Serendipity

I almost forgot to write about my awesome awe-shucks moment not long back. September 9, 2007. I was conducting an interview with Dr. Sid Sia at the UP Med School and then after I finished dishing out the questions to the good man, he mentioned his passion was watching films. He preferred Filipino films over Western movies and was a fan of Bernal and Jeturian. Then he mentioned watching a film, Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong at the SM Manila Cinema sometime in 2005. I paused and then went on to pop  the question, what else did you see during that time at the SM Manila. He mentioned Ping Medina, but that year was a bumpercrop year for Ping, aside from Trabaho, he was also in Tuli during that Cinemanila run. Then Dr. Sia described the scene wherein Ping spewed out a chunk of bagnet. Okay that made me really excited and confirmed my suspicion that he was among the moviegoers who took pity on our humble film, entered the cinema at their own risk and made it possible to be shown on an extended run at SM. I thanked him and introduced myself for the second time that afternoon to him.  I said we made “Trabaho”. I’m  grateful to the universe for the encounter.  I’ve seen our movie a bazillion times, but it leaves me in awe when people  who’ve seen it  provide  their feedback. It’s like, they’re describing this movie and at first you think it’s a film you’re merely vaguely recalling and then you remember that you put it out there, you were responsible for this discussion unfolding. Believe it or not, it still feels bizarre when it happens. Thank you Dr. Sia for giving us a chance. Thanks to the rest of you too. We are always grateful.