Sister

Don’t you just love it when she smiles? :)

Sleep to dream

Dream away through the night, and let your fantasies come to life

Fly high in the sky, enjoy the stars as they shine for you.

 

- from Sleep to dream by Silent Sanctuary, that Filipino band that played rock and violins (I like their old vocalist better :P)

 

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Now if only I could sleep as soundly as my pet cat.. :)

I luv herrrRRRrrrr..

Gwahaha…!!

I love you too bro! 

Morning Buddy

What a feeling.. watching the sunrise and knowing you’re there.

私の心はあなたのものです。

Love is.. organic.

It’s nice being sappy when everyone isn’t (yet).

Let’s go marathon Wong-Kar Wai movies!

Kawawang Metro Aid

Look at all those leaves—a version of “Philippine autumn” at school:

I can’t work when the weather’s this good because I’d rather spend all this time just being outside! It’s so refreshing, especially knowing that there’s city muck and dust to greet you as soon as you plunge in those streets just a few blocks away.

I wonder how street sweepers feel when it’s the January-February, tree-shedding-leaves season.

Martian crime scene

Tailor’s marker

Pieced off and shattered and orange and gray.

Cherry

This is one of my missed “tambay” places in highschool: Cherry Foodarama in Congressional Avenue. Up to now, I still wonder why it’s called “Foodarama”.

Circla late 90s and year 2000—on the second floor of this huge grocery, there used to be two Japanese novelty toy stores there where I got all my original Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Tamagotchis, and other Japanese toys. There were also two game shops where I got all my pirated PS One/Two CDs.

Only one of each store exists now. Even the Japanese store only sells overpriced Hello Kitty stuff (which stocks could even have come from DV instead of Japan for all I know). 

Everything changes huh? Good thing the grocery still looks the same.

Andalasia/Andalucia

Ay sus, silly me for interchanging the two, and insisting they’re the same name:

Andalasia is the animated Princess land in the movie Enchanted.

Andalucia is the coffee place in Antipolo owned by a young, savvy real-life dentist couple who are churchmates of a friend. Noticeably, the husband IS a music buff, and the wife is an unstoppable “shopaholic”/fashionista :) Seeing the owners hanging out there on their “day off” from their dayjobs, and hearing James Morrison (a favorite :D) and some nineties alternative music play in the background instantly made me love this place. Too bad it’s kinda far away. ^^;

In How I Met Your Mother, Tedd tells Barney, “We should buy a bar!”

I say, “We should buy a cafe!”

A kiss to send us off

GYPSY (Garfield cat) to RAJAH (white cat):

Beeee mY ODIE!!

Prusisyon

Another reason to wake up early, explore somewhere you’ve never been to, and literally get lost before you reach your destination:

PHOTO-OPS.

 

 

 

 

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Did I break a solemn mood there?

(Antipolo)

Do you watch Philippine Travel Shows?

Me and two of my closest friends in UP Diliman would love to know what you think of them!

Kindly give us some ten minutes of your golden hours to answer this survey for an ongoing undergraduate thesis on Local Tourism in Philippine TV.

Why answer this survey?

Because YOU who watches this TV show is HARD TO FIND. And we’d love to see if YOU believe these shows/networks yourself, being someone who actually lives in the areas they feature. Kumbaga, walang tatalo sa first-hand experience at knowledge mo tungkol sa lugar na un! Your opinion and recommendations can make a difference in maintaining the standards of quality Philippine travel TV shows! (Besides, you’ll be giving out priceless help to us students :D)

Thanks in advance! O game, click the link na!

Cheating Hotel 626

Oh it’s so easy, it’s like this:

• Grab a friend (or in my case, grab my cousins).
• Keep all lights open.
• Forget to bring speakers or headphones.
• Make sure the wi-fi connection you’re stealing from the neighbor is crappy
• Open Youtube in another window. View cute cats and rats loving each other while the other side of the “door” loads.
• Remember at the last minute that you, the bravest of ‘em all, hated seeing gory stuff because you remember them so well they’ll give you graphic nightmares. Leave the table, and take sissy pictures like this, or pay a visit to the dessert table.