Jack Purcell jazzes up my Chucks

by John Carl on 27. Nov, 2009 in Money Wash

Converse, the legendary American shoe company, is giving away free canvas for high-top All Star sneakers in line of the Advent Season. For every minimum purchase of Php 2500 of any converse product, one gets to collect a pair of canvas for your poor old Chucks. As for me, I had the chance of jazzing up my black high-cut.

It was just an ordinary Sunday when my mom asked me to go with her at Marquee Mall in Angeles City. Her several hours of tireless searching, fitting, and inquiring for a chic cocktail dress tested my stamina of being her aide – yes, my mom is shopaholic, and I’ve gained tolerance to that. Only after almost four hours did I realize that I didn’t want her to search in vain for her outfit. So, I asked her if she could buy me a new pair of Chucks instead. Luckily, she was convinced.

New Jack Purcell

New Jack Purcell

Mom bought me a pair of grapeleaf Jack Purcell Garment Race around Ox. I was really in high spirit as it was my time to meet Mr. Purcell, also known as badminton great. Converse should be really proud of their acquisition of his great ideas. As for my new sneakers, I like their smooth velvet skin and pointed end. And when I wore them, it felt like I was fifteen! I didn’t know why, but I got the bliss of ramping in school saying, “Hey ladies! Can we go out for dinner?” (more…)

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First Week, Starbucks Everyday

by John Carl on 14. Nov, 2009 in Experience

The start of the first semester was smooth sailing. There was no apprehension at all. Even academics didn’t hinder me to be a happy-go-lucky boy. I couldn’t remember a day that I didn’t hang out with my friends. It felt like I was walking on air slowly, grinning at people I stumbled upon.

The first week of my blogberry planner was filled with several appointments (No, I don’t want it to sound that way). I was with different friends everyday. It was either they schedule a day with me or it just happens that I was with them for dinner.

Noynoy Power

Heja, John, Cyhsi

I love my EEE friends, and I even loved them more when Cyhsi, Heja, and I coincidentally wore yellow on the first day of classes. It’s a secret if we three are Noynoy supporters. Should I say even each of us don’t know who’s voting who. We don’t talk about politics much. Cyhsi would rather open a topic about ABS CBN’s Star Magic. Tee hee. (more…)

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Web 2.0 Aguman Name Tag

by John Carl on 08. Oct, 2009 in Work

MINSKY

Designing is easy, but conceptualizing is difficult. I’ve been making graphics art for my org, and I must say that it takes me one day to one week only to come up with different ideas that usually end up being thrown away when I run Photoshop. After conceptualizing, it takes me two to three days of “photoshopping.” Only then will I produce a nice decent work.

This time, Mike asked me to design a name tag for our upcoming event, The Pautakan 2009. It took me an hour to finish a non-fancy art. Maybe I was in a rush, and that’s probably why painting this tag is relatively much faster than making the usual big time posters.

I incorporated some Web 2.0 elements in some layers to compose a simple, elegant, and sleek output. And that makes everyone’s eyes to feel some rest upon seeing it.

I look forward to doing more designs. I enjoy this job given to me as I learn new techniques for my improvement.

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MnemoArt: EEE Magazine Project

by John Carl on 26. Sep, 2009 in MnemoArt, Work

Just recently, I was assigned to be the layout artist of the documentation we have to make for our Communications Systems report. Kat Guevara, who had been consistently productive during the planning, explained what I must produce. We were on the same page, as what she said. We both want a classy handbook style of documentation.

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I showed her some of my works to give her a gist of what I could make. One of these was the Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) Magazine Project, which was a partial fulfillment of our requirements in EEE 31 (Introduction to EEE) 2 years ago. (more…)

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Rizal plus Mt. Banahaw

by John Carl on 12. Sep, 2009 in Experience

As part of our course in the Life and Story of Jose Rizal, our class was given the chance to have an educational trip on Mt. Banahaw in the Quezon province. Of course, I chose to come in replacement of submitting a paper. Also, I was eager to capture new photos to keep my Flickr account alive.

Banahaw

All of Dr. Siao Campoamor’s classes, togther with Dr. Nilo Ocampo’s, set out from Cubao in the morning of September 5. After three hours, we reached the Filipino Spiritual Catholic Church, Santoyo Compound. There we received warm welcome from the residents of the area, especially from the owner of the inn we stayed in.

I thought first that the residents idolize Rizal just because he died for his country’s sake, but I was totally wrong. Rizal was part of their religions. I observed many groups that have their way of venerating our national hero. Some even told me that Rizal is Asia’s Jesus Christ. (more…)

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