matagal ko nang binabalak

i-scan ang mga "lumang" pictures namin.  minsan, ilang taon na rin ang nakalilipas, hinalungkat ko ang mga pictures naming mag-anak at matiyagang inayos ayon sa selebrasyon ("Laurie's 5th birthday", "Joni HS graduation"), happening o lugar ("funeral?", "resto", "Caloocan"), tao ("Chappy solo pics"), at nu'ng wala na talaga akong maisip na kategorya, "assorted" na lang ang sinulat ko sa papel na pinagbalutan ng pictures.  pagkatapos kong ayusin ang mga pictures ay nilagay ko sila sa loob ng cabinet namin sa kwarto.  at doon sila nanatili hanggang sa isang araw noong nakaraang linggo ay may nakita akong mga baby pictures ng bunso kong kapatid na nakapatong sa scanner-printer na nakapatong naman sa desk ko na hindi ko na ginagamit kasi lumipat na ako sa kabilang kwarto para doon mag-establish ng lungga, na short-lived naman kasi dumating 'yung isang lola ko at may agreement sa bahay na pag nandito siya ay doon siya sa kwartong iyon.  anyway, balik sa pictures ni bunso.  inisip ko na baka may project siya kaya niya inilabas 'yung pictures niya.  saka ko naalala ang mga tinagong pictures, kaya kanina binuksan ko na ulit ang cabinet at nilabas ang pictures.  masaya ang pakiramdam na matignan ulit 'yung itsura ko nu'ng bata pa ako--payat, maitim, at gwapo.  sadyang nakakabago ng itsura ang estrogen, 'no?  namili ako ng ilang "amusing" pictures at iniscan nang madalian.  at dahil di naman ako maramot pagdating sa pictures, heto't pagmasdan ninyo ang kagwapuhan ko:

  panalo ang shorts.  kapatid kong bunso 'yang naka-bikini.  mukha siyang haponesa noon, ngayon exotic indian na siya.  siguro may genes na pang-transformers talaga sa pamilya namin.  but wait, there's more!  alam niyo bang may beauty queen sa amin?  presenting miss sacred heart 1986!

ang favorite ninang ko.

pinsan siya ng nanay ko.  ang lagkit tignan ng gown niya.  si kuya ang escort kuno, at ako, well, gwapo talaga.

 

nakapag-pagurl naman daw ako mga bandang 1990.  look at me, i'm so fasyown with my pink headband and printed green blouse!  pasensya na lang 'yung mga naputulan ng mukha sa likod, kailangan lang talagang makita ng buong mundo na marunong akong mag-tuck.

oh, at ano ito?! red polka dots na puruntong, knee-high na medyas, at red & green t-shirt na naka-tuck na, may rabbit pa!  paskong-pasko talaga!  obvious naman sa mukha ng kapatid ko na enjoy na enjoy siya sa mga pinasuot sa amin.  i heart polka dots talaga.

ayun.  ganun talaga pag lumalaki ang mga bata, dumadaan sa (ehem) phases of development.  hay, whatever happened???

anyway, huwebes na ulit bukas at kailangan na iprepare ang thursday project.  sa susunod na huwebes ay (dapat!) medyo sfecial ang handa dahil may magbebertdey.  parang ang "blangko" pag sinabing bente-sais ka na 'no?  parang 8 at 14.  mas mabuti pa noong bata at di ko pa kayang bumilang lampas ng 10.  

5th birthday, jollibee kid ako.  uy mukha akong babae rito ah.

ayun.  basta ang point ko lang talaga, gwapo ako noon at marami akong pictures na i-iscan.  request na rin kasi ng nanay ko.  sana matapos ko naman sa loob ng taon.  hehehe.  pag nakamtan ko na ang tagumpay,

maghahanap at mangyayakap ulit ako ng elepante. pramis.

slumber

photo collabidabs / thursday kids birthday pic.

the thursday kids turn one :)

it was the thursday kids' birthday weekend!

on saturday we went for a photowalk before having some coffee.

 

 

  

we brought out our notebooks and did some doodles.

the sign outside intramuros said "starbuck," so starbuck it is.  :)

on sunday (very, very early in the morning)--the twenty-first-- we went back to intramuros, this time to facilitate ust's unending race.  i had to mind the two-way radio,

so iggy was the one who assisted in making the starting line

 

 with a roll of bathroom tissue.

ready, set, go--

and they're off! as much as i wanted to run from the old ust site in intramuros to the present site in sampaloc, i couldn't, because i was tasked to coordinate through the radio.  good thing i had iggy with me, so

i still managed to have my picture taken.

when we arrived in ust,

iggy noticed my forehead dry skin problem.

 

but i still did a bit of clowning around the activity area

and a lot of smiling at the plaza mayor.

we went home to prepare for mass at lourdes before lunch.  as i was wating for iggy to finish, i was given

a *birthday* gift! sweetness.  it was a shirt, and i wore it right away for our lunch date.  :)

 

for our lunch date we stuffed ourselves at cajun (no tummyspace left for dessert, haha)

before heading home for some (ehem) birthday couple shots.

:D

wait, there's more!  we also had chips for snacks.  and while we were still digesting the chips, we got called for dinner! more food!

 pesto and shrimp pizza, pancit canton (with shrimp), vegetables with shrimp, and fried shrimp balls.  it was shrimp everywhere!

we *heart* sicilian express :)

happy birthday to us! :D

ash wednesday veggie dinner

 

at Corner Tree Cafe along Jupiter Street in Makati.

miel saturday

i like photographing my niece because she is such a character.  and she has great style. :)  on saturday she got a late christmas present from her tita susa (thank you tita!).

  

wearing her "oink oink" slippers

 opening her gift...

...with feelings.

playtime!

my turn, she said.

miel wednesday

my niece likes my room because it has a lot of 'toys'--letter blocks, zocto the octopus, mr. kite the iguana, and 'barney' the t-rex.

sadly, i have to evacuate my room again for a while, a week or so. a grandma's coming over so the room is hers again. i'm okay with sleeping in the living room; i've slept there for weeks anyway before i was 'given' my room. it's my stuff i'm worried about. i hope she doesn't "arrange" my stuff or accidentally put my things in her bag when she packs for home. or should i just put them in a box again and take them all with me to the living room where i sleep? oh well. let's see what i come up with later.

naughty t-rex

my t-rex got lonely last night while waiting for me to come home.

so he got himself a girlfriend.

view the rest of the photos here.

weekend highlights

hello, i am lauren's still unnamed new acquisition. she has been pining for me ever since she saw how i took pictures, and finally last saturday she went out and adopted me. even if she completely ignored me yesterday (she was deep in thought over her supersampler), i am still happy to be part of her uh, menagerie of odd-named film cameras. i hope she doesn't call me boris though.

lauren's weekend started on friday, when she got home from fieldwork in tarlac. after a well-deserved cold shower she went over to oro1 to help her labidabs in making a logo for an upcoming art fest. they had fried chicken for dinner picnic:

after dinner lauren wanted to show ige how she came up with colorful, multiple-exposure shots with her lumix and colorsplash flash. they made ghosts:

after ghostmaking, lauren wanted to try out lightpainting using ige's led flashlight. ige waved his hand in the air and made a pretty cool figure:

after that lauren spelled out her labidabs' name:

but she had a heart failure:

so ige drew a bat with boobs instead. i think it was supposed to be a cat (with boobs?):

after the batcat with boobs he went on to draw some jumping fish:

and lauren drew some clouds and popcorn flowers:

and finally a banana boat that would take them to mushroom and cheese island.

because they were having so much fun, they forgot the time! it was getting quite late and lauren still had to go home, so no logo. harhar.

on saturday afternoon, lauren and ige took lauren's sisters out to see rent at rcbc plaza. while waiting for it to start, they had coffee and for the second time since gateway a couple of years ago, starbucks spelled her name right:

after the show they took a long walk before stuffing themselves at bubba gump:
those are lauren's sisters. lauren is somewhere behind the camera. the reason why she doesn't have a photo of herself or of ige was because almost all of her shots that day were taken with me. me! ige took pictures with me too. because they were so engrossed with me the little lumix was forgotten. bwahahaha. [btw, they all agreed mimi's voice was too low.]

anyway. on sunday, lauren became busy with domestic stuff. she fixed her room (making it 'more like a bedroom'), she neatly piled up her clothes in her closet, she organized her bags, she arranged her books and art materials, she cleaned the rats' cage. (i also saw her drop a few coins in her piggy bank--i wonder what she's saving up for this time.) yes, she was so busy she completely ignored me. oh okay, not completely. before putting me in her bag last night she tied a fat white chinese-looking cat around my strap. she said it was to give me an 'identity'. i'm cool with that. the chinese are neighbors.

so that was lauren's weekend. how was yours?