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This is probably the biggest art project that I've done so far this year (and also the biggest traditional art I've made--I think--since it features two characters). I'm very, very happy with the final output and how it looks overall as I poured my heart out into making this piece. :D <3

Who are they? They're Adrian and David from the local mini web series from our country, "Hanging Out". Directed by Petersen Vargas, presented by TEAM Mag and Blued.

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See you tomorrow... Im #teamtv today., but #teamconcert naman tomorrow.. Omo.

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I know a lot of fans say they have the best artist around...but, that's probably only because they haven't been introduced to ours.

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Muchisimas Gracias, Lolo Kiko!

(Photo by Johannes Eisele, Agence France Presse)

He is dubbed as the Pope with many firsts, the People's Pope and many others, but to us he, will always be Papa Francisco and Lolo Kiko.

In his five-day pastoral visit here in the Philippines, millions of Filipinos were present since the plane that carried him from Sri Lanka (another Asian country) landed in Villamor Air Base until the last mass that he lead on Sunday at Quirino Grandstand on which almost 6 or 7 million people came to hear the Holy Mass or maybe just to get a glimpse of the Pope.

But unfortunately, I was not included on the crowd who welcomed the Pope personally nor attended his Masses physically. I was included on the other half of the population who was not able to go in the places where the Pope has been.

My family and I were among those members of many Catholics who monitored His Holiness' visit in the country since his arrival and who attended his Masses at different significant places in Manila and Leyte by watching the full coverage of different TV station in the country.

We may not be physically present in Manila and Tacloban, but surely our hearts were there. We may just be watching Pope Francis inside these digital boxes, but his messages have touched our hearts deeply. Just by hearing his voice is enough for us to stop whatever we are doing and just sit in front of our televisions or radios and savor every words of wisdom, spirituality and love that he utters. It's not just on the way he speak, but because you know and feel that the words he speak truly come from his heart.

He discussed and addressed a lot of social issues - poverty, sexual discrimination, social structures, governance, child labor, technology, role of women and youth in society, among others. A lot of quotable quotes can actually be taken from each topics, but one of the most touching topics that he addressed was the tragedy that the Yolanda survivors have been through and their current condition. And one of the most important and touching message of Pope Francis in the Holy Mass at Tacloban is this:

"Jesus won't let us down."

He may have addressed this to the survivors, but this statement should always be remembered by everybody because a lot of us always forget that every problem that we are facing will eventually end simply because Jesus is always with us. He "won't let us down".

Knowing that he is in the same country where you are now and seeing him in our televisions made us feel very special and blessed. In the end, no matter where you are or what means you used so as you can see him, it still the faith that matters, whether you saw him personally or not. We still felt that he brought Jesus in the country, even in our homes.

(A lot of people who went to see the pope said that as the pope looks and wave at the crowd, you will feel as if he was looking only at you and no one else. He will make you feel like he knows you for a very long time... and I hope that someday, I will experience this, too.)

And now that he is leaving the country, ending the 5-day Papal Visit, Pope Francis will surely be missed by the Filipinos. My mother and I actually cried when Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle delivered his Message of Gratitude addressed to Lolo Kiko which also served as a send-off message since it is the last Mass that the pope will lead (for now). No one can deny that in a very short span of time, the pope became one with Filipinos and the very warm reception that he experienced will surely be repeated the next time he comes to our country.

Muchisimas Gracias, Papa Francisco! Until our next meeting. :)