Her Morning Elegance

Call me late (since this was released last 2007 or so), but here's an interesting stop-motion video by Oren Lavie, and an amazing song to boot. 

I'm not normally the biggest fan of stop-motion, but I do appreciate it when the concept is great, as I believe it is here.

Manila Ocean

I dropped by Manila Ocean Park last Wednesday to conduct an ocular for a shoot we're doing this Saturday. Great place, it turned out to be a lot more impressive than I was expecting.  We are a country extremely rich in biodiversity, and the aquariums beautifully reflected this fact.  Walking through the tunnel-shaped glass corridors separating myself from the hosts of rays swimming above, I felt like I was back in Anilao chasing turtles and teasing clownfish.

I snapped this shot a bit later, eating a late merienda at Chowking on the second floor of the Ocean Park. It's one of the rare times I get to view the famed Manila Bay sunset while not in a moving car. If you look ever so closely, you can see the smudges on the window separating me and polluted beauty.

A Change Of Pace

Photo randomly taken from Flickr. Sorry, Mr. Owner!

A black mangy cat, curled up without a care in the world beside the large tawny neighbourhood ascal.

The sweet suburban breeze rushing past you as you stand under a street lamp, its haunting yellow light casting an foreboding warm tinge on the world of the night.

The interesting conversation with the groundskeeper while sitting on a bench in the empty church courtyard.

The uninhibited and heart-warming laughter of local barkadas as they while the night away drinking beer at the local sari-sari store.

The loving way the middle-aged Korean couple teased each other while taking their nightly stroll through the village.

My trusty iPod serenading me with Chopin and his nocturnes while I make my way through the streets, my feet walking but my mind soaring.


These are things I would have never seen, heard, or felt had I chosen to do my usual run. The impromptu decision to have a change of pace and go out into the night in my plaid shorts and Sanuks was, perhaps, the right thing to do tonight.