Little paper umbrella ☂

As promised, here's the second set of photos from our trip. We spent most of the day bumming at my home in Subic so there are only seventeen shots in this post. Most were taken during the afternoon when we met Steph, Jungie, and Uno for merienda. 〬Following my previous post, the photos Paul and Earnie took are free from commentary and credited to them. My photos are the ones with opinion at the bottom :p

Two weekends ago, I went to the Clark air show with Earnie, Raffy, and Paul. Here are some of the photos I took with my trusty digicam and also an equal display of pictures stolen off Paul’s camera. Those with rambling are mine. Paul’s photos and the ones Earnie took are credited and free from commentary. Without further delay, here’s a visual rundown of our trip.

When the day ended, we drove up to our vacation home in Subic to recuperate from the heat, clean off the dust and grime from Clark Air Field, eat and sleep. The next day, we went shopping, had a good lunch, then met Steph, Jung, and Uno for merienda. I will be posting photos of our wholesome gathering and our road trip back to Metro Manila before the week ends. See ya! ^^

I've uploaded a photo a day since I got invited to Momentile. I really like it. The site helps me keep track of little things. Most of them aren't important, not even the highlight of my day, but it's nice to have these digital keepsakes in one place. I'm laying out all my photos here because the tiny thumbnails on my page are difficult to see. I'm also a bit lazy to keep checking my dashboard.

I haven't missed a day yet but we'll see if I can keep this up. I'm a bit wary of the time I'll start travelling again (some time around April). I don't know how I'm going to send photos then but I'll try to scrounge around for wifi access. I guess I'll have to try beating that greater challenge.

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

I was tagged by friends on Facebook sometime last week. Here are my answers:

1. I love that I have the same birthday as Stevie Wonder.

2. I still have two of my first three dolls. There’s Miku, my raven-haired Barbie. She’s a cross between Tia Carrere and Kimora Lee. Then Charlotte, a Cabbage Patch doll. She has long brown hair in pigtails and wears a white dress. She’s the inanimate and lumpier version of Charlotte aka Chuck in Pushing Daisies.

3. I adore Pushing Daisies. The show’s cancellation seriously made me emo. I’m still grieving now.

4. I’m 24 years old and happy I look younger.

5. I don’t have wedding plans like most girls. I don’t know how I want everything to look, who should be there, if I want a ceremony, if I want to get married at all…
 
6. I know that if I do get married, I don’t want anyone else to wear white. I don’t care if it’s just an accent on your dress, if it’s the shirt you’re wearing. I’ll say it now to make things clear: Don’t wear white at my wedding or F.O.
 
7. I’m not sure if I want to have kids of my own but twins have always fascinated me. There’s a twin gene in our family and I’m hoping I have it.

8. My left forearm is slightly bent. No one notices until I point it out. I got into a skateboarding accident when I was in the fourth grade. I was going down a steep road and crashed into a friend on rollerblades. The bone never broke. It just bent.

 
9. I used to play the piano everyday. I was obsessed about perfecting some songs then I stopped sometime before college. I haven’t touched the piano for years and I don’t know if I can still play.
 
10. I also used to draw a lot but I haven’t made anything for about a year now.

11. I like animals. I find migratory birds, white tigers, and noble-looking stray cats interesting. Also big puppies and wolf-like dogs.
 
12. I don’t like small talk and rarely respond to people who start it.
 
13. I can’t swim. I can survive floating in shallow water but I will drown in water that goes past my head.

 
14. I don’t know how to ride a bike. I would like to learn before I turn 30.
 
15. I don’t know how to whistle. Never tried learning because I’ve been told it’s unladylike to do so. I think I’d like to learn someday. Maybe while learning to ride a bike.
 
16. I think boys shouldn’t buy expensive presents all the time. Just give food. Make me pasta, and I’ll never forget you.
 
17. I love seafood.
 
18. I love lilies and daisies. I like red roses the least.
 
19. I’m crazy about oranges.

20. My favorite color is red but I’m strangely and strongly attracted to green.

21. Favorite fast food: KFC.
 
21. My top two destinations are South Africa and Berlin.
 
22. Last year, some stranger on Plurk asked me to try mayo noodles. It’s my favorite midnight snack now. That and a peanut butter sandwich.

 
23. The only boy band I’ve ever loved is Take That. I still listen to them now.
 
24. The most intelligent people I know are my brother and my dad.
 
25. If I get a car someday, I’d name it Casanova.

I already tagged a few friends on Facebook but I’m also tagging anyone who has time to do this. ^^

I was invited to Momentile by one of my favorite people online and I think it's great so far. Their About page clearly explains everything:

The sole purpose of this service is to provide a means for people to chronicle their days and share their experiences, with as little effort as possible.

A momentile consists of a single image, defined only by the date it was published. That's it. Void of explanation and free from context, a momentile is pure visual communication. There's something special about observing an interesting moment from a complete stranger, without any message other than the one you interpret yourself.

Clean and simple, like Posterous. That’s why I think I can take on the challenge of posting a photo everyday. Of course, my page looks lonely right now but I’ll fill it with more pictures as the days progress.

Momentile’s still in alpha mode but if you want to check it out, leave a comment with your email address or privately message me here for an invite. ;)

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

About the video:

Welcome to our city - to our world - of books. This is where we live.

A film for 4th Estate Publishers' 25th Anniversary. Produced by Apt Studio and Asylum Films.

The film was produced in stop-motion over 3 weeks in Autumn 2008. Each scene was shot on a home-made dolly by an insane bunch of animators; you can see time-lapse films of each sequence being prepared and shot in our other films.

...since I made this account. My blog still has nothing in it, except the unfulfilled promise to bomb you with useless information. I finally realize how sad it is to start things that way so to make up for the silence, let me share some things that have kept me distracted lately.

There’s a Flickr meme called Me, Right Now. I’ve been using Photobooth since I saw it and have been taking silly self-portraits more often. I just love its candidness.

Upon waking up one day, I got Yuki and took a photo. I thought that an early morning shot couldn’t get more spontaneous but this certainly amused me.

I think it never looks less weird or scary, LOL. I haven’t submitted anything to the group pool since I took this shot.

 
 Aside from my vanity at Flickr (and the noise I create in other places), revisiting one of my 'favoured' authors has kept me away from this blog. Italo Calvino frequented my reading lists since college but I’ve never obsessed about his work until now.

I finished rereading Difficult Loves yesterday. Invisible Cities will be my companion tonight and after that, more of Calvino’s books will follow. I guess it’s good to start the year by looking back. I never thought a drastic change of meaning can be brought to texts just by taking a second look.

Finally, let me tell you about one highlight of this happy day. I adopted my first word baby! Friends, meet woundikins.

I should fix my account there. I want my real name to be indicated on the certificate! Anyway, Save the Words is a lovely idea for a website. I feel inspired by it so I plan to adopt a word every three months or maybe six-- I still have to decide on that. Anyway, you can adopt your own neglected word too. I’d love to hear about your word babies! ^^

I haven’t blogged for ages but here I am again, attempting to keep a journal of things. I have a clutter of online accounts but now I want a room to put in everything. This is my little paper umbrella, under it all the things I drink to keep me sane (or insane) at random moments. I’ll be posting more in the coming days so please visit again. :)

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