Random BlackBerry Shots

 

I'm using Photo Studio: Camera+ BB Apps for some color effects. Now using it as my default BlackBerry camera. 

Random snaps anywhere, in any way to survive the summer heat madness.

How are you cooling down so far?

Homecoming

Homecomings. What do you exactly do in homecomings. A lot. A lot of gossips. Lol! It's a joke but actually, there's truth in it.

Some says high school was the best days of their life. Personally, high school was ONE of the best days of my life because I cannot exactly say that it was THE best. My life was more exciting after high school. 

At 15, I traveled and explored a different culture from what I grew up in. The summer I turned 16, I was about to enroll in a university my high school friends never heard of. I would watch rock concerts all by myself. Travel alone. Lived a life away from family and the comfort of my own bed. 

I went back to the hometown and continued the course I had. Joined the college paper, became an editor, graduated with a special award in journalism. Despite all that, I was a rule breaker, I was not a good student, I live my life the way I wanted. I don't burn candles, I don't aim for A's. I never had a decent notebook. Instead, I buried my face in paperbacks reading fiction, stayed away from normal co-eds who would spend the whole 20minutes in the restroom putting make-ups, while I could hardly comb my hair twice a day.

This afternoon in our high school homecoming, I hardly knew my batchmates. I cannot recognize a classmate in sophomore year or in junior year, aside from the ones whom I became friends with. My memory was so blocked that I sucked in remembering names and faces. My high school memory was blurred, even college was a haze. 

I don't think I'm normal, the word normal was never in my vocabulary. I think I'm different. 

Homecomings and gossip comes together. I had a gossip juicy life, real homecoming worthy. 

Don't you just love homecomings?

I do.

Playdate

If you do not have neighbors your kid can play with, you sometimes let them play with friends who lives far from you. Nowadays its called, Playdate. An arranged get together for children to play in a short period of time. 

Mabe's playdate took place at her friend Stephanie's house in a village down south, where there's an amazing view of the sunset.

Stephanie's dad is from England so I was introduced to the popular British product called Marmite (forgive my ignorance, but I honestly don't know what this thing is). It's a food spread, ideal for your morning toast, but blimey (naks!) I don't like the salty and sour-ly taste.

It was fun for the kids and for us parents since we had a great time chatting and catching up. Thank you to Stephanie's mom and dad for welcoming us in their home and for preparing dinner. 

Playdates are fun and safer. You can organize playdates in parks and other places your kids can have the freedom to run and explore nature.

Green Tambis

Otherwise known as, Watery Rose Apple.

countryside

The following photos made me think of the lyrics in a Jose Mari Chan song (but I want to hear the Lea Salonga version): 

Maybe then we could go for a ride
Drive down to the countryside
Get away from the gray
And frenzied hurly-burly of the city life...

 

However in the photo below, that kind of practice puts everyone in the road in danger. I don't want to discuss Republic Act 9003 here, but sugarcane field burning or whatever is the exact term for that, is very dangerous. I know there are a lot of options in the burning schedule, I hope they listen to the blow of the wind before doing it.

Zero visibility when we passed by that killer smoke. Scary.

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Each cake has a story to tell...friends and families I shared the day with...wonderful memories to keep.

The messages I received thru Twitter, Facebook, BBM, text messages, phone calls were overwhelming. 

There were people whom I never expected to greet me, actually did. (you know who you are, we are not supposed to be friends anymore, but still, you greeted me. Thank you. I am just here, I will forever be a friend to all of you.) 

The new found friends who opened both arms and accepted me as I am, Thank you.

My few good friends, whom I faced life with through good and bad times (mostly bad and worst times, you know who you are too). Thank you.

There's two persons who truly made my day, of course JITB and my Mabe who made this letter for me:

(now you know what my birthday gift is)

Good night everyone!

Summer Survival: Random Shots

Ice Cream is the ultimate heat buster, followed by the yummy Halo-Halo. For now, I settled for Kaisei's Japanese Halo-halo, but Razon's White Halo-Halo is the best ever.

Obey your big thirst, can you see the billboard? Cooling off by the door at the second floor in mabe's dance studio, with an extra large tumbler of Carrot Shake from Thirsty.

Another Carrot Shake from Thirsty.

This one is not an iced tea. I just want to show you how our water from the faucet looks like the other night. eew.

Comfort food. This is the best part, hold on to your seats, don't go and grab one yet.

Spicy sardines in a jar.

Chippy dipped in spicy vinegar. Have you tried some?

Seaweeds with sliced mangos and vinegar. (Kinilaw na Gulaman)

Get your feet some comfort too. Everyday slippers.

and bright summer-y accessories.

Beat the heat!

Enjoy summer everyone :)

Morning Walk: Day 17

Day 17. Orange. Above me was orange-y skies. 

I woke up around 5:00am, my walking buddies, our dog, they're all gone. I was not late, they were too early. Haha!

Still, I did catched up with them. A bit cloudy morning but I'm puto satisfied, paired with some native foodies we found in in front of the church.

Good morning!!

Scattered Thoughts

Since last week my schedule was focused in Mabe's summer ballet and contemporary dance classes in Dancepull School of Performing Arts.

I would do my other errands on days without dance classes, and that includes driving lessons. Scared as rat but I'm really trying my best to learn. I'm kind of shy to say this, but my husband gave me a second hand car, an advance birthday present for next week :)

I'm having scattered thoughts right now, first I have a number of books to read but I don't any time and plan to curl up in bed and read. Second, my pre-birthday hang out with my close friends next week is conflict with Mabe's pictorial in the dance studio. Third, driving is primarily in my mind, I don't want anything more . I know these are all petty thoughts. Don't mind me. Lol!

At the back of all this craziness, I have a personal concern I cannot tell you about because this is a happy blog with young readers so Parental Guidance. Maseselang Usapan ay Hindi Maari. Lol!

So that's it. Enjoy your weekend everyone!