Moon - cropped Originally uploaded by Jepster This was taken using "Stew" my Pentax DSLR using a 100 - 300mm Lens. A group of friends and I were helping out a colleague set up his christmas tree one early evening and when we got out we saw the moon big and bright just coming out of the horizon. I just had to rush back home and grab my camera gear and took this shot. I think this particular shot turned out the best among the different settings.
My picture won! Wohoo!!! Well, I did not actually win anything. The good folks at www.gadling.com picked my photo as the picture of the day last October 22, 2008 . I am so happy that I will ignore the fact that they misspelled my name. I guess this makes the trip to Portulano resort worth it. A lot of things happened during that trip. The waves were high and the current was strong and one of my friends ended up being cut all over by sharp rocks and corals while snorkeling. By the time he climbed back to the boat blood started gushing out from…
IMG_0833 Originally uploaded by Jepster It's that time of year once again. I went to the mall this morning and encountered a lot of small goblins, fairies and walking pumpkins each one with a basket full of goodies going from one store to the next excitement plain on their young faces. We had our trick or treat activity in the residential compound last week and although I wasn't around to see the kids go from house to house I did help in preparing the loot bags and lent some props for our decoration of our house (for the scariest house competiti…
La Mesa Eco Park 15-09-2008 Originally uploaded by Jepster It almost looks like a photo of an alien's tentacles ready to grab you and pull you inside it's stomach chamber where you will slowly be eaten up by the slimy digestive juices. It is actually a photo of a young fern leaf ready to unfurl. Looks freaky huh. Well that's just one of the many fascinating sights that can be seen inside the La Mesa Dam Ecopark. A friend and I decided to check it out one weekend. Armed with my 2 digital cameras (I let him use my PENTAX *ist DL2 while I used …
[I have been meaning to post this for the longest time but I was just too busy doing some other things. It’s a shame to waste though so here it is, enjoy] I have always wanted to go back to diving. My love affair with the fishes and the corrals began when I was introduced to skin diving during my college years (note that's skin diving and not skinny dipping!). I took it up as one of my physical education subjects (the other was advanced swimming - I loved being in the water ever since I was a small kid in primary school) and even joined a stud…
The Worm Originally uploaded by Jepster A fun little trick a friend taught me. It consists of a paper straw wrapper all scrunched up like an accordion. When liquid is applied it wriggles loose slowly like a worm. You have to try it sometime. Be careful not to catch the ire of starbucks baristas by consuming too much straws though.
Is it hard to be with somebody else when the right one comes along? Not really. It has been quite some time since I have updated this blog. It is just that I am very preoccupied with some things that have been happening in my life lately. I have a confession to make. No, it's not a very big confession at that. It is just something very personal that I want to get out of my system. I think I am in love. In fact, I fell in love twice in the last year. There I said it. It wasn't too hard as I thought. Nothing disastrous happened when I said i…
Fire Tree Escapades Originally uploaded by Jepster Yeah, it is that time of year again when the fire trees in the golf course beside my workplace is in full bloom. A group of my office friends and I decided to take a stroll on the fairways to take some pictures and just enjoy the nice view. We saw a lot of interesting stuff. Like those 2 people lying down on one of the greens that looked like they were whispering to each other (one of my friends kept pestering me to take a picture but I refused). Or that young bull that pissed while I was taking a pict…
Earth Day Bakawan Planting Originally uploaded by Jepster In celebration of Earth Day yesterday, some people from work went out to the shoreline nearby to plant mangrove propagules and seedlings. OK I admit I did not plant a single mangrove that afternoon since I was the self proclaimed official photographer of the activity and I did not want to get mud and seawater on my camera and gear. I actually had more fun than I thought I would. There is something about walking at the beach (even if it was a muddy beach and my shoes kept getting sucked into …
Natural Pearls Originally uploaded by Jepster I bought this pearl necklace for my mother during my trip to palawan last February. i was actually looking for a seed pearl necklace but I did not see anything I liked and this particular piece caught my eye. It was also a perfect opportunity to play around with my macro lens filter. Taken with my Canon EOS 350D with a Canon EF 22-55mm USM lens with a +4 Canon close up macro filter. See the full EXIF data on my Flickr page.
dragonpaul Originally uploaded by Jepster My nephew drew this sketch a few years ago presumably as a character to one of his "computer games". You see my nephew has dreams of becoming a computer game designer, building characters, levels and maps. I was planning to render his creations in 3D using Blender3D but never actually found the time to do it (I find the task a bit daunting and all my creations so far are limited to 3D models of furniture and appliances). A few weeks ago I was talking to a friend of mine and he told me that he just stu…
Crayfish Originally uploaded by Jepster Hi my name is Thermidor. I'm looking for a crayfish companion for an activity partner, arm wrestling buddy and perhaps more. My hobbies include chasing guppies and mollies and eating them. I am currently single as I just recently ate my ex-crayfish buddy "Buttered". Must be willing to relocate. Hi Thermidore, my name is Pupas. Nice to meet you. :) I love your color.. How did you get that tan? Errr... I mean red? I’m not sure if I’m ready to share my place, I just ate my last set of friends.
Something very very strange happened to me right before the Christmas holidays last year. It all started one night coming from a pre-Christmas party with work friends that my rear left tire was totally flat. Not wanting to change my tire with a spare in the parking lot, I decided to slowly drive the car a short way to my apartment. I changed the tire, replaced it with my spare and decided to have the flat tire looked at the following day. I requested a colleague to accompany me the next day to the tire vulcanizing place and to my surprise, the tire was …
Grilled Lambchops Originally uploaded by Jepster A bunch of my colleagues and I decided to start having nice dinners together at least once in 3 months. The first one we went to last month was a nice restaurant in Tagaytay. I had grilled lambchops and it tasted great (in spite of one of my companions singing "Mary had a little lamb" while I was eating my meal -- what can I say, I love lamb *yum yum* they might be cute and cuddly but they sure are tasty too). I think having regular night outs like these is a very good idea and the fr…
Mulberry Originally uploaded by Jepster Right before the mulberries ripen into a deep purple, they turn a very bright shade of red. I saw my colleague the other day poking around beneath a mulberry tree. He looked a little pissed so I decided to ask him what was wrong. "What's wrong??! What's wrong you ask?? Look at this and tell me what you see," he said, pointing to the tree before us. All I saw were red and not quite so ripe mulberries on the tree. "Exactly! Those damn grasscutters and gardeners are eating all the rip…
Lazy Dog Originally uploaded by Jepster If everything goes according to plan, I will be spending my Sunday on an island somewhere. Will do a bit of snorkeling, some skindiving if I'm still up for it (it has been a while and I'm out of practice), and hopefully a lot of rest and lazing about. Will also try to get a ton of photos. Ah... can't wait. Is it Sunday already? Why are certain days seem so slow especially if you are waiting for something?
Last December, I discovered a wonderful place for diabetics to go out and have those desserts they always craved for but could not eat because of their situation. The place is called "Sugar-Not" located in Megamall. Ironically, I discovered it when I was just finishing off my regular yearly medical checkup and my doctor was admonishing me for not keeping my blood sugar in check. Last stop was for my Audiometry test at the fifth floor. I had to wait for some time for the technician to come out from her lunch break so I had some time to kill. Se…
Piggy Series Originally uploaded by Jepster It's a fresh new year and I'm still trying to pay off the expenses I incurred during the holidays. That is why for this year, I have resolved to be more budget conscious (no more impulse buying *sob*) and hopefully finish the projects I have started last year that I was not able to complete because of lack of funds. The biggest of these projects is of course my flat which after more than 2 years since moving in still looks like a storage space with a small clearing for the bed and a small ta…
IMG_9087 Originally uploaded by Jepster I decided to drive back to our company housing compound for the new year. Sure beats spending the new year alone in my apartment without an internet connection and thinking of how to fit the leftovers of the new year feast in an already brimming fridge. We played Bingo starting 9pm (I did not win anything) and ate free food (mostly food that are traditionally served for the new year like round fruits, Balut, Hot Chocolate, salabat and assorted "kakanin"). I tried taking some pictures of the fir…
