New Worlds 4: A Broken Time Machine - The Fourth Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention

      The New Worlds Alliance and Fully Booked present: The First Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards, July 15, 2006, Rockwell Tent, Power Plant Mall

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      The New Worlds Alliance, Fully Booked, PLDT and Level Up! present: New Worlds 4: A Broken Time Machine - The Fourth Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, July 16, 2006, Rockwell Tent, Power Plant Mall

      The NWA and Fully Booked present "New Worlds 4: A Broken Time Machine," in celebration of Neil Gaiman's First Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards. The awarding ceremony will be held on 15 July 2006, and will coincide with the Fourth Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention on 16 July at the Rockwell Tent, Makati City. The NWA is joined this year by a new group, Battlestar Galactica-Philippines.

      Activities of New Worlds 4:

      First Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards: The countdown to the Unmasking begins!
      Writers' Panel
      Convention Auctions
      New Worlds Amazing Race
      Cosplay Contest
      Masquerade Ball

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      The New Worlds Alliance (NWA) was founded in 2003 by seven local science fiction and fantasy fan groups: Via Astris - The Star Trek Club of the Philippines, Star Wars Philippines, The Philippine Tolkien Society, Pinoy Harry Potter, Pinoy X-Philes, Pinoy Slayers, and The Alliance of Eclectic Gamers and Interactive Storytellers (AEGIS). Its aim was to provide a venue for Filipino science fiction and fantasy fans to interact, hold activities, and express themselves and their love for their respective fandoms.(read about it here.) In March of that same year, Via Astris hosted "New Worlds: The 1st Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention," at the Premiere Cinema Complex to celebrate the release of "Star Trek: Nemesis".

      past conventions

      New Worlds: The 1st Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
      Host: Via Astris Inc.
      12 March 2003
      Premiere Cinema Complex, Makati City

      A Long Expected Party: The 2nd Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
      Host: The Philippine Tolkien Society
      17-18 January 2004
      Powerplant Mall Parking Quad, Rockwell, Makati City

      New Worlds Episode III: The 3rd Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
      Host: Star Wars Philippines
      23-24 May 2005
      Glorietta Activity Center, Makati City


Read about it all on the New Worlds website, http://www.newworlds.ph

i hope i never dream this dream again.

i dreamt Oneal had suffered some sort of head trauma, an aneurysm in his brain is what i remember from my dream (is that actually fatal?), and had died.

i was hysterical and inconsolable. i hope never to have to hear those words.

ever dream that you're being chased?

in this dream, i am in our office in ADB. BenC and i are eavesdropping on a meeting in the adjacent room; the door is open, and we can hear everything, particularly Attorney's loud voice. surprisingly, she is praising a report i had written.

somehow, terrorists penetrate the Bank's security and take everyone in that meeting room hostage, Data and Attorney included. for some reason, BenC and i and the rest of us in the adjacent room heard nothing. as i am on my way out, the terrorists grab me too, and throw me in the back of an SUV, where Data, Attorney and some other members of the professional staff are sitting, bound.

i don't know how, but i escape.

i run to my house, which in this case is an impressive place, with high French windows and a landscaped garden. alas, they expected me to do this; there they lay in wait, and they hold a cloth with some chemical on me, and i am unconscious.

i don't know how, but i escape again. i run to our other office, and beg BenC and Val for help. i'm crying as i ask them how i can use my mobile phone without the terrorists detecting it; will they be able to monitor my calls even if i change my SIM card? i also ask them where i can get a gun. i'm hysterical, i'm crying, i don't know what to do.

i call my Tito Manny and ask him to pick me up and bring me to Antipolo. then BenC tells me he can drive me there instead. i politely decline his offer, and ask instead that he drive out in his car while i take my own. we move out.

as we drive out of the parking, some chemical induces me to think that i am underwater, and that i must rescue this peculiar water creature.

it is here that i awaken.

i was walking through a house of sorts. for some reason, Darth Maul is chasing me, and i am terrified.

i awaken, but only in the dream; i have to tell someone what i found in the house, what happened to Darth Maul. i was counting something, but i can't remember.