Longing and sadness, uncertainty and regret.

I am very sorry that I haven't been updating my blog regularly these past few weeks. Truth be told, I was a bit distracted. It's just that something has been preoccupying me all this time and now that it's over I feel a bit depressed. It is really hard to let go when something that has been a very close part of your daily life is finally over. The funny thing is that I would sometimes catch myself thinking about the way it used to be... remembering the good times... reminiscing on the past... the places we went to... the different people we …

Seafood anyone?

octopus Originally uploaded by Jepster . A friend of mine recently told me (jokingly I suspect) that she was craving for seafood so much that she was almost willing to eat those jellyfishes I featured in a previous post. I don't think I have ever tasted jellyfish before. I do remember that at one time, I ate at a restaurant offering it but I did not taste it. Somehow I had this mental image of eating a tentacle then my tongue would swell to 4 times its size. A lot of people are surprised when I tell them that I'm not that adventurous when it…

Road Trip! Leg 1: a boat ride with noisy kids from hell

An image of a ferry with cars being transported. Image generated using Opera's Aria AI. In Cat Carrier Originally uploaded by Jepster . The first part of the trip went on smoothly. I took a half day's leave so that we could leave earlier. The starting port is just a few minutes away from the office but our travel agent booked us an earlier trip for the first boat ride so that we would not be in a hurry to catch the next ferry. We left after lunch and arrived at the port 10 minutes later. After processing all the required formalities, (we needed…

Swimming with Jellyfishes

Jellyfish Originally uploaded by Jepster . This is my favorite underwater picture. Of course I wasn't exactly underwater when I took it. In fact I was totally dry and trying to keep my digital camera steady against the glass of the aquarium. I couldn't use flash since the light will just scatter in the sediment rich water or else if the camera wasn't touching the aquarium, the flash would have just bounced off the glass. The room was also a bit dark but fortunately the jellyfishes were slow moving enough not to create too much blur …