Inspired

I was browsing thru Flickr the other day when I saw several dreamy photos that inspired me to do my own thing. These photos appeared lite and soothing to the eyes. I loved the concept so much. Hence, I went on a photo-editing spree for several hours and came up with some good stuff.

 This is my cousin Jap's bum. Teehee.

I've always loved this. A Flickr user asked permission to use this on some art stuff. Somebody's flattered. :)

For some reason, the "mist" above each photo is so eye-friendly.

Some street photos and a window.

For two months since my Dad left for Mongolia, I've been working on photo enhancement using lots of stock photos. If my Dad didn't take the camera with him, I might not have realized that I actually have pictures that I can work on. Yaaay. :) Hope to do some real photography action soon!

Cheers,

Cross-processed

I'm having a stormy day. To comfort myself, I listened to my bro's iPod, which gave me thirty minutes of rock music. I felt only a wee bit better so I diverted my attention to photographs.

I realized how my mood affected my work. I connect well with cross-processed and decolored photos.

This makes me wanna play the ukelele and sing, "Somewhere over the rainbow.. Bluebirds flyyyy.."



"How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind.. The answer is blowin' in the wind.."

I find it odd yet comforting to know that I get a boost of creativity whenever I'm hit with the big D. I edited lots of photos from old phototrips today. Guess this is the silver lining in my dark clouds. :)

Flowery Amateurity

These photos were taken months ago at the Agdao Public Market. I got bored so I edited some, pixelized some, deleted some. :)

Pink Roses for Innocence

Orchids. I am more fascinated with orchids than with roses.

This makes me sad. Tells me something about withering and fading.

And this allows me to reminisce. It feels like a scene from a dream.


I feel good with my edits today. Yey. :) And oh, I placed a counter on this site. Just for me to know if there are other people who read this, aside from the only two people in the world who know this page. :)

Update

My dad's leaving the country this Monday so I've been terribly busy helping him prepare his stuff and preparing myself for his absence as well. Pffft. Part of this preparation is doing some adult stuff. Oh no, not the one you're thinking about.

Banks, billing offices, ticketing offices. Sheesh. These places only mean one thing to me: waiting in line. I hate hate hate standing in line for what seems like eternity. But what can I do, for as long as I'm in Pinas, I have to live with it. Gaaaaahhh.

Anyhow, I've been feeding my mind with some good stuff lately. Positive thinking. And it's taking effect on me. Gooood. :)

Here are some of the photos I worked on an hour ago.

Sunday tomorrow. Turning in early. Goodnight. :)

Flowers and Money

Floral Love

Edited a few photos today. This has to be my favorite set. :) I took some of these photos in our farm in Tupi, some were from the Agro Fair at SM. I don't have a green thumb but I''ve always loved looking at green stuff. :)


Love or Money?

If someone offered you $1,000,000.00 for a night with your wife / husband, would you accept it?

Most of us would probably say no, basing on the premise that love cannot be bought. But last night, I watched a very eye-opening movie that showed what could happen if someone actually traded his/her loved one for money. The lead male character was named David, an architect and her wife was Diana, a real estate broker. Earlier in the movie, they were enjoying a life of abundance until they were affected by the recession. The couple got laid off from their repsective jobs and they were losing their budget day by day. They were troubled with how they could pay off their debts and mortgage. One night, David decided to take Diana to Las Vegas. There, they met a billionaire named John Gage who was severely attracted to Diana. And afterwards, everything else happened on a whirlwind.

The title of the movie is Indecent Proposal, starring American actors and actresses whose names I have no idea at all. Haha. But since I started watching it during my bedtime and it kept me awake for two more hours, it's a good movie after all.

Semi-Lazy Weekend

Saturday was busy. My dad and bro went out of town so only the Tres Marias - me, my sister and Mama - were at home. My sis joined the PMT chuva in their school and she's currently an officer. She and the other officers among her batch had a Silent Drill last Saturday at the UP Mindanao Campus, where they were invited to perform an intermission number for the sportsfest of several ROTC students from various schools. And because I am such a stage sister, I dragged The Boy to accompany me and went all the way up the bukid to watch them.

I wasn't a PMT officer so I was pretty impressed with what they did. March here, march there, straight line here and there. Their uniform is truly gorgeous; it made them look like they were from the PMA. And I guess the highlight was the rifle-throwing tricks that made the audience gasp each time. The crowd went wild too when they danced Nobody, a Hagibis song and some budots tune.

My sis comes from a classy private school. The audience in the program were from the not-so-sosyalan schools in the city. If the program happened during our time, there would be rampant backstabbing and nasty side comments from everywhere. However, this time, it was very different. I was standing among the audience and I never heard any rude remark or vicious comment from them; they just sat and enjoyed the show. If they gave any extreme remarks, either they were amazed or they were gushing at one of the hot cadets performing. Good to know that times have changed, if it did.

Today, Sunday, was oh so lazy. I went to church in the morning and stayed home in the afternoon, watched four episodes of 90210 and daydreamed of food. :)

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I'm still in this happily-in-love bubble. Can't stop heaving sighs punctuated with a smile. Basta masaya. :)

Hip Hip..

I was supposed to say "hooray" for reviving my old blogspot page, but then I felt disappointed when I found out that I actually can't import my wordpress posts here. Boooooo.

I've been blogging at wordpress for months now. But the templates on their site aren't really matching my creativity juices. I feel limited and boxed. I miss blogspot.

But sadly, I can't move my pages here. Aaaaccckkk. :(

But anyway, hooray! Because I got this spanking layout. Yeah! :)

Here's what I worked on minutes ago..


And this is what I worked on last night..