Full Circle

Wow, while I was chatting to old friends and inviting them to a play I will be directing, it suddenly hit me... WOW LANG TIME FLIES SO FAST, IN FAIRNESS TO WHAT I HAVE BECOME, IN ALL FAIRNESS TO COLLEGE YEARS I HAD IN ENTA.

3 months from now I will be showcasing the first ever major production that I directed. It is a twinbill, that is of course consisting of 2 plays, having an umbrella title. Just like the first ever production I watched in the Ateneo back in 2008, the production Tarong, directed by Sir Jet Tenorio, who I consider to be my sole mentor when it comes to theater. And here I am, 6 years later, right in his own place back then, trying to think of how I am going to make this production beautifully done. 6 YEARS. After 6 years, I never imagined that I am actually doing this. This was NEVER a dream. But as years went by, this was something that I had formed in my mind, that someday, I would be doing this. Thanks to the trust of current ENTA members and officers, and to Ate Ekha... which leads me to...

ATE EKHA interviewed me in my auditions in ENTA 6 years ago. She interviewed me and told me what ENTA is all about. And 6 years later, she is now the moderator of this organization na dati ay si Sir Jet din. Amazeballs. sobrang bilis ng panahon.

AND one more amazing thing. The play MAY KATWIRAN ANG KATWIRAN is now so special to me. Kahit hindi ko masyado kabisado yung dula. It went full circle on me!!! Noong nanalo ako ng LSAA last year for Theater Acting, we were handed the MKAK script, and so I read its entirety. And may nabasa akong paragraph na mahaba, and I thought, bakit sobrang familiar ng paragraph na ito. Then, it hit me!!! That paragraph was the one I used in my first BASIC ACTING WORKSHOP 6 years ago as well. It was really funny though, we had to make a scene for LSAA, and we used MKAK. So amazeballls.

I'm just really amazed. Full circle. Ang saya lang. In advance, I want to thank everyone who gave me trust. Especially to Sir Jet and Ate Ekha. To the current officers, na pinagkatiwalaan talaga ako kahit 4 years na akong hindi nagdidirect.

And now... on to the next three STRESSFUL months of my life!!! APIIIIIIR, DISAPIIIIIR!!