Sure, I do have lots of friends there. I have lived there for around 6 years. But no, I don't think I'd love to stay there. Again.

If I wanted to, I would have gone back right after my maternity leave. But I chose not to. For plenty of reasons. And I don't think anybody needs to know why.

I guess I'm not just fit for long-term Manila culture/living. Especially if I would be relying on my own finances. Oh well.

Goodluck.

I have been watching Meteor Garden again. Yes, I know. It's been years since it was shown but still I do love the story. Really.

And yes, I am thinking about those thesis days when we all had to look at Meteor Garden and F4 as pop culture icons and all that. I never did get to enjoy watching the show then. Now, I'm so happy watching it right now.

Thank God we do have VCDs of the first season.

Yes, I do love taking pictures. I love taking photographs and I do try to capture those objects or those scenes in a different angle and in a different light. Sometimes, I succeed. Sometimes, I don't.

I don't do it to impress myself or anybody else. I just love doing it. I've always wanted to be an artist who could draw masterpieces with their hands. But I was not gifted with that. So I've shifted to photography.

I haven't studied photography. I would just browse through some books and that's that. I never did get even closer to using an SLR or a dSLR. All I am armed with is my trusty (and very low-end) Canon A430. But I don't care. All that matters to me is how my pictures would look like in the end. That's why I'm keeping a photoblog so I can share most of my pictures and most of the memories that my camera has captured. But sad to say, I'm around 1 1/2 months delayed in posting my photos. So there.

Ann, a friend, said that I should perhaps take photography lessons. Maybe I will. Maybe I will not. You see, for me, all I care about is taking those pictures for fun. It would never be some kind of a source of income or something for me. Because once it becomes business, it would not be that fun anymore. The pressure would be there.

That's why photography is a hobby for me. It is a form of expression. It is capturing how I see things and it is preserving memories that may soon be gone from our minds.

my mother asked me who i was with last monday at the mall. i told her. and now she tells me that a friend of hers saw us and said that she does not like my companion. so now you're telling me that i should not be seen with my friend anymore just because your friend told you so? please.

just let me choose my own friends and let me learn on my own if i get the wrong kind.

as if your friends are all perfect. please. you do get your own share of "junk" friends and i'll get mine.

I'm supposed to say Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there but everybody's already shouted out their greetings. So, I'm not. And that day has already passed by. So now, let me just show you this: