meet CODY... my new baby SLR

Finally finally finally!!! After my long rest from handling SLRs (due to my broken manual one when I was still in highschool), I finally have my CANON EOS 400D!

My dad and I went to Hidalgo Street in Quiapo last Saturday (September 8, mama mary's bday) and bought me a DSLR. WOOHOO!!! We only got the whole kit, with bag, filter, 1gig memory and cleaning cloth for only P35,000+. YEAH!!!

So now, to all ye peeps out there, I'd like to announce the name of my new baby CANON EOS 400D (yeah i name my precious gadgets)... CODY!!!

Cabin Fever

Have you ever had that certain feeling when you've stayed too long in one place and with the same set of people, that you just feel so restless and you want to go as far away possible or at least spend time with different people? Well, due to Egay (the storm) & Mr. Ninoy (the hero), there were no classes for almost a week now. I should've been celebrating and happy for the free time and rest that I'm getting, plus the really cool weather. Instead, rather than acting all appreciative like my other friends, I experienced a major case of CABIN FEVER!

According to our best friend, Wikipedia.com, CABIN FEVER is a condition that produces restlessness and irritability caused from being in a confined space. The actual word is a slang term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a party is isolated and/or shut in together for an extended period of time.

Last Friday, i was really itching to get out of the house. I couldn't accept the fact that I'd been home for 3 days straight and would continue to be stuck with the same set of people until Monday. So, despite this...

and this...

...nothing could stop me.

I bolted out of the province called Paranaque. Invited all my friends for a little get together in Metrowalk. And, cured myself off of the fever.

Canon Image Nation

Wow! I'm Canon-ed!

The print ads and banners for the Canon Image Nation Summer '07 (at SM malls nationwide) have been released. I was informed by my cousin, Chin that the Canon booth is currently in SM Mega Mall, located at the Atrium, and will be there until June 3. The photo to the left is just one of at least 5 banners, poster catalogues, and other collaterals that Canon released for their campaign this year.

I am showing you this one, not only because I love Canon cameras but also because I have a delicious photo somewhere in there. I submitted a bunch of photos to Canon for this campaign and they actually used more of my photos in another mosaic, the one which looked like the Philippine Map. I haven’t seen the banners yet, but I think they used the photo below. I'm just not sure yet if there are more photos in there.

Waaahhh! Lord, is this a sign?

Malinis, Please! (Concert for Honest Elections)

HONEST ELECTIONS - 2 words that are just so unlikely to be put together here in the Philippines. But, change can happen and we can all help in doing that. ROCKED Philippines invites us all to come together to demand honest elections.

Amoranto Stadium (May 10 '07 - Thurs)
A gathering of Rock Ed artists for clean & honest elections.
short films and photo exhibits on slides will be shown.
a mural will be painted on the spot during the concert.
music.poetry.film.fine arts. (dance provided by audience)

come in white. come in peace. malinis please.
Let them hear your voice. That you demand honest elections.

Security will be strictly enforced.

THE CLEAN CONCERT
6-9pm
joey ayala,
(Slideshow1: Lomomanila )
cynthia alexander,
paolo santos,
noel cabangon

THE HONEST CONCERT
930-1am
radioactive sago project,
(Slideshow2: Lakbay Lomo)
updharmadown,
kjwan,
chicosci,
paramita,
greyhoundz,
stonefree,
juan pablo dream,
kala,
makatha,
(Slideshow3: Red, Yellow & Green... R=Stop dirty politics, Y=Warning vote buyers / Attention voters, G=Go Philippines)
kapatid, and many more...
(Slideshow4: End)

No tickets will be sold.
WAYS TO JOIN THE GATHERING:
1. email: info@rockedphilippines.org.
Subject: ENTRANCE TO MALINIS PLEASE
Show printed reply plus a valid photo-ID.

2. Download the entrance pass, print, fill it up, bring a valid ID and present at gate

3. wear a Rock Ed T-shirt and show valid ID (school ID, work ID, driver's license, NGO ID, SK ID, National Youth Commission ID)


SOURCES:
http://www.rockedphilippines.org/
http://www.lomomanila.ph/viewtopic.php?t=466

April 30: One Day Blog Silence

Top 5 Things I Missed Last Sunday... But It Was Worth It (i think)

(This is the first post where I'll be using photos which I didn't shoot. You'll see the reason why as you read along the article.)

Awww.. gosh! I hate the Internet! You get to see everything here. The places to go to, movies to watch, blogs to read, music to listen to and schedules of different kinds of events. I'm supposed to be loving that free flowing exchange of information, but as you can see, I am writing in English because it sucks to be informed after they are all finished and you only get to "experience" them in pictures or in articles here in the internet and not the real thing.

Well, as to why i missed these events... Let's just say i met someone. It's nothing really. We spent the whole day together, chatting, laughing and just making silly comments about silly stuff. Too early to tell, but whatever it was, definitely a blast. Oh gosh! I hope he never sees this or else i'm dead!

As for the list, Here are the...

TOP 5 THINGS I MISSED LAST SUNDAY, APRIL 22,'07:
1. World Light Expo 2007
- Why couldn't I have learned about this a month sooner? Why? I am just baffled! Seriously! I was actually inviting some friends to go to SM Mall of Asia to hang out there just because I have been there only once. If I knew that there is something like this in that area, I would have persuaded them easier! And I only get to know about it after the last day, when it was actually here for quite a long time (February 23 - April 22, 2007).

source of screenshot: http://www.worldlightexpo.com/
source of lightshow and fountain photo with the Phil. Map: http://anton.blogs.com/awesome/2007/02/world_light_exp.html

2. Free film showing of "Inconvenient Truth" at SM Cinemas
-Just when I'm finally decided to get serious about my Polar Bear speech (which I know, more and more people are getting annoyed listening to) and advocacy for the environment, I suddenly found out that my inspiration for this advocacy was shown for free in different cinemas!

"April 22, 2007 - 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. Admission is FREE!

Participating branches: Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, SM North Edsa, SM Manila, SM Centerpoint, SM Fairview, SM Southmall, SM San Lazaro, SM Cebu, SM Clark, SM Pampanga, SM Davao"

source of movie poster: http://www.impawards.com/2006/inconvenient_truth.html
source of schedule: http://anton.blogs.com/awesome/2007/04/an_inconvenient.html


3. Photographers guesting in RockEd at NU107
- Ah geez! This one has got to hurt the most. I was really looking forward to listening to this one. I even informed some of my friends about it. And yet, when i was in the car back home to P'que. I completely forgot about it. Why? Oh Why?

Photo by Jay Capati. To see more of what I (and some of you guys) missed, here is a summary of what happened during the show and what they talked about in the RockEd Radio's Official Blogsite.


4. Supposedly Movie night / Heroes marathon with High School Barkada
-Planned by Keno (venue sponsor: bahay nila), Raul (DVD collection sponsor), and I (Miss Never-Say-Die Events Planner of barkada trippings) because people are already missing each other (so this will serve as a reunion actually). And, we want to shift from scary movie marathons to TV series marathons. But, I only got to remember about the plan when I received Keno's YM Offline Message asking me if we are still pushing through with the plan.
source of Heroes TV series photo: http://www.seenon.com/blog/2006/09/heroes_on_nbc.php

5. Arnie was rushed to Makati Med
-My niece was rushed to the hospital due to severe stomach ache that she has been complaining about for days and got worse last saturday evening. It was just sad that i was not there for her, especially since that kid was so brave while she was there. She even bragged to her friends this afternoon how cool it was in the hospital when the doctors "took a picture of her stomach," a.k.a. X-Ray.(Well, at least this one, i was informed throught text message and not the internet. I still hate not being there, though.)

Numero Uno

Sa ROC General Assembly about Playfest 2007 kanina, nilabas rin ang tema sa taong ito! Ayan oh, sa picture! ITAGA MO SA BATO!

At, dun rin lumabas at nakapag-meet ang grupo ko! GROUP 1 kami! Yehey! We are Number 1! May promise ang grupong to. Happy ako sa kanila! Mukha namang may patutunguhan at sana number 1 rin sa awards... Sana!