Watching the World Go By

Swimming with the Fishes. There is something vaguely cruel about fish in an aquarium (or any caged animal for that matter). I am in no way inferring on the capacity of fish to realize that it was deluded into thinking that the tepid water and the regular supply of food is the only world that it should (or will) ever know. But now that I think about it, things aren't that different on the other side of the glass.

*Thanks to Gary for helping me make this shot by offering to hold the flash for me.

Shooting Friends

Social networking services have severely diluted the word friend. Personally, I do not only find it grammatically uncouth to use it as a verb, but I am also mildly disturbed as to how it is thrown into the same stew of words as acquaintance and associate.

Watching the World Go By

Slivers

Un-broken

Today, my wife and I celebrate six years of marriage (and in less than two weeks, twelve years as a couple). I am deeply thankful for having Susan come into my life, as she made me believe that I am deserving and capable of love even during my darkest moments.

This short snippet of verse that I wrote doesn’t begin to express my gratitude and love for her, but I am hoping that it’s a start.

Un-broken

Hopeless, fragile, small, shadow of a man
Praying
Lost in a sea of intentions
Hoping
Flailing, grasping… finding where hope began
Breathing
Breaking free from the past’s dungeon

Happy anniversay, ‘ga. May the years ahead still find us happily holding each other’s hand.

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A Trail of Wishes

First Steps (Winners)

Congratulations to those who won the contest I sponsored last week and many thanks to all those who participated and showed their support.

The top three DPP 0811 portraits that got the most votes are:

No. 3 — Aying

No. 2 — Joy

No. 1 — Nikki

All three women will be getting an 8R-sized print of their respective pictures. Nikki, having garnered the most votes, will also be getting a portrait package (three hours of shoot time, prints and digital copies of the resulting image files on a DVD).

The second winner of a similar portrait package for leaving a comment on the blog post ‘First Steps’ in response to the question below is Joy.

What is your dream portrait theme?

To which her answer is —

“in a perfect garden view with of balloons (mahangyo rag bubbles.hahah!)..nya lami na clouds..ms Queenie knows what "lami na cloud" looks like. :))
or sunset :))”

The prizes will be awarded by Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Whereas an initial meeting and planning for both portrait sessions will be held within the week.

Once again, congrats and many thanks.

Watching the World Go By

Matthew 19:14