Picnic

New sketch~! Wow… so soon. o_o

 
I have just moved into a new firm since February 1 and was immediately greeted by deadlines. So, I was partly surprised to feel the sudden mood to draw. I have no actual scene in my head when I drew this. I just started drawing a few curvilinear lines of what may be a lake or stream. Then from there I felt like adding a tree, and so on. It looks peaceful doesn’t it?

 
During this morning’s grace period in work, I opened google.com. Apprently it’s Charles Dicken’s birthday! I have not read his novels yet. I am a bit familiar of Oliver Twist though. I guess I sort of got the inspiration of the drawing this from knowing that fact.

Second year

A short break from Singapore-Kuala Lumpur-Singapore posts~

Two years with bliss~~ I think I’m more active this year compared to last year. … lemme see… 46 in 2010, 76 in 2011. Oh. haha ^^;

I wanted to share this photo in through the lenses, but waited for Oct 26 to post it here instead ^^. I took this last Monday after work. I pass by here every day during working days, but the skies aren’t always this pretty.

Hmm… What random thing did I do this year… … … ah! The projects I had shared here. I have never really thought of reaching project 5 this year. haha. I have ideas for project 6 already, but, I need to finalize it first before sharing. Actually, I plan on doing a prototype to see if it would work. =))

Cheers
v(^-^)v

Boo for Hollywood on Taal Volcano Island

Original article see here

My initial reaction after reading this article:

I’m face-palming mentally right now. Why on earth are you going to ruin the image of an already iconic natural wonder by putting an obvious sign? Most politicians, if not all, are already neglecting our local heritage buildings, city planning and the like; but I guess messing up a natural site would be alright. How did they discuss this in office???

“Hey! People often mistake the volcano being part of Cavite, and not of Batangas. Any suggestions? Oh wait, I know! We should put a 14meter high and 110m wide of the word BATANGAS on the volcano! All in favor?”

What the @&#%!? Why would you do that? Maybe because you want cash and the easiest way to get cash is make a project, then after receiving budget, keep half of them or more. lol. Troll harder. I can’t see how it would be “a dazzling sight especially if lit up at night.”

 
Imagine taking a picture on the ridge with the scenic view of the volcano— with the giant word BATANGAS. THE OUTPUT WILL BE CRINGINGLY GHASTLY! The fricking layered Batangas word on the picture in the said article already looks bad. To put this in another perspective, imagine Mount Rushmore with a huge sign of South Dakota (or Arizona..?); Mount Vesuvius with Naples; or even Mount Fuji, Honshu! The mountain and volcanoes that I have mentioned are famous landmarks to their respective places. They don’t need a sign to say where they are. That’s why they are called icons or landmarks.

 
Yes, many mistake Taal Volcano as not part of Batangas. I was one of them. However, there must be other ways on conveying to the public that “these you see here are part of Batangas!” without disrupting the view. Slightly off topic: The picture they used is also a bad choice— pixilated much? Try Google images next time. There are loads there.

 
I sincerely hope they would consider NOT implementing this. This project would be just a waste of tax payers’ money. Maybe they could instead take care of the Taal lake. After the whole fishpen fiasco last time, are they sure that it will not happen again? I have not heard of any news regarding any output. Or they can maintain the Taal Volcano island itself. I myself have not step foot on the island yet, and if I ever do, I sincerely hope that I wouldn’t see any form of unnatural trash lying almost anywhere and not in their proper containers. Unnatural trashes meaning wastes that are not supposed to be there like plastic wrappers.

 
 
 
source:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/: ‘Hooray for Hollywood’ on Taal Volcano Island

PS. Yes, cringingly is not a word.

under the rain | 雨

It has been raining all week. The good thing is there is no typhoon; just monsoon rains (Intertropical Convergence Zone). The bad thing is, when it rains hard, it still cause floods. Despite the damp weather, I love the rain, as long as I’m not outside the vicinity of my home commuting. The sound of the rain dropping on the ground/roof/leaves soothes me; which is why I love Wang Leehom’s（王力宏) [春雨裡洗過的太陽].

Since early this week, I had wanted to try it in the city. I love the reflections of buildings on puddles of water and/or even people’s blurry reflections. I also wanted to take pictures of busy people with umbrellas briskly walking to wherever they need to go to. But of course, I’ll wait till I have free time and own a dslr cam. o_o;

Anyway, today I practiced with our handy-dandy digicam (Canon Ixus 860 IS)! I sat/stood/squat under the rain to take these photos. It was kinda fun… until when my dad and then our housekeeper saw me under the rain. kinda awkward haha. At first I tried to take pictures of falling rain, but I guess it is just impossible with a digicam. So, I switched to doing macros.

through the lenses literally haha

Holy Week Trip 2011

Holy Week Trip 2011 – with family friends again!
(April 19 – April 24)
This year we went to Donsol, Sorsogon and Camarines Sur!
 
We left Manila (SLEX Petron Station) at around 10pm and arrived in Albay approx. 700am we planned on going straight to Sorsogon, but we had stopped by the Cagsawa Ruins site first because the Mayon Volcano wasn’t shy that morning! We can see its cone-shaped tip and the trail down the volcano caused by the lava flow (I guess). The visit to the Cagsawa Ruins would be my third, btw still love the site though ^^

Mayon Volcano

Cagsawa Ruins