Friday, July 18, 2008
Mamma Mia! I love Abba!
Monday, June 11, 2007
First Day
He now remembers his first day during his first year in high school…section 8! Crap! He thought, am I that dumb? He remembers him asking himself. Only to find out that there are more than 20 sections for first year high. He suddenly remembers his first day of his third year in high school. That year is one special year for
College days are serious business but
Santiago is now thinking if his kid would gain the same good friends he gained from school, friends whom he knows very much that when he reads e-mail messages from those friends he can hear them talking with their signature accent/tone, friends he knows so much that even thousands of miles away he knows what they are feeling when they happen to have a chat via instant messaging or when he reads e-mail messages from them. Then he thought maybe he should stop worrying about his kid, because he will definitely have some good times at school. Now he remembers what his older brother told him about the shotgun approach and the sniper approach of teaching, what would be best for his kid, but that’s another story.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
OFW Song
I Wanna Grow Old With You by Westlife (i didikit dis song to my wayp)
Another day
Without your smile
Another day just passes by
But now I know
How much it means
For you to stay
Right here with me
Ref: The time we spent apart will make our love grow stronger
But it hurt so bad I can't take it any longer
Chorus: I wanna grow old with you
I wanna die lying in your arms
I wanna grow old with you
I wanna be looking in your eyes
I wanna be there for you
Sharing everything you do
I wanna grow old with you
A thousand miles between us now
It causes me to wonder how
Our love tonight remains so strong
It makes our risk right all along
Repeat Refrain and Chorus
Fireworks
At around 5:55pm the train arrives at my stop, get off the train, then headed to Smile Thai to get my dinner for that night - Green Chilli Chicken. Then I headed to my apartment walking thru Toorak Road then to Murphy Road. Thinking where can I have a good view of that fireworks display while hearing the crackling sound of dried leaves as I walked by. At the apartment, first thing I did is to gather all my dirty clothes throw them in the washing machine. Eat my dinner, freshen up, gather all the equipment I listed above then off I go to Crown Casino.
I arrived at the Toorak train station just in time for the Flinders Street train. While on the train I'm thinking of what lens to use. I brought with me 10-22mm and 24-70mm. Then I thought it will all depend on where I can get a good view/location. Get off at flinders street station walked towards Crown Casino along the Yarra River. When I arrived at my intended place to set up my gear there are already a couple of photographers all ready to fire. I got my equipment and set it up. I set up my exposure settings (aperture - 11, shutter speed - bulb), set my focus to hyperfocal, and attached my remote to my camera. I composed my shot seeing the Crown Casino building and take a couple of shots. I looked at my mobile to check the time and it's about 7:30pm then I heard the countdown 8...7....6...5...4...3...2...1...booom! Crap! My composition will not get the fireworks (see first photo) so I have to recompose my shot - move my framing to the right and make it landscape instead of portrait. So I recompose my shot, looked at the viewfinder and at the right side I can see a light source shining through it's the light from the light post in front of me...I analyze the situation and I said to myself this is better than to get another position, I'll just crop the pictures after I downloaded them to my laptop. Took the first shoot counting 1-elephant 2-elephant 3-elephant 4-elephant 5-elephant. Then take another shot, then another, then another varying my count from 4 to 6 seconds. Then after about 8 minutes of fireworks it's over. I gather my equipment, then decided to see if I can find a better location for next Fridays (May 11) fireworks. Found one but unfortunately I was not able to go there.
Here are some of my shots during the May 4 fireworks display at Crown Casino.