Monday, February 13, 2006

"Goodbye Cruel World... For now."

Like everything else around us, all good things must come to an end.

I’m sorry to say this to all of you but this will be my final post here. *aww…*
In roughly two weeks I’ll be moving back to New Zealand, and to me it would just seem odd to post ‘Lord of the Rings’ landscape shots on a page that is dedicated to the Philippines. I guess that’s what I get for naming this “I Heart Manila”.

But that doesn’t mean I won’t be posting anymore photos online. For a while now I’ve been making a new blog (one that would be suitable for any destination I might head off to in the near future) and yes it will be permanent.

Cancerbreak.blogspot.com

See you all there : )

Ralph

Saturday, January 28, 2006

"These are a few of my favourite thing... part one"

I seem to have many photos on my computer that doesn't make it to this blog. Since i usually have a theme in most of my posts, it's really hard to find a place for them.

Today I plan to showcase them. Welcome to the 'my favourite things' series, part one (it's corny, forgive me... i lack creativity and sugar right now). Now other photos get a time to shine.


This photo here is part of a collection I call "The Christmas Lights Experiment". In the shot is basically me, the brilliant one (ha!), spinning christmas lights. It was a fun night indeed, making shapes of all sorts, and it lasted well into the early morning. In terms of advice, this is something which everyone must try. You feel giddy and childish. :D


I've lived in the Philippines for almost four years now. Can you believe that only a few weeks ago i finally got to visit Intramuros? Yeah I know, I lived under a rock all this time...
It's such a beautiful place, with all its ruins and whatnot. I hope I get a chance to fully explore it again.
This photo is in a collection called "Drive by Shooting". It's not the kind of shooting you see in Grand theft auto, it's my kind of shooting. With a camera. It isn't easy!

Now this shot makes me laugh. You see that thing hanging on the edge of the flower? That my friends is a fly. A lazy fly to be exact.
I was giving a go at macro shots one day at this grassy area near where i live, and I spotted this fellow. Regardless if I moved the flower, the fly remained still. It's not dead, I assure you.
This shot is in a folder called "The Lonely Fly".

Saturday, January 21, 2006

"Happy New Year everyone!"

I would have greeted you all a few weeks earlier, but I was away on vacation, in Leyte to be exact. And as expected, here are some photos of it.











Wednesday, December 14, 2005

"you live in the zoo..."


December 5, 2005
Lolo Jun's 60th Birthday


December 7, 2005
Dad's 45th Birthday



December 12, 2005
Lola's 80th Birthday

Monday, December 05, 2005

"One of the more cooky ones"




Everyone, meet Kuya Obet. He is one out of 50 (or so) cousins of mine - and that's only on one side of the family! Large family, I know.

He's one of the more cooky ones of the bunch. The kind with a personality that's hard to crack.

Thursday, December 01, 2005

"We should have come earlier"












Now let's all sing the annoying theme song!

"how can you make memories last forever..."

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

"Tara, talon tayo!"




Thames students.
Crazy creatures aren't they?