first day in Phili ~ an interview

For the first day in phili we have a special interview with me, hosted by Leanna. Enjoy.
(I have a gumby keyboard at the moment so its hard to type a lot. Sorry)


so first impressions how is it????

First impressions? Its like thailand, but nothing like it at all. Differen't feel, similiar looks. Were in a quiet area just outside manila. Its still got a bit of hussle and bussle from locals.

im gonna bombard you with questions so.............
1) HOW WAS THE FLIGHT?? sleep much, watch movies???
The movies sucked and so did the games! Ha ha. But I found the juno soundtrack which made it all worthwhile. Ha ha. I watched like one full movie then half of every other ones.

2) how do you compare it to thialand??
So far? hard to say, Im still going through it in my head. Not as many spirit shrines. Ha ha.

3) are you finally ready to be in the philippines??
As ready as Ill ever be. It doesn't blow me away like thailand did, I see this as an extension on my trip in thailand.

4) where are you in the philippines right now??
Just outa manila, ha ha. I can't remember the exact name of the area though. about 30 minutes from the airport.

thats all the questions i can think of :)

I like questions. =)

Also I had my first hilarious experience. I go to get into the taxi and so I walk onto the roadside of the car. Aimee calls to me to tell me I'm in the front. Im like, ok, open the door. and Im urterly confused with this booster seat like metal thing. Everyones laughing their heads off and one taxi driver is like "We drive on the right side of the road here sir." And I'm still standing there, looking at the booster seat thing, and then at the stairing wheel thinking to myself "Its gonna be hard to sit in there with the steering wheel in th- oooooooh!!" I get it now. They did the old "switch the drivers seat" trick. So I got heckled for the rest of the trip about wanting to be the driver etc.

Brunei!

So we have ben traveling all day. Were sitting in Brunei waiting for our next plane to come get us. The movies suck, but I found some cool soundtracks to listen to. The Juno soundtracks on there! Woohoo. Go alt stuff.
Chris has been getting cabin fever, and every time were given a pillow or one of those "Springrolls" he biffs it at either me or Zara. When I say spring rolls I mean those little flannel things that your given to refresh you or something. To be honest I don't really like those things.
We stopped in australia as well. So we got a good look at the terminal there. Pretty much an extention on NZ, except instead of Kiwis they have abos.
Some random ass dude popped out of nowhere and did a freaky face at me just now. It was rather amusing, if not a little strange.
Well thats all I got o say for now... Hmm, I saw my first butt sprayer here. It freaked me out for a second, but upon second glance it was like seeing an old friend again. Its about 30 degrees here at the moment. I like the heat it feels good. But they pump the AC in here.

See you guys all on another continet or acapela of islands.

The night before The phillipeans

Its also two days after Christmas. Let me get Christmas out of the way first. It was Ok. My nephews and Nieces came back from Myanmar. So christmas was taken out by them this yea. They could hardly stay above the tide line of paper which always inevitably litters the floor during christmas. See During christmas people suddenly loose the whole tidyness thing, and all of a sudden its ok to leave piles of rubbish in the middle of the room like leaves, and half sucked candy canes amongst it, like cat feces.
I have been preparing diligently to leave for Phili. I am geared and ready to go. I did 2 practice packs a week ago and made sure the weight wasn't over limit. I have written action plans and taken phone numbers of the Embassies in Manila and have memorised maps, so now I can draw them by memory, now I wont ever get lost. Ha kidding. I found some clean washing on my bed which I jammed into my bag. I also went for a five minute shuffle around the bathroom and my bedroom looking for things that may be useful to take over there.
It usually takes me ten minutes to pack. So I'm assuming somethings missing.. Hmmm. I guess we'll know all about it when I get over there. Thats the best time to find out you forgot to bring something. Its a perfect excuse to go exploring the local stores by yourself when everyone else is asleep. Heh heh heh >=)
Ok, so while I'm away a lot of things are going on. A comic I'm doing for a website (The website isn't finished yet so I can't link you to it.) will hopefully like my comic and not ask me to change anything on it. Because They won't get a lot of replies in the next three weeks. When I get Matt he'll be a married man. Keir will be married as well coincedentally. What are the chances huh? And I was gonna be best man as well.
Over the past little while I have learned a lot about Gods will and timing. Sometimes its not so much his timing, as it is a lesson in obedience. Its a thought I'm latching onto. I don't like to fail tests. Ha ha.
Hopefully I'll get some good video over in Phili.

In graffiti news lately, Mum met the cut collective by the courthouses as they were doing up the power box there. She got to talk to "trust me" she was as pumped as me about it. Cause she knows How I feel about those guys. Legends!

Henry the maori

Man, If there's one thing allied can supply you with, its a nice handful of the strangest people you will ever meet. All of them hardcases, all of them so lovable. Ha ha. Like the big maori guy, henry, who always has a baleful look on his face, hides his earmuffs up in the ceiling, you have to stand on a toilet to get at them. He was a bit gutted when he couldnt find em. lol. Hold that thought. So to sign in and out (and get paid) you have to wander into this office area, strangly located at the heart of our section (Raw side) and sign in and out on this little time sheet. Thing is at some point someone nicked off with the pen (Which was tied down so no one WOULD steal it(Which just made it more of a challenge I think.))
So now you gotta go hunting through these offices to find a pen. It feelings real dodge running around in the office, I always feel real guilty. In my last day in there Henry Grabbed a pen which was hidden up high above this notice board thing. Apparently he hid a pen there to, because its difficult enough as it is to sign out.
It made me laugh and wonder what his house looks like. Before he leaves he compulsivly puts all valuables just above head hight to put bad guys off from nicking everything. His computers probably nailed to the ceiling. "Screw that, I'm not lifting my arms to get all that stuff.."
Im doing filing for DOC at the moment, just on the corner of K road. Mean beast oi.

Oh yea, ANOTHER CARTOON ALREADY! Yay, this one involves a bit of brain power. Meaning, dont watch it late at night if your tired. YES Leanna, you have to watch it again. Ha ha.

Prepository

The title probably transmorgified itself into a different word cause I'm to smart to just write preperation.
So I got back from headspace, now. TO LIFE!
I got busy and animated, did a few trial animations then released my first biggy since before Thailand. Its the first cartoon in what I hope to be a life time goal. Making animations, comics, and just about any media I can get my hands on and master to glorify the big guy in the sky. Check it out, I'm rather proud of it. Hopefully you can desifer what I mean by broken Champagne bottles (should be relativly easy if you keep in mind this is my cartoon thats launching it all.)
Anyway, I spent a few fevered weeks doing that while also getting my act together, and more importantly my portfolio. Which was bundled off to Massey uni. I had a killer time with the Interviewer there. Whos luck near the end ran out, so she spent a while looking for her pen, then eventually gave up and brought out a handful more pens. Pens are so glorious, yet so annoying, they just dissappear. Either that or everyone assumes they're free. Or they steal them because what goes around comes around. And they have had enough of it going on around them.
Then I had an ever better time meeting one of the head honchos of the Design department. He was pretty cool. We got talking about burma and Thailand cause he lives in that area. Oh man, The news lately.. If you have been watching it, its been pretty intense. I was like, woa, those streets look familiar. Although most of the highways in Bangkok look the same. But I definatly recognized the airport. Ha ha. Hopefully the king will kindly suggest that the prime minister fulla stands down, so people will calm down. Man, Imagine if NZers ever got so passionate about stuff hitting the fan. Our idea of a revolt is driving a tractor up the steps of parlament.
Anyway.. They liked my portfolio of artwork etc. So the design school thinks Im in. Now its a matter of what Masseys beurocrats think of me. Thats the dodge part cause my NCEA stuff is not quite what you would call sterling. Although art is kick ass through the roof.
Hmmm, I gotta go dry dishes, and then go to a meeting about the philipeans. Ill type more junk into this later if your interested.