a blogger's woe

Now this blog would lose its readers due to the crappy quality of pictures i post. Readers, please bear with me while I contemplate on whether I should buy TX 10 or wait for people to bring cameras. Haha.

It was again, a Friday. And after our yoga practice, Chabs and I asked Yeye, our Friday-porter (make that everyday-porter. haha peace Ye, may driver ka naman eh) where he was at. Ayun nasa gimikan at inaya kami. Yes - it's a word, the ONLY word in my english vocabulary. No - it's not my strongest suit. Haha.

The gang was there. Ting, Erp, Sepho, and the rest. (Kami na ang adopted ng civil. :|) 15 of us and not one! Not anyone! With a camera. Even a handy dandy point-and-shoot. Haha. So that solves my initial misgivings.. Kelangan ko na magkaron ng camera. ;) calling all sponsors! haha

a lot like Like

Folks, this is Palawan. =)

Freedom is my ally! -Dioanne

Prior to my actual trip i've already thought of my blog title: Soloista in Puerto Princesa. But that did not happen. Yes, i've flown alone, even slept alone. But never felt alone. For one, i have chabs, alot, and yeye who i can call even at odd hours while in transit. (Sincerest thanks, friends! :D hihi.) Second, i've met with couch surfers, and they've been splendidly fun. So when i arrived, a friend of a friend fetched me from the airport. Dudz (my father's namesake, fyi. err tmi. haha) arranged my tours to Honda Bay (which i readily mistake for Halong Bay! Haha, Princess, that's in Vietnam, they would always tell me) and Underground River. 

Big Bang Antipolo

Friday friday looking forward to the weekend weekend.

Peeta's first lateral driving to Cloud 9 Antipolo! Wee!

Skyline

A love story

This here ladies and gents is my favorite love team..

To Yeye, who always loved this garden. From Joseph, who always sat beside him.

(P.S. Sila ang mga bagong model ng Bench.)

Hahaha. Now, on to pictures.

Ako at Bangkok

What to do on your first trip abroad? Alone. Take pictures!!! Lots and lots of pictures! :)

Outside looking in

Jan 5, 2012
Earl and Ria's day

I have a few words to describe the event but one keeps popping up more than the rest.
Fairytale.

The ceremony itself, it was made in such precision that, i wonder, whoever organized it must have ironed out every teensy bit of detail. And each sweat spent - worth it. Much applause!

Chill up in the hills

My first "sabit" escapade. This was a trip of my sister's high school classmates. But she needs the financier (ehem), so I brought along my brother and my cousin Joanne. :)

December 2008

First day, we toured Kapatagan, Digos. Roamed the town.

Have a break, have mais.

 It was chilly. Brr.

Mt Apo peak :)

Beach December

December 25, 2010

My siblings and I went to Pearl Farm. KC's request. Haha. Ok she always gets the blame. Maybe this time, I asked her to inquire overnight packages at Pearl Farm. The result? This.

While waiting for our ferry going to Pearl Farm

Under the sea. Under the sea.

Darling it's better

Down where it's wetter

Take it from meeeeee!

Hahaha

April 10, 2009. I went home for the weekend, after a field work. And my sister wanted to scuba dive. I merely gave in to her whims. Haha. This is my second dive. For 750 Php, Davao offers one of the cheapest intro diving experience.

Kuya Patrick the starfish

Finding Nemo

Excerpt from Before Sunset

I love movies. They transport me. It's like, I'm travelling with the characters. Like reading books. Before Sunset (2004) is a Richard Linklater film starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. It's a continuation of the movie Before Sunrise (1994). Mostly, it's talking and walking. But it was set in Paris. Ah. Paris.

To give you a brief background, Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delpy) met on a train to Prague in 1994 (Before Sunrise). They realized they have this rapport (wavelength? haha), bouncing conversations one after the other. Anyway, they set off walking in Prague and talking about things and life in general. Jesse and Celine parted ways the morning after at the train station, and promised to meet again in 6 months. And the movie ended. Whoever watched it in 1994 must've had quite a test on optimism and romanticism. After a decade, we see Jesse, an author of a book. And Celine. They met again in Paris. Poignant.

So, although, not much action was shown, I still loved how intelligent the conversations were. Here's an excerpt of Celine's dialogue. Which is completely relate-able. But that's just me.

"I'm happy you said that. I mean, I always feel like a freak because I'm never able to move on like this (clicks fingers) you know. People just have an affair, or even entire relationships... They break up and they forget. They move on like they would've changed brand of cereals. I feel I was never able to forget anyone I've been with... Because each person had their own specific qualities. You can never replace anyone. What is lost is lost. Each relationship, when it ends, really damages me. I never fully recover. That's why I'm very careful with getting involved... Because it hurts too much. Even getting laid, I actually don't do that because I will miss of the person the most mundane things. Like I'm obsessed with little things. Maybe I'm crazy, but when I was a little girl... My mom told me that I was always late to school. One day she followed me to see why. I was looking at chestnuts falling from the trees, rolling on the sidewalk... Or ants crossing the road, the way a leaf casts a shadow on a tree trunk. Little things. I think it's the same with people. I see in them little details, so specific to each of them... That move me and that I miss and will always miss. You can never replace anyone because everyone is made of such beautiful, specific details." -Celine

Happy New Year, loves. :)

A time for everything

There is a time for everything

2011. A time to stake for love
2012. and a time to move on.

A time to believe
and a time to hope.

A time to mope, and wail, and cry
and a time to sniff away those tears goodbye.

A time for happy memories
and a time for happier futures.

Thank you 2011 for a peek of what could-have-been. I'm looking forward to you 2012. I am hopeful, yes. I am hopeful for this year. Hello new loves. :)

(PS. may girlfriend na si Ramon Bautista.. Mu-move on nako. Haha.)