Dinagyang 2011

Good friends. Great food. Great merriment.

Lonely Metal Souls

I closed my eyes and listened carefully for the descendants of Sputnik, even now circling the earth, gravity their only tie to the planet. Lonely metal souls in the unimpeded darkness of space, they meet, pass each other, and part, never to meet again. No words passing between them. No promises to keep.


Haruki Murakami (Sputnik Sweetheart)

My pseudo-xmas vacation

Yes. My 10-day supposed vacation became 3 weeks because of UTI. UTI does not anymore manifest itself in the form of painful and "bitin" peeing. Now, it's just fever and joint and back pains, which made me drag myself to the doctor after 6days of on-and-off fever. 6days! I thought it was just flu or something. But then the lab tests proved me wrong. That's the look of disease on the 2nd photo.

 Row of colorful tees from artwork.

 My taste buds were useless. Everything was tasteless. I should have had lugaw instead of the teriyaki boy chicken ju.

Went to Sa-boh-ree Ayala before I got sick. super sulit! :) 

Ayala Triangle Gardens. Boring by day.

Will post night photos taken from this same place. the light show was awesome!

h's elbow always becomes the subject of my photos. haha!

 Elevator at the old GSIS bldg, which seemed to be out of place in the high-rise ayala district, at makati ave. 

 Stolen shots from Mercury Drug. Yes, picture-taking is prohibited there, for no apparent reason.

 Stress on the road. Commonwealth Avenue.

T-hub. H was reviewing for the board exam. and yey, he passed! CONGRATULATIONS H!

Walked from Philcoa to AS since traffic was heavy along the University Avenue, watched the lantern parade afterwards. Then had dinner at banapple, morato. Mile-long waiting list! But it was all worth it.

Jumpshots!

Camwhores Jan and Jen had tons of energy to jump, pose, contort, smile, lie on itchy grass, and fit bodies into cramped spaces. Nina served as the director/taga-mando. haha. It was late but still they've got energy so we had a jumpshot competition -mark-kite vs. nina-jen.