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Entries from June 2008

Lethal Combination

June 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The much awaited boxing match between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao of the Philippines & Mexican-American David Diaz will be airing here Sunday Morning, June 29, 2008 from Mandalay Bay in Vegas. Diaz’ World Boxing Council Lightweight belt is at stake.
Both fighters promised a great fight & refuses to bow against each other, for me, the [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Sport Minded · Wish ko lang

The M/V Princess of the Stars Tragedy

June 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Typhoon Frank left the country devastated, with almost 300 deaths, thousands homeless & flooding all over the country. Seventy of these death were brought about by the sinking of Sulpicio Lines’ M/V Princess of the Stars near the island of Sibugay1 Sibuyan in Romblon. As of the latest accounts, there were at least [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Pilipinas · Point of View · Talk About the Weather

Bagyong Frank

June 22nd, 2008 · 8 Comments

A few minutes after arriving home from a wedding shoot in Alabang, I was hearing strange sound from outside. It was 11PM & I can feel that Typhoon Frank is just around the corner.
As far as i can remember, typhoon storm signal no. 1 was raised over Southern Tagalog Region last Friday & the [...]

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Tags: Disaster · Pilipinas · Talk About the Weather

Bloggers EB at Gateway Mall

June 19th, 2008 · 19 Comments

I met some of the bloggers yesterday at Gateway Mall in Cubao, QC, the meet-up was sponsored by a Balikbayan Blogger Karmi. That was my third time to meet a group of bloggers & each experience is different.
Two of them, Tin & Cielo I met previously when Ann & Kadyo sponsored an EB at [...]

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Tags: Friends · NETizen · Personal

It’s father’s day

June 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It’s seems like a regular Sunday morning for me, a few Sundays when I can go to church since I didn’t work late last night or I don’t have to cover any wedding today. The only difference was my nephew was so excited to announce that it’s his birthday & waiting for a gift [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Family Matters · Personal · Senti Mode

Back 2 School

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

I went to Quezon City yesterday to meet a client, actually, I delivered the proof of their pre-nup photoshoot & venue visit & while waiting for the couple to arrive, I went to the National Bookstore outlet inside TriNoma Mall to grab a copy of my favorite photography magazines.
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Tags: Daily Rants · Pilipinas · Politics & Economy

What’s wrong with my cameras?

June 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Notice what’s wrong with these photos?

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Tags: Do it Yourself · Gears & Gadgets · Photography

UP Macro Shoot EB

June 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

One thing is for sure, macro photography is addicting!
Last Saturday, a macro shoot EB was organized at UP Diliman Campus by PiPho forumers, macro masters like Arbil, Neil & Orlee were there & it’s an opportunity to learn the tricks of the masters.
Different macro gadgets came out, some are commercially available & most of it [...]

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Tags: Macro · Photo Ops · Photography