Holga, Bag ni B at Legs ni Chito Miranda

Presenting...da Holga K200/ FEL (thats with Pano adaptor, Fish Eye Lens and Colour Flash Swatches). Pramis. Huli na po ito. a.k.a. the kikay toy (malaking kikay. wahaha)

Da kikay toy has upsurped the fundings of the rica foundation, rumored to finance the kimono fund. and yes--blue is the new kikay. (and while we're at it--blue, that is--my boss who likes wearing her rugged 'apostoles' footwear rushed in my office this afternoon carrying a beybi fenk Channel bag. I almost cried (i thought I'd lost hope). Albeit the colour, it looks very expensive (with a bit of 'acquired' ruggedness on the side--alam mo naman ang boss ko. hehe). Ang panalo eh yung mala-key chain na naka sabit sa bag. Nakasulat kasi sa mala chip na plastic key chain (na kulay blue. susme) eh yung pangalan nya. naloka ako. Parang ibinigay mo sa anak mong nasa gradeschool yung bag mong mahal, at nilagyan nya ng accesories. Pero gayun pa man, astig na astig parin ako. (ehehe). Now, while we're at the subject narin--of my boss, that is--this pathetic looking badge (below) is i bought from SM. And I've been wanting to give it to her. Kaso dyahe. Hindi naman ako sumisipsip. (trulili noh) Pero hindi naman din ako awestruck (tulad nung ibang tao na kilala ko, na naiihi makita lang sya. dyosko. aminin!). Wala lang--She's been doing all these work and projects kasi on Philippine Healthcare Migration, bukod dun sa past project nya on Domestic Helpers (which was so many years ag0. Im pointing this out, kasi may mga migration scholars sa atin na nahuhuli sa balita. Sulat pa ng sulat ng mga bagay na sinulat na ng iba. wehehe. ). So cool lang. Ayun.

The Parokya Band Concert at the Arena.

It was okay. We got the front view--as in ang kuha namin sa camera eh panay pataas. heh. Hindi lahat ng nasa wishlist ko eh nakanta. Tsaka--ayun, ang daming posers. : ) To be honest, my expectations were way up there--so in short, they fell way below. (kritikal ang lola mo eh) Aba--eh favourtie band ko eh! Ayan tuloy, as the quote says 'perfect arrival is never arriving at all'.

My action packed and umaatikabong weekend

Flea market and bargain hunting--whole day Saturday? check.

Testing da seven dollar loot of a toy camera--Saturday afternoon? check.

Birthday party ng inaanak--Sunday afternoon? check.

Parokya ni Edgar concert--Sunday night? check.

Wake up almost noontime on a holiday? check.

Fancy lomo sightseeing in the city--Monday after lunch? check.

Oh, and the month has not ended yet.

Ah yeah.

Some peeks at the pics...

p.s. minassacre ng blogspot ang posted pics ko, kahit na naka medium format na sya. these are supposed to be four-frame pictures, so sa mga magtataka kung ano ang pinagsasasabi kong frames 1 to 4, paki click nyo nlang ang mga larawan for the four frame epek. 

NOTA: all taken by an action sampler. Here's a review (baka kasi hindi nyo ako paniwalaan) at amazon.com. 

my first picture taken. lookat da fingering at lens # 3. wah. 

Mga paa: I like how the dots which cut across frames 3 and 4 made this picture a 'film' authentic. 

'Sundays at Holland Village': its da colourful flawah with some

 white guy on a striped shirt in da background. Its very Holland Vee, dabah?

the poster reads: 'He's just my type'. ah yeah.

Jay. tongue out. Waving like mad.

some more!

oh look what I got from the flea market

no. not that grumpy man. (side note: Jay and I--we seem to have this sort of 'talent'-- of including strangers in our pictures. wala lang. nakakaaliw.)

ito po ay tinatawag na actionsampler. isa syang plastik na laruan na kamera. Im sticking with that categorisation, for the very reason that it really is a toy. Its a plastic joy toy. and I got it really really cheap. Mas mahal pa sa kinain ko for lunch today (see chicken rice, which I ate at this nearby kopitiam at Tanjong Pagar). Well, exagg yun. Tipong, tatlong piso nalang, wala pang drinks. san ka pa?

now, the action sampler is--you guess it--a camera with four lenses, each capturing 1/4 of a second. yeah--Im not too confident with what Im saying. (haha) One thing is for sure--its good fun! I cant wait to see how the shots will turn out.

Now, to demonstrate...see the guy running from behind? say, he ran sooo fast that it took him...

quarter of a second to get where he is standing on, right now...this is how frame 1 (above) and 2 (below) of the actionsampler shot will look like. Ngayon, either mabilis talaga si nonoy tumakbo, or mabagal lang magpindot si jay. :)

pics by my iphone fanyang.

this is why I love Friday nights.

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Wheelock Place

10 pm, Friday. (day after bday boi's birthday (duh)).

Multi-tasking: people watching, watching that big screen across the street, talking about our 'diana project' and researching over the internet. may debate pa yan. 

the auntie in me prevailed and yes--I ordered tea. Ive been craving for a green tea latte. Masarap din pala itong Moroccan mint tea. 

Berstday ni Jay

In love with a boy.

My bestfriend, my soulmate,
My night and day.
Who’s inspired me, made me feel special
In so many ways.
Laughed with me, cried with me,
Held my hand every time
So thankful I am now,
To know I’m his, and he’s mine. --> something which took time for me to accept. because you dont 'own' people. but Im not (that) KJ--so payn. i geddit.
I thank God for this boy,
Who will always be one (a boy) at heart.
Through him I’ve seen life’s many colours.
Like Jell-O.
And pop tart.

(yes, I make wedding vows like chaka)

Happy Birthday, manong. i wabs yu. (yihee)

aiyow.

a.k.a. 'okay na sana ang lahat'.

Today I was treated to lunch by a new acquiantance (who's Japanese, by the way--hm. I wonder why I had to say that. hehe. ah! kasi she told me I could be mistaken for one. take that, hello kitty). Now, I call it 'bribery', kasi Im checking on her report update (for the un-academic, checking on a professor's update doesn't make you anything of a god or what--it means you are managing her project, and you're writing her report soon, so you have to chase her early. So yes--I get lots of bribes everynow and then). I was invited to the posh faculty lounge post lunch, and to my horror--introduced to other scholars while on my pair of 'takokong' shorts. Well, I looked presentable waist up, but my shorts and high metallic havaianas are--well, what turned out to be an epitome of 'cool' (in short, inappriate). Ngayon, okay na sana ang lahat nang-- dumaan pa kami sa japanese contingent while on their 'gasp!' traditional japanese tea ceremony. You can imagine how it looked-- in my futile attempt to distract everyone off my 'uber cool' (read: inappropriate attire), napapunta pa ako sa lugar na kitang kita ng lahat ang pambaba kong kasuotan (dahil sa mababa ang mesa ng jap tea ceremonies--sa mga nde wide reader. hehe). at yun lang ang kita nila ever. shorts at havaianas. josko. take me lawrd. dapat pala nag hand stand nalang ako.

Notes to myself

1. Look out for more bargain hunts (coz you're slacking these days)

and this, my friends, is on a regular office hour. aylavit.

call me paranoid, but singaporeans--hell, they live to queue. seryoso.

2. Get the freakin kimono by Christmas time, i dunno--get a wig or something, for your girls (whatever happened to that wardrobe project??). crammer deluxe.

picture of the week. teehee.

3. pick up tempo on preps

4. lose some weight (nako)

that's me and my trolley (background). I love moving boxes, its my destiny.