Day 12 - Some New Friends

Tonight was a little strange for me as I actually went out to a bar with some friends. And not in the South. :P This was taken at The Bourn Food Station on Taft Ave., Manila. And sure, it was near the university I used to go to every day, but when I was going to school there I hardly ever went out. I honestly can't recall a time that I went out at night during the time I was in college. Okay, maybe once, to a poetry reading, and it was actually for extra credit. LOL. As much as I would like to say that I was a nerd, I don't have the grades to back that up so I'm just going to say that I was really poor and lazy.

Anyway, with me here are M, who is an old friend by now, E, whom I met last year and M2, whom I met just a few weeks before this photo was taken. I know I always say that I hate meeting new people, but I really only mean that when I meet crappy people. :P When I meet people like M, E and M2, I do think about rescinding that statement.

Day 327 - Firework

We watched the fireworks for the Petone Carnival from a clearing on one of the nearby hills. I don't have a technologically advanced camera and I didn't bring a tripod for the occasion, but I think this shot turned out pretty good. Even if you can clearly see what movement my hand made when I took the shot. :P

Day 254 - Blue Building

I don't even know what building this is. But it looks great from the window of the Power Books store in Greenbelt 3. Lovely shade of blue that is.

Day 216 - Sunday Night Lights

Second day of training for my new job in Makati. On a Sunday. And at 9PM. (IKR?!) Hence, CBD's streets are semi-deserted and you have time to take in the scenery.

I only used my cellphone camera for this one so the lights are just bright spots. Can you tell which spot is the moon?

Day 50 - After Hours

My officemates and I went to watch Inception today. But because we went after office hours, we could only catch the last full show, which ended at around 11:45PM. The mall was closed and the only way to get to the bus "station"* was to walk along Ayala Ave.

It's not everyday that you get to walk around the city at such a late hour so I took a picture of what it looked like. The building behind the bus here is The Peninsula Manila, a 5-star hotel that's pretty much a landmark of Ayala Ave., Makati.

* "station" is in quotation marks since it's not actually a station, but just one of the common stops of the bus.

Day 44 - Storm Souvenir

NATURE'S MESS - Fallen leaves and branches from trees around the park

Sorry for the night vision effect. I took this when I was on my way home and it was very very late so I had to edit it a lot (obviously) just so the picture would come out.

Anyway, there was a strong storm the day before (Basyang), which had pretty strong winds so leaves and branches were all over the city. Luckily, there wasn't too much damage, at least, not compared to the previous really strong storms we've had (Ondoy, Milenyo, etc.)

Day 35 - Pseudo Stars

Extreme close-up of stars night light

A guy friend from the office asked for my help (and 2 other officemates) to turn the meeting room into a romantic dinner venue. I thought, "Why not use this night light that simulates stars in the sky?"

Unfortunately, it only works when a room is pitch black, and obviously, if they're going to be eating dinner, they're going to need a brighter light. My lighting "skills" weren't wasted though because we ended up using another one of my lamps (with yellow light). Bright fluorescent lights are just not romantic.

BTW, this night light was a gift to my parents from my brother. He bought it in Japan.