Jazz Up Your Hair

Today marks the start of SPL's Theme Fridays, and the theme for today was 'Jazz Up Your Hair'...

We had an assortment of sticky hair shaped with gel to all kinds of pointy proportions, as well as hair decked out with clips, ribbons and adornments of all colors and sizes.

I opted for braids. Not really as creative I would have wanted, but at least I joined in on the fun.
What was even fun was watching the reactions i got on my way to work. Yes, i took the MRT all my hair separated in sections and braided. It took me an hour to get my hair ready. To top it off, I was in the train with a dread-locked guy! (No I didn't know who he was, but the reaction the two of us got was hilaous)
Some shots from the day...unfortunately my camera wasn't fully charged (shame, shame, shame)...but this should a pretty good picture of how everyone looked today.

Family traits

I've always believed that had it been my brother and not me behind the camera, the photos that
my 300d would produce would be absolutely wonderful. After all, my brother, my sister and
my mom are the creative people in the family.

This past weekend I left my cam with my brother and Carl (his 10 year old son ) for La Salle's
Grade 4 Family Day and then again on Sunday to take photos while we were playing soccer.
Below are just some of the photos they took:

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This one's my brother shortly before we left Ateneo. Its a bit dark and I had to tweak the levels
in Photoshop just so you'd see the composition and all. My feeling is if we had a tripod with us
then, this would have been a really good shot.


carl's

These are Carl's. I handed him my camera while there was a Wushu Exhibition ongoing during
the Family Day. Noticed the focusing and the composition...not bad for a 10 year old dont you
think?

And by the way, the camera was in 'P' Mode the entire time. =)

'core'

my best friends...i love them all dearly. my fondest memories almost always include them.

Lately though I think I've been going through some changes...and I apologize to them if I don't join in as much as I used to.

Changes. changes. changes.

*sigh*

war!

paintball nov 13, 2004 at Gotcha! Antipolo


Its expensive but we all should allow ourselves to splurge every now and then right?

We spent Saturday morning hunting each other down with rounds of paintball at Antipolo's Gotcha! 'war zone'. In the photo above are the group photos and some of the fanatically war freaks and effortlessly scary terrorists that happen to make up our paintball group...

can you imagine I work with most of these people?? :p

peeved

Lately I've noticed that I get annoyed easily. No, its not a female hormonal thing (otherwise it would only be monthly, not almost everyday). So I've decided to list down what and why I get irritated faster than I normally would. Below are two, in the coming weeks, I just might add to this...

Personal space

There is no fixed size, scale nor dimension to when it comes to defining the boundaries of personal space. It changes depending on the venue, the situation and your relationship with those around you. This can be as broad as the entire length of a room -- such as when in a room with another whose smell automatically incites gag reflex -- or as miniscule as the indecipherable distance between a tango-dancing pair.

It is this very flexibility that makes it confusing. When is it okay to be one elbow nudge away from the person beside/in front/behind you? Common sense (if it were THAT common, then how come very few possess them???) would dictate that if:

a. you don’t know the person’s name
b. the other person doesn’t know your name
c. hell, if you plain DON’T KNOW THE PERSON

then by golly, do not endeavor to be within physical contact of the other person! Especially when there is no need to be. Is that lunch tray mine? No? Then please don’t put in front of me when I’m ordering something for take-out at the food line!!! Its YOURS not mine, don’t you think it should move with YOU?

Human Traffic

Not to be confused with trafficking as in ‘selling’ other human beings. This is, in my opinion, a basic rule. Very easy to adhere to, yet just as easily ignored. As with vehicles, humans also occupy space, and humans are also mobile, requiring to move from one place to another. Since people move, naturally, there are channels of movement: sidewalks, corridors, escalators, elevators and the like. The tricky part here is that unlike vehicles, we don’t have lanes. So just as easily, these pathways, walkways, areas are blocked by other people. Humans are matter, therefore, we occupy space. And when we block a corridor, we take up that space. Other people who need to pass through CANNOT do so if there is someone in the way. Unless the blocker is displaced by the blockee…which would in effect cause a scene.

This is worsened when the blocker is actually ‘blockers’ meaning, they are more than one. Most often than not, blockers are:
a. A big group group of giggling and laughing (dare I add ‘loud’) girls made oblivious to their surroundings by the very fact that they are a big group of giggling, laughing, loud girls.
b. a big group of people who are unfamiliar or new to their surroundings. Easily identifiable by the way they look around them and the questions they ask those within their group (where are we? Where are we going?). Map is optional. (This also applies to new people within a bigger group who choose to hide their insecurity by immersing themselves in a crowd. Ironically, by flocking together, they attract more attention to themselves.)

First Time Ever!

San Miguel's Employee Service Awards

Somebody actually paid ME to shoot for them! I covered San Miguel's Service Awards this weekend, and after weeks of stressing over it and worrying, I finally pulled it off!

It helps to have friends in and outside of San Miguel. Thanks Renee for trusting me enough with the job, to William and T for loaning me their stuff and to Sumi for letting me panic pre-event.

Sa uulitin! :)

contemplating...

I've been thinking of joining this Football club.

They play in the Makati area three times a week. Lately I've been playing with a group of officemates and I've been enjoying myself immensely. It made me think that maybe, I can join competitions again and that maybe, just maybe, this can be a regular part of my life again.

But then again, am I really up for it? Am I ready for it? More importantly, will things be different this time??