Day 25 - A Picture of Your Day

As everything is, it all depends on the "what" and "where". In my case, what I was/am doing or where I am.

Being a bum for a year already, I have spent some time rolling in bed. But you don't want a picture of that--I wouldn't even post it here anyway. hahahaha

So let's just make do with what I usually do during the course of a day.

When I was in school...
I rarely study. When I do, it's usually because I got a barely-made-it grade. That's usually in Filipino subjects. But most of the time, I doodle (especially with teachers as my subjects).

The only doodle ever saved digitally. Guess who? >8D

Origami...
That word says it all. I did Satoshi Kamiya's "Yellow Bird"(75 steps) quite a lot. I've been meaning to fold the "Red Dragon" (275 steps) but I can't seem to find the perfect paper. -_-

My mini Chocobo army. :D

Photoshoots...
We have been thinking of a concept for our next shoot but the it's taking us too long to finalize and find costumes for each of us. I don't know about them but I'm almost done with mine. wehehehe

pic by kim

Black Rock Shooter Figma

Macro shots. Lola's cattleya

Partying with the whole family!
The best thing about any party is food and it won't be a family party without Lola's cooking. I don't have a picture of the food because I'm usually busy eating. D8>

During Lola's birthday 2010. We have a funny family. :))

Doing my sister's haircut...
She no longer goes to the salon because no one knows how to follow her hair specifications (there should be a term like this!). Roughly a decade ago, she wanted her long locks cut similar to Rihanna's hairstyle a couple of years ago. But no, "it'll look weird," the hairdresser said. They cut it too short in the front so it looked like that of a little boy. Ever since then, I've been cutting her hair. I never had any training in hairdressing but I do have one in sculpting. hahahaha

Her recent haircut. Soi Fon Style. >8D

Artsy Stuff...
Oil painting is my forte. Never liked watercoloring. I do a lot of crafting stuff. I learned how to knit just so I can make Chiaki's scarf. View my artworks here. :D

Playing with two very funny dogs...
We weren't suppose to keep any of Zero's puppies but here we are: Zero who gets excited when mom says the words "wink wink"--I don't know why but it doesn't have any effect on Zero when other people say it--and Aki who always want to sit on my lap.  

Zero and Aki sleeping

 

Day 24 - A Picture of Something You Wish You Could Change

A portrait I did of my cousin for my thesis. 

In this country, people think that being "environmentally-aware" is only for those that belong in the upper-middle class or the upper class citizens. That is the mentality of our people: something goes wrong, blame it on the government.

I can't say that the government is totally blameless either. They should hold more awareness campaign regarding responsible trash disposal, and particularly the dangers of smoking.

Smoking. Our tiny store does not sell any cigarettes so people regularly asks us "why?". Just that single word tells a whole lot about people's ignorance of its effects on themselves as well as those around them.

Littering. An excuse commonly used by those who litter is that "there's no trash can". If there's really no where you can dispose of your garbage properly, put it in your pocket. If it's too big for your pocket, you can put it in your bag or you can just carry it around until you find a trash can. There's a mall here in Cebu that doesn't have any trash can every few meters so my sister and I had to walk from the annex to the main part of the building just so that we can throw whatever it is we were holding. And I can tell you that it wasn't a short walk. Again, in our store, my mother charges an additional 2php when children (that lacks common sense and over-all manners. I'm blaming it on the parents) wants their sodas poured in a plastic. One kid protested that he won't throw his plastic in front of the store but "there"--pointing at their area at the upper part of the street.

"Still," my mom retorted, "you're just going to throw that on the street."

"No, I won't", the kid said. "I'll throw it in the canal."

Makes you want to do a facepalm, eh?

Spitting. Why do people spit on the streets? Don't they know that that's one of the reason why diseases spread. They would have saved a lot on hospital bills if they just disciplined themselves better.

Awareness. Our family supports the "Earth hour" movement. As I've pointed out a couple of times in this entry, we have a store. It can easily be noticed that our store had it's lights off during the one hour duration of the event. Almost everyone that came to buy asks us why our lights were off. We patiently tell them that it's for the "Earth hour" campaign. Guess what? They gave us blank stares with an accompanying "what?"

All in all, I don't think that it is because of poverty that people are not conscious of the environment; it's because they refuse to care and be responsible because they are poor or that because it's the government's job. News flash for them, the government is not a super hero. We still have to do our share since we are a part of this country; what affects one, affects us all. Don't even get me started on people rallying to stop oil price hikes. gah!

So I want to change this picture. Instead of only one caring for the environment, I want everybody to join in.

I wish there was a ghost that haunts people who litter and smoke. >8D

My sister during one of our impromptu photo shoots.

Day 23 - A Picture of Your favorite Book

Pride and Prejudice is my ultimate favorite book but that's old news. My newest fave is a book series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. It's a somewhat unofficial prequel of the Peter Pan story by J. M. Barrie.

Starcatchers is an interesting enough set and introduced characters like the Mollusk people, the original Lost Boys, Ammm and the dreadful Ombra. The story adds new ideas to the original one. Not to mention that it's illustrated. hehe.

The Blood Tide book follows the story of the Lost Boys and two children from the Mollusk Tribe while Peter was away on Starcatcher business in London.

The Starcatcher series has a final book in the making: The Bridge to Neverland. I can't wait for that book to be published. :D

Day 22 - A Picture of Something You Wish You Were Better At

Jym's violin

You can't say you want to get better at something you never tried before but let's just pretend that I did the first step. And no, I don't mean playing the violin exclusively--but it's one of my dreams to play one--it's music in general. Unlike some preparatory schools, the one I was in didn't really teach music as one of the subjects. If you wanted to learn, you have to be in the Drum and Bugle Corps. I once briefly played a tom-tom drum when our scouting unit did a short presentation for a DBC competition. Other than that, zilch.

I always say that some people are quite lucky to have had lessons. I was not as lucky. I never learned to fully understand notes on music sheets and often wondered how each finger combination equates to specific parts of the score.

Like some other things in my life, music remains among those that's hard to reach, either by laziness or by lack of resources. *sigh*

Day 21 - A Picture of Something You Wish You Could Forget

First year, first semester. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

This subject was one of my favorites that time, next to algebra, until it started letting you do activities that involves going in front and/or holding a microphone.

It began with a simple product commercial that you have to do yourself. Mine was for a soda that replenishes lost creative juices. Juice Up: it's not a juice, it's a soda. Pretty lame, I know. Anyway, those simple enough assignments turned longer. It evolved into doing your own radio segment as a deejay. Inevitably, it proceeded to being a veejay. I have to give credits to Final Fantasy for the music played for both of those "gigs".

I really thought that was it until our teacher announced that we'll be singing a full song in front of class for our Finals. Gah! I don't like to sing, especially in front of everybody.

When the day came, we found out that we were not only going to sing in front, we're going to do it with a microphone... and two speakers behind us.

The only tape I was able to borrow was by Carol Banawa. I sang--or rather, tried to sing--the song "Stay". For those who know how that song goes, it has a lot of high notes. Certainly not fit for a newbie like me. In the end, I did sing and left forever scarred.

I immediately buried that memory but it pops out like a zombie once in a while. Most frequently during my Literature classes a few years afterwards. I usually end up skipping class on days with singing or anything involved with the front part of the classroom.

Day 20 - A Picture of Somewhere You'd Love to Travel

A shot of Camiguin Island from White Island

I would like to travel (back) to Camiguin. It's a 12-hour boat trip from Cebu but I'll do it again just so I can ride that pump boat skimming on high waves and bask under the sun at White Island with my friends. I'll brave three things I usually run away from: motion-sickness from very VERY long trips, sun and sea water. I would want to be able to climb the stations of the cross running by the main island's volcano since we weren't able to do it the first time.

Day 19 - A Picture of a Letter

This picture is a recreation of a letter I gave to someone special. Not one for the conventional, I wrote my confession among the stars. *wink*

This is what I wrote--not inside the 'letter'--about the secret of my supposed gift to that someone:
  
a single crane for a thousand
another one for a thousand more

a thread that binds our names together
to let you know that i want fate to let us be paired

one dream for you
another holds a confession

I like riddles, don't you? >:D