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 An image that is meant to represent "Pinoy Baiting" - image was generated with the assistance of Dall-E3. Over several years, we have seen the popularity of so-called Pinoy-baiting videos. It may start innocently enough, in which certain social media influences would just happen to feature something Philippines-related in their videos and they would be surprised by the sudden surge in

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 A tray of Maki bought from the supermarket. Flickr/JepI was at a local grocery store earlier today to buy some kibbles for my cats and I noticed that they were selling these near the fresh produce section. It doesn't have any raw fish or anything easily perishable like that and consists mostly of cucumber, seaweed, rice, mango, and kani. They looked nice so I thought I'd buy a tray. Big

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 A green owl holding a knife while gesturing to be quiet by holding a finger to his mouth. Image generated with the assistance of Dall-E3. In a Reddit announcement posted about 3 months ago, Duolingo announced that they are dropping the community discussions on individual exercises. I admit that this was only brought to my attention recently and not while using the app but in a

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An infrared photograph of a memorial park in the Philippines. Flickr/JepIt's that time of the year again when Filipinos all over the country return to their hometowns to visit and pay respect to their departed family and friends. It is a day of remembrance, a day for visiting grave sites, laying down flowers, offering prayers, and lighting candles. In my childhood, my aunts and uncles on my

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Photo of last month's full moon (Oct 28, 2023). Taken with a Panasonic Lumix GF2 body fitted with a Vario 45-200mm lens.Other information:f/161/200 sec200mmISO 100In-camera 4x digital zoom/cropping.

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 The Coke Ultimate Limited Edition - a collaboration with League of LegendsThis tastes like normal Coke Zero with a subtle watermelon aftertaste.Seen this at 7-Eleven for quite a while now but I've never really thought that a new flavor justified the more expensive price tag even if it's just a few pesos.Curiosity got the best of me and I finally decided to try it.Interesting flavor,

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The rainy season has officially started and it has been raining cats and dogs the whole afternoon for the better part of the week. It felt very humid and uncomfortable when it just started raining, much worse than the dry summer heat, but the weather has cooled down considerably. It also helps that there have been some strong winds lately (a tropical depression is in the vicinity). There have

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Eating out with a friend in a shabu-shabu restaurant to celebrate my late father's birthday. It would have been my father's 83rd birthday last Friday had he been still with us. To celebrate, I have decided to whip up our very traditional (in our family at least) birthday fare of Filipino-style spaghetti and orange butter cake (which my father was so fond of baking in his later years) for

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The week of lent is oftentimes regarded as the warmest time of the year in the Philippines (at least according to traditional wisdom). Sure enough, temperatures in Iloilo has been getting as high as 36 degrees C in the afternoon for the past few days (and for the rest of the week according to forecasts). I have been vacationing in Iloilo since early last week and on a whim, I have decided to

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Welcome to the revitalized Occasional Ramblings blog. One thing you might have noticed right away is the name change. I have decided to shorten the name from "Random Photos and Occasional Ramblings" to just "Occasional Ramblings". Photography is still very much a big part of my life but most of my photos will be parked on Flickr and Instagram with the occasional feature on one of the blogs

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I found this in the grocery a few weeks back and it made me wonder if this so-called natural lizard repellent really works. You see my spare bedroom looks like it hosted a lizard convention based on the amount of lizard poop I see all over the place. 

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Urns and mountains

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Fiery Fire Tree Flowers, a photo by Jepster on Flickr. Taken in Tabangao Batangas, Philippines

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You did not leave me any?, a photo by Jepster on Flickr.

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Floating Dock, a photo by Jepster on Flickr. Taken at Naoshima IslandKagawa District, Kagawa, Japan located in the Seto Inland Sea

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Birthday Doughnuts, a photo by Jepster on Flickr. My mother did not want to have a cake for her birthday so we got her birthday doughnuts instead :)

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Flowers for the Dead, a photo by Jepster on Flickr. All Souls day (November 2) is celebrated in the Philippines by visiting the cemetery, cleaning up the burial plot, placing candles and flowers on the grave and offering prayers to the dearly departed. It is also the time of year where I usually go home to my hometown and stay with my parents for at least a few days.

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IR: Backyard, a photo by Jepster on Flickr. I haven't opened my box of camera stuff since I got here (6 months already and I haven't fully unpacked yet. I know.. I know... I should just get on with it already) and I was trying to look for my R72 filter that I knew was in the pile of boxes somewhere. I found my old IR camera (an old Fuji FinePix S602) which I was using before to get IR photos

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Dragon Fruit Plants (seedlings), a photo by Jepster on Flickr. Dragon Fruit Plant seedlings growing up and starting to look like a proper cactus. I tried my luck growing these from seeds and of all the seeds that I have sown only this tiny clump of seedlings sprouted. I'm guessing that the depth of the seeds and the amount of moisture and sunlight this part of the plant box were ideal. This is

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Been trying out the DC Universe Online and here is an image of my Superhero. I won't be mentioning his name because all the good ones are already taken and I am a little bit embarrassed by my spur-of-the-moment selection hehe :D He flies and blasts charged fireballs at Villains.

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2012 Starbucks planner, a photo by Jepster on Flickr. 2012 Starbucks planner - the wood cover looks nice but it has a tendency to warp in humid environments.

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And I promise to be the best BroilFriend ever!

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Antipolo Church - Dress CodeOriginally uploaded by JepsterThis is a sign prominently displayed in the front of a local church in Antipolo, Rizal. Apparently, women should never wear red clothes. Orange and green are acceptable. Likewise, men wearing light blue clothes are frowned upon by the church but they really dig parishoners who wear a darker shade of blue :P

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Moon ShotsOriginally uploaded by JepsterI took some shots of the moon for the past couple of days. It looked so big just coming out of the horizon and the thin wispy clouds as it rose higher contributed to the eerie effect. I had this urge to howl while watching from the garage. :D

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