Quiapo QT

Tomorrow I'll be going to Quiapo to buy a bunch of rolls for my stash. Lately I've been a film pack rat. Still have more than ten rolls of 36exp kodaks and now I plan to get 20 more of 12exp films, haha. I'm quite excited though, hehehe, kilig even. Kuya Dong just texted me yesterday that he has new stocks of expired films, and the ones available are 400ISO so it should be good. Sorry, but shooting with my film cam makes me freakishly happy, I feel like it brings out the creative weirdo in me @_@.

I also plan to score some ukay ukay finds. The last time that I went to Quiapo, I managed to buy a bunch of good ukay stuff, I think 30 items for 500 pesos. Wahaha, steal!

Quiapo day = Reloading my stash + satisfying my fashionista appetite = Perfect!
Tomorrow I plan to do the same. I love Quiapo! :D

Taking it in

I'm just here in my room, looking through my window. I see the sunlight trying to make its way through the mango tree branches. Beyond our wall is a wide vacant lot with grass just starting to grow.


This morning I woke up with mixed emotions, somber yet happy at the same time. When I went downstairs, I felt a lot better, just happy. Mama doing some exercise, Papa and Yamboy interwebbing, Ate Vilma clearing the yard. I went to our patio and sat for a while, just breathing in the fresh air. Papa was playing Frank Sinatra songs, it almost brought me to tears. Beautiful morning. :)

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you, if you’re young at heart... :)

Ericsson Team Building - Ahlavet!!!

Sa wakas, isang masaya-sayang entry. Kakatapos lang ng team building namin nitong nakaraang weekend. Hindi ko na talaga mapagkakaila na sobrang napapasaya ako ng mga kasamahan ko sa trabaho. Lalo na ngayong may mga dumagdag pa na galing din sa huli kong kumpanya. Mga kaibigan ko ding malapit. Dahil sa kanila, nagagawa kong kalimutan ang mga kaguluhan sa utak ko.








Nagkakasundo talaga kami lahat sa kalokohan, no dull moment baga. Mapa-wholesome o mapa-bastusan ang usapan at biruan, kering keri. Hindi ko na alam kung ano pa pwede ko masabi, basta nagpapasalamat ako ng lubos at pinagpala ako na magkaroon ng mga kasamang kasing tarantado ko. :P :D

Change starts now

Starting this moment I resolve to be a better person. I'm not oblivious as to how my temper can really get the most of me and yes, I can be a total jerk.

I'm an especially bigger jerk to people in the house, I can't help it. I just don't like talking too much at home. Although, I do like hanging around the house, oftentimes I want to be left alone. But I swear to improve the way I handle myself and my treatment to my family.

I also got reprimanded by a friend because of my recent addiction to cars. For the longest time, I was the only social girl in our team so I had to blend in with my guy teammates. And also, most of us got cars at the same period so we would go on and on and on talking about them, discounting the people around us. In doing so, I unconsciously acquired the cocky masculine way that they talked. Then one of my close girlfriends from HP got hired in the team. Getting to the point, one day I confessed an auto-related encounter that I had (I'm not mentioning it here since I'm not very proud of it myself). Then she told me the best way she could on the change that she noticed because of my car enthusiasm. In a nutshell, she told me that although people that know me may not judge me on how I talk about cars since I'm a nice person at some level, strangers may not be very forgiving if they hear the way I go on about it. And apparently, although it is ok for guys to be like that, it's not becoming for a lady like me to flaunt my new addiction the way I did before. So yeah, I'm trying my best to hold my tongue on these things and I'm glad she was honest enough to tell it to me.

Nightmares

I've been having terrible nightmares since monday. I don't know where these are coming from. Probably the heat, or you leaving, or my quarter life crisis. I really don't know.

Monday. I can't remember the exact dream, but I woke up with a very foul mood.
Tuesday. I dreamt that my tycoon level uncle lost his job. Then his family lost all their belongings and had to transfer to a smaller house near a squatter's area.

Wednesday. That same uncle died. And they were blaming it on his wife who, in my dream, was still alive. But in reality she was actually dead. Apparently, my uncle had a stroke during his sleep but my aunt thought he was just moaning because of a nightmare so she just shrugged it off. But it was already a severe heart attack and by the time my aunt woke up, he was dead.

In the dream, my family was already in shock and just heard the news. But since I own this dream, I was able to recap everything, saw what happened as if I was just floating in my aunt and uncle's room, witnessed his awful seizure and how my aunt just ignored it. What's more disturbing was that she was dead in the waking world. And in my dream the family that he left behind were thinking how they're gonna live without my uncle, the breadwinner of the family. How they're gonna pay for the house, the cars and other heavy expenses.

Then the latest, I dreamt of a pregnant girl (strangely portrayed by Rufa Mae Quinto) who, though she wanted to keep her baby, was pressured by her family to have an abortion. Eventually she kept it. But when she gave birth, it was a blue baby. And to make it worse, she conceived twins, two dead babies. :( Same night, I dreamt that the managers in the office gave us free snacks so we all ate heartily. Little did we know that in exchange for that cheap food was 230% utilization target! Sheesh, talk about a twisted version of Hansel and Gretel! It's so odd and creepy to think that my subconscious worries about my number of work hours.

Whenever I wake up I feel the weight in my chest and I have to stare in silence and breathe heavily for about 10 minutes. Lord help me, I'll make more frequent prayers.

This or That?

I took a long leave for April. Specifically April 1-6. I originally planned to go on a very long out of town vacation with strangers. I'll be with a group but still be alone in a way since I don't really know them. It was supposed to be some kind of pilgrimage. But I checked the group tour and slots are already full. I could still squeeze myself in but I'm rethinking my plan. Do I really need this?

Then I got to talk to a very close friend. For the past weeks she has been applying full blast for a job anywhere and everywhere. Then I remembered my plan to work in NZ to join my sis. But she advised that it would be better if I gain at least 5 years work experience before I go there. Job-hunting has been really tight over there and having a strong portfolio would greatly help. So that's where my shift of plans come in. I'm thinking of not going on the trip (or at least find something that's more low key) and spend more time updating my resume offline and online. I'm still thinking about it though. My mind has been set on spending quality me time so I still have to decide which way is better.

Adiksyon o ang kawalan nito

Noong isang araw nakikipagkwentuhan lang ako sa isang mabuting kaibigan. Tapos, bigla niyang natanong sa akin "kaw saan ka addict?", at natameme naman ako. Oo nga, saan ba ako adik? Honest naman ang aking sagot, sabi ko wala naman, kung ano lang maisipan kong gawin. Pero nabahala pa din ako, hindi ako maka-move on sa tanong at medyo nakakainis na. Kapag iniisip ko kasi, wala nga naman akong isang gustung gustong ginagawang bagay, baket ganun. Yung tipong sa sobrang gusto ko siya, magagawa kong pag-ukulan siya ng maraming maraming oras. Am I losing my passion for life? No, I refuse! Dahil dyan, mag-iisip ako ng mga bagay bagay na gusto ko talagang ginagawa:

1.) Kumuha ng mga litrato


































2.) Mamili ng bonggang mga damit, mura man o mahal


















3.) Maglakwatsa sa mga malalayo at tahimik na lugar





















4.) Magbasa ng libro


















5.) Magtingin ng kagandahan sa kahit anong anyo


































Ayan, medyo gumaan na ang loob ko. Kahit na wala sa kahit na ano mang mga bagay sa taas ay ikauunlad ng kabuhayan ko, sa tingin ko naman itong mga ito ay malaki ang maitutulong sa pagyaman ng aking puso. Ngayon pag may nagtanong ulit sa akin ng kaparehong tanong, kahit di naman ako talagang adik sa mga nabanggit, masasabi ko namang gustung gusto ko ang mga ito. Salamat sa pagtanong ha. :)

***Iba talaga ang nagagawa ng pagsulat pag may nakakapagpabagabag sa loob mo. Kanina sumasakit na ulo ko, ngayon naging positibo pa ang kinalabasan ng nauna kong kalituhan.

Been Around The World

Asang planeta ka na naman ba nagsusumiksik ha?!?! Bad trip ka talaga!

Inspired :)

I'm so tired today and it's just wrong. I spent the day at the Philcoa office, did almost zilch amount of work and binged on lunch and snacks. Who knew being unproductive could be this exhausting. I feel really really sleepy.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

But no! *slap slap my face* I need and want to write and inspired entry dedicated to my recent creative musings. After finishing my room's renovation, I still wasn't satisfied. Though, it looked artsy funky already, it also felt... I guess dismal. I want to feel happy every time I stay in my room, so I decided to paint a sort of mural. I wanted a simple one, something related to the outdoors, so I chose to put a tree. I actually had no idea how it would turn out, but after finishing the trunk and branches, I decided to skip the leaves and just paint tons of flowers on it. After a while, I realized it's turning out to be a Sakura! What do you know! It's so cute, I feel very light- hearted everytime I look at these pink flowers on my wall. :)


Then last Friday I finally had my Calatagan frames processed at Digiprint. The scans arrived on Monday and boy was I happy with the results! The Kodak Ektachrome bunch was just breath-taking! It almost made me cry with joy. No wonder that type of film is so popular in the Lomo world, it's really worth your money. Here are some of the frames:






Ai, seeing and making such beautiful things makes my heart flutter with so much happiness. I hope I can keep this up. Thanks for the inspiration. :)