zucca bag

finally.

not for sale. not online. not in stores. it's a Zucca Magazine freebie. been searching for this. been asking friends in hongkong and singapore to find me one. 

not a chance.

luckily found it this morning, while thrifting...for Php190.00

(it's a shopping tote actually, but for me, its an everyday anti-snatcher bag)

Lomo: toys inc.

Samsung Galaxy Tab's Lomo Effect.

Film shots

from mabe's Bratz toy camera, using an expired 35mm film.

Canon 28-135mm

trying out the new lens.

off to the highlands on friday...can't wait.

thank you JITB :))

Organized Chaos

Four more days...trying to clear and tidy up the chaos of my four corners...not easy, i tell you.

Trying to face 2012 with ease..hopefully.

9th year

Happy 9th Year JITB!!

We may not started our marriage perfectly but I am more than grateful that we made it. We have experienced the bad and good times together and stood still.

I know that COFFEE and FOOTBALL will always be part of our life...

Okay, I will stop here...I know you don't like me talking about you in this blog.

Happy 9th tomorrow! (a 24-70mm lens would do! lol)

Christmas: in the eyes of a child...

and the child-like.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas 2011

Our home smelled like berries. I love it, must be the candles we light every night.

THIS Christmas is precious for me and for the rest of my family. 

Tonight, we all celebrate the birth of Jesus and for us, THIS Christmas is also the celebration of my father's healing and survival.

We did not fuss over preparing a feast for tonight's noche buena, in fact we did not prepare any special food at all. A simple dinner would do.

It was said that Christmas in the heart puts Christmas in the air. 

True. 

Let us fill our hearts with love and compassion to make each day Christmas Day...

and to fill the air with the Christmas spirit.

A Merry and Blessed Christmas everyone!

Friendship Bracelet

When your daughter decided to buy some beads and nylons for some kind of a Friendship Bracelet, it only meant one thing: you're the one who will do most all of it.

A few months ago Mabe got a Friendship Bracelet from her friend Kylie, she said Kylie's dad helped her made it. Now I know how Kylie's father felt.

12/22/2011

went to the supermarket for the noche buena preps...got some pizza after...reached home and saw another beautiful sky with the sun just setting...found mabe's bike parked in the yard.

Something for me...

as an early Christmas gift to myself.

Hello Kitty never fails to cheer me up.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Home in wheels.

No amount of words can express how we felt today. My father is finally home (in wheels). Not totally healed, but well recovered from the extremely dangerous thing that happened last Monday that lead us to the Emergency Room and confinement in the hospital.

Thank you to all our relatives and friends who reached out, expressed heartfelt sympathy and for praying for us. To those who stayed on our side, helped us emotionally and spiritually, I am deeply touched and grateful.

somebody is comfortably seated in lolo's wheels.

Thank you!!

Thank You Bebang!

for this:

My friend Bebang of Living...Loving...Scrapping! who resides in Singapore and she's currently here in the country for the holidays, gave me an alphabet stamp set!

I've been looking for this but I can't find any here in the city.

Thank you Bebang :)

Not Good.

Not good.

My father's back in the hospital.

I want to cry but I can't.

Not good.

It's like I'm being swallowed by the vastness of the sky above.

The Versatile Blogger Award

I was chosen by Hanna of The Island Princess as one of The Versatile Bloggers she discovered. naks! 

THANK YOU Hanna and my apologies for the delayed thank you. I googled my blog this afternoon and just found out about it.

So as per reading The Island Princess, one must follow the rules of this award:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.

Okay, 7 Things You'll Hate Know About Me.

> I love taking pictures but I hate being photographed.

> Used to be a vampire, but now I'm renewed. I am awake in the morning and loves having hot chocolate.

> Aside from Purple, Black is another favorite.

> Used to be the human telephone directory, but now retired.

> Master impersonator. (hidden talent, now not hidden anymore)

> A certified lampa. Sports is not in my vocabulary.

> Stage Mother. (as if it's not obvious if you have read my blog) haha!

Okay, can I skip Rule No. 3? I promise I will make a separate blog entry for the blogs I love.

Thank you again Hanna!!

just like mama

a 35mm Bratz Camera. with 12shots film. less 50%.

goodluck.

i feel so low. 

is this the bug again? 

i know i should not let this bug eat me. i have all the reason to be thankful and happy about, but i just cant ignore it. i am just sad.

--- two weeks before december started i had to deal with my father's illness and hospitalization;

--- same time with mabe's activities in school and ballet rehearsals plus her confession and first communion;

--- in between those two listed above i was helping out a bride in her wedding;

--- after the wedding, i went home around midnight with mabe having signs of chicken pox;

--- the next day, had to finish some wedding stuff with the couple, and mabe's chicken pox in full bloom. 

yes, i am in panic mode.

--- chicken pox can't happen when your daughter has a ballet performance in the next 5 days!

--- aside from anti-viral medication, another word is: isolation. (not only mabe was isolated, me too was confined inside the room to monitor her condition and praying hard for healing)

--- final rehearsal came, my heart was full of apprehensions. i knew my daughter will get a treatment i wouldn't want to see. fortunately, there were fellow ballet parents who understood and there were some who just gave us a cold stare.

--- ballet performance day. everything went well, except for the plaza photographer hired by the studio. i tell you, i am not a professional (far from it), but i know my camera, i know what to do with it, just don't freakin' tell me to use my built in flash looking at me like you know everything! all i want is to get a photo of my daughter and her friends.

--- this evening's christmas party at the studio was the last social activity of mabe this december. i just can't wait for wednesday to come, we're off to the small farm for the rest of the holidays.

--- right now, i know typhoon sendong brought so much death and damage in mindanao. with this bug, i just can't allow myself to see the devastation. it breaks my heart to see dead children, families losing their homes, farmers losing their crops.

i am sad but i know i should not be and this is not the right time to be sad.

call me depressive, call me anything but i will not let depression eat me.