I always love picture collages, specially if they are pictures I loved shooting. It gives me a sense of nostalgia, recalling those moments of light catptured in a split second. It's my capture of that precious moment with the one's I love, or those that touched my heart.

Here are two of my most favorite shots so far. It really shows how glorious God really is. How magnificent his creations are and how He provides for us, down to the smallest details. I love nature shots, this shows my appreciation and love for God's creatures and creations. My goal is to capture that beauty and show it to the whole world.

Chow the Lion!

We went to La Mesa Eco-park over the weekend and I saw this beautiful Chow-chow. The kids at the park mistakenly called it a lion. It made me smile. But this dog had character. He or she (I didn't bother to ask) was dragging his or her owner all around the park.

What's funny though was that the owner didn't have a traveling cage with him. He just tied the dog's leash to the back of his F150. I hope he lives nearby because right after they left, it started to rain heavily.

"Ang Pusakal"

Here's a sample of the wildlife you see at El Pueblo - my daughter calls these stray cats as El Pueblo Cats. I have a fondness for animals specially cats and dogs. Too bad my place does not allow pets. We just have to make do with the strays.

My New Passion

I got an early birthday gift - a Nikon D40 kit with an additional telephoto/macro lens. The photo above was one of my first tries. I love how it turned out. The only post processing i did here was adding a border and caption. I'm still learning.

Trust, Love and Responsibility

I finally had the time to finish a missed obligation. Thank God I did.

I learned something very profound.


I discovered my essence. It was not that difficult to find. It was there all along hidden underneath a lot of paradigms which I held on to since I was plucked from innocence. It's funny because I never remembered much of my childhood.


There were bits and pieces of it much like a fragmented hard drive which takes hours, no days before it gets defragged, and to push through with the analogy, there were some bad sectors detected.


Such were so badly corrupted that I had to literally flush them out. I want that feeling..I want more, as the days after that go by I've discovered a new power. It was like I was pulled from out of the matrix. I want to learn more, about my essence, my true self.

I discovered I could still Trust, Love and be responsible. I didn't know I could, would and should.

Thank you for showing me the way.

MEDIA INFLUENCE AND MARITAL ARGUMENTS

We have different experiences in life. We want to remember some and totally forget others. But in both we LEARN.

Media has painted a picture of how relationships would be, and no matter how you say otherwise, it would always have an influence on our relationships.

If we would recall the stories our grandparents would tell us, when the world did not have any television, and media was limited to newspapers and the most popular media then, the Radio, they would say that life was simpler back in the old days.

Relationships, no matter how flawed people's mental models were back then, were strong, loving and resilient.

Then came the Television, and it totally changed everything. For better or worse, became for better or convenient; for richer or poorer; became for richer or dependent and the thing that most couples look for is till death(or annulment) do us part.

Most marital arguments stem from media influence. Here are a couple of examples;

A couple arguing about finances started their argument after watching a TV drama where the couple was cheating each other thin.

That's just an example of how media could affect a relationship. But strong relationships could overcome such influences.

Point is media influence is strong, but it takes a stronger relationship..something personal and binding to overcome it.

Till next post

NEW WAVE AND OTHER 80'S MUSIC

I felt a little nostalgic when I was driving to work earlier today. The radio station was playing a selection of new wave music. It brought back memories of my high school days. Then it hit me, the music I was listening to was at least 20 years old.

Suddenly it hit me. If my daughter were to listen to my music, she would soon call it Classics.

But still, if the music was that good to stir nostalgia, then Last Song Syndrome is bliss.

Nocturnal Emissions

ON READING AND BOOKS

I've been reading a lot of articles lately. I kinda miss the chance of reading a really good story lately. I've been wanting to explore this whole e-book experience but I'm not so happy with the technology.

I prefer the old style novels where you sit down and turn pages. I like the smell of book paper specially if the book is new.

I want to check out the new novel by Robert Ludlum, "Bourne Sanction" but I'm not sure if it's out on paperback already.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

My daughter came in today with the news that she's going to graduate at the top of her class. Yipee..all the stress and fatigue just faded away. Such a great feeling, to think that she's just Prep.

Till next post.

The Mind of a Married Man

A friend of mine recommended this TV series on HBO - "The Mind of a Married Man"



The story focuses on a group of middle aged men working for a newspaper. It shows how a married man thinks in terms of relationships with their significant others. There are a lot of sex, infidelity, office stints, elevator shenanigans, bar talk.



It's been tagged as the Male version of "Sex in the City". I find it hilarious and true. There are scenes in the show that depict married men as promiscuous creatures, ready to pounce and pin cushion any one that get in their way.



I specially like the main character's relationship with his ultra hot, Brit-sounding wife. I could relate to most of his escapades.



ON INFIDELITY and ADULTERY



I'm strongly against infidelity and adultery. I saw the effects of this, yet there are still a lot of stupid people who fall into the "love" reason as an excuse for cheating and adultery. I personally believe that "love" is totally different from "lust". A lot of people get hurt at the consequences of our actions.


What we choose to do or not do depends on us entirely.

It's not for you to decide on choosing an act of infidelity simply because you feel like it or you think you love that person more than your current partner. At any angle, or argument, it's not you who's going to be affected - it's still your kids regardless of who they come from and when.

Reboot

Finally,

After a long hiatus - simply put; too busy to even log in and read posts from other bloggers and friends. Gosh, I feel that i'm a newbie.

What's new? A lot I'm afraid.

ON INDEPENDENCE

We finally got our own living space - far from the prying eyes of the control freaks. We could finally do what we want, when we want to, how we want to, without watching our moves.

ON MOBILITY

Got a new addition to my family. - He's sleek, compact, fast and sips very little gasoline. - Ran him at break neck speed down the new SCTEX for several times now. I'm loving every bit of him. He's not cheap though. It's been blood, sweat and tears til we got him. Technically, he's my first car. Gwen calls him Znuff.

ON RELATIONSHIPS

One word -Bliss - with her being away most of the time, it's hard to really find time to look into the nitty gritty of how to make things work, yet kudos to technology and all the technoratti who cooked up some of the best technology in the world, the miles are shorter now.

GADGETS AND GIZMOS

Can a ninja exist without his gear? Of course not. Got new ones coming too..I'm excited!

ON NEW ENCOUNTERS

There's this someone I find very interesting. Although I would be breaking a cardinal rule if I do. Maybe it's the way she looks at me. It's probably the guy in me.

You know how some guys like to test themselves if they still have the knack? Well right now I feel I'm at a crossroad. Should I go left, right, straight or back the way I came.

I don't want to add problems in my relationship - don't get me wrong. It's maybe because I just want to know, what she's thinking about? Why do I feel this way?

I'm no longer in the game..no more..don't wan't to be in it..but why?

Maybe til next post.