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Got nothing much to say today. I just wanna post a photo.

Of poll-litics and jejemoo's

"...mooo i'm so tired stop taking photos of me."

I saw this cow resting while on our field research. At first I was hesitant to approach till I was sure it won't attack me hehehe Yea I know cow's are friendly. :) hehehe

Hmm funny ever since I came here the jejemon craze reached the likes of politicians like the Nacionalista party's anti-jejemon spoof video and with the recent photo of Gibo (photoshopped or authentic?) holding a message saying he'll send those jejemons back to elementary.

On other related stuff, Election day is nearing and I somehow agree with Gordon's arguments regarding his lawsuit? against the SWSS and Pulse Asia survey's as it may or might condition the Filipino crab mentality to vote whoever is popular. Like hello, compare Noy as against Gibo or Gordon.

No peeking of votes :P vote for your own candidate, vote for who you think is the best one that will lead our country and not based on popularity only.

Tugs Tugs Tugs!

Tuguegarao City, the pansit capital of the Philippines which is also the hottest (in temp measurement guys) place to be in the Country due to the fact that it is surrounded by Mountain Ridges in the famous Cagayan Valley.

I've been busy here since we arrived last wednesday morning. We had to do errands and do data gathering from NSO and other places.

I haven't have had so much time sight seeing yet but maybe tonight or tomorrow we'll tour around for awhile before the heavy tasks next week.

The evening's here in Tugs City is unlike the metro. Very peaceful and quiet. I guess even though it's a city
 it is still a province one might say.

BTW if you would want to go here, you should try pansit cabagan. It's a very tasty pansit, and what's interesting is that there is no pansiteria that offers exactly the same toppings, recipe's etc for Cabagan. They differentiate their cabagans from other panciteria's much. I've eaten three types of pansit already 2 cabagans and one pansit batil  patong (pic below)

The runaway intern and the other side of things

"There's got to be more to life than chasing than chasing every temporary high to satisfy me"

While I was in the bus, I couldn not help but feel relaxed about this sight outside the bus window. Lucky for me that I was able to take this shot early in the morning because the bus stopped when I woke up. I do not know the exact time though as I had my cellphone off. What immediately came into my mind upon seeing this are the long hours of class room lectures regarding rural-urban, development and agriculture economics. There's something about the countryside that gives me a sense of easiness. Perhaps it's because Im finally away from the noise of the bustling and crowded metro that is NCR. I also suddenly remember my Bangkok escapade and the roadtrip I had to Pattaya and Huahin. God I miss adventuring. Perhaps this is me running away from the life I have in Quezon City, trying to find what it really is that will make me feel alive...

And so it came to pass

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought ... it figures 


Indeed life has so many ironies that sometimes appear out of nowhere and unexpectedly. 


April 8th would've been a proud moment for me. I would've been ended the four years that my parents invested in me, I would've walked the glorious halls of San Beda with my hands up high and with my head up in the sky... But that is not the case for graduation is yet a far fetch'd dream for me. Collegiate life isn't over for me as I am still completing some of my backsubjects.

There is this feeling of uneasiness and difficulty to see the people you met in college walk on that very stage leave this chapter of life into the next stage. Whats more difficult is to see the block you spent four years of your life with go on without you. Nevertheless it is my fault, my own blue-jeans attitude. All that's left to say is congratulations to the people I've met, the friends I made,  Through all those three years of championships may God bless each and every Bedan graduate AY09-10 May all of you have fruitful careers. To my block, 4aec: Though fate may have separated us for awhile, know that destiny played its part for us to have met in life and someday we will meet again, lives intertwine.

Oh by the way it's my birthday today and isn't it ironic? don't you think?


sucks.

Photoshopping on a black saturday

Okay so I was browsing on facebook when I stumbled upon a friend's photo that looked like it had that zemotion/vintage-y less contrasty look. Being a huge fan of zemotion's work, I decided to try and find how to do it on photoshop. Instead I ended up having fun with photoshop and played with my plug ins and came up with this style of cross processing.

I did have fun though as I was able to find new ways to cross process using the available technology I have.

photos not owned by me. Photos of Marj by ©mokongclemente 2009 (marj's boyfriend)

Tilt shift technology

Trying out some tilt shifts ☺