As you would, undoubtedly, expect from me, this is the second photo of the occasional outburst of inspiration and determination that I get whenever I do something new with my blog. I hope this inspiration and determination will last longer than my normal ones. Regardless, I will take this wave and ride it out till it lasts. This is a toy, I think, made of small spherical magnetic balls (Jack McFarland: “Hihihi… balls”). There are 216 of...
… waking people groaning trying to get up off the ground, covered in sand and ash mixture after a drunken stupor the night before. Well, it probably was but I can’t be sure since I was one of the few who didn’t (or should I say, “couldn’t”) wake up early. I was planning to but I didn’t (or couldn’t). I wanted to get a few sunrise shots since I doubt I’d come back here in the near future. However, the...
The moment I walked past this tuft of weed, I knew what the photo I was about to take was going to look like. You see there are some rules hmm… maybe more like guidelines in taking photographs. I’m no expert. Heck, I’m not sure I even qualify to be an amateur more like novice maybe. Anyhoo, one of the guides in composing photographs is to have leading lines. What this means is that when you have a particularly apparent line or lines in...
First post of the year!!! (^_^) … and the only one for the last 3 months… (T~T)… Anyway… This shot was taken last… uhm… sometime ago. It’s a shot of the sidewalk of one of the side of Ayala Triangle, the side facing Paseo de Roxas. Took it from a low vantage point with the sensor almost perpendicular to the ground (thus the lens was parallel to the ground). My first mistake was I took the shot with only the JPEG...
So… Yeah. Here’s a photo of an actual balloon from the hot air balloon thing my friends and I went to last February at Clark. I don’t have much to say about it really, which is weird since I have a lot to say about a lot of things. Anyway, it’s just a photo of a sun shaped balloon (You: Gee, I wouldn’t have guessed that.) in an a very blue sky (You: I didn’t notice that too). I have about 30 shots of this thing trying...
This shot was taken from the Ferris Wheel last Easter at Enchanted Kingdom. Taken at about 7PM. When I first rode this Ferris Wheel, I was not scared at all. I was even the one to make the thing… uhm… carriage(?) turn around. But the last two times I got on it, I was scared shitless. I don’t know why, I just sort of did. I can’t explain why I wasn’t afraid the first time, but the last two times were making me curse why the...
I really don’t know what to say about this photo. This was just a random shot from when I went to Clark for the hot air balloon thing. I think I took this shot when we were making our way to the gasoline station to look for something to eat. For those that haven’t read my about me, shame on you. Read it. Now. As you now know, I took up electrical engineering in college. For a while, I worked for the power utility company in our province so I...
Since the first time I went to Manila and visited Enchanted Kingdom, I vowed that I would return to the park at least once every year for so long as I am able to (read: not dead). Though there was nothing new at EK for my first 4 visits but during my last visit, which was last Easter, they opened up a new attraction: Zoori’s Adventure (ZA). Together with the Yupangco Group, EK has opened this new attraction featuring white lions. Anyway, when I went...
the world, seen through the eyes & mind of a guy
...hellbent on torturing minds & souls, captured on camera & perpetuated on the internetMy name is Erik, though I’d like to be called “Xef” for a change. A corporate slave who lives life in mediocrity. This site is born from the deepest recesses of my mind due a brain hiccup I once had the misfortune to contract. As can obviously be seen, it is my attempt to construct a quasi-sane aspect of my life via photography (and a little writing here and there). It is by far, in my opinion anyway, a rather poor attempt. Should you wish to peruse the said abomination, then by all means, enjoy (or suffer through) your stay. I am sad to say that I have run out of sick bags as I use them extensively, so bring your own.
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