Monnica Mumbles

Eto na, due to insistent public demand, ang prequel ng kwento nina Aries at Hannah.

Ano nga ba'ng nangyari at humantong sila sa ganito? Ano nga ba'ng nangyari sa kanila? Anyare?! This is the story of how their relationship fell apart - told in reverse.

This work of art is a collaboration among intelligent and creative people who knew one another through the Spotify exclusive podcast, Wake Up With Jim and Saab.

Backtrack and song mix by Koko Quilatan. Vocals by Koko, Cristian Disbarro, and Seth Blanco, collectively called BDQ. Male character played by Andrew Beso. Cover art by Nicole Chavez, Ajj Morales, and Ayie Esguerra.

And in true bida-bida fashion, I wrote the story, played the female character, and mixed the song and dialogues together (with the help of my aughtehs, Kathy Chavez, not yet a podsib, and Camille Lucelo, the original podsib). Yay!

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Know more about us ⬇

Nicole Chavez is a communications specialist, working full time as a government information officer and a hustling all-around creative.

Ajj Morales is a Creative Designer who likes to make things pretty with intent and purpose.

Ayie Esguerra is a self-taught digital artist/illustrator.

Koko Quilatan is a full-time law student and part-time music producer.

Cristian Disbarro makes song covers in his bedroom as an emotional outlet.

Seth Blanco is your all-around music man: he plays, sings, and writes.

Andrew Beso is a content creator, writer, and YouTuber.

I try to write and I sometimes sing with my uke. I recently discovered that I have a knack for the art of the spoken word; hence, the Monnica Mumbles series. This also introduced me to the world of mixing and editing music: song covers, spoken word pieces, and short radio drama-style skits for now, own music in the future! In this journey with me are my friends at the back room, Camille and Kathy.

Another HuMonn of My Life who found comfort in watching k-dramas and listening to k-pop groups (i.e., BTS), Mikko - note the two K's!, joins me in this episode where he exposes my humble beginnings in the City of Mandaluyong as his maingay/madaldal na friend back in high school.

I also probe into the edits he made in his career: starting as an English teacher in our alma mater to now being a content analyst for an international insurance company. Copyedit pa nga - at work and in life! I: stan.

This is part of the Writer Set, which you can listen to here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07YsjLe26vEENTqBjXo0ve?si=28652ed2d4df45e9

Sa ulo ng mga balita: In this HuMonns of My Life episode, my katokayo, Maria (Arra), fills me in on the 8 years we did not speak to each other dahil life happened, i.e., na-busy kaming aralin at enjoy-in ang mga trabaho namin. Hehehe patawarin! Listen as she tells me about her journey as a journalist and how she clings to k-pop/k-drama (don't we all?!) in this trying time.

This is part of the Writer Set, which you can listen to here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07YsjLe26vEENTqBjXo0ve?si=28652ed2d4df45e9

Ang simula (katapusan) ng kwento nina Aries at Hannah.

This is a collaboration with Andrew Beso, who can find in:

Can’t deny I saw this coming: a meta episode on writing and content creation - and only this HuMonn of My Life, none other than writer and content creator, Andrew, could have made it happen. Para lang akong nasermonan dito kaya samahan n’yo ‘kong masermonan. Amen!

Mahaba-habang hanash ‘to but, basically, we talk about when and why we started, where we are now, and how we got here (pati na rin what you can do to also make things happen yourself). Muntik nang maging 5Ws and 1H, who na lang ang kulang ...and that who is YOU. ;)

Find Andrew Beso - the content creator - on the Interweb: http://sharedbyandrewb.ctcin.bio

Read this piece here: https://extremespecialedition.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%8e%84%e2%9c%a8/

Read this piece here: https://extremespecialedition.wordpress.com/2018/11/27/need-me-some-advice-so-i-can-give-too/

Read this piece here: https://extremespecialedition.wordpress.com/2021/01/25/mindfulness-mindlessness/

In this ~*BONUS*~ episode, Camille and I read a poem by Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie entitled "On This the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, We Reconsider the Buoyancy of the Human Heart". This is a spoken word poetry piece that Laura wrote and performed at the Women of the World Poetry Slam 2013 (video of her here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Q6IoN8odE).

By popular demand, 'eto na ang Number 1 and Number 2 Bida-bida ng Bansa, none other than yours truly and this week’s HuMonn of My Life, Camille. In this episode, you will hear about the tip of the iceberg of the chika we usually talk about: our being workers, our being writers, and our being our witty selves.

The rest of the iceberg, you can listen to in the ~*BONUS*~ episode where we read “On This the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, We Reconsider the Bouyancy of the Human Heart” written by Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie.