somebody quoted me saying: i was born to enjoy water of any form.  this is so true. down there, with heavy pressure in my ears, i find peace.

took those pictures last april on a weekend getaway in pangasinan. we went to see the hundred islands. i felt bad coz i only saw around 30 of them. those are my friends in the pictures. the enticing clear water is about 8 feet deep. i love this part of the islands. wish i could go back.

i’m nearing my 25th birthday, and i’m giving myself a nice treat. i’m going to pagudpud in two weeks time. yey! i think pagudpud is a nice place to contemplate on who i am and with what i’ve become. and hopefully a good place, too, to make dreams. wish i have someone to share it with. hmmm nah. i think i’d be better off alone.

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i came here to smile. so stay away from the fire. stand behind it and chase your shadow. leave me alone you piece of shit. so im pissed. i hope you’re happy. hand me a beer, the coldest beer. light me a cigarette, the longest cigarette. come away with me. let’s count the leaves on the ground. the night breeze is soothing my fears. drying my tears. kissed me on the cheek. kissed you back. the night is ours. on a lonely street. the lights are low. the sounds are slow. my hand in yours. your eyes on me. come away with me.

i came here to smile. so get your face out of my eyes. step on the gas and never come back. open the windows. smell the air. wind on your cheeks. close your eyes. this is the ride of your life. be the fairy of my sleep. grab my hand. take me there. where no one cries.

never been so alone. never been so happy. never been so sad. wild impulse response on the time domain. a spike up the frequency plane. i am leaving in a while. grab my hand and i’ll take you there. where no one cries. come away with me.

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when talking about angelika dela cruz, julia clarete, cindy kurleto and kristine hermosa, i would want to kill jericho rosales. you could hear him say, “been there, done that, and that, too..”. how did he get so lucky? tsk tsk.. in order to have girlfriends like those, you have to be jericho rosales. hello fitness first. you have to invest in your looks. hmm. lately i reconsidered my true mission in life. i found out, i want to have supermodel girlfriends. and that’s the reason why i live. damn. and i thought a good education is what i needed. look at those beautiful creatures. none of them have ece degrees. and yet they get what they want. while i’m here, stuck in an office, designing crap most people use. the sad part is, you dont even get a thank you note. it’s a thankless job. you get paid for it you idiot. well, i have to get paid. the point is, being an engineer won’t get you a kristine hermosa in your bed on thursday nights. you fulfill your fantasies designing a chip with katya santos as your test specimen. how pathetic can you get. hello fitness first. give me six months.

posted Friday, 25 June 2004

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took this one in boracay last december.

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these ones, in a lake somewhere in surigao del sur.

taken using a nokia 7250. sunsets and blue skies. i could hear the crickets from these pictures.

posted Thursday, 24 June 2004

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hmm haven’t given that much thought, though. hmm let me see. i plan to retire from engineering in about 5 years time. i want to become a photographer. good good. your lolo would love that. what will you feed your family? those pictures wont feed you. my lolo managed to put all ten of his children to college. and besides, marriage is not in my 5 year plan. i would take pictures of tinuy-an, and some unexplored white sand beaches and islands in surigao. i would love to be the first to capture the beauty of the place. believe it or not, that is something i plan to do too. really? that’s good to know. take pictures. i love taking pictures of sadness. i hate pictures with smiles all over. there is something i really love to do. hmm what’s that? kana ganing kuhaan nimo’g picture kanang tao nga gipusil. kanang nakatutok ang pusil sa iya nawong. gusto nako ma-capture ang expression sa iya nawong bag-o sya mamatay. gusto kong makunan ng picture yung ano, yung taong babarilin. yung may baril na nakatutok sa mukha nya. gusto kong ma-capture yung expression ng mukha nya bago sya mamatay. i want to take a picture of a man who gets shot. that exact moment when the gun is pointed at his face. i want to capture his expression right before he dies. thou shall not kill. gun ban forever. make love not war.

jobarclix made this comment,

oo ba! tara adto ta surigao! i know a lot of places na unexplored pa.. white sand islands.. im planning to buy a camera for my birthday. by then kelangan nako ug website for the pics. ill need your help for that. upcoming: fontana, june 26; pagudpud, july 15. badly need a camera!!!

comment added :: 22nd June 2004, 11:52 GMT+08:30

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