My Life and Thoughts in Pictures

I Kissed the Midnight Rain

2015-09-27T03:11:00.003+08:00

27th day of September, 12:12:56am

Nothing new...
Just me, the enigma inside my head and my worth.
Unresolved issues, mistakes and faults
A stick in my hand and a cat with me
All I can hear is silence and the voice inside me
Then it rained
It felt different; saddened but glad
I can feel it even if I'm inside a four-cornered box
I can see it even if my vision is a blur
I watched how the rain conquered the night
How raindrops fell from the sky
How a droplet of water touches the ground
And fills every space I see with lines and glows
I saw how the rain kissed the pavement
I felt how sad the fall is
And so do I
The fall of me

It feels so good
To feel something real
A reality that doesn't hurt me at all
I faced the sky and saw how the rain fall to my face
I smiled and felt the rain touched my skin
Every drop fills me with happiness
The coldness at the tip of my toes
The wind brushing through my hair
I feel cold
I can see lights
Little splashing raindrops
Lamp streets giving light to every corner I see
My body drenched in rain
And me sitting in a chair in the middle of a street
I feel different.

Slowly, the rain is falling little by little
Soft whispers of wind touching my face
Rainwater underneath my right foot
It's done
I can almost here the city life from anywhere
The noise of common days
But...
I was glad. Amazed at the same time.
That I felt something divergent. Unusual.
I stood up and faced the sky for the last time
I could still feel little raindrops on my face
I was smiling while tears fall
I was happy
I never felt this happy for a long time
I never knew that rain could feel so good
It restored me for short period of time
I kissed the rain by day
When skies are lit and skies are grey
But not today
The sky is dark and no stars were lit
I kissed the rain today.
And I Kissed the Midnight Rain.

-Arghie 2015

"And I sit here alone in a quiet rainy night. Asking myself, where was I when life was happening."

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Doodle Name: Anley

2013-02-13T03:08:00.002+08:00

Art is really in my life. I couldn't live my life without it. So whenever I go out or go somewhere else, I always bring myself with me a pen and paper in my pouch.

This time a friend asked me to doodle a friends name named Anley.

I just started doodling when 2012 entered. I don't know how it came up to me but I just had an idea on how to do it. :))

Here's your doodled name!

you can also view it from my deviantart page. :)

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Ladybug's First Wedding

2013-02-13T02:42:00.003+08:00

OH YEAH! This is the first wedding project of Ladybug Productions and we are going to be kill this. Hahaha!!

This time we are going to move as if we don't have any bosses. WE ARE THE BOSS! jk

At first, we had a hard time with the whole thing of their wedding preparation and their wedding since the couple are not really that talkative and they are a bit kind of shy people. So there were no interviews or any messages. Their wedding was so unusual since it's my first time to see a Jehova's Witnessess Wedding. Maybe I was a little bit surprised on how the ceremony thing goes. Eventhough, they never had the kiss at the end of the ceremony we still had a beautiful output at the end of the day. I respect their religion for having those kind of rules or things to be followed.

It was hard yet challenging. We enjoyed it! WE NAILED IT!

Harry and Sheryl's Wedding Same Day Edit.

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How to Start the Year of 2013?

2013-02-13T02:15:00.004+08:00

How do we exactly start a good year? Maybe have yourself a super good make over from your head to your toe. Have a super weird haircut? Buy the most expensive gift for yourself? Or maybe have yourself the very longest vacation ever in a very far away place called paradise. There are so many ways how to start your year awesome. And all you gotta need is... IDEA!

This year - 2013, I started the year by visiting the super ever and very beautiful paradise called Boracay. Well, I'm not really here for a vacation but for a business. The Green Tomato Weddings had to cover a very spectacular wedding of a couple who are really awesome and great: Herman and Angel.

The wedding took place in the white sand beaches of Boracay, seeing the sunset as they join their hands together. They celebrated their unforgettable moment of their lives at Shangrila Hotel along with their friends across the globe. It was fun and very momentous. And I think this is the first time in my life that I've witnessed a beach wedding and for the record they were foreigners. It was really my pleasure to be part of their wedding as well.

The bitter part is... Well this was actually my first time in Boracay and I never got the chance to swim in the white sand beach. DARN! But at least I've experienced the Boracay experience. :))

Congratulations to Herman and Angel. :)

Herman and Angel's Wedding Same Day Edit.

Photos courtesy of my boss Mr. Heintje Fernandez. :)

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Ton and Kat Wedding - 12|02|12

2012-12-16T02:01:00.000+08:00

Ton and Kat Wedding

To start the month of December, a beautiful and wonderful Chinese Wedding held at Resorts World Manila was being celebrated by the couple Ton and Kat at the 2nd day of the most prosperous month. It was a day of full of surprises and fun yet it is always guaranteed that such circumstances will be experienced even though how careful we are.

The wedding was successful though we didn't expect that we would experience such events that would affect my/our performance during the wedding. Yet, after all the circumstances... we successfully showed every guest of the couple how our effort, creativity and the event became a beautiful day to remember.

Well, somehow I really experienced some difficulties with this wedding since it was my 1st time to be part of a wedding here in Manila and it's been a long time since I haven't used a DSLR for shooting. Thanks to my bosses and teammates for helping out all through-out the day. :)

Here's our same day edit of the wedding brought to you by Green Tomato Weddings of Royale Iris. :)

and as well as their PreNuptial video.

Click the links since the videos were uploaded at vimeo.com (for HD purposes)

1. Wedding Same Day Edit Video

2. Ton&Kat PreNuptial Video

3. Ton&Kat PreNuptial Video (Behind the Scene)

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Pre-Nuptial: Janx and Cheng

2012-12-11T02:06:00.001+08:00

Last time it was an MTV/BTS style of Call Me Maybe, followed by a silver wedding anniversary celebration then this time... a set designed pre nuptial. :)

This times Ladybug Productions projects is its very first prenuptial shoot of the young couples Janx and Cheng. My work this time is not just a videographer but also the set designer and stylist of the couple during the shoot. It was a tough one. :)

I had to interview them first so I could have an idea on what could be the possible ideas that would fit in to their video. These couple are very much opposite to each other and they really have pretty funny story which started in a love boat wherein all singles are collected and each single has a single half heart. They have to search for the other half of the heart wherein if connected a bible verse is being seen. Going back, I now had the final idea of their shoot: loveboat, hearts and coffee shop since they also love coffee. Then I used the vintage type of clothing for their wardrobe so that it would fit the coffee shop ambiance of the set. Being a set designer and a stylist was a tough job to do yet it was fun.

A couple of days we had to do the props to be used in the set: cutting, pasting, painting, taping and all those creative stuff. 1st experience is a memorable one and I really enjoyed doing this one since art is being incorporated here. Hahaha!!

The shooting was a bit successful yet I still don't know if the footage were good. :/ But I know for sure that it would be a great one. I know for myself. :) KUDOS!

Thanks to the couple for giving me a chance to show my capabilities and skills/talents in designing and as well as to my team.

Here are some photos of my work. :)

And here's their Pre-Nuptial Video.

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25th Wedding Anniversary of Pastor Andoy and Ms. Nilda

2012-12-11T01:21:00.000+08:00

“There must be a stronger foundation than mere friendship or sexual attraction.

Unconditional love, agape love, will not be swayed by time or circumstances. ”

― Stephen Kendrick, The Love Dare

25 years of being together as a family. 25 years of cherishing every moment as lovers and as servants of God. 25 years of blissful life w/ their son and daughter. 25 years of unmeasurable and unconditional love. 25 years... isn't just a number, a lifetime memoir.

Another big opportunity came to the Ladybug Productions, the silver wedding anniversary of the well-known Event organizer and desinger Ms. Nilda also known for her nickname as "Pane". This event will be covered by Ladybug Productions which will only be a celebration and thanksgiving for another year in their lives as a couple and as a family. This celebration is almost a God-given opportunity since everything was given for free or being given as a gift: the location, flowers, designs and all.

This time, it was only me, Kristan and Glenn who will be shooting all the footage and Director Sir Heintje will be editing the footage into a video file. This was a very challenging chance since the song which was selected for this celebration was the version of the Glee of In My Life and the song is really short. I can't really say that the celebration was really that momentous unlike the previous wedding we had in Green Tomato. A tough yet memorable one.

This was a same day edit and Sir Heintje really had a hard time editing the video since our shoots are not really that good. But after all, the video became a good one. Hahaha!! Saved by the creative minds of the Green Tomato.

Congratulations again to Pastor Andoy and Ms. Nilda and as well as to their children. May they have a blissful and countless memoirs as a loving family and servants of God.

Here's the same day edit video link on Ladybug Productions' link. :) Have Fun and thank you!

Click here to watch the video.

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Ladybug Productions: Call Me Maybe of Mr. and Ms. GenSan 2012

2012-12-11T00:51:00.000+08:00

This is the first project of the Ladybug Productions, the 2nd unit of Green Tomato of Royale Iris, the Call Me Maybe of the candidates of Mr. and Ms. GenSan 2012 for the annual celebration of Tuna Festival 2012. This is under the partnership of Project O! Consultants of the most ganda ever so much Mr. Orman Manansala.

At first we thought that this project would be tough since almost everyone are doing a crazy, cute and unique versions of this song of Carly Rae Jepsen. A version of Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and as well as the well-known models and Filipino celebrities Anne Curtis, Georgina Willson, Liz Uy and the rest of the gang. Going back, the team being lead by Director Heintje Fernandez planned the overall output of the video. But since this is a second unit, Densho has to lead us what to do and so the rest of us, Kristan, Glenn and I had to do the footages.

At first it was kinda tough to do yet after a couple of hours of getting along with the candidates and seeing them do their funny stuff of call me maybe, our moods boost up and the whole duration of the shoot was fun and enjoying. The following days were good and surprisingly the final output of the shoot was good. :)

I'm so thankful that this experience came to mold my skills and abilities in videography or in shooting videos. Hahaha!! Here's the video and I hope you'd enjoy it.

Special thanks to: Mr. Orman Manansala, Mr. and Ms. GenSan candidates and the rest of the sponsors of this event.

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Ironic Life

2012-10-10T01:39:00.001+08:00

On the day of July 5, 2012, I received the most overwhelming news of my life as of now. I never expected that I would make it this time. I was so pessimistic that I wouldn't pass the test being given but it never did happen.

This day October 9, 2012 a couple of minutes before this night ends, I received the most frustrating news of my life as of now. I somehow expected this time would come and this moment to happen even before. I was just optimistic that things would really go under what I imagined but it never did.

I just lost my job, my ever favorite job. T_T

I know that somehow it's my fault that I was being dropped out by my employer but I was always giving my best to all my works/tasks. Maybe I wasn't just that creative and good enough to please him compared to my colleagues. I know that the Lord has a better plan for me and I had always believe that if a door closes another one opens.

I am now thinking on the brighter side of the story.. :))

My latest output: I believe in the statement shirt I made for his merchandise, Good Things Have Wings. :))

I'm going to miss my job. :')

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A Poem for my Inspiration

2012-09-24T12:50:00.002+08:00

This is Different

Written by: Roman Gerard T. Podico

A heart beats for us to live

but it doesn't end there, I know and I believe.

It somehow beats as normal as everyday

yet it seems different now coz you're on my way.

Before you we're just a nobody,

but just when I saw you, I feel simply happy.

This happiness is different from all the other.

It's the only thing I could remember

and I couldn't remove it from my mind either.

This is so unusual to feel and experience

because there's a difference I see

in how you look and the way you smile so gently.

You're not as handsome as fairy tales would say

but your eyes and your smile is as handsome as

fairy tales could have ever tell.

I kept asking myself, "Why does it have to be you?"

Where I could find anybody else out there who smiles like you do.

But yours is really a unique and amazing sunshine

that makes my day and stops the time.

I think this is more than what I've expected to happen

to feel something amazing and to be inspired again.

I think and I know this already happened,

but I really really think that this is different.

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Likas Teatro Play Posters

2012-09-24T01:37:00.001+08:00

"LIGHTS, CAMERA & ACTION!"

| Director shouts |

Likas Teatro, a socio-cultural club or might as well a theatre club in my school, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University here in General Santos City started doing theatrical plays since before our moderator/director resigned. Before we started acting, we were doing mash-ups and operatic performances w/ the help of our violinists and cellists in our school celebrations. Then came to this point were we have to shift from pure musicality to the core of theatre acting. I was a member of this club for 4 years but unlucky my last year was our first performance in acting. Our first performance was entitled "The Dancers" in which I was the master propsman (I can't find the poster I made). Then we took our big break with our next play "Behind the Sin" which I played as a very irritated Director.

After I graduated, new batch of actors/actresses came and another play was done entitled "Halo-Halo", which was adapted from a dessert Halo-halo. A play about 4 different stories yet connected to each other. Each story is a different flavor for the audience to taste to.

Months went by and institutional celebrations came, The Intramurals. Every Intramurals and University Week of the school, Likas Teatro always prepares a play for the students and might as well the students are waiting for this. This years play is entitled "Patalim" ("Knife"). This was a remake of our latest play Halo-halo. In this play we changed the last story to something for intriguing, to something more striking and mysterious. This was really a good play for which it has been always the Star Performer of our club, Tessa Mae Alejado, who breaks the monotony of the play.

I will surely miss doing this stuff while studying. Theatre played a big part in my life and as well as in my career. Long Live Theatre! ^_^

Credits to: LIKAS TEATRO, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University
General Santos City, Philippines
Posters: Roman Gerard Podico

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It's Been a Very Long Time

2011-05-25T00:29:00.003+08:00

Years, months annd days had passed. Many things had already happened; calamities, celebrations, laughs and cries, opportunities and responsibilities. It had been a very long time since I haven't written anything to my BLOG and actually I'm missing it.

I had been busy acting as a very sincere student and trying to fulfill any requirements I have yet still having the time to go ONLINE and update my very supportive games. Maybe I'm forgetting something, and I think it's my very owned blog in which I started making insights, reflections and realizations, and even making friends.

This time, I hope I can make it... I'm back BLOG. I'll never forget to picture out everything in my LIFE through this BLOG... :D

MORE POWER!

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Richard Poon: I'll Be Seeing You

2011-01-27T09:23:00.014+08:00

January 24, 2011, Monday

My friend Lance offered me of watching Richard Poon at KCC Mall of GenSan this coming Wednesday at exactly 6:00pm. I was so desperate to watch my Crush/Favorite Singer of Sessionistas/Ever Supported Jazz Musician Mr. Richard Poon on stage singing my favorite songs. I have already decided!

January 26, 2011, Wednesday (6:00pm)

After my class at 4:30pm my friend Janine was planning of going to KCC to fix her mobile phone and so I decided to wait for Lance at World's of Fun before watching Richard Poon. To kill my time before 6:00pm comes I played Pump It Up with my friend Janine then Lance and Collene came. After playing we immediately went inside the KCC Convention Center to find ourselves comfortable seats so that we could see Richard Poon.

This is it!

After the host was introducing the sponsors and the likes, Janine and Collene came back after buying Coke Float. Just as they came, Richard Poon was introduced and then he came out. HE WAS SO CUTE!!! I was really amazed and full of happiness that I have already seen him in real life and in front of me singing my favorite songs of him. He sang 7 songs including one of my favorite "I'll Take Care of You" and "Portrait of Love", also he sang Complicated and Panalangin. His voice was so cool and very pleasant in my ears and also his face that is so angelic and very innocent. He was like a "gentleman" in his tuxedo and he was soooo cccuuutteeee because of his very chinese eyes. Still while listening to his songs I really couldn't believe that I'm watching and hearing him singing those songs I've just listened from my playlist.

After singing his last song, the next thing is his album signing and I DON'T HAVE ANY ALBUM BROUGHT to let him sign! The opportunity of having a picture with him and having him signed an album for me was the unluckiest thing I have done! Before deciding to go out we took a sit first because many people are going out now of the Center and some fans are now on the left wing of the stage to let Richard Poon sign their albums. Fortunately!!! I saw Kuya Avel Manansala and Kuya Marz at the back waiting for some moment to let the Big Band Crooner sign their album and have a photo with them.

This is REALLY is it!

Kuya Avel and Kuya Marz accepted my request of going with them on stage! YES!!! I was so lucky! Lance requested me of taking a photo of Richard Poon with his phone and "xempre pumayag ako eh!". When it was our turn I immediately took a photo of him using Lance's phone and I guess I took 5 photos of him. Then after having a photo of Kuya Marz and Kuya Avel with Richard Poon, I quickly went to him and put my hands on his shoulder and then POOF! PHOTO! Thanks Sir Avel for taking a photo of us! I was so glad and very happy that I have not just listened and watched Richard Poon on stage but I also had the chance of having get near of him and having a photo with him. I really can't explain how I feel on that day but I was so happy and satisfied of what I have done.

(upper right: Kuya Marz, Richard and me; upper left: Richard Poon performing on stage

lower right: Kuya Avel with Richard Poon; lower right: me, while Richard is performing)

P.S.: Thanks Sir Avel and Kuya Marz for the memorabilia! :D

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Babies on Bubble Bath

2010-11-19T22:23:00.013+08:00

Babies on Bubble Bath

When I actually had the chance to borrow Kuya Cha, my friend who was actually a photogrpaher in our previous studio, I took the opportunity of using it when my nephew, Rei-Rei and my niece, Angel had their bath time and this time they had their "Bubble Bath".

This was my first time to take photos of children/babies, and so it was a bit hard for me to capture some photos of them but then because those kids became aware that I was taking photos, they actually became an instant actor and an instant actress. It was also a hard for me to be alert and also be "quick" whenever there are some moments and actions happening. Yet I still had some wonderful outputs out of my unlimited trial shots.

These memorabillas will be some memories of my nephew and niece, and will also be included to my photography portfolio.

Thanks Kuya Cha! :D

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Splats! paint my life!

2010-10-13T00:31:00.008+08:00

I love painting! I love Adobe Photoshop! I love ART! These artworks/masterpieces are very inspired by my friend Kristan who used to play with Adobe Photoshop... I tried to imitate them yet I came out with another cute outputs.. In here I used brushes called "splats" then I added some brushes to make it more cute!

Because of this, a friend of mine requested to have one. And I made her one for her primary photo in Facebook.

Jambeh!!!

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2010-09-28T23:19:00.019+08:00

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Mass Communication Advocacy

2010-09-14T23:11:00.017+08:00

It's September and Intramurals was also coming on its way to the areas of our school. And every intramurals the Mass Communication Students of our school were having this activity called MassComm Advocacy in which they will have their photo in edited form with their advocacy in a tarpaulin. I was once assigned to this kind of work when I was still working with my friend Kuya James in the studio we were working. And now that he had gone away and had his own career, this had become a challenge because I have some MassComm friends who told me that they would like to have a photo in our studio again and I can't resist them and on the other hand this will help me improve my skills in editing. Well, some students here are my friends and because of them I now have these set of edited photos along with their advocacies.

I would like to thank my MassComm friends in random order: Rendyll, Queenie, Claire, Julie, Aries, Mona, Joanna, Ping, Ailea and Rhea for trusting on me and letting me be part of their advocacy. I hope you liked it! ^_^

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Old Photos

2010-06-25T23:54:00.006+08:00

These photos here are some of my outputs of photography. These were stocked photos in my laptop and I had only found them before I posted this. Some of the photos here were taken during our Samal Vacation while the other were taken during the Christmas Party of our studio.

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Vice Ganda: Magtetext sa Gensan?

2010-06-25T23:11:00.024+08:00

Jose Marie Viceral, an amazing comedian discovered in Manila's famous comedy bars like "Laugh Line" and "Clowns". He was born on March 31, 1976. According to his story at MMK-Maalaala Mo Kaya, an ABS-CBN's show, he was discovered when he was once invited to go to a comedy bar and have fun there but because of that he was discovered and there his life started as a comedian. Before he became famous, I was really a very fan of him that I had already watched all of his videos at Youtube including his outside gigs and also his local shows. Vice Ganda is one the best comedians I've known on TV with Pokwang, Chocolate, Pooh, K Brosas, Tuesday Vargas, KitKat and etc.

Before he had his concert he was a very good host and very known judge at a noontime TV show also at ABS-CBN named Showtime with his friends and colleagues Anne Curtis, Vhong Navarro, Kim Atienze, Jugs and Teddy. Because of this show, he was known more by people with his VERY KNOWN tagline "May nagtext!" for some of the contestants in the show and his dance step, and was also being liked and loved by the most of the Filipino citizens and also the other people in other country. Also because of showtime he had reached a million fans on FACEBOOK, and I'm just one of them. Also, before, he was being guessed by Ms. Sharon Cuneta's show named Sharon, Wowowee and ASAP with some of his comedian friends to be in the show and entertain the viewers. Now that he has reached stardom and made a name and trademark on TV, he's now a CONCERT QUEEN with a remarkable award of putting the "Whole" Araneta Coliseum on fire and excitement. And now, he is putting GenSan into fire with his exhilarating jokes and numbers on his CONCERT: Vice Ganda! May Nagtext!... His concert here in GenSan will be scheduled on June 27, 2010, 8:00 pm at Lagao Gymnasium with some of her following sponsors who made this possible. To avail tickets you make visit at some malls here in General Santos.

To have a teaser on what is Vice Ganda on stage and how does Vice Ganda entertain his audience with his jokes here are some videos I had watched on Youtube that you can watch before watching the Real Thing about Vice Ganda.

Vice Ganda's Story at Maalaala Mo Kaya.

Vice Ganda at Punchline.

Vice Ganda at Wowowee.

Special thanks to Sir Avel Manansala for giving me that chance to have this blog post! I have been longing for this moment! This is it!

Ticket prices are at P250 (General Admission), P500 (Lower Box), P750 (Courtyard, Back Portion) and P1,000 (Courtyard, Front Portion).

For more info and ticket reservations, please call Ms. Dolly Santos at (083) 554-2123or 0922-8898-285. Or Mara de Pedro at 0918-5809800. Tickets are also at available at ASIA UNITED BANK, Santiago Boulevard, GenSan.

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A Night with Attorney and Senator Adel Tamano

2010-05-31T20:37:00.001+08:00

He was a good person, inside and out. He was a good-looking senator, a very intelligent attorney, a very inspiring Filipino citizen and a person who has a very funny yet simple personality. He was Attorney Adel Tamano. A politician who tries to run as a senator to be the voice and eyes of his fellow Muslim to the Senate. Attorney Adel Tamano was a law student before at Harvard University and graduated as the First Filipino Muslim and as the First Filipino who became the Cumlaude of the said university.

Before the interview with Atty. Adel Tamano, we were there at the meeting place, Grab a Crab, to prepare for his arrival while eating dinner. And as he enters the room... The crowd were shocked because of his very pleasing aura that is present with his smile and his very inviting handshakes.

As the interview starts, the table also begins to burn with many and different questions raised by my fellow bloggers. He was answering it very confidently and simple. He was also joking so that the talk would not be as boring as what we were expecting. Some of the questions raised were connected to why he was running as senator, why was education part of his plans and why did he join Villar's partylist. There were so many questions being raised that took us to 10:00 pm at the room. He never hesitate to answer all the questions. He answered all the questions to satisfy us and let us be know what he thinks and what he could do. It was fun being with Atty. Adel Tamano. He did not waste any of our time and I really appreciate was he is. He was simple and very inspiring. I don't know what to question about him much but I know to myself that he could be a good Senator if he wins.

The interview ends as Atty. Adel Tamano says goodbye to us so that he could change his clothes and have a great time while he's still here in Gensan. Then us, Bloggers, went to Piyesta to celebrate what we had done and also Atty. Tamano said he'll try to make it up to us so that we could talk
more.

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GenSan View Resort: Fits Your Summer Get Away

2010-05-28T22:07:00.016+08:00

It's Summertime and most of us especially those who are looking for refreshments and relaxations are ready to go and look for adventure paradise in the city. Then we had just found what you are looking for. A "bukid" inspired place is just right where fresh air and amazing view is present and that is the newly built Resort here in GenSan, GenSan View Resort.

Brief History of GenSan View Resort.

GenSan View Resort is owned by the couples Joel and Patrice Santos is just located at old Nursery Road (beside Susana Homes) at Barangay Lagao and is just within the vicinity of General Santos City. The Resort measures 8 hectares with an open wide space for parking space, for additional buildings and other stuffs for the betterment of the Resort. Here are some of the details about the resort.

The resort is open from 7:00 am to 11:30 pm am everyday and collects an entrance fee worth P 50.00. The resort has several "nipa" cottages for the customers and 2 pools: an average sized pool for any ages and the deepest height of the pool is 5 feet and a pool for the kids and babies who wanted to go swimming this hot summer. The resort is allowing bringing of any food and liquor yet bringing of any liquor has a corkage worth P 50.00. The resort has also other services such as the boating,
and fishing.

It also accepts any transactions or reservations for an exclusive usage of the resort for any special occasions.

While staying, you will enjoy the place, appreciate the accomodation and exprerience a view of the sunset which is simply amazing.

So come and enjoy the ambiance of GenSan View Resort.

Here are some captured photos:

Served while hot: monggolian dish

nipa huts serves as cottages in the resort

a boat used when boating

I would like to thank my co-blogger Kristan Jan Franco for some of the photos here in my blog.

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Just A Birthday Gift

2010-01-02T00:04:00.025+08:00

I love taking pictures especially when the model is me. Well it's part of my part time job as a part time editor in a photo editing company and also I had always loved to edit my and my friends photos in the way I like. I had always been with our main photographer whenever he shoots Pre-Nuptials but this time it was my first time to shoot and to choreograph in my own way.

Merian, a friend of mine, celebrates her 18th birthday and she asked me if I could conduct an outdoor pictorial for her (this pictorial would serve as my gift to her). It wasn't that hard for me to do it but it really took us hours to look for places, think of poses and shoot those poses for us to achieve what she and what I want. And these were the output of our photos shoot.

(I would like Kuya Joppet for letting me borrow his D60 DSLR)

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2 in 1: Grand Bloggers Christmas Party and a Workshop with Ms. Jojie Alcantara

2009-12-24T16:39:00.058+08:00

Hitting two birds in one stone!

Upon arriving at The Farm, I never anticipated that the destination will be as cool as what I am expecting. The place just fits to the possible events that will soon happen.

The first part would be the Workshop and Seminar of Ms. Jojie Alcantara, a very famous and devoted photographer of Davao, in photojournalism to her most invited participants, the Soccsargen Bloggers from General Santos and Koronadal City. She shared her ideas and thoughts on photojournalism as she starts to show her photography-inspired photos and many more. Then ends up discussing the pro's and con's of blogging and photojournalism. After discussion an application of what she shared happened, in which best photos captured will be awarded as Top 5 and Top 10. I've borrowed some of my friends DSLR like from Frances and Kristan and also I had to borrow the digital camera borrowed by Ate Hana. It was even more fun when we had to take photos at night where the entire location was decorated with Christmas Lights and decorations.

At the end of the day, I really learned a lot of things which will help me.and my hobby. Some of these are: patterns, reflections, perspectives, lines and curves and many more. I'm so glad that Ms. Jojie was there because she was such a cool mentor.

( Some photos are captured by Kristan and Frances: thanks to them )

April and May: My Summer 2009

2009-05-23T21:58:00.093+08:00

Yesterday, it was April 8, 2009...

Now, it's June 8, 2009...

It's been 2 months since I had my last post here in my blog. Maybe I was busy lately with my "summer class" at school and my "summer class" thing in somewhere out there.

So far, in all the things that happened to me these past months and days, the best part was that it became my Summer Get Away 2009.

March had already ended and tomorrow would be the fisrt day of my Summer. March 31, 2009 I already started my Summer by having a 2-day trip from Gensan toDavao with my Aunt and some of the CMRE Staff. First, we stopped at Digos to eat some breakfast. Digos was just like Laguna in Manila because the houses I saw there were like old Tagalog houses I also saw at Laguna when I was still having my vacation there. While we were on the road, I saw a lot of beautiful areas until we reached Davao.

Upon arriving at Davao we had a little stop over in a "mini fastfood chain" to cover up our hungry stomachs. My Davao Get-away was very amazing. We went to a the den or to the place where Philippine Eagles were located and taken cared. We strolled around the big and wide setting until we had the chance to visit the Butterfly Sanctuary. When we reached the so called sanctuary of butterflies, I really expected that there would be a lot of butterflies which will fly around by me but unfortunately there was no butterfly at all. Because there a wedding where they would need a lot of butterflies. (They rented for the time and effort of the butterflies (LOL), I mean they rented the butterflies for the wedding whatever... ). There I saw a big crocodile, a couple of owls, the different types of eagles and many more. ( I can't remember anymore...) It was a very long day for us since we had the main agenda - to stroll around at Davao. Also I had the chance to visit Ateneo de Davao University and the Crocodile Farm. Since the strolling was a bit tiring, I mean very tiring, it's now our chance to go to our rooms in a resort. The resort was a very creepy for it had few postlights( poste) only and the rooms were very too far from each other and another problem was that no signal in my mobile phone. But fortunately, I found a spot were I spent my time texting with my friends.

(Left to right: owls in a cage and a big tree beside the cage)

(a philippine eagle staring at me while taking a pic)

(sunset at Lolengs Resort)

(stolen shots during my vacation at davao)

That Davao get-away was very fascinating which was the main event in my summer but... but there's a big but in my summer. I also had some experiences and one of those were...

I also celebrated my Semana Santa or my Holy Week just in our house with my family and some of my friends. Well, I also celebrated it literally rather praying for my sins a nd my big and small mistakes.

(palaspas in a crucifix shape)

Sadly, our pet dog Pethina died. It was a long story but maybe the reason behind why she died was because of not eating. She wasn't eating because her newly born baby I mean puppy just died after she labored. Sadly, we found her with her puppy at the garage which was really a dark place that would definitely be the reason why we can't find her. Poor dog, she died several days after she bore her baby. I miss her very much because she was a very lovely and very cute dog.

(she was pethina: our dog who been with for 6 years)

My cat Little, my 1 and half year old pet, was done with her pregnancy because she already gave birth to her 3 little kittens. The first one was Sai, the white one with black spots. Second was Wadala, which was the orange one with white stripes I think and lastly Latto, the all black one and the only girl in the group. Actually I got their names from numbers. Sai from "isa' which is one or the first, Wadala from "dalawa" which is two or second a nd Latto from "tatlo" which is three or third.

(Wadala: while playing with her mother Little)

(Sai: having a great time with that plant)

(Three of them - top to bottom: Wadala, Sai and Latto)

(Latto and Wadala: while sleeping on the rag in the kitchen)

April was the month when we graduated and left high school and so, when I was watching my old high school photos at friendster and my files at the PC I remembered some of my stuffs and moments from high school. And I could still remember my barkada and my high school batch "Einstein" at that moment.

(memories I've seen at my cabinet)

Also, one of my barkada celebrated her birthday. On that day I mean night, we had our Barkada Get Together which made it very special. We roamed around the city, ate at a Barbeque House, spend the night at a public beach and walked through the streets of GenSan.

My first Summerfest at NDDU. It was a bit or quite boring I think. Thank God, a savior came to end up my boring moments at that time. A friend or should I say Kuya Cha came with his camera that made my day so special. Well, we were in the paparazzi mood at that moment. The breeze from the beach was a bit hot and somewhat average temp yet I could still feel the hotness of the sun to my skin as we stroll to shores of that beach. The day was hot but I wasn't in heat maybe because I wasn't satisfied with the people of NDDU (LOL).

(popcorn vendor on a rest after roaming around the beach)

(Maui, a friend of mine while having a post in the beach)

And lastly I changed my blog... I entirely changed my blog. ^_^ (i hope so...)

I Really Love...

2009-04-06T00:00:00.014+08:00

It was Saturday afternoon when I went with a friend in a Photo Shoot. I was there because they invited me to go with them and also to help them. At first it was a bit hard because it was so hot and the rays of the sun is very painful to the skin. But just like what I like, I love to take photos and do some shooting yet I don't have the needed materials and so its ok for me and besides I only have a bunch of camera on my cellphone from which I can also get photos. Even though I don't have a personal camera, I requested my friend to catch and capture me a photo while I do the posing on the corner. On that time, I realized that I just don't like photos but I also love it and so when I love it, I also love being a subject and being a model. Sometimes when I am inside the room, I used to do some poses in front of the mirror to project myself if I became a model someday. And here is the final outputs.

I edited my eyes here with color grey( I mean aquamarine blue - medyo color blind )...

I continued experimenting my eyes until I thought of doing it to several colors.

I intentionally made my eyes different from each other. I made this one as one of my banner.

Photo by: James Michael Montaño
Edited by: Roman Gerard "Arghie" Podico