ASTRID Alvarez

Amazing Grace School, Attended 1991 - 2002, Class of 2002

UP Diliman, AGS

University of the Philippines - Diliman, Attended 2002 - 2006, Class of 2006, Bachelor's Degree, Film and Audio Visual Communication

discipler; peasant; teacher, visual merchandiser

UP Cineastes' Studio, UP Campus Crusade for Christ, UP CINEMA, AGSAA, UP College of Mass Communication Student Council Representative for UP CS (AY 04-05)

PEOPLE, SPORTS, reading (almost all kinds of books), learning, thirst for info/knowledge, writing short stories & poems, PHOTOGRAPHY, black and white, NATURE, films, FREEDOM, deconstruction, ANIMALS, bathing my felines (huh?), RAIN, gumawa ng kakaiba, CHARCOAL PAINTING, vintage, tumitig sa ceiling ng room ko, wind chimes, MOON, MELANCHOLY, poetry, literature, ARTS, music, rhythm, stillness, solitude, little deaths, quiet time, illusions, escape, German Expressionism, Wassily Kandinsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, mosaic, ECCENTRIC, MILK TEA, C2 Green

The Bible, The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, and other Paulo Coelho works, Utos ng Hari, The Picture of Dorian Gray(Oscar Wilde); books written by Pablo Neruda, Como Agua Para Chocolate (Laura Esquivel), The Secret Garden, Sherlock Holmes, Nasa Puso ang Amerika, Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag, Biography of Frida Kahlo, Ishmael (Daniel Quinn), Passion and Purity (Elizabeth Elliot), Coraline (Neil Gaiman), Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)

The Science of Sleep, Clockwork Orange, Dogville, Across the Universe, Strings, Vertical Ray of the Sun, American History X, The King of Masks, Amores Perros, Amelie, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Dreams, My Life in Pink, Run Lola Run, Living In Oblivion, Ciudad de Deus, Chungking Express, Monsters Inc., Emperor's New Groove, Lilo and Stitch, Lion King 1 1/2, Series of Unfortunate Events, Finding Neverland, Raise the Red Lantern, Judou, The Yellow River, Red Sorghum, In the Mood for Love, 2046, Eros (particularly The Hand), Road Home, House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Batch 81, Elephant, The Girl with the Pearl Earrings, Edward Scissorhands, Frida, Lost in Translation, Fight Club, Battle Royale, An Unfinished Life, Cinema Paradiso, Brothers Grimm, Highschool Musical, Rent

My feline choir, Bernard's bark, Norah Jones, The Beatles, Eraserheads, Cat Stevens, Rascal Flatts, Dave Matthew's Band, Eric Clapton, Moonpools & Caterpillars, Dishwalla, Beastie Boys, The Police, Utada Hikaru, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Nickelback, Maroon 5, Tracy Chapman, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Dan Fogelberg, Astrud Gilberto, Duran Duran, The Beach Boys, Carpenters, Lenny Kravitz, Broadway Hits, Classical, Instrumental, Joss Stone, Tori Amos, Damien Rice, Switchfoot, Orange & Lemons, Yellowcard, Regina Spektor, Josh Kelley, Nickel Creek

Lost, CSI, Prison Break, Pimp my Ride, Punkd, Anime, MTV, Prince of Tennis, Animal Precint, Amazing Race, D.N. Angel, Heroes

"TO DEFINE IS TO LIMIT"--Lord Henry (Picture of Dorian Gray;Oscar Wilde)
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SA BAWAT SANDALING LUMILIPAS, SA BAWAT SEGUNDONG TUMATAKBO..."AKO'Y AKO at AKO'Y HINDI AKO"
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Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a while and then vanishes. James 4:14
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Ginising ako ng pamamahinga ng haring araw. Ito na ang oras ng aking pagkinang. Ngayong gabi ako ang mamumukadkad kaysa sa mga bituing namamasyal at nag-uuasap sa kalawakan. Higit na mabango ang aking halimuyak kaysa sa mga bulaklak na nakikipagsuyuan sa mga kulisap at alitaptap. Ako ang buwan. Pilak ang aking hiwaga. Suot ko ang magandang saya na bumabalot sa aking kabuuan. Pilak itong kumikinang sa kalawakan at nag-uutos sa mga nilalang sa ibaba na tingalain at pagmasdan ang hiwaga kong taglay...Ako ang buwan.
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Pagyao ng dilim, magigising sa mahimbing na paghimlay ang bulawang babaylan. Mamamasyal ako sa hardin ng misteryo at hiwaga at isa-isang kakausapin ang mga nilalang na nilikha ng Dakila. Binabalot ako ng hanging mahalimuyak na nagbibigay sigla sa mga ibon na umawit at yakapin ang lawak ng parang. Hinahagod ng mga pakpak ng mga paru-paro ang aking pisngi at ang mga tutubi ay sabik nang humalik sa mga damong uhaw sa hamog. Ako ang mahiwagang babaylan. Isa ako sa kalikasan.
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When I was 3-6 years old, I used to think:
1)Lahat ng feline ay female;
2)Lahat ng canine ay male;
3)Ang USA at England ay iisa
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Generally right-handed;
Left-handed when I play billiards;
Right and left-handed when I play jackstone with my younger sisters;
Right and left-handed when I play lawn tennis
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Milk lover,
Coffee No-no,
Lettuce with cucumber delight,
Soya drinker,
Non-smoker
Professional escapist
World-class daydreamer
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P.R. Sesa,
P. Sante
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(Whew! So many. But I really don't mind...my name is Maria.) ;)
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"...'what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?'"--Lord Henry to Dorian Gray
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Because we children of Adam want to become great,He became small.
Because we will not stoop,He humbled Himself.
Because we want to rule,He came to serve.
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People who are not afraid to talk;
Peolpe who are proud to be silent;
People who talk silently;
People who whisper loudly;
People who speak, not with their mouths, but through their actions.
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MARAT SAFIN,Wassily Kandinsky, Frida Kahlo, WENTWORTH MILLER, Rupert Grint, Othello, Homer, Hilario, Peanut, Odie, Bernard, Mawie, Miming, Tango, Boogie...
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"I do not know what the future holds, but I know Who holds my future."