Happy New Year!

This is the first time that I spent New Year with friends. Been spending it with my family for 25 years! It's about time that I experience New Year away. It was fun as our friend Dorothy is celebrating her birthday (January 1). So it's not just a New Year Noche Buena, but a birthday celebration as well.

Dorothy's house has a rooftop, where we setup the party, I was excited knowing we'll be on a rooftop as I would like to shoot some fireworks. This is my first time to shoot one. I am a bit excited and was glad that I was able to borrow a friend's tripod (mine died a month ago). Thanks AL! You're the best!

It was not easy hunting for a firework display when they just come out of nowhere. Shooting fireworks on New Years Eve needed a lot of focus, dedication and patience. Once you have a focus on a certain firework, another one pops up from behind. And they just pop and pop and pop which left me dumbfounded by the lights and sound and a bit frustrated as I need to adjust the tripod and set a few settings on the camera!  PLUS everyone was shouting HAPPY NEW YEAR! It was one HELL of a PHOTO SHOOT for me.. Haha! FUN but frustrating indeed!

I hope you'll enjoy the pictures. It was one hell of a BANG for me as this celebration was a first of everything!
xoxo

 

happy happy happy birthday..

sayo ang inoman, sayo ang pulutan..

BORACAY!

I consider these 2 photos my FAILED ATTEMPTS

NOT BAD!.. considering that this is my first time

this is the best one yet

and then more failed attempts..

nice one!

this one is my favorite

with Josie and Lester..

Love Birds in Dumaguete

Hi bloggies! Once again, we visited the City of gentle people - Dumaguete! But this time, we were with friends. We just toured around the City, restaurants, shops and places that are popularly visited by locals and tourists.

It's nice to take a stroll down the Rizal Boulevard at dawn or late afternoon. Or just merely watching people jog, street children laughing and playing around. Tricycles and motorcycles rule the City streets. What I love about it is if a person try to cross the street, a true blue Dumagueteño on a vehicle would stop and let you pass.

Amazin how small things impact your thinking and see everything else on a new perspective. I love seeing women on skirts and heels drive a motorcycle. While going to Bais City, I even saw an old lola, probably around 50-55 years of age drove by on a Honda XRM. Haysstt.. Wish ko lang I will be able to find courage to drive one.


Anyways, Janno and Eden are the love birds I was talking about. I heard they are planning for a wedding (EDEN, is this true?). So we got them to pose for us. ("Di bale na magarasan si Suzuki Thunder, basta okay si camera LOL") It was fun as the two love to pose for the camera.


Janno and Eden, this one's for you lovebirds!

Janno on trying to look good while posing

like the karate kid

 

LASTLY...

tweeeewt twweeeww!!

fun + photography

Got invited to a despedida party last Month at Agus Hotel and Spa in Lapu-lapu City. Fun + the bar + picture picture. I specially love the pictures taken by Ron and some of my friends. I call it sexy ladies. Our first try at portrait photography.

The last 2 pictures were taken at Mantayupan Falls last August. It was fun but we need more practice. Ron is taking lessons for free from his photo club at work. We'll post more when we have other friends to pose for us..

Enjoy! Thanks to Jejen, Notepad, Junelyn and Choi. This one is for you guys! Cheers!

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”

“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.”

“Photography is truth.”

“Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.”

“When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.”

“I wish more people felt that photography is an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.”

                                                                                                                                                           

Fliptop in the Philippines

 I've always been amazed by the hip-hop rappers here in the Philippines. I've spent countless hours in youtube listening to their rapping.  Fliptop is a rap battle league that puts two people in a battle/match to have them insult each other. Personally, I like Loonie and Anygma's Style.

FlipTop has English and Tagalog battles. They are not actually rapping freestyle, but they research their opponents first and and then pre-write their "balagtasan". What I liked about it is the spontaneity, the cleverness and the applied humor when they compete, it's very entertaining. They can pretty much say what they want, but after each competition, "walang personalan".

Here's a few of the video's from youtube that I like. Enjoy!

Loonie VS Saito 1

Loonie VS Saito2

Dirtbag Dan VS Anygma 

Balamban's Little Garden

Another weekend escapade for me and my hubby as we took route Tabuelan to Cebu via the Transcentral Highway. Riding on a motorcycle along the transcentral has always been a breathtaking view for me and I will never get over the cold air and fog surrounding the mountains.

I remember the 3rd time we passed through the said highway, it was around 7:00 PM, the light posts are far from each other while going up, that it feels so eerie. We were the only ones on the road. It was so dark, plus the fog made it harder for us. Although, we are a group, traveling on 8 motorcycles, it still feels eerie as me and Ronald headed the pack.

Anyways, we saw this beautiful garden, I fell in love with the flowers and the view. It is about 33-34 kilometers east of Balamban bound lane, it is about 45-50 min ride from JY Square, Lahug, Cebu. I felt enchanted by the colorful flowers and the mountainous view.

Here's a few scraps I have taken, I hope you like it.

Picture taking is free, you may go to view deck and buy snacks like softdrinks, sandwiches and junk foods. The care taker said that the owner is a filipina and is now living abroad.

 colorful flowers! Love them all!!

 it's like a little Baguio in Cebu!!

 marvelous view from the deck!!

Calavera -Balamban - Azturias on the other side of the mountain!