bulat kecik2, bulatlah besau...

Do not swallow whole, analyze the piece of info first. Chew a few times before swallow it whole.
Jangan telan bulat-bulat. Di zaman informasi ni, ramai yang tak mendalami dan kaji lebih mendalam informasi yang disajikan media masa termasuk internet. Ramai yang masih kecelaruan informasi. Jangan makan suap dan telan bulat-bulat yew. Kunyah pelan-pelan.

mosh mosh, are you there

I spend 6 months living in Philippines (July 2013-Jan 2014) and then Japan from (January 2014 - July 2014), i really miss all my friends there.

Primarily i was researching about Transwomen and naturally i get to know the LGBT community and within the circles there were musicians, designers, illustrators, activists, artists, they were all overlapping and they are an inspiration.

Raikan

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ride

If you believe in your passion and crafts and use it as your voice, it will bring you to places you'd never imagine.
http://keybiecafe.ph/9-good-habits-professional-artists/

Mospeada / Invid

When i was a kid, i watch this anime Robotech or Mospeada. There are 2 characters inside the story, 1 is Yellow Belmont, an army who's androgynous (bottom pix) and a women (top pix). I knew right from the beginning which character that i rooted more to. Yellow is like a combination of Marylyn Monroe and the soldier into 1. He crossdress and perform/sing for people. His gender identity is male as he is comfortable being called a 'He' and his gender expression is more androgynous (probably refering to the 80s andro culture) and his sexual orientation is heterosexual. Rook Bartley is a cisgender female.
When i was young i strongly rooted for Rook than Yellow. I already knew it since i was a kid....

nothere

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Air muka / Water face - 2010

Ramai adik-adik lari dari rumah pasal makbapak lebih pentingkan air muka dorang pasal kurang / kecelaruan informasi. 

Many young transkids run away from home because their parents give more shit about their "water face" / "image" in society.

Air muka / Water face - 2010

exhale/buang

#depression

SOGIE

updated...

Ringo

Shina Ringo haven't seen Robert DePico

Shina Ringo haven't seen MotherLand

Shina Ringo haven't been to KakikomoTei

My friend like to sing ShinaRingo in Karaoke

ShinaRingo singing being pure blood on TV

ShinaRingo promoting olympic in 2020

ShinaRingo picking a side on national TV

ShinaRingo is Aryan wannabe?

essence / intipati

visuals samples on how we identify ourselves in the future

memori

Anastasia/Kuala Lumpur 2012
Penang 2012
ChowKit 2012
OUG 2012
PJ / Section8 2012

gender identity

'you can cut my hair, you can strip me naked, and you can take away my dignity from me; you can even kill me, but you cannot take away my identity as a transgender person because i will live, i will breathe and i will die as a transgender woman. no matter what.'
Nisha Ayub, 10 December 2014
Quoroum, Global LGBT Voices
The New York Public Library, New York

hardware/software

There are many more type of answers to explain the experience being a transwomen and transmen. I remember telling someone roughly for example, Sex is your hardware, Gender is your software. Some people are born with their software and hardware aligned, they are called cis-gender people. And they are people who's software doesn't match their hardware, they are transwomen and transmen. Then i can see the person's eyes lighten up with the mouth forming and O to let out the sound Oh and an I followed by C indicating aligned neurons for a perfectly understanding the situation.

hardware/software/apps/compliance
Photo:Nisha Seed

Manga/Manga-esque

Much thanks to Karl/Japan Foundation Ateneo Uni Manila for inviting me to share my work with other goddesses of Asean Manga artists and researchers. It was quite a short visit with 1 day visiting most interesting places that i've never been to when i was there for 6 months in 2013. Yokatta ne~

Report on the ‪#‎MangaConference‬ at Ateneo by @TeamDeremoe

http://deremoe.com/2015/01/chronicling-15th-international-manga-conference-part-1/

http://deremoe.com/2015/01/chronicling-the-15th-international-manga-conference-part-2/

http://www.chikushi-u.ac.jp/~womenandmanga/english/index.html

Projek Dialog

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manga/manga-esque

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Manga and the Manga-esque: New Perspectives to a Global Culture 15th Annual International Conference on Japanese Studies and the 6th Women’s Manga Conference 22-23 January 2015 Ateneo de Manila University

PROGRAMME Day 1 Venue: Leong Auditorium

8:30 Registration and Coffee Break

9:30 Welcome Remarks Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr., Ph.D. Dean, School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University

Opening Remarks Shūji Takatori, Director, The Japan Foundation

10:00-12:00 Plenary Session 1: Manga and the Manga-esque

Considering the ‘Mangaesque’ as a Cultural Condition: Where Japanese Studies and Manga Studies May Meet Jaqueline Berndt, Kyoto Seika University

The Role of National Mediators in the Construction of the Global Meaning of Manga Zoltan Kacsuk, Kyoto Seika University

Manga-esque in a Single Frame: An Exploration of the Bounds of Japanese Irasuto and Cartoons Ronald Stewart, Prefectural University of Hiroshima

12:00 – 12:30 Artist Session 1: Philippine Moderated by Elbert Or Elbert Or, Robert Magnuson, Ace Vitangcol

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:00 Artist Session 2: Women’s Manga in Singapore Moderated by Fusami Ogi and Jaqueline Berndt FSc

2:00 – 3:30 Paper Session 1: Manga-esque in Southeast Asia

The Domestication of Japanese Manga Representation in Malaysia : The Universality of Visual Language and Cultural Characteristics Suraya Md Nasir, Universiti Teknologi MARA

Manga in the Philippines: from niche market to an (invisible) market Ma. Victoria Cayton, University of Asia and the Pacific

“OTAKU NO RIKO”: Gratifications Derived from Filipino Anime Engagements Thea Pamela Pauline A. Javier, M.C., San Sebastian College Recolectos - Manila

3:30 – 4:00 Artist Session 3: Vietnam Moderated by Fusami Ogi and Jaqueline Berndt Nguyen Thanh Phong

4:00-4:15 Coffee Break

4:15-4:45 Artist Session 4: Women Comics in the Philippines Moderated by: Kristine Michelle Santos Tin Tin Pantoja, Black Ink Comics

4:45 – 5:30 Paper Session 2: Frameworks in Popular Culture Studies

Performing 2.5 dimensional characters: Cosplay as a Practice in Hybrid Reality Akiko Sugawa-Shimada, Yokohama National University

Glocalizing Appearance: Filipino Cosplayers and the Mukokuseki Aesthetic Tiffany Lim, University of Tokyo

Quantitative research in manga/anime studies: Methodological considerations and three Europe-based surveys Marco Pellitteri, Kobe University

Day 2 Venue: Leong Hall

9:00 Registration

9:30-11:00 Plenary Session 2: Women’s Manga in Japan

Manga-esque Hybridity Coming out of Women’s Manga Fusami Ogi, Chikushi Jogakuen University

On Sexual Issues of Aging Women: Shungiku Uchida and Challenges in Women’s Manga Kotaro Nakagaki. Daito Bunka University

“What Female Manga Artists are doing with Shakespeare” Yukari Yoshihara, University of Tsukuba

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-11:45 Artist Session 4: Women’s Manga in Indonesia

Moderated by Febriani Shihombing Jhosephine Tanuwidjaya and Stephani Soejono

11:45-12:45 Lunch

12:45-1:15 Artist’s Session 5: Malaysia Moderated by Gan Sheuo Hui Shieko

1:15-2:15 Plenary Session 4: Manga and the Manga-esque in Southeast Asia

Analysis of the Terminology “Komik Indonesia” in Indonesian Comics: A Discussion Case Study of Three Indonesia Comics Exhibition after 2000 Febriani Sihombing, Tohoku University

Locally Made! – The Gag Comics in Malaysia Gan Sheuo Hui, National University of Singapore

2:15 – 3:15 Paper Session 3:Women and Manga Beyond Japan

Girls' Dōjinshi in the Philippines: Challenges and Transformations in Local Girls’ Culture Kristine Michelle Santos, Wollongong University

Kartoon-y: Boys' Love Manga Flourishes in Conservative Thailand Poowin Bunyavejchewin and Ormwajee Pibool, Thammasat University

3:15 – 3:30 Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:30 Paper Session 4: Women and Japanese Manga

Defining Yuri Fandom in Japan: Women and Men Reading and Writing About Girl–Girl Romance Media James Welker, Kanagawa University

On the role of characterization and engagement in shōjo-manga as a genre Giancarla Unser-Schutz, Rissho University

4:30 - 5:00 Artist Session 5: China’s Artist Panel

Moderated by Jaqueline Berndt Luo Rongrong

5:00 - 6:00 Paper Session 5: Gender and Japanese Manga

Winry, Hinata, Mikasa: Feminine Imagery in Shōnen Manga and Japan’s Masculinist Cultural Nationalism Hansley A. Juliano, Ateneo de Manila University

Sex Tourism, Filipina Brides, and Japanese Comics Ryan Holmberg, The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

6:00 - 6:10 Ending Remarks Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua, Director, Japaese Studies Program

6:10 – 7:30 Special Screening of “Illustrated By: Filipino Invasion of US Comics”

REGISTRATION FORM

Illustration in Conference poster by Kiko Dans Conference poster layout by Elbert Or

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Kuya~!

Snippets from API research/travel in the Philippines of out Quezon city to iLocos Sur, Navarcan & Greorio Del Pilar...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narvacan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_del_Pilar,_Ilocos_Sur

Philippines 2013

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solitude

"They say humans are social animals, they can't live alone. But you can live pretty well by yourself. I tell ya...instead of feeling alone in a group, It's better to have real solitude all by yourself."

―Faye Valentine to Gren^{[[Session 12: Jupiter Jazz Part 1|}Cowboy Bebop