All Ladies Photoshoot

The girls!

Here's the group hug shot from the EB we had last Saturday. There were around 16 of us Pipho women photography enthusiasts present :)

It was such a fun fun night. We learned a lot from Mr. Vic Sison and the generosity of Mr. John Chua is really something else. His studio is soo big! The food is also delicious.

New lens

I just bought a barely used Sigma 28-200mm 3.5 to 5.6 lens from a friend. I'm so excited because now, I'll be able to take more macro and telephoto shots which I absolutely love!
To fund this latest addition to my expensive (whew!) hobby I sold my own 24-70mm Sigma lens to another friend. I was having doubts about selling it but at the end I let go because those ranges will be covered anyway by the new lens. It's just going to be redundant if I still keep it and I need the money I'll get to purchase my new lens.

It's good timing though because on Saturday I'll be meeting up with fellow girls who are members of this photography forum that I am a member of. It's going to be soo exciting..we'll be shooting a girl model and one of the girls promised to bring a male model (who she said is a hunk! hehe) and our host is none other than the well-known advertising photographer Mr. John Chua! We'll be given a short seminar by Mr. Vic Sison who by the way is my mentor when Nat and I took a photography seminar in Fort Santiago.

I can't wait!! Then on Sunday, there's another photo opportunity, this time with all the members of the forum who signed up to go to Avalon Zoo and Wawa dam in Rizal. I haven't been there so I'm really looking forward to being there and shooting at all those great landscapes and animals.

Just two more nights... :)

endless rows of sushi!!

endless rows of sushi!!, snapshots by ^Vanessa^.

first stop for merienda.
We went to Sakae Sushi to sample their humongous selection of sushis, makis and tempuras. Gulped everything down with a bottomless glass of cold lemon tea :)

stadium @ sm

stadium, snapshots by ^Vanessa^.

BIG!

the south wing

the south wing, snapshots by ^Vanessa^.

view from the back

SM Mall of Asia

Three Saturdays and 1 Sunday in a row! I've been to SM Mall of Asia this past few weekends. If not with my family, then with my friends. It is HUMONGOUS! My feet hurt from walking the first time I was there and I still dont think I have seen every nook and cranny there is.




Walkway to the sea

Google Earth

I was thinking of putting pics on my blog to update my almost 6 months absence in the blogging world but I seem to not be able to find the time to do it. Anyways all those pictures are in my Flickr account. Hihi. I spent last weekend fiddling around with Google Earth. Try to download and install it. It's pretty cool! My brother was diligent enough to look for our house by following the LRT line going to Monumento, then the Tullahan river and Fatima then down to Lorex and finally the roof of our house :-). Haha. It's unfair though, there are no street signs in the Philippines. Just the major roads. We were able to see Sibale as well. Hmmm..if someone from outer space decides to drop a bomb..they can target us? Weird. Hehe. Anyways we also looked for Mama's address in the States and my aunts in Canada. Dad called and told them he can see their street. Now we have a better idea how their place looks like. Makes them feel closer in some way. :-)

Here's how far my workplace is from home! Good thing I rented an apartment with my friends. You know I spend more than an hour travelling if I go home everyday and I hated the traffic and the heat, whereas the apartment Im renting out with my friends is just 10 minutes away by jeepney. :)

MTV Music Awards

the stage roof, snapshots by ^Vanessa^.

me, grace, eya

eya, grace, kong

This was taken at The Fort during MTV's Music Summit 2005. We got free tickets from work. This was for the benefit of the HIV/AIDS awareness campaign. I was there with a few friends from work. It was a blast! A lot of well know local artists were there to spice the night up.

Uploaded by ^Vanessa^ on 5 Dec '05, 8.10pm PST.

Another New Beginning

Im sorry dear blog if i have forgotten to update you. It's just that I've been so busy
doing other things that I haven't really paid attention to you. It's been almost 4 months and I haven't written a thing. Anyway, dont worry, I will update you with pictures of those missed months. Im not really good with words so I'll just tell my story through pictures. :-)