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In Edson’s pursuit of happyness, he ends up in Gigolo, a gay bar in Timog.

Poking fun at emo kids. Man, that never gets old. Sorry Hyubs.

Because making fun of Sydrick is just so farkin’ easy.

We probably had my last inuman session with some of the gang last Saturday at Quattro and Jade Valley somewhere in Timog, so I made some quick captions to commemorate the event. I’ll be uploading the rest on my Flickr and Multiply pages when I can think up of more stuff to laugh about

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Finally got myself a wireless flash trigger — no, not a Pocket Wizard™, just a cheap radio remote — and I can’t wait to try it on people!

I actually tried my hand at soldering a few wires to an old hotshoe connector I have, but was too scared to try it on my D40X, although it worked fine on my F60. Still, wires are bulky, and I know there’s an exposed wire somewhere because I got a mild jolt the first time I tried it.

I got mine from Gadget Infinity, though I’d advise that you wait ’till someone you know goes to Hong Kong first, or ships it to you from there, since their shipping costs don’t include the taxes. It’s not 100% reliable though, particularly when there’s a large obstacle, but it’ll do in a pinch

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’nuff said.

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Or it’s incredibly retarded version, anyway I’m just glad I have officemates willing to look incredibly stupid for me.

With a few strategic edits, I will transform the office into Melrose Place.

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After years of taking (bad) photos with my trusty second hand Nikon F60, and being jealous for months with a couple of friends‘ Canon 400D’s, I finally did it. I got me a brand-spankin’ new D40x. Woot. Thank you, Hidalgo. The street, not the horse.

More Puto Graphy

Single biggest spending spree. Ever. Dang thing cost more than my Core 2 Duo.

Whee.

One thing I just realized is that the D40x’s RAW files can’t be read except by Photoshop CS3. Adobe’s Lightroom can’t read it.

So excuse me a moment while I check my BitComet download status…

Oops.

Kidding! I downloaded CS3 months ago!

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Halfway through “Akap”, I hear a click, and a whirr. My first roll of film just ran out — I only had 24 exposures on that one. Biting on my cigarette and trying not to fall, I reloaded as fast as I could — not easy considering the sheer number of people jostling me — and I was able to set up just in time for “Taralets”. I just lost myself, merrily taking shot after shot. With the possible exception of Barbie Almalbis, is there a cuter band chick than Imago’s Aia de Leon? Nanggigil ako, sobra.

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I was a send off that would make Weslu happy, I think. It was our way of saying goodbye through the medium we knew him best: music. No FMD pics, though we played. None of our friends had a camera, and I ran out of film (I only brought one roll of 24) halfway through the whole thing.

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Finally finished scanning the rest of the photos I took when I went home, and some that of this kick-ass girl band Whorelocke when they played at the Freedom Bar in Anonas.

The full sets are at my Yahoo photo album.

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Yep, I was right… homesickness already kicking in, after a rollercoaster of a day yesterday So happens I was scanning the photos that I took (yes, in this day and age, I don’t have a digital camera) while I was home and it didn’t take too long for me to start reminiscing… ah well.

Here are a few samples…

I uploaded the full images at my Yahoo album, if you wanna have a peek

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