Happy Birthday to ME! I Just Turned **!

Hahah of course I won't tell you how young I am. I just celebrated my birthday on the 6th and true enough I had a blast! Actually I survived not telling anyone about it when we went out Saturday evening. I did not want anyone to know anyway, but I think this particular day was special. It was different than the other birthdays I spent the last few years. You ask why? It's because my brother is in town and you could tell that we are complete... he hasn't been here for the last 4 or 5 years so even the Christmas celebration would be different.

My friends from photography fondly called NOCTURNALS covered 4 clubs that night and I was gearing up to shoot too but I begged off when one of our gigs got canceled because there were too many photographers that time. It was awesome because I had more time partying rather than doing the deed. The ladies there were nice! I even like some of them... Did I get drunk? well I made it a point to get drunk. I needed to do that so I could forget some things I should not mention here anymore LOL. My best friend that time was tantararan!



Yeah that is me in the picture LOL NOT! Now I thought it was going to be a temporary thing since I fancy the San Mig Light when I go out. But man the Super Dry was great for me, I did not even have a hangover the next day even if I had about 6 bottles that night. It was just right for me... I hope we get to drink that much soon LOL.


The Manor Eastwood





FUEL where we fetched YUAN =)




Aside from that, I had to run to my friends in Pasig in the morning for breakfast and a chit chat on a British guy who turned out to be the fiance of a friend's friend... well that was confusing too but they were not able to talk to him that much even if they were all drunk.. I hate that with Pinoys... English is supposed to be our 2nd language but it looks like even they were having a hard time talking to him. Another guy was even mentioning words that are not in the dictionary. WEIRD! I was a little ashamed about that REALLY! But I was already 28 hours awake so I did not push for that anymore coz I was so tired to think about that.

I got home around 8 or 9 in the morning and my Mom opened the gate for me greeting me a happy birthday, that was sweet. =) I slept and woke up around 4 or 5 in the afternoon. We went out that evening for Pizza and Pasta in Itallianis because I wanted them to experience the great time and food I had there a couple of months back. My brother thought I was sad, when actually I was just thinking about work while I was there. Not a good thing I know but hey I have to work that night. I got the team pasta and chicken too. That was nice! I hope my brother does not worry about me.. that I'm not having fun... because if you think about it, it looks like I had fun already! :)


I am one Happy Happy Birthday Boy! =) Thanks to my friends and my family!

*sincere apologies to Pinay Commuter.. Googled an image and it was from her. No Copyright infringement intended.

My Best Photos of 2009

I was thinking about what photos stood out in the thousands of photos I took this 2009. To end this genre of pictures for 2009 I tried to collate what I think are the best ones so far. Not bad for a 6 month old camera. Trish (my D60) has really come a long way!

I'll try describing to you some of my shots and where or when I did it..

The Laguna Photowalk with D60KREW where we went to churches, historical places and mountainous regions in the south of the metro. This happened 07192009!

This is a shot of the blessed sacrament inside the Church of San Lorenzo Ruiz I think, no PP done on this. All natural light. It had those shadows because I was shooting through the actual gate before you get into that room.



This flower was taken outside the garden of that same church. They have fountains and it rained a lot hence this water was flowing. With that floating on top; I just got to show you how pretty it is.




This one was a gumamela plant inside Jose Rizal shrine. As you see the great color because a great thing to see.


These are original kamaligs or containers of rice. This usually lasts for months. The colors turned out great!


I have more to show in fashion, street photography and landscapes on my next posts! Stay tuned for that!

Holiday Airfare Deals from my Friend in Paradise!

This is a sponsored guest post written by Ali Kendall on behalf of Airfare Secrets. Post powered by Sponzai.

Just wanted to send a quick "shout-out" across the Pacific to my friend Ali in sunny Honolulu, Hawaii!

Ali runs the airfare-now.com website with all kinds of tips, coupons, strategies, etc. for findng holiday airfare deals. Now airfare comparison travel sites have come a long way in the past few years but there are still literally thousands of them to choose from. So here's a big aloha and mahalo to Ali for keeping it simple on a pretty nifty little travel website!

My Christmas Wishlist 2009

Okay, since I think this has been long awaited by the people who would want to give me gifts this Christmas heheh. I would want to make it easier with you so I am putting up this short list of things I want for my self. I'm not selfish eheheh

Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX

This awesome prime lens that I want for my camera is first on the list because I don't have one yet. I need this for portraits and glamor shots. I need this also for the 1.8 crisp focus that will automatically adjust on my Trish (Nikon D60). Not bad! It costs around 12.5K only!

Wii, PS3 and PSP3000

Now for my gaming itch, it is still the Wii, Playstation 3, or PSP 3000. These three different gaming systems will be a good substitute for my Online gaming habit. That's if I have time for it hahaha

IPHONE 32GB

Yeap, since my phone is already giving up on me already... I would like to have one... It looks like I am going techie this year but I don't mind. If you have the money why not purchase one for me now LOL it is gonna be humiliating if you don't! LOL