Staying at the Apo View Hotel

Whenever we are in Davao City we usually stay at either the Apo View Hotel or the Gran Men Seng Hotel. These are some of the hotels that are affiliated with the company we worked for.

The business trip we had this week made us stay again in the first hotel in Davao City and second oldest hotel in the Philippines, the Apo View Hotel for two nights, and I spent it in this room.

Indeed, Apo View gives us luxurious amenities, the flaw I can think of is the elevator maybe because of old age and their air freshener, it stinks! I hope they'll do something about it. It made me want to throw up whenever I'm in the elevator.

I also love the decor they have, just like this driftwood with a lot of orchids flowers. It really shows that Davao is not only known for the durians but also the abundant orchid flowers.

How I wish I can grow pretty orchids, but I think I don't have the green thumb. Most of the plants I planted did not survived. :(

Flowers on Saturday

Today's Flower

Mellow Yellow Monday

Macro Monday

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Goodbye 1000D! Welcome 60D

I'm saying goodbye to my first love, my Canon 1000D, his time is up, the errors keep on coming and the pop-flash won't work anymore.  His quality service to me will finally end after four years.

 
After saving up for my WANT for a long time, finally she's here, my new boyfriend, my new Canon 60D DSLR Camera with 18-135mm kit lens. Yippee!

I been wishing for her for quite some time now, in fact she's in my birthday wishlist for 2 years.

Too excited... I pointed the lens to anything I see around me. But I chose to share the following taken from our front yard with no tweaks just straight from the camera, no particular setting, only the picture mode was set at "P".

 The yellow okra flower

 The violet flower that I seldom get the right color when photograph. But with 60D it turn out well. A little practice with the setting, I think I'll be able to get it right.

 Dry weeds, I was trying to focus the Christmas tree like branches but to no avail, I think a different lens will do.

 The papaya leaves.

 The Croton plant, locally known as San Francisco plant. It has tiny flowers. I took a macro shot of this flower sometime ago here. 

The flower turn out well, after cropping the above picture.

It will take me forever to master this new gadget, but I think I'll do great in the distant future. For now, I'll take it one step at a time. Goodluck to me! 

Flowers on Saturday

Today's Flower

Macro Monday

Mellow Yellow Monday

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Flower: Rosal

With Scientific name Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, this white fragrant flowering plant is growing approximately 1 meter tall in our front yard and is locally known as Rosal. 

Flowers on Saturday

Today's Flower

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Pinkish Lavender Flowers

Flowers are the music of the ground

From earth's lips spoken without sound.

~EDWIN CURRAN, "Flowers"~

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.
~Audrey Hepburn~

I saw this beauties at dawn in our neighborhood. Pretty pinkish lavender flowers that blooms abundantly in a vine-like plant. I hope to get her name soon.

 

Photo taken using my mobile phone Nokia N86.

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Zinnia: A Different Perspective

Flowers are the music of the ground

From earth's lips spoken without sound.

~edwin curran~

I photographed the same flower from last week's post and this time taking it from a different perspective.

Flowers on Saturday, Mellow Yellow Monday, Macro Monday

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Dessert Rose Up Close

A very common plant in the neighborhood with a striking dark pink to red color flowers, evergreen leaves and succulent stem is called "the dessert rose", also called kalachuchi by others. This houseplant is indeed very attractive especially during summer where the flowers are abundantly blooming.

Just like the picture above that I have photographed at my brother's house. One of my mom's cultivated dessert rose.

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One Red Rose

Hubby and I accompanied my cousin's wife to fetch her son at Ozamiz City Airport on Mother's Day. While waiting for her son's flight to arrive, we decided to dropped by at Jolibee for a breakfast treat. And as a free treat from the Philippine's famous fast food, we've got 1 red rose each.

Jolibee really has it's way of recognizing and appreciating their customers who are also mothers by giving each mom one red rose to celebrate the day. Thanks Jolibee! 

Macro Monday

Ruby Tuesday 2

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Roses for all the Mothers

All the mothers in the company we worked for had received these roses from the management to honor and appreciate all the women employees who were so dedicated in their work in spite of being a wife and a busy mother. Thanks so much for appreciating our effort.

Ruby Tuesday 2

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Pink Vinca Flower

My last post was dated March 13, 2012 and I've posted a White Vinca Flower but wasn't able to post another vinca flower the following day because I had my internet discontinued because of transfer of residence. Now that I had a new connection my first post on this site will be the companion of the previous white delicate flower. So let's make way to Pink Vinca Flower blooming in our new neighborhood.

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BPC 27/366 [ Red Tongue ]

This red flower outside our apartment looks like she's sticking her tongue out. I think this fellow belongs to the heliconia family. What do you think?

366 Blog Photo Challenge

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BPC 13/366 Wild Sunflower

Yesterday I had this pretty lady posed against the bright blue sky, now I wanted to show off her frontal beauty. Though taken only using a point and shoot but still it came out great.

366 Blog Photo Challenge

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5/366 Pinkish Pink

"Who would have thought it possible that a tiny little flower could preoccupy a person so completely that there simply wasn't room for any other thought."
~Sophie Scholl~

also a

also a Blog Photo Challenge entry

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Perspective

I had no picture taken lately because I sent my DSLR to the service center for repair and hope to get it back after 3 weeks with that, I have no choice but to search in my archive again for photos taken before. And this is what I found this time...

A white with pink stripes lilium shot at a different perspective showing those water droplets.

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