented walk in and then out of it's door. There rare are times though that the band has enough man power to practice and make original compositions with their instruments, however they were only limited to that. The band has no front man yet and their chances of finding one was quite bleak. Orvil of the band Spasm became their vocalist at one point but after a few gigs he bade poor old Nude Marry goodbye. The beginnings of this band was a mess actually no matter which angle you look at it. But just any mess in forming a rock group, it gets straightened out eventually, if the some characters are just so inclined.<br />
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The last quarter of year 2011 was a time filled with urgency and opportunity for the band which is still not solidly complete. During that time, the owner of Saless Diner and Moozika, Moshe Papica, already had the plans for the first Excursion concert underway. And since Nude Marry ( now the groovy Kwatro Medya) have already played countless of times in Saless Diner they have earned the confidence of the venue's owner which led them to be chosen to be one of the bands to share the stage with Pedicab and the other acts that are slated to perform in that large music event. You probably imagine the boys of Kwatro Medya jumping up and about with glee that time right? Well, not exactly. How would you feel if you are just months away from having your big break in the local music scene but because of some unforeseen circumstances you end up being two men (a rhythm guitarist and a vocalist) short? Well, most definitely bad.<br />
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When the three remaining members of the band (Long, Paolo, and Dan) thought that things could still get worse, it didn't. In fact two amazing and totally unexpected things happened. The first one is that, Pepot, Long and Paolo's former elementary classmate agreed to play rhythm guitars for their band. And the second one is that, Dan's friend AG, who apparently has a good singing voice came in the picture and filled the spot as Kwatro Medya's front man. And by the time they got everything that they needed, the band went straight to work. The Excursion 1 served as their much needed kick start as what followed is their steady rise to prominence in the local music scene.<br />
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<b>Good Friends Playing Music Together </b><br />
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Music-wise this Kwatro Medya is an awesome band, but what makes them stand out is, if you watch them perform, you could almost feel the organic connection that bonds every one of them. Long, Paolo and Dan have been friends since they were youngsters ( probably have seen their first tits in a movie together), and they have known Pepot and AG for quite a long time too. Basically, they are just a bunch of good old friends playing and sharing the music that they love to the rest of the city. Each time they step onto the stage, they don't give out that stiff aura of super seriousness which makes you feel that they do that thing as a job. This may sound as a cliche but it seems that they are having a genuine good time each time they play music. And this may also sound as another cliche but, yeah, they do have that thing that they all call "Chemistry".<br />
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I went to Saless Tekanplor one Friday evening to interview Kwatro Medya after their practice session. The interview took longer than I expected since they were a talkative bunch. But I was able to get some really good answers from them though.<br />
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Davaoist: When you started out what were your intentions as a band?<br />
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Long: Basically, what we really wanted to do that time was to form a band in order to play in the Excursion one. But behind that, we just really wanted to have fun. Just for the sake of playing music. Until now, were already made 12 songs even though we have not released them yet, we still do it for the sake of making music.<br />
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Davaoist: What's the story behind the name Kwatro Medya?<br />
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Dan: It was Paolo who suggested to change our name (from Nude Marry). It was Pepot's idea really, the name Kwatro Medya. Actually the name has different meanings. The formal meaning was, because most of us are working, most of us have day routines, during 4:30 we prepare individually to for a practice in Saless.<br />
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Long: 4:30 is actually our meeting time. But at 4:30 everyone of us is still preparing, so we always meet up at 5:30. That is the other meaning.<br />
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Dan: The real meaning of Kwatro Medya, you need to see the band in order to figure it out ( looks at Pepot)<br />
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Davaoist: Pepot is the Medya?<br />
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Kwatro Medya: (Laughs)<br />
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Davaoist: As a band, what is your main musical influence?<br />
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Long: As individual musicians, we have very different genres, approaches, and very different influences. When it came to Kwatro Medya, we were more on fusion of music and it was evident on our first three songs. Those first songs were basically the only output that we can create out of mixing our different influences.<br />
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Dan: Because it was a mix, at the first stage of Kwatro Medya, it was quite difficult. It was really hard to achieve chemistry musically. Getting the output that we want was a struggle because every single one of us have were into totally different genres. We spent a lot of time to find the right combination just to make it sound right.<br />
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Long: We were all about fusion of music. It was hard, but in the long run, we were able to hit it because of composer and song writer, Paolo. He actually serves as the back bone of band right now. He creates a bass line and every and from that everyone else just follows to create a collective flow.<br />
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Davaoist: So, Paolo is the one into Dance Rock? You're a Dance Rock band right?<br />
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Long: Not really. We can't really say that. We just mix things up and try to create something good not minding which genre it falls to.<br />
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Dan: The truth is there is only one artist that we like in common.<br />
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Davaoist: Who?<br />
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Dan: Daniel Padilla!<br />
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Davaoist: As a band, how do you prepare before a gig?<br />
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Pepot: Our most essential ritual before a gig is absolutely "SPAKOL".<br />
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Davaoist: SPAKOL?<br />
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( Preparing Before a Gig 101: "Spakol" means Spa dala *bleeeep)<br />
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Long: We also try to dress up formally in order to compensate to our very ordinary faces.<br />
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Davaoist: Do you still get nervous before a gig?<br />
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Long: Yes!<br />
Dan: Especially when we played in Manila.<br />
Pepot: I don't get nervous. I get nervous about my band mates.<br />
Dan: "HAMBUGERO KA"! (laughs)<br />
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Davaoist: Best Gig?<br />
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Pepot, Dan, Long: at Saguijo! ( a bar in Manila)<br />
Pepot: I almost had 8 girlfriends when we played there.<br />
Dan: It was the best because the audience interacted with us.<br />
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Davaoist: Worst gig?<br />
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Dan: Here at Saless. We didn't practice for two weeks and we played at an open mic night. There was only one person watching us and we totally messed everything up so after two songs Long just packed up and we followed.<br />
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Davaoist: What separates you from other Davao Bands?<br />
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Long: As a band, I could say it's the friendship that we have. When it comes to music, ahmmm, we are not the best band out here. There are a lot of really really talented bands in the city. But the problem with those bands is that they tend to focus too much on getting famous. Everything they do seems planned. It's not that we don't want to get famous, but our main focus is just to have fun making music together.<br />
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Davaoist: You just came from Manila, that was a really big event. How did you feel after that?<br />
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Dan: It was really awesome. It's like this. We left here as a band. We arrived there as a band. We experienced the whole thing as friends. And it doesn't get better than that.<br />
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Davaoist: What's the difference between the Davao crowd to the Manila crowd?<br />
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Long: It's totally different. In Manila, even if they don't know the band, they still listen to them and even applaud them. But here Davao, if they don't know the band they don't care.<br />
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Dan: No offense, but the crowd here is really hard to please.<br />
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Davaoist: Yeah. They are quite lousy and really hard to please.<br />
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<b> Here are the members of Kwatro Medya:</b><br />
(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kwatro-Medya/334403179935570"><b>ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE</b></a>)<br />
(<b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/kwatro-medya">GET A SAMPLE OF THEIR MUSIC BY EXPLORING THEM ON SOUNDCLOUD</a></b>)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The “dark times” of our local music scene is finally over.
An entire era of "covers-only” local bands is now slowly rotting and being
eaten away by worms in its rightful place in the past. Its memory might still
causes nostalgia to some but that feeling will be gone as quickly as it came as
one starts to discover the evolved version of Davao music. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Davao music scene is on its way up! A collection of new
interesting bands have come out, each of them offering their own brand of music
to the audience, all of them contributing in making the voice of our young music community louder, and
its waves more intense than it has ever been. The slew of upcoming Davao-bred
acts is also intent on creating and sharing their own original compositions. I
remember, there was this one guy who told me that, “This is the best time to
watch local acts.”, just before the first band was about to play during a local
music event. It was 2010, and I was reeking with skepticism towards the whole
idea of Davao Bands playing their original songs in a music event. I was being
stupid and I was quite certain that listening to them would be torture.
However, as the band on the stage started to perform, my view changed. I was
totally wrong! They didn't suck at all. In fact, they were great and all the
bands that played after them were equally impressive. Local music fan boy was
totally right! (Local music fan boy, if you are reading this. I still owe you a
high five.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How or when this whole phenomenon started? I’m not really
sure. But this whole revolution was probably produced from the “energy” created
inside the four walls of the early underground music spots like “Durian Bar”
and others. They were the first to provide a creative space for our young
musicians. They were also the first to provide the local bands with the freedom
to create their own identities. And most importantly, they were the first to
provide the bands a unique crowd— young Davaoeños who are both fed up (or even
loath) “mainstream” and are hungry for something new. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since the demise of the mighty “D-Bar” the “energy” is now
being cradled and fed by new music hot spots in Davao like Saless Tekanplor. We
also now have Davao Music Nation, an independent online publication that acts
as the Davao Music Community’s hype agent. The pieces of the puzzle are
actually already in place and that just gives you a really good feeling when
you think about where this scene is headed to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is movement and there are clear signs of progression.
The tipping points might still be a mile away however, if the whole just keeps
on trudging forward, it will get there. Speaking about trudging forward, last
month, five of the most premiered independent Davao bands rocked two of the best music venues in Manila. A few weeks ago
Jad Montenegro and her band bagged the 2<sup>nd</sup> place in the Converse Get
Loud Band Competition. These are
actually just some of them. In just a
span of five years, Davao music which used to be “non-existent” and “unheard
of” is now starting to command attention nationally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If this piece has tickled something inside of you and made
you want to start discovering Davao’s local music, we can help you out on that.
Here’s a list of bands which we think you should really check out. <span style="font-size: large;">We are
pretty sure that there are still a lot of awesome bands out there and we are
still yet to enjoy them. </span>So yeah, here’s the list. </span></div>
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Lost Tribe </h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bogz's tenure as a student and a practitioner of the art of marking indelible designs on a living human's skin may still be under the ten year mark (not that the number of years means that much in the art world) but he surely is getting the hype and the constant flow of clients that can make newbie tattoo artists wish they could turn out like him. You could often hear his name get mentioned when two young Davaoeños talk about tattoos. If you ask where you could get a really high quality in this city, 7 times out of 10 the "Bogzificator" will be among the artists who you will be told to check out. In just a very short span of time, he has secured a spot in the list of the best tattoo artists in Davao city, and if such list really exists, Bogz might even be in it's top spot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(The whole business of describing his style and commenting on the artistry in his artworks is something that we leave completely to you. All the tattoo pieces that we got from his Facebook Page (Bogzified) were the ones which are truly over-the-top. There are even some pieces that just made us say " Woah! This one exceptionally over-the-top!". But we really want to know what you think about them. Just look at the artworks and just say something about them in the comment box below).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever wondered how our lives would be like? How the lives of every person in the world would be like, if that herd of goats in ancient times didn't chew on those innocent looking coffee berries and thus making them the first ones to experience a coffee high. It is actually quite possible that we will have less than what we have right now. The world would have no skyscrapers. The progression of technology would have been slow. The life-changing books that you have read would have been left unfinished by their authors. No computers. No smartphones. No Google. No Facebook. No Tumblr. No awesome Hollywood movies. No life-sucking TV shows. No nothing. If we didn't have coffee the world will be slow and we will live in it like sloths. So, before I continue, let us stop for a moment to thank those who made this world an exciting place to live in. "Thank you ancient goats in Ethiopia."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A lot of young Davaoeños find it quite impossible to go on a day without coffee. This place is now filled with coffee heads and you can even be one of them. You'd probably relate to this. You wake up in the morning, you brush your teeth and then you make yourself a cup of coffee. You need to concentrate on something, you find a quite place to sit down and sip a cup of coffee. You are feeling tired but the workday is far from being over, you take a break and chug down on some coffee. The habit have completely embedded itself in your life. Just a little bit more and you can already call it an addiction. For some cases, it already is an addiction. But, it is an addiction that every hustling young men and women in Davao City can wear like a badge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to a recent poll, Davao is seeing a significant increase in the number of serious coffee guzzlers in its population. :D That data led Starbucks to set up shop here in the city ( another LOL). Well, drinking coffee has no become a ritual of every modern day man and woman in this city and just like any ritual, there is a correct way to do it. Here's a somewhat guide to drinking coffee for 20-somethings in Davao.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Never leave home without fueling up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are just people who seriously require coffee to jump start their day. If you are like that but due to some unforeseen circumstances you are forced to leave your home without a coffee fix (ex. You ran out of coffee and you are already running late), you should really think twice before you walk out of your door. Grumpiness, unproductivity, and total loss of social skills are just some of the potential negative behaviours that you might display. Without fueling up when you really need to, you make yourself a liability to the economy and a threat to other members of the society. So, stock up and wake up early for you to ensure that you could load your system with enough caffeine before you face the day. If you need to drink 3 cups of coffee, go drink 3 cups of coffee. Do whatever that is you need to do to make you feel like a billion pesos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. It doesn't matter what kind of coffee it is. Just drink it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As long as it's coffee with caffeine in it, drink it. It's good for you. Decaf are only for posers. Being a poser and drinking decaf are both not good for you. It doesn't matter if it's instant coffee from a jar in your kitchen, a 3-in-1 mix in a plastic pack, a bland-with-too-much-sugar coffee like concoction from a vendo machine, the pricey artisanal ones in cups with your name on them, or even that heavy fresh brew out of your own coffee maker. As long as it tastes and smells like coffee and you make sure that there is caffeine in it, just drink it. Man, it's good for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Of course you can take photos of your coffee. Be proud to be a coffee head. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Never think twice in taking a photo of the cup of coffee that you are enjoying. Just snap a photo of it and share it to the rest of the world through Facebook and Instagram with a caption that probably goes like "Ahhh! You never fail to make my day." or even " Thank you goats in ancient Ethiopia." Let everybody in the planet know that you love coffee. Apparently, coffee heads find a good photo of a cup of coffee being consumed as arousing as exposed cleavages or sweaty abdominal muscles. Yes, #coffeeselfies are sexy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Black with almost no sugar. If you can't enjoy it, switch to cow's milk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pure black coffee with just a fairy's sprinkle of sugar is the real shit. The genuine experience. The tradition that can never be improved or modified. If you can't enjoy this bitter but tasty concoction made by the gods then you are not a legit coffee lover. You actually need to love something in it's purest form before you can really call it love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Be a boy scout. Carry coffee with you at all times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Coffee can get you going but only for a certain period of time. You can turn from a Jhonny-always-on-the-go to a Jhonny-feeling-oh-so-low in just a few hours after your previous cup. If you want to avoid hitting a slump throughout the day, it would be best for you to carry some reserves. Also invest on a reliable thermos coffee canteen or something and some extra packs of instant coffee in your bag. Doing this can ensure that you have a steady supply of caffeine and at the same time you can remain being that (your name here)-always-on-the-go that everybody likes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Buy a coffee maker when you can already afford one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nothing can beat the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning. The aroma alone can make you thank God that you are alive. It's quite true. When your coffee maker has brewed your preferred strain of coffee beans and is slowly filling a pot with your caffeine fix in the morning then, the aroma starts comes out; there's no denying that it is the best feeling. If you start your day like this every morning, no one (and I mean no one) will ever dare stop a go-getter like you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7 . Learn the art of making cold coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are just days in this city when the sun seems to be on the mood to punish all of us. The days when going out feels like walking into hell and staying indoors feels like living inside an oven. These are the times when a steaming cup of coffee just doesn't turn you on and this is also the reason why you need to learn the art of making cold coffee. Well, you can't really call it as an art because it is so simple to do. Here's how. Dissolve some coffee in a glass half-filled with hot water, add in some sugar, cream, or even chocolate powder to taste, load the glass up with ice cubes, get turned on again, drink it up like you have just survived a week in the Sahara Desert. You should really try this. It will not just make you feel good, but it can also save the world from your constant ranting on Facebook about how hot the weather is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The goat who ate the first coffee berry probably went like "Heeeey guuuys! I just ate this berry and geeeez my energy went through the roof. Let's all go ahead and eat some and play all day then stay up all night just talking about how much fun we had! I'm in the mood right now! Meeeeeh!" You can be like that goat too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If someone in your office asks if you have an extra pack of Kopiko 3-in-1 and you do, go give it to that person. If you just discovered a great place that serves great coffee, tell all of your friends about it. If you find a person who desperately needs coffee, go save that person! Be a nice coffee head. Be that awesome goat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paw-Paw Licayan
(PAW) is one of the most prolific new comers in
the Davao Street Art Scene. For someone
who just started making street art in August 2013, he was able to make a lot of
legal walls look way better than their previous sad and boring state. One of the walls that Paw-Paw saved was that humongous
slab of concrete on Sales Bar’s roof top. Back then, that wall was nothing but dead and
grey, and a little bit depressing to look at. But because of Paw-Paw’s creative
brain and his set of magical spray cans, the wall was turned into a pleasing piece
of art. He actually has both the knack to find the walls that “clearly needs
to come alive” and to paint those walls with designs that are so bold and so
unique that it is impossible not to spot them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One thing that is really impressive about this artist is
that he is so into street art right now that he just doesn't want to stop. I actually saw him working on a wall on an
afternoon during the Sembreak 2013 party weekend at Dahican. Everybody got their eyes glued on the beach that
time because there was some sort of skim boarding on dwarf-like waves that was
happening that time and I was looking for a place where I could pee without
paying Php 5. I saw this lone wall
that stood upright inside a wrecked building. It seemed to be the perfect spot.
However, when I was on my way to give that wall a shower, I saw Paw-Paw and one
of his mates already showering it with colors. The piece that they made there
was probably the first decent street art in Dahican. Watching that scene can
actually give you a really good feeling even if you are about to pay Php 5 just to pee. It’s because that was
passion right there in front of you. And that was also Davao leaving a mark in
Mati city. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paw-Paw now works as a graphic designer. He is a disciple of minimalism and his favorite elements are simple shapes. You can also know that what you are looking at is a PAW artwork if you see a "single eye with an eye bag" which somewhat became this artist's signature. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We asked Paw-Paw a few questions. He answered. You can read the exchange below. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Davaoist: When did you get interested in street art?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Paw: I was interested in street art since I was young but I don’t have any friends who are in to it so I wasn't able to do the actual thing until my friend, Philip Orilla, introduced me to the scene last August.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Davaoist: Tell us something about your style?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Paw: I really like doing cubism art which is an abstract form of art and also I like to place eye bags to my drawings since I was young. I was inspired by Alien Workshop skateboards with designs of Don Pendleton which had these simple lines creating one nice art piece. Since then I was experimenting with shapes and lines then in years I came up with my own style and the eye bags are still there. lol</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Davaoist: When and where did you paint your first graffiti? How did you feel after that?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">Paw: I made my first wall art in my house. I bought some spray cans and did it in our wall. My mom and dad didn’t know this until they got home. Thankfully they liked it and didn't scold me for that. Both my parents are very supportive : ) . It was very fun and I enjoyed doing it. It takes the stress out of my body haha.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Davaoist: Who are your favorite street artists?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Paw: Don Pendleton (I don’t know if he is a street artist but I like his artworks), Blic, Beastman, Phibs, Insa, Sano WPC, Reka, Yok, Matt W. Moore and lots more 😊</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Davaoist: What is the main thing that inspires you when you make street art? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Paw: To be able to let my children see my artworks in the streets when I become old. lol. I really like meeting new people in the process of learning new different styles in street art.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Here are some of Paw's art pieces. You can see more by visiting his Facebook page<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pawwadabartist"><b> (click this to reach his Paw on Facebook) </b></a></span></span><br />
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Markuz Dedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816770837667822283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532219770159984213.post-41165662444129505002013-12-08T16:40:00.000+08:002013-12-11T00:59:02.076+08:0016 Insanely Awesome Artworks by Davao Digital Artist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Markuz Dedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816770837667822283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532219770159984213.post-82212548575458056122013-12-08T16:18:00.000+08:002013-12-11T00:59:43.744+08:0014 Bad-ass Quotes from Mayor Rodrigo Duterte<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rodrigo "Rudy" Duterte, the father of our city, is one of those rare individuals whose being a bad-ass is not offensive at all. At least not for most of us though. But, I'm pretty sure that those who have become direct targets of his tongue-lashing, public taunts, his famous middle finger, and also his signature I-dont-give-a-fuck-who-you-are attitude are the ones who get seriously offended. And we just don't care about those cry babies. Every single Davaoeño,especially the young ones totally agree that those people deserve it. If you mess with our Mayor- you lose. There is absolutely no point in getting into an all out verbal war with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mayor Duterte is not just an icon of the good kind of bad-ass but he is also a living example of what real public service should be like. We all know how he is. But, I will not really get into that right now because this piece is all about the most bad-ass stuff he said just recently. Here they are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. <b>"The criminals have no place in this city except jails, detention centers, and god forbid, funeral parlors."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. <b>" Stop or leave. If you can't or will not, you will not survive. You can either leave vertically or horizontally."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. <b>"I tell you criminals. Don't come to this city."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. <b>"Barilin kita. Bakit mo ako suntukin? Ako nga ang peace maker para walang blood shed tapos suntukin ako. I'll shoot you."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5.<b> "She is not ready to aplologize. She offers no excuses. No aplologies. No nothing. So be it. The yakkings of the mouth... Millions of them. You want blood? We will give it to you."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. <b>" Yang mga bleeding progressive minds, you know how to deal with the problem? You tell us."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7 .<b> "Kung hindi naman kayo tarantado. Anak ko yan eh. I only know one event yung tatay iniwan ang anak. God the father allowed his only son to be crucified. The problem is I am not God the father. But she is my daughter. Period.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8 . <b>"Pag napatay niyo, doblado, 4 million ako. Ngayon, pag dinala niyo ang ulo ni Ryan Yu dito da akin,lagyan mo lang ice para hindi mabaho, dadagdag ako nang 1 million. So that's 5 million."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9 . <b>"Don't fuck with my team. Hindi ako papayag ng ganyan. Anarchy? Paano tayo makakatulong kung lahat tayo puro aktor?"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10 . <b>"Anarchy eh! Kung pakialaman pa ang medisina eh ano ang silbi ng doctor ko? So they can choose, we can add more casualties by bullets. Nasa kanila yan."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">11.<b>"Kadtong manimba ug buntag, di gyud mo kita. Mas maayo pa ayaw nalang mo simba, diri nalang mo tutok "Gikan sa Masa". Pwede na man nang katulo sa isa ka tuig. Sugot na man ang Ginoo ana."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12.<b> "What is wrong if I use my freedome of expression and invoke it now? What does it send you, yang dirty finger? What does it connotate? Sige daw?... Rosales asks the DILG to teach me a lesson? Sila ang pumunta dito and I will teach them a lesson of the freedom of expression. Lecture-an ko sila with the finer points of the constitution."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">13 .<b>" God must have been somewhere else or forgot that there was planet Earth."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">14. <b>"Bullshit ka Boy! Fuck you!"</b></span><br />
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The Long Bond Yellow Papers, a band which according to the
Davao Music Nation (DMN) “have just emerged out of nowhere” is obviously not
planning to go back into hiding behind the shadows of anonymity. After winning
the Mindanao Band Festival Songwriting Competition, a win that made them earn a
place under the local spotlight, LBYP is not showing signs of slowing down. In
fact, they are speeding up! The band is set to leave their indelible mark in
the local music of community of Davao by launching their very first
album—“Alimango Salad”. The launching of LBYP’s Alimango Salad album will be
happening this Saturday night (11-09-2013) at Saless Tekanplor and there is no
doubt that it is going to be an electric event. HOW ELECTRIC EXACTLY? Well that is for you to find out. So, don’t deprive yourself
of one awesome night this weekend. You should step into Saless Tekanplor this Saturday
evening to step into the world of LBYP and just allow them to make you
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But before you help us swing and sway the venue later, it
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What you need to know is that these guys initially formed
this band because of a very simple, if not insanely common or I might as well say testosterone-driven reason– to be cool in high school. Back then,
they were exactly like that bunch that is always there on every event in your
campus, playing all too familiar songs during intermissions just to keep you
entertained. They were the familiar faces that you see on the students-only band
competition on your school’s foundation day. They were the Yeah-I-Have-A-Band
kids. They were the Screw-You-I-Love-Rock-And-Roll kids. And most of the time
they were also the most fun-loving, trouble-making (not sure if this can be
applied to the featured band) and the most easy-going bunch in the campus.
Yeah! You can actually say that you can tag them as the cool guys. I have heard that Long Bond Yellow Papers was
successful in earning some notoriety during their high school days. It was like
girls screaming their names and sending them love letters on Valentine’s Day.
However, sweeping behind all that was just said, the most admirable thing about
this band is that when they realized that they have they passion for making
music, they pushed through. And that is something that rarely happens to bands
that were formed during high school. I’m pretty sure that you have heard such
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I asked Almond Roe Yumang,the band’s vocalist to look back
and tell me something about the beginnings of his their band. “It all still in
high school…that was around 2005. There were still two of us in the band that
time. We shared a lot of tough times together (laughs). Then we looked for
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Another thing that you might be interested about is the
story behind the name “Long Bond Yellow Papers. If you think about it, the name
seems like one of those just-came-out-on-a-whim type of names which is similar
to the “Tear Here” on that famous “Chippy” commercial. The truth is that the band thought really long
and hard to come up of that name. I’m not really sure though. Almond told me
about it. “(We chose the name LBYP) we were really into Red Hot Chili Peppers
that time. So that was that. We tried to come up with a name that rhymes with
Red Hot Chili Peppers (RCHP). And absolutely not MYMP (laughs)”. </div>
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I have listened to a couple of songs by LBYP and I can say
that they are a band that plays with “heart”. Their love for creating music
just emanates through every tune and song lyric that they offer to their
listeners. Two of their songs, Alimango Salad and Permanent Change are my
personal favorites. The first song, if I interpreted it correctly, carries the
theme that can open someone’s eyes to an issue that in a way makes our society
stink, while the latter acts like the band's outstretched arms inviting you to
go with them in finding a meaning for this life. Imagine yourself on a Sunday
afternoon. You are on your I-Am-Going-To-Chill mode. There is nothing that can
ever raise your Cortisol levels. And then you are listening to some LBYP songs.
It won’t exactly be like having Lennon serenading you to sleep with beautiful music and deep wisdom. However, it may leave you with the same feeling only
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Normally, I include an interview of the band on every write
up, but not this time. Reason? I am running out of time and this article should
be published right now. I’ll grace you, the dear followers of LBYP with an interview
soon. But instead on thinking of negative adjectives to describe this shitty
writer, it would be best for you to start prepping up. In a few hours, LBYP
will dominate the best local music venue in town and you should really be
there. The admission will only take you
back a hundred bucks and you will already get a free beer, a free Alimango
Salad CD and most especially, a night of good music. So yeah! See you at Saless! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Being a lover of Japanese food, I didn’t require any more convincing to dine here. And I am happy to report that the restaurant has not, in any bit, disappointed me. In fact, I am keen on declaring it as the city’s best Japanese restaurant – it’s just that I love so many of them that I can’t pick a favorite!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I enjoyed this lovely dinner with E so much that we can’t wait to be back. There’s a sushi bar that I want to try, too. How about you? Have you tried dining at Tsuru? How’s the experience? Be sure to sound off at the comments section below. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Burgers and fries is the ultimate comfort food combo. A delectable array of flavors coming from the savory pattysandwiched by a soft bun, then tossed in with some fresh vegetables, will surely be a winner in any foodie's book. Even for someone like me who isn't a big fan, you just can't turn down a good burger. And I know one when I taste one! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Recently, I stumbled upon another gem in the long line of burger joints in Davao - Backyard Burger. I was all rave to E about it after we dined here and I knew it deserved a spot in my blog. In fact, I was left to wonder what took me so long to try it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you come in here expecting a grandiose facade, you might be slightly disappointed. Backyard Burgers has nothing of the extravagant ambiance that <a href="http://davaofoodguide.blogspot.com/2012/11/hollywood-burgers-satisfy-davaos.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Hollywood Burgers</b></span></a> has. But you cannot blame them - it is called Backyard Burger for a reason. Fine with me, though. The concept actually works - it's like having some barbecue and burgers with your friends at the yard. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <b>BB Yard Burger</b> is the most basic burger that is available on their menu. It is priced at P90 and with that you can get 100% fresh pure beef patty (that is grilled to your preference), plain bun, tomato catsup, mayo, lettuce, onion, and a homemade steak sauce. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first bite was a pleasant surprise. The patty does taste like it is made with pure beef and that means noextenders. We chose to have our patties well done, which I love because there is a smoky flavor to it and yet still very juicy. The texture is amazing! Also, I love that they used curly lettuce because not only does it plate well, but also makes it easy to bite into. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The spicy kick from the wasabi-mayo sauce on the Japanese Oishii Burger is really unique. Plus, the spicy hint introduces a nice layer of flavor into the burger, which you might think at first as something that would not work, but it does! It is actually excellent!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">I would rank Backyard Burger as one of the best burger joints in the city for its delicious yet affordable burgers, ranking alongside my favorite <a href="http://davaofoodguide.blogspot.com/2013/02/space-burger-brings-affordable-yet.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Space Burger</b></span></a>. </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </b></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DreametryDoodle/info"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DREAMETRY FACEBOOK PAGE</span></b></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And oh! They also have a contest! If you can help them come up with a slogan which is perfect for their brand, you will win some prizes ( speculations are they are going to give away a jar of rainbow. kidding) To know more about this contest, visit their </span></div>
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<br />Markuz Dedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816770837667822283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532219770159984213.post-8005276967003236332013-05-11T20:40:00.000+08:002013-05-15T08:09:07.063+08:00Davao Brand: Chunks Clothing Mayday Collection <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wearchunks?fref=ts">Chunks Clothing</a> is grinding hard! They have just released new shirts last month and now, without even letting us blink, they are offering us their Mayday Collection. This collection is consisted of 6 clothing articles ( they really are grinding really hard) 3 shirts, 2 hooded jackets, and a raglan. Chunks seems to really focus on active wear right now and they are proving to be really good at it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are two ways to get these stuff from Chunks Mayday Collection:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can visit their physical store-- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Six4Cartel?fref=ts">Six4 Cartel</a> ( <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=500622173324353&set=a.119458701440704.25123.100001297249686&type=1&theater"><b>click this to see map</b></a>) </span></div>
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<br />Markuz Dedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816770837667822283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532219770159984213.post-42218995143639270832013-05-11T20:00:00.003+08:002013-05-15T08:10:28.031+08:0030 Best Recent Artworks by Davao Graphic Artists <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The graphic design community here in Davao City is just full of really impressive talents. We have already featured a few of them, and we know that there are still a lot out there that are yet to be discovered. We are actually struggling to find these people since Davaoeños seem a bit shy in suggesting to us some awesome artists that they know. But there was this one event that took place in Davao just recently that has helped us a lot to see what we were looking for. We are yet to contact some few people to ask them if they would want to be featured in our little blog. </div>
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They called the event Davao Art Attack 2 and it took place in Yellow House Café. What the organizers of the event did was that they asked some digital artists here in Davao to submit some of their works to be showcased in the event. We were not able to go to the event to cover it because the Davaoist team turned into lazy potatos that day. However, we did look at all the submitted artworks and just thought that we should really share some of them to you. </div>
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Anyway, here are our 30 best artworks from Davao Art Attack 2 </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Eponymous by : Mark James Manubay</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Bomberman by: Omar Sanchez</u></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> <u>All the Hidden Entrance by: Tsad De Lira</u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Battle of the Mind Warfare by: Alduane Maño</u></span><br />
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to find a band that sounds like Azimuth in Davao City right now. There are just
a handful of them who are into experimental music, or to easily put it, try
really hard to keep their tunes as original as they can. Apparently, it is
quite difficult to play the “They sound like” game when you start listening to
them. I have asked some of my friends to listen to a couple of their songs,
hoping that when I do that I would finally have an idea on how to describe
their music. The best feedback that I got was “ Weird. Beautifully weird”. I
don’t know if the band would be happy with that comment. But hey! Beautifully
weird can is often times a good thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The band
was established in 2006 with only three members – Roy, Jad, and Jay. These
three guys happened to have the same taste in music, and from there everything
took off. Since neither of the three knows how to sing well, they became an
“un-mouthed” band for quite some time. Two months after founding their band,
they were asked to play cover songs in a university event. Playing for that
event with their 1<sup>st</sup> session vocalist – Alvin help them gain a
pretty good reputation and basically that was the moment that have paved their
way into the local music scene. In 2009, they employed the help of Nep to
become their main vocalist. The moment that they already resembled a complete
band, they started creating original songs and also started to formulate their
own breed of music which they call as “ Experimental – Man and Machine”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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short interview Azimuth so that you can know them better. You can read it
below. GO! READ IT! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on our way to the rehearsal studio back then (if other people go to bars to
drink and have fun, we go to a practice studio to play and have fun). Little
did we know that a band name was required to be able to rehearse in that
certain studio (which was commonly done in other studios too, actually). So we
wrote "Azimuth" on the paper aaand.. woola! Azimuth was born. We
coined it after the incident when the three of us, Jad, Roy, and Jan almost
failed the quiz on trigonometry during our freshman year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this installment of the Davaoist Photobox, we introduce you to Ms. Mirjam Dalire. She is a 17 year old graphic design student and photography enthusiast who was born and raised here in Davao City. Mirjam is one of the young Davaoeño photographers who just decided to throw their DSLRs under their beds or somewhere and then started getting serious with Film Photography. If you would ask other Film Photographers here in the city, they would say that Mirjam is somewhat a prodigy. At a very young age she is already capable of producing photos that are impressively filled with substance and emotions. The type of photos that could freeze you for a moment in your seat not just because it is very visually stunning, but also because they make you want to figure out what was going inside Mirjam's head when she took it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's the story on how Mirjam got into photography. " <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">I started taking pictures 5 years ago, I think I was 12 then. I started because I wanted to have nice profile picture on Friendster, it’s funny but it’s the truth. I used to play around photoshop, I took photos using my mom’s cellphone then I would edit it. Then a year later my parents got my sister a DSLR, the whole thing started there. I took self timer portraits using a tripod, I used to go to my bestfriend’s house, and forced her to be my model, then I met a few people who share the same passion with me a year ago, we would go around Davao and take photos. I started shooting in film last January. Photography changed me as a person, it taught me how to express myself in different ways."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">The best thing about this girl is that she feels every shot that she takes. Her process is that she channels her emotions first, points her camera to something or something that can relate to those her emotions and then Viola! Another awesome piece of art. When we asked her about what inspires her, she said, " </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m inspired by my own emotions, When I’m feeling lonely I just shoot, it’s how I express myself, that’s probably why my pictures are sort of dark, I shoot feelings not style. I’m also inspired by the music I listen to, sometimes I post pictures and link tunes with them, so the viewers could actually feel the picture more because of the music playing, I’d like to take them to the actual scene, like a music video.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><b>Mirjam</b>: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">It’s really great how people are starting. Film photography is a great escape from our regular stressful lives, I have lots of friends who are into it now, and they are really enjoying it. I’d say the more people are into it the merrier it will be!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><b>Mirjam</b>: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Surround yourself by passionate people. Just play your cameras, experiment, be simple and just keep on shooting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first time that you look at the artworks of Paolo Ramirez, you might think that they are made by some big shot international graphic artist. You will actually get that kind of impression a lot once you try to explore what the home grown digital artists here in the city can offer , and the works of Paolo are among the ones that could absolutely make you say "wowee!" or even make you ask " a Davaoeño made that?". The illustrations that he has churned out in his young career as a graphic designer, especially the ones that he made for Art Attack 2 are a sight to look at. It is as if the guy made them not just with Photoshop alone but also with magic. Yeah, it would be really hard to believe that they were not made with magic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paolo now works as a graphic designer/illustrator for Secret Garden Design Studio and Paperie, a small design studio here in Davao City which he owns. Aside from making "woweee" illustrations, he is also interested in crafts and is really fond of collecting design and artsy magazines. He is also a self- proclaimed forever alone guy. " My life is boring I wake up and head downstairs where my studio is and I work til 'sawa' or maybe skip that and procrastinate a little and work on it on the wee hours of the day. I could say I'm a bit of a 'forever alone' guy and why not? I'm just comfortable with being myself.", he said in our interview. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for him to give formal education the middle finger and just go on illustrating and designing </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">stuff. He told us the story. " I was taking up BS Computer Science at UIC and during my 3rd year we had an intro to web designing subject which tasked us to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop. I remember it was back in 2003 (I think) back then we weren't exposed to digital arts that much. Soon after all I have to do in order to pass the subject is just draw anything while my classmates answer their 3-paged exam papers. I don't know I guess it sort of just made sense so from then on it snowballed and I quit school and pursue a more creative path, one not littered with codes and logic." Well that is one hell of a kick-school-in-the-ass story, right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Normally, I would write some colorful description of how I see the works of our featured artist. But that is not going to happen right now because right now, I will let you, the dear readers of this blog, to do that for this artist. Tell us what you think about his artworks and also how they make you feel on the comment box. Just try. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paolo: I take inspiration from anything really - it could be a great movie I watched, a book I can't stop reading til the end, a super delicious meal (one preferably with bacon, any potato dish, and cheese - lots of it), the couple on the street oblivious of their surroundings, or even the seemingly mundane afternoon sunset while sipping on a cold raspberry iced tea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also collect design and artsy magazines (hehe the cheap ones at Booksale), which I find very useful in giving you a look of the graphic trend outside, that and it makes my cabinet look awesome and full.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Davaoist: Do you have any advice for young Davaoe<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">ñ</span>os</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> who also want to get into the digital art scene?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paolo: Put your work out there. It doesn't matter what's the state of your work now, just put it out there. A lot of people might be discouraged cause you see a lot of talented artists, but just keep going remember that they too started from scratch. Chances are it will attract people and that's what you want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Always carry a small and handy notebook and pen. I know you heard this a thousand times, but I think its an important part of the artist's arsenal. You don't know when ideas might come or you might be getting bored waiting for your friends so why not doodle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lastly, have a the drive and passion to do what you do because it will show on your work and besides, why would you make a career out of it when you don't like what you're doing, right?</span></div>
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Remember Pablo? That rascal of a typhoon that have completely wiped out the provinces of Baganga, Boston and Cateel late last year? Remember that? That sick son of a gun. Well, I guess you do- it was all over the news. Events that are a tragic as that is always treated as "hot topic" by news agencies. They report to you stuff such as the destruction, the squalor and depressing situation of the victims, death tolls, inter-community conflicts , shortage of this and that, and off course, lip service. However, after all of the hype, when the tragedy starts to wear off of its relevance to the eyes of the public, they just pack up and leave then move on to the next story or even make a full coverage about the love life of some loud mouth damsel in distress ( I really want to say the B word but I'm in an a good mood right now).</div>
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So, if you are looking for some updates on how the victims are holding up-you won't find anything. There have been some talks that the provinces that were seriously hit by the typhoon would take years to recover- to go back to how it used to be. That means, that for a couple of years, the people there would have to live in desolation and poor living conditions. Good thing is that the local elections is already on its way, so pretty much there's a lot of activity that is going on right there. But then again, after all of that, things would go back to normal. And the normal that the residents of Baganga, Boston, and Cateel know and live right now is just fucked up. Now do you see those men with big cameras covering that? Nope.<br />
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In this installment of the "Photo Box" we show to you the photographs that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Thenshoe">Dennis Taylor</a> took when visiting his hometown-Baganga. He is now working at VXI, a BPO company in Davao City. The drama is that these photos are among the first shots documented by his brand new camera. That is just very cool. And whats even cooler is that, even though it was his first time to shoot stuff using his new device, the photos looked really great! It is as if they were shot by an expert photo journalist. Dennis also did a really good job at capturing the raw emotions that we all have been yearning to see. It's as if he wanted us to feel like we are there, just beside him, as he shows us what is left of the hometown that he loves.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever had that moment in your life when you were just looking for shiny pebbles, but you ended up finding a gem? Probably not. Not every body likes shiny pebbles, that includes me, so why did I just write that sentence? Well, I guess that is how I felt when I saw the drawings in the Crowning Glory Series of Taw Aoi ( not her real name). This series is made up of several illustrations that celebrate the part of a woman's body that makes them more beautiful or on the flip side makes them use more water and take much longer in the bathroom compared to men. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saying that this series done by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/taw.aoi">Taw Aoi</a> ( not her real name) is good will be a disrespect to how gorgeous the artworks are. They are more than just good! Judging by the uniqueness of the whole concept and amount of detailed work that the artist have done, you should at least find an adjective which is way better than "Good", or even better, don't try to describe it. Just look at and get mind-blown by every single piece of drawing that you see. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The highlight of this meal is SumoSam’s Seafood Kamameshi. I had to jump right in because I can’t wait to share to you how great this was. At more or less PhP 300 (sorry forgot to keep tab of the price again), this is the ultimate dish for seafood lovers. This is one of many SumoSam rice dishes that feature a generous mix of seafoods like squid, shrimp, and fish. The overall presentation of the dish makes it all the more enticing, too. I’ll let you be the judge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">This dish is priced approximately priced at PhP 200, which is a steal with it’s savory, sweet taste. Each serving comes with a reasonable amount of spareribs cut into squares to make it easier to bite into. If you are a fan of ribs, be sure to ask for this when you dine at Café Andessa. You can thank me later!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Hands down – my favorite dessert to date. I’ve been trying to recall when was the last time that I felt such level of elation from eating dessert. I haven’t felt this way about dessert since <a href="http://davaofoodguide.blogspot.com/2012/07/dreaming-of-cafe-del-sol.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Café del Sol in Boracay</b></span></a> wherein I sampled their Mango and Oreo Cheesecake, which were both out of this world! But this one is impressive because it is simply turon, but not your average turon. And I concede that banana and chocolate are a really deadly combo! The first taste of this dessert was like an explosion of chocolatey flavor in my mouth. I love how thick the chocolate syrup is and how it made the dessert even more rich than it already is! I would go back and eat at Café Andessa just for this dessert alone. It’s that delicious! And what’s even better than that? It’s roughly PhP 65! Steal indeed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before SM Lanang Premier opened its doors to the public, I was excited primarily for the new restaurants that willbe opening in Davao for the first time. As a foodie who is always out to explore new culinary adventures, I was more than happy to find out that Davao foodies will get to experience new dining options, alongside with old favorites opening a new branch. One of those restaurants that I am keeping a close eye on is <a href="http://davaofoodguide.blogspot.com/2012/11/hogs-breath-cafe-opens-december-6-at-sm.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Hog's Breath Cafe</b></span></a>. I am especially thrilled with the idea that this will be the first branch in the Philippines! This Australian-bred brand is going to introduce world-class steaks to the city (and the country!) for our tummy's delight.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: start;"><i>"Photography is an art. Taking photos through film is like capturing a scene in its simplest form and making one’s self a part of that moment for a split-second. And though it is split-second, it is priceless and can be truly memorable." - Mary Joy Esclamado </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mary Joy Esclamado or "Padotz" as her friends call her is just one of the many young Davao-based Film Photographers that we would want to introduce to you. She is a 26-year old software developer and also and avid photographer. Mary Joy got interested in Film Photography when her friend asked her to check out Old Box's ( the main source of everything vintage in Davao City) Facebook Page where she found the camera that will entice her to enter the world of Film Photography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">" It was 8th of January to be exact, when my college batch mate Benjie Burdeos gave me a link to Oldbox‘s facebook page. When I checked their online store, there was a Konica BigMini 210 up for sale. I looked at the sample photos and I instantly thought why not give it a try. So that same day, I bought the camera and started taking photos. If I remember correctly, my first film was Kodak Gold 200 36 shots, and I only got 12 decent shots. Since then, I did not stop learning; familiarizing my film camera." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you take a look at the photos shot by this lady, you could almost feel that you were also there , walking next to her while she does her thing. Waiting for her to find something interesting enough to point her lens to and press the button. Her photos are as raw as it gets. It is out city, through her own eyes, and it doesn't get as better as that. Her photos also makes us see the beautiful things that we unconsciously ignore each day. Like the calmness of empty streets, remarkable things suspended in time and space, emotions that were just there but we never took time to feel and all sorts of stuff that, if we just notice, could help us feel more alive. That is how I see her photos make me feel though. You may not be as melodramatic ( this just happens sometimes) as me but hey, you can always tell us how they make you feel on the comments section. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also asked a few questions to Mary Joy in order to know more about how passionate she is about the Film Photography. And she just blew us away. We will not say that finding people with this kind of enthusiasm here in Davao City is quite a rare opportunity, we know that there are a lot of people who have the similar mindsets out there. What we know, is that Mary Joy is one of them ( so are the rest of the people that we have featured in this blog). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mary Joy: There are three main reasons why I love film photography. Firstly, it allows me to avoid the “trial-and-error” mindset when I do digital photography wherein for as long as the battery’s full, I can take tons of photos of a certain subject and later select the best shot. In film, you must be at least precise since you only have 36 shots max. Secondly, the drama behind it, like the excitement I feel while I wait for my films to get developed, the disappointment when most shots were overexposed, the action-packed photowalks and the surprised-look on my face when I see an unexpected outcome of my shots . And lastly, it allows me to appreciate what I took and find beauty even with its imperfections. Let’s face it, not all 36 shots of my film will always be good, but I’ve got to see the beauty in it and if I made a mistake, learn from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mary Joy: I am simply inspired by this existence and because of that it makes me want to go out and capture bits and pieces of it; from structures to street corners, flowers of various hue to stray cats being naturally cute, from the smallest dirtiest object to the most magnificent smiles of random strangers. When taking my shots, I sometimes pre-meditate but most of the time it’s just impromptu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She also has something to say to everyone of you: " If you want to surprise yourself in the field of photography, try film photography." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was supposed to write about this weeks ago. But there are moments in your life when something really bad happens and you just can't write anything. In my case, I turned into a sloth. A lazy old sloth who prefers to watch Onion News or Vsauce videos rather than fiddle with his computer's key board and write about serious things. True Story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First thing that you need to know is that the Behance Portfolio Review Davao- Mindanao Leg was made possible by our friends in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balud-Art-Network/456891887714453?fref=ts">Balud Art Network</a>, 98B and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/streetkonect">Steetkonect</a>. They partnered up with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BehancePH">Behance</a>, one of the largest online portfolio platforms in order to bring this grandiose event in our city. What they want to do is to invite young (25 below) graphic artist, illustrators, and photographers who are based here in Davao City to submit their best works in order to have to chance to participate in the Davao-Mindanao Leg of the Global Portfolio week. The catch is that they would only choose 30 artist to join in the fun. So why would you take your chances if they are only choose 30 visual artist? Well, let me give you five reasons! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are the reasons: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. You will get to hang out with the best creative people in the city. For one whole week you will get to rub elbows with them, share ideas, and also learn some tricks of the trade from them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. You're works will be reviewed by experienced professionals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. You will get the chance to present your works to a group of people whom you can be pretty sure knows what you are talking about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. You and your artworks will finally get the recognition (or exposure) that they deserve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Lastly, being short-listed on this event will look pretty nice on your resume, which means more awesome opportunities for you in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And you know pretty well that these are not just the things that you will get out of this if you get the chance to participate in this event. This is a really great opportunity for you to grow as a creative ( Yes, I am talking to you visual artist reader). And you only got 3 days to submit your works to them,I suggest you start cramming right at this moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One guy who have been a part of the Behance Portfolio Review in Manila blogged about his experiences and what he learned during the event. This is a good read for those people who are still trying to convince whether to take their chances in submitting their works or not. What do you have to lose anyway? Right? Oh yeah! read this: <b><a href="http://geromesoriano.blogspot.com/2012/11/5-things-i-learned-in-attending-behance.html">5 Things I learned in Attending The Behance Philippines Portfolio Review</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are some of the scenes on the Behance Portfolio Review in Manila. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.164879173653914.41276.116733771801788&type=3">Look at the photos, it will be fun.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They said : See Posters for more details. Well, here's the poster, see the details here. </span></div>
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