Yellow Sunset

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
~John Burroughs~



This captivating sunset was taken at Centennial Park in Iligan City.

This is also My World on Tuesday

Enjoy!

Bougainvillea Bulb

Hubby picked a white bougainvillea flower at our neighbor's front yard to have another experiment on macro. Our aim was to take a close-up shot of the tubular flower in between the white bract of this beautiful Brazilian flower called Bougainvillea.

This is the closest we can get.

We Need Rain

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
- Shakespeare

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
~Barbara De Angelis~

Help us pray that rain will start to pour near Lanao Lake so that power crisis here in Mindanao will subside soon.

Peaceful Beach

My last week Monochrome entry is on the Monochrome Weekly Wall this week. Thanks Aileni!

Today my post is another scene of Macajalar Bay in Cagayan de Oro City that I had converted into B&W. Hope you'll appreciate it too.


“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
~Jacques Cousteau~

Happy Weekend!

Blue-Gray Sky at Macajalar Bay

This is a scene at Macajalar Bay in Cagayan de Oro City that I took last Saturday around 5:33PM.

Litratong Pinoy: Husay

Mabibilib kayo sa husay ng mga estudyenteng sumasayaw sa daan sa tuwing may kapistahan. Lahat sila ay binibigay ang lahat nga kanilang galing sa pagsasayaw para masungkit ang pinakataas na karangalan na maging "Kampeon" sa patimpalak na ginaganap sa tuwing pista ni San Miguel Arkangel.

You will appreciate and believe how skillfull and good dancers these students are while performing on the streets everytime there is a feast in town. All of them are giving their best to show judges how good thier performance are to be declared as Champion on this yearly competition held every year to celebrate the feast of St. Michael the Archangel.


Ito po ang lahok ko para sa Litratong Pinoy sa araw na ito.

Beautiful Blogger Award

I received another award 3 days ago but wasn't able to post and share it until today. A beautiful Blogger Award shared to me by Lhan the author of Life meets Happiness. This is my 6th award ever since I started blogging.Thanks Lhan for remembering.


All blog award has rules and this one is not exempted. The rules are (1.) Thank and link to the person that gave you the award (2.)Pass this award onto 10 bloggers you’ve recently discovered and think are fantastic, (3.) Contact said Blogs and let them know they’ve won, and lastly (4.) Tell everyone 7 hidden facts about you.

I'm passing the award to the following bloggers kayce, nuts, vernz, vivapinay, marly I'll update my list later.

Seven facts about me hmmm let me see...
1. coffee lover
2. aspiring, hoping and praying to be a mother soon
3. badminton addict
4. photography hobbyist
5. shoes and bags fetish
6. indulge in handmade jewelry and craft on spare time
7. A little lady that stands 4'11" in height hehehe

these are the facts about me that are actually not hidden.

Thanks and Enjoy you awards too.

Cagayan de Oro City: Macajalar Bay

Last Saturday Hubby and I with our bodyguard Nice who always want to tag along went to Cagayan de Oro City. Our main purpose was to look for a replacement tire for our 2 month old second hand used car. But unfortunately we were not able to find it since a 215/50/R17 type of tire is not widely used here in Northern Mindanao because of the road condition. Our only hope was to have it bought in Cebu City since we bought the car at Cebu too. Yesterday our Erwin called and told us that he was able to canvass the said tires at Cebu City and are indeed available there. Hopefully by weekend it will be shipped here in Iligan City.

So much for that, before going back home on Saturday we dropped for a while at Macajalar Bay in Cagayan de Oro City to shoot some outdoor and seascape shots. This is one of the shots that I got so far perfect for Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday memes.

After 30 minutes of shooting we went directly home to attend out friend Mia's Birthday Bash at Paeng's Resto Bar and all night videoke at Twilight.

Some of the foods we had and our the celebrant photo is here.

Zamboanga City: Lunzuran Landscape

When I was still assigned in Zamboanga Area Control Center as Operation Shift Engineer, I have always passed by on this side of the City every time I'm on my way to work and vice versa.

Driving a motorbike and at the same time glancing sideways to view scenes around is quite dengerous right but whenever I passed here I'll make it a point to glance for a while and mesmerize the view. I love it most in the morning when the fresh sunshine lit the mountain range.

I stood at the side of the road and took this photo along barangay Lunzuran, Zamboanga City. You can see burned grasses near where I stood this is because the area in under development. Soon an exclusive subdivision will stood there and will eventually block this beautiful scenery.

Screwing Macro

My hubby made a ring light to be attached at the tip of the lens to give better light to the subject while shooting macro. This are all a DIY Macro experiment that my hubby did. My contribution was to test his work by shooting tiny subjects.

This is one of the result of the experiment.

Birds of Paradise

Busy doing something else took me away from my personal computer for a while and made me a slacker blogger. I'm a little bit late for my Today's Flower today and just in time for Mellow Yellow Monday.

So here's my share for today I believe this is one of the vast species of "Birds of Paradise".

Have A Beautiful Monday!

Majestic Waterfalls

This is a monochrome version of Maria Cristina Falls the landmark of Iligan City, Philippines. More details about the Majestic Falls on my previous post here.

Need to grab my things now because we're going to Cagayan de Oro City. See you later guys.

Light Tower on Gloomy Sky

This is a light tower or watch tower whatever it is called at Iligan City Port. My friend and I was lucky enough to enter the port just to take photographs thanks to the port police for giving us few minutes. Though it was gloomy that time but I guess I was able too took some striking photos. I just hope you agree that this one includes the so called striking photo collection.

Litratong Pinoy: Batik (Stain)

Makakapasa kaya ang lahok ko sa araw na ito pra sa Litratong Pinoy na may temang "Batik/Matsa (Stain)? Wala ako naisip na ibang litrato kundi ang isang ito na kuha sa isang resto bar sa lungsod ng Zamboanga. Ito ay isang ugat ng malaking kahoy na ginawang chandelier. Para sa akin ang maliliit na bombilya ay nag mistulang batik batik na bituin sa kalangitan.

Sana maibigan nyo ang lahok ko sa araw na ito.

Magandang Araw

Will my entry pass today's Filipino Photo featuring the theme "Stain"? I can't think of any photo except for this one that I have took in one of the resto bar in Zamboanga City. This is a root of a big tree that was made into a chandelier. For me the small bulbs looks like a stain twinkling stars in the sky.

Hope you will like my post for today.

Have a Nice Day!

Just Before Sunset

I took this photo just before taking the sunset shot on my previous post.

This is how the beach side of the Centennial Park in Iligan City looks like just before sunset.

This is my Watery and Outdoor Wednesday for today.

Sunset and Foreground

Last Saturday Joven and I went on a sunset hunting. After a short photo shoot at the pier (thanks to the police for letting us in even for a few minutes) we went directly to Centennial park maybe we can catch up a beautiful sunset there since it was so cloudy at the pier. Luck is on our side, because we were able to witness the beautiful setting of the mighty sun.

This is one of the photos I got. I asked my friend to be the foreground.

What is a foreground? Foreground is a part of the image closer than the main subject. It is used to enhance the image.

Foreground can play a powerful role in an image it can greatly contribute emotion to the image, besides that’s what photography is all about “communicating an emotion”. However, when used improperly foregrounds can end up nothing but a distraction in the image.

In my photo above do you think using my friend as a foreground was a good idea? I do hope I was able to add emotions in the image not the other way around.

Comments are all welcome.. Have A Nice Day.

This is also my World on Tuesday a sunset along the Iligan’s Centennial Park.

Living is a Grand Thing

Happy Monday Everyone! Today after Valentines let's celebrate "Life" and be grateful that we are alive because living is a grand thing.


Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.
~David Steindl-Rast~

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!

Enjoy your day!

Happy Award

Last week I received an award from a lovely lady in bloglandia, the owner and designer of DigiVickie Word Art. She's a very talented lady who loves to share her work and made me always hanged out at her site, looking and waiting for new freebies to grab.

And last week she shared this "Happy Award" that she got to me. (Sorry if it took me a week before sharing this too been busy this week at work).

Thanks Vickie! And today I'm happy to share this award too to my friends here in web.


Almost all awards has a rule and this award is not exempted. Happy 101 rule says you have to link back your post to the sender's site, list 10 things that makes you happy and pass the award.

I already did the first rule and 10 things that makes me happy hmmmm

okey let's start

1. quality time with my husband
2. travel/vacation
3. coffee
4. digital camera
5. shopping
6. hanging out with friends
7. music
8. dinner
9. computer
10. internet

And finally I'm passing this award to

Ann - Ann Snap Edit and Scraps
Misalyn - My Scraps and Patches in Al Ain
Vernz - In this Side of Town
Miranda - Miranda
Manang Kim - My Lifes Journey in Focus

Congratulations and Have a Nice Day!

The Kiosk, The Footbridge and The Lagoon

This a scene taken at MVC Lagoon in Iligan City. Played the photo and converted it to monochrome and hope this looks good in your points of view.

Happy Saturday

Early Morning Clear Sky

I'm early for my day job today, at 7:30am I'm already at the office. And before doing my regular thing I'll do my post first for today. Taken just a while ago before going in the office.

The sun is mightily overpowering the sky here in the Philippines, after number of storms last year, this year we are facing "El Niño" or drought. Hydroelectric plants here in Mindanao cannot generate the demand power because of low water level at Lake Lanao our main source of power, that is why everyday we are experiencing rotating brownout.

This is my SkyWatch Friday for today and a little happenings here in our country.

Litratong Pinoy # 92 Iyo (Yours)

Buti na lang at tapos na ang dalawang araw na seminar ko tungkol sa "Site and Equipment Identification and Labelling" kaya heto ako ngayon nakahabol pra sa Litratong Pinoy sa araw na ito na may temang "Iyo".

Ito po ay kuha ko noong Sabado habang ginaganap namin ang maliit na torneo sa aming grupo sa badminton. Kami ay nakabuo ng apat na pares kaya itinuloy namin ang tourneo na may pot money para sa magiging kampeon.

Ito ay isang kuha ko habang si Jong2x nakatingin ka Padre Iking na parang sinasabi "sige na nga sa iyo na shuttle na yan, iyong iyo". hehehe

Ano sa tingin nyo?

Luckily the 2-day seminar about Site and Equipment Identification and Labeling ended early today, I was able to do my post Filipino Photo with theme "Yours".

I took this photo last Saturday when our badminton group hold a little tourney. We were able to complete four pairs and push through with the tourney with pot money and the champion will have to take with them the whole amount of the pot money.

The pictures shows Jong2x looking at Father Iking and seem like saying "That shuttle is "yours", so take it take it". lol

What do you think?