Litratong Pinoy: MANIPIS (Thin)

Sumikat ito noong unang panahon, nang mas matatangkad, mas mapapayat, at mas matiisin pa ang mga tao... =]

MANIPIS = THIN

This became popular in earlier times, when people were taller, thinner, and had the capacity to endure pain more... =]

Velomania exhibit, Vaprikki Museum Complex, Tampere, August 2007, using a digicam.

PhotoHunt: NATURAL

Curiosity- something that we never really outgrow =]

the village of Talubin in Bontoc, April 2006, using a digicam.

Litratong Pinoy: MAKAPAL (Thick)

Namamalas ang ganda ng mga kwitis kapag ang kalangitan ay sadlak sa karimlan. Kasama ng nakabibighani nilang liwanag at hugis ay ang kaakibat na pansamantalang lambong ng usok. Gayunpaman, pinipili pa rin masdan ang kanilang rikit at tiisin ang pansamantalang yakap ng hanging di na dalisay.

MAKAPAL = THICK

The beauty of fireworks is best enjoyed when the night is at its darkest. In tandem with the enchanting embers is a temporary cloak of noxious air. Despite the latter, many still choose to savor the ephemeral brilliance of fireworks.

Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, November 2009 using a digicam.

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PhotoHunt: SCHOOL

From mastering how to maintain one's wits as one endures a bumpy inter-province evening back-of-the-bus ride (desperately attempted to be captured above), to effectively budgeting time and money so as to see all sights in a new city, to understanding the subtleties of a town's language, food, and faith- traveling has been one of the best means by which I have learned about the greater world around me and the inner workings of my own heart, brain, and soul.

Can't wait for the next adventure.

on the 8pm bus traveling from General Santos City to Davao City, March 2009, using a digicam.

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Litratong Pinoy: DALAWA (Two)

Mga kalatas para sa mga nawawala at para sa mga gustong "magpakawala"...

DALAWA = TWO

Signs for those who are lost and for those who want to "let go" of *something*...

somewhere in Baguio City, September 2010, using a digicam.

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Wordless Tuesday: OFFERING

This array of carved rice granary gods called bul-ul that protect a family's harvest occupy an important niche in the belief system of indigenous peoples of the Cordilleras in Northern Philippines.

BenCab Museum, just outside Baguio City, September 2010, using a digicam.

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PhotoHunt: ANNIVERSARY

May we all realize that we are but fellow travelers on the planet, in need and capable of mutual respect, genuine concern, and open communication, all aiming to leave the earth in a state better than when we first arrived on it. *Remembering 9/11*

plaza in downtown Cotabato City, March 2009, using a digicam.

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Wordless Wednesday: WATER, BED

This is one of the Aqua Rooms of Hotel H20, a unique accommodations experience just beside the Ocean Park at Manila Bay. A 34-meter aquarium housing fish of every size, color, and beauty form one continuous wall of adjacent hotel rooms. From 7am to 9pm, schools of fish and solitary creatures hustle to and fro, unmindful of hotel guests like myself who ogle at their vibrance and quiet fluidity. I must admit, the TV's no match against roommates like them. Now I know why the Aquarium Channel is such a hit.

Hotel H20, Manila, September 2010, using a digicam.

PhotoHunt: HOT

The CamSur Watersports Complex is now of the most popular destinations in the Philippines for the more adventurous tourists. Wakeboarding, cable water-skiing, skateboarding, and other extreme sports are at guests' disposal. Those looking for more sedate activities can enjoy massages, wade in swimming pools, or just rummage through the restaurants. Tourists, as attracted by CWC, have converted the province of Camarines Sur from being the Philippines' 39th poorest among 80 provinces into the nation's 10th richest.

CamSur Watersports Complex, Pili, Camarines Norte, 2007, using a digicam.

Wordless Wednesday: FIERY

Typically, volcanoes evoke a sense of fear and gloom, given their propensity to damage property, inflict injury, cause death. People, typically, would flee as far away as possible.

However, Taal Volcano- purported to be the smallest in world- has the opposite effect: it attracts hundreds of tourists daily, drawn to its unique environs, a mixture of stunning vistas embraced by cool mountain breeze, unmindful of its magma chamber's on-and-off activity. Currently, an inordinate number of bed and breakfasts dot the ridge surrounding the volcano and the lake it sits on- homes away from home of city-dwellers who wish to retreat to Tagaytay's subtle urbanity.

view from The Inn at Cliff House Tagaytay City, August 2010, using a digicam.