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I started a photoblog out of depression ( talkin bout the camcorder) if your into photos just click the link Ritratto. So all my sceneries and new photo stuff will be uploaded there, the poetry stays here, i'll just gather stuff to upload. Namaste!

My Caffeine Fix

The last time i had my Vanilla Latte is almost a month ago, went to my favorite shop to grab a tall one, had a good time with myself, alone, no one bothering me, im not feeling exactly sociable coz im kinda lost since some of my tech toys died on me (weeping) how can i finish my vidz? i have to wait for at least a month to have them check or replace my unit, shite! anyway, i'll just concentrate on my photo ops, i just hope my trusty Kodak won't die like the rest of them dear departed.

Pushed to a breakpoint

My divicamcorder conked on me while shooting Mal's music video, Shite! my mobile phone accidentally fell, and nosedived to the solid cement, died on the spot, Sheesh! My desktop pc is aging, showing signs of it, Oh god! so what else is going to bade me good bye, it is hampering my tech life! Mal's vid was set aside coz i have to bring the camcorder to the shop and have it replaced or repaired ( the good thing is i was able to dug up the warranty card), and i have to use my back up phone ( good thing i have back up), and create a new spec for my new dream desktop pc ( maybe it is time to upgrade, she's 3 years old already!). the thought of a new desktop rig makes me smile! Oh boy! if only i have the dough to replace it instantly.

Mabuhay Rotonda at Night

On my way home atop the pink overpass in Welcome Rotonda QC, i decided to snap a photo of the Rotonda landmark at night.

I SILENTLY WEEP

On the steps i sit
staring at the peacefulness
of the darkened skies

The cold windy breeze
along with the drizzle
soothes my weariness

I've downed my last ale
along with my cigarette
hoping fear would fade

I cried as i think
of loneliness, signalled by
the wind of silence

As the trickling leaves
slowly floats down with my heart
i can only sigh


Do not go, not yet
is the only words i could
mutter inside me


Will you ever know?
how i really treasure you?
how i wish you know

Will you ever feel?
that my life will close on me?
if ever you'll go?

As i close my eyes
i grip my Kristo pendant
asking for a chance

A chance to be with you
before the light dims, before
the sound of life fades

A chance to show love
before the soul starts to glide.
I'll weep silently.

Meet Mallory, the Mouse...

After inquiring at CAL and booked an online learning session, i decided to wander around the mall, i saw i guy from Blue Magic, a gift shop, playing with a puppet, i figured i could use a puppet for my new video, so i went inside the store, checked the animal puppets and grab Mallory the Mouse, kinda cute but im gonna make his character a little annoying and pesky in the upcoming vidz, ( which he will star). I gotta find that fast food song for the first project.

The Manila City Hall

Just wandering around Manila, went to SM to check CAL (computer assisted learning) school, im planning to enroll on their online courses to heighten my IT skills and jump ship and look for another nice paying job, heheh! well, i have my nifty Kodak cam this time, tried to get a good shot of the City Hall Clock, a photographer wanna be, that's me.

School's back! Along with the traffic.

(3 honda's in traffic, sheesh!)

It is June, the month that starts the school season, every kid will be wandering the streets early in the morning to go to school and afternoon to go home, go to the mall, go to where ever, thus contributing to the rush hour traffic. so heavy traffic, welcome back!

Just a Photo Op

Had time to fiddle with my digicam after a lot of household chores, actually im preparing the cam for a Sunday trip tommorow, along with my bad ass mountain bike, i'll be riding tommorow and check Manila Bay on a Sunday, meanwhile, here are some photos i took after reading Francis Magalona's blog @ Multiply(francismagalona.multiply.com) makes my jaw drop in awe with some of his amazing photo shoot, well, i hope i did a decent shot with just a digicam, but i will be studying more and got to score a decent equipment of course.

THE GATHERING

Tears are rolling down
my cheeks as i walk away
from the gathering

I feel like im lost
as i watch my clan, smiling
having a good talk

Pleasantries exchanged,
how they live their lives with their
wives and their young ones

As i tightly clutch
my brew not saying a word
questions starts hounding

I smiled off the pain
as an elderly cracks a
joke that stabs my heart

Laughter filled the room,
makes me die slowly in pain,
in pain i anguish

I puffed my last joint
along with the loneliness
and i walk away

I'll never be back
until im considered whole
in the gathering.

wrote this after feeling like crap in a family reunion

Independence day of The 3 Stars and a Sun

The independence day was celebrated on the 12th of June, flags were hoisted on the streets to commemorate freedom, makes me feel patriotic. i should grab a shirt from Francis Magalona's Clothing line and wear it proudly! " I'm ready to defend the 3 Stars and a Sun!!!". Anyway, its a holiday, how come most are spending time with their families? it's independence day? it is like "not working on Labor Day" Just kiddin!!! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!!!

I need a beer!

After a day's work, nothing beats an ice cold booze, grab a couple of couples from the nearest 7-11, it really boosts the creativity in you, good when you're in a rut and trying to write something. San Miguel Beer, Sarap nito ah!!!

SONG

Notes starts fluttering
creating a wall of sound
as the guitar hyms

Images abound
as i try to paint in words
pictures are vivid

The music entwines
with the words that is so fine
and picturesque

Words are strung into
sentences then coated with
music, It's a song

A song from my thoughts
what i feel at the moment
it says who i am.

ON JANE AND MARY

Oh how i just wish
the wind would whisper your name
But it's just a gist.

And how i wanted
to hear your soft, soothing voice
It's wishful thinking.

How i remember
the soft giggle as we joke
and i goof around.

How i expected
you are at my side cheering
up a lowly soul.

How i wish! i wish
you are here, but just a thought.....
The phone starts ringing.



written for Ching

Rainy season's here

went up the overpass to shoot Mabuhay Rotonda in Quezon City before the heavy down pour, the sky's really gloomy at 12 noon. Rainy season's here, Floody roads are also back, kinda refreshing though....if you're a duck.

Sunday Yummy Sunday

An unusual day, first i don't have work on a Sunday, (very unusual if you're a fastfood slave) second, i woke up early, very early as in 530 am, ( that's very rare for me), and third we went to a Sunday market, at the Lung Center of the Philippines grounds, ( some sort of a "Tiangge" or Flea Market ), first thing that i noticed is FOOD!!! Food galore, everywhere you look its food, from the usual to the exotic, i grab Taho ( a soy product popular here for breakfast), a bowl of it upon arrival, Mia got some, Morcon, a delicately made meat product with meat fillings and cheese and...Tasty! in the photos are some of the local delicious dishes, like " ginataang puso ng saging " ( banana heart in coconut milk ) " Laing, i still don't know the english name for this veggie, and alot more, aside from the food of course are clothings, plants, flowers, pet fishes and utility tools and exotic weapons, i got a fan knife for a hundred bucks, cool! and i grab Cho a set of throwing knife, from China i guess. i should've shot a lot of photo but im already carrying a lot of bags with food and stuff in it, can't pull out my nifty Moto. Oh well, im gonna eat first, shoot later.