Month: January 2011

Back from the Break

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HASSLE

After how many days, we’re back to school and school load just appear everywhere! New deadlines to meet. Group works everywhere. Meetings here and there.

I NEED MORE  REST!

Anyway, today was the “High School Uniform Day” that my freshie friend came up with. Although I commend his efforts of broadcasting this to a lot of people, and mind you a lot of people were talking about it this morning and afternoon, I feel bad that it wasn’t able to affect behavior that much. In other words, only very few Ateneans did it (too bad I wasn’t able to picture anyone!) Sayang! I really wanted to take a picture of something interesting and that is why I loved my break before PE today.

I saw this on my way to my PE room. It really amused me specially since the whole Christmas break, a Harry Potter film would be playing nearly everyday! There was this day even that Harry Potter 1, 2 and 6 were shown in one day. Marathon much?  But I wanted to see HP4 again, I really loved that film.

What also amused me to day is my friend, Nikki’s new hairdo. She made her hair wavy/curly. She didn’t want to remove the scrunchy, maybe next week she’ll finally remove it. Haha! I’m hoping!!

GOD!

I realized that people in the block are getting new hairdos! My most favorite hairdo would be Sassy’s. She really pulled off the pixie cut well. She had it last month pa though and I hope she keeps it for a long time. Until grad sana! HAHA! But…well it’s not Emma Watson pixie. But it’s like a pixie/boy cut. Too bad I wasn’t able to take a picture of it. Next time!

But aside from Platform 9 3/4 and the hairdo of Nikki, I was also amused by the fact that I ALWAYS fix my hair during PE. Just realized it now! Good thing Self-Defense is in the room with mirrors at the LS Covered Courts. Pero grabe, hindi talaga bagay sa akin mag martial arts if not Wu Shu or Tai Chi. I look so awkward! :))

Hmm… SCI10 was a bummer because our prof gave back our LT1 papers. EWW. Don’t like my grade. FIL 14, I must admit that I enjoy ma’am Santos’ lectures. She’s funny and she knows when to inject hirits here and there. COM12 was normal. Nothing out of the ordinary other than the fact that I was able to recite. Haha! For LS10. I enjoyed it though at one point I wanted to sleep because I lacked sleep (only 4 hours!). Need to get my body clock fixed soon!

To finish this entry, I want to leave you guys a question which I got-ish from my LS prof,

Alam mo ba na may Red Light District sa Katipunan? 😉

Back from the Break

Search for My Next Camera!

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This afternoon, I tried looking for the charger of my old trust digital camera a Sony M-2. Despite it is only 5.1 megapixels, it can really take some nice shots too. Although it has grainy and red-eye tendencies. But Those can be resolved by photoshop anyway!

I miss using it because it’s very portable not that my dSLR is not but, Aki is really heavy specially whenever I bring my 55-200mm lens (which I bring just in case I see something fancy and I want to take a picture of it). It can also take pretty decent videos but nothing beats HD video cameras (except for some dSLRs which can take video too. haha!). Sad to say, I wasn’t able to find the charger and I think the charger for its battery is not being sold anymore (need to do field research on this).

Due to my fail search for the charger, I really got into thinking what if I just buy a new camera? I have been eyeing some cameras anyway. Take for example, the Diana F+

got this from the Diana Lomography Microsite

I have been wanting to have one since 2009 and even when I had the money to buy it, I simply didn’t because it’s really expensive, I might accidentally destroy it (since it’s a toy-ish camera) and I don’t think mother will support me because film plus having the film processed will be expensive. So there goes my dreams on having one…until I wake up one day with it. But what are the odds of that, right?

got this from the Blackbird, Fly Camera site
got this from the Lomography website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also saw this cute toy TLR camera called the “Blackbird” which really reminds me of the Gakkenflex(left). It really attracted me because it looks different from the usual toy cameras it has that vintage-y feel. Three problems though,

first, it’s more expensive than a Diana F+, second, it looks rather bulky and, third, I’m not even sure if it’s being sold here in the Philippines! 😦 When will our country be as awesome as Japan and Hong Kong with their plethora of cute but sometimes useless stuff?

 

got this from the Polaroid site

Polaroid PoGo Instant digital camera. I don’t mind the expensiveness of it ($200) because unlike the toy cameras, it’s digital AND it can also act as a polaroid. Neat isn’t it? I saw one in Rockwell the other day but we were rushing so I wasn’t able to have a closer look at it but it really looks sleek. I wonder though if the quality of the image would be nice when printed out, and of course even when it’s stored.

 

Well, to be honest, this is like the 10th time I have considered getting another camera so I don’t need to bring my dSLR even on regular days when I’m not so sure if I’ll even use it. Some weeks from now I bet I wouldn’t even be thinking about it because I’d probably realize that I should rather invest on my dSLR, like get more lenses, my own speedlite and other stuff I need. Ohwell. I guess until I get all the stuff that will make me happy with my dSLR, I shall not think about these other cameras. Haha!

Search for My Next Camera!

My 2011 Resolutions

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January 2, 2011

Last December 26, 2010, I asked my friends for suggestions for Resolutions for me this 2011. I am happy that my friends suggested stuff and I promise I will try my best to really keep these stuff in mind.

First off, my 15 resolutions I set for myself.

And now, I present you most of the resolutions suggested by my friends. No specific order.

  1. Go out more with our “children” (freshies)
  2. Continue giving hugs and making other people smile
  3. Keep all good traits
  4. Be bubblier
  5. Be a TnT again
  6. Have a lean body. Get abs if possible.
  7. Stay super duper awesome
  8. Be truly honest with people
  9. Show professors that you truly appreciate them
  10. Read books for pleasure
  11. Continue being friendly
  12. Stay the same
  13. Keep my “oh-so-bright” greetings
  14. Find a special someone already
  15. Watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in a big HD TV
  16. Make ComTech win the SOM Games
  17. Treat friends
  18. Continue being energetic and jolly
  19. Continue being hardworking but devote time to rest too
  20. Get an extra hour of sleep
  21. Party hard, Study harder
  22. Watch all the movies of my favorite director in one seating
  23. Make the most epic wish on 11/11/11 11:11:11
  24. Play basketball with guy blockmates.
  25. Do something wild with my hair
  26. Don’t be too emo
  27. Message a random friend I haven’t talked to for weeks or months
  28. Give up something I know I will find hard to give up
  29. Don’t let a week pass without doing something crazy
  30. Run around school with the sprinklers on
  31. Smile more. Be happy more and continue making others happy
  32. Keep on smiling
  33. Don’t overstress
  34. Remain confident in myself and in my abilities
  35. Change the world in my own little way
  36. Joke more often than usual
  37. Save money. Open my own bank account. Invest money somewhere after graduation
  38. Stay bubbly and optimistic
  39. Hug a lot more people
  40. Keep spreading ripples
  41. Keep the fire burning, and if ever it feels like it’s going to die down, ignite the spark once again! Keep finding what moves and motivates you and live for that, among other things
  42. Keep smiling
  43. Live each day to the fullest
  44. Continue to inspire
  45. Masmadals na magsalita sa wikang Filipino
  46. Hug less
  47. Don’t be too friendly
  48. Stop always reaching out to others
  49. Lessen making friends
  50. Stop saying jokes

So those are some of the 50 resolutions my friends have given me. I will try my best to do all those and I will find a way to sort out contradicting suggestions. Sorry that I didn’t place all, some were personal and some are just not meant to be posted. Haha!

My 2011 Resolutions

2011 is Here!

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January 1, 2011

It’s our first time to celebrate New Year in the house we moved to last March. I miss staying in a condo because, there, we get to see more fireworks.  You see, this time, I planned to take photos of fireworks but I still don’t have the hang of it. I’m so fail! The following photos you will see are my fail attempts. Haha! Enjoy!

This one below is such a failure. Haha!What made this January 1 different from the others would be the fact that my brother’s flight for Singapore was scheduled today! Quite early actually. We woke up around 5 am to fetch my brother to the airport.

We had to rush, of course, that’s why brother just made a sandwich. He’s gonna kill me when he sees this. Hahaha!

and here he is ready to fly again. Godspeed brother! I shall visit you soon! MUWAHAHA!

2011 is Here!

Leading to 2011

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December 31, 2010.

Fail plan to go to Bonoyaki for dinner, so we went instead to our new favorite Japanese restaurant, Mr. Kurosawa!

Ate more than 2 pieces of sushi of course. I love sushi!

Shrimp something pizza. It’s good but nothing compares to their Iwo Jima! Try it!

My family loves it so much that almost half of it was already eaten in a matter of seconds when it was served to us!

Tonkatsu. If you place me in a Japanese restaurant, my obvious order would be Gyudon. But I wanted something different since I’d be welcoming a New Year.

We went to our cousins’ house and played mahjong. Also played foosball, but forgot to take photos. Haha!

and this is our Lola! She’s so cute! She was watching “Hangover” with Lolo and other lola. They really enjoyed it! Haha! But, obviously it’s not seen in this picture. I think she was greeting people or something. Nonetheless, lola looks so cute! Haha!

and those were some of the moments leading to 2011. We didn’t do anything much out of the extraordinary. We just made sure that as we welcome 2011, we enjoyed the company of each other 🙂

Leading to 2011