christmas day

merry christmas!!! im sure that everyone had a lot of fun last christmas. ako nabusog last christmas, hehehe. what did i do last christmas? eto o.

24th of december
umaga: nag-edit ng pics ng wedding. hapon: nanood ng tv. gabi: around 6-7pm, bumili kame ni dada ng lechon! may dumating na bisita, namasko kay mama. we ate the lechon for dinner, ang dami ko kinain, ang sarap! medyo nahilo yata ako sa taba ng lechon...hehehe. 10pm: inaantok na, nanood ng tv, natulog na before 12midnight.

eto si manong tagatadtad ng lechon. pasensya na blurred yung pic, patago kuha ko kasi bawal daw mag-picture sabi ng guard.


25th of december
7:30am went to mass with mama
9:00am went to eastwood with mama, papa, bids, lai and weng. nag-eat all you can na breakfast! sarappp ng siomai!
10:00am went to tiendesitas...sarado pa stores, after lunch pa yata magbubukas. went around just to see ano meron dun. parang tiangge, meron antiques, plants, pets, food stalls, furniture.
11:30am umuwi kme sa studio, natulog ako
2:00pm kinuha ni papa yung van from the super mario mekaniko, dinala ko sa house, convoy kme ni dada.
3:00pm pumunta kay kuya. ang sarap ng hangin sa antipolo ang lamig!
6:00pm umuwi. nagluto ng ham. kumain. nanood ng tv. natulog!


sarap ng siomai. siomai for breakfast the best. hehe.




kapatid kong si bids, nagpapicture sa buwaya, nagpictorial kme sa eastwood kasi wala pang tao. hehe.




ang galing nito. sa comfort room ng tiendesitas ko ito nakita. para malaman mo kung saan ang ladies room, they placed a kimona (?) sa wall/door. sa men's room naman barong, kaya lang di ko nakunan. next time na lang.


we went to kuya. this is where he is laid to rest. merry christmas kuya.

so thats how i spent my christmas day, nothing extraordinary pero extraordinary na rin kasi masarap kumain at matulog at maglakwatsa...sana mas mahaba ang christmas : ) excited na ako mag-new year, the kids will be here na! yehey!

christmas rush!!!

its two days before christmas and i can feel the christmas rush already. there are tons of things to be done. but first we visited kuya's grave and had lunch at grilla in antipolo. here's a pic of me, ate bing, tita jet, papa and mama at grilla.





after lunch, ate bing and tita jet went home to lucena where they will spend christmas with granny and the rest of the family. mama and i went to the bank, and guess what? ang daming tao! grabeeeee....super blockbuster talaga. if mama dont have to send money to the province, magw-walk out na ako dun. plus the aircon at the bank was not working pa. hmph! so much for christmas weather....hehehe, wala kasing snow sa 'pinas eh. after spending so much precious time at the bank, we went to rustan's -- to buy presents for my pamangkins and inaanaks and other signigicant person/s in my life -- kaya lang ang hirap din pumili kasi ang daming tao. i ended up buying nothing. then we went to shopwise to do some grocery shopping, hindi na ako nagulat kung mas maraming tao, i just grabbed the grocery cart and went with the flow : ) after walking for so long, i sat down at one of the tables there in shopwise and just waited for mama to finish with her grocery shopping. i bought bibingka and buko juice for my merienda, eto o, mukha bang masarap? (iniinggit ko si tutay, who terribly misses filipino food -- hi tutay...libre kita nito pag-uwi mo hehehe!)




so after spending a LOT of time at the mall, wala akong nabili or any major accomplishment in my christmas gift hunt. we went back to the studio and i worked some more. i told myself, i still have one more day till christmas, i just hope that i'll beat the christmas rush. as i always say, bahala na si batman!

a december wedding

we got several weddings this december to shoot. one wedding is special because its the wedding of my long-time friend/ka-batch/sorority sister/dormmate --- dots.

the wedding was great, seeing the couple's family and friends having a good time made the occassion more special. to bingo and dots, congratulations and best wishes!

im posting some of the photos here so dots' and bingo's relatives and friends abroad may take a glimpse of their wedding. more pics will be uploaded to another site, get in touch with bingo and dots for the url. please note that the pics here are low res. enjoy!

early christmas gift

i made a christmas wish list di ba? and one gadget in my wish list was a new digicam, canon ixus to be exact. i was able to get this wish (thanks to dada!)*hugs*, except that its not a canon ixus but that's no problem. i got a casio exilim with 7-megapixel to boot! even if its not a canon, im still happy because i was able to save some money...ang mahal kasi ng canon for a digicam, and i researched on this and found out that casio has a better value for money digicam (in my opinion lang po). i'll use na lang the money i saved to buy my other wish, a canon slr (20D or 350D), hopefully next year mabili na namin!

so here are sample shots i took with the casio digicam.

christmas wish list

i was at the mall yesterday with my family, the kids watched chicken little. me, dada and miggs did some window shopping and finally decided to just hang out at figaro kasi ang daaaammmmiiinnnnnggg tao, plus i was craving for their choco cake (but i was dismayed that they changed their choco cake's supplier, it was not as yummy as before). anyway, as i said there were lots -- seems like a gazillion -- of people in the mall, super dami, blockbuster talaga. i guess they all have money for christmas shopping, they may be spending their bonuses already. good for them, they have a bonus, 13th month pay --- ako wala! hehehe....so instead of doing more window shopping and at least buying essential things, it was tambay sa figaro na lang while waiting for the kids to finish chicken little.

while having my cappucino and choco cake, i was reading the latest issue of T3 magazine. this is actually a fave thing for me to do, kasi I don't have to buy my fave magazines na (which can cost a lot), all i have to do is go to figaro, order caffeine and my fave high calorie pastry and read all the available magazines/newspapers. they have a very good selection of mags, take note all new issues. so while reading T3, i drooled over the oh so cool gadgets...this feeling is a notch higher than drooling over that oh so nice shoes or oh so great sexy top or that so expensive pair of jeans. just looking over the pics and specs of the gadgets really makes me *sigh*, nakakainis ang gaganda kaya!

so since im drooling over them, i am making this christmas wish list of gadgets, as in wish lang ito talaga...

1. nokia n90
2. apple powerbook
3. black ipod nano
4. canon ixus
5. canon 20D or 5D or 350D - basta a new SLR camera!
6. fuji finepix
7. iDog
8. the soon to be ipod watch or ipod celfone
9. an upgraded model of our imac g5
10. sony 3ccd videocam
11. xbox
12. a pink honda jazz or toyota fortuner (hahahaha!)

my list can go on and on, but i think a dozen gadgets is more than enough to dream about in one day. if only santa is real ; )
but my real wish is a secret ...clue: its not a gadget *wink*

practicing

practicing lang.sobra na ko nawili mag-post ng pics today, tama na. i'll try to post new photos kapag meron na. need to logout na rin kasi there's a shoot after lunch and i need to prepare lots of things pa.

famous sunset

the famous sunset of manila bay. i wanna go back and take more shots. sana may time, hayyy....

manila manila

urban manila. taken late afternoon. vertical lines of the buildings vs the horizontal lines of the pedestrian lane. wala lang.

manong biker

si manong biker. i was practicing my panning technique, will be useful if ever i get into sports photography (yeah right?! wish ko lang). anyway si manong nakatingin talaga when i took his pic, maybe he wanted to stop and ask me kung crush ko sya, nyahahahaha! hindi, crush ko lang sya kunan kasi he was at the right place and at the right time : )

my first photo posting

i'm just trying to post a pic. the first photo my niece, chloie. eating her corn at one of the family outings in quezon.


the second photo is my personal favorite, i took this shot at baywalk/roxas blvd. i hope you can feel what the guy felt at that time, mukha kasi syang sad that time -- buti na lang hindi nagalit sa akin when i took his picture.

hope to post some more pics!

my first post (again)

This is my first post (again). Why again? Because I had a blog before, just like everybody else, I post whatever comes to mind or whatever happened to me on a certain day. But I had to let go of that one. To tell you why would be a long story, so let's not get into it. For now, I am starting a new blog. Hopefully, I get to keep this one. And unlike my previous blog, I hope to share this with friends and family.

Araw araw, everyday. Just like you, I go through life and think about my day, the next day, the following days to come. Araw araw. Its not the same everyday, but its seems like that or feels like yesterday or the other day. Basta, araw araw, there'll be something worth to write, be it be a good one or a bad one. Let me start by giving you my sked for the month of December, workwise -- excluding family or personal obligations/duties

Dec. 10 - shoot with a client at the Supreme Court
Dec. 11 - reserve for errands
Dec. 12 - reserve for work/mtgs with clients
Dec. 13 - reserve for work/mtgs with clients
Dec. 14 - reserve for work (day)/spa with friends (night) Yehey!!
Dec. 15 - final coordination with clients/staff
Dec. 16 - wedding at los banos, laguna
Dec. 17 - wedding at manila cathedral/dots wedding day
Dec. 18 - wedding c/o my mom's friends
Dec. 19 - rest day (?)
Dec. 20 - wedding at christ d king
Dec. 30 - wedding at christ d king

I have Dec 20 to 24 to work again, this does not include holiday-related things (shopping,get togethers, etc.) After Christmas, its back to work and shoots again until end of January. When will it end? It won't end, I'm just glad I have work to do but it wouldn't hurt me if I could have just a week of vacation....maybe in Boracay or Bohol or kahit saan basta may beach. Kahit ako lang, okey lang...would love to travel by myself, just for the experience. Well this is wishful thinking...maybe if I write a letter to Santa he will give me this wish of mine. I've been a good girl this year, di ba? ; )