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Vulgar display of affection

By Vives Anunciacion | June 2, 2009

Baby Angelo: a giant badge that says, “Hah! There ain’t nothing we can’t do.”

There’s no other way to describe it. We can always say we survived nine years of existence because we love what we do, and/ or that we’re good at it (shucks, two full length films and five shorts, trips to Busan and Cannes, a couple of Cinemalaya Balanghais and an Urian, plus a host of recurring corporate and advertising clients) – but no. Arkeo reached this milestone of nine effing years simply because we like each other.

Would we leave our conveniently-located condo office for a cozier house if we couldn’t stand each other’s morning breath? (Our beautifully-designed new office is a five-bedroom two-storey house still smack in Makati, but getting there requires an earlier-than-usual trip.) The same passion runs through our veins when we prepare for that 20-hour shoot or when we root for our favorite Idol contestant – like-minded, facebook addicted friends with as much knack for making kicking videos as well as mutual admiration. Why else would we dork ourselves and wear those Battlestar Galactica costumes?

So here we are, patting each other’s backs this month of June, telling each other we’ve done good in nine years. Applause, applause. For all those backbreaking, injury-laden late nights shooting the dang thing, we’re showing our latest full-length Baby Angelo all month at IndieSine – because it’s our giant badge that says, “Hah! There ain’t nothin’ we can’t do.”

We turn around, slap each other on the face and yell at each other that there’s more to do, for another nine effing years. A docu here, another movie there. More clients, more TVCs, blah blah blah.

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