Another Fork in The Road

            My dear readers, I apologize for the lack of activity on my blog. I have been busy with schoolwork. Haha, I'm not really that busy as to neglect my blogging activities. I was just too lazy to write anything, though I do have tons of insights and ideas I want to share on my blog. I'll do my best to continue to keep this blog alive and active. There will be more and more posts in the future though sadly, I might not be able to post more of my art as I do not have a scanner nor a good camera to justify my works(hahaha but hopefully I will still be able to). I will write more about my university life and I hope that it would interest you in some way.

            A whole year has passed since I started in Ateneo de Davao University. It has been an uber fun ride for me. I have made a lot of new friends and I am very, very thankful for that. I have joined many school activities in sports, art, literature, drama, and dance. I have encountered many teachers and professors who have made my ride both harsh and exciting.

           When I first went in the room accompanied by my new classmates, I didn't know what to feel or think. All I knew was that I was going to be stuck with them for four years and I hoped that it would be in a good way. Now it has been a whole year since I first met them, and we have gone through a lot in the past year.

            When I first started, I had absolutely no idea what my future would look like in the Ateneo de Davao University. Now, my future has gone from dark to dim as more paths and forks appear in my life. These paths have the potential to change my course in life and I have made a lot of thinking on which pathways to choose and to choose them wisely. Now, another fork in the road has appeared in front of me. It seems fun and will definitely boost my active participation in the university. It requires some amount of responsibility and time in my part. I will provide more information in the not too distant future as to what the "fork" is and my decision upon it.

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Happy Happy Birthday Mom! Thank you for being my mom! :D
I wish you all the best! I love you and miss you so much! I can't wait until we meet again! God bless! :D

What is "Home?"

                    Home... As a child, I grew up in many different places, and not just different towns, cities, but countries as well. All that time, I was with my family. We moved to different countries and had great adventures as we started a new lifestyle. My friends call me "Wind Surfer", the boy who just flows wherever the wind blows and also call me "The Boy with No Home", but what does that mean to me? What is on my mind when I think of home?

                    All my life living outside of my hometown, Davao City, I always say that that place is my home. I always talk about how much I feel homesick, how I miss my friends and relatives, and how I miss the very air and atmosphere of the place. I rejoice at the very moment when my parents give us the news that we will be returning back to Davao even for just a short visit.

                    Now, I am back here in Davao City and in a situation that I have dream't about for years, to go to college here and experience school life again with actual classrooms, classmates, strict school rules, and annoying teachers. I don't remember the time when I've ever been happier than when I heard the news that I was going back to my hometown and actually stay there for a really long time. I am now in my second semester of my first year here and boy, is it exhausting, but it still is a ton of fun.

                    Though I am actually living the "dream come true" saying literally, I realize that "home" is not a place, but rather the people that make up a true home. All my life, I dream't of going back to the place where I was born, to my "home", but now I realize in all those years, I never left. My home is where my family is, wherever they may be. I miss them so much. There really is no place like home.

A Nostalgic Christmas Experience

            It has been far too long since my last Christmas in the Philippines. I am very grateful to be able to experience it this year.
            In my opinion, no other country celebrates Christmas better than the Philippines. Though, the Philippines cannot experience the more familiar "White Christmas", Christmas in the tropics is still fun! I don't remember the last time I celebrated Christmas with my relatives here in the Philippines, but I can still remember the great fun times we had, the laughs of the children, the caroling neighbors, and the nonstop pops, booms and whistles of the fireworks. And now, I get to experience all of it again! Though the fireworks have lessened greatly, as the city government has ruled it dangerous but we still get to see the amazing light show from the star rockets in the night sky during Christmas Eve.
            One thing I do know that differs the Philippines from the other countries I've been to in celebrating Christmas, is that we start early. Christmas decorations are put up as the 'ber' months begin. All the radios begin playing Christmas tunes. Everywhere you go in the country, you will feel the Christmas spirit from everyone you meet, the places you see, the atmosphere itself. To spend Christmas with the relatives after a decade or so, truly is a wonderful and nostalgic experience.
            Thank you God for this opportunity! Happy birthday to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and a very merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year!

University Life is Tiring!!

Me (4th from the right) and my basketball team.

             
Not only does the academics in my new school time-pressuring and, of course, quite exhausting, I also am a member of my division's basketball team. The practices are very tiring but nevertheless fun! We played a game during the school sportsfest but lost. We are playing another game next year, and the tournament will be even bigger so practices continue.

Other than the basketball team, I am also representing my division along with my friends and classmates in the cheer dance competition. Boy, it is tiring! My body still aches from the practices and workouts! Anyway, that's the update on me and school for now. Stay tuned! :)

It Has Been a Long Time!!!

Hello Readers!!!
It truly has been a long time since my last post, and guess what? I'm in college now!

I apologize for not updating my blog in months, but no worries. My blog has become active again, so expect an update or two weekly. :))

I have a lot of stories to tell. Stick around!

Another Manga Drawing!!!

Another recent manga drawing I made. In fact, I drew this guy yesterday. I left him uncolored for lack of good coloring materials. So if you do have some, you can print this drawing and color it. You can even name him. :D 

Hope you like it!

My Most Recent Manga Drawing

  

I drew this guy only last night. I might color this soon though.

I've been drawing more and more manga lately after months of experimenting with Western style comic art. 

This is my post for now as I will have to find the other drawings I made these past six months. 

What a mess! 

Hope you like it!

Art And Me!

I've neglected my blog for almost six months now but I have never stopped drawing! 


Starting from today, I will be posting more of my artworks of the past six months. I hope you enjoy them. 


I know some of you might already know that I was enrolled in an art school. Well, I've been really busy drawing and I learned a lot from my time there too. They taught me basic drawing skills far from the manga and cartoonish art style that I usually do. And here they are! 

This one is not finished yet but I just thought I might as well share it with you.

This one is my favorite. It took many hours to finish. This is the hardest and most complicated art work I have ever done. Hope you like it!

This was one of my first works during my time in art school.

There will be more drawings posted soon!

A Novel

I've been enrolled to a new art school and I have been busy with that. I also have a new project these days. I am writing a novel! It's been really fun writing it, and is still progressing. I never knew writing could be this fun. 

I've been forming a single story for years now but never really started joining them all together as a novel. Now I have! The story genre is fantasy, adventure, kinda like the books I loved reading like The Lord of the Rings, or the Chronicles of Narnia. It's three chapters long for now and is still progressing...

And would you believe it? I just started on another one! An idea popped up in my mind the other night, and it was so good, I just had to write it down. It is another novel but with a different genre. It is an action, adventure, comedy theme set in numerous universes. It's kinda weird but that's just the way I like it. I just started on chapter one and I sure hope it won't stop there hehe.

                                       Thank you God for giving us the power of literature!!!

How about you? Do you like writing stories? If you do, what kind of story do you have in mind?

Learning To Draw Manga Poses

                         

 Here are another of my manga drawings from my time in art class. My teacher gave me a reference where I could copy this pose but use my own characters and my style of clothing.

 I penciled them first then used charcoal to finish them. I hope you like them.

Manga Painting From Art School

               Hey guys! This is one of my paintings from my art classes. My teacher gave me a reference picture where I could copy the pose but use my own characters. It wasn't easy since I don't really use paint much but I hope you like it!

               Thanks for visiting my blog! I'll put up more of my artwork soon!

Art School

          Hey guys! It's been a long time since my last post but don't worry, I promise I'll post more this week. I just got enrolled into an art school where I could get more experience in art. I go there every Saturday afternoon and spend two hours drawing and painting. The picture you see above was the first painting I drew and painted on my first day there. Hope you like it!

          I will be posting more of my recent drawings and paintings this week, so make sure to visit! :)

A Few More Drawings

Here's a drawing I did recently. You can name this character if you want.

And another one...

And another one, this character might be familiar to some of you. This is a fan art I made a few days ago of the great Monkey D. Luffy of the Strawhat Pirates from my favorite popular manga series "One Piece ".

The Man Who Dreamed

There once was a Man who dreamed.

He dreamed of castles and knights.

And fought dragons all day and night.

 He would dream of running through a forest of flowers.

Or climbing up emerald towers.

In His dreams He could be a king that rules a country, or a superhero that could fly.

Or He can pretend to be a fish in the sea or a cloud in the sky.

This Man spent most of His days under a tree in the grassy plains.

His eyes were always filled with a gleam.

And He never felt sad or pain.

Because all He did was dream.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Dad!

I wish you a very happy day today! Thank you very much for being my dad! You have given me and my sisters all your love and for that we are very grateful! Thank you! May God bless your life greatly!

 Your Loving Son,

Benji

I'm Back!!!

Hey Guys! Sorry, I was gone for some time and I haven't been able to blog yet. I was in the Philippines, my home country for my two month vacation. Yay! I'll show you some pictures of my time there.

I had my graduation ceremony there!

I spent time with cousins and relatives.

We had some funny times together.

We even went to the beach!

But I spent most of my family time with my Dear Lola (Grandmother).

I also went to a national basketball game with my Grandfather. It was a lot of fun!

I had a lot of fun with my family relatives back in the Philippines and I thank my parents and of course God for this wonderful gift! Thank you!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Dearest Mom,
I wish you a very happy Mother's Day! I know that Mother's Day is of a different day there in Thailand but I still want to wish you Happy Mother's Day all the same. I thank you for being my Mom. I thank you for all the love and care that you have given me and my sisters. I wish you a happy year and I pray that God will bless you greatly this year. I miss you a lot!

Your Loving Son,
Benji

Why We Celebrate Easter

Did you know about the history of Easter?

Easter celebrates the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. For some people, Easter is more significant than Christmas. Jesus Christ's sacrifice is celebrated on Good Friday and the resurrection on Easter Sunday, three days after Good Friday.

Easter reminds us all of the Great Gift that our Lord has given us and we should be very grateful.

Jesus Christ died and rose again!

Happy Easter To Everyone!

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"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..."

I Peter 1:3

The History of Video games

Did you know that video games have a very long history?

The origin of video games started with the invention of cathode ray tube-based missile defense systems in the late 1940s. These devices were then adapted to simple games in the 1950s.

Tennis for Two 1958

Pong 1972

Pong is Tennis for Two's successor. I'm quite sure some of you may still remember it and I'm also quite sure that a number of people still play this even now.

This is the Atari Home Pong console released in 1975.

This is the upright cabinet of Pong.

The very first video games were already installed in their consoles.

Then came cassettes and tapes.

Then of course with the invention of the compact disks. Game consoles were then designed to use CDs.

The Wii
One of the latest gaming consoles of the present.

The PS3
Also one of the latest gaming consoles of the present.

Then came of course the portable game consoles. You can buy all these in supermarkets or online.

Video games have really gone far from when it first started to now. Video games of now are getting more and more realistic. I wouldn't be surprised that in only a few more years, game developers would be able to make virtual reality games where a player would be able to feel everything in the game as if it was in the real world but such a technology like that would still be very dangerous to use. Like many other people, I am also fond of video games but of course, there are still limits to gaming. Too much exposure would prove to be dangerous and unhealthy. But always remember to have fun.