Troll Lovin'

My daughter brought home some trolls last Friday and they’re sooo cute I just had to share these shots I took coupled with some of my favorite lines from Pablo Neruda poems:

“…I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul...



…I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers…



…I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way…” - Sonnet XVII



“…My love has two lives, in order to love you:
that’s why I love you when I do not love you,
and also why I love you when I do.” - Sonnet XLIV





“ I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets…



…Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.” – I Crave Your Mouth



“…We shall always be alone,
we shall always be you and I…” – Always







“And now you’re mine. Rest with your dream in my dream.
Love and pain and work should all sleep, now…



…The night turns on its invisible wheels,
and you are pure beside me as a sleeping amber…



…No one else, Love, will sleep in my dreams. You will go,
we will go together, over the waters of time. No one else will travel through the shadows with me, only you, evergreen, ever sun, ever moon…



…The night, the world, the wind spin out their destiny. Without you, I am your dream, only that, and that is all.” - Sonnet LXXXI



More troll lovin’ shots here. :D

Manila Ocean Park

I joined my daughter’s class field trip to Manila Ocean Park last Thursday (09/30/2010) and here are my fishy-fishy shots! :D

Reflection.


parang split ends :D


Patrick.


Aquarium.


parang may tattoo yung fish.


Stonefish.


Lion fish.


Clownfish.


Nemo and his Dad. This one was taken in 2008.


Pucker up!


Tahong. :D


Tallulah…


…and the diver who caught Nemo.


Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun! :D


This one was also taken in 2008 and was my favorite then.


My favorite shot this time. Bamboo shark’s eggs. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G-!


Closer now. :D

Instant Gratification

We got Sofia a Fujifilm Instax Mini 7s for her 6th birthday. She loves taking pictures and I hope this will stop her from borrowing my camera. Ako naman ang manghihiram ngayon. :D

What I love about it? The Wait. I can hardly contain myself. :D

Linggo ng Wika

We watched my daughter's class perform at their school's Linggo ng Wika program yesterday and here are some photos I took of some of the performances mostly by students and some guests.

Joey Ayala




Lupang Hinirang


MCHS students


Halili-Cruz Ballet Dance Group


My daughter, Tallulah, watched in awe and applauded every performance of the group.


The group's interpretation of, if I'm not mistaken, Joey Albert's "Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin"




The stage was so dark during this performance. Sana pinatay na lang nila yung ilaw para di na ko nakapag-picture, haha!

Tallulah and I enjoyed the show. Si Danny, NR (No Reaction), haha! But he's thinking of enrolling Tallulah in a ballet class at Halili-Cruz School of Ballet :D

Photowalk: Roxas Boulevard

I haven't joined a photowalk in a long time. So we have this little camera club in the office and 7 originally signed up for this photowalk, but for whatever reasons, on the day of the walk, we were down to 3 - JB, Moi, and Bimbo. That's me in the middle, malamang. :D



Harbor Square


What I like about photowalks? When you share/compare photos taken from the photowalk, you realize that there are a variety of perspectives that you can shoot a particular subject from. Look at how Jb "saw" this chain here. Now, why didn't I see it that way? :D


Today's catch. Ang konte no? :(


Ulam.


Dahon.


Si Manong Buko. :D


Gusto ko 't0, basta. :D


Pakwan, anyone? :D


One of my many failed attempts at panning. Pero malinaw naman yung 'taguig' van di ba? :D


Finally, I had the chance to take photos of these yatchs! I always see these in most of my Flickr friends' photostreams so dapat meron din ako, haha!


Kahit isa lang, okay na ko :D


Manila Bay


We chanced upon a dragonboat race at the Manila Bay at around 12 noon but the harsh light was so bad, the boats were too far, and I didn't have my telephoto lens, so I didn't get a decent shot. Excuses, Excuses. :D


Till next photowalk! Kelan at saan kaya? :D

Keira's 4!

Keira's 4 already, yay! More photos from her party here.