Subic

What I'll remember about our recent trip to Subic are the following: 

1) Straight road, the as far as-your-eyes-can-see type. 

2) Puregold duty free: good enough prices!, a must in anyone's itinerary

3) toll rates: 

I also discovered that various companies split-out the road into territories. They cant combine everything to just one stretch. There is a part where you have to pass a toll gate, pay, travel a short winding portion of road, and then suddenly another toll gate, and then straight, afterwards voila, another toll gate!

Tipo - Subic - 18 PhP 

SCTEX - 112

San Fernando- Bocaue - 125

Dau to SF - 49

It's 304 PhP, one-way... 608, two-way!

4) Tons of Gerber that we bought for baby, to even-out the costly toll + gasoline 

5) There's a Petron station near Puregold. It might have some duties/taxes advantage as well, because they charge about 2-3 pesos lower than gas stations in Manila.

6) We had to go home without going to zoobic or any other attractions. We misjudged the travel time and the hours needed checking the duty free shops.

7) This safeguard soap. I bought a set of 4 each in white and then the original beige.

You dont get to buy the local version in this shape (ergonomically curved, it seems) and size (big) any more. The smell evokes a real, strong 99%-germ killer as well. 

Paano kaya?

Paano kaya kung ang magkaroon nang ganitong promo...

ay ang

CHICKENJOY-ALL-YOU-CAN?!

Tyak na rambol iyon!

Tyak na kagulo ang Pilipinas!

Tyak na maraming sasakit ang batok sa highblood!

Kikita ang Mercury Drug sa bandang huli!

 

Tanginang Tim Yap

Kung sino man ang hunghang sa greenwich o ad agency ng greenwich na nakaisip na kunin itong kulugong tsekwang tsekwang na ito, nasa kamay nyo ang ilang libong pizzang hindi naorder. Maraming nauyam tyak sa pagmumukha nang Tim Yap na ito sa commercialat posters nyo.Maraming bibili na sana nang Bacon Melt ninyo, pero natawag na lang bigla sa 9111111 dahil nakita ang kups na ito:

Ano ba ang ginawa nito sa buhay para mabigyan sya nang karapatan na gambalain tayo sa tv? Anong kultura ang nais nyang iparating? Dahil ba sinwerteng nakapagtayo nang emba-emba na paboritong tambayan ni L'il Zuplado? Dahil gusto nyang maging wannabe TMZ tsupaetski? Watdapak! Kinansel mo ang bisa ni John Lloyd sa commercial. Alisin na ito, Greenwich President. 

Photography Workshop with Daemon Becker

And so i finally attended a formal photography seminar. i chose the one sanctioned by UP, also after seeing the portfolio of the facilitator (daemonbecker.com) and finding out that he owns a full-fledged studio in Mandaluyong (pioneerstudios.ph)     


This is Daemon:

I liked best the third day where we held class at his studio itself. And when we tested a setup proposed by joemcnally in one of his own workshops. Here is what we're trying to emulate... 

and here's what we got,,, again, another one with daemon... 

Not bad, eh? 
With probably more tweaking towards individual critiques of pics, some more proactive dispensing of solid tips (instead of waiting leads from us students with our mouths open), and then requiring the students to KNOW their camera before attending class (to save on time on the first day), the course would be perfect. He has the tools and the experience (even formal education), so he must believe onwhat he brings to dispense as lessons. Also with more confidence, the teaching will improve.
But even as it was last week, I would surely recommend the workshop to anyone who wants to learn studio. 
My prime takeaway indeed is in learning the various lights of the studio setup. It would sort of bring me confidence in actually renting out a studio, with several members of my family, to take portraits of each... and then probably one group shot.
I will do it within this month, and then finally improve on pathetic home studio lighting like this:

(the subjects here are prettiest though! :-) )

Thanks, Daemon. You have a future in teaching! I hope you really can assist a bit (for free. hehehe) when i rent pioneerstudios. the cheapest lang muna at 1500 before moving to the bigger studio:

thanks very much, and more power!

Aahh, Chocomani!

This is the ChocoMani being used by Red Ribbon in their Choc-o-nut roll.

Chocnut apparently is too big for Red Ribbon and they refused to serve Red Ribbon's needed flavor.

I tried Chocomani earlier this morning, and it tastes nuttier-better than Chocnut. Could this be a case of a key employee of Chonut leaving for ChocoMani?

I also like Chocomani's jumbo size. It provides the right amount of dose to jolt anyone's flatlining office afternoons.

Though I wish it should add more mani to the bar. Let the natural sweetness of the nut blend-in. Do not artificially infuse with tons of sugar!

Weird, pero totoo raw ito, PENIS CAPTIVUS? Watdapak!

Sabi ng aming bubwit, totoo raw talaga ito:

Biruin mo ang karakas nang Martin na ito. Parang guwardiya lang.

***

Totoo rin daw ito.

Penis Captivus? Pwedeng pangalan ng  Decepticon ito a. Anggaling at all-powerful na robot siguro nito. Sisiw ang mga walang kwentang ganire...

Pag ako yumaman...

1. Bibili ako nang bahay at magpapagawa nang ganireng bookshelf:

2. Magpoproduce ako nang pelikulang ganito. Yung may bidang babae na namumutol nang etits nang mga walangya. Kailangang kumita agad sa unang proyekto ko! Si Anne Curtis ang gawin nating bida!

(ito yung remake)

(ito yung original noon 1980's) 

3) Bibilhin ko ang National Bookstore Bestseller branch sa pinakataas nang Robinson's Galleria., para cutprice booksale para sa akin, kahit kailan ko gusto.


4)  Magpoproduce ako nang seryosong Pinoy Film mula sa kinita nang pelikulang may pinutulang mamang salbahe. Ang bida yun talagang madudunong umarte o yung handsng magpadirek patungo da mahusay na pag-arte, tulad nila Pen Medina, Ronnie Lazaro, at John Lloyd Cruz. Tungkol sa buhay-looban noong panahon ni Macoy ang istorya. Pwedeng pagbasihan yung maikling kwento ni Norma Miraflor na “Sulat Mula sa Pritil.” Nagitla ako nung una kong nabasa ito sa klase nang Humanidades I. Magiging mahusay ang pelikula ito, sigurado. 


5) Patitira ko sa mga taga-Tundo si Mayweather. Hindi uubra ang egoy na ito sa mga pana ng Hermosa, Moriones, isama na ang mga taga-Caloocan. 


6) Bibili ako nang typewriter na antique, maganda, at matibay. Pandispley katabi nang bookshelf. Sa loob ng library. Parang musika kasi noon sa akin ang tikatik nang typewriter. Parang katumbas kasi nuon ang solidong produksyon sa pabrika, bagamat mga salita ang pinoprodyus.  Parang ginagawang solido nang tunog nang makinilya ang mga salita.

Winner kayo!

Hahahaha



Salamat mga pards! Pampawala kayo nang pagod at inis sa trabaho. Panalo pati si tabantsingtsing sa likod.

Aahh, Chocnut

It’s always good to start a day with two bars of Chocnut. The nutty-sweetness taste is always a welcome jolt in the morning.

And then it also reminds you that this delicacy is ours. It’s Filipino. (In the famous Intramuros Tour by Carlos Celdran, this candy is being served, and the tourist love them).

Lately though, I seem to be getting pcs which are too sweet. Damn to sweet. I hope the Chocnut makers get their QA right and bring consistently nuttier flavor than those that plain kill us with sugar. Don’t let that Chinese peanut bar (which may have melamine, btw) beat our icon.