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About Me

John Paul Abellera took up BA Communications and Media Studies and BS Business Management, Major in Marketing and Sales at San Beda College-Alabang. His works have been published in The Philippine Star, The Manila Times and Literary Apprentice Light. His short story, "Quiapo," was a finalist at the 2003 NVM Gonzalez Awards. He co-wrote with Jon Lazaro the songs, "Awit Ng Pagmamahal," which won 3rd Prize at the 2000 Pro-Life Philippines Foundation, Inc. Song-Writing Contest. He is currently affiliated with ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (Star Cinema), for which he has co-written the screenplay of "D' Anothers", "Dubai," "All About Love," "Agent X44" and "Paano Kita Iibigin," and the story of "Close To You". He won the 2006 Maria Clara Award for Best Screenplay for "Dubai," along with his co-writers Ricky Lee and Shaira Salvador.%D%A%D%AHe may be reached through his website (kaftig.multiply.com) or his cellphone (0918-3060346).%D%A%D%A ......

My Interests

Creative writing, watching movies, history, interior design, playing tennis and volleyball

I'd like to meet:

My MySpace friends

Music:

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Enya, Tina Arena, Harry Connick Jr., Radiohead, Christian Bautista, Regine Velasquez, Hale

Movies:

In the Mood for Love, Happy Together, Chungking Express, Taegukgi, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Bungee Jumping Of Their Own, Amelie, Gattaca, Moulin Rouge, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Speed, A Walk in the Clouds, The Matrix, Aladdin, The Sound of Music, The Graduate, Dreamboy, Kailangan Kita, Sa Huling Paghihintay, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros

Television:

Scrubs, Sex and the City, Friends, Frasier, Dharma and Greg, 3rd rock from the sun, Haunting, Civilizations, Unsolved History

Books:

Landscapes, Waking Ice, Catch a Falling Star, Dream Noises, Tony Perez' Cubao Series; Manila, My Manila; Rizal In Saga, F. Sionil Jose's Rosales Saga, Lassitude, Penmanship, Catfish Arriving In Little Schools, On Cursed Ground, Breaking The Silence, The Most Careful Of Stars, Writing Home, Making Straight Circles, Story Collection, Welostit, Five Years In A Forgotten Land; Skyscrapers, Celadon And Kimchi; Coming Home, Pinay, Prose And Poems, The Woman Who had Two Navels, Life Before X, Letting Go, Conversion, The Hand Of The Enemy, Daisy Nueve, Men's Rea, The Nymph Of MTV, Else It Was Purely Girls, Relasyon, Testament, Canal Dela Reina, Suite Bergamasque, Sky Blue After The Rain, The End Of The Affair, The Hours, Lord of the Flies, Ten Little Indians, The Beach, The English Patient, Harry Potter Series, Abarat

Heroes:

Jose Rizal

My Blog

If I won the Most Popular Screenwriter Award...

Last night, I accompanied my supervising producer, Tess Fuentes, to the 2006 Box Office Entertainment Awards (also known as the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Awards.) She acc...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 May 2006 11:14:00 PST

Sojourn in Sydney (with John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo)

When I was informed that I would be Star Cinema's representative for the Australian screening of Close To You, I could barely conceal my excitement. After all, it would be my first time to travel abr...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:41:00 PST

On personal happiness

A few days ago, my boss, Tammy Dinopol, and I talked about my Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It seems that her cousin, who is a nurse, has told her that I have a debilitating disease. I confirmed that infor...
Posted by John Paul on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:50:00 PST

Testimonial for Daniel

For Daniel Nubla (January 27, 1978 - July 31, 2005) I know this testimonial came too late&way too late. Youve been pestering me about this for nearly two years, but I always found an excuse no...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Being John Paul

I used to hate my first name. When I was born back in 1978, my mother thought it cool to name me after the newly-elected pope, John Paul II. The problem was that almost all mothers who gave birth to b...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

2105: A Love Story (Excerpt)

"What do you do?" he asked. "Im a prostitute," she replied, "I sell pleasure." He stepped forward, attempting to kiss her on the lips. She held out her hands, and stopped him from moving further. "No...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Clouds (Excerpt)

"Palaging may ulan ang pamamaalam..."Michael Coroza's words were booming in my head...like a mantra meant to assuage the tempest of emotions raging within."You can at least turn on the radio.I p...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Why do people find it corny to express their faith in public?

Yeah, why? Every time I pray before meals, people look at me as if I came from another planet&probably Mars. When I play tennis and my scapular comes out from inside my shirt people stare at me as if ...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

For my father

My father was a self-made man. His own father died when he was barely six years old, and my grandmother raised her two children all on her own. He and my aunt grew up in a remote part of La Union that...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Fiesta - Having fun the Filipino way!

Fiesta! If you want to experience an authentic slice of Filipino life, go to the province during fiesta time and join in the festivities. Filipinos celebrate fiestas with so much vitality and enthusia...
Posted by John Paul on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST