Tales From The Darkroom

Where was I?

Have you guys watched The Story Of Us? There's this scene where they tell their "high/low" of the day... Let me tell you my highs & lows last week. :)

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July 17

High: I had a 3-layout brochure shoot for a real estate at DPI Studio with Alistair (I haven't seen this guy for the longest time)... Hearing Rache say that I look thinner now(ahem! hehe)... The make-up artist mistook me as one of the models. (hahaha now that's funny!)
Low: I twisted my ankle on my way out of the toilet. Painful sprain.

July 18

High: My first engagement portrait shoot at Villamor Air Base. It was fun.
Low: It's hard to walk with my sprain. A. changing plans in the evening.

July 19

High: Check out dive at Anilao, Batangas. It was exciting, terrifying & exhausting, all at the same time... Being alive after the dive. :)
Low: Finning with sprain. Being stuck in a dive resort with alcoholics who plays don't-speak-tagalog-or-else-you'll-buy-beer game (we have an Aussie guest, that's why)

July 20

That's me, Rozy and Jong... in a murky water.

Me grinning after almost NOT completing the course on time.

High: Finishing the open water course! Whee!
Low: Hangover all day. I was a walking zombie. hehehe

July 21

High: Spent most of the day with A. doing some errands. I was the badminton cheerer for the day (damn sprain, I can't play!)
Low: A phone call interrupts a good conversation.

July 22

High: A very relaxing shoot at South Bay Village, Paranaque. Good food and enough break time to nap. :) ...Playing PS2 for the first time, and beating A. several times. hahaha
Low: Another phone call. Getting home late and tired.

Friday again

Geeez time fly so fast... I was supposed to be out with my friends tonight, but traffic outside was sooo bad I decided to stay home and catch on my sleep instead.

Sleep tonight, stories tomorrow. :)

Goodnight folks.

Friday

...gimik night.

Spare some change for them tonight.

Have a good weekend everyone!

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Edited:
Geeez... I thought it's Saturday today. :S

10 Things Men Don't Know About Women

by Patty Lamberti

We don't like it when you show us how to lift weights. We think it means you think we're fat.

We don't like it when you suggest going out to eat at a healthy restaurant, for the same reason.

We don't consider kissing another man cheating. But if you were to kiss another woman, it would be cheating.

Unlike you, we want to hang out with your family.

If you are responsible for our cat running away, the relationship will end shortly.

We want something on Valentine's Day, even if we said we didn't.

The more you know about pop culture, the more we love you.

We think it's gross when you stick your tongue in our ears.

There really is something reassuring about your body odor.

Any friendships you have with other women freak us out, even if we say it's fine.

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Got this from this site.

Here kitty kitty...

This reminds me of Puss from Shrek. :)

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Forgot to publish my previous post. hehe...

Go dive!

I've been hearing alot of warnings and scary stories about how dangerous diving is, almost making me want to back out. But that didn't stop me. Accident is an accident.

Jong & I had our first diving lesson yesterday. It was pretty... uhmm... basic. The freakin' pool was cold! My legs were shakin through out the whole 2 hours of pool session. Good thing I decided to buy a rash guard a day before or else I could have frozen to death (pun intended).

Anyway, 100 meters of swimming (required) is not a joke esp. if you just ate lechon for lunch! Dang! I felt whoozy afterwards.

And playing badminton in the evening is not good either... No, I'm not trying to kill myself. Not yet. :p

Anyway, I'm looking forward to our check out dive prolly two weeks from now.

*kaching kaching* my wallet hurts!

Oh and we're trying to convince my sister-in-law to join us too. Mwehehehe. :D

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Chant while diving:
"Swim swim swim... dont die! dont die!...
oh nice fish!.. don't die! dont die!..."

:D

Love complicated.

Listen to Dude's radio. I love what he's playin'!

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Got this from Chix... To Chix!?

To Love...

Anyone who has gone through the agony of losing someone she loves so much will still wish against all odds to have that love back again. But, sometimes a love lost is a love gone forever. No amount of hope can bring to life a relationship that just died a natural death. Set yourself free. Let your heart spread its wings and fly. Remember, it may rain for 40 days and 40 nights, but still will not rain forever. One day the pouring will stop and there will be plenty of branches where you can find rest. One of these is where you will build your nest and start over again. It's never too late. Remember, you may find love and lose it but, "WHEN LOVE DIES, YOU NEVER HAVE TO DIE WITH IT".

Remember that you cannot be a redeemer all your life. The best way to weigh a relationship is out in the test of fire. You cannot be a sooner of your mistake forever. Remember, we all fail and make wrong decisions but our blunders are meant not to bury us deep in misery but to teach us the valued lessons of life. Loving is always a learning process.

With love, we learn how to care and sacrifice. We learn to share and reach out. We learn to be unselfish and give more than we can. And when everything doesn't end well, we learn how it falls fall, we strive to get back on our feet and move on. This is where we learn that "Life doesn't end where our heartaches begin".

THERE IS NO FUTURE IN A RELATIONSHIP OF LIES AND SELFISHNESS. It's true, there's life in love. But, there can still be life even after losing love if you leave the past behind and let your heart heal and give you the chance to find yourself again. The success of a relationship lies not only in the beauty of its beginning but in its consistency. Make a choice not on impulse but a decision based on a healthy balance of mind and heart. Let us always remember that "HAPPINESS IS NOT A MATTER OF DESTINY BUT A MATTER OF CHOICE".

There comes a time in our lives when we chance upon someone so nice and beautiful and we just find ourselves getting so intensely attracted to that person. This feeling soon becomes part of our everyday lives and eventually consumes our thoughts and actions. The sad part of its when friendship. We start our desperate attempt to get noticed and be closer but in the end our efforts are still unrewarded and we end up being sorry for ourselves.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORGET SOMEONE YOU LOVE. WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN IS HOW TO ACCEPT THE VERDICT OF REALITY WITHOUT BEING BITTER OR SORRY FOR YOURSELF. YOU WOULD BETTER OFF GIVING THAT THE DEDICATION AND LOVE TO SOMEONE MORE DESERVING". Don't let your heart run your life, be sensible and let your mind speak for itself. Listen not only to your feelings but to reason as well. Always remember that if you lose someone today, it means that someone better is coming tomorrow.

"IF YOU LOSE LOVE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE FAILED IN LOVE. CRY IF YOU HAVE TO, BUT MAKE SURE THAT TEAR WASHES AWAY THE HURT AND THE BITTERNESS THAT THE PAST LEFT YOU WITH. LET GO OF YESTERDAY AND LOVE WILL FIND ITS BACK TO YOU". And when it does, pray that it may be the love that will stay and last a lifetime.

A woman on the rebound could easily fall for sweeping emotions and be made to falsely believe that she finally stumbled upon the right man when what she just found is only someone to cover up for the love she lost. A man who makes promises with words and not with actions may never live up to fulfill them. "IT'S TRUE THAT LOVE CAN WAIT FOREVER BUT IT IS CRAZY TO STUBBORNLY HOPE FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T EVEN CARE OR UNDERSTAND HOW WE FEEL".

Loving someone is never a sin. It is what people do out of love that sometimes makes it all wrong. The selfish desire to want that person is what makes it a sin. Don't think only of your feelings for real love doesn't have a place for selfish people. When there is love, there is always sacrifice.

When we love someone, we NEVER easily GIVE UP on that person. Even if we get hurt badly we always try to find a way to ease the pain and learn to understand and forgive. Loving too much doesn't hurt. It is when we expect this love to be reciprocated that we begin to seek approval and acceptance of the things we have done and when we are taken for granted and rejected, we curse the very same love that we once freely and happily offered.

"DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WAITING FOR SOMEONE WHO NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD HAVE FELT. OPEN YOUR HEART AGAIN AND GIVE YOURSELF THE CHANCE TO FIND THE MAN WHO WOULD MAKE LOVING WORTH THE PAIN AND THE SACRIFICE. Just like anything else, our love grows weak and extent. Beyond that, it withers without any hope of recovery and soon dies".

God wakes us up in the midst of a storm to teach us a lesson. He takes away people we love, so we can learn to value love itself. He makes us cry so hard so we can see clearly when we open our eyes. He makes us bitter so we can realize that there is no genuine happiness if we think only of our needs and not of others.

Relationships built on jealousy and selfishness is doomed from the very beginning. The hardest part of losing love is letting go and moving on. Most of us cry endlessly over things that could have been but never will be.

"God allows us to experience pain to make us stronger and better persons. He will see us through the most trying and difficult times in our lives and only if we put our trust in Him we can learn to find joy in our tears and happiness in our sorrows".

In many failed relationships, separation comes as the inevitable choice but moving on always proves to be twice as difficult as letting go. Sometimes, the end of a relationship is imposed on us, but our choice to hold on is always beyond the control of circumstances.

Letting go is a decision that can never be dictated on us. It is a resolve we make ourselves. Acceptance is the key to a new beginning and time is the healer of all wounds. Even if the storm casts its fearful shadow, there will always be light after our darkness and lonely moments. There is always a hope for those who believe. There is always a chance for those who try. "Losing someone may not be a loss at all but a blessing because someone even more is yet to come".

There is nothing wrong in expressing our feelings to someone we love, but "we must always be sensitive to the signals that tell us when to rationalize and be sensible." There comes a time in our lives when we would fall for someone who wouldn't be as interested as we are because his attention is focused on someone else.

There are many times when we love but don't get loved in return. There are times when the sign ahead says stop but we still stubbornly head on. We would say our love is unconditional, but if it really is, then we should never feel bad. But why do we get frustrated when love turns sour? Because we still subconsciously seek acceptance and assurance from the people we care about.

Being in love can be the most wonderful thing we could experience but if the feeling begins to consume our whole beings, then we have to stop and let our minds and not our hearts dictate our actions. Only when we learn to accept our fate and understand the meaning of our failures we can truly go on with life without having to look back and cry over the things that could have been but will never be......

Foxy!

You are the fox.


Saint Exupery's 'The Little Prince' Quiz.
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Avatars

Do I look like 'em?

I got this thru this site.

This one's from Yahoo Messenger's latest avatar feature.

Blah blah blah! Avatars! Bleh!

Pictures soon!

Fwd email: Men

Just for fun... :D

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Men are like ........Laxatives ...... They irritate the shit out of you.
Men are like ........ Bananas ...... The older they get, the less firm they are.
Men are like ........ Vacations ...... They never seem to be long enough.
Men are like ........ Weather ...... Nothing can be done to change them.
Men are like ........ Blenders ...... You need One, but you're not quite sure why.
Men are like ........ Chocolate Bars ...... Sweet, smooth, &they usually head right for your hips.
Men are like ....... Commercials ...... You can't believe a word they say.
Men are like ........ Department Stores ...... Their clothes are always 1/2 off.
Men are like ........ Government Bonds ...... They take soooooooo long to mature.
Men are like ........ Mascara ...... They usually run at the first sign of emotion.
Men are like ........ Popcorn ....... They satisfy you, but only for a little while.
Men are like ........ Snowstorms ...... You never know when they're coming, how many inches you'll get or how long it will last.
Men are like ........ Lava Lamps ...... Fun to look at, but not very bright.
Men are like ........ Parking Spots ........ All the good ones are taken, the rest are handicapped.

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Have a good weekend everyone! :)

Ho-hum

Have you checked my phlog lately? I've been updating it more often than this blog. Well it's easier to send pictures thru my fon than logging through the internet. It seems that PLDT dsl have issues with the weather, making net surfing uber slow.

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The badminton fad got me addicted. FOUR straight days... FOUR days! Dang my butt hurts... and my right arm... and my legs. But heck it feels good! Just right for burning all those calories from the peking duck and beers I'm consuming every now and then. :D

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July is a slow month, not much wedding to shoot.... so I'm taking a break. My diving lesson's about to start any day now... It's gonna be a hellish expensive month. Geeez... talk about potential fish... err... fishes I mean. ;P