Tales From The Darkroom

Moving out...

It's official. Today, we are moving out our stuff to my brother's new house to make way for the new plan for our almost 20-year old house.

By January next year, they're gonna tear this old house apart.

I'm sure gonna miss my room. *sniff*

Welcome...

...to the real world little girl.

May you grow healthy and wise...
...or become an actress so you can run for president in our country. :|

My eldest brother got a darling sweet pea last Saturday.
I wonder how the world will be when she grows up?

Quote from Aristotle

Attraction of heart is friendship
Attraction of body is desire
Attraction of mind is respect
All three together are love.

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:)

Heavy heart

After reading her entry, I decided to make a link here.

I don't read newspaper nor watch news on TV all the time, so I must be the last person to know about this.

... and she's dropping politics for him.

Let's just hope that he will meet St. Peter on the other side.

Postcard series

I love the Audrey Hepburn stamp!

12? 13?

I got this forward email...

Count and wait until it moves .... then count again.
Where does the extra man come from?

Is it 12 or 13?

Perfect Melancholy

I went offline earlier than the usual. My back was in pain from the shoot I attended yesterday. Ngarag ever! The card reader I bought with a USB 2 adaptor speed wont read my files. Corrupted daw, must be the Panther OS compatibility.

Anyway, where was I? Oh, yeah, so I went to bed and decided to read (yes, READ) a book instead. According to Personality Plus, I'm a Perfect Melancholy, which was defined as a thinker, an introvert, and a pessimist. Saya!

I haven't finished the book yet, I fell asleep. :) So there, go get yourself a copy. Nice book, helps you sleep... instead of reading someone else's thoughts. Nyahaha!

Am like a little girl...

...sad without her mommy.

Yes I am.

Mama's been away for the longest time. She's been in China for almost 3 weeks now. But before China, she went to Sri Lanka and Bali for almost 2 weeks. Three days stay here in Manila, and then off to China. No definite date when she'll be back. I miss my mama. :(

I hate business transactions out of the country.

I feel for her.

Buti na lang may Globe. (o diba parang commercial!!!)

Matrix - LFS

Dreaded word for the day LFS.

Yo and Chix invited me earlier today to watch The Matrix at Galleria. THEY said we'll watch it on last full show. I agreed.

Around 6PM, Chix texted: "Change of plan, we're watching it at 7:20."

Obviously, I backed out.

As I was surfing/chatting, and still thinking of watching The Matrix, Cha logged in. She IMed me. She was asking if I've any plans for tonight. I said none, yet. She asked if I've seen Matrix, I said no. Then she said "Sige, I'll text you later after the party I'm attending if we can make it on LFS."

I told her to enjoy the party instead.

So now I'm home with my niece and nephews on a Saturday night. Great. I might as well order some pizza and watch Finding Nemo on DVD for the nth time. :|

Who wants to eat buttered popcorn on a boring movie anyway?!

Hmp.

Geek(ette) for a day

So this is how it feels to be a geek(ette).

I had a day full of Apple at Hit Production last Tuesday. Vic was kind enough to teach me and Tonnette some tips and technique for mac. He uploaded some cool softwares, helped us upgrade our OS to Panther, and shared some mp3s, while T, Vic, and three other men on the other table was surfing wireless! (airport card as Christmas gift, anyone??)

I'm doing fine with the mac adjustment. Graphic is good. Speed is good. Although I find the other program for mac err, can't find the right term to define it... irritating? stupid? kaput?

First of, the darn Yahoo Messenger for mac doesn't have a voice conference. Second, it has a file transfer limit up to 1MB! Third, it doesn't save archive chat/ messages... And tonight, I found out that it doesn't have a zip folder for batch uploading! GREAT!

BUT...

I can live with that. :)

Got clothes?

Last Saturday, I got a hand full of nude people.

I got up early (9am IS early!!!) to assist Al Dimalanta's nude talk at
FocusPoint. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch the participants
shoot, nor see the hired model to go bare for the session. I had to
leave despite of the heavy rain.

I went straight to Makati and meet up with a fellow photographer, Nic.

I set up my one and only studio light while waiting for the 3 male
models. Yep, three male models going nude. I was like, "Not bad for a
first time!" :D Only to realize that only 2 models will show up. But
heck! Still, I have 2 others to shoot... J came. We shot him. Nice
physique. He was game. His first time too. :D

Then A came after J. I didn't shoot him. Why? Drat, he's only 17!

If you wonder if their thingie got exposed... the answer is no.

Oh, and today, thru friendster, I found out that J was my college
classmate's older bro. :D

And so I switched

This is Tin.

Why Tin? ...Because it's thin?! hehe. Nope.

The guy who was making the official receipt misheard my name and wrote down Tin instead of Jill. So there, an instant name for my laptop. Tin. I was actually contemplating whether to name it Tin Can or Tin Tank?

Tin will be fine for now. :)

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Now I need projects to pay for my loan! :\

To switch or not to switch

There are three things that I've been thinkin' about for a couple of days now...

First is that ghost thing. I can't help but imagine a ghost on my backseat while driving. Darn it... That'll be good news for my dad though, I won't be staying out late! Hehe!

Second is work. Since I got my DSLR, I've been receiving pretty decent inquiries for my service, some have confirmed (hooray!). I've been doin' some test shots and am still adjusting with the white balance thingie. I never got this kind of problem with film before! Drat! ...But it's not really a problem, I just have to read the godamn manual and do some trial and error shots. :|

Third is a laptop issue. Instead of buying an imagetank that'll cost me around 15T (I think) I might as well buy a laptop for client presentation and instant CD burning. The problem is whether I should switch to Mac or not. With all the heavy photoshop work I'll be doing with digital photography, Mac was recommended by many. But... BUT the price is too much. Too many expenses for the span of one month. And major adjustment on software use is an issue too. BUT...

To see is to believe

Don't you just hate it when people starts to tell ghost stories and then suddenly you'll have goosebumps?!

I DO!

I blame it on my sister-in-law, who suddenly came rushing into my room telling me stories about her adventure with the spirit questors. Crazy isn't she?

As much as I don't want to listen to her stories, she just keeps yackin' about it. I was shouting at her to stop giving me details on what she saw.

She was telling me about this guy (mumu) she saw at the backseat of our van. (FYI, the new van was bought 2nd hand) First time I rode in it, I didn't feel good either, but I kept it to myself. So the moment she told me about it... GOOSEBUMPS!

Damn! I don't want to talk to her ever again!

As I type this... I am trembling. I never felt scared in my whole life. :\