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Ladies of the Flag

May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As promised, this will be the second part of my Wagayway Festival post, this time I’ll be featuring the “Ladies of the Flag”, each of the lovely ladies will represent a symbol in our National Flag, the first of which are the three stars representing the 3 island group of our archipelago, namely Luzon, Visayas [...]

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Tags: Cavite · Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography · Pilipinas

1st Wagayway Festival

May 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Wagayway Festival of Imus, Cavite kicked off yesterday with a street parade. Wagayway is a Filipino term meaning wave, obviously because it’ll be the National Flag Day on May 28th. It was May 28, 1898 when the Philippine Flag was first waved by the troops of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in a battle [...]

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Tags: Cavite · Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

Wet Aliwan Fiesta!

May 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It was raining cats & dogs last Friday, which, made me contemplate on covering the Aliwan Fiesta.
But Saturday came & the sun was high up in the sky & it was hot, I went on with my plan of covering the event. It was noon when I arrived at the Quirino Grandstand, the event’s [...]

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Tags: Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

Manila Zoo visit with PAVIC

April 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

I played Kuya to this kid yesterday.

Her name is Edelyn Garcia, a 16 year old visually impaired kid from Blumentrit, Manila. Today is a special day for her & her friends from PAVIC (Parent Advocates for the Visually Impaired Children), they will have a chance to visit the Manila Zoo.
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Tags: Events · Kids · Parks · Photo Ops · Photography

Bugs on the road

April 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bugs were scattered on the streets of Quezon City this morning, I’m talking about Volkswagen Beetle. Volks owners, through the initiative of the Volkswagen Club of the Philippines, Beetle owners gathered at the QC City Hall grounds in an attempt to set-up a record on the most Volkswagen cars parade.

It’s not limited to the [...]

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Tags: Events · Photo Ops · Photography

Nifty Fifty in Action

February 13th, 2008 · 17 Comments

Like what I’ve mentioned in my previous entry, I have tested my new lens today. Matt & I covered the pre-nuptial photos of Niko & Alda in Tagaytay City.

Niko & Alda will exchange their I do’s on March 2, 2008 in Sydney, Australia, ooops! I won’t be there to cover it, they’ve commissioned [...]

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Tags: Events · Friends · Gears & Gadgets · Photo Ops · Photography

Experiencing the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

February 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I went to Clark Free Port Zone in Pampanga yesterday to witness the 12th Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.

It was my first time to go there, in fact, I don’t know how to go there. What I did was I left Cavite around 8PM went to 3 different bus terminals to check which bus [...]

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Tags: Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

PhotoWorld Asia 2008

February 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Photoworld Asia opened yesterday at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati. The highlight of the event is the 5 day conference which started today until the 5th of February.
I really wanted to attend the conference, the topics are very interesting, but I felt that the travel would kill me. I have to [...]

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Tags: Events · Gears & Gadgets · Photography

12th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!

January 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I got my free ticket for the 12th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta from OneWorkshop, Inc. yesterday. Only 20 tickets were given to PiPho forum members & I believe the same number was provided for I-Mag forumers.

The event will happen on Feb 7-10, 2008 at Clark Field in Pampanga. My close range access [...]

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Tags: Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

Huling hirit

December 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Yesterday, I was in a relaxing/waiting for the new year to come mood when I received a call from one of the studios that I am servicing.
Studio Owner: May kuha ka ba bukas?
Master: Wala.
Studio Owner: Pwede ka bang lumabas sa akin bukas? Wedding.
Master: Biglaan naman.
Studio Owner: Oo nga e, nabitin ako sa tao.
Master: Anong [...]

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Tags: Events · Photo Ops · Photography · Weddings