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Eve

2012-02-09T09:54:00.000+08:00

Nature and the Garden of Eden are one of the things that pop up in my head when I look at this piece. A part of the pieces that I made as part of my personal goal.

Strength

2012-02-02T10:51:00.000+08:00

A drawing based loosely on my old nicknames "Chikara", which means strength or power. The inscription on the back is a quote from Marianne Williamson: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Favorite things

2012-01-31T23:44:00.000+08:00

Considering I like to shop a lot, I thought it'd be fun to put my favorite things on my blog on a sporadic basis. Two of my favorite things - my MyMelody iPhone case (Power Mac Center, Powerplant) and white Beats (Bought in the US).

Kung Hei Fat Choi at Choi's

2012-01-29T21:09:00.001+08:00

Chinese New Year's day was spent shopping and going home early enough to spend a few minutes changing clothes, fixing an otherwise busted internet, and then leaving again for Choi's Garden. A Chinese restaurant I don't frequent often, I wasn't quite sure what to expect in terms of what was going to be served, but I found that I liked the food and up to par with some of my favorite Chinese

The farmville experience

2012-01-27T22:21:00.000+08:00

We were invited over to visit the farm of my dad's friend for a picnic. Not really knowing what to expect, I dressed up in jeans and a t-shirt with the expectations of sitting on the grass with a couple of sandwiches. Instead, I was greeted with a non-typical view - trees that resembled pine trees, a nursery for orchids, and a whole lot of delicious food prepared by some of my favorite

Di

2012-01-25T23:41:00.000+08:00

Myra came up with an invitation to play with lights and do a portrait shoot for Di. For some reason, I had felt hot so it made me feel uncomfortable and kind of funky, so I only got a couple of shots in. It feels kind of odd to hold a camera again for portraits after so long but it felt good to hold one all the same. Hopefully this year allows for more opportunities to shoot portraits! Favorite

The first day of 2012

2012-01-20T21:32:00.000+08:00

Part of me always gets a bit excited about New Year's Day because its usually a dinner out with my immediate family. We ended up at Paparazzi, Edsa Shangri-La Hotel. We initially were going for Japanese cuisine, but since it was fully packed, the place was noisy and didn't have much ambiance for us to have a conversation. My dad decided to move to Paparazzi. We found that there were no a

Stars

2012-01-19T09:41:00.000+08:00

By far my favorite 'shape'. An addition to my illustrations for my personal goal to draw more.

Christmas dinner with 9H

2012-01-17T22:13:00.000+08:00

It's funny how plans to make time and meet up with friends go slightly awry as real life gets in the way of schedules and times. However, if anything, Christmas is the time when people make time to catch up and see each other and this was no exception. Went to catch up with a couple of blockmates in college. Our numbers have pretty much been dwindling down the past couple of years as our

Holidays in photos

2012-01-15T00:17:00.000+08:00

My Christmas holidays in photos Christmas lights never fail to make me feel happy or festive. I noticed there did not seem to be as much this year, but definitely enjoyed the ones I've seen. Christmas presents from kind friends and family. Zara blue long cotton top with long sleeves and a giant zipper on the back. The two coils are black and yellow leather bracelets. Orange calling card

The fifth

2012-01-12T11:49:00.000+08:00

I came home early from work to be sure that I arrived in time for my nieces' birthday party. I found myself entering a pink and yellow set up, with Dora and Barbie themes. My relatives arrived soon after and we had cream of mushroom, three-cheese pasta, chicken teriyaki, brocolli with mushrooms, stir-fried pork, and fish fillet. They turned five this year and I'm rather shocked

Music and me

2012-01-08T23:28:00.003+08:00

Back in February, I had started attending executive coaching sessions that required us to create personal goals. We were required to create these goals on the fly, and for a lack of any ideas during that time, I had come up with a random goal. Midway, as I was reevaluating what it was I wanted to do, I realized I had missed the process of creating drawings and art. So I made drawing my

Las Vegas 2011

2011-10-01T16:17:00.000+08:00

Playtime at the studio

2011-08-30T07:14:00.003+08:00

Playing at the studio with some of my friends as we all got made up for keepsake photos after one of my friends resigned from work. Happy times with a lot of photos with friends I love to hang out with. As some random testament to our friendship - we tend to buy from similar stores...and end up with similar stuff. The dress and the skirt have the same stars pattern. lol. More

De-stress Day!

2011-08-21T19:49:00.008+08:00

Made plans with some friends to go for a quick getaway from all the stress going on lately. Not that there were any particular plans in mind, but effectively, we ended up going on a roadtrip for (a lot of!) laughter and de-stressing. Again - for some reason, we end up going in threes - must be a magic number! We ended up at Fire Lake Grill located at Cliffhouse, ordering a Black Truffle Pasta (

Road trip to Tagaytay

2011-06-12T13:03:00.000+08:00

Following a number of vague discussions the past couple of days if we were going to push through for a roadtrip or not, we decided to just push through even with 'limited' attendees. How many? Three. Including me. The place? Tagaytay. I've been to Tagaytay a number of times - but never really anywhere else but the Highlands. Not really for anything, but simply a matter of

Subic - another view

2011-05-01T20:57:00.004+08:00

Made plans to go on a road trip to Subic with office friends and have fun. I woke up early and went to Trinoma to wait for them to pick me up at Starbucks, which amazingly was open at 6:30 in the morning. Arrived a little early since my dad had to go to the airport, and waited while having my coffee. With no real plans or itinerary, we ended up doing something we all loved doing - eating! Our

Birthday celebrations :) - Part 2 - Mamou

2011-03-20T20:55:00.002+08:00

A day after having dinner with friends, I continued my birthday with a birthday treat from dad at one of my favorite restaurants - Mamou. My dad often dines here, so he had the number handy on his phone when he found out that that was where I wanted to celebrate. They were fully packed, but considering we arrived slightly after the lunch crowd, they had available tables for us. My favorite dishes

Birthday celebrations :) - Part 1

2011-03-05T20:14:00.010+08:00

I started my birthday slightly a day early, with my boss giving me a box of chocolates which she brought home from Vietnam. The following day, my initial plans on how to celebrate my birthday didn't seem to have any clarity to it, so I had to quickly change my plans. My close friends had already made themselves available for that day, and we hatched a plan to celebrate my brithday in

Life in Pictures - January

2011-02-19T12:06:00.002+08:00

I suppose I always do a retrospect when I feel particularly thankful for the life I've been given, and my family and friends who surround me. January started for me with a yearly fast for Victory, where I go either on one meal a day or liquid fast to pray for the things I'm thankful for, and the things I'm praying for to happen in my life. This is the first year I've gone through it with

Holidays 2010

2011-01-01T23:56:00.002+08:00

First and foremost, Happy Holidays everyone! Spent most of the holidays at home this year, having dinner with my family during Christmas and New Years - thus most of the photos being concentrated on food. Christmas and New Year have largely become more noisy each year, as more of my nephews and nieces learn how to talk and become increasingly louder. This year came as a surprise as things

Department Dinner

2010-12-18T23:15:00.003+08:00

After the company Christmas party, we all made plans for our department dinner, where the entire team would go out to dinner and exchange gifts afterwards. We chose a lovely place in the LRI Building, called The Room Upstairs. A quaint retail furniture shop slash restaurant, every piece of furniture used for the restaurant is for sale, while allowing guests to experience using the furniture

Masquerade Pre-Christmas Party

2010-11-29T12:06:00.003+08:00

Went to my friend's studio with my officemates to have our makeup done and take photos before going to the party. Our makeup artist, Dino, and our mask designer Flix, were just too awesome. *heart*> Photos by my good friend Randy, edited by me.

Feasts in Singapore - Soup Restaurant

2010-11-28T19:01:00.002+08:00

Best chicken I have had...ever.

Feasts in Singapore - Chili Crab

2010-11-27T00:06:00.000+08:00

We ended the day early, with plans to go to around Funan, which was near our hotel and Vivo City later on, so we could cross to Sentosa. We ended up meeting a nice local because my mom had seated herself in one of the stalls which wasn't open yet, and the nice lady was waiting for it to open, and struck a conversation with my mom. She recommended trying the Singaporean Chili Crabs in Geylang

Singapore - City View

2010-11-23T01:06:00.000+08:00

After Universal Studios, we decided to go to Marina Bay Sands, one of the new structures in Singapore. I thought it was pretty odd - with three towers and something that looked like a boat on top of it. We went to see the interior, and proceeded to the basement to get our tickets for the viewing deck - the 'boat' part of the building. When we got there, I found that it offered a nice skyline

Universal Studios Singapore - Part Deux

2010-11-21T21:29:00.003+08:00

An airline promo and dad's free miles hatched a plan for me, my mom, sis and her husband to go to Singapore for 3 days and 2 nights. With no strict itinerary, we decided to go first to Universal Studios, for me to see if there was anything new, and for my family to see what was there. I didn't see anything new since I was last there in April, but finally got to see the Steven Spielberg "

Kinda Prenup

2010-11-20T23:40:00.002+08:00

I snatched up an invite for a friend of mine and her fiance to go to the beach. They were picking up her sister in Laia to go swimming, and she asked me if I wanted to do some practice shots of her and her fiance. We didn't get to shoot much because the sun was just blazing when we were there, but she's told me that we can do a second shoot which I can be better prepared for. Yay! Favorite

Chillax Saturdays Part 2.

2010-10-27T21:48:00.000+08:00

Shots from Randy's camera.

LoL Moments

2010-10-25T19:38:00.002+08:00

I had met up with the usual people for lunch last Saturday with plans to have contrasting photos taken with Mars - i.e. her rock-chic inspired, and mine would be the all girly look. Mars wasn't able to make it, so we decided to postpone the shoot and do something else instead. We eventually ended up at the mall, where I spent at least an hour picking out a gift for a friend of my dad's. After

Chillax Saturdays

2010-10-24T17:44:00.003+08:00

This is what happens when you have lunch with friends who are shutter happy. Some of my favorite photos which they took. Silly pictures to follow!

Forgetful me.

2010-10-06T23:05:00.002+08:00

Pics from past shoots I forgot to upload. Heehee.

Past life

2010-10-02T22:37:00.004+08:00

Spent some time out with a friend today in Greenhills. We were talking about life - specifically how we were before. This consisted of the general geekdom which we were cocooned in, in what we refer to as our past lives. Not to say we've totally outgrown being geeks - we enjoyed every minute of ooh-ing and ah-ing over figurines so prevalently being sold today at Greenhills, a long way from the

Once upon September

2010-09-17T23:21:00.004+08:00

Back when I was new in my job, a lot of individuals represented entire departments, one of which was the IT department. I had first met E as I was introduced around the office 3 years ago - I had known his name from a bit earlier - when friends from a previous company had checked out where I was transferring to, and it turned out that our infrastructure service providers were the same. Fast

Visiting old photos

2010-09-12T22:36:00.003+08:00

More Photoshop experiments of an old shoot I had. This still remains one of my favorite photos: Sometimes looking through old photos makes me happy. For some reason I feel less than chipper lately, must be going through some mood swing of sorts. Maybe its a lack of sugar or something. Heehee. I miss taking photos, especially photos like these.

Collaborations

2010-08-29T17:54:00.006+08:00

An idea had been brewing in my head about taking pictures with Mars since she was about to leave the country in a couple of months. We eventually agreed on a time and place, and I invited Myra to take photos of the both of us. It resulted in a day of laughter and fun for all of us, capped with an awesome dinner.

Travelog Japan: Day 2

2010-08-23T19:35:00.004+08:00

We were up at around the same time the next day, but this time, we had wanted to try another restaurant which was called Top of the Tower. At the 40th floor, it had almost had the same buffet as the Garden Lounge, but more. My dad remarked that it was probably where all the tourists were booked, as there were less people in business attire, and we had the traditional hotel breakfast buffet with

Travelog Japan: Day 1

2010-08-20T22:35:00.004+08:00

Before heading to bed, my dad and my sister both agreed to have breakfast at around 9AM that morning at our hotel. We had a couple of choices where to have breakfast, either at the Top of the Tower, or the Garden Lounge. We chose to go to the Garden Lounge, which had a beautiful view of the Japanese Gardens and the falls. It was one of those places which was just a beautiful place to hang out

Travelog Japan: Day 0

2010-08-15T16:23:00.005+08:00

Received a random call from my dad when he asked me if I had wanted to go to Japan with him for a business meeting. Not one to say no to any invitations to travel - especially to one of my favorite places on earth, I immediately said yes. I asked him if my sister was coming with us - to which he responded, "Ask her", so I did. She said yes, so we found ourselves leaving for Japan last Monday.

Cakes from Damaso

2010-08-03T22:35:00.000+08:00

Day of M, Year 2

2010-07-18T19:30:00.003+08:00

The first time I shot Mars was in 2009, when I was first starting out with my dSLR. We decided to do some sort of 'anniversary' shoot a year later for fun, which was perfect timing since I hadn't tried done a shoot for the last couple for months. I wanted to do something clean and simple as a theme, so I asked her to bring something dressy and something casual. She came prepared with a lot

Break in the week

2010-07-08T22:48:00.002+08:00

Took a leave today to get away from the hustle and bustle of work. Been feeling sick the past few days, and finally decided to take a break today to somewhat recuperate. I had bought an external battery for my dad which I needed to return, so I made a quick stop over at the mall to have it exchanged. Felt a bit stressed at the thought of returning it - some stores make it so hard to return

Missing things

2010-07-05T23:42:00.002+08:00

I've been missing certain things recently, like walking around the park after work, chatting over food with friends until my stomach hurts from laughter. I'm hoping to get a chance to do it all soon. Everything's so busy! Here's some pictures of a Cyma lunch from a couple of months back, followed by an ice cream teppanyaki of chocolate and mint at Five Cows. Yum!

The 15th Philippine President: Noynoy Aquino

2010-06-30T12:05:00.003+08:00

President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, I hope you can really change this country. Congratulations!

College and weddings

2010-06-27T21:09:00.000+08:00

I was invited by my college friend for her wedding, which was to be held in Sancturio de San Jose, and followed by a reception in Edsa Shangri-La. Not having had seen them for the last year or so, I have to admit I was excited about seeing her and my blockmates again, but at the same time a little stressed about the fact that I was going to have to be in 'formal' attire. While I love fashion

Canyon Cove, Company Outing

2010-06-25T20:47:00.001+08:00

Photos of our company outing. After I had returned from Singapore, I had to wake up at 4AM the next day to catch the bus going to Canyon Cove, Laguna where we held our team outing. The day itself was fun, we had spent the day alternating between a football and a Frisbee, and of course, swimming in the ocean. But coming back was a pain though, as coming back took us 6 hours due to traffic

Dinner and dessert at Apartment 1B

2010-06-21T15:12:00.000+08:00

An invitation was sent by our boss to have dinner at Apartment 1B - which amusingly, a lot of my colleagues thought was the actual address of my boss' apartment.A quaint little place, Apartment 1B has a reputation for being quiet and cozy, serving gourmet food. There were about 20 of us, and we took a table that sat four people.I ended up trying the house salad, which I thought was fantastic with

Random Self portrait

2010-06-21T00:10:00.001+08:00

Therese

2010-06-15T11:45:00.000+08:00

If you follow my blog, you probably know already that I love going to shoot in UP. This time, a friend of Myra came with us to be our model for the day - and just to shake things up, Myra and I switched cameras, and I played second shooter. Fun times!

I heart flowers!

2010-06-10T00:27:00.000+08:00

Flowers given by a good friend last month.

Stained

2010-06-07T23:55:00.004+08:00

From fierce to glamorous. BNS' May Washday Anniversary Shoot. *heart*

Travelog: Singapore Day 3

2010-06-02T22:44:00.004+08:00

Actually, not exactly Day 3, as we only had half a day to go around before having to head back to the hotel for our flight home. To say that I wish I had more days to spend in Singapore would have been an understatement. Next time I book a trip to Singapore, I'd allot two days to shop, and another 2 days for sightseeing. For our final day, we decided to check out Jurong Bird Park. For some

Travelog: Singapore Day 2

2010-05-22T01:06:00.007+08:00

We had made plans the day before to check out Universal Studios, and then take the bus to go back to our hotel, where another bus would pick us up for the night safari. I put my foot down and asked if we could at least get another 30 minutes of sleep - the first bus was leaving at 7:30, but I asked if we could leave at 8.30 instead. My friend agreed, which was a good thing, because as we

Travelog: Singapore Day 1

2010-05-04T21:59:00.005+08:00

After two and a half days in Malaysia, we woke up at 5AM to catch our 8AM flight to Singapore. This was when I realized that waking up too early really causes problems for me - I literally felt sick to my stomach and I spent the time in the car and plane snoozing just because I had thought sleeping would somehow cure me. I still wanted to go around Singapore after all! After we arrived in

Travelog Malaysia: Day 2

2010-04-27T16:00:00.000+08:00

We woke up early the next day for a city tour which we had booked to take us around. The hotel had a buffet breakfast with congee, eggs, sausages, ham, french toast, plain toast, croissants, and fruit. After we had breakfast, we were picked up by Sing, a Hindi guy who took us around for a four hour city tour. Our first stop was the King's Palace, which was really more of a photo stop as nobody

Bleached

2010-04-26T23:21:00.003+08:00

Participated again in BNS' April Washday Anniversary Shoot. This time they had "Bleached" as a theme, with high key lighting and sharp geometric shapes. It's probably the first time I've looked so fierce. LOL.

Travelog Malaysia: Day 1

2010-04-25T14:20:00.005+08:00

I took a trip with a friend to Malaysia a week back after working for around 3 years without a real break from work. We decided on a Kuala Lumpur - Singapore trip, since my friend had never gone around Singapore, and Malaysia was a country which I hadn't seen yet. My friend picked me up at 5AM to give us ample time to go to the airport and check in our luggage. We arrived at the airport an hour

Believing in the impossible

2010-04-09T01:36:00.008+08:00

My father says...used to say...believing in the impossible is the only way to make it possible.He said he sometimes believed in six impossible things before breakfast. Favorite shots by the team from the shoot I mentioned here, with edting by myself.

Moments

2010-04-06T21:52:00.005+08:00

It was Myra's birthday yesterday, and I made a collage of pictures as one of my gifts to her. We've always complained that as people who stay behind the camera, there aren't a lot of pictures of us together - but there have at least been some, and it's all here. Looking back, it's been eight months since our first foray together with our cameras, and it's been a great experience finding a

Longing for the beach

2010-04-06T00:44:00.005+08:00

My favorite shots from the beach. There's just really something about sitting by the shore that makes me feel relaxed. Had to go back to work today and face reality, but I was also glad to see my friends at work today. Got a lot of hugs today - I guess we all missed each other, hehe. Most of us were complaining about the weather, for some reason it was really hot today, so hot that it's been

Weekend at the beach

2010-04-04T16:57:00.003+08:00

Spent the week in Subic with family. It was a chance to relax and sit by the beach, gain a few pounds, and reflect on things. I love my family, I love food, and I love the beach!

Birthday surprise

2010-03-31T22:55:00.004+08:00

To one of my favorite photography buddies, Randy, happy birthday!

Keep Holding On

2010-03-29T23:01:00.006+08:00

I know I don't usually post videos on my blog, but I think this one is worth sharing: One of the things I've wanted to watch recently after seeing just an episode is Glee. There's something about it that's heartwarming and fun, not to mention the fact that I love their renditions of the songs. While my favorite song is still Wicked's Defying Gravity, I love how this song encouraged me last

Alice - Behind the Scenes

2010-03-29T00:39:00.003+08:00

Behind the scenes photos from the session mentioned here.

Food trip at Salcedo Park

2010-03-28T20:22:00.005+08:00

It's been a week that's felt extremely emotional for me. It's mostly on things I cannot control, and its left me feeling quite sad and uneasy for most of the week. I can't help but think that a chapter of my life is over and a new one is opening, but like most people, the thought of change doesn't leave me extremely excited, but rather stressed and fretful of things to come. Saturday was a

Harapan

2010-03-22T01:19:00.004+08:00

Harapan is the vice president debate over at ABS-CBN for the upcoming elections, which I recently caught on television. Mar Roxas is just awesome! Fangirl moment: Hehe!

9H at Cibo

2010-03-21T17:02:00.007+08:00

Some of my best memories of being in ADMU were hanging out with friends I made. Friends were made while waiting in between classes or when the teachers were away, but mostly between cramming for projects! We used to stay in a condominium unit rented by my friend in Katipunan, where we'd cram all night developing software, collating theology writeups, or inevitably-- watch movies, play games, and

An Asian Alice

2010-03-14T20:25:00.003+08:00

I and some of my friends went back to BNS -Calibre as participants for their Alice in Wonderland Washday Series. The pictures aren't out yet but it was fun, fun, fun! I loved their initial makeup and curls on me, which were awesome. Shot by Myra.

Words of hope

2010-03-03T22:29:00.004+08:00

Visiting BNS-Calibre

2010-03-01T23:07:00.002+08:00

Plans for Saturday were simple - meet up for lunch at Chocolate Kiss and go to BNS-Calibre for their washday session, so we could get an idea of how they work. We met up with the usual Saturday group, plus RJ this time - where he reminisced his days in UP from years back. After lunch, we took a walk around campus so that he could see what changed since he last visited. As we walked around, he

Supporting the Liberal Party - Paint Araneta Yellow

2010-02-28T18:18:00.008+08:00

I've had a chance to see politicians in action the past few months during election season, and in addition, attend a number of sorties myself with Senator Noynoy Aquino and Senator Mar Roxas. Personally, I believe that these are two men worthy of my respect, from having small day to day experiences with them and seeing proof of their integrity; and the loyalty of the people that surround them

24 hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds.

2010-02-27T02:45:00.005+08:00

This is from the Lord and is His doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:23-24 Where do I start? I don't think I've stopped smiling since I woke up this morning. I woke up with knocking on my door, I wasn't sure who it was, but I was pretty sure it wasn't my parents, who don't really tell me to get up

Patience...

2010-02-11T01:07:00.003+08:00

RnR Weekend

2010-02-07T13:06:00.005+08:00

At work, planning for the rest of the year has pretty much started, and along with day to day activities, work has been pretty hectic. I can pretty much see fatigue on the faces of each of my colleagues as we say goodbye to each other before we leave the office. For me and my friends who are into photography, this has meant missing the sound of our camera's clicking away. I started off my

Teambuilding post, part 2

2010-01-25T23:11:00.002+08:00

My favorite pictures from the teambuilding event from my friend's cameras. A good number of the girls were wearing hot pink that day for some reason- instant photobooth sessions!

Company Teambuilding Event Post - Sort of...

2010-01-24T21:54:00.006+08:00

That is what I wish we were doing for our teambuilding event. Haha. This is really more of a random rambling post rather than a blow by blow account of what happened. I realized I stopped taking pictures when we started the event proper. Anyway, we spent the night in a place called Casa San Pablo, a picturesque place in Laguna with a lot of flora and fauna. We arrived late at night, and had a

2009 in Retrospect

2010-01-16T21:40:00.004+08:00

There are few things that make me realize how blessed I am than looking back to see what's happened the past year. In general, I felt like 2009 was like usual - a year of ups and downs, with some great discoveries along the way. Maybe I'll post pictures along with the entries, when I have time to sort through a few thousand photos. January Started the year off with the a New Year's celebration

Avatar

2010-01-15T23:31:00.001+08:00

, originally uploaded by OfficialAvatarMovie. I've just watched Avatar recently. <3 I'm loving the world and the fact that its 3D. Both awesome and epic. Definitely would watch it again! I hope they come out with more movies like this!High on my wishlist would be one of the Final Fantasy franchises to get rendered onto 3D as a movie!

One of those glorious days

2010-01-09T22:42:00.004+08:00

An impromptu plan was hatched yesterday evening over dinner to go back to one of our 'now' favorite places, which is Chocolate Kiss. I spent the day with my office buds, Myra, Shynne and Randy to go on a food trip, and as usual, take some shots around campus. We ordered meals for each of us -- I had wanted to get the hickory smoked ribs again, but unfortunately, they were out of stock :( so I

A walk in the park

2010-01-06T22:31:00.003+08:00

The first week of going back to work after an extended holiday is usually one of those things that I dread, partly because I'm simply too lethargic to be properly productive, and because it usually entails replying to countless emails which have accumulated during the holidays. To take the edge off, I took a walk around the park after work with some friends to take pictures, since I brought my

Happy 2010!

2010-01-02T10:02:00.003+08:00

Happy New Year! Spent new year's eve with my family over at Subic. We broke tradition this year of spending New Year's at home and thought about going out of town for the New Years. Initially we had thought of spending it in Tagaytay, but the rooms were already fully booked, leaving us with Subic as the only option. We decided to have dinner at the Lighthouse, which hosted a dinner buffet and

Aimless Wanderings

2009-12-30T23:21:00.003+08:00

I met up with Myra over the holidays to catch up --we hadn't seen each other in a bit. We decided to meet in one of the universities without any real plan--- outside of eating in one of the restaurants there and hopefully snapping a few pictures.Had a plate of Hickory Smoked Ribs which I don't have a photo of, just because I hadn't eaten lunch that day and when we met up at 3PM, I was starving.

Road Trip to Tagaytay

2009-12-29T20:00:00.001+08:00

Went on a quick roadtrip with my sister's family and in-laws a few days after Christmas. I was supposed to have some play time with Myra and some friends with a shoot but it didn't push through so I went with my relatives instead on a road trip to Tagaytay. We had a late lunch when we arrived, ordering mushroom swiss burgers and club sandwiches with fries. The interesting thing was, the mushroom

Christmas Eve

2009-12-28T18:38:00.003+08:00

After the charity event, we made our way home where I helped my sister cook some lasagna. She makes one of the most complicated lasagna that I know of (that I've at least tried!), with beef, pork, button mushrooms, carrots,and chicken liver combined for the meat sauce, and a separate bechamel sauce with different cheeses. Christmas Eve for us is usually potluck with my aunts and uncles bringing

Pamaskong Handog Charity Event

2009-12-25T22:12:00.005+08:00

I attended a charity event for my dad's office on the morning of December 24. Rounds were made beforehand, distributing tickets to the homeless wandering around the streets which entitled them to a pack of goods consisting of bread, coffee, sugar, and other items. It's the fourth year since they started the event, with more people coming by each year. Around 400 pails were given out to the

My life in food

2009-12-22T02:45:00.004+08:00

I suppose the happiness I get from taking photos of food really comes from the fact that food represents bonding time with friends and family. While I didn't get to take a lot of pictures of food when eating out for the last couple of months, there are still some which I took photos of during the few times I was able to go out after class, and of family events. (L-R) Cyma's Angel Hair Salmon and

Shots from my photography class

2009-12-22T00:56:00.003+08:00

Apologies for the sudden hiatus. I decided sometime ago to attend at least a basic course on photography class which was held by ImagineNation called the Purpose Driven Photographer. It was a 7 week course not only designed for technical skills in photography, but also to take up the book, the Purpose Driven Life. The course was jammed pack with learnings for both photography and life, and I

Missing blogging

2009-10-11T20:35:00.004+08:00

Haven't found time lately to tell the story...so I'll leave it to the pictures: Friday night at Ziggurat, Iced Tea, Mango Shake, Mango Lassi Musaka, Chicken Curry, Beef with Grilled Tomatoes Saturday night at UCC: Coffee Parfait, Mango Crepe

Stopping by Dessert Avenue

2009-08-26T16:35:00.003+08:00

I went to P's place for his birthday party a little bit earlier with another one of our officemates to make sure we were able to take photos of his wife's baked goods for her home business: Dessert Avenue way before the other guests arrived. Entering his place, the entire house literally smelled of sugar and chocolate. His wife had literally made enough sweets to feed an entire army, so me and S

The 11PM Habit

2009-08-06T23:27:00.002+08:00

Every 11PM when I log online, I go...change the clothes on my fashion doll at pupe. It's an online community where you have an online doll - similar to the paper dolls girls play with when they were kids, and literally hundreds of different items you can dress the doll up with. You can earn currency when you change the clothes and have a 'snapshot' for the day, so you can look back at the outfits

Cory Aquino 1933-2009

2009-08-05T21:23:00.003+08:00

Another moment in Philippine history. May people remember what Filipinos fought for in 1986, and may current politicians remember what democracy is for.

Internal Chaos

2009-08-02T10:56:00.004+08:00

Been feeling so conflicted lately that every silent moment seems so chaotic and unrestful. I just feel sad for no specific reason. No control over circumstances, no strength to do what I want to be able to do. May God guide me. Psalm 29:11 The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace.

A fangirl moment

2009-08-01T02:14:00.002+08:00

I'm out of words today...so I'll let the pictures tell the story. All in all, it was awesome...really really...awesome! 2 hours of pure entertainment. I have full respect for this guy. A real professional and a showman. Shots taken with my LX-3. Gary Valenciano...At Ease Concert!

Rainy Sunday

2009-07-26T21:48:00.002+08:00

One of the new things we have for Sundays is once a month, we'll eat at home instead of going to restaurants. My sis, who loves cooking, is in charge of taking care of the food for that day, while all the ingredients which needed are bought the day before. For this Sunday, she made one of my favorites, which is Chili con Carne, along with some Grilled Chicken Rice with mushrooms, and an Apple

Photog stuff with officemates

2009-07-25T23:55:00.005+08:00

Y and I hatched a plan to meet up over the weekend to set up her mini studio so she could teach me how to use lights and to show me how she works with models. We met an hour after lunch to start the set up process with the softboxes and lights which were packed away in the apartment. I got a good workout as we started trying to set up the softboxes. The process reminded me a lot of trying to

Victory @ 25

2009-07-24T23:09:00.003+08:00

It's been a quite a hectic few weeks with a minimum of 12 hour workdays and too many projects too count. Next week, one of the employees at work is going on vacation and to add to my 12 hour workday, I have to cover for her tasks as well. I'm hoping July and August will blow over soon and I'll be left with a less hectic September. I remember having had mentioned to a friend that I was getting

Saturday Slowdown: White Russian Ice Cream

2009-07-11T21:04:00.004+08:00

After initial plans with L were canceled to go to Hundred Islands due to an incoming typhoon, we decided to have another bake day, and my usual photo taking. I swiped my sister's Canon 350D instead of my Nikon, just for fun, and to be able to practice with a different system. As I was looking out the window, I was surprised as I spotted a man on a truck who was seated on the gap between the

Slice of life: My food Sundays

2009-07-05T22:18:00.005+08:00

Essentially, every Sunday, our family does the same thing, essentially have lunch and dinner together. It's really a day of food and conversation, where everybody just catches up on whats happening with each other. Sometimes we choose new places to eat in for lunch, and sometimes we go to tried and tested places where we know that the food is good and that you can never go wrong with what you

Sugar-laden Father's Day

2009-06-21T22:17:00.002+08:00

We celebrated Father's Day with the family with lunch over at the usual spot since initial plans of my sister cooking at home got derailed with some babysitting issues. I never knew up until now that Mother's day was actually on the second week while Father's day was on the third week -- there was some confusion last week as to whether it was Father's day or not! My sister in law brought my dad

2 of 9H

2009-06-20T21:32:00.002+08:00

One of the more interesting things I've learned is that when you take too much time to plan something, it usually doesn't happen from way too many setbacks. With that in mind, an impromptu meeting was set between me and two of my 9H friends who lived nearby. 9H is a name of the apartment room that me and my said friends used to frequent back in college. It was our hang out of sorts during lazy