Was supposed to post the winners yesterday, but I had server issues, so apologies for that!

Anyway, because my parents are amazing people, I have drawn 5 names, instead of 2! So, I’m giving away 5 pairs of tickets to the ManilArt 10. I used http://random.org to draw the names.

1. #2 Mara
2. #8 Krinessa
3. #23 Jeric Rustia
4. #25 Nante
5. #29 Tim

Because I drew Tim’s and Krinessa’s names first (so they are, technically, the original winners), they will be the only people I can probably LBC/mail the tickets to. Please send me an e-mail to yankee@nothingspaces.com. To the rest of the winners, let me know if you can pick up the tickets from West Gallery, 48 West Avenue, Quezon City. Gallery hours are 10am – 5pm, Monday to Saturday. If not, send me an e-mail so we can arrange something.

Yay, congratulations!

For other ticket concerns, please send an e-mail to jonsy@manilart.com. I’ll ask about the tickets (if they will sell onsite, etc) and make an update for everyone else interested.

I’ve got four extra tickets to ManilArt 2010 that I’d like to give away to 2 lucky art-lovers. (2 tickets for each winner, so you can bring a date, or go on two different days, if it turns out that you have no friends.)

What is ManilArt anyway? MANILART10 is the second international art fair hosted in the Philippines, featuring the country’s leading art galleries. This is a place where art collectors and enthusiasts can view some of the finest examples of Philippine Contemporary Art today. (Here is a confirmed list of exhibitors.) There are also lectures and talks held over the duration of the art fair.

MANILART10 will be open to the public from 11 am to 8 pm, from July 30 to August 1, 2010. Admission tickets are priced at Php200 or approx. US$4.50 each. (You can buy tickets by e-mailing jonsy@manilart.com.) It will be held in SMX Convention Center.

Well, what’s so great about this? Well, my cynic-friend, the excellent thing about this is that you will be able to see some of the best works of art made by some of the best Filipino artists, curated by the some of the best galleries in the country today. That’s what’s so great about it, man-friend¹. You don’t even have to buy anything (but buying art is good for the soul—both yours and the artists’, since they get to eat and live another day); you can just go there to see all the pretty things!

SOME IMPORTANT NOTES:

• You can use the tickets on any day of the exhibit duration, but they will only be valid once.
• They are complimentary tickets and cannot be sold. (Don’t be a douche!)
• You must be in Manila at the time of the exhibit, or else we are just wasting time.
• You have a valid mailing address. Gon’ ship these tickets to you, if you win, is why.

So, just leave a comment, and I’ll use an Internet randomizer to pick the winner. Since the event is going to be in a few days, I’m going to leave this post up until the weekend (July 24th, 3pm Philippine time!) and announce the winner then.

Yay for art!

Click to visit their Facebook page, where there is a gallery of some of the featured art. Here’s a few:

Kapitbisig” by Elmer Borlongan, 60″x48″ , oil on canvas, 2010 from 1/of Gallery

“After Yves Klein” by Annie Kabigting, 48″ x 72″, Oil on Canvas, 2010, courtesy of Finale Art File

“Growing A Peach Tree” by Amy Aragon, 36″ x 60″, Oil on Canvas, 2010, courtesy of Manila Contemporary

Please comment if you have questions, etc. I’ll be glad to answer them if I can. For basic information about the event, visit their official website.

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¹ If you get where this is from, then you are automatically cool in my book. Unless you are an asshat.

Hey guys!

Here’s the list of winners for this give-away. Sorry it was a little late; some things came up so I wasn’t able to post it on time.

Anyway, the answers I picked were the ones I found funny, poignant or mysterious enough without being too melodramatic or personal. Two of them, I also picked, because I felt they told a story. Without further ado:

Runner-up Winners:
• Martin — (It pays to be Whedonesque!)
• Evee
• Ching
• Baddie
• Pineapple

Winner: Dani

Congratulations!

I don’t have a picture of what to give the runner-up winners, but I have some things in mind. (If you don’t want it, well, tough.) To the winners, wait for an e-mail from me! I’ll send them in the morning, because I have to take care of a couple of things, but yay, congratulations!

To those who participated: thank you so much. It makes me glad that you people are still interested in reading! If it helps, John Green books are located in the young adult sections of bookstores. It’s actually on sale now, in Amazon. At $3.69, that’s a frakking steal.

You guys have about six hours until I close the comments on this post, so hurry if you still want to enter! I will send you the book, even if you live outside of the country, if I like your entry the most.

For those who’ve been asking, the runner-up prize is a care package made by me, because books are expensive and I don’t really make that much money. They’ll be pretty swell, if you can believe it. I just have to find the time to put them together and make a picture post.

So, there. You have six hours. I’m closing the comments at 12 midnight, +8:00 GMT. It’s 5:30 P.M. right now, so get on it!

D.F.T.B.A.

So, today, I snapped out of my hermitic ways and went to the bank to pay stuff and deposit other stuff. I also had lunch with my parents. Needless browsing through Fully Booked led me to one of my favorite books that I, and it seems, everyone else, can’t find in the Philippines. (I also watched Kick-Ass, but that’s another story.)

Surprise!

I read John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” late last year when a gracious Mr. Villa sent it over for me. I (and the rest of Tumblr) have been raving about this, but they’re not so easy to find here. ANYWAY.

Here is where you come in.

» WHAT YOU DO: Comment with what you want your last words to be. I don’t want an entire paragraph or a novella, okay? Make it short & sweet & yours.¹ Only one entry per person, please.
» DEADLINE: I’m leaving this post up until April 30th, then I’m going to pick the winners.
» ANNOUNCEMENTS: Announcing & e-mailing the winners on May 1 on Nothing Spaces. Remember to enter with a valid e-mail so that it’ll be easy for me to contact you.
» PRIZES: ONE copy of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” & FIVE consolation prizes.

There! That’s basically it. I’ll be leaning towards Filipino-based answers, because the book is hard to find here & I’m iffy about mailing it because I’ve had several packages that have gotten lost in the mail, but I will still consider international answers anyway.

OKAY. Let’s see where this goes.

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¹ Famous people’s last words are an important part of the book. I thought it fitting to be some sort of criterion for this contest.

Look, Diana got the shirt I sent her! Looks great, love. :)

Diana’s a great photographer based in Portugal. Check out her work by looking at her website or her Flickr account.

On another note, I think I want to hold more contests over here. Just have to figure out what kind. If you have any suggestions as to what sort of things you’d like me to give away (no grandiose ideas, please! Just fun things that are easy to get a hold of and mail out), please leave a comment or something.