Flight of Ideas

For this mother’s day, I bought my mom nice flowers…

…and put a small note on it.

To surprise her, I left it on her dresser while she was sleeping.

The next morning, she woke me up with a thank you kiss.

Later that day, I was in Trinoma to meet up with my Trina, Chooch and Melo. I know how crowded a mall could be on weekends, especially on Sundays, but the mall was super jampacked with people because of the occasion.

All the restos were full, but we has no choice but to patiently wait for a table at Recipes, even though we were 9th on their list. We waited so long that Trina and I were able to window shop a little, buy her slippers, and walk a long, long walk around the mall. We went back just in time as we were next to be seated. By then, we were able to watch and hear some other customers complain about the long wait. One mom even almost bitch-slapped the staff (as I think Kris would put it ) when she apparently saw a group seat themselves on an empty table, even if they were not in the list waiting to be seated.

Talk about a ruined mother’s day.

So here’s a tip, don’t take your mom, your wife, your lola (most especially), or any mom relative to the mall on mother’s day. Maybe you can just prepare a special family lunch or dinner and eat at home. That’s less hassles and more bonding for you and your family. But if you would insist, make sure you have made reservations, or at least arrive early so that the restos are not that full yet.

In closing, here are the flowers I gave my mom, placed on a makeshift vase made from a C2 bottle, with her bundles of joy in the background.

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms! (kahit belated na )

I’m a sucker for sweet nothings and love cute stuff. So when I saw these two on the passenger seat of Markku’s car…

…I just knew that nothing will take away the silly smile on my face the whole night

Thank you pangga!

Yesterday, I had my first try shooting a wedding.

It was the wedding of two of my former officemates, Mervin and Bebbet. Markku promised to shoot their wedding back when they were still working together, and when both Mervin and Bebbet didn’t know that in a few years time they’d eventually be tying the knot.

So, I was Markku’s assistant photographer yesterday.

I was a nervous wreck before the wedding. To make things worse, I was also cramming for a church activity I was supposed to facilitate on that same day.

It was a bit overwhelmed during the actual shoot. The fact that it’s my first time and I’m still not technically adept when it comes to using a DSLR made me feel like jelly. But ironically, the rush of the event itself, the presence of familiar faces, Bong, Rose, Mae, Mon and Kuya Ariel of Threelogy, and my ever-supportive, masungit na pangga (peace tayo ‘ga ), eventually calmed me down. E kasi naman, tama bang mas kabahan pa sa mga ikakasal?

It was also a good thing that I was working for the best wedding photographers in town. They’re the greatest influence I have now, and trimming all those photos indirectly trained me to compose great ones too. Not that I took a lot of it though, hehe. So I should thank them.

In the end, in spite of all the stress, I still enjoyed it a lot. And I burned a lot of calories in the process!

Ah, and did I mention that I practiced for this shoot? Here’s Archie, my practice bride:

But, Archie’s definitely not a “bride-to-be”. We’re actually looking for nice, beautiful, tall girls who would be willing to date him, noh ‘Chie?

And finally, I’ll just share some helpful tips from this article that I came across in The Digital Photography School Blog.

Markku and Karl introduced me to Jaemark when we watched Beatles’ Night at 70’s Bistro. Can’t remember when that was, but one thing stuck to me when they introduced me to him, Pancit Canton!

Well, I was at a lost then. Totally can’t relate. It has something to do with his old blog at peyups.com. Back at the time when people wrote for the sake of writing and they don’t get a single peso from their blogs. Back at the time that I didn’t even know such things existed. I’m a late blog bloomer.

Markku was always telling me that I should check out this old blog. And I did. I searched it in Google. Peyups pancit canton. The first result led me to read this entry.

Writing has a way of immortalizing thoughts and emotions. Some of which other people find meaningful in their own lives.

I like eating pancit canton. But now, I know I’ll enjoy reading it too.

Monday: Stalking Ebe at 70’s Bistro

Well, I wasn’t really stalking Ebe, but Markku was joking me that I was.

We have planned weeks earlier to watch Sugarfree and Sandwich play at the 70’s bistro in Anonas. I was looking forward to it as I love Sugarfree so much…and Sandwich rin naman (well, basta I love OPM) and I missed watching gigs at 70’s bistro (one of the places where my pangga and I had our first few dates, yikee! haha =P).

Well, as usual, we were late. But this time, it was half my fault. =P When we arrived, Sugarfree was into their 4th song (I think). Mimi and Karl, Bong and Myra, Jason and his wife were already there. We went to sit beside Jaemark and Jem. Ebe was not in his best condition, but I enjoyed it nonetheless, kahit medyo bitin.

Sandwich played after Sugarfree. After playing some of their new songs, they started taking requests from the audience. With Raymund Marasigan on the guitar and the keyboards, the band played a lot of ‘old’ feel good songs like Melt with You, Wishing Wells and Pare Ko by the Eraserheads, and some that I can’t really remember (hindi ko kasi generation =p). Raymund was amazing since most of the songs were unpracticed and he played them on-the-spot just knowing some of the chords, and occasionally the adlibs and riffs. Basta jamming talaga!

Personally, I like the ambience in 70’s bistro. Parang less ang psychological barrier between the artists and the crowd.Kaya dapat bumalik kami ulit! Next time, I’d like to catch Johnoy and Kakoy, another great duo.

***I bought Jayvee’s 350D! So I now have my own cam! =) I’m actually excited, I want to learn fast and take lots of great pictures like my pangga and my bossings do. ; )

Tuesday: Window sunsets and colored bottles

After the heavy rains in the afternoon, we caught a beautiful sunset outside our office window.

Archie, Kris and I then went to Pacio’s afterwards for dinner. Kris, being the niece of the owner, was kind enough to rearrange the beautiful colored bottles on the counter for me to practice my shots on.

Wednesday: Wedding Essentials Thanksgiving Party

Went with my pangga. I stayed mostly sa Cliquebooth area, dun ako nag-enjoy e.

While we were packing up, Markku, Dax and I tried Cliquebooth jump shots. Ang hirap pala. =P

Thursday: Dinner at Pacio’s

I thought I’d be going home early but Markku went to pick me up at the office. We then had dinner at Pacio’s. Second time this week for me, Kris and Archie.

Friday: Lamierda at Circle C

Finally went home early, but went on a side trip to Circle C before going home. Practiced some shots at home. Can’t resist taking a picture of Soriano asleep on the table.

Saturday: Gaby’s Christening, iBlog4, UP Food trip

It was Tere and Gilbert’s daugther Gaby’s christening that morning. We had to wake up early to be in church at 10am, but we were late. Good thing the christening hasn’t started yet. Had a great time being there and seeing cute baby Gaby and her happy relatives. We also got to catch up with the latest happenings with our SVI friends. And I found out that Gilbert and Tere were an M+K couple, I didn’t know that.

Oh, and we think Gaby wants to be a photographer. =)

After the reception, we went to SM afterwards so I could run an errand for my mom. I was supposed to go home afterwards but Markku got me to join him to meet some friends at the iBlog 4 event in UP.

After the event, we went to accompany some Davao bloggers to taste the famous UP isaw (though, both Markku and I are not to sure if this is the one that’s famous).

We also had dirty ice cream while waiting for our isaw to get cooked.

After this photo, we went to Maginhawa St. to sample the delicious Burritos sold at a store there. After that Markku took me home, then he went to the iBlog4 after party afterwards.

Sunday: Just went to church and slept in the afternoon. I had a nice long nap since it was raining and the weather was a bit chilly. And finally here I am trying to finish this blog entry.

Technically, it’s Monday now so it’s another new week for me! And I am predicting that there’ll be another long one ahead…=)

Team M+K and Threelogy out of the office to have some fun and adventure on the beach!

Anawangin Cove and Capones Island here we come!

I still have one draft about the U23D concert still waiting to be finished and posted, but I just have to rant about this terrible heat we have in Manila right now.

Maybe it’s the heat, that’s why I’m in a bad mood tonight. Probably the reason why I’m so sensitive and pissed off right now. Well, better if it is, rather than have it caused by some other thing I don’t even want to know of.

Don’t really know if I can shrug this off before I go to bed. Anyway, I’d probably convince myself to forget it by tomorrow.

We’re watching U23D movie tomorrow at SM D-Cinema!

Well, I originally made reservations for tickets at the Imax theater at SM MOA. But when I was about to pay at the cinema admin office at SM North Edsa, I was 15 minutes late. So, I wasn’t able to catch the person handling Imax reservation payments.

It wasn’t really a problem though, because I can actually go back the next day. But then after the two ladies in the office explained the differences between Imax and D-cinema, I just decided that we should watch it in the latter. They told me it was clearer since it was already digital as compared to Imax which is still on film. Also, there’d be less hassles as the Block way nearer to where we’d be coming from than MOA. And, it’s cheaper by a bit. ^_^

Anyway, enough explanations. We’re watching it tomorrow night and I’m excited! I started to love U2 because of my pangga, and I actually planned this as a surprise for him (I even thought about it too much, I even had a weird dream about it!). So I can’t wait ’til we’re actually there. I just know it’s going to be great!

“flight of ideas…where thoughts move quickly, and it’s impossible to speak/write quickly enough”

Another attempt to write my thoughts. Before, I used to write a lot. I’d have pieces of my thoughts and some doodles on loose paper, at the back of my notebooks, or on my review sheets. I never really had a diary, but I’d write letters and small pocket journals, most of which I started to work on, only to end abruptly.

I’m a thinker and a daydreamer, the type who can get easily lost in thoughts. Some of my friends would say I’m weird, but they’d always listen to me when I speak because I make sense most of the time. I also have a lot to say about my own little passions, like music, arts, and life itself.

Thing is, I just want to start writing again so I can share what I think with other people. My pangga has been very supportive. I know he is pushing me to love it again. He even got me my own domain, the same moniker as that of the other little blogs I’ve started.

So here I am again trying to transform my flight of ideas into string of words, before I even forget them. Another chance I don’t want to waste. Wish me luck!