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Posted on February 24, 2007 @ 11:12 am by massimo | Filed under: blog, fun, people, philippines, wordpress

boracay travel illustration aynaku

With no internet, fax, telephone, even electricity, communications with the outer world was not that easy in Boracay in the early 90’s.
The tiny island was actually set apart fairly and that was its very charm, at least to me. Yet the small concrete-building at one end of the island, the Post office, was a great attraction among the few foreigners who happily enjoyed their exotic self-exile. They went there and checked the mail at Poste Restante at least once a week: as a matter of fact, that was the only possible linkage to friends and relatives around the world. This little office was ran by invaluable Carlito, the daring post-master who, regardless of whatever heavy rains, choppy sea, blowing typhoon, was always to be found comfortably sitting at his desk. And every time I got into the little room, the man invariably welcomed me with his cool and reckless manner, his somehow pompous conversation, his combed hair and thin moustaches, sometimes lighting a cigarette before checking the incoming mail for me, if any. This was a time consuming process mainly because the desk was overloaded by letters, postcards and parcels just arrived from some remote country such as Switzerland, Japan, England or Italy. But upon Carlito’s chaotic counter, the visitor never failed to notice a very peculiar piece of furniture: it was a kind of marbled sculpture representing a pair of horns, perhaps bull-horns, mounted on a sound block of dark-greenish marble in which the name “Carlito” was carved…I always wished to meet the brilliant sculptor who conceived that piece and pat him on the back, but never had the chance…

Illustration Friday’s topic is: communication

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8 people have left comments

i hope norelation to the carlito in the pacino movie lol wonderful illo and story . u should have ask wht the symbolism was for the horns lol

michael dailey wrote on February 24, 2007 - 2:54 pm CET

Ha what a charming story and what a character is Carlito with the sculpture on his desk! Very wonderful!

valgalart wrote on February 24, 2007 - 11:35 pm CET

Carlito is very sexy, too ;)

Have a nice week, dear Massimo :-*

Pati @-;– wrote on February 25, 2007 - 5:38 am CET

you should let him see this tribute you made for him. He is so handsome here in your illo. i like the shirt!

the marble must come from Romblon-have you been there, too?

isay wrote on February 25, 2007 - 10:44 am CET

Carlito looks very cool indeed :D
Thanks for sharing!

South Ocean wrote on February 25, 2007 - 11:20 am CET

Very nice!

Michelle Lana wrote on February 25, 2007 - 10:07 pm CET

GRANDE >>>>Carlito e’ vivo e vegeto un po’ invecchiato ma ancora si da’ la brillantina anche se ahime’ il glorioso post office e’ ormai in decadenza dato l’avvento degli internet coffes…Adventure chef Gino ha ripreso a bloggare un po’… dai un occhiata …dell’Ivano niente nuove gli ho mandato svariate mail ma non mi caga…Carlito is still alive and still super COOL….I’ ll tell him to check d’ post..augh !

adventure chef wrote on March 1, 2007 - 12:44 pm CET

Ciao Massimo,
How are things? Carlito, the postmaster just left my house after seeing your write up and image of him. I could no resist telling him about it, even invited him over to my house to show what you did for him!He is very happy and he tried to recall who you were.I forgot to ask him what the “horns” meant or from what animal. Any way he still doesn’t use the “net”. He is asking for your postal address so he can send you something.
Later….

eto wrote on March 22, 2007 - 6:59 am CET

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