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| Ringing in the New Year! :) |
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See the photo after the jump and be amazed... or nauseated... your call :D
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First of all, I have no idea know what was going through my mind when I thought of that title, but hey, it’s there, so live with it :D Anyway, just recently, I finally bought an external flash to be partnered with my Nikon D40. You see, I’ve been learning my stuff at DIY Photography and I came across an article that says : to be able to master photography, I must learn how to master lighting and besides the camera, a good external flash should be more of a priority to invest in rather than lenses for those who truly wants to learn the basics of photography. So after reading that, I scoured the web for quality, less expensive (okay, cheapest :D ) external flash and found this Yongnou Speedlite YN460-II. I read some reviews about it, and learned that its use is comparable to the Nikon SB-600, but of course with less features and you don’t get to have the ‘NIKON’ logo in front of it to boast around. But, for a quarter of the price of an SB-600, I’d rather print ‘NIKON’ on a sticker paper and stick it on a Youngnou :D . Some advanced photographers may say otherwise about its comparison to the SB-600, but hey, I’m a noob, I’ll believe anything :D
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December 25, 2010 at 11:25 PM – Here I am staring blankly at my computer, sitting alone in my room, getting deaf with silence, thinking “tis the season to be jolly, huh?”… hmmmm… it’s supposed to be Christmas, the time when people should be at their happiest, being with their family and all that, it just seems the’ Christmas cheers’ just didn’t get through me after all. I should be sleeping right now to fast-forward time, but the Christmas blues just won’t let me, so I figured I might as well write about it here just to get it out of my system… damn… depression sucks big time!
It's a must-read story that has been circulating in inboxes for quite sometime, hopefully you'll read through it til the ending. This should melt any coldness in your heart this Christmas season and send those tears bursting down your cheek /no enjoy...
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Yup, you read it right. What else can you do on a weekend being all alone in the house with lots of free time? you play with yourself, right?... While you sit around, you get bored watching TV and playing the same movies over and over. Then, suddenly some thoughts enter your mind. Stimulating thoughts that make you helpless to resist. Suddenly you feel the urge to do something. Then without knowing you just reach out and grab your…
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Last November 19-22,2010 - a group of 9 mostly Manila-based bloggers plus myself went on a Western Pangasinan excursion. Headed by true-blue Pangasinenses Anton and Mica, chief organizers of the whole experience, they were eager to show other bloggers the beauty of our hometown. I was fortunate enough to be included in the group that includes such heavy weights as Estan Cabigas (langyaw.com) and Ada (adaphobic.com). Five bloggers arrived during the first day; Mica, Ada, Sir Estan, Robbie, and Darwin to explore central towns such as Dagupan City, Calasiao, Lingayen and experience local delicacies such as Calasiao’s Puto and Pigar-pigar. Day 1 of the official western tour was all about the Hundred Islands at Alaminos City, by now Anton, Gael, Marky, Cai joined to complete the group. Special thanks to Islandia Hotel, Local Tourism Office, and Island Tropic Restaurant for their hospitality during our brief yet memorable stay. And now we come to Day 2, the Bolinao Experience. This trip was made possible by Puerto del Sol Resort who took care of our iterinary, accommodation and even the food :D oh and they have a very cool website, check it out http://www.puertodelsol.com.ph/ . My stay together with the other bloggers at Puerto del Sol was I think just close to perfect that it deserves a separate post :D for now, I’ll just focus on the whole Bolinao experience :D
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Simple, Tranquil, Beautiful |
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| Emo Pic :) |
Baguio City, Philippines – The tagline ‘A Slice of Home’ is not an exaggeration of how I really feel about this humble Café and Restaurant located along the corners of Yandoc St. and Naguilan Road, Baguio City.
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Hundred Islands National Park, Alaminos, Pangasinan – A staple in the Department of Tourism’s list of top tourist destination in the country; a 2 million-year-old national geological monument, and some may call it to the extent as a ‘Paradise’ on Earth - Yet, here I am, been living in Pangasinan for 16 years, just an hour or two at max bus ride away from this stunning spot, and still it took about 11 years (been there once when I was a kid) and 9 outsiders (mostly Manila-based bloggers) to made me fully experience what this group of 124 mushroom-shaped islands (during low tide, 123 during high tide) has to offer. I’ve been raving about the beaches of Boracay and Palawan, about the activities in Camarines Sur, raving about how great it would be to go to those places and yet taking for granted the majestic place just outside of my doorstep that is the Hundred Islands. I guess you can never truly see the value of something (or someone) until you lose it.
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| Different Islands along the way |