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5 Reasons Why I love Trabajo St.
By Monster Jimenez | September 28, 2009
reprinted with permission from pinoymonster.wordpress.com
- Serendipitously, it is the street where I work. Oddly, the old street sign reads Trabajo St (with a j) and the new street names spell it Trabaho St (with an h). They are placed side by side which makes it rather redundant, but right on JP Rizal where most of our guests come from when going to Arkeo, is a sign-less Trabajo turn. Perhaps, we can just uproot one of them signs and place it where it matters.
- The neighborhood is teeming with texture and life and enough oddities to make it a great location to shoot.
- There is a crazy man who walks around in a superhero costume. He wears spandex in varying colors and cape. They come in hot pink, neon green, white and yellow. He has a utility belt filled with wrenches and tools. I have not been brave enough to talk to him. He likes to sing when he walks around.
- We usually buy our lunch in the carinderia beside us from a woman named Belo. She’s a middle-aged woman who is always fully made up, complete with big hair while serving her famous giniling or bopis. Sometimes she closes the store when she doesn’t feel like cooking that day.
- I live in a neighborhood. Which means the Arkeo House is literally that…a house. It’s not as professional as we’d like to look but right now, this humble 2-storey affair is just right for our needs.
We’ve already shot a few commercials in the neighborhood!
