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Pinto Art Museum. May 2013.

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:40:36 +0800

Pinto Art Museum. May 2013.

Cape Engaño, Palaui. March 2013.

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:30:12 +0800

Cape Engaño, Palaui. March 2013.

Shoot w/ Rico Blanco for the January issue of Inside Showbiz....

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:19:56 +0800

Shoot w/ Rico Blanco for the January issue of Inside Showbiz. Check it out! #published

“My, what big teeth you have!”

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:45:25 +0800

“My, what big teeth you have!”

the sea is calling

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:11:44 +0800

I arrive Manila past 1pm from a shoot in Samar; my flight to Busuanga is at 3pm. I’m flying solo again to meet my family and relatives there since they all left the city a day before. But that’s fine. The family trip to Coron was planned way before I got a call to shoot for a local magazine. Of course, I wouldn’t say no to an opportunity like that—to travel, shoot, and get paid all at the same time. That was truly a blessing!

I’m not sure how many times I’ve been to this place. 8, 9, or 10, maybe? But most of those trips were for business with my dad, this particular trip was a vacation with my family and some visiting relatives.

Self-Portrait. Kayangan Lake, Coron Is.

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:51:21 +0800

Self-Portrait. Kayangan Lake, Coron Is.

A November Weekend

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:28:48 +0800

Tuesday shootday morning walk. (at Zuellig Building)

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:07:16 +0800

Tuesday shootday morning walk. (at Zuellig Building)

it’s a weekend thing

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:41:40 +0800

it’s a weekend thing

Starry starry night.

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:18:45 +0800

Starry starry night.

Self-portrait. Arizona. May 2010.

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:36:39 +0800

Self-portrait. Arizona. May 2010.

rainy day in manila

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:34:07 +0800

rainy day in manila

where our dreams go, we follow

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:18:00 +0800

where our dreams go, we follow

The Journey Home (8/24)

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:45:00 +0800

Spending roughly 9 hours in the City of Pines, not for leisure but for an assignment in our class, I found myself at a crossroad—to join my classmates on their trip to Sagada or to take a bus to the Ilocos province and spend the long weekend wandering alone. I decided not to do any of those; I weighed my priorities and instead, chose to buy a ticket back home. It may not be the most adventurous decision I’ve done, in fact, it may be a boring and awful choice - to choose a trip back to the city over an adventure that is waiting to happen.

But I was decided on making that trip back home, even though the fervent traveler in me was screaming “Abort, abort!” and telling me to ride the other bus that would take me to the deeper interiors of the Mountain Province.

I said “no” because of the papers that I have yet to write for a particular class, and also, that it is the anniversary of our church on Sunday, which I don’t want to miss out on. Simple may be my reason for passing up on a rare opportunity to travel but it is due to my priorities that I was able to say no to an enticing offer.

Despite missing out on that excursion, my trip back home became worthwhile because it made me think a lot. Not in the stressful and worrying kind of thinking, but in a manner that made me realize the things that I’m engaged on right now; photography, ministry, career, post-grad studies, and life in general. Even though, I believe, that I am in a state of confusion (clue: quarter-life crisis), I know that God allowed me to be in this place for me to learn and be trained for something greater. I may not know what exactly He holds for my future, but that’s fine with me. I don’t want my future to be predictable anyway.

So now, I believe that this season that I am on is clearly a season in which I am to learn to trust His leading. No longer am I the captain of my life’s ship, it is all Him. My life is all His anyway, so why bother take control?

I browsed through some photographs I took 4 years ago, and I...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:39:00 +0800

I browsed through some photographs I took 4 years ago, and I can’t believe I neglected some of them. Here’s one that I even made my wallpaper. (Taken with Instagram)

Grab the latest copy of Wedding Essentials and check out the...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:07:10 +0800

Grab the latest copy of Wedding Essentials and check out the editorial I shot with them! (Taken with Instagram)

30 before 30: Local Travel

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:04:00 +0800

I should be doing a paper right now, but I can’t seem to pass the 300-word mark of my 1,500-word essay. So instead of mindlessly surfing the net, reading random articles, and clicking refresh on Facebook and Twitter, I’ve decided to make the most out of this time by starting a list on the things that I want to accomplish before I turn 30 years old. That’s not soon; I have around 6 1/2 years for that. So, I guess, that’s enough time for me to actually accomplish all that I will be posting here.

Disclaimer:

I don’t really blog about stuff. I only post photographs and photo essays here. So, this thing is pretty new to me. As some of you have probably seen my other tumblr posts, you’d know that this entry could be the most word-intensive post that I’ve ever published on the internet in my entire life! I’m not really good with writing. So forgive me if there are some grammatical errors, sentence structure problems, and other stuff that you’d find wrong. I just wanna share some of these things that has been lingering my mind for the past few months.

So going back. I hope that this will actually be one part of many that I will be posting. With the obvious title, this particular entry will be about.. you’ve guessed it right, local travel! I also want to travel the world, but I made this covenant with myself that before I extensively travel the world, I should have first traveled most of our country. I want to know more about the nation where I grew up and get soaked to the various indigenous cultures that are just few hours away from our city before I venture into exploring the foreign ones. After all, who wants to be a foreigner in his or her own country? For sure, I don’t.

So without further ado, I present you my list.

(presented in no particular order)

Take a dip at the Enchanted River
Swim with the jellyfish at Surigao
Canoe down the Cagayan River (from Tuguegarao out to Aparri).
Drive all the way to Aparri and drive back down via the Ilocos side.
Camp out at the Sand Dunes of Laoag.
Surf the Cloud 9.
Take photographs of the crashing waves in Dingalan, Aurora.
Stargaze on the top of Mt. Pulag.
Backpacking trip from the northern tip of Palawan to its southern edge.
Walk along the coast of Cagbalete Island during low tide.
Wake up with the view of the mountains of Nagsasa Cove.
Traverse Mt. Cinco Picos down to Silanguin Cove.
Walk the whole stretch of the Zambales coastline.
Ride the PNR Bicol Express to Naga.
Soar like an eagle on top of Mt. Apo.
Explore the secret lagoons of Coron and El Nido with a kayak.
Long board along Ayala Avenue in the middle of the night!
Windsurf from one island to another.
Shake hands/fins with a turtle at Tubataha Reef
Dive and find Nemo at the Apo Reef
Take a trip on a commercial fishing boat; live together with the fisherfolk.
Take a horseback ride at the Marlboro Hills of Batanes.
Go scuba diving underneath the Underground River.
Be enchanted by the grandeur of Palaui Island
Have a photo taken wearing only boardshorts, snorkels, and fins at the Rice Terraces.
Join a local missions trip.
Take the extreme river-rafting course at the Cagayan de Oro River.
Swim in a shoal.
Tour the Malacañang Palace.
Have a picnic at the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

“There’s so much world to see.”

What have you seen, so far? And what’s on your list?

Rebuilding the Neoclassical Beauty

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:24:55 +0800

Izu-hantō

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:58:00 +0800

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A day in Inokashira Park and Kichijōji.

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:31:00 +0800