Longest Painting

LONGEST PAINTING

FROM THE HANDS OF MORE THAN 7000 ARTISTS , THE LONGEST PAINTING WAS SUCCESSFULLY FINISHED . AFTER A LONG LONG LONG PREPARATIONS FROM THE GROUP OF DOCTORS TO THE GROUP OF GOVERNMENT , MEETING FROM THE PRIVATE HOUSES TO THE GOVERNORS OFFICE TO MALACANANG.
IT WAS A HARD TASK, ITS HARD TO FIND VOLUNTEERS, BUT IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE .
LAPIS HAD A BIG PARTICIPATION ESPECIALLY THE NEWEST MEMBERS , THEY ARE THE STUDENTS OF BSU BATANGAS ( BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY) HEADED BY THEIR ADVISER / ARTIST , MS. LEONIDA CORREA , THE TEAM WAS COMMANDED MOSTLY BY MR GRIEGO VIVE , A LAPIS MEMBER AND THE HEAD ARTIST OF CHELONY'S ART WORKSHOP. FROM THE HELP OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH SIR PANCHO , THE EVENT HAD A HOME. THEY INSTALLED THE WOOD TO HUNG THE LONG CONTINUOUS CANVAS , THE ENGINEER AND HIS PEOPLE HAD NO ENOUGH SLEEP JUST TO FINISH THE TASK. OTSAA HEADED BY MR ROLLIE DE LEON WENT TO BATANGAS FOR THE MEETINGS AND SO ON , THEY FINALIZED TOGETHER WITH NCCA , OTHER AGENCIES, ASEAN DELEGATES AND MS CECILLE ALVAREZ. BATANGAS AWARDED AS THE ASEAN CULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES. BUT NOT ALL THE THINGS HAPPENED THERE WAS NICE ,THIS EVENT HAD SO MUCH STRESS AND PRESSURE , PAIN,TEARS AND HUNGER. TWO DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE MAIN EVENT , WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS OK , THEN SUDDENLY THEY SAID NO PAINT. IM GETTING CRAZY BECAUSE WE ALL THOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY WILL SPONSOR THAT , BUT MS SYLVIA , THE OWNER OF MLD ENTERPRISES AND HUSBAND , THE PRESIDENT OF ROTARY LIPA TOLD US THEY CAN HELP BY SPONSORING THE PAINTS BY THE HELP OF WELCOAT, THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY DELIVERED THE PAINTS. ON THE D- DAY , THE VOLUNTEERS HAD NO SLEEP , THEY ARE HUNGRY AND NO BUDGET FOR THE FOOD, SOME PEOPLE SAID NONE OF THE MEMBERS ARE VISIBLE BUT THEY WERE THERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS , NO SLEEP , NOT CLEAN AND NO FOOD. IT IS REALLY SAD , 2 OF THEM GOT SICK , TENSION WAS THERE , ME AND THE OTHER GUY ALMOST FIGHT AND THEY ALMOST ALL STEPPED OUT BECAUSE ITS REALLY A PRESSURE TO FINISH THE REMAINING CANVASES TO MAKE IT IN THE WORLD RECORD. ON THE OTHER SIDE , GMA 7 GAVE A FREE ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PEOPLE, MANY MEDIA PEOPLE ARE THERE , ABSCBN ,GMA 7, NEW PAPERS, MAGAZINES AND OUR LOCAL ONLINE MAGAZINE "WOW BATANGAS". WHILE THE OTHERS ARE LAUGHING AND CELEBRATING , THE OTHERS INSIDE WERE SUFFERING , MAYBE THATS THE LIFE. IN MY PART , IT WAS REALLY HARD , BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT I DO NOTHING , THEY THOUGHT IM JUST RESTNG IN THE HOUSE , BUT THEY WERE WRONG , I GUESS ALL THE TASK WAS IN MY HANDS , I EVEN GETS CRAZY BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHICH ONE TO DO FIRST , BUT WITH ALL THE PRAYERS , EVEN ITS HARD , EVEN NOBODY APPRECIATES WHAT I DID , EVEN THEY TAKE ME OUT FROM THE LIST IN THE PROGRAM , I WAS HAPPY FOR THEM , THE MOST IMPORTANT IS , MANY PEOPLE SMILED AND LAUGH AND CRIED . BY THIS BLOG, I KNOW ITS A BIT EMOTIONAL I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS , ID LIKE TO THANK FIRST THE LORD WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE, TO MADE ME REALIZE A LOT OF LESSONS IN MY LIFE , TO KRIS WHOSE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE TO ME FROM THE START THOUGH SOMETIMES WE ARE FIGHTING BECAUSE OF THIS ,SIR ROLLIE WHO MADE ME REALIZE THAT ITS ALSO POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT IN BATANGAS AND YES A LOT OF ARTISTS WER ASKING WHY IN BATANGAS, SIR ALEX OF LIPA TOURISM WHO SUGGESTED TO ASK THE REGIONAL TOURISM , SIR PANCHO WHOSE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND WHOLE HEARTEDLY ACCEPTED THIS PROJECT AND TOOK A RISK WITHOUT A QUESTION , GRIEGO VIVE WHOSE BEEN BRAVE TO HANDLE THE VOLUNTEERS, WHOSE FIGHTING FOR THEM WHILE IM NOT THERE AND SACRIFICED A LOT FOR THE SAKE OF ARTS, WOW BATANGAS ESP TO ALVA ALVAREZ WHOSE BEEN HELPING US TO PROMOTE THE EVENT, SOME LAPIS MEMBERS WHO SHOWN THEIR SUPPORT, RIO SALVACION THE ONE WHO SANG THE LONGEST PAINTING THEME, MY BROTHER MEL WHOSE BEEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEOGRAPHER DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT, MS SYLVIA DIMAANO AND HUSBAND AND WELCOAT , ABSCBN BANDILA FOR THE COVERAGE AND CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTISTS WITH ME AND GMA 7 FOR COVERING OUR KAPENG BARAKO WORKSHOP IN SM LIPA WITH THE DELIGATES, MS CORREA AND THE WHOLE BSU STUDENTS ESPECIALLY TO MIKE,JOVEL,RYZA,CLARK, KENT, ROSE & NICA THEY ARE MY HEROES AND ANGELS,ALSO TO MS CATHERINE HIPOLITO WHO MADE NICE PHOTOS , SIR JORGE BANAWA WHO ALSO LOST HIS WALLET DURING THE EVENT AND HE NEVER GAVE UP ALSO WITH THE PRESSURE,MY FAMILY WHO NEVER LEFT ME AND STAYED WITH ME IN THAT EVENT ,TO MY KIDS MICO AND KEN WHOSE BEEN UNDERSTANDING TO MY ABSENCE TO ALL THE MEDIA PEOPLE AND TO ALL THE ARTISTS, STUDENTS AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED THANT EVENT. EVEN I DIED TONIGHT ATLEAST I MAY SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT , PEOPLE WONT FORGET IT BECAUSE NOW IT IS PART OF THE HISTORY.