One shot... is all it takes

June

2012-02-06T11:16:00.001-08:00

When things were slowly falling into focus before my ice.

Q<3

2012-01-29T02:23:00.000-08:00

hear those words,

come from you.

heart, like birds

flutter too.

2010-11-22T01:22:00.000-08:00

Istar Istrak

2009-01-12T07:56:00.000-08:00

I joined the promo just for kicks while I was browsing through GMA Network's site, who knew I'd get in? Haha, if I wasn't hunting for jobs I wouldn't even be aware of the event, I spend more time in front of the computer instead of the telly. Might as well take the opportunity to take photos, meet new people and look for opportunities still to be found for bums like me LOL. Most of the night I was just plain surprised, surprised that my name was called three times, surprised that my camera suddenly goes dark on me when I'm in the frame, surprised that the light was on me and someone was already asking questions... and I was quite surprised why people are having pictures taken with me, last time I checked my birthday was just a few months ago. Grabe bords, happy birthday miss Halili hahaha.

Zambales road tripping...

2008-10-22T03:52:00.000-07:00

Left manila at around 11:30 in the evening and rode our friend's van to Pundaquit, Zambales and we arrived at around 5:30 am.We then took a short break to get our things ready before starting our hike to the destination. As we started the hike early that morning, we were greeted by a series of mountains and the fresh breeze that comes with them.
I tried my best not to lose sight of our guide because he was really fast, but after a while i got used to his pace. Eventually we were able to reach the top of the mountain so we can now see the water and the shore.
As we continued, the descent was slightly more painful than the climb though it was faster. Had several scratches from the vegetation and rocks, but we just kept going even as the sun was beating down on our backs. After reaching the foot of the mountain gravity was not as unforgiving anymore though my legs feel like crap already. As we saw signs of fresh water, we knew the beach was not far away.
As we reached the end of the tall trees we were finally there at the beach, we sat down at took a breather before setting up camp under some shade.
The hike took us four and a half hours so we got at the beach at 10:30 in the morning, after setting camp, we started preparations for lunch. After lunch we fixed our mess, some rested, some took a dip and I went to see the other parts of the cove. Time seemed to slow down when we were there and were able to do a lot in just one afternoon; walked the length of the beach, explored the swampy area and I was still able to chase around some mud skippers.
And when the time finally did arrive... the sun was already setting.
When darkness came the only sources of light were lights from other campers some distance away, the stars, the moon and lightning from some rain clouds that can be seen over the horizon.

After dinner we washed the dishes and decided to turn off our lights because you can see clearly with just the light of the moon. Sharing stories over wine, alcohol, cheese and soda, that's all we did until the hours of morning crept over us as we just slept on the sand. When I woke up, some went to the tent and slept some more, and some found a better place to sleep in.
Just felt like walking around that morning and take some more shots of the area...
and finally let go of the camera to take a dip and get toasted under the sun because we were leaving soon. Then we ate lunch, the others took a swim and I borrowed the camera one last time to take photos.
After that it was time to pack up and clean up, it's a pity when other campers are slobs and don't clean up after themselves. We picked up the mess we found so we can bring them back to Pundaquit and be disposed of properly. After wrapping everything up the boat was waiting for us and our bags and it was finally time to say "until next time". I pray that the people after us can preserve the beauty that the place possesses.
Until next time.

Brown Window

2008-03-15T07:56:00.000-07:00

After playing around a bit, i just realized the beauty and importance of having lights under your command. Sure it takes skill to adjust according to what light is available but it takes a lot more to position the source of the light and make it give off the right amount just to make the exposure as perfect as possible... I was used to not using the flash, but guess what, I like it. Now I just need enough cash to get myself a flash unit so I can stop holding a mirror against my pop-up.

First...

2008-03-01T21:59:00.000-08:00

Just started this thing today, feeling a bit lazy because i don't want to host my own blog though I have the hardware. All I really want to do is to tell stories through images, if I had the time maybe I can set up the other pc to hold all my stuff. But anyways, I'm just testing out how things will come out when I post. ü