walang pamagat

Finally I was able to get my hands on a canson mi-teintes board. Sabi kasi 'yon daw ang bagay sa soft pastel. Sa NBS ako nakabili, sa pinaka-bottom shelf ng cartolina rack ko nakita. Medyo gusot na nga kasi luma na. Obvious na non-moving stock ng tindahan. Anyways, pinatulan ka pa din. Kaysa naman dumayo pa ako sa Recto. Doon lang kasi ang alam kong lugar na may art store.

So there I was merrily doodling on it. The TV was on but I wasn't really watching. Nakikinig lang ako ng news. Then a clip from "Deal or No Deal" was shown. I don't know what made me turn to look but I did. That was when I saw Ms. Edith (PHR editor in chief) jumping like crazy. She was one of the 'pala' of the contestant. Saka ko lang naalala, nakuwento na niya ang tungkol sa pagsali ng church org-mate niya sa show. Wala lang. Aliw kasi makakita ng kakilala sa TV.

That Tuesday when I went to the office and she told me and Claud about the deal or no deal thing. She also gave us an assignment of sorts. Pinagawa niya kami ng luvtxt. Kahapon ko lang ginawa at natapos yung akin! Yippee! Sana nga lang okay sya.

Pinag-isipan ko talaga kung ano'ng book ang pipiliin ko. Feeling ko kasi kailangan concrete yung conflict, hindi puwede ang character driven na story kasi limitado ang words. So I chose "Until You Came Along" Madali lang siyang gawin kasi buo na yung kuwento. Nahirapan lang ako kung paano ko didiskartehan para umiksi siya. Imagine trimming down 140,000 characters to just 5200 give or take. Kakabaliw!

Here's how I managed to do it