The First Magic of June

Only the two of us know what happened. You are there, in a distant island where I previously resided. I, here in an unforgiving metro, brutal in its honestly, shameless in its lonesomeness despite the everyday sounds it wishes to control.

I observe in awe how you controlled my laptop, the mouse clicking its way through unknown panels and shortcuts. My hands were away from the keyboard; the desktop screen was moving in its pace, like having an invisible force manipulating its movement. It was like magic.

I would have thought the first of June would hold no greatness; the ten of the night disapproved my notion. I am much, as always, grateful.

FIRST MAGIC OF MAY

Talk about a dream come true. Going to Thailand tonight. Thank You for the blessing. Muang Thai, Laew Phop Gan. Phom Sanuk Cing Cing Krap (Thailand, see you later. I am very excited.)

The First Magic of March

I am a big Survivor loyalist. I have been following the show officially since second year high school - that is a cumulative of eleven years! So on the first day of March, I allowed my Survivor fanboy alter ego to spell some magic on the year's third month.

I sent tweets to Dawn Meehan (Survivor: South Pacific; Survivor: Caramoan) and Rob Cesternino (Survivor: The Amazon), two castaways whom I admire for two completely different reasons.

Dawn played an endearing social game, acting the role of the substitute mother to her tribemates, particularly to John Cochran who eventually betrayed her in favor of a strategic position which eventually did not play in Cochran's favor. I wish both characters the best of luck as they are battling it out again in the second installment of Survivor Fans vis-a-vis Favorites, Survivor: Caramoan. As of current episode, both Dawn and Cochran are in a tight six-pack "Stealth R Us" alliance headed by the always-unpredictable Phillip Sheppard of Survivor: Redemption Island fame.

On the other hand, Rob Cesternino is one of my early Survivor heroes. While watching Survivor: The Amazon, I was completely attentive on how he made those well-thought strategies, making mental notes of "How to play the game like Rob." Although he lost to Jenna Morasca and placed third, Rob Cesternino will always be one of my Survivor favorites. In fact, I bought a Magic-8-Ball (Rob's luxury item) because I was such a fan of his game.

Well, what exactly happened with the tweets? Dawn replied to my tweets; Rob favorited them. They are now following me on twitter!

A great Survivor fan boy moment! A dream come true. #FirstMagic

The First Magic of February

Ah, what perfect timing. Disney decided to release their John Kahrs-directed animated short film, Paperman, just in time for this month. The animation had its premiere as a feature shorts prior to the screening proper of the blockbuster hit Wreck-It-Ralph.

Paperman narrates the would-be love story of George and Meg told over an army of flying paper planes maneuvering through New York skylines circa 1940s. The six-minute film is for the hopeless romantic, the once non-believers, and those trapped in the predictability of their routine office lives. It takes us into a reminder, a perspective that at the perfect timing, one dictated by the Great Storyteller, our own versions of paper planes will eventually lead us into our very Meg or George. Such hope, I tell you.

The film is nominated for Best Animated Short Film at this year's Academy Awards.

Ladies and gentlemen, click here to direct the heart into the short film online release.

REFLEKTOR: FIRST MAGIC

The first magic of 2013. Happy New Year!