My aim in initiating this process is not to present an essential fantasy of the Philippines and Philippineness but to draw meanings and connections among the various historical and filmic circuits in which the Philippines has been situated.

The whole point of local radio was to involve the community, to be its village hall, its notice board, its next-door neighbour — we had foldersful of corporation cliches about all this.

My glasses won't stay on, as I've broken the left earpiece.

[…] secondary energy (e.g., sound, chemical, mechanical) excites the energy of the perceptor cells before sensation can occur.