bubble gang -- apc chapter

-the one where everybody fits-

thanks mareng lorie, ate mavic, momon and joon for the birthday surprise! somehow i knew pero still sobrang surprised pa rin ako. salamat for making my birthday special! :)

-this is us, goofing around at starbucks-

in this picture above, reflector daw yung takip ng cake to remove shadows around the chin area. haha, ang technical di ba! nakakatawa yung mga kuha namin that night. all of us have DSLRs, pero kahit isa walang may dala. nagtiyaga na lang tuloy kami sa camera phone ni lorie, hehe. more photos at lorie lakwatsera's site. when you go there, you will know how old i am :)

chinese cemetery walking tour

bago matapos ang buwan ng hunyo, nag-sponsor ang aming photo club ng walking tour at sa pagkakataong ito, sa chinese cemetery (malapit sa la loma north cemetery) naman kami pumunta. malapit lang ang sementeryong ito sa bahay ng lola at sa pagkakaalam ko, meron kaming mga kamag-anak na dito nakalibing, pero sa kabila nito hindi pa ako nakarating duon. wala akong inaasahang makita ruon kundi mga mosuleo, mga anghel na estatwa at templo pero ganon pa man, excited pa rin ako dahil natatandaan ko ang sinabi sa akin ng kaibigan kong dayuhan na mahilig din sa photograpiya, na isa sa paborito nyang lugar sa maynila ang sementeryong ito ng mga intsik. kaya hindi ko na talaga pinalagpas ang pagkakataon.

halos apat na oras kaming naglakad sa loob ng sementeryo (sinuguro naming matapos bago pa dumilim) at sa loob ng oras na ito, sa pagkakaalam ko, wala naman kaming nakita o naramdamang kakaiba... salamat na lang talaga dahil baka di ko kayanin kung sakaling may lumitaw na kung ano sa kung saan man... sa likod, sa gilid o sa harap namin o maging sa isa sa aming mga larawan. hay, buti na lang talaga!

ilan sa mga paborito kong kuha ay ang mga sumusunod: yung apoy, lotus flower, si juvy na nakasuot ng t-shirt na "i love HK" at may dalang payong, si lola habang binabasa ang nakasulat sa puntod ni apolinario mabini, pati na rin ang harapan ng templo at ang gothic-inspired na mosuleo. dito nga raw nilibing nung una si mabini, pero inilipat na ang mga labi nito sa batangas sa kanyang lalawigan. ilan pa sa mga kakaibang nakita namin duon ay mga gothic-inspired na mosuleo, libingan na itinulad sa arkitektura ng CCP at ng isang simbahan sa loob ng UP Diliman (malapit sa infirmary), libingan na may nagbabantay na sphinx, at libingan na hugis pagong! nakita rin namin duon ang libingan ng may-ari ng restaurant na "ma mon luk".

aliw talaga ako sa walking tour na ito, sana matuwa rin kayo sa mga litratong kinuha ko. click kayo dito. salamat!

can hardly wait

thanks to APC (Accenture Photography Club), i have additional budget to buy a novel from powerbooks! the club gave me P200 for being 2nd placer in the june photo of the month. the theme was "father's day" and i submitted a photo taken from an eco tour last february. konti lang nag-submit kaya siguro napili ako, hehe.

i don't know what book to get uli pero most likely anything from neil gaiman, maybe "stardust" in case i found a copy. ngayong taon lang ako naging fan ni neil gaiman who has been described by others as a "witty, foolishly wise narrator" something which i absolutely agree with. sayang, sana i became a fan before or while i was in the US. it would be much easier for me to find his works kung sakali at pwede pa akong magbenta, hehe! exciting sobra, not knowing what the next book will be and what that book will unfold for me but knowing it will be from neil gaiman, im almost sure it will not be disappointing.

here are the two books from neil gaiman that i found to be truly entertaining -- one is "Coraline", a dark and frightening story for kids featuring an adventurous heroine and the other is "Anansi Boys", a funny and almost magical story about Fat Charlie Nancy, his dad and his unknown brother whom Fat Charlie later discovers are both gods. in the book, Fat Charlie is not really fat... or has not been fat for a long time now but somehow the name stuck and people kept calling him that. if you want to find out why, ask me sometime or get a copy of "Anansi Boys" from the bookstores, hehe.

ayun lang, have a good day everyone!

my best friend's wedding

...i have never seen my friend more beautiful than on her wedding day...

unlike in the movie, i didn't try to stop her wedding BUT i did try to convince my friend to make me photographer instead of bridesmaid -- i think she almost got convinced, pero she thought it was more important for me to be in the entourage than behind the camera. sayang!

best wishes, therese and rich! im truly so happy for you. friend, you look sobrang ganda talaga from the start until the end of the wedding -- kering-keri mo ang mga pangyayari during the ceremony and the reception! i keep telling hannah this, sabi ko talaga you have a different aura about you that i haven't seen in you before. gusto ko ganon din ako pag kinasal ako, promise! congratulations ulit and stay happy! :)

just as you had wished, i also pray to be part of every milestone in your married life from today onwards -- sana gawin mo na akong photographer next time, hehe!