Yeah, yeah, yeah

I still have nothing to blog about (though a lot has happened, i chose not to say anything mainly because im too lazy to write about them) and i don’t know what the hell is up with that title. Anyway, yes, i got a DSLR camera last Christmas after months of saving and trying to keep my hands off  my stash so i won’t run to the nearest mall and buy hundreds of pairs of shoes instead of the camera. I thought it was gonna end there but no, now that i have a camera i want the lenses and other accessories, some of which cost even more than the DSLR itself. So im back to saving and fighting the temptation to overspend. Frustrating. But when it comes to alcohol i always have money to spare. Yay! I also love searching for car seats, dont ask, and this website, ShopWiki.com has got a lot of them.

Im still not in the mood to blog about anything and in the previous entry i think promised test shots? Or whatever. My fave pictures/shots from the Canon, scroll away!

Of course I’d have to be in one of the shots. heh.

Cebu Sinulog Festival shots

HDR. I wanna try this every chance i get.

Night shots are love. <3

So is light painting <3 and the picture above is fitting since i fail at updating this blog.

 *More activity on my Flickr and Plurk pages. Oh and  Tumblr, well sometimes.
  

My shiny new toy

Ran off to Hidalgo after work yesterday and got this baby. I am a happy bunny. I can’t wait to test it!

Late night conversations between two drunk people

On Twilight:

– I still haven’t seen this movie, btw. 

al0hapenny: sunday is the day i die, and if not, monday we buffet to death! imabloodyrockgod: parang twilight lang. dying in edwards arms is easier. al0hapenny: potah, we may watch it tomorrow
imabloodyrockgod: omg omg omg ok. yun lang
imabloodyrockgod: i like the soundtrack! we must buy the album!
imabloodyrockgod: shet there’s this one scene na i hope you will flip
imabloodyrockgod: i dunno maybe its just me.
al0hapenny: i will watch it and TRY to contain myself
al0hapenny: baka mabatukan ako ni tj
imabloodyrockgod: i was distracted by the couple beside me
al0hapenny: baket
imabloodyrockgod: coz i kept on hearing weird noises, like groping, i dunno.
al0hapenny: hahahahaha )
al0hapenny: what the hell, srsly?
imabloodyrockgod: yeah coz i heard..*whoosh*
imabloodyrockgod: and the girl say **sssshhh** 

On Gossip Girl and ~unmentionable~ things:

imabloodyrockgod: […..] together…coz… basta you’re like an “it” couple
imabloodyrockgod: hehehehe
imabloodyrockgod: parang serena and dan lang yan
imabloodyrockgod: xoxo
al0hapenny: eeew but i dont like dan
al0hapenny: i like blair and chuck
al0hapenny: hihihi

(more…)

Picture of the day

There’s nothing romantic about death.  Grief is like the ocean: it’s deep and dark and bigger than all of us.  And pain is like a thief in the night.  Quiet.  Persistent.  Unfair.  Diminished by time and faith and love.

Vote wisely! Vote Mikey! LOL

    Oh hai tharr! Yes I am alive! After three months of not blogging I come back with a promising entry! Well, no, its not an update of what I’ve been up to in the past three months. I’m actually casting a vote in this year’s Philippine Blog Awards!

I vote for Mike Villar! And not because I drink with him until 3am every other Wednesday or Friday of every other month. Nor is it because we make fun of the same people. I vote for Mikey (despite the fact that he promises to buy me a beer but never really does) because among the other blogs that i read, his has an air of wittiness i dont think anyone can surmount. His blog entries are definitely original and written ingeniously. Each entry is a delight in its own clever way. I don’t think one will ever get bored reading his blog. So go ahead and vote for him!

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Steel thinks that Mikey is Badassery Personified
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Catching up

 Every once in a while we tend to look for something better.  Something we may find just beyond the suffering we went through, something we may find just after facing our battles, something we may find somewhere across the river of our  fears and heartaches. We embrace it so much thinking it is what’s finally gonna save us. We convince ourselves that this is the truth. But in doing so, we are only bending the truth because we do not want to face the unknown.

Reality has a funny way of catching up to us and when it does we have no choice but to accept the truth, however cold and cruel than any lie it may be.

Oh shoot! A meme!

Fisheye2. White. Nuff said.

Wait, you’re wondering where the meme is? Its a few lines down below.  See what I did with the title? (Oh shoot! Get it? No? Fine.) Anyway, I got my hands on this baby the other night (met up with Jennie) but I was busy so I couldn’t write an entry right away. Heh. That’s also why this meme is late (I was tagged by Helga last Sunday)

1. What was I doing 10 years ago? Being stressed and pressured because all my elementary classmates were no longer at the same section as I was. At the same time we moved houses so all my childhood friends (some [American ones] went back to the States) and memories faded away. Also, mourning for the loss of vendomachines with lots of chocolates and candies around my neighborhood (not exactly my neighborhood).  Come to think of it, I was emo before I even knew it. Oh! I was also busy playing the guitar (or at least learning how to) and exchanging Hanson posters. (What?)

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today? Since my day is about to end, I plan to go home, take pictures with my Fisheye2 and finish the whole roll of film, sleep, wake up, go to the nearest Konica express and get it processed. Since it takes them an hour and a half to scan the transfer the pictures to a cd, I will walk around the mall and check out some beachwear because we are going to the beach this weekend for a company outing. No Im not excited because we are going to Subic, where I live. Meh.

//Edit: I just got myself into a drinkfest so I wont be able to sleep just yet.

//Edit: I got home soooo late so I wasn’t able to look around for beachwear, I got the film processed though.

3. Snacks I enjoy: Nachos, Doritos, Lays, Ruffles and salsa. Oreo cookies dunked in peanut butter. Cheese, on tuna. Cheese on crackers or alone, cubed. Uhm… Is rice a snack? Cus I love eating kaaaaanniiiinnn!!!

4. Places I’ve lived: Olongapo City, (Subic) Zambales | Acacia,  Malabon City | Sampaloc, Manila | WoW Cubao, Quezon City

5. Things I’d do if I were a billionaire: I wouldn’t be here now. Im prolly busy taking pictures of the pyrmids in Egypt, I will waste it on trips all over the world. Buy A LOT OF SHOES. Waste it on film and digital cameras. Manage a business. Oh and also donate occassionally to charity. Lulz.

6. People I want to know more about: Hmmm….I don’t really know.

Random

Thursday, I went to Shangri-La Plaza for the French Film Festival only to find out that the film I was trying to catch, Serbis, was shown the day before. FAIL. This film made it to Cannes and I heard it was praised by Sean Penn. Anyway, I made it in time for the 4:30pm curtain, the film was  Ma vie en l’air (Love is in The Air). It was ok but somehow lacking. The story is about a guy who works as a plane crash risk analyst. I forgot what he’s called but he gives tests to pilots through a trouble simulator and checks how the pilots would get out of the situation the safest way possible, to prevent casualties. But he is afraid to ride the plane himself and hasn’t been on one ever. He finds, what he thinks is his true love but she flies to Australia and asks him to follow but he doesn’t because of his fear. After the movie, I decided to get food before I watch the next film (7pm)which is called Now Showing. This film was the highlight of the night. The director, Raya Martin, was there (I didn’t expect him to be so young) as well as some of the actresses. The movie was 4hrs and 50mins long. (whew!) I know, this was originally 9hrs and it was trimmed down. Because of this I was curious so I stayed to watch atleast the first 2hrs (I have work at 10pm). First 30 mins o fit and I wanted to leave. OMG it was boring. The reason why it was 4hrs long was because it was raw. Imagine watching raw home video footages from childhood, that’s what it was like. Ok, I have to give credit to the idea but I wished he edited it and took out some scenes. The end part of the tape , you know, when your screen turns blue? Yes, it was there too. No offense, this is just my opinion. The movie could have been a good one but I wouldn’t know for sure. I dunno if something happens in the end, something exciting perhaps, because I didn’t have enough patience and curiosity. The movie was also part of Cannes. Meh. I’ve had it and left after the scene he took of a Jolibee toy figure moving around the table. FAIL.

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A few weeks back, I found a Cannon EOS Rebel K2 lying around at home and I was on my way to the beach. So I grabbed it and tested it. I had so much fun. However, I used a cheap film so the pictures aren’t that clear. Uhm… I’m not sure if that’s related? I just got the film processed at Digiprint, set here. Also, I dunno why I’m developing (Get it? Developing? No? Fine.) the habit of posting updates on my weekend, that took place more than two weeks ago. Huh?

I uploaded this and it turned upside down. Weird.

What to do when you’re bored at work

Blog! I thought of some other things too. My first option was of course to skip work. But considering my suspension and with June being just around the corner, ( which also means half of our sick leaves will be converted to cash ) I decided to ditch that thought. Besides, its always hard to enjoy when you constantly have to be alert or when you try hard not to bump into anyone from work, yes that happened to me once. Going back, I have no choice but to go to the office and hope that today would be as ‘petiks‘ as yesterday (because it was Memorial Day in the states therefore not much calls.) Is that too much to ask? I guess so. I’ve always thought that if we have a holiday at work, there’s always something in store for us the next day. Sure we enjoy all the food distributed and we enjoy lounging around in the pantry, while the rest of the Americans go to parades and stuff, but that almost always translates to having a very stressful work day after. Much like today, my shift started at 7pm and after 3 hours we already have reports of 2, not 1, but 2 outages! Both regions across America are experiencing downtimes, hooray! So much for a holiday. Right now I’m using my break in order to post an entry because I don’t want this blog to feel neglected. LOL. And Im hurrying up so I could ditch this shithole because I noticed that the calls are piling up and becoming more and more stressful. Im kidding, if any of my supervisors are reading this, I was able to finish everything I’m supposed to do and i’m willing to render overtime if you’d like?

Anyway, I post pictures of my weekend, uhm, two weeks ago? What a late I know. We went to Manaoag, Pangasinan and heard mass there. Seriously, cus we’re devoted like that. In case you didn’t know, that’s 6hours away from my hometown. Penny + weekend = (BOOZE) CHURCH???!! Yeah, yeah, shut up!

People sell a lot of religous items there like rosaries, prayer booklets and other holy figures. Those who buy have it blessed after the mass.

At the back of the church there’s an area where you can light a candle and pray for something to happen, like, i dunno, world peace? That’s water underneath, filled with melted candles.

Every time we go to church here, we always eat at this place not far from the church. I keep forgetting the name, but they serve bad ass sea weed salad! And Adobong Pusit, a famous dish here in the Philippines. Most people don’t like it. I love it! 

Photohunt: SHOES

THEY’RE MINE!! ALL MINE!!! 

YAY! Two photohunts in a row! That’s new, but I don’t have any entry in between, MEH. I was too lazy to post again. Plus I don’t get any opps/sponsored post assignments anymore, I wonder why. Anyway, this entry’s theme is SHOES! This photo was taken at VNC, December of 2006 (this blog wasn’t around yet) right after I got the (Christmas) bonus. My pals and I headed to the mall and burned holes in our wallets.

For more info on the mechanics of photohunt go here.