davao as investors and tourists' haven

This cover layout for the EDGEDAVAO, a weekly business newspaper in Davao City, was done with adobe illustrator since the pdf result of my corel layout displayed a rather drab color certainly unsuitable for printing. The drop shadow in the words tourist and investors was the aftermath of my"trial and error" with this software. The choice for yellow as the dominant color of this subject? 

Honestly, it has no political hue.

I simply love yellow.

road RAGE

 

Fully one-half of drivers who are subjected to aggressive driving behavior on the road respond with aggression of their own, thus risking a more serious confrontation.

According to a recently released national survey, when a driver gets the finger, is cut off or tailgated, 50 percent of the victims respond with horn honking, yelling, cutting-off, and obscene gestures of their own.

The survey, administered by Response Insurance, revealed that 34 percent of drivers say they honk their horn at the aggressor, 27 percent yell, 19 percent give the finger back, 17 percent flash their headlights, and 7 percent mimic the initial aggressive driving behavior. Two percent of drivers admit to trying to run the aggressor off the road.

"Road rage is a two-way street," noted Ray Palermo, of Response Insurance. "It takes two people to fight. So, if you are subjected to aggressive driving, often the best way to ensure it does not get any worse is to just ignore it."

When it comes to aggressive responses, men are more likely than women to do so (54% vs. 46%), as are drivers age 18-24 (67%) versus drivers 65 and older (30%). Drivers with children are more likely to respond aggressively (59%) versus those without children (45%), and cell phone users (59%) versus those who do not use a cell phone while driving (39%).
(LIFTED FROM ROAD AND TRAVEL MAGAZINE)

poster for ebi mf loan

One of the posters I've just made for a bank whose commitment is to  help the poorer sector of the society attain a better living condition. The poster itself clearly speaks of its advocacy. Need I say more?

earthquake belt

The recent earthquake in Port-Au-Prince undeniably shook the world. Its aftershocks reached shores that left the people gaping and trembling with shock while watching the news, staring at dead bodies being pulled from debris and thrown to the mass graves. Unthinkable.

We atcs have our shares of "shakes, rattle and roll" during earthquakes specially when we are on duty.

Shakes are very evident with the sloshing of the mineral water and swinging of the lightguns (signal) hanging on the ceiling of the cab. What we usually do during these shakes? We just grab our seats and remain as calm as we should be. Can't leave the cab co'z we might get stuck inside the elevator. And with the winding stairs from the eleventh floor to the ground, the risk is way tooo high. We've been planning to stash an ax so we could just break the cab glass in case of emergency..

 

Rattle?hmmm... we feel this too... but really, just quite temporarily. We are in a place where we have no choice but....wait for what will ensue.

Roll.The last time the control tower was "shaken" our thursday boys were on duty. There were shakes... they were (i hope not) rattled.. and they rolled (actually, roared) with laughters when they looked down and saw that all the CAAP personnel were already outside  the building looking up to them as if waiting for something to happen.

Earthquakes? Our boys  just laughed it off...Never scared of tremors.

Pero white lady? I'll save the details on the next relevant entry.

political entertainment

mindanao carnage

I was musing on what to draw for this week's editorial cartoon when I saw the PDI headline showing a backhoe lifting a totally wrecked vehicle while excavating a mass grave in Maguindanao. I don't want to draw the gory details of the carnage. I've had enough of what I've seen on T.V and the newspapers. My sympathy to the children who lost their mothers and fathers.

panic learning