Monday, July 30, 2007

ngayong umaga...

PINAGPULOT ako ng nanay ko ng maliit na ahas (or what's left of it), matapos niya itong tadtarin gamit ang isang butcher's knife.

kwento niya, nakita raw niya ang ahas (mga 14 inches siguro yun, nu'ng buhay pa) na bitbit-bitbit ni MJ (isa sa mga pusa namin). Kumikisay-kisay pa raw. Ayun, inagawan niya ng laruan ang pusa. Tadtad! Pagkatapos ang Commonwealth Chainsaw Massacre ay naghanap siya ng paso at tinakluban ang dead ahas. Kukuhanan ko sana ng picture kaso baka ma-censor tayo dito. Hahahahas.

kaya ayun, matapos niyang i-chop-chop ang snake, pinapulot niya sa akin. "mas matapang ka dito," sabi niya nu'ng una. akala ko naman paaakyatin ako sa bubong. matagal ko na kasing gustong gawin 'yun, di lang ako pinapayagan dahil isang palapag lang ang bahay namin. kung gusto ko raw magpakamatay, dapat sa 6 floors ako tumalon, minimum. hehe. jowk. so. tanong ko, "ano ba 'yun?" sabi ni mama, "nakapatay ako! nakapatay ko ng ahas!" (intro: music from nightmare on elm street) nag-flash sa isip ko 'yung Philippine python na nakita ko sa tv nu'ng isang linggo, 'yung pinakamalaki raw of its kind. ooooo, may ganu'n kami sa terrace? kaya siguro nawala sina latte (pusa) at goldameir victoria (pusa rin).

[for some reason i find my code-switching and code-mixing funny. feeling funny.]

balik sa snake. ang chaka. maliit lang siya, mas mataba pa nga ang hinliliit ko. pero noon lang ako nakahawak ng ahas. di pa nga todo, kasi kumuha pa ako ng tissue pampulot. tsaka supot na paglalagyan. tamang-tama, dadating mamaya ang basurero. pwede sigurong gawing keychain yun. o kaya headband.

so ayun. a snake and a nanay to the rescue. ganda ng umaga ko.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Lomomanila's grand EB (ear-breaking) night


...because none of my cameras (Holga & Actionsampler) had flash, i sacrificed a few hundred bucks to resurrect my Kodak Advantix cam. i might be able to post the photos tomorrow. or tuesday. or next week. blah. it was fun, great putting faces to the names, seeing the greats, the fellow newbies (we aren't so 'new' now, are we?)... lomo cams everywhere. the songs, the songs. the frenzied dancing. the noise. you know the feeling you get when, after a long hell week at work, you finally get to be with like-minded individuals and you just feel so...loved! lomo love!!! warm and cuddly all over. hahaha. effing corny. oh well. lomo on, i say, lomo on.

(Photo: Bobby, me & Tara, whom i haven't seen in six years. Saw each other again in Lomomanila, isn't that fantastic? Thanks to Glenni for the photo.)



Friday, June 22, 2007

i want 'em all




if only i had the cash to stash


away these babies


who are older than me


Friday, June 8, 2007

i'm sooo heppy

This is a photo of me doing my best to snorkel and see fish at Sepoc Beach in Mabini, Batangas. It was my first time (hehehe). Medyo naadik ako, until I swam "too deep" and choked on sea water. I propose to extend the snorkel tube (whatchamacallit, really? just snorkel?) to ten feet. Huli na kami nag-office outing (here, for the paper trail we call it "Team Building"), last 2 days of May and June 1st. I brought 3 film cameras with me: my Holga 120N, Action Sampler, and a disposable underwater cam I bought for 200 bucks. Great shots naman (see, ang ganda ko sa ilalaim ng dagat!) and other pics at my flickr site.
And this other pic I took with my Action Sampler:

Ate She, me, and Kuya Anton in the background. I loaded the cam with expired Kodak Elite Chrome (slide film), and had it cross-processed. Lotsa thanks to digiprint & LBC for making it all happen, haha. Kahit basag 'yung cd when I first received it. They replaced it the next day.


Saya talaga ng lomo.





Wednesday, June 6, 2007

lomolomo ka!

ang ibig kong sabihin, nalolomo na ako.



[lomography. lomography. lomography. ]



update: di ko pa nagagawa 'yung collab work kasama 'yung isang manunula.

update: sa loob ng isang linggo ay nakabili ako ng 2 bagong kamera. kung saan ako kumuha ng pera, ewan, pero puro kwek-kwek na muna ang kakainin ko ngayon. o pishbol. o kikyam.

eh ano ngayon: ang 2 kamera ay karaniwang ginagamit sa lomograpiya. wala ako sa mood magpaliwanag (ha ha ha). punta na lang kayo sa lomography.com. Film ang gamit (babay muna digital), medium format ang isa, ang minamahal kong Holga 120N (120mm film, ano daw?) at ang ActionSampler, na kumukuha ng 4 na pektyur sa isa. Aaa... bisitahin nyo na lang ang lomohome ko. naglakas-loob pa akong sumali sa lomomanila!



masaya siya. pramis. iba 'yung thrill pag hinihintay mong ma-develop ang mga pics. kung ano'ng itsura, astig ba ang effect ng pagko-cross process, maganda ba ang vignettes, and so on and so forth till death do us part.



ayun. eto nga pala sample, si hugo: