February 2012
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In the middle of a neuroanatomy class
He types and types and types. He doesn’t have anything to say, though. He just types whatever his fingers tell him to. Spontaneously and without thought. He has nothing to start it with, and nothing to end it with as well. He hopes it would be a masterpiece, something he could weave so expertly with his own hands. But words offer him nothing, his phrases and paragraphs stretch on and on,...
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January 2012
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Cameras and cheesecake
Visited Lomo & Behold: Lomography Launch and Exhibit at Alabang Town Center last January 2. Was a bit disappointed that there really wasn’t much of an “exhibit” on the venue, but I enjoyed tinkering with the cameras on display anyway. Maybe I should start pestering my parents to get me a Fisheye for my birthday, haha.
Spent the rest of the afternoon at...
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New Year
December 2011
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Tried using my camera’s raw settings for the first time. Played around with random options, and had fun with image overlay. Awesome.
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Happy holidays
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Gabrielle's debut
Better late than never. [Advance] happy birthday again to one of my bestest friends in the world, Gabs! I’m more than glad to be a part of this special day, and I hope to become part of more special days of your life to come (Ehem, your future wedding, I suppose? Haha!).
The day started with Bespren coming to my house in the morning to *ehem*cram*ehem* our birthday gift, a...
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Diliman Lantern Parade
Rockstars. Zombies. Walking tetris blocks. You name it, the Diliman Lantern Parade has it.
It’s actually my second time (AND second year in a row) to attend the Lantern Parade at Diliman, but it’s the first time I was able to take photos (and crappy ones at that). Ah, sometimes I wish I had night vision. Taking pictures in the dark made me feel like an old...
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Lantern Parade 2011
They say a photo is worth a thousand words. This must be worth fifty-three thousand, then.
675 photos in a day. This is the most I’ve ever taken out of a single event, and I can’t say I haven’t been exhausted out of my wits, but this was just as worth the headache and the fatigue.
This...
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CAMPtoon Christmas Party
Say “hi” to my bushy, unshaved eyebrows! Haha!
Stepping into Room 302-303 was like stepping inside a cosplay convention hall. Everyone was in their cartoon/animé costumes, and I couldn’t help but feel giddy whenever I found I was familiar with someone’s character. I arrived at the event a bit late though, at around 3:30 PM (which was...
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Brighten my heart
Anonymous asked: I meant: what process in photoshop gives your photos that soft polished dreamy amazing effect? sorry!
Anonymous asked: how do you edit your photos?
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Fresh Meet
This was sort of a mini-college fair/concert. Was able to catch on a few performances from some of the freshmen blocks. I kind of wish there was something like this back during my freshman days.
On another note, I tried taking pictures purely for the sake of taking photos of performances like these. I may or may not have mentioned this before, but my ultimate waterloo is event...
November 2011
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'Pag lumiliwanag sa Diliman
Warning: This photo of this glass of coffee on the left is deceiving. Unless you like wine-tasting coffee, then this isn’t for you. Haha.
After “ditching” (or rather, being ditched by) a workshop we were supposed to attend, my mentor-slash-friend-slash-ditch companion decided to traverse the vast territory that is UP Diliman. Had lunch at Rodic’s at the...
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J-Pop Festival Kick-off Party
Photo by Ysabel Rodriguez.
What started as something spur-of-the-moment turned into a really awesome experience. When Ate Nesh first contacted me back in August, asking me if I was interested in joining the J-Pop Singing Contest portion of the J-Pop Festival, I was surprised, skeptical even. I liked recording fancovers and doing JPop concerts in the shower, but I never really...
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Café Noriter
After days of hardwork over a t-shirt design became seemingly wasted, my awesome mentor and I decided to resume my training (read: spontaneous drawing sessions). By some odd coincidence, both of us thought of spending an afternoon at this quaint coffeeshop situated along Taft Avenue.
I first heard about it from some friends, and upon seeing photos of its quirky and...
October 2011
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Flowers, fields, and everything in between
Stephanie
It may not have been obvious with my previous posts, but I do have siblings, and one of them is Stephanie. I think she’s really very pretty, but she dresses like a guy sometimes (read: baggy shirts, jeans, and sneakers) and generally avoids very girly things. So imagine my thrill when she asked me to take pictures of her (with makeup!).
Both Adrianne and I agreed that she looks...
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September 2011
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"Fieldtrip"
Yesterday, a whole bunch of my classmates and I decided to visit Mia, who was confined at home due to an accident she had encountered a week ago. She was in high spirits despite of what happened, and was surprised to see us. (Apparently, Yanna’s little mishap wasn’t enough of a hint to beloved Mia, who still hadn’t a clue we were coming, hihihi. ♥)
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Human development
Conducted an interview for our HumDev subject early this afternoon. Members for the “normal” group were Mikko, Mia, Nicole, Lilbert, Jex, Rej (who unfortunately wasn’t able to come due to certain reasons) and myself. The interview went well (except for the fact that I seemed tongue-tied and stuttered during the entire thing), much to our relief. Good job, guys! :)
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Old photos.
August 2011
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Language, learning, identity, privilege
Apparently there’s this rage going all over the internet about this certain James Soriano. I chanced upon his name in a few comments on FB, and curious about what exactly he did for the notoriety he has now, I read the column he wrote for the Manila Bulletin.
I can’t say I’m enraged, actually. There is an ounce of truth in what he wrote, but it’s the delivery that caused...