PART OF ME

I miss writing. I miss writing long, deep, yet nonsense paragraphs for hours as if I am making something out of nothing. I must have delegated a huge part of my expression into film photography, because although there is so much to tell from the inside, I usually feel like a well in drought when it comes to accompanying my photos even with a short description. Adjectives become harder and harder to pull out of my thin vocabulary and simple words become stale. I'd like to work out on it, though. A little bit more of reading could probably help, which reminds me that, I haven't touched a book in three months.

ORPHANED

Hello! I'm back from my 4-day trip, and so is Kimi :) I left her to my Aunt's house so she could be well taken care of while I was away. Checked on her the first night and they said she was already howling :( Then on my last day abroad, I asked how she was again and I was informed that she was already feeling at home haha! What a tripper she is.
 

It wasn't nice leaving her, but I also could not deny how I had a lovely, lovely time spending days away from home :) I had my colored film rolls developed yesterday, and will send the b&w ones this weekend to be processed. Can't wait to have them and share it with you! I really hope they will turn out okay. *cross fingers*

YOU COME AND GO

 

A day of proportionally divided, and ironically mixed feelings of anticipation and worry, freedom and constriction, coming and going. Only one thing binds all of these: the element of waiting. Waiting to leave, waiting to come back. Crossing over, or having your fingers crossed. Everybody goes on, and so does life. About to embark on another journey. Literally. Figuratively.

BANAPPLE

Would love to have Banapple's Banoffee Pie again!

IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH?

 

I'm not the usual film hoarder, but I started to bite a couple of deals that offers film packs last month because I am preparing for an upcoming trip (no spoilers). I was also lucky to be a happy recipient of about ten rolls during our Secret Santa in the office, so I've got about 30 rolls on hand now and not enough space in the fridge to store them in! Also take note that an additional of eight black and white rolls are on their way to be delivered next week. 

I'm not planning to bring them all, of course, but while I was doing my last minute research on the trip, I could not help but doubt if I would be able to bring enough film with me. I haven't been taking photos with film the last time I went out of the country, so I really can't estimate. I'd like to ask now, how many rolls do you bring when you are out for a trip? :)

ROVERS

Change is good once in a while, especially when it comes to food. I believe this is the first night out for the Book Club; and how nice to experience the convenience of these roving food trucks, as they are not as popular here as they are in the western part of the world. These "rovers" parked at Capitol Commons, a few blocks away from the office, and came in with pizza in cones, cheesesteaks, beef wraps, shawarma, gelato and many more :)

It took a while for me to share this because I lost this roll of film back in October, or at least I thought I did. Two months later, I found it in the right pocket of my jogging pants haha!

It's also interesting to find this purple band in two of the shots in the roll. I'm not sure if this is due to a light leak or simply a little surprise that an expired film gives once in  a while. Not complaining at all because I like purple! :)

I GROW THE BEANS

Grow legs, or grow beans. Whichever comes first.

CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS

Got a bunch of rolls developed from the lab last week which still contained a huge chunk of Christmas photos. I thought I might as well share them here before they become way too late to be seen :)

PROJECT PIE

Had the chance to try Project Pie one free Thursday night after work. As their tag line says: Design. Built. Eat. the concept of this pizza parlor is to have your pizza built just as you wish.

White Pizza or Red Pizza? All meat or all cheese? Each topping is laid out behind a clear glass, be as choosy as you want if you treat pizza as the holy grail of food. But if you're like me who doesn't care that much (I just want to eat my pizza already!), then you can easily choose from the 7 pre-set pizzas in their menu. Either way, you will be greeted and helped with by their set of friendly staff :)

Pre-set Pizza No. 2 consists of their signature red sauce, pepperoni, mozzarella, Italian sausage, garlic and crumbled meatballs.

Pre-set Pizza No. 3 is a white pizza (has olive oil instead of the usual red sauce) made up of tomatoes, artichoke, red onion, pesto, feta and mozzarella.

I liked the vibe that these rows of bulb sent out. Another interesting piece of interior are the walls of scribbles.

Caught a glimpse of their new branch along Blue Wave in Macapagal, a much closer location for those coming from the South. Would be awesome to try other flavors next time :)

DWELLS WITHIN THE HEART

SUBDUED

Some shots from that friendly shoot in UP.

I admit I am not much of an adventurous when taking photos, creatively speaking. Although most of the time I gush over (and want to try for myself) creative and experimental shots (long and double exposures), I prefer to shoot subjects the way they are simply presented in front of me. Not to bring myself to self-deprecate, but there are times when I see my shots, look at them, and find them.. boring uneventful. So I sometimes go to the edge, and try one or two shots from a roll. Just like this photo below which I just realized, only when I uploaded it here, was a triple exposure. I like how film surprises me :)

Still dreaming of shooting light trails :)