Marigold

This month on Today's Flowers, I will feature flowers from Cebu City (Cebu) and Tanjay City (Negros Oriental).

This marigold plant was one of the many flowering plants in the Gawad Kalinga Village in Talamban, Cebu City. Before the Singles for Christ International Conference started, there was a program for Gawad Kalinga, and since we arrived in Cebu earlier, we dropped by the village to take part of the program.

I shot this picture just before we left the village. It was a bit difficult to take a picture because wind was blowing hard and I was using a new camera that is having problems focusing on macro shots, so this picture was lacking some composition.

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Insekto Siluweto

Been a while since I last did Camera Critters.. happy to be back.

This insect was shot from a plant in the rest house where we stayed at while in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. It got me interested that this insect doesn't fly even if I shake the plant, so I decided to take a picture of it. I don't know what's it called, as long as it doesn't fly in face or it doesn't enter my ears, I'll be fine. =)

Happy weekends!

*** Jenn ***

Stripes

Hard to find something "stripy" in my files... good thing I spotted this old image. This is my umbrella - my very precious umbrella, which I bought in 2004. It's not as pretty as it was for sure, but nearly five years since I bought it, it's still working perfectly. This umbrella was one of those very few purchases I have made that really lasted long. One of my treasures, actually.

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Paboritong Litrato (Favorite Photo)

Mula nang maging interesante ako sa potograpiya, marami-rami na rin akong nakuhanang litrato. Karamihan ay hindi naman talaga magaganda, ngunit pangit man o hindi, lahat ng mga litratong nakatago sa aking mga CDs ay mahalaga sa akin.

{Ever since I started being interested in photography, I have taken quite a lot of pictures. Most of the images aren't really that great, but no matter how ugly or beautiful the images are, all are important to me.}

Mahirap mang mag-isip kung anong litrato talaga ang pinaka-paborito ko, hindi ako nahirapang magsabi na ito ang aking paborito nang malaman kong ito ang tema para sa linggong ito. Kuha ito nito lamang ika-11 ng Marso, nang kaming magkapatid ay pumunta sa Pier 13 (Manila South Harbor) upang bisitahin ang MV Doulos, ang itinuturing na pinakamatandang barko na lumalayag pa rin sa kasalukuyan. Napag-alaman kong ang barko ay idede-komisyon na sa isang taon at ito ang huling beses na dadaong ang barko sa Pilipinas, kaya hindi na namin pinalampas ang pagkakataon.

{It's hard to think which image is my most favorite, but upon knowing the theme for this week, it wasn't that difficult for me to say that this was my favorite. I took this last 11 March, when my sister and I went to check out MV Doulos, the oldest still sailing passenger ship. I learned that the ship will be de-commisioned next year, so when I found out that it was in the Philippines, we made it a point to check out the ship.}

At siyempre pa, sobrang ma-drama talaga ang kuhang ito dahit nag-aagaw ang araw at gabi. Salamat, lady Doulos!

{And how dramatic a shot would be if it was taken between day and night? I really love this photo. Thanks for the memories, lady Doulos!}

*** Jenn ***

K = Key Chains

I have started traveling since my father died. Because he was laid to rest in the province, visiting his grave from time to time often present a chance to see other places as well. Normally, travelers collect t-shirts with the name of the place where it was bought, but because I am big and shirts don't really look that good on me, the way I get to take home a little piece of the place I have been to was through key chains.

It was just a sad thing that I realized it a bit late - I have gone through many places and I could've bought key chains since then, but it's okay... I still have a lifetime to travel and collect keychains. =) Aside from the ones I personally bought, I have two key chains that were given to me by friends. Hopefully in the years to come this collection would grow and grow.

*** Jenn ***