Matchstick Fantasies
January 1, 2008
“In the right light, at the right time, everything becomes extraordinary.”
~Aaron Rose
I took this shot a few minutes after the clock struck twelve on New Year’s Day. I had to go through major pains before I got satisfied of capturing a good one with that sparkling liberty stick…light…match…matchstick…whatever that is. The major hindrances that I was talking about were: First, that I was just using a mobile phone with no ergonomic camera buttons. [Haha!] Second, it was really hard because I was like holding the phone on my right hand, positioning the ’sparkling matchstick’ with my left, while at the same time I was looking for the perfect angle on the viewfinder. Third, the tiny sparks literally flew directly to my skin, er hand, which felt as if someone’s pinching me. Fourth, because the matchstick runs out of sparks on me. I had to use what, like 10 ’sparkling matchsticks’ before I got what you’re seeing up there. And last but not the least, I had to touch up [PHOTOSHOP] the raw photo so that those scrawny little pixels would be gone forever. Now tell me, ain’t that hard? Well, who cares if I had to go through those things? No one does, so whatever. I feel like a whining, stubborn freak writing all this hoopla.
May everyone have a prosperous year ahead! 
iShare My Life!
January 1, 2008
After so many months of collecting dust and cobwebs back at my Blogger home, I’ve finally decided to start anew with this “WordPress-ed” edition of ‘iShare My LIFE!’…
Allow me to share to you how I see the world, what’s going on in my mind, and what’s happening in my life through the photos that I’ll be sharing for the next couple of days, months, years…er, whatever!
[Previous entries will be carried over here as well with some snips and cuts, because I've already deleted some of the Flickr photos which I have featured on my posts before...and they won't be coming back to see the light of the day anymore.]
On MAJOR Blog Leave!
July 21, 2007
The Four Shades of Nursing Life
May 10, 2007
I know this is a bit “off” from what I usually post here in my space. It’s just that, I’m at the heat of the moment with the loads of requirements and stuff that I have right now. And to match the pressure, I did this; so as to encourage myself to be strong and continue with this kind of life. Sabi nga nila…sa Nursing, “Hindi ka lang pumili ng kursong kukunin mo. Kundi, pinili mo na rin kung anong buhay ang papasukin mo“.
To tell you frankly, nursing wasn’t really my first choice to begin with. I really despised it from the very thought of me putting and indulging myself into it. Heck, I even cried buckets wanting to get out of too much pressure from ‘choosing the right course’. Well, that was a few years ago!
Fast forward to the present (two years later), who would’ve thought that I’d be loving this whole nursing thingy rin pala? After two fruitful years of community and hospital exposures, I’ve come to the point of realization that nursing really is for me; and I’ll do everything it takes to finish this! Nandito na ako eh, so wala na akong magagawa kundi gawin kung ano ang tama…and that’s to finish what I have started.
Having Fun…
Fulfilling Dreams…
Touching Lives.
The Four Shades of Nursing Life = MY LIFE.
And I’m loving every bit of it. Ü
[Lotsa thanks to my friend Margarette for photographing my kahibangans up there.]
["SIMULPOSTED" @ the other side of my life ~ iSpeak My LIFE!]
Ang Baybay.
May 2, 2007
Anyhoo, here are four shots that I snapped away with a friend’s camera phone (Thanks Makko!) while I was there…
“Afar”
“It Floats.”
“Railed”
“A Bit Enlightened”
[I "film grained" 'em with Picasa.]
"Iwahig" Photo Series
April 18, 2007
“The Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm was established by the Americans in 1904 to supply food to other prisons all over the country. The colony encompasses a 37-hectare farm planted to coconuts, trees, rice and other crops cultivated by the prisoners and their families. Iwahig is operated like a farm, rather than a prison where prisoners toil their farms unguarded. They are allowed to earn an income by working in the many shops that produce various handicrafts derived from discarded wood.”
“To The Right”
“Refugee”
“Wacky Tree”
“Ecliptic”
-Steve Simon
Flower Pool
April 4, 2007
Daybreak
April 2, 2007
She Loves Dogs.
March 6, 2007
Nice little girl. Cute dogs. Very expressive. Love this shot.
The Kitikitexter
March 6, 2007
