Wednesday, September 3, 2008

My God, I’m Everywhere!

I was walking along Orchard Road where certain streets are closed because of on-going construction. I could not help but mutter to myself, “What’s wrong with this country? Why is it perennially under construction?” When I looked up, I almost peed on my pants out of shock. I saw this:



“What the f***!? Who leaked my photo and what is it doing there???”

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It’s the same feeling I got when a close friend of mine texted me to tell me to check out the latest cover of Vogue.



Needless to say, I was blown away.

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It’s not like having my face published is very slim. A few years ago, my family were astonished to discover that my brothers made it to the cover of a newspaper in Minnesota.



The publishers must have thought that the involvement of such young minds to politics is a milestone to human kind.

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Meanwhile, on a street in London, this picture came out:




I heard that they were celebrating Bridesmaids' day.

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At another part of the globe, a tarpaulin with my siblings and I are being put down.



I guess, our faces have served their purpose.

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In one different street, though, my solo posters are starting to wither.



But I assure everyone that Oblation’s influence on me is more than intact.

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On the other hand, my Intramurous billboard with my friends is going strong in one almost deserted road I'd rather not name.



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Then there’s the other one at the subway.



Just like the Intramuros billboard, this one’s supposed to promote Philippine tourism among the younger crowd.

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I can still remember the prank pulled by this dude years ago wherein he posted an almost life-sized tarpaulin of me and the rest of the stage managers for a play.



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After everything, I am still not too psyched at the thought that my face is everywhere. I was pretty much panicking when I lost an envelope of freshly-printed photos of me. A source told me that the lost pictures were seen in the hands of a man who was drinking in a bar.



Perhaps after seeing my pictures, the man thought he was thirsty, too!

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I didn’t mind, however, the photo of my family which was put up in a mall. I don’t think anyone will recognize me in that shot, anyway.



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The same goes with an office picture which became part of a recent contemporary art exhibit.



It’s not like, in a normal day, I'd look like the way I looked in photo above.

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I should stop this now. Or else I’ll being seeing me so much, I’d overdose myself.



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So here is the punchline: Charing!

If you believed any of my stories above, well then you are crazier than I am. Somehow, that will be comforting to know!

Today’s venture is a product of sheer boredom and the addicting PhotoFunia phenomenon. You should try it. It’s fun.

For posterity’s sake, I made this one for my late brother/star, Nichi:

4 comments:

Faith said...

Oh my!!! I should try this for myself! HaHaHa! Thanks for the link, Tye!

Pwede ba sendan mo din ako nung picture natin na "bridemaids"... LOL!

Miss you!

tye said...

Sent na!

I hope to see kung ano naman ang nagawa mo with photofunia. hehe.

Ang saya ang talagang nakakaadik! hehe

gingmaganda said...

grabe, andami mong oras bakla. as in. haha.

tye said...

hehehehe

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