...two weeks with nude models and foreigners..

After a very long time of not blogging, this seems to be the weirdest feeling in the world and I feel very much detached . So much has happened from my last entry, and it would take me forever (well, not really forever) to update my life.

I would just like all of you to know that I got in the Asean Design workshop, in the Costume design category as the sole delegate for Philippines. Under the tutelage of Gino Gonzales, we are learning about the proper processes and skills that will equip all of us into becoming a good costume designer. It just really is surprising because all the people and learnings leave me dumbstruck. At first, I thought that this was just an inter-manila thing involving different designers from Manila but no, I am in a workshop with nine other people representing their own countries. These are talented costume designers for film, stage and dance, some are even award winning illustrators and painters..all the best in their country. I guess I just can't believe that I was given this great opportunity to learn so much.

The workshop started this week and will running til next week, ending with an exhibition of our new conceptual works for Realizing Rama, an earlier project of the ASEAN. The workshop starts at 10am and ends around 7pm, and that really is very reminiscent of my freshman college schedule. Everyday is filled with so many activities like nude sessions, coloring, drawing, and discussions about the design processes. And I feel like a big sponge....ready to take in everything. And no, I didn't have that much fun with the nude session, as many of you might've predicted. I guess my extensive collection of Bel-ami gay porn flicks made my taste a little bit more discerning. Mind you, the model they got had a tummy and a small thingy, and that was very hard for everyone. (No pun intended.)

I must admit that I was kinda hesitant to say yes, to this workshop because of all the other rackets I had to say NO to, but I am very thankful that I just stepped off the Opportunist's train and gambled. I believe I'm getting more than I expected to learn. And yes, there's this boy in the set design class that makes my whole being skip like a girl wearing a sunday dress to church. I'm playing it slow now, no labels, no expectations, just this honest feeling. I'm quite cautious of putting much intellectuality to it, for it might kill the relationship even before it even starts...I'm just taking everything one step at a time.

Well, here's me signing off for now. Gotta take a shower and head to divisoria now..

heehee..