Lacking time, we didn’t have preparations like having a latex first coat, so the water-color was just too runny and absorbent. Nevertheless, considering his chosen topic, the uncontrollable nature of the watercolor paint was used to its extent. This illustration was done in less than one hour. Yes, that fast since I don’t think adding more details would have been possible.

Making this piece made me suddenly interested to try oil painting. I am hoping to be able to create some paintings soon.

The preview is quite bad in quality since it was taken from my cellphone.

On the last Saturday of July
Crossing the path of a certain persona
Possessing a mind-boggling strength to fly
Unquestionably spiced up a habitual agenda

Alluring eyes matched with evident prowess
Dainty pointy nose paired with direction
Full smile conveyed with breathtaking boldness
Lengthy mane, your crown of erudition

Heavy crimson words equaling lovely rubies
Never ceased to bewilder without exception
Shattering my false assumptions with ease
Admiration was just inevitably in motion

Something done for the Valentine Season for Huxley. A narration on how I started admiring him.

My first character to cosplay was Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail with her Samurai outfit, then on the same day I also cosplayed Ishida Uryuu with his school uniform. Here are the official released photos:

I really had fun! It was a blast even if it was a tiring day for me, considering my nocturnal self I didn’t sleep to be able to go at our HQ 6am sharp. I don’t regret being awake for almost 48 hours, and I’d surely do it again next time!

I had a sudden urge to draw at 3am today. I know I wouldn’t be able to sleep if my hand is itching that much to do something, so I did give myself a favor and started drawing.

It’s another attempt for a realistic style, but I guess his hair needs the most improvement. I finished this around 6am, I do need to sleep so I was lazy or too tired to finish his clothes (I did this after my work). Anyway, hope you like this drawing done with my Wacom in 3 hours. Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Then, suddenly my html/css code — my baby turns into an ugly monster in the hands of others. Ugly monster? How?

• semantically incorrect horrible
• crazy margins and paddings
• inline CSS code on the html mark-ups
• reliance to !important CSS overrides
• even the code’s crazy indentions

Call me crazy but I do treasure something I code, it is like an artwork to me, and to be that horrible quite disappoints me. And to be unable to do anything about it but only use CSS !important to overwrite such code really kills me.

I do know that there is a CMS being used, but I know developers of such CMS developed some flexibilities for this. Of course they’d want to showcase pretty websites both in and out which are using their product. I did search for websites using the very same CMS, and they are fabulous both in looks and code. You get the idea.

I got a chance to visit Manila again, still on a December but this time purely to have fun. I was toured by one of my good friends Solo, and I had a blast!

My arrival was a morning on December 10. First we went to Intramuros – the Walled City of Spain located in Manila that was originally built for the Spanish rulers. The entire city was like something that isn’t from the modern age Philippines, the buildings, roads even their guards have costumes! It was like a ride on the time machine! I had fun enjoying the different feel of the location.

While still on Intramuros, we went to some of the oldest churches in the Philippines, The Manila Cathedral and the San Agustin Church. We viewed the San Agustin museum which is inside the church itself. A lot of religious sculptures, paintings and many more are in there to see. Really worth it for the very small entrance fee they’re asking for. Though they don’t permit taking pictures inside the museum.

Then off to Manila Ocean Park! Ohh, I was like a child when I was there. I mean who wouldn’t? Ever dreamed of being Ariel and mingle with the creatures of the sea? Now feel like her and be surrounded by fishes you’ve only seen. I’ve seen a lot, from Sea Lions and Jellyfishes dancing to Sharks being lazy and just lying around. Hahaha! I’d love to go back there on my next trip to Manila.

Lastly for the night, a lovely visit to the largest mall in the Philippines, the Mall of Asia. Anyway, I didn’t actually found what I wanted to buy in that place, but I guess I was just unlucky. There’s a lot of stuff in there for everybody.

My last day − December 11, we went to Greenhills and like an anime fanatic does I bought a lot of Anime Toys to bring back home. My flight back to Tacloban was that day’s afternoon now with anime stuff to carry!

I had fun like I haven’t had like during my childhood years. I do guess being on a trip really leaves off a big impact! Thanks Solo for the blast!

Here’s my little gallery while on the trip:

I have recently played the game — Heart no Kuni no Alice. As part of the “bishounen” fanatics, I had that deep urge to draw one. The first route I took on the game was with Boris Airey, so I drew him. He definitely is a lovable character! This is dedicated to all the bishounen fanatics, as well for the lovers of Boris.

This artwork is part of my pencil control and shading practice. Hope you like it! Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

An abandoned blog, covered full in cobwebs. I now write on you again…

Since May this year I have been feeling unstable and things really caught up like a sudden storm during June. A bit curious on what happened? Well, I resigned from my job last July, and got a new one. Currently I’m a home based web designer with a handful of projects on my hand. I also didn’t have any time to write, as well as any topic to write about lately; I’ve been caught up adjusting on everything happening with my life.

During these few months, I’ve lived up to what I wanted to do like a dream turned into reality. As any dream you see on any media, there’s this possibility of turning into a nightmare, and it did for me. I’m currently here at my bouncing back stage with Badminton as my physical outlet.

For now I’m finishing up these projects I’m handling as well as build up my identity here in the web. Easy to say, but hard to do. Yes, I know that. But I guess I’m currently living on the words of my Badminton Coach – You can be better as long as you keep on practicing; everything can be earned from hard work. I know he meant it for my Badminton skills, but I guess it can apply to my life and my career as well. I did see a rapid improvement on my Badminton skills with our weekly trainings. That proves me that I can do anything I want as long as I keep on doing it, getting better at each small step I take. I’ll be updating more sooner, just give me more time.

PS. Here’s the official logo of PixelMai. Created by Rogelio. I love this! Featuring  just a few colors, while being cool at the same time. Also, the logo can automatically be a great favicon — a great way of having consistency within the site! The font used on the logo was my decision though, tell me if it works well with the image. Thanks!

Finally, my new racket arrived. The model I bought is RSL Diamond X3 Silver, an upgrade of my RSL Diamond X2 Blue. My racket’s engraved number is RSL02411X. Racket 2411, huh?

Currently strung with Yonex BG-68 Ti (Titanium) Badminton String at 26 lbs. I really like titanium type of strings for their durability. I used Yonex BG-65 Ti on my late X2 blue, hopefully their differences won’t be that noticeable to me.

I’m really happy to have a new racket, though I’ll admit I’m still not familiar on using it. Hopefully I’ll improve my feel for this racket on my upcoming games, and give a fair review on this handsome sword.

I had a badminton game today, and sadly my racket broke. It’s sad to lose my first racket, but this opens up to new opportunities and challenges ahead. You were my friend and my partner. It’s because of you that I’ve improved a lot. You’ll never be forgotten my RSL X2 Blue. Every game I’ll be playing from now on will be dedicated to you. Thanks and Goodbye!