Aug 2009

Farewell Tita Cory

Our Icon for the Country's Unique democracy was put to rest yesterday at the Manila Memorial Park. She was the 11th President of the Republic of the Philippines, serving from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female president of any country in Asia. Her presidency saw the restoration of democratic institutions in the Philippines, through the enactment of a new constitution which limited the powers of a president.

I would estimate that millions of Filipinos lined the streets from the Manila Cathedral all the way to the Manila Memorial. It took the convoy roughly 9 hours to travel 23 kilometers. It was definitely something else.

This was today's paper

read the second page.

I guess its not just a few people in the Philippines who would want the incumbent president in there.

Happy MonthSarita!

It's Saritas 8th month today and shes all geared up for the rainy season! Special thanks to Debenhams for the dress shes wearing. The Gap for her shoes and to Senator Mar Roxas for the nice bright yellow umbrella. hehe

All in a Days Work

Took some photos for Protech. They manufacture safes and vaults for personal, commercial and the banking industry. Waaay cool dont you think?! hehe Guess what they do!

a. potter
b. hula dancer
c. sheet metal guru

a. stacker at the local grocery
b. spot welder
c. step climbing instructor at the gym

a. machine worker
b. G.I. Jane
c. dishwasher

a. dance instructor
b. agent for the CDC (Center for Disease Control)
c. painter


a. assembly welder
b. Cory Aquino supporter
c. hot plate maker

Happy MonthSarita!

Its Saritas 7th Month today. Boy o boy shes growing quite fast. If i could just put her on pause for just a bit, want to enjoy her right now at this age. My lil sis Pat got the idea from the Victoria Beckham Marc Jabos Ad. But we all know Sarita pulled it off so much better!

more photos here

Labor Day Weekend

Went over to my Dad's house in Bulacan for the weekend. Nothing to do there but eat. and swim. and eat. and eat. But I guess thats how holidays are supposed to be spent right? Trina and baby Zen came with us. Zen is Saritas BFF! hahaha so much pressure for them to get along don't you think?!

For some reason I just love this photo.

Happy Easterita!

This years Easter Egg hunt was different. Instead of looking around for it you had to swim for it! hehe Sarita couldn't really go swim for it so we just let her have most of it! ha ha Enzo (my nephew) had to show off his swimming skills this time. Good thing he had some to begin with.

Enzo didnt like the idea that he had to give half of what he got to his cousin Javi. Look at him here trying to explain his side! hahaha priceless!

more photos here

Macau!

Went on a short trip to Macau and Hongkong with Trisia's family. It was my first time in Macau and I really enjoyed it! Great great food and really cool weather! But the ferry ride to Hongkong was a killer! That i did NOT enjoy. But I've always been prone to being sea sick.
We ate in this really really good Portuguese Restaurant in Macau called Fernando's. It was a 20 minute Taxi ride from the Venetian Macau. Hard part though since its outside the city is that you have to wait for a taxi to get back. Which isnt too frequent. They had roasted pork (lechon) which was a delight in every way you can imagine. I will definitely go back even just for that.

Sarita Welcomes the Summer!

Its been extremely hot in manila. Ranging from 31-37 degrees! Ouch! Good thing my baby is ready! hehe Here are some shots I took in the basement. Cross lit with 2 speedlights. 1 with an umbrella and the other bare bulb.

Timang Reunion

It was the 30th Anniversary of our beloved U.P. Timang. Good Food c/o Route 196, Good music c/o Coco and Good friends! Betchut!

Heres a photo of the first Timangs. Vic and Dondi batch '79 and sad to say one of the last, Inkee batch '97

More photos here

Happy MonthSarita!

This month I tried to get the cousins together for a good "cousins shot". well, the parents got too involved as well and they ended up in the shot as well. hehe I do not have one single ok shot with Sarita. Do you think i should hire someone to shoot me? hehe

Happy MonthSarita!

Saritas 4th month today so we took some photos. Check out how she enjoys being photographed! hahahha Can you say A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E? Hehe Well She's mine so i should feel that way right?

This was the first shot we took. After this she got a little fuzzy so since she loves the water so much, we gave her a bath first. These are what came out next...

This is what i envy the most. seriously. She loves her momma so much! With me she gets all irritable! hehe in time...

Happy MonthSarita!!

Porta Verde

Trisias and my family stayed overnight at a friends resort in lake Lumot in Caliraya. Apparently Lake Lumot and Lake Caliraya are 2 man made lakes that are actually a reservoir for the hydroplant! cool huh? Anyway, it was freezing that day, and the water was extra cold so forget about getting in!

Funny thing happened though when we went for a look around the lake. The 2 boats we were on ran out of gas! haha Basically our boat drifted for about an hour and a half till we got to this house who was more than willing to give us gas. Sounds east right? Hell no! We had to use the roof as our sail to make our way there. Hahahha man whattan afternoon. But everything was good and we got to enjoy the rest of the night.


The next morning it was Saritas 3rd month so we took photos by a well... a pool table. hehe turned out ok though.

Happy MonthSarita!!!

Baguio / Bulacan

Since we had a really long break from work, my family (still getting used to that, hehe) namely Trisia, Sarita the help and I went to baguio to test all the heavy coats we got Sarita... Roughly about 11 Celsius when when the sun went down and i must say... the coats did prove to be pretty toasty!


All of my friends who have been to our house in baguio knows where this photo was taken...


On the way down from Baguio my parents, sisters and all my nephews stayed over at my Dads rest house in Bulacan so we stayed the night as well.

Enzo 7 yo

Javi 11 months

Sarita 2 months

Merry Christmas!

This year, The Philippines is having the loooonnngggesssttt Christmas ever! from the 24th of December all the way to the 4th of January! Simply means I'm going to be taking a lot of photos of my family and most especially Sarita!! Heres a few to kick it in...

Start the morning right! Heres Mommy and Sarita spending some quality time...

Here they are by the pool... Late afternoon sun! I just love the color of the afternoon sun... too bad blogger kinda messes up with the color... Anyone know the ratio to compensate for this? lemme know!

She was trying to tell me something... but i havent been brushing up on my gugu talk so i really couldnt make out what she was saying. hehe

This is what i love about our own children. hehe no matter how bad any joke of mine is. She laughs! hahahaha I love you Sweetie!

Thanks for dropping by!! Merry Christmas Everyone!

Barbaric!

Ear piercing is one of the oldest known forms of body modification and beautification, with artistic and written references from cultures around the world dating back to early history. In my opinion, this should be STOPPED! I think children should have the choice to have their ears pierced or not.

Why am i reacting this way? Well, i'll give you a background... My Daughter even when injected by vaccines cries for about 2 seconds. I know a lot of adults who squirm and are on the brink of tears with their vaccines but my daughter doesnt. Today, for the first time my daughter cried for about an hour. why? because of an outdated barbaric custom called Ear Piercing!

She looked at me, just as the gun snapped as if telling me... why are you consenting to this?! Hay... next time i have a daughter. i am giving her the choice.... hehe

So many things to be thankful for

Heres number 1. My little girl Sarita at 2 months and 3 days.
I set up early in the morning just to be sure that when shes up were shooting. Had 5 shots in my head but of course things don't go your way most of the time... hehe so all i got were 2. Still not bad! Blogger kinda messes up the color a little and im pretty lazy to compensate so here she is...

Happy Monthsarita!

She's 2 months old today! and we just came back from a weekend in Baguio. I wouldnt really know if she enjoyed it but she wasn't crying much! hehe I also took out my canon 135 f/2L for a road test. hehe all I can say is... Its tack sharp! If you have a full frame body, then go get one! only reason i said that is coz if you have a cropped sensor you'd be looking at almost 200mm... thats gonna be pretty hard to shoot indoors! Heres a sample... not too shabby now! oh and did i mention it was shot wide open??
This photo i just had to share! taken by my LX3... babyyyy!

Look Who's getting bigger!!

Its only been a little over a month and my little girl has grown so so much! Mommy is doing a great great great job!

Sarita at 22 days old!

at a little over a month old

a few days ago

All my storage space is reserved for the little one. hehe i think i should go get myself more HDDs. Oh and recently ive been going back old school! Been using an old EOS 5 film camera to take well most of my photos. i think there still is something about waiting to see the photos that just gets me going...