Remembering Anawangin

I had a photoshoot again with the D60KREW this morning in the LaMesa Ecopark in Fairview QC. It was nice all in all but they were all contemplating on going to Anawangin in Zambales. Yes I went there last time, remember my post here? CLICK THIS and CLICK THIS. They suggested we go to Anawangin sometime soon because of it's picturesque views and surroundings. Not to break their heart but it was excruciating when we went there. =) I was not in the mood for a hike either and I vowed never to return through the mountain trail there ever again. LOL I know how it was but man just remembering how it was at that time gave me so much pain.

Though it was really nice, don't get me wrong... just look at these pictures that I took using just my Nokia 6280 phone.

Some KUMAGCOWs on the foot of the mountain...(before we went up!)



Pine trees at the back






No people in the island



On the mountain top



So if they ask me to go there or not, let's see! Hahahah!

On top of the mountain in Anawangin






Saltwater meets the River





Our campsite




Leaving the cove





My officemate on the other boat when we went Island hopping




Anawangin Cove viewed from the top of the mountain




The pine trees at the back of the cove



The bay





It is picturesque, but if you think about the hours we had to walk to get there it was excruciating LOL

Blissful LG!

Okay! I have got to come clean. I was praising this phone of mine when I first bought it but these days, it has been causing so much problems that I could not work with it anymore. I literally will throw it away because it is not fitting my lifestyle, nor is it functionally capable of serving me anymore. The cover keeps falling off and it could not add any groups or contact details anymore. It has been fixed twice by phone technicians and geeks but I think it will once in a while suddenly bog down because of its lack of memory and incompetence. In one way or another, it has been a liability and a fabulously ugly fashion article. I am no expert but I guess you get to a point where you are too shy to even have it seen by other people. You really do not want to be humiliated and send it to the electronic junkyard!

Now that I said my piece, I think it looks like great news has come my way from the LG Bliss Facebook Fan Page. From September 11 to November 6 this year, the classy international company LG has just recently launched a contest for the utterly ugly. Users can now upload photos or videos of anything they consider ugly or want to lose. This is just an awesome opportunity to show our frustrations on things we do not need anymore and win at the same time! Imagine that!

Have a blissful life while telling through photos and videos of the things that you hate in these categories:

• Trashy Trends for the ugly fashion items
• Mutant machines for the outdated electronics that truly belong in the junkyard
• Ugly wonders of nature for the ugliest piece of nature you can find
• Ugly-mobiles for cars that are heading out to the ugliest part of town

Although violent, indecent, illegal activities and photos of other people are not allowed and tolerated on this contest... I am sure you can get an idea anywhere you look! I am so excited to get this ball rolling and leave them all behind!

To win this brand new BLISS LG phone, just make sure you have one entry per FACEBOOK account. There is also a chance to win the secondary prize of a $50 gift card so you can buy with your heart's content. These five grand prize winners and fifty secondary winners need to be 18 years or older to qualify. The feeling is just so blissful! So make sure you get that object you deem ugly at www.Facebook.com/LGBliss now! This may be your lucky ugly day!

Happy Birthday Bhee and Pecto!

Photo by Panoramio
This was the same pool we swam on since yesterday and this morning =)

I just went to Antipolo yesterday and am recovering from mild migraine because I was drunk last night. My closest friends and I just celebrated two of our common friend's birthday. Ruby Esguerra and Josephine Recto just got a year older today, and this post is specifically for them. I think it would be nice to know that even how minuscule their contribution is with what we have since college... they are still important people obviously. We celebrated it in picturesque Boso Boso Highlands Resort. This location is not that new anymore since I think I have been there for like 4 times already. It was apparently their first time there and the place I think was cozy enough for us. It was not as posh as expected but the place was nice considering it's remoteness and being really really (did I say REALLY?) far from Metro Manila. An hour or two away but I think it was worth it because it was not that expensive... and we all went there for these two people who made some difference in our lives in one way or another.

Ruby Esguerra is already married so she just snook away from her husband and spent time with us which she never has done for like 2 years I guess?!!! Apart from being brutally beaten up every now and then, (I guess that is her hobby LOL) she still manages to go to work in San Miguel in a call center of some sort. It's quite good she ended up there than when I found her in the asphalt streets of QC... when she was getting dragged by her now husband Bong sumthin... they even shout Iglesia Ni Cristo things and matters they do are of evil beginnings. I really don't believe in what they have to say anymore LOL.

Josephine Recto aka Pecto has been a friend since first year college, I guess of all the friendly people we have in our circle, she's the one you would always treat as the "coolest" since she rarely does not get along with anybody of any race, any culture or any economic standing. She is a jack of all trades of sorts and takes care of us whenever we need a couple of rounds to drink. Yeah, she's tougher than your average MANANG when you need it most and NEVER leaves you behind on any given situation. She's one good person I know and there are only a few of them left. =)

You Really Got to See This!

I know the importance of our eye sight; otherwise I would not be able to look through the lens since I took up photography. We can do it all because most of us probably have 20/20 vision. I have friends though who suffer eye problems because they had it since birth. It was hereditary I guess and they had to wear those thick glasses you usually laugh about in TV shows. But it was not that funny now I guess.

With the latest advancements in eye care, vision corrections through ILASIK procedures are available throughout the country. Thousands have already benefited from it and will continue to do so in the future. Now people can see clearer; and lives are being changed. ABBOT MEDICAL OPTICS Inc. an industry leader in eye care has just recently launched an iLASIK Video Contest. You just need to make sure how better vision improved lives and follow a couple of details to win.

1. You need to submit a Video

Make sure you make them with these themes and category:

• “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time”
• “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision”
• “You should see life after the ILASIK Procedure”

2. Have your friends vote for you in the contest and make sure they tell their friends too. These votes will also be one factor to win this video contest.

3. You will get a chance to win!

• 1 Grand Prize winner will win 5 Thousand US Dollars if you get to win among all the entries
• 3 First Prize winners will win an High Definition TV package (a whopping Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollar value) — One per video category

• 3 Second Prize winners will win Flip ULTRAHD™ camcorders (a $199.99 value) — One per video category

You can submit your entries, view and vote on all of them at www.GottaSeeThisNow.com. So make sure you join this awesome contest now. Share your experiences about your eye care success stories and get to win fantastic prizes!

Tired but I'm Okay =)

Sleep deprived. That is one thing I can tell you that I have been experiencing this week. With lots of reports and deadlines, and a lot of other activities in the weekend... it seems that I have not taken care of myself. I needed to go back to the gym so I really lack sleep.. but to think about it, what's new! =)

This weekend, I'll be going out with friends to Baguio City waaaaaay up North. I don't like going there but since I am going to spend time with friends, I think that would be better. Anyway aside from taking photos, I would probably end up sleeping over this vacation.

I know, you ask how would I get back with my photographer friends? Well they always are out on weekends, one week off is just missing one shoot. Though tempting, it always is nice to know that if I could not attend this week, I would be able to attend next week. =)


Let me share to you some photos I took from other photo walks to end this article:

Don't worry I'm okay! =)

Better in Time

I was wondering what I could do to make things happen in my career and life. It is hard and I think we are not in the right place and mind to complain about how we are faring in today's economy. We need time; we need one so accurate that if we lose something we could not get back and it would spell disaster to you and your company.

As a gift to my people in the department that I belong to, I was planning to get them Patek Philippe watches as a symbol of how important time is for me. If their work ethic and this small gesture I do uplift our morale, then I think I have succeeded in my career's purpose. I want them to know how much time means to me and let them be inspired by it. Wasting it on these hard economic played times is not a good thing to do, because we know people may lose their jobs if we waste our corporation's resources. Helping the company survive would mean thousands will be able to eat three meals a day and people satisfied with the services that we provide. This is a cycle that we all go through in the work force. As long as we work hard for what we earn, both the company and its workers will have a better chance in leaving this world a little better than when we found it. I love my job and love the people I work with. What better way to let them know how I care but by just giving them these watches as a token of my appreciation. Thank you and I will never forget those who have helped me these 5 years I have stayed with the company. Everything will be better in time!

My Street Photography

This week was an eyeopener for me as I took on my weakness in street photography. I am currently holding Ziggy (70-300mm SIGMA APO DG MACRO Zoom Lens) to shoot people in the streets without disturbing them. I It was nice to see that my composition and look for street photography improved in the past few weeks. Although I stopped doing model shoots these days, I think I need to go back to the studios by next week. I get to see people more now and have improved on this but I need to go back to my basics which is high fashion and glamor. I need to see beautiful faces again, and possibly get some more time to go back to the gym.

Thinking about what I have been doing these past few weeks, it has been a privilege to work with the guys at D60KREW. I have been thinking about what I was doing on street photography. It was passion driven, and you just hope that someone else see what you see through the lens. In the Philippines, it was all poverty... how hard life is and to see some slight happiness in-spite of what was happening in the country. Let me share with you some of my photos in ESCOLTA and the streets of Manila.




Plaza Lawton in front of the Manila Post office


Lady in the fountain



Ms. Bambit and Tata Gil

D60KREW Members Rye and Bangge

The D60KREW taught me something, it was not enough that I only learn photography types like these... I had to in one way or another empathize with them. Make them part of the society for the purpose of making CHANGE happen through photographs. I had a blast working with the great TATA GIL who is celebrating his birthday today, Ms. Bambit who brings these great people, and the D60KREW and Michael Olino who made this KALYE episode happen. I love my new found friends. =)

Employee Monitoring Software

The economy has been ailing and we have come to a point where businesses close because they do not earn what they used to. They do not efficiently use manpower and they lose precious dollars in the long run.

There have been several attempts to get these companies bailed out of the financial crisis but their stability rests on how they maximize their workers potential. If they work better and increase their output, it would mean more earnings for the company. In a place where employees number to thousands, monitoring them would be too arduous for one department alone. Employee monitoring tutorial services should be done in order for business owners to know what their workers are doing and how long they spend time for these tasks. If they do not give the actual work to be done to the salary they are getting, then the company should further evaluate their employees and get them to do things more efficiently. They need that to survive these unpleasant conditions in the world market. This is important because the US is still recovering from it. I hope everyone survive these times!

D60 KREW with ATOM ARAULLO and ME LOL!

It was a day of great photos, rain, great walk, then rain, then poses, then rain. It was rainy but I think it was okay and GREAT since it was for KALYE. Yeah! It was ATOM ARAULLO himself who went with us on a short photowalk. It's what we do on a normal Saturday but I guess that was just like 10% of a real photowalk since they were filming everything. It was great, it was exciting because after 20 years or less, I'm going to see myself on TV again hehehe.

Well it wasn't that... it was being with photographers who like street. Those who love Photo journalism. I am still finding my niche in this field but see where I already got myself into, shooting streets with Atom Araullo and KALYE. Thanks to my co D60KREW member Michael Olino who was a researcher for that show. I guess he pulled some strings and had us as a part of the story, it was good though.. I needed the media mileage LOL!

So those were the things that kept me busy these week, yeah I know my alexa rank dropped because of that and now I have to re populate my site again to make things better hehe. But it was well worth it, I love the show and I love how it turned out. For those of you who missed it CLICK HERE so you can visit Vangie's site, they recorded it while it was shown on TV. As for me? Here...



Hi MOM I'm on TV!!! hahahahahhaha!

Party Fouls Will Be Told!

I have been to Vegas and the strip when I was around 21 together with friends. Like anyone in my age; it was awesome to party in a place like that. Even if you were in the middle of the desert, you would not even feel that it exists because you are already oblivious to the lights and great establishments that give every bit of pleasure that you need. I got into a lot of fights, seen lots of alcohol and drug abuse when it was my time. It was all bad party fouls! But now the stories will be told!

With the economy sporting a big loss these past few years, the actual hotels and entertainment venues have all gone ballistic in getting high rollers and customers to feed on what they offer. Hosting huge parties is included. The drama, the danger and everything in between has attracted people with money and I wish to see these same party fouls happen in this series. It is turning out to be a more interesting place when they try to buy their way to a successful life in Vegas. This is the sexiest city in the world and the best stories will now be told on TRUTV. This is the same place where I watched and got addicted BLACK GOLD red necks. Now the party life I once was once doing is going to be told in this series which premiered September 1st at 10p/9c. With the new episodes all shown on Tuesdays at the same time, same channel. I hope you get the chance to watch truTV's Rehab so you know how it feels to be in that situation. I ended up better unlike most of the people here that would be so exciting to watch indeed!