How I Rocked the Heat Last Summer

 

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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, staycation is defined as a vacation spent at home or nearby. College is just a few steps away. It means that I will be away from our house, so it was okay for me to spend the summer at home. It may sound tedious, but trust me, I had tremendous memories last summer.

Last May 12, 2013, my niece Lara celebrated her first birthday. It was a children’s party, but I didn’t let my children’s-party-pig side to hide. I took advantage of the food. I had not only one, not only two, but four plates of food! Yes, you’ve read it right! Four plates of delicacies, gelatin, pasta, hamonado, chop suey, menudo, fried chicken, and of course, rice. The little guests participated in games like Bring Me and Palo Sebo. I had fun hosting the games.

I am glad to say that I spent four days of my vacation at school. Yes, I did not go there to relieve myself from stress, but I really felt great because I helped in cleaning our school. I would not be there I were not an SSG officer, though. It was our obligation to give a hand to our school, as student leaders. I must admit all of my co-officers were not my friends. Four days is a short time, but obviously, it was enough to bind us and prepare us for the school year. Most of them are not serious people. I mean, they are outgoing and weird. We had a lot of crazy moments which buzzed us out of our seats.

The Passion that Drives Richard Quan

 

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The dictionary defines passion as an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. This is the force that drives character actor Richard Quan. Since his first appearance as the other man in the Reyna Films’ classic Saan Ka Man Naroon? that starred the phenomenal love team of Richard Gomez and Dawn Zulueta, Quan, continues his love affair with show business, with this burning passion that fuels him to offer the finest in all the roles he portrays.

Film aficionados were most impressed with his performance as the tahong vendor father of JM de Guzman, in the Cinemalaya 2012 favorite Intoy Siyokoy.

Quan’s remarkable moment – caught his wife playing fire with another, he backed away quietly from the on-going transgression, crushed and disillusioned, this accidental discovery led to his plummet, a most tragic death that left his son Intoy orphaned.

This July, Richard is part of another Cinemalaya entry, “The Liars,” written by Senedy Que with multi-awarded film master Gil Portes as director.

At Home In Another World

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I was at home, in the land of Berkel, fighting as an assassin and protecting the child of Light. Sometimes, I would venture out as Regret, the Seed of Chaos; The One of Unknown Origin.

Sometimes, I was Jaden, the middle child who wears a mask to hide his true potential in fear of the past and future of his family.

There came a time when I was Jade, the mischievous extremist who would go through all lengths just to fulfil her promises, even if she had to surpass death.

Virtual Reality, RP Games and my own imagination allowed me to live to these feats, and though I didn’t own the characters created by the game producers (like Regret of ZENONIA), I was able to live out their lives right at home, making the world I am currently in far more interesting to feel the adventure at my fingertips than the dull summer days of anticipating adventure but achieving nothing but a lot of lag time.