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*swoon album (silversun pickups) plays in the background*

First things first... my congratulations again to my friends eric and sockie for having Kandace (their first born child) kahit medyo late ang greetings, better late than never :D. We (with STE pips) attended Kandace baptismal at Batangas last Satuday Morning. Good to see you guys again :D

Also raced that Saturday afternoon at Sta. Rosa, Greenfields Area ( sunset run ) with Mike and Stell and some usual faces in my previous company. The race felt good, i registered on the 10K category. although it's considered as my first official race, ive been running just around our village for more than a year now, so i did not hesitate to register on that category. On the other hand, 2 weeks before the race, i slightly hesistated on the 10K route, because of my slight injury, that the 10K route would aggravate the injury, i even thought and planned on mingling with the 5K race route even but mike said their bib color was different :D so i was stuck to eat my fried chicken on the 10K route haha :D

So there i was... a newbie! on fun run / races, i ran on my usual slow pace that i always used in our village.. no pressure.. i just wanted to finish the 10K without additional injuries. funny thing was, on the first water station... i was expecting a cup of water to be handed to me.. so i passed the fisrt table and the volunteer handed out a blue square sponge *anong gagawin ko dito sa sponge na to? iinom sa sponge?* so i placed the sponge on the table and then saw the pile of water cups and grabbed one... (saka ko na lang na realize na para sa mga pang-basa pala nila ng ulo yata yun or something... hahaha :D )

Cons of the event and the day itself.... the traffic... a heavy... stagnant at nakakagutom na traffic, very weird traffic situation that day! and after the run, we went to tagaytay for dinner and coffee and arrived at home past 2 in the morning :D, its been months since i went to tagaytay, the area has evolved alot! gone are the amkor days that it was just a sprint getway on summer to get to tagaytay for coffee :D

so the goal for the next races.... to finish a race having a pace of 6 mins and 30 secs per km... *gimme 3 months, nyayhahaha.. i hope* :D


*demmnnn... i miss Vigan!!!!*

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Ingatz to all :D

'till it bleeds.... my fingers that is... :P

well... got the new acoustic guitar that i was aiming for!!! wohoooo! thanks to shoq for helping in findin a new one, as to those who have not known what the hell happened to my old blue slim twisted one,... it died... on a suicide mission from the top of our cabinet years years ago, t'was a gift form my dad... :( ... anyhow, got a replacement for it now :D, had fun "breakin' in" the new strings, seems that my calluses are startin to buildup again :D (*mukhang magtatampo muna yung bass hehehe*)

anyhow... still a week to go till the race, and hoping i can finish the run in less than a hour and a half... hehehe, bahala na... slightly trimmed down my runs due to a kinda slight mishap! i hope i wont happen again :P, hoping for the best for next sunday,

as for the calluses in my shutter finger.... am awaiting the filters, yey!!!! an ndx400 and an nd8, sadly, i finally gave in to a decision to fully utilize my uwa (tokina) first before buyin a 12-24 nikkor... or until i get the funds right, haha :D... one drawback will be, ill be stuck up to 18mm only when shooting Near IR, (as ill be using a kit lens for this one)'coz we all know, tokina has a bad reputation for hotspots... oh well, technique first before gears :D

photo above (entitled "shattered") is a shot of a clay pot that my cousin broke in a game they played in batangas. :D

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simple joys of life

well.... Keng (the youngest of us four) graduated last friday that was held at SMX, along with the other 200 plus nursing students of RTMS Makati Medical Center... Congrats Again! Although I (accompanied with my two siblinbgs) did not watch the whole graduation rites, just my mom and dad watched it from the mass all thru out the end hehehe... nanood kase kami ng Clash of the Titans sa MOA, humabol nalang kase sa marching rites ng mga graduates, nyahaha :D...

yung Clash... ok lang na mapanood kahit hinde 3D, opinion ko lang... parang may konting flaw kase... the whole world is not Argos only... so bakit kailangang mang-hina agad ni Zeus... ooopppssss spolier alert, hahaha :D. but the movie is quite entertaining as a whole :D

also got see UpDharmaDown that night! but what kept me up until the UdD set is the front acts, hanep! from the fast to faster sets of shuriken... at lalu na yung drummer ng wagyu, hehehe, mukhang malayu pa mararating ng batang yun.

photo above is a shot of my "pamangkin" caught him playin with his balloon, hehe... simple joys is all we need to make us happy, need not to be fancy complicated stuff that makes our head hurt everytime... :D

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Ingatz to all... Summers Just Beginning! :D

Happy Easter!

hwooooooh! the loong break is over... bakbakan na naman for a new week ahead. had a great weekend, attended a Grand reunion... with the banners and everything! 'twas a fun gathering.. also met the relatives that i havent met before :D, i think i spent my breaks well... yet, i still lack an out of manila trip... im looking forward to the Caramoan trip hehehe on May!, *Woohoooo!* sana matuloy... Oi Gina... sama ko ha! :D

but... not to fret... this week is also a shorter one... wohooo!, holiday din sa friday, hahaha! :D and im thinking of goin to a UdD gig in sucat BF... this is goin to be a great week! :D

photo above is a relative of mine... i think, i just saw her palying around with her big red ballon and snapped a picture of her, cute kid no? :D

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Happy Easter Everyone!!! :D

ingatz to all :D

yep... i ate it.. :P

Did a visita iglesia with Mike, Stell and co. last Holy Thursday night. A good way to reflect in a way for the good things that have been given to us and things we need on improving spiritually :D We did Seven Churches. Four churches in Makati... St. Alphonsus Mary de Liguiori Church, St. John Bosco Parish church, National Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of La Paz Parish Church, Two in Manila... Malate Church and Binondo Church and the last one in Makati Again, the San Antonio Parish Church and lastly did the station of the cross in BHS (a modern interpretaion exhibit i think)... although the lights were being turned off bacause it was late in the night already.

The cool thing was... in the chruches na dinadayo at crowded, hinde kame nahirapan maghanap ng parking, everytime were nearing a church, parking slots came openly available Just in time for two ('coz were doing a convoy) :D seems that were being guided!... thanking also for the safe trip across Manila :D

anyhow.... ok.. ok.... I ate what I said about not joining run races... I signed up for one, haha! :P my first official race and in a 10K category in the Greenfeild Sunset Run... why not start with a 5K on my first race? 'coz i've been running for over a year now in my own little track in our village and i think i can manage a 10K race, but the question is how fast... i dont have any gauge yet, and hopefully i can make it a little over an hour :D, anyhow, well see on the race hehe :D train train train!

Picture above was my first attemp (3 years ago ) in capturing a morning light using a camera phone, hehe. Did not have a proper camera back then... :D it was in the hills of Baguio, Quezon Hills :D... i badly need a vacation here... :D tara na! Caramoan's anyone?

hoping you all are having a blessed and meaningful Holy Week!
Ingatz to all :D and see you on the track, haha! :P