Having fun at a Christmas Party
The Philippines is in South East
Asia
 
The Philippine flag: Blue
for the sky's infinite freedom, red for courage, the white equilateral
triangle for equality, the sun's eight rays representing the first eight
provinces to revolt against Spain, and the three stars at the corners of
the triangle representing the countries three island-groups.
Trivia: it is only the Philippine
flag that can signify when the country is at war. At wartime, the
flag is displayed with the red up representing courage to defend our freedom. |
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I
imagine the stereotype curator to be some old fossil, but believe me, I'm
far from that. I live in Manila, Philippines -- that's in South East
Asia -- but you already knew that, right? I work as the Administrative
Director of a training center in Tagaytay City which is some 120 kilometers
south of Manila. Manila and Tagaytay are both beautiful cities: Manila
is the capital of the Philippines, while Tagaytay boasts of having the
smallest active volcano in the world. To top it all, this tiny volcano
sits in a lake within a lake -- a beautiful site that visitors from all
over come to view.
Managing the training center is what keeps me alive, but
it is the arts that I live for. I acted in a play when I was in kindergarten,
and I loved the theater ever since. I became a playwrite at a very
young age but eventually turned to short story writing. I love movies
-- watching an average of one a week. It is very recent that I got
to appreciate paintings though.
Klimt... now how did I stumble upon him? I was in
a shop having some posters framed when I saw "The Kiss" displayed and for
sale. One look at the reproduction and I instantly fell in love with
it. It was quite expensive so I put the frame down and tried to forget
about it. Are you kidding? The moment I went home, the obsession
of acquiring the painting consumed me. I headed back to the mall,
through the nightmarish traffic, just to buy the repro. I assumed
that if I liked this one painting of his, I might like his other paintings.
For me that logic works for musical artists; why not for painters.
So I sought to research his paintings and sure enough I liked his other
works. I did more reading and I found his symbolism to be deep and
thought-provoking. I realized I related to his sense of non-conformity
-- something I think attracts me.
Since I enjoy making websites, I decided to share the wonderful
works of Klimt with the rest of the internet. I just hope I do him
justice.
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