Sumptuous break

It’s time to go home after a whole week of pressure and a sumptuous meal.

Sir Naci enjoys texting before the meal.

“Excuse me, I’ll order Coke,” Marx says while the rest enjoyed chatting with Sir Naci.

Jay and Marx keeping it cool while the meal is not yet served

Kuris guys waiting for a scrumptious lunch with Sir Naci at Pecho Pak. I guess everybody looks excited to savor the meal, hehe!

Sunday

It's Sunday again. The group is extremely exhausted from the pressure they have gone through for the past few days. The newcomers in the special project--Lyndon and me are going through a lot of taught times. I personally told the Kuris guys that I am grateful for their patience and my persistence to master the photoshop. I know that is the basic skill we need to learn just to make it good in our assigned tasks. So when the deadline came by Saturday evening, we knew that we have to do our best so that we can relax the following day. Earlier that day, some project heads made fun of someone's brief being left behind in one corner of the room. Nobody would want to claim it because it would be embarrassing but still at the end of the day someone really claimed it was his brief, hehe. What can we do about it but laugh our heart out. After all, it was fun being part of a project team with various personalities and attitudes.

This morning, we woke up pass 10am. Our project heads will bring our outputs in Manila to submit it for approval from the clients. The rest of us should take a break. But before we left, Sir Naci invited us for his little treat-- a sumptuous lunch at Pecho Pak, a nearby resto outside the school. Well, who would not accept a generous offer from a kind project head and a good fellow. For the past few days since we started joining the project (Sir Naci, Lyndon and me composed the added new team in the project this week), he was so kind to us that he offered to shoulder all our lunch and dinner expenses. Not only that, the rest of the group Marx, Tatang, Bryan, Jay, Elson and Remi (another graphic artist who joined a month earlier) were part of his treat.

We were so amazed how good and kind this teacher to us who taught Math subjects in WVCST by day and spent time making brilliant module with us. I personally admire his optimism and generosity to everybody. In fact, he was a great achiever himself by graduating as Cum Laude and a born student leader during his college years. He reminds me of Sir Kaloy who was also a brilliant teacher, a true motivator and a Cum Laude as well in college. Very honestly, I must say that both of these teachers don’t have air in their heads. Unlike other people whom I knew taking up masteral are so overblown with ego and boastful attitude. I think real witty and talented people don’t have to blow their trumpets and let other people discover what they are truly made of.

Well, going back to the Sir Naci's treat, our day was so perfect that he ordered us two big bowls of fish sinigang, one whole chicken and two litro of Coke. Of course, exhausted and stressed, the Kuris guys along with Remi, we savor a good meal and enjoyed it so much. We talk a lot about life and how each of us deals with it. I love the concept that each of us has their own story to tell. Much to our admiration, Sir Naci has his own interesting story to tell like how he used to love watching movies every weekend when he was in college, his dreams in life and his optimism to wait for the right time to settle down. Lyndon, as usual is very open to us with his life and the hard times he had gone through. But what I like about him is his persistence to take life so easily and never let his misery pull him down. We all need that strength sometimes to get through the bad day.

When the clock strikes 1pm, it's time for us to go home. We all have our own directions to go. The rest of the Kuris guys are heading for Marx house to take a rest. Yes, Lyndon is fond of calling Marx's house as the Kurisan's Big Brother home. When we are there, everything is chaotic but full of funny moments. Promise, we will talk about our old and new Big Brother houses. These places make us Kuris Animators by heart and soul-- the best time we spent together is in our Big Brother houses. For now, we need a break. Monday is another work day and the rest of the week.

Postscript: Kuris Talk will resume in the coming weeks with new interviews from Carmz, Lyndon and Bebs. And guess who will be the first Kuris peep to get featured in "Kuris Art" (it might be Kyle or Marx…dont' know yet). And yes, we will give you updates on our preparation for LAPIS: Quest of the lost key and The BEQUEST extended version soon.

Hard game nights

Jay with our visiting Kuris girl, Racil together with Elson Playing the guitar

Marx and Elson sweating it out with NBA Jam

Jericho addicts--- Lyndon leads the pack as Bryan and Tatang watches from the back.

Counterstrike fanatics--- Bryan and Tatang getting a grip with the game.

Play

After last weekend, the project heads headed to Cavite to submit our module outputs to be reviewed by the clients. Well, it is something that my Kuris friends are confident about because they knew they did their best to make the project visually good and appealing. We hope we impressed not only our project heads but the clients as well with our graphic outputs and effort.

Since Monday, nothing serious really makes the Kuris peeps hectic. Without the project heads giving them both the assignments and hard task, we are enjoying our time in the office playing around the PC with games and doing some little task being left to us.

Sir Karlo met the group of Marx, Lyndon, Bryan, Jay, Elson and Tatang to talk about his assigned module to make. He commissioned the group to help him up with his assignments. But before giving the task, he treated them for a meal outside the school which they enjoyed for a while chatting and laughing with each other. I was at home taking a little rest and keeping my room clean.

Tuesday afternoon, I visited the office। The rest of the Kuris guys are busy doing the little graphic task being left by the project heads। Oh yes, I remember, I forgot to follow up the request of Sir Karlo about the graphic work for the cover of WVCST’s yearbook. Marx voluntarily accepted the task. Later, Sir Romel asked to with him Mugen arcade game in his PC. Luckily, I brought my PC game pads and immediately accepted his challenge. I enjoyed playing with Sir Romel since he’s a good arcade pro already. Though I may be a pro arcade player, too but still my skill against him was no match. There are times I win and sometimes he does. Well, he is good in using Gouki, Spiderman and Wolverine. I am expert in using Rogue, Cammy and pocket fighter Chun Li. Let’s skip this talking about Mugen this time. I’d like to mak a separate post about it later. Little info about Mugen—it’s an upgraded version of Marvel versus Capcom 2 but with a huge twist coz’ it includes almost all cartoon and video games characters in the whole universe.Marx, Lyndon and Bryan are hooked in playing Jericho in Sir Romel’s PC. Sir Karlo said that this 3D game is so detailed and has impressive graphics to beat. It’s much more like counter strike but with much more violence, alien and deviant storyline. You deal with weird creatures in a futuristic world of violence. Tatang and Jay on the other are so hooked in Counter Strike or sometimes Ghost Recon. Whew, these guys are really violent-minded, hehe! But it’s okay because it’s a good diversion from their hectic work. As for me, I just played X-men Legends II in my laptop with the other graphic artist Remi who is so amused with the game. He is good enough in defeating the hardest foe in the game and finding some hidden doors which I failed to find.

The Kuris guys are so hooked with games. He project heads are away for while though Sir Romel and some other project heads are still around to check us. We were left with some task and finish it on time. For the past few days, the Kurisans are staying 24/7 in the office. It’s okay since we are provided with some sleeping foams to rest our tired soul not only from work but from exhaustion of PC games. Less sleep and lots of adrenalin rush.

I hope the rest of the Kuris peeps would be invited to take part in the special project so we can have more fun and laugh altogether.

Next post, I’ll talk about what’s up last Wednesday and Thursday…when Racil Kenshin had a brief visit and Brynh might be the next one to enter the project.

Take a break from blogging now… the heat of playing the game is on again in the newest Kuris Big Brother House, hehe!

Kuris game trip 101

I got my eyes on you Marx…so play the game fair with Bryan, Okay!

Lala!

Get your mutie senses raging again with this old but still hot game!

The X-men RPG game makes us wanna scream "lala"... in the back of our heads, in our daydreams, in the face of sweet misery and in our wild thoughts. Though it's already an old PC game (probably 2005), "X-men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse" is still rocking hot RPG game to play. It gives you access to bring in five mutants both heroes and villain with their own powers and fighting skills that expands every time you beat the enemy's ass. Plus you can personalized your style by changing costumes and change your team which depends on your fighting mood. As for me, I like to bring all the girls-- Storm, Rogue, Scarlet Witch and yes, Jean Grey. Marx like to bring Wolvie, Juggernaut, Iceman and Sabertooth. Bryan prefers Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Magneto. Jay likes Bishop, Pyro, Toad and Wolvie. Blink, a powerful teleporter teenage mutant is also present but you have to rescue her first before she can help you teleport to another island.

The setting is Genosha, a fictional island-nation of mutants below South Africa that only exists in the Marvel Universe. Magneto rules the nation until Apocalyse attack and torn apart the Brotherhood of Mutant's forces to pieces. Defeated and shattered, Magnus sought the help of Professor Xavier and his uncanny X-men to bring Apocalypse down to its knees. But our heroes have to go through a lot of tough challenge, surprise battles, confusing trails and smashing not only bad mutant ass but some freaky alien creatures in the island. Of course, the X-men and Magneto's Brotherhood have a santuary wherein they can take a break from the fierce battle, gather data and guide how to play the game very well. The Beast, Professor X and Angel are staying in the Sanctuary to guide the players find their way out, solve some mysteries and find the key that they need to locate.

The best thing about the game is-- it's very stylized, easy to follow and play. Some characters can fly like Storm, Magneto, Jean Grey or even Rogue. Other are awesome too, like Iceman who creates ice bridges and kills off fire along the way with his iceblast. Truth is, we haven't finished the game yet since we are very busy for the meantime in the special project. We just try play whenever we are free or just having a good break from facing the computer all day. But it is a good game even comparable to Ragnarok or Battle Realms. Sir Karlo even borrowed the installer from us coz' he somehow find the game very interesting.

Well, we hope to find Apocalypse in the final battle and kill the bad ass for good, hehe. So that we're not going to worry that an unfinished game still hangs in the balance every time we take our afternoon break. We plan to change our habit after we finish the game soon...it's gonna be MUGEN--the newest infinite version of Marvel vs. Capcom. But this time around, marvel and Capcom isn't gonna be the two universes to clash...we mean everything else---Dragonball, Super Mario, Simpsons, Nicktoons, Looney Toons, Fatal Fury, Final Fantasy, Tekken, Mortal Combat...I'm tired of saying everything here.

"Lala"...we're starting to play the X-men again coz' it's break time. Don't disturb us please...we're already in the third to the last stage. Hate it when the odds gets tough, hehe.

Enough blogging for now...Kuris out!

meal deal, big deal

These stuff makes the Kuris guy’s busy for the rest of their summer and even until now. Talented freaks on the loose, hehe!

Marky always feels good texting his honey… hmmm.

Kuris power puff girls Carmen and Nenette drop by to say hi to the rest of the team. Well, it’s easy for them to visit since they have a class in the next room every other day.

Aladin aka Tatang the great is boasting a lot of his good works with his graphic…sure he does!

Jay Lord is a certified Textus fanaticos!

Bray, what’s gotten into you that you’re getting serious with your internet surfing?

Hey guys don’t fight over who’s gonna get the table ready for our lunch, hehe!

Release

Release your imagination. Let your excess baggage go for while. Stop carrying the weight of your world in your back when you feel like the world has turned it back on you. Life goes on and it doesn't wait for anybody.

For more than a year already, we, the misunderstood and sometimes, neglected Kuris Animators have fought the good fight and showed our best. So if we appear to be more appreciative of what we've been through, I think it's the very reason that we don't stop learning to be good. Good enough to prove that Ilonggo animators are indeed promising.

Interlude 1: Lunch time chaos

Hex: guys it's time to have a break and eat our lunch... Tatang will you go with me to buy some "sud-an" outside?

Marx: Don't forget the coke, Sir said OK!

Bryan: Hurry up guys I'm starving now, hehe!

Jay: I'll go get the pitcher and buy some mineral water from the water station... do you have some coins?

Lyndon: Here, hurry up so that we can eat and proceed with our project...the dealine is near!

15 minutes later...

Elson: Please pass the rice guys... I want some more.

Marx: I want some coke... Jay, can you pass it for me?

Bryan: Please pass the "kinilaw" for Sir...

Jay: Hey, the "kinilaw" tastes good, hehe!

Lyndon: the last one to finish eating will wash the plates...

Hex: don't bother about it people, I'll volunteer OK!

These days, we have a new challenge to face in the coming months. The school's special project needs a lot of effort from us and our artistic skills is useful to make it work. Marx, Bryan and Jay started to take part in the project last April. The rest of us-- Tatang, Elson, Lyndon and me joined the team later. Our project head plans to expand the need for graphic artists and our fellow Kuris animators next in line. Of course, let's not be biased, the rest of the animators from other groups will be called also in the coming weeks or months to make the special project more effective.

Marx and Bryan have been talking a lot of sleepless nights and stressful work 24/7 since they started in the special project. Yeah, upon telling me this stuff, it reminds us of our hardwork in the making of The BEQUEST last January. To this day, we could somehow told ourselves that we risked a lot for it. It was a hard choice to cope up but our friendship and passion pushed us further to succeed.

Interlude 2: In-between chaos

Bryan: I'm checking some new 3D software in the internet guys, hehe!

Hex: By the way Bray, can you open Marvel.com and check the latest Iron Man animation...it's cool and funky, believe me.

Marx: Let's go and get some smoke guys...

Elson: I'll go with you Marx, wait up!

Lyndon: Sun, did you finish the new layout Sir gave us earlier?

Elson: Yup, I saved it in your folder...just check it out OK.

Jay: Nel, did you bring your Transformer DVD, I want to watch it while doing my work?

Hex: yeah, get it in my bag please...So Bray, did you see the Iron Man trailer now?

Bryan: yup, it's a 3D animation converted into 2D... It looks awesome coz' the movements are smooth...that's what makes 3D animation standout.

Tatang: Is that the same concept that we will use in the making of Lapis next year?

Bryan: If we have a good 3D software other that what we used in BEQUEST, I think we could outdo ourselves again...

Hex: We can do it as long as we stick together and keep holding on guys..

Tatang: Bryan's hands are itching to work for that project!

Bryan: Sure, I am!

Well, we just have to play around with our imagination while doing the special project. The BEQUEST is set for another round of editing in September--three new scenes and some audio enhancements. LAPIS will be much bigger than we could imagine, I hope God will be good to us and show us the way to find what we desire most. As long as the special project exists, we won't let each other go and the "barkada" is going stronger. Whatever misery we hide at the back of heads, we can overcome it and release it for the Kuris' sake.

Blogging...end.

PS: We miss our Kuris girlfriends-- Racil, Janelyn, Carmz (hehe, we see her every other day coz' they have a class in the other room), Nenette, Jee Ann, Roselyn and Bebs. But not the chairman!... he reminds us of the dark days and the lousy masquerade. So what if he's around. We don't need an excess baggage... but Dad's we miss you too, hehe!