KUMAGCOW - The Goodlooking Guy on His Journey : )

It just struck 12AM here where I am so it is officially year 2010. Does it feel different? I don't even know... But the fireworks outside was really nice to look at. I saw the two TV stations doing a countdown... actually only one of them is... it seems there is a 2 minute difference between Quezon City and Pasay LOL... I wonder if I would get jetlag if I travel from those cities LOL.... they are weird.

I think I need to go to the other building to get media noche but I am a little lazy to walk that far just to fatten myself up. Speaking of which, I'll probably have to get on a new diet soon. I need the extra help... diet with gym seems a good thing to do first day tomorrow LOL.. well I haven't gone to the gym in the last 3 weeks because I'm either sick for the most part of it and lazy at the same time. I haven't fully recovered yet but I should have at least gotten the legwork of treadmills or cardiovascular exercises. But that is going to be another post right?! LOL

It's officially 2010... Happy New Year Guys and Gals!

I went down stairs to buy a pack of cigarettes and food so I can munch something while spending the night here in the office. Lo and behold I saw an old friend who apparently owes me a couple of thousand bucks since time in memorial. You know those guys who ask you for favors and borrow money from you every now and then? He is a representation of that for me. I always ask him to pay me back because the amount he owes me is no joke. This is a pretty big sum of money even if you convert it into dollars. It has been 2 years since I asked him for it and you know what he did when I saw him?! He brushed me off like I did not even exist. We were literally right beside each other and I knew he saw me already. He planned to actually go out of the local 7-11 store and probably escape me but I was already on my way out. I called his attention and he acted surprised. Gee that was a very awkward moment. But I directly asked him about the money he owed me and said he was going to pay me back as soon as he gets his pay check. He got his IPHONE out and took my number; imagine he had a better phone than I do but never bothered to pay me back all those years. What can I do and who am I to complain about people like these? They do not even care about their family name; which in my dictionary is very condescending.

I know he even had bad credit auto loans when I saw him the last time. I did not think he could pay off that debt anyway because aside from that, he lost his job from IBM. Maybe it was a bad year but I really do not think it is a nice thing to brush off people who you owe money from right? He should have at least asked me to extend his already broken promises; so I could have at least reconsidered. I just hope he gets to fix his life and pay me back soon. I wish he saved for a rainy day if that happened to him again. Even if he did some bad things to me in the past, I want him to live a life free from debt this coming year.

Well here I am all alone in the office. Being the kill joy that I am everyone at home did not want me to go to work but hey what can we do! Anyway, I am still optimistic to have fun at work because I heard there are plans to have media noche in the pantry when midnight strikes. I see trucks outside from local caterer HIZON's which probably is serving food later. I'm not a fan of their menu but hey who am I to choose!

I enjoyed the Christmas though since we all went to church and celebrated mass first before we went home and ate a lot for Noche Buena. It was nice because food was in the table... and Mom cooked like there was no tomorrow! LOL

The worst is, there is a countdown concert in Eastwood and I did not bring my camera so I could shoot while I am on break. =( Arnel Pineda of Journey is performing. That would have been nice as a part of my portfolio. Its sad that I have to work, but anyway... I am enjoying work more. Actually I enjoy it a lot. We're heading a new year and I know it is going to be a busy one. I'll be here checking on bad people heheh...

Happy New Year!

=)

Disclosure Policy

After hundreds of email threads and a lot of planning, my friends (all UE Engineers) and I finally went out to Nasugbu Batangas. With the plans we had, I thought it was going to be a great meal in Tagaytay first but since I was late (hehehe no pun intended!) we all went to Nasugbu Batangas instead for a day of frolicking in the sand.

The beach was calm, the air was fresh and I was still sick (for almost a month now) but when we got there I felt I was in for something good with my friends from college. I knew it was going to be the best 1 day vacation I have ever had. I mean after 4 years of staying in the office I think I deserve a short R&R!

I was shooting like hell and got about 300 pics out of it. I had fun, the guys were all in their feet and we were catching up with stories since we only meet once a year. I was really looking forward to this since the day it was conceptualized and behold! I got to take a rest after getting drunk... and I felt better afterwards! =)

We went to the mall yesterday and as if the 4 television sets in our home was not enough, my brother who just arrived from Ireland was looking for a wide screen LED TV. I knew we did not have much choice in this part of the world because there are only a few known brands that carry them. I was right because when he looked at what was available, he had to choose only from 3 high priced ones that did not even pass his standards.

He mentioned that he had better choices and cheaper deals in 40 LCD TV from the UK. I checked out the site and there were lots of reviews from consumers from in and around the kingdom. I wanted one that was listed there; specifically this one here.
Thinking about the duties it requires to have it shipped here, it would still be relatively cheaper buying from their site. They even update the prices and offers every hour which is just great! I want to have that on our living room now!

Hi there! This is KUMAGCOW greeting each and everyone of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Maybe you have been wondering what this post is all about and what I have been doing the past few weeks. I got to shoot with the NOCTURNALS again this weekend and boy the AVANT GARDE wedding shoot was a blast!

We got the beautiful Ms. Jinri Park again for this shoot because of her spectacular performance last time in the urbanista shoot. This particular shoot was non conventional. I'll try and show you pictures once I have finished post processing them. I just kinda not have time to do that because I have tons of work left in the office and I needed to double check a couple of numbers off of our report. Imagine an excel file with around 30 tabs and full of numbers on it, that is what I was trying to decipher first before I begin the post processing for this shoot.

Wish me luck because as I understand this will be all exhibited soon!


Again, before I take some Z's and medicine because I am under the weather, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bidazzled. All opinions are 100% mine.

I have joined several web auction sites and have purchased quite a few items for my personal use. Bidazzled just launched this November and their site looks very promising. The offers are really great and out of this world! They give you up to 90% of savings on branded merchandise while they continue to help charitable institutions through this system (specifically The RUCH Foundation: http://www.ruchfoundation.com which caters to lung cancer victims and research). How can any other penny auctions beat that?!

You heard that right; because you can also end up bidding a dollar for a laptop computer or other appliances. An option of getting 80% off the original retail price is not bad either. The possibilities are endless!


In their system, nobody loses and if you do not win the first time around they will also provide you with up to 50 bids more just to get you started! It is also easy to pay through PAYPAL, CHECK or with the BIDS that they offer to you once you sign up. Two units of NINTENDO WII were just won last month by using 5 free bids. You can be the next one to get it if you register now! They have a viral referral program you can avail

if person A refers person B. A receives 5 Bonus Bids
B refers C. A receives 4 Bonus Bids
C refers D. A receives 3 Bonus Bids
D refers E. A receives 2 Bonus Bids
E refers F. A receives 1 Bonus Bid

Since I am in a giving mood today; I will let you in on this easily if you use this code before January 15th. For BLOGS: BBP1202A and for TWITTER: BTP1202A. Just put it on the registration page and you will get 15 additional bids more free of charge. Bids cost only a dollar in the site and they also have bid packs as low as $25. Bonus bids are also given away when you purchase a bid pack. That is almost $.67 per bid when you dilute the cost with the bonus bids and you can get it often much lower.

What are you waiting for?! Go register now and be dazzled by BIDAZZLED!

As if the blessings did not stop, here it goes again for my web site. I just won the Nuffnang Medicol Advanced Blogger contest for an Avel Bacudio outfit of my choice. I was so excited to see this text message from Nuffnang this morning, I was waiting for this awesome opportunity! Avel Bacudio is like a god in the fashion industry. I have seen his work many times in Philippine Fashion week and also on that event I went to with Nuffnang. It was really very impressive. If you think about it, this is actually the first time I am going to wear something from his collection, they said that they will schedule me for fitting sometime soon. I just hope it fits though LOL I mean lets face it I am a big boy so designer clothes are usually made to conform to size 0-2. I hope I can choose what to wear =) a coat ensemble would not hurt you know!

Thank you Nuffnang Philippines for the awesome opportunity to write for you and also to Sir Avel Bacudio for making harms way to dress me up soon. I love this year! A lot of things are already happening! =)

Looking for my NUFFNANG ENTRY? Here it is: CLICK HERE

It was 60's night at the Celebrity Sports Club for my company and my team and I did a lot of contemplating if we are officially gonna dress up or just go plain Joe's for the occasion. This is an annual event that the company splurges out on giving gifts and raffle prizes to employees while celebrating the fruitful year that was. We did not have a plan that day so we ended up mixed; where some of us were still in office clothes and the others including me suiting up for that evening.

There were gals clad in clogs, high heel shoes and knee high dresses in primary colors. Guys were in suits, hippie shirts and headbands that is to be the envy of the crowd. It was nice to dress up once a year, so these parties were all heavily attended!


I was excited because I had a lot of things to look forward to, specially the last part where popular local band BAMBOO will be performing. The event would be also a great addition to my EVENTS portfolio since I am getting a whole lot serious about my photography. This year has been a whirlwind; as for me and the rest of the team, we are optimistic to maintain the quality of work we have and probably do more this year since we have internal projects that are already running. I just hope we get a lot of information with people in operations through that. Anyway enough about work, let's go back to the party. So there we were and sat down near the buffet (maybe to make sure we get in line first LOL) and listened to the annual address of our VP Vincent Fan. The message he wants us to concentrate on and understand is LEADERSHIP. A very basic word but it holds a lot of responsibilities... it makes us think about what is a good leader and what makes him one. The aspect of having certain leadership characteristics like compassion, the capability to listen and how to instill integrity in your work is still one of the best things he shared to us. This is good management advise. Chris Palmer cracked me up, but he gave sound practical advise for the people who work in Manila. David Simmons who came in a white suit, said a few words too and sent heartfelt thanks from people in the US. That was a nice gesture... I hope they all feel welcome in their stay here. Gautam Walia was also there to grace the event, it was my first time to see him even if he had frequently traveled to the Manila site.

I was a little tired since I had a photo shoot the day before and the event was about to end. They were announcing winners of the raffle and it included trips to local provinces, Macau and Malaysia. There were even Spa packages and thousands worth of appliances, gadgets for the lucky employees. Then people from HR showed around 50 outstanding employees on screen. None of them were from our team, nor some who were from the other department in the same building. The Most Outstanding Employees for the year was called and this lady from corporate accounts was called, and guess who was next on the list... I was dumbfounded because they were mentioning familiar things on my curriculum vitae. I said "wait a minute, of course not, that could not be me" then the kind director from CDO mentioned my name... OMG... my jaw dropped... I was announced most outstanding employee IMAGINE THAT! O_O

I did not know what to say... I just stood there in shock... I said thanks to the VP and President of the company who shook my hand on stage. That was one awesome evening, especially for me =)


When the lights died out, it was time for BAMBOO. I immediately got my camera and set it up for firing. When he got out I got trigger happy and almost filled my 4GIG memory card. BAMBOO (the lead singer) is just an awesome performer, you can't get a shot of him without motion blur because he moves a lot with the crowd while performing. That was another nostalgic moment to see. It is a close second to my gods the Eraserheads... it was worth the wait!

Here are some of the shots I got of that BAMBOO performance:

To all my office mates and team mates who regularly visit my site, Merry Christmas and thanks for everything!