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movin OUT… mi ultimo adios

 

I guess this is my farewell to WORDPRESS… I’m movin in to my new blog home: http://daretobequeer.blogspot.com/

Yep. I know I’ll miss this one but hey, just like what I said in my first blog here, there’s always room for new beginnings.

So I hope to see you guys again soon! Please do visit me to my new home ok?!

Ciao for now folks!

Yeoj

of

Fragile Mind

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Why I’d like to be a TIM YAP…

If there’s one person that I could think of right now that I can say, “Hey! I wanna be just like him”, that’s definitely this guy. He’s a successful businessman, fashionista, cultured, stylish, rich (DUH!), goodlooking (DUH 2x), and fun loving. Just look what he did out of being nationalistic. Because he’s so proud to be PINOY, he did this limited edition watch designed by him (I guess). He does what he loves the most and that’s all that matters. I just wish that whatever career that I maybe into in the future, I’ll rock on it and be on top. Yeah I still fancy to be an architect in the near future but hey, it won’t hurt if I’ll do some of the things that I love.

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…the TIM YAP look…

…the TIM YAP look…

getting inspired with a PIG’s NEST?

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Pol Medina Jr. with Polgas 

Am talking about Mr. Pol Medina Jr.’s creation, the “Pugad Baboy”. The Varsitarian (UST’s Official Student Publication) realeased yesterday their BREAKTIME mag featuring some inspiring graduates from the university and Mr. Medina was one of them. He graduated with a B.S. Architecture degree in 1983 and after some crazy turn of events, he’s into comics now. I was a big fan since I first lay my hand on one of his comic books. Nice illustrations and larger than life Pinoy humor. Literally means “Pig’s Nest”, Pugad Baboy was named after a real village in Bulacan that’s famous of it’s piggeries that stinks so bad. Pol started to conceptualize his when he was working back there in Iraq, not to mention in the heat of Iran-Iraq war. It was his dog who gave him the idea of a talking dog character in which he consider as on of his “schizo personalities” and named it POLgas. Medina admitted that all the humor that he illustrated in his comics were not his alone. In fact he doesn’t consider himself too much of the witty guy. Those were from some actual people in real life. From the kolehiyala to the corrupt senator, everything simply exists that makes his works non-fictional. It’s humor touches all sorts of Pinoy life. One of his interesting works was the “Ink & Politics” which covers the chaotic kind of politics there is in the Philippines. Jeez, he’s one heck of a talent that’s very inspiring!

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the people of PUGAD Baboy

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1990 issue of  “The Varsitarian”

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Picture Source:

The Varsitarian * BreakTime

UST * Manila, Philippines

June 2007