The Bright Side

So maybe we’re all grappling for the next move. What??? Capitalism does not work? Our president’s got the balls to stay in power even if she’s just as famous as the outgoing Bush? Willie R is still doing good business? Cory said sorry?

What to do, what to do. I don’t know what to do. But I do know that it always helps to see the good things that happened this year.

1. We made 3.5 movies. The big one was the Cinemalaya finalist, Baby Angelo, directed by Joel Ruiz. It was a difficult piece of movie to make but it was the most rewarding thing that happened this year for us. Second and third movies were also made by Joel Ruiz, Ang Ibang Mga Pamilya and Lakad ni Sammy. The “.5th” movie is still my long overdue documentary (still not done!), Kano. You will be hearing more from these movies this coming 2009.
2. We have a new office. It still smells (reeks) of new paint and boxes are still all over the place, but it’s bigger and more conducive to conducting business and that’s just great!
3. Obama. It’s nice to know that the world can dramatically change in a year.
4. We’re still at it. One day, I’m delivering tapes to clients myself and next thing I know there’s a secretary, a tech head, a messenger, an account executive, an operations manager, and so on. It’s been hard, it’s been tough and on rare times, it’s really been slow. But we’re still around and we got plans cooked up and ready to go!