Monday, August 17, 2009

Garden In Bloom

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite overcanopied with with lucious woodbine,
With sweet-musk roses and eglantine.
Happily catching the sun's rays...
A bunch of violets.
Would you like to walk in fields of gold?
Beautifully straight stems.
Hope everyone has a happy week!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Camping Trip

Spent another lovely weekend camping. This time in a different place with more people. The location was better too, we had platforms for the tents so it was more comfortable to sleep in...
Instead of pegs we had to tie down the tent with rope :)
Set up our parents' tent too.
Mostly my brothers' luggage and things.
Hanging out with Jemn and my brother.
Hair ties are really essential at camp...
This was my hairstyle the entire weekend.
With Jean and Ronald.
One of my friend's tent was so big it wouldn't fit in the platforms, so it had to go on the ground.
Lovely couple who are still going strong after 20 years of married life :)
Gorgeous titas.
Had fun playing all sorts of games...

A few shots of my cute buddy, Justine...


Had a fun and relaxing time. Can't wait to do it again!

Shoe Haul

After a long time, I'm posting another shoe haul. I've been quite temperate with the shopping the past few months :) What I want to know is why I can't resist black heels. I have so many already but can't find a good reason not to buy these two from Michael Kors and Steve Madden, respectively...
I actually have these already in another color but couldn't resist not getting the black one too! I know, I am hopeless...
Finally got a pair of Birkenstocks. For years I've wondered what was it that made people swear by this brand of sandals that they continue to buy despite the price. I'm still breaking mine in so I don't find them particularly comfortable. Yet. The model of this particular one is Pisa. It seems like they name their sandals after different cities around the world.
And since I lost my Tevas earlier this year I didn't have anything suitable for camping/hiking so I bought a pair of Merrell hiking shoes. It's from a brand that I've heard of for a long time but haven't actually tried. So far, so good. It should last me a good 3-4 years or so with minimal use.
And that's it... I won't need shoes for a long, long time...

Saturday, August 15, 2009

PhotoHunt: Artificial

At Madame Tussauds you will see a lot of celebrities preserved in wax. It's almost like the real thing except that everything is artificial from each strand of life-like hair to every pore and wrinkle. Here's one of the most recognizable geniuses of our time - Albert Einstein...
One of my favorite jazz singers, Billie Holiday...
And of course, Tina Turner and her famous legs...
Hard to believe they're not real, right?

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Litratong Pinoy: Tanghalian

Tanghalian namin sa Gerry's Grill, SM Mall of Asia - sizzling kangkong, garlic rice, tuna sisig, crispy tadyang...
Sarap nito lalo na pagkatapos maglakad sa buong mall :)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

G. I. Joe

Went to see G. I. Joe the other night. Almost 2 hours of action-packed scenes made for quite an entertaining yet predictable movie.
I don't know how much they spent in the production of this film but there were a LOT of special effects, and pretty cool, out-of-this-world gadgetry and weapons. Not much eye candy in the guy department except for Channing Tatum but the girl's costumes were pretty cool too...

I've never been a fan of the G. I. Joe franchise or comic books, for obvious reasons, but I did enjoy the movie especially the twist at the ending.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

PhotoHunt: Low

How low can you go? My record lowest to date would be 100 feet below sea level aboard the Atlantis submarine in Barbados...
Here is a picture of the submarine - it can go all the way down to the ocean floor. Cool, huh?
No need to wear fancy scuba diving gear, and you won't get wet either :)
The color blue is the most vibrant after 90 feet as water filters out other colors of the sunlight.
A shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean...
This pales in comparison to the depth the Titanic has sunk - more than 12,000 feet! Now that's really low!

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Litratong Pinoy: Almusal

Kanin at ulam ang lagi kong kinakain sa agahan. Mas nakakabusog kasi para sa akin ang almusal ng tipikal na Pilipino kesa sa cereal o tinapay at kape lamang.
Pula at dilaw na almusal - iba't-ibang luto ng itlog, mangga, tinapay, patatas at iba pa...
Marami pang mga lahok ang makikita sa Litratong Pinoy.

Neil's New Phone

A few days ago my brother got a 32GB iPhone 3GS. It's been almost 2 months since it was released and I have to say, it's an amazing little gadget - Apple has certainly improved on the previous model ten-fold!
I'm not gonna go into details about the specs or features of this phone - you can find out all about it on the Apple website... I just want to point out how incredibly sleek and sexy this phone is...
However, I'm not about to become an iPhone convert, I'm more of a Blackberry person for lots of reasons... but you can't doubt that the iPhone has and will continue to have a cult following just because it's, well, cool. :)

Monday, August 3, 2009

Blooming Beauties

I just wanted to share some pretty flowers with everyone today... Hope it cheers you and brightens your day! :)





Have a beautiful day!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

PhotoHunt: Entertainment

The entertainment at South Street Seaport - a contortionist named Yogi Laser...
He regularly performs in this place as hordes of tourists flock the area, especially during summer months.
He contorts his body into so many mind-boggling positions, it's really entertaining to watch. See him put his whole body into a box here.
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