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What a humdrum day. IT Park just inaugurated its Figaro, Pier 1, Shakey's and Mcdonald's new outlets...adding to its Starbucks, Mocha Blends, Bo's Coffee, The Loft , Shabu-shabu, Cagnaan Bookstore, Jollibee, Crunchee's Chicken, Tapa King, Malaysian's KK Restaurant et al. In six months 5 more business buildings would have been finished and a fresh new batch of commercial spaces would be up on the first floors of these establishments. I just wish there would be better restaurants and a good art gallery here too. Payday brought the crowds and employees flocking to the business center and they came in droves. Drinking is the ultimate pastime here. Be it the Red Horse, wine to Starbucks coffee. Who says the Philippines is suffering from the oil, petroleum and rice shortage better get their definitions updated. The influx of young people to this business center is astounding and every June a new batch of young hopefuls add to the workforce. They spend. The only criticsm I have about young people is they don't pay their credit. It's good that they learn to work early but learn the merits of paying your credit or loan and eventually establishing a good credit record. Enjoying the good life need not be everyday splurging. It's quality living and tempered by living with the means on unessentials. Be it the call center or the many entertainment centers here this will create a better athmosphere eventually. With Visayas gearing for the business and commercial slate that Manila has always taken for granted. It might just be the next art, business and commercial center. A Cultural and Economic meltingpot in a few more years... The Tourism and Governance foundation are definitely here. Just keep up the momentum for Cebu City and the other provinces . Sanity sometimes eludes me as I join the ranks of this workforce by night and walk the park around in the morning. I planned a three year stay here and its not a hard place to stay. I like to stay here for more quality years. My haitus is getting the best of me as my lethargy is hard to shake off. I see myself going there. The pace is quite slow but eventually I will get there again. I still hesitate to go around the art scene here as I am jealous of what little time I could pull myself to paint. I started hanging my works around my apartment and am proud that I have done something...Looking for bigger walls now... Hahahaha... I just paint nowadays routinely... making grander plans of larger detailed works and better concepts that sometimes get me so excited to work till the wee hours and before my shift. I have few people to share ideas here yet though by choice. Not making the time to go around to look at other people works and talk about their ideas makes me very guilty. But the promise I gave myself to devote attention on my concepts first and to build a sizeable body of works keeps me going. Yet, I get excited by the events happening around for my artists friends abroad, in manila, with other older artists and contemporaries. I wish I will not be making more mistakes these years to come. Twice burned is twice shy. I learned to stand on my own and create oppurtunities for myself now. I want to work with young minds for art, criticism, writing and workshops still... You can contact me at (63) 9217452144... Currently I am residing in Cebu City Philippines so I don't have the time to jetset to Manila anymore. Just read my posts or visit www.amiel-roldan.tk ...I always like to travel. I am saving alot for these experiences. I will travel for residencies again and exhibitions abroad are always in the offing. I love to have time for my own works in painting and prints. I know I will be doing these for a long time...My retirement idea in 15 years would be just to paint and paint my old years away. I know what I could do and done what I wanted to do now. It is also my passion to motivate young artists in their chosen fields...But taking a class at a University here gives me the dreads about handling students in a group again. I am serious about curating and organizing exhibitions and I am making efforts to continue working with creative people. 'Keeping in touch and keeping contacts' is my motto. Being 'over compulsive' is a bane and a plus but I learned to think positive about its shortfall and working with them. I treat them more now as challenges. I also keep on praying and being thankful of the things that come my way- be they small or big things, fleeting or permanent, nuancing or impactful. I miss alot of my friends and other artists though. Specially my mentor- Bobi V and my prof Chabet...Just long talks about art in general. Just looking at artworks and visiting events. Its in the past so I might just enjoy my time here now first. I wish they would stay the same until this circle comes around again. I don't always want to look back on "what if's." I want to find the rainbow end. Sometimes, I would rather talk about works, concepts and ideas just like in college or around a pot of coffee. But thirteen years or more have satisfied that passion now. I am on my nth wind. I have met a lot of people and artists with ego so overblown that I stay away now. One has always to prove one's worth with talent too in spades and years of doing what you say you like to do seriously so I only talk with people who had taken steps to do just what they say. Burning ears from angst and getting hazzled by broken promises can be just a waste of time in the end. I don't mind angst with young minds but for older ones or getting to the years who has never sat down to do actual works please get another person to talk with...My mentor and friend Bobi V usually says that for young ones its still 'cute' but for older ones it is 'pathetic'. I have neither the time nor the inclinations for promises that are just that...I have my life and I want to give quality time for my personal works these coming years too..... If we could sit down and do serious work on your portfolios then I would be happy to make the time for coffee and have a discussion about your works. If you don't have the time to be serious about your works I would like to stay at home and read a good book. Visit http://www.geocities.com/amiel_roldan/index.html ... Visit http://www.friendster.com/amielroldan...www.amiel.tk...www.amiel-roldan.tk...my picturetrail at http://www.picturetrail.com/amiel_a_roldan ....Enough of the comments, hangups and bullshit... Let's all get to work for a change... Be always thankful..Cherish family, friends and you will be alright...Celestine Prophecy ! A family- a wife and children is quite another matter though. A partner in life-- that is difficult! I have no time to spare. That would take commitment and I am not yet willing to give again... I have drastically neglected that though...But I am resigned what God would give what is for me....Tsk ...tsk ...tsk ... Maybe I should have an ad for that too --- just to get the dice rolling !&%@ faster... Logging off today. Enjoy the photos I just set up!

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I read a few blogs of late about spiritual journey and of enlightenment. I am saddened as I saw misery in what other profess as faith. I just saw envy and emotions more anger than praise. I always believed my faith would set me free,... more

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