incessant rambling

momi deanna's parents are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary and i offered to make a photobook for the couple. it was a long process, looking for old pictures and getting family and friends to submit written memories about the couple. they are clueless about the project and momi deanna planned on surprising them during their anniversary ceremony. the best part was finding the wedding memorabilias, newspaper clippings about the wedding and the first love letter ernie wrote for arlene. sweet!

"Just one itty bit input, I have found someone else who I love, but I'm not leaving [wife] for her. Rather I'm leaving [wife] despite of her . Mi amigo , aside from that, the article wouldn't be so dramatic though, but I appreciate the friendship and understanding." -- got this from my friend who wanted to have this "distinction" done as to the motive behind the decision to do the splitsville dance.

"rendering overtime will not significantly increase your bottomline margins. if you take a look at this data... kuya, am calling off my engagement ." you know how yahoo messenger windows happen to pop up in the middle of something? what's more interesting is that you're in between breaths extolling financial management to a group of senior managers and you get this message. "uh... that is the cost of long distance love affairs." that got me some laughter - which is a good thing but it made me think about one of my dearest friends based in san francisco. it was just a matter of time but i knew it was coming. i had a two year relationship with someone based in the US and in the two years we were "together", we were only physically together for three weeks. suffice to say that relationship ended as a footnote in my life. ------------ mc donald's, munching on fried chicken while lending a sympathetic ear to another friend. "pare, am leaving my...

photo log - floritz's wedding, reception in chateau de busay, cebu - 19 august 2007. i didn't want to compete with the horde of photographers taking pictures of the newly wed (randy and floritz) so i pointed my lens to abstract items around the area as my tribute to the couple. the wood symbolizes age and maintaining the beauty and character in old age, the plants represent youthful energy, new life about to start and new buds in bloom.