User:Mybigstrudel

Rommel Flores Jurado (born October 29, 1979) is a Filipino-born creative designer and graphic novel writer. In his 8 years in the field of creative designing, he has worked in several companies that molded him to what  he is now. He uses &ldquo;mybigstrudel&rdquo; as his pseudonym for 6 years. Here&rsquo;s an excerpt from his official website of what his alias means:  MYBIGSTRUDEL DEFINED

At long last my fondness for making my own website has finally come, with my own domain of course. This is my so-called Fortress of Solitude, like what Superman has. This is will be my hub, where I will gather all my thoughts, inspirational quotes, photos, events, artworks etc., all in one bad  ass site. Hopefully I can manage to update this once in awhile as I am quite busy with my daily routines like going to work for one, which eats up more than  1/3 of my day. Yes, we all work for the man.

I'm actually trying to start this with a bang, kind of like what celebrity guests do on Saturday Night Live. Some of the people I know, be in the office or my friends from different parts of the globe ask me what  mybigstrudel means. Now, I&rsquo;ve been using this email address for some years now. Circa 2001 I guess. And even I can&rsquo;t explain well what it means. All I say is that it has deep meaning. It&rsquo;s unfathomable. Sublime. An enigma. Weird as it is, I am clueless myself. As far as I can remember I strolled in a mall and glanced on a resto named after Strudel. I guess it was Apple Strudel. From there it stuck in my head and at the time, I was reinventing myself. Plus my old email address sucks so I had to change it. The combination of my-big-strudel when I was thinking about it somehow for me is catchy enough. Since it&rsquo;s my own discretion, I opted to use it anyway. I thought it was a witty and appealing one-liner thing. A first-person, possessive adjective which is prototypically perfect for me. When it&rsquo;s your gut feel tingling, you can never go wrong. It&rsquo;s you to blame in the end anyways.

So now I would like to officially put meaning to this madness. Hmmm, perhaps I should put my own lexicon thingy here. Technical jargons and all. Anyways here it is:

MYBIGSTRUDEL: [mahy-big-strood-l]

My (pronoun) - The nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself;

Big (adjective) - Above average in size or number or quantity or extent;

Strudel (noun) - A pastry, usually consisting of a fruit, cheese, or other mixture, rolled in a paper-thin sheet of dough and baked.

It's not about the "me first" attitude, it's about individuality. In layman's term, or putting it in English, mybigstrudel represents how I see  myself in general. It's about my big dreams like for example. I always set my goals and priorities first before other things. The magnitude of achieving it is quite daunting, yet I see it the other way. It's what inside me that matters. All power is from within and is therefore under our own control.  Early life and education He&rsquo;s been in the field of fine arts since he was 2 years old. He would draw from everything that he sees. Be in the wall, his mother&rsquo;s cookbooks, and his cousin&rsquo;s notebooks. His parents knew his skills and talent in drawing, therefore nourishing him with references with different cartoon characters,  paintings and toys. He would play with painting palettes, pencil, watercolor brushes and draw pretty much whatever he wants.

Growing up, he honed up his skills and participated in art contests during his junior and senior years in high school. During his 4th year, he won 1st place for the slogan and poster making contest during the  English week. He also received 2nd place for poster making contest on Science week. His classmates would automatically ask for his assistance when it comes to drawing. It was a compliment as much as a burden for him. Ironically, during the graduation day he was not chosen the artist of the year in his school, despite the accomplishments and his contribution to his school. That only motivated him to pursue his dream of becoming a certified Fine artist.

Right after high school, he planned on taking Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. Upon submission of the application form, he&rsquo;s been having second thoughts on which he wanted to take. His father encourages him to try architecture, to help him with the family business. But he rather chose Advertising as his major. From then on, he finally begins his journey.

After 4 years in college, he receives his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in 2000. He pledged on pursuing and realizing his dream. He started his career in a small company named Eastmont Advertising, a below-the-line advertising agency. Unfortunately, his tenure in the company didn&rsquo;t last for long. The company was in big debt and needs to cut cost and that affected him as being the &ldquo;last-in-first-out&rdquo; person  in the company. But to his luck, he got a decent job just 2 weeks after his stint with Eastmont.

He was acquired by Accent Micro Technologies, Inc, a subsidiary of Lamco International. He was the company&rsquo;s one and only graphic designer at the time, under the marketing department. After one year, he receives a phone call from a former colleague. Paula Popple, his creative director from Eastmont Advertising called him to talk about shifting to a bigger challenge. He was asked to work for Suzuki Philippines  as their Graphic Designer. He accepted the job.

In Suzuki Philippines, not only he proved his skills in design but he was given the opportunity to  work along with the marketing team. They were involved in the revolutionary campaign and were the key for the company to be back as one of the big players in the  industry. It was a fruitful and challenging career for him at the time. He participated in company events, nationwide product launchings, dealer  conventions and more. But after 3 years, he decided to move on for bigger challenges. He planned of taking his career overseas. But it never materialized at the time. He decided to work in a local company named Mobile Wonders. He was the company&rsquo;s first graphic designer at the time. However, after 7 months he decided to think things over. He was contacted by an advertising agency in Malaysia on a project basis. He decided to take a month long leave to give it a try. There, he art directed several big projects. To his dismay, he was not in good terms with the management due to culture differences. So he decided to go back to Manila and came back with the same company he worked on. The owner and he decided to launch a new company and MyPhotos. Present He is presently working with Maxtec Solutions. A design studio catered to corporate market. Maxtec Solutions is the result after significant merging by MyPhotos, Maxtec Ink and Magic Print. Personal life and planned works Aside from being a designer, he also plays tennis. He&rsquo;s trained by his father Benjamin, though he is not presently active in the sport. He discovers his new hobby in creative writing. Presently he is working on 2 projects, both fictional graphic novels. He plans on finishing his first book before 2009 and hopefully gets it published by 2010. Personal website He published his first personal website in 2003. Presently he is working on his new website that will publicly display his works, thoughts and personal  portfolio. For reference, visit www.mybigstrudel.com.