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Isang bungkos ng mga bulaklak.
Isang bulaklak. Cross Process effect.
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Lost ako for words ngayon dahil naiiyak ako. Nabura ng kapatid ko accidentally ang mga files sa backup drive. Nandun yung mga recent na magagandang litrato kong kinuha.
Tags: flowers, Litratong Pinoy
I ventured into unfamiliar territory with a just a click of the mouse.
Whatever reasons I’ve cooked up in the past year or so just so I can stay put are quickly vanishing into thin air. This isn’t just a function of x squared multiplied by the square root of y divided by one half of infinity, you know, financial reasons.
I’m finally mustering enough energy to go see the world out there and live in it. I’m applying for an immigrant visa to a country where Christmas isn’t Christmas if it isn’t white; you fail the driving exam three times for turning a corner too slow and a 5-year driving history does not even hold water; feeding the dog leftovers is a crime; and if you’re unemployed the government makes use of its faithful citizens’ taxes to give you an allowance.
It sounded absurd to my virgin Pinoy ears that the government actually works in some parts of the universe. And maybe it’s about time that I did. All these corruptive deals and unscrupulous first gentlemen and crooked systems and evasive tax benefits are seriously getting on my nerves. I purposely do not watch the local evening news because it’s tiring to hear about politicians squabble over who gets the bigger share of the pie. (I only get updates whenever I take a crap in the toilet where there’s a newspaper, and what perfect place to read it because it’s still full of sh**). To hell with their shares. What about mine? The middle-class worker who pays taxes diligently and yet gets screwed over by a society filled with kotong cops, lawless rich people running amok (and free) with drugs and government officials who do not function without padulas. It sucks, really.
But hey, don’t take my word for it. That clear and bright future remains elusive. At least for me.
But it’s not just the government. There’s too much history for me here. Those who know me will know. Wow how redundant. It’s too much to consider if I want to get a move on. No matter what I do, this is a place that the shadows of not-so-good things will always follow me around. And somehow the idea of getting away from it and living adventurously in a land far away is so much more appealing.
And besides, you can get so used to living up to so much expectation and pressure to make it big, that the concept of simple living is like paradise. You know, just earning enough to have food to eat, clothes on your back, and to enjoy the simplicities in life. That’s not to say that I don’t aspire for big and grand things. It’s just that here in the Philippines, you can’t expect that. One must work twice (or even thrice) as hard to even have something on the table. Again, that brings me to the making-taxes-work-for-you point.
So. I’m going blind into the future, not knowing what God holds in it for me, but still sure that it’s going to be better than what I can manage. What else can I do right? I may be able to live comfortably here and provide for myself and my family. But I guess I just need a change.
Anyway. Downloading forms. Taking assessment tests. Check, check. Now to fill up the forms and send them away.
Buy:
24 CANS SAN MIGUEL PALE PILSEN
24 BOTTLES CORONA
2 BOTTLES OF BARBECUE SAUCE
3 BIG BAGS OF DORITOS
Then go to the Crumpler store at the Bonifacio High Street and exchange them for a bag.
I came across this crazy marketing ploy of Crumpler in Tina’s blog. Crumpler at the Bonifacio High Street is giving away free bags in exchange for beer cans and chibog. Click here for more details.
It’s crazy right? But it’s crazy it just might work. hehe. I’m thinking of just falling for it 
Ikaw ba’y na-indiyan na sa date?
Nakakain ka na ng 10 orders ng french fries, wala pa rin.
Natunaw na’t lahat ang ice cream mo, pati yung taong tinititigan mo sa kabilang table sa inis.
Pero wala pa rin.
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Kuha ito nung kolehiyo ako para sa Photography class. Sayang hindi natuloy yung balak kong istorya para sa theme ngayong buwan. Pero buti nahalungkat ko pa yung mga lumang contact prints ko.
“Photo Story”. Minolta manual SLR, b/w film.
Tags: black and white
Wala akong litrato ng puso eh, hindi ako nagkukukuha ng ganun kasi feeling ko mashadong overrated ang Valentines. Too commercial. Kaya ito nalang.
Ang laman ng aking puso. Valentines Day o hindi.
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Canon EOS 400D. UPDil, 2009.
Sa maniwala ka’t sa hindi, last year lang ako nakakain sa Choco-late de Batirol. Yung sikat na kainan sa Baguio sa loob ng Camp John Hay. Ang sarap ng chocolate nila doon kasi ibang klase siya ginagawa at hinahain.
Nakakain ka na ba doon?
Hay, gusto ko sana magkaron ng photo story para sa theme ngayong buwan pero mukhang wala na akong oras talaga. Puro recycled nalang lahat ng entries ko. *sniff*.
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Canon EOS 400D. Baguio 2008.
- Mia put on her shorts/pants/undies by herself once or twice. What a proud mom I am. Now if only she would stop removing her shirt when she sees dancing girls on tv.
- Sometimes what you think are ghosts from your past could still be very much alive. The problem is, it’s quite hard to distinguish whether you want them haunting you or not.
- Mia can count 1 thru 10! She keeps missing 5 and 6 but hey, if she got everything perfect all the time then I really wouldn’t have much to do.
- Working to live. Living to work. When you start wishing time would stop so that you can work more, it’s not good. But I wonder if i’m gonna get a raise this year?
- That little dream of becoming a pro photographer is fading fast quickly. sigh.
- Mia is playing with her V-Tech laptop from her ninong Joel. I wonder if she’ll
get the same British accent? 
- I’m missing my friends. All work and no play. *pout* I just wish some of them would get married already. Para makaabay na din si Mia.
- To go or not to go. That is the question. Unfortunately I only have 6 days left to come up with an answer.
- 2009 will be my year. Anytime now. Anytime…
- To write and to shoot. And get paid ridiculously high fees for it. That is my dream job.
- Getting unexpected hugs and kisses from that little person who calls you mommy is bestest feeling in the whole world.
