Back to the Gym

Today marks my 7th day of not going to the gym so being the stubborn boy that I am I'm planning to go back today so I wouldn't tell myself that I only pay 2 thousand bucks for nothing at Fitness First. I better get serious too with my diet because I saw some pictures from yesterday's photoshoot that I have not been a bit thinner than when I last saw myself. I better get back into shape else I would be sickly like last week. I guess there is such a thing as over fatigue because I felt that way this week. My body aches a lot and I couldn't move without noticing I need to rest every once in a while. I should have gone some place more quiet and convenient. Or maybe I need a massage like when my Dad used to. I guess I was not satisfied with any massages I bought because they were too soft. Hey! I'm a big guy so it is quite pathetic to see people press joints and body parts when they could not even press it that much right?

I don't know if I need a wrestler to at least get something out of my system but I need one fast. Maybe I'll try going to some massage establishments and try some of their experts if it would turn out they could do better than my Dad. I hope Dad's okay though even if I ask him a lot these days to massage my back. Geeze, I wonder what could I do next.

Hey, I forgot, here is a photo from last Sunday's shoot. The models were great and the workshop was even better!

Courtesy of Ms. Bambit Gaerlan here is the Group Hug!

Better Waste Management

It looks like we are presented again with the perennial problem of garbage in the city. I hear over the news that the current dump site in the outskirts of Manila was in the verge of foreclosure because of political and social unrest in that part of the country. If there was only an efficient way of handling toxic waste and dangerous chemicals without endangering the general public then it would really be better. I hope there would be better waste management programs implemented soon.



It is not impossible since they can also get Skip Bin Hire Software to better manage this problem. The technology boasts of on line application that even collects and report data automatically that would result to better services for the people. They even integrated satellite driven images to pinpoint locations so it would easily be identifiable wherever they are in the world. Technology has really gone a long way in helping waste management. Countries like ours who are in dire need of automation are better off using these useful tools for the betterment of our society. WASTEDGE is awesome!

A Day with the D60KREW and Sir Rolly Magpayo

Good Morning ladies and germs! I'm about to leave the office now from a very very tiring day. I just came from a photo shoot cum seminar in Paranaque then went straight to work but man it was well worth it. I learned a lot from a master named Rolly Magpayo. My friends from the D60 KREW was eager to learn too and it started what became a very fruitful day. And the models were also awesome!

I would be able to give you a couple of shots but we were not allowed to touch our photos yet. He decided to also teach the raw processing of the photos and create the actual wokflow via a saved action of sharpening by Manny Librodo and a lot of other stuff in photoshop. I have not used things like that yet because I usually sharpen things differently to make things pop via colors and levels of brightness. I saw the results they post processed on the lecture and they were really natural looking. The sharpening were all done in the eyes and minute details of hair, eyebrows, nose and some other things in the background. I guess that is the proper way to do it so maybe I will follow their examples. I would check how it fares with what I do. I was not hurt by the critiques that much because I felt the same about my signatures and photos too. I will have to change them sooner than I think hahaha.

My personal mantra for the day is...

CHANGE MY UGLY SIGNATURE
CHANGE MY UGLY SIGNATURE
CHANGE MY UGLY SIGNATURE

Maybe I would be able to submit raw photos tomorrow and see what happens. Hope the Master likes it otherwise I would not be able to post it. =)

Here are a few shots outside my office which I took yesterday.

More than Reality

There are a lot of programs now lined up in major broadcast networks that fail to capture the essence of having a reality show. My Dad even sleeps on some of them the whole hour. My elder sister however is a scared cat so she is the one who ends up screaming on great ones that successfully touches the audiences every now and then. Reality TV has never been better for me though until I learned about the the truTV effect. If you do not know what that is, then you are missing half your life!

There is this show called Halloween Heist by the Masterminds which I religiously follow in truTV video. With the situations and creepy parts so real, you will feel that you are even in the video itself! I was so afraid once that I had to turn on the lights while watching it because if you do not then all these other ghosts and horror filled thoughts will surely fill your mind. This is just awesome viewing in the comfort of your own home. There are also other episodes you might want to try like this newly released one about tough necks from Texas oil fields:



See what I mean about it being better than reality TV? It is a whole lot better than those conventional ones that feel sometimes artificial because they are in one way or the other already scripted. I wonder how this would really feel if I watched this with my sister soon, she will definitely scream! Ha-ha! And what is better is that they even have promos that you can join while enjoying these awesome oil swash buckling episodes! Watch it with caution because when the stories are real, the effect is A C T U A L!