Mr. Ant on the Hunt

One macro shot using the same experiment I did on the past. I brought my camera with me today I hope I can shoot some during lunch break.


This is Mr. Ant crawling on a branch don't know where to go, he keeps on sneaking and walking looking for his way out of my lens sight. Ooopss! Sorry Mr. Ant don't worry you look great on the picture though.

Will a yellow green pass on Mellow Yellow Monday? I hope so, anyway the border is yellow good enough right?

Happy Macro Monday and Mellow Yellow Monday!

Flowers for My Friends

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it,
it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to
someone else. Most people in the city rush around so,
they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see
it whether they want to or not.
~Georgia O'Keeffe~


This is a little blossoming flower for all my friends living in the City, because of their busy life they forgot to look back and peek on flowers around them. So here's one for you to refresh your stressed mind, body and soul.

And There was Lights

Joy requires one to be awake,
Adjusting the heart's ambience to bright.
Some prefer the dark, as is their right,
On grounds of agony, and to forsake
Not only bliss, but all that's blessed by light.
~Nicholas Gordon~

This is a group of incandescent lights at the ceiling of Marco Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.

SkyWatch Friday - Aircraft and Clouds

This is my SkyWatch Friday for today, took this shot while a commercial aircraft is taxing at Cagayan de Oro Airport. This is the closest shot I've got.

Visit more skies HERE.

Litratong Pinoy: Balak (Plan)

Ako po ay isang coffee adik, hindi po pwede matapos ang isang araw na hindi ako nakapagkape. Mamyang gabi meron kami larong badminton kasama ang mga kaibigan ko, at pagkatapos ng laro balak ko mag kape isang mainit na cappuccino. Gusto niyo ba sumama?

I'm a coffee addict, I can't end my day without having a cup of coffee. Later tonight we have a badminton session with friends and after our game I'm planning to sip a cup of cappuccino. Wanna join me?

Ito po ang lahok ko sa Litratong Pinoy sa araw na ito na may temang "Balak".

This is my entry for today's Filipino Photos today with theme "Plan".

Bohol: Alona Beach

During summer beach is the first on the list hangout for everyone, right? In two months time summer is in the air again here in my beloved tropical country Philippines. So today I'll be sharing to you a photo taken last year during our summer getaway at Panglao Island, Bohol.

We had an early morning walk at Alona Beach.

Alona Beach is a beautiful well developed half kilometer stretch of white sand located at the south-west of Panglao Island, Bohol.

So when you're in the Philippines, Bohol is one of the best place to relax and enjoy the wonders of nature.

I Got a Cherry Mobile for my Birthday

I usually carry with me 2 mobile phones one used for my ancient Globe prepaid “Sim” and the other for my Sun post paid line. Jessie my hubby asked me what I want for my birthday, and since I’m tired of carrying 2 cellphones, I told him I want a dual sim mobile phone. I could have asked for a unit of popular brand with dual Sim capability but I guess there are none in the market yet or in case there are I'm sure they are expensive.

So I asked him to buy me a blackberry look alike Cherry Mobile Q7 instead, a locally distributed mobile phones in the Philippines and Q7 is their latest release. Cherry Mobile Q7 is a quad-band GSM phone that is sold at P5,860.00 only. It has QWERTY keypad, dual sim dual active and an analog TV as bonus.

This is the Complete Specs:

• Network
• 2G: Quad-band GSM
• 3G: n/a
• Screen
• Type: (LCD, OLED)
• Size: 2.2 inches
• Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels
• Memory: microSD (up to 2GB)
• Connectivity
• Wi-Fi: n/a
• Bluetooth: stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) with AVCRP
• Cable: (USB 2.0, proprietary)
• GPS: n/a
• Infrared: n/a
• Input: full QWERTY keypad
• Camera: 1.3 megapixels
• Other features
• FM Radio
• Analog TV tuner
• Dual SIM slots

I'm very satisfied with my new mobile phone, it does serve it's purpose to me. So now I'm saying goodbye to my Nokia 5000 and Samsung J700i

and welcomes my new single mobile with 2 network in it.

A birthday gift from my hubby dear.

Thank You! Mwah!

Link Love with Links of London

When you ask a woman what gift she wants to receive on a special occasion, like birthdays, anniversaries or on Valentines, they would surely answer “jewelries”. Jewelries are the most wanted material gift a woman can ask for. These are precious items women cannot resist.

Valentine’s Day is approaching have you thought what gift you will give to your girlfriend or to your wife? I know you will have a second thought on jewelries because they are expensive and may not suit your budget. But worry no more, because you can always find elegant jewelries with reasonable prices. This is what Links of London is showcasing. They have wide selection of beautiful, stylish and fashionable silver jewelry collections that are budget friendly.

United Kingdom’s Links of London, one of the internationally acclaimed brands of fine silver jewelries offer great purchase on silver bracelets, necklaces, rings, watches and a lot more. They also have variety of accessories and links of London charms to choose from. They have hearts, butterflies, dragonflies and many girly designs charms that will link London to your girlfriend’s or wife’s life.

Your friends have touched your life in every way too, a simple word of thanks to them that comes from your heart maybe good enough but bringing in links of London with it is a sure hit. Link London to your friends’ life by giving them links of London unique friendship bracelets. These friendship bracelets come in different shades and colors, a very cool gift for your female and male friends.

So what are you waiting for "Link Love" by giving your loved ones the 2007 Best Jewelry Brand, Links of London Jewelry Collections.

Yellow Birthday Flower

Hello everyone it's already the 25th of January and it's my birthday today! Yippee thank you Lord for giving me another year.

I was supposed to do my posting upon my arrival at the office but wasn't able to do it because I have to prepare materials to be used on our meeting. So here I am trying my best not to be late on my meme mania today.


My post for Macro Monday and Mellow Yellow Monday today is also another super macro experiment thing that I have done together with my last Monday post. Same problem I have encountered , it was so hard to focus. I hope this is a pretty fine photo for a macro. Next time I need to use tripod and hope I can come up with a much better result.

Today I'll call this flower as a Yellow Birthday Flower, since it's my birthday and because I do not know the name of the flower hehehe.

Happy Monday Everyone! Need to get back on my work work work.

Something Orange

My post for today is a flowering plant that I have seen beside the cascading river in Mimar's Springway Resort in Timoga Iligan City. This is quite abundant on wet places I guess, but I do not know it's name.

So here it is a something orange flower from Timoga, Iligan City.

Cutie Bambam

Meet our new pet Bambam. Daughter of Mocha our Japanese Spitz back in Zamboanga City. My brother brought with them Bambam as his Christmas gift for me on December 24, 2009. She is a mixed breed of Japanese Spitz and Terrier.
She's cute and very playful.

She looks good in monochrome too don't you think?

Litratong Pinoy: Magustuhan (Like)

Magustuhan mo ba gumanap bilang isang demonyito sa isang pagtatanghal? And lahok ko para sa Litratong Pinoy sa araw na ito ay ang pagganap ng isang baklita bilang si Satanas na kalaban ni San Miguel Arkangel, isang pagsadula sa Street Dancing bilang pagpupugay sa Pista ng San Miguel noong Setyembre 29, 2009 sa Lungsod ng Iligan. Makikita sa mukha nya na kailangan ibigay ang kanyang pinakamagaling sa pagganap upang manalo sa patimpalak na ito. Hindi ko nga lang alam kung nanalo ba sila o hindi hehe.

Would you like to portray a devil role in a play? My entry for Filipino Photo for today is a role played by a gay as “Satan” enemy of St. Michael the Archangel in a Street Dancing to celebrate the feast of St. Michael the Archangel on September 29, 2009 at Iligan City. His facial expression shows how dedicated he was to play his role to the best he can to win the competition. Too bad I did not know if their group had won or not.

An Extraordinary Substance

Water, the Hub of Life.
Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium.
Water is the most extraordinary substance!
Practically all its properties are anomolous, which enabled life to use it as building material for its machinery.
Life is water dancing to the tune of solids.
~Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1972)~

Bohol: Dauis Church

Located in the island of Panglao, the Church of Lady of Assumption in Dauis Town is another beautiful church found in Bohol Philippines. The record of this sophisticated and complex structure can be traced back in 1753. Light materials were used then to build the church and had undergone several reconstruction until 1863, when Rev. Fr. Julio Saldana, a Recollect started the construction of the 5^th structure, that’s the present church we have now, after that series of add-ons and repairs were made and that's history.

Please visit here if you want more of Dauis Church history.

Anyway, this is my share for My World on Tuesday for today, the Dauis Church in Bohol.

Photo taken on May 2009 during our wedding anniversary tour in Bohol.

~My 4^th under the Structure and Architecture Series~

Just Another Macro Experiment

One day I brought my camera with me at the office with the extension tube and kit lens. I wanted to experiment macro again. I picked a yellow weed flower along the way from the canteen to my station during lunch break. And since it was break time I was able to do series of practice shots at my desk. It was not easy, I found it very hard to focus. I have here is one of the successful shot I had, I guess.

Equipment used: Canon 1000D, kit lens 18-55mm and extension tube

I do not know the name of the flower so I'll leave it blank this time.

Visit more Macro shots @ Macro Monday

and More Mellow Yellow Monday here.

Flower is a Soul

Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.
~ Gerald De Nerval ~



This is a hibiscus bud preparing to bloom and exalt the beauty of the surrounding.

Join us on Today's Flowers.

Water the Source of Life

I've finally seen my photo featured yipppee! thanks Aileni that feels good and inspiring, it makes me want to do more monochromes.

I woke up early today to post my entry for today, since I'll be going to Cagayan de Oro later, so here's my share for today "Water the Source of Life".


“Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”
~Albert Szent-Gyorgyi~

Join us and have fun here.

Sky and Ricefields

A cold rainy Friday here in Iligan City today and to compensate the situation I'm posting a photo opposite to the weather we have here this moment. My SkyWatch Friday is another shot I took at Cabanglasan, Bukidnon, depicting a typical view in a province with clear sky above a vast ricefield.

More Skies across the globe at:

Litratong Pinoy: Manipis (Thin)

Ako po ay naghanap ng ibabahagi na litrato pra sa Litratong Pinoy sa araw na ito huwebes, medyo nahirapan ako buti na lang at umorder at kumain kami ng pizza noong isang gabi, kaya eto meron na ako lahok ngayon para sa temang "Manipis".

Ang pizza na ito ay may manipis na "crust" (ano nga ba sa tagalog ang crust? hehe) at masarap kainin habang mainit pa at kung malamig ito ay nakakasawa. Yan ang pizza sa "Calda Pizza" dito sa Iligan.

I searched for a photo to be shared on "Filipino Photo" today thursday, it was difficult for me to get one, good thing we ordered and ate pizza the other night I was able to get an entry then for today's theme "Thin".

This pizza has thin crust and very delicious when eaten while it is hot. This is the pizza served at "Calda Pizza" in Iligan.

An Award? Wow!

I'm overwhelmed today because I received a Kreativ Blogger Award coming from a fellow Filipina, from Mindanao Vernz of " in this side of town".


Thank you Vernz for remembering and passing this wonderful award to me, this will be my 4th award at blogosphere.

As a rule I need to share to you seven (7) things about me that you do not know. To start

1. I'm a Filipina happily married for 1 year 8 months and still counting, to my first ever boyfriend (7 years in relationship).
2. No children yet still on the process of producing one, two or more.
3. An electrical engineer by profession, employed and I earn more than enough not to seek job abroad.
4. I may have passed my English subjects in college but I'm not good at it huh!.
5. I'm a badminton addict and have won several competitions before.
6. Just like my mom, I love shoes, bags, watches and fashion jewelries.
7. and lastly, COFFEE, I can't start my day without it.

Aside from the "7 things about me" the rules state that I have to share it to 7 blogs owners and their blog that I'm fond of, and in no particular order these are;

Ann of Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap
Ebie of The MAIN Ingredients
AL of Caramel Macchiato
Misalyn of My Scraps and and Patches in Al Ain
Khen of Nekialorddie's Life
Khim of Anything at All
Manang Kim of My Photography in Focus

That's it! Hope you enjoy the award guys.

Thanks again Vernz for this wonderful award.

Iligan City: Refreshing Water of Timoga

Last Saturday the gang attended Nice (our friend) nephew's birthday party on one of the famous swimming destination in Iligan City the Timoga Pools.

Timoga, located at Buru-un Iligan City has around 10 swimming resorts (I'll check the exact figure later) all are enjoying the bounty free flowing water coming from the mountain spring. When you are in Iligan, you can choose which ever pool you want all of them will give you chilling and refreshing water.

These are the photos taken at Mimar's Springway Resort.

These are excess water from the spring freely flowing beside the main and kiddie pools, the resort landscaped the area with cascading waterfalls.

And this is the kiddie pool. The kids left and the grown-ups took over.

Enjoy My Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday for today my friends.

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