Family Outing (first set of pictures)

We had a family outing last Saturday at Loreland in Antipolo. It's an impressive multi-use resort on a hillside, with lots of pools and cottages.


Mama and Sharon on the ride to Antipolo


Kenneth on the van


Roselle and Darwi on the van


Andoy


Naomi


Sharon


Roselle with Darwi at the back hamming it up for the camera


Dong with Angel at the kiddie pool


Naomi at the kiddie pool


Angel and Dong


Angel and Dong at the slide (kiddie pool)


Mama and Manang


Kenneth, Sharon, Mama, Darwi and Roselle (at the back partly hidden)


Mama, Darwi and Roselle


Kenneth, Sharon, Mama, Darwi and Roselle


Sharon


Naomi and Angel on the swing


Naomi


Angel


Kenneth


Naomi and Angel, having ice cream while playing on the swing





Naomi


Dong with Angel

I'll post the other pictures next time.

--Andoy
27 May 2008

Irene's Birthday

Irene came home from Singapore for her vacation, which also coincided with her birthday, May 18.

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Darwi and Kenneth

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Me and Naomi

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Kiko and Jonas

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Darwi and Kenneth

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Darwi, Kiko and Naomi

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Roselle, Irene and Dong, with Naomi partly shown at the back

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Kenneth clowning around with the cake roll

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Naomi and her Barbie

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Me and Roselle

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Dong and Irene (japanese/korean tourist pose)

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Irene and Neng

From Irene's Birthday (May 18, 2008)

Tatay, Neng and Naomi

--Andoy
26 May 2008

Another page layout edit

Edited and moved things around on the layout. Minor revisions on the text. Nothing much. Like putting slips of paper in a bowl and pulling them out at random. Shouldn't be noticeable. Like an inverted nipple. hehehe

-- andoy
12 April 2008

The Freesound Project

I had just for this website. It sounds awesome. But very niche, niche. Looks like a great activity and something very unique. The Freesound Project is a limited Creative Commons license, where members can upload and download sounds (yes, real sounds) and use them with attribution to source according to the tenets of of the Creative Commons license. Yes, it's free to download and use the sounds even in profit-making ventures as long as you attribute the source.

Makes sense.

--andoy
11 April 2008

Bataan Trip: On Mt. Samat

From Mt. Samat (March 2008)

From Mt. Samat (March 2008)

That's Mang Louie, Tony and me on the road to Mt. Samat. The Mt. Samat memorial cross is in the background.

From Mt. Samat (March 2008)

Japanese marker. Sorry but I can't read what it says.

From Mt. Samat (March 2008)

From Mt. Samat (March 2008)

A marker on the slopes of Mt. Samat.

From Mt. Samat (March 2008)

Details of the marker.

Graduation Pictures

Some pictures from Kenneth's graduation.

From Kenneth's Graduation

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From Kenneth's Graduation

From Kenneth's Graduation

Online Image Animator

I was just browsing the internet when I came across this website. Should be great to create an animated GIF without actually having a GIF animator software. Looks good from where I am. Now if I can only find some pics to animate.

--andoy
11 March 2008

Babang Luksa. A Tribute Exhibit of Marlon Despues

Babang Luksa...


I went to the Babang Luksa tribute exhibit last Friday with Nap Suarez, a good friend of mine from HP (and going back to Digital Filipinas/Compaq days). The exhibit itself is from Marlon Despues's pictures, nudes of ordinary people, with plain white or black background.

Marlon died last year, he had this big exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes of about 700 nude photos.

Maybe one day I can go back to photography. I hope I would.

--andoy
2 February 2008

Christmas Objects

Our office has a warehouse full of broken monitors. And, since it was Christmas there was an attempt at recycling things for the decorations.

From 20071226

The idea was from a picture picked up somewhere in the internet. The original arch was made indoors. This was done beside the parking lot.

From 20071226

--andoy
4 January 2008

A stumble... and a restart

I admit that lately I haven't had much practice in taking pictures.  Personally, the last good pictures I took were when I was still with Pixela.  And even before that, I've always been proud of my skills and knowledge in using an SLR on manual settings. Either with natural light or with flash, modesty aside, I know I was good.  I was good because I took the time to study my SLR and photography in general.  I took the time to compose pictures.

 

Right now I am "recalibrating" and would be studying this camera more and studying photography techniques which are significant or specific to the camera.  I am not happy with the pictures I've taken so far.  It would take me some more time to get used to this.  Maybe another 100 pictures, and with constant practice.  I have to be patient and learn to compose pictures again.

 

The learning continues then.

--andoy

26 Sept. 2007 
 

Set Pictures: odd objects

Some days I just want the time to pass me by.



Kenneth borrowed the bag, and hasn't returned it yet. These are Darwi's new glasses. Red frame.



Darwi's red framed glasses set against one of her bags.

--andoy
25 Sept. 2007

Candid shot: Marikina soldier statue

Statue of a soldier located along Bayan-Bayanan Ave. in Concepcion, Marikina.

Candid photos (24 Sept 2007)

Photo taken from inside the project room of the Philippine flag. Drenched and left on the site. The window was dirty. I had no polarizer with me. No photo editing clean up.

--andoy
24 Sept. 2007

Changes: from words to graphics

I am planning to steer this page from one end of the spectrum to another:  from words to pictures.  Hopefully, I would be successful enough to show something for it.

 

Next!!! 

-- andoy
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea.  - R. Heinlein

Multiple Intelligence Test

You're a Linguistic Intelligence!


The Multiple Intelligences Test

Brought to you by Tickle

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Wala lang. Just wanted to post the result of the multiple intelligence test I took from Tickle.com.

--andoy
29 June 2007

The words are there but...

The words still ramble in my head, but I don't write them down any
more. I am waiting for the words to tone down and to disappear into
the background of my consciousness. The poems wanting to be written
are still there. But I am not letting it reach the hand. And the
hand is not poised to write or type the poem. The mind tries to steer
away from the poem waiting to be written. A reason and a thousand
others do not need to intervene, no reason is needed. I don't want to
write the poem. Not "not yet" just simply "not." Maybe just "not
today" but I know it won't last forever.

Another time then. Meantime, another kind of pining and spacing out.

-- andoy
26 May 2007

Hiatus

I have not posted anything on this blog for a long while. Mainly because I have not posted any poems with PinoyPoets. And that because I have gone into a leave of absence with the group. Was very disappointed for a long, long while. I know I tried my best to contribute. Though after a while, any contribution which is not acknowledged would make you feel left out and unwanted.

Maybe my fault. I didn't try to educate the members enough of the necessity of what I did. All background work and technical.

Definitely my fault.

Will be posting more on this blog. I don't know what, but I would be changing directions on what this blog is. I will let it evolve on its own.

More from me soon.

--andoy
16 April 2007