Plates & Bowls

My 8th Mellow Yellow entry for today! Yellow plates and bowls..

Took this photo while window shopping at Gaisano Mall Iligan Glassware Section.

More splash of yellow @ Mellow Yellow Monday

Light Green Dendrobium

Ooppps! Sorry I was out today! I was late in posting my submitted entry as guest friend for Today's Flower.

Anyways here's it is dedicated to all my friends @ Today's Flower...

Another dendrobium... This time it's a light green variety with white border...

And a bonus yellow flower for you...

Enjoy!

Ordinary Lamp

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
~Tertullian~


It's Saturday and time for another Weekly Monochrome.

My two previous post were about butterflies but today I'll change the subject and post something ordinary in our sight.

An ordinary lamp at an old wall.

Here it is...

Check more @ Monochrome Weekly

Lonely Golden Dragonfly

Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.
~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon

My 3rd camera critters for today is a lonely golden dragonfly.


More critters HERE





Enjoy!

Aircraft, Clouds and Sunrise

Whenever a Muslim holiday in ARMM is declared, Iligan City is enjoying it too (even though Iligan is not included in the Autonomous Region).

So Today it's a Friday and it's a Holiday! Yippeee!

Time for my 8th SkyWatch Friday!


I have here photos of my previous travel to Metro Manila again (for the 4th time this past two months) last November 16-18, 2009. And as usual I took another shot of PAL Boeing 737-300 in Cagayan de Oro City Airport before I boarded. So here it is against the blue sky and beautifully scattered clouds.

The next shots are my first two "sunrise shots" @ Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, taken on November 18, 2009.

I was already boarding my scheduled flight when another PAL aircraft passed by, hurriedly clicked my point and shoot camera before it took off.



Photos taken using Casio Exilim Z70 point and shoot camera

More SkyWatch at

Tired but I'm Free

This is how I feel today... So damn tired...

Starting tomorrow, we will enjoy a long-weekend working break. A Muslim holiday tomorrow Friday here in Iligan and on ARMM Regions and on Monday a National Holiday (Bonifacio Day) so that totals a 4-day happy holiday! yippee!

And because of those holidays I was stacked with loads and loads of report today. I was glued on my desk and hypnotized by the computer, I even felt like throwing-up because all I was looking at were numbers, numbers and numbers. But what else can I do but to force myself to work efficiently because that's what I'm paid for.

Luckily, I was a superwoman! I was able to finish my job just in time whew!

Congratulations to me! Tomorrow I'm free to do anything. No work for me for four (4) straight days, isn't it great?

Hard work really does pay-off.

(Whoever the owner of these photos let me borrow them, thanks)

Bridal Veil Waterfalls

I joined another photo meme this week it is called Watery Wednesday. This site/meme features photos that implies or shows anything related to life's essential element WATER.

So as my first post, I'm sharing here a photo from the City of Waterfalls that I have taken the other week. If I'm not mistaken this is called the Bridal Veil Waterfalls.

(Photo shot using Canon 1000D, Sigma 18-250 Lens)

This short water falls will have a full water plunge just like a "bride's veil" if the hydro-electric power plants along the Agus River will release water from their reservoir. My husband and I went there a bit late I guess the opening of dam gates were reduced so this is what I got.

The 36.5km length Agus River flows from Lanao Lake to Iligan City Bay along the river you will also find the famous geogrphical landmark of Mindanao the Majestic Ma. Cristina Waterfalls (I don't have the latest photo yet, I'll have it posted as long as I got one).

That's it a little Trivia for you.



Oh I included this too on Outdoor Wednesday Photo Meme.




Have A Nice Wednesday!

Christmas Spirit and Golden Balls

Wish you all A Merry Christmas,
May the Joys of the season
Fill your heart with goodwill and cheer.
May the chimes of Christmas glory
Add up more shine and spread
Smiles across the miles,
To-day & In the New Year.
-Rosie Cash

31 days before Christmas, and the lively spirit is all over the world!

I have here a set of golden balls ready to beautify your Christmas Trees.



This will be my 7th Mellow Yellow Monday entry.

Merry Christmas don't forget to send me gifts....Whew! joke!

More Yellows @

White Lantana

My 8th photo for Today's Flower is a White Lantana.


This perennial flower plant belongs in herbaceous and shrubs plant species. The flowers formed in clusters called umbels (consist of short flower stalks) and has an aromatic scent.

I had the same flower posted before, but this time I found an all white variety. I can't resist to capture its beauty.

More Flower for Today @

Ms. Beauty Butterfly

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.
-Drew Barrymore-

I love butterflies! so this week I have another butterfly photo for you from my collection. This will be my 3rd entry on Monochrome Weekly and my 2nd on Camera Critters.

Have a Nice Day!

Zamboanga City: Sunset @ Blue Beach

It's time for another SkyWatch Friday. And for this week my 7th entry will be a sunset view taken last June 16, 2009 at Blue Beach Resort, Zamboanga City.

I waited because I wanted a nicely taken sunset shot and this was the result of my patience.

More Skies across the globe HERE.

Trees & Fresh Air

I came across another photo meme called Outdoor Wednesday. As the title implies, this blog features and links many outdoors photos taken around the globe.

So as my first entry here's an outdoor shot taken last Saturday @ Ditucalan, Iligan City Philippines.

Feel the fresh air while passing in this long stretch of trees along the highway.

More Outdoors HERE.

Five Lobe Capsules

Delayed in posting my Macro Monday entry for today because I am on travel again to head office. Together with 2 colleagues we left Iligan City at 8am today to catch our scheduled 11:50am flight to Metro Manila from Cagayan de Oro City. We'll be attending meeting for QMS Technical Working Team tomorrow and will be flying back home again on Wednesday.

Good thing I brought my laptop with me and my portable pre-paid internet modem, so here it is my post for today entitled Five Lobe Capsules.

These dry five-lobe capsules are the fruits of a hibiscus, my 3rd entry for Macro Monday. Each lobe contains several seeds that will split upon maturity and eventually releases the seeds.

More Macro HERE.

Dendrobium

The largest genus of orchids established by Olof Peter Swartz a Swedish botanist in 1799 is my 7th entry for Today's Flower and my 6th for Mellow Yellow Monday.

Dendrobium was derived from a Greek dendron which means "tree" and bios meaning 'life', therefore the word dendrobium means "one who lives on trees" or an epiphyte.

That's it! a pretty non parasitic plant dendrobium.

More Photos @
Today's Flower and Mellow Yellow Monday

Monarch Butterfly

My second entry for Monochrome Weekly and first entry on Camera Critters, a monarch butterfly suspended on an exotic beauty heliconia flower.


More Monochrome Photos @ The Monochrome Weekly

and

More Critters @ Camera Critters Meme

My Second Award

I received my 2nd award few days ago from Travelin' With Marie. I took me three days before claiming the award, because if you have received one you have to share it also to other sites that you've recently discovered. Although it's quite a number I was able to complete my list.
yipppee!

The rules are:

When you receive the award, you must post it on your blog together with the name of the person who granted you this award and a link to his/her blog.

Pass the award on to 15 other blogs you have recently discovered and think are great!

Remember to contact the bloggers you’ve awarded to let them know they have been chosen.

And the Best Blog Award Recipients are:

Scrappin’ Life

Thoughts of a Mom, Wife and Daughter

CBANGA360

Dancing in Midlife Tune

Marites' Travel Tales

Miranda

Jen Was Here

http://upto6only.com/

Kim’s Life’s Journey in Focus

Snapshots by Makoy

The Shutterbugeye Photography

The Shopaholic Chronicles

Rose’s Obstacles & Glories

Scrapping with Miawa

More than I Can Chew

Congratulations and don't forget to the share the love.

SkyWatch Friday # 6 - Islet & Clouds

Once again it's SkyWatch Friday!

My 6th entry will take you to a small islet located along Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines. I got tempted to shoot this shot sometime in May 2009 while traveling from Zamboanga City to Iligan City.
The beautifully formed clouds, the islet, the over all view is simply irrestible.

More clouds across the globe @ SkyWatch Friday.

Structure & Architecture # 1- Baclayon Church

I'm starting a series of post for my site entitled "Structure & Architecture", I don't know if there's a meme for this on other sites I have to search later and join if there is. This series will feature photos I've taken personally that affiliate anything about buildings, structures, architectures, etc.


My first entry will take you to Bohol Philippines, one of the top travel destination in Asia that offers a wide range of tourist attractions. From fine white beaches, scenic natural sights, historical sites to ancient churches. And speaking of ancient churches Bohol host the 2nd oldest Church in the Philippines the "Baclayon Church" located at Baclayon Town and also the oldest church in Bohol.

To learn more of the church's history, here's an article from www.Bohol.ph.

The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Baclayon is considered to be one of the oldest churches in the Philippines. It is one of the best presevered Jesuit build churches in the region, although in the 19th century, the Augustinian Recollects added a modern facade and a number of stone buildings that now surround the church.

The first Spanish missionaries or doctrineros in the region, Fr. Juan de Torres and Fr. Gabriel Sanchez, first settled in Baclayon in 1595. Shortly after their arrival, a visita was erected on the spot.

Although Baclayon was the first seat of the Spanish Jesuit missionaries, fear of Moro mauraders soon forced them to move their headquarters more inland, to Loboc. Only in 1717, Baclayon became a parish, and construction of a new church commenced. Some 200 native forced laborers constructed the church from coral stones, which they took from the sea, cut into square blocks, and piled on to each other. They used bamboo to move and lift the stones in position, and used the white of a million eggs as to cement them together. The current building was completed in 1727. The church obtained a large bell in 1835. In the Baclayon church is a dungeon, which was used to punish natives who violated the rules of the Roman Catholic church.

Next to the church is the old convent, which also houses a small museum with centuries-old religious relics, artifacts and other antiquities, dating back to the 16th century. Included in the collection are an ivory statue of the crucified Christ looking towards heaven; a statue of the Blessed Virgin, said to be presented by Queen Catherine of Aragon; relics of St. Ignatius of Loyola, old gold embroidered ecclesiastical vestments, books with carabao skin covers, and librettos of church music written in Latin on sheep skins. Here you can also find the cuadro paintings made by the Filipino painter Liberato Gatchalian in 1859.

So what are you waiting for, plan your vacation now and visit this wonderful ancient Architecture in the Philippines.

A Little Butterfly and A Little Sunshine

That reminds me of....Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap posted photos that reminds her of someone in the blogging world and this time she posted a yellow flower and guess who it reminds her? hmmmmmm it was ME....yipeee!

WOW thanks Ann for thinking of me. I really love the flower you've posted and I yep it does remind me of ME because I'm in love with yellow so much.

And to continue my love and passion I'm posting another touch of yellow flower and a lovely butterfly to compliment its beauty.

Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine. ~Jeffrey Glassberg

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson


This will be my 5th Mellow Yellow Monday & 2nd Macro Monday entries.

A Pendant Flower

"In friendship's fragrant garden,
There are flowers of every hue.
Each with its own fair beauty
And its gift of joy for you."
Friendship's Garden

My 6th Today's Flower entry, a pendant flower stalk hanging in your heart.

Ooopps.. I've searched the net for its name but to no avail.

SkyWatch Friday # 5 - Clear to Gloomy Sky

I'm done with my training yahoooo! and nothing more to do, I wandered at SM Mall of Asia. I have a date with my college friend and while waiting I did my post for today.

Thanks to FREE wifi! LOL..

It's friday and it's time for SkyWatch!

The photos you'll see here were taken yesterday's trip to Metro Manila again...

The first picture was taken at Cagayan de Oro Airport, while on our way to PAL's aircraft for boarding.
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This one was taken just above Cagayan de Oro Bay.

A bright clear sky indeed right? But when we're approaching Metro Manila the sky turns....

gloomy... covered with angry clouds...

and it started to pour....

More Skies across the globe HERE.

A Jet Setter? Huh!

Holy cow, I've been busy again at work these past 2 days because I've been preparing my regular reports in advance. Why? because...I'll be flying again to Metro Manila tomorrow morning to attend training on "Electronic Ancillary Service Compliance Monitoring & Scheduling" on Friday @ Makati City. This will be my 3rd trip to Manila / Head Office ever since I was assigned in Operations Planning and I'll be expecting more official travels on days to come. oh no! I'm becoming a jet setter! whew! huh!

So my blog will be silent again, unless I can find time to peek.

See you guys!

Bud of Hope

Where flowers bloom so does hope.
- Lady Bird Johnson-

Here's a yellow hibiscus bud (gumamela) as my first entry for Macro Monday and my 4th for Mellow Yellow Monday.

Today's Flower - Two More Species of Anthurium

I had posted one last week, and I have here 2 more species of anthurium as my fifth entry for Today's Flower.

On the first photo, this anthurium has maroon spathe and an even darker shade of maroon as spandix while the second photo has yellowish white spathe and a yellow green spandix.

Enjoy my friends. Hope you like it!

More flowers HERE.