Dreaming of Acapulco

I had time to read this book with cool typography and color palette: "Remember Acapulco" is a touristic-historical book produced in March 2012 in part by the local government institutions of the state. Part-travelogue and part-historiographic, the writers account for a 'touristic yet real' Acapulco as they expound about colonization, settlement, the boom and bane of the coastal community. The book had recipes, maps and photos aside from the usual chronological and magazinesque narratives. Graphic elements such as the waves and the diagonal stripes neatly complement the thin san serif headings and cursive sub-headings, which are reminiscent of post-war poster and outdoor signages and directionals.

A photo of Hollywood stars Presley and Ulysses on a prologue spread.

Habang napadpad sa Quiapo ang mata ng camera ko.

Two openings in one week. That's great. ^__^


And jeepney rides are better now because of the better weather during evenings.

Dog Days

I never hated this song.

Silent stings

Don't eat at the table of a stingy person or be greedy for the fine food he serves. "Come on and have some more," he says, but he doesn't mean it. What he thinks is what he really is. You will vomit up what you have eaten, and all your flattery will be wasted. - Proverbs 23: 6-8

Of all the money e'er I had, I spent it in good company. And all the harm e'er I've done, Alas! it was to none but me. - The Parting Glass

Foliage

Trains
of thoughts unscathed
by speed untouched
by distance
grope me back
to a place:

I sit
as a tree
with my roots firm
on the ground. Concrete
may fill in between,
embracing my toes, soles
and even the knees
but my still
soul moves
towards the core.

It was a day-off from museum work and I had a call from friends; I did an instant drawing class somewhere in very, very northern Quezon City. I had three students: Mark Lester, Stephen and Mark. They were focused in hatching strokes of graphite as some of their schoolmates sweat it out with taekwondo downstairs. 

 

It was a wonderful afternoon as I told the students about light and shade, and how they should take good care of their eyes. I remember you every time I teach.