Since I had my camera, I was always reluctant to take shots during the night. For one, I feel intimidated about taking shots in the dark and not use flash. I say this because I realized that unless you have rock-steady hands, taking night shots by hand is quite difficult, take a look below

As you can see, I have very shaky hands ^^, and if you’re going to shoot at night, I strongly suggest you get a tripod.

What I like about night photography is that it adds more characters to your shots;

Normal scenes create more impact;

and you see normal places in a different light.

Trying to capture moving lights in the day would rather seem odd, take a look below;

You really can’t appreciate its beauty in daylight.

There are a lot of things you can do with night photography, difficult as it is to perfect it, taking great shots will definitely be worth it. And here are a couple of things you can do with night photography:

Play with fire;

or see amazing fireworks!

Capture breathtaking light projection;

or even turn your niece into a fairy!You can draw silly images;

and even say hello to your friends!

There are a lot of things to do with night photography, go out and try to experiment with them!

I recently submitted my letter of resignation for the company I worked for. The main reason is that I really don’t enjoy now what I am doing, then there are other factors like the incompetence of your co-workers or the fact that some of them talk shit behind my back. People with so little room for thinking are not allowed to become superiors in my opinion. I used to love what I was doing at work. Every day, I look forward to coming to work back then. I look forward to learning new things and discovering solutions to the problems that lay. And then after a couple of years, things started to get dull, work became monotonous and soon I realized that career growth was very slow. And since my original plan was to stay there for 5 years and last September I have achieved that goal, I think that it is time for me to move on.

My only concern now is whether I think I made the right choice or not. With my current job, we could somehow get by and manage to save a little. There’s a sense of financial security… somehow. What I am afraid of now is that I have no plans whatsoever after I resign. I want to take a break first before I find another job. I want a new line of work. I want to experience something new, something different. Then I found this car for sale online and it made me want to buy the car, the only solution I can think of is to sell my Nouvo and then get a 2-year loan from our cooperative. If I get that loan though, it would mean I have to extend my stay for 2 years. So I really need to think about whether I really like the car or not, because if I really want the car, I will convince myself that 2 years is not that long. But then I again, I think couldn’t even last a month at my work. See my dilemma?

The reason that I really can’t stay long now at my job is that our department is falling apart. Every one of us has a fault and people are scared enough to not face the problem or even bother to know what is wrong. I got a boss that is kind and understanding, sometimes too much for the departments good. Sometimes we need a boss that would reprimand our mistakes right? Then there’s this guy who has got nothing else to do but put blame on all the people that he can lay his sight on! Every time you hear his voice, you can just hear that he is blaming some other guy. Or rather he has a wise-ass comment about every other person in the department. An advice I could give him is that, if he has nothing good to say, better shut up. Who needs a superior that doesn’t give compliments to his guys? And then there’s this person who has a great inferiority complex who thinks that he is always right and that he could practically do what he pleases. He is never wrong. And for the rest, including me, we are just plain lazy! We slack off because we can. Who would want to work for such a department?

I just hope things will turn out good with my decision of leaving the company. I want to find a job where I don’t feel like I am doing a job but rather doing something I really like and getting paid for it.

Oh and if you are wondering why is my entry titled “Ame”, it is japanese for rain. I am still trying to learn Nihongo and I hope someday I’ll be good at it so that I won’t have to wait for subbed versions of the JDorama’s I am watching ^_^

Also,  I have finished the anime “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” and it was really good! Didn’t expect the story to be like that  but it was good. I also finished watching “My Boss, My Hero” and it was funny and you can learn some things about life from it. And lastly, I watched (finally) the movie “The Notebook” and I must say I was quite disappointed because it was not as I expected :[ I think I overestimated the movie based on the reviews and reactions of my friends.

And so without further ado, here is the list:

• A DSLR Camera
• LED TV
• SE w910i
• Digital Projector
• Apple iMac 24″
• Alienware M17x

Well that’s it for now, maybe I’ll update the list later.

“Ang hirap mag-isip ng wishlist!”

I’ve first seen this movie back in 1999, and though I didn’t see it completely, I really liked it.  This film was based on a novel by Erich Segal. This is a story about a rich man in college meeting an ordinary girl with a great personality. The two university students crossed paths and then soon enters a relationship. Over time they decided to marry but as the man’s father heard of this, he threatens his son to disinherit him leaving the couple to start all over. As the movie progresses, you can see that their love for one another stands firm through their hardships.

Things began to be complicated when the couple tried to have a child only to discover that the girl is sick. The man goes to his father to ask for some help but being proud and mad at his son, he assumes that his son only wants money for trivial things and did not lend any help. Soon after, the girl dies and leaves her husband in great pain. The man’s father hears the bad news but there was nothing he could do anymore but to apologize to his son. The man forgives his father for he knows that his wife would be happy for him if he did.

This is such a heartbreaking movie *sob*

“What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. The Beatles. And me.”

And so was born the first get-together. Last July 18, 2009, we met with one another for a small dinner gathering and then ended up laughing and giggling all through the night. It seemed that time did not hinder the camaraderie between us as though we didn’t see each other for a long time. Same old wisecracks, same old quirkiness but all in a new phase in life. The night was filled with fun and laughter that it was kind of hard ending it.

And then there was the second gathering held last July 25, 2009. Some were not able to make it but others have joined the group as well. We held it here are our house and we had a blast spending time here. New members were discovered since they also studied at Ecumenical School at one point in their life. It was really fun! Talking about the past and then reminiscing about the good old times. During this gathering, some also attended online for they can’t be physically here. The night was a blast.

We are planning on having a big reunion this December so we are all inviting you guys to please join the fun!

Also there is one brewing this Friday and hopefully more can come this time :]

Wala lang :]

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