NEW HOME: Embracing Wordpress

Finally, I gave in to a new blogger format which I have always wanted to have. I am very much comfortable with the Blogger format which I am using here in this blog, but my new project (which I will share soon!) is on a WordPress format. I had no choice but to learn the tricks f the trade. And only when I was familiarizing myself with the buttons and all, did I only realize that WP has become more user-friendly like my first love, Blogger. Back in 2007, I found the WP really, really hard to use especially when you are still starting. I could not understand how the widgets work back then.

However, the Blogger format is still much easier because you can learn the CSS easily, as well as change the layout, which I do often, hoping that it will make a better-looking blog layout.

Anyway, since I have already thousands of views in this blog, I decided not to transfer them. Otherwise, all of the years I have worked on it will be lost.

So here are my new blogs:

MY HOME: which aggregates all my blogs and other websites:



and

EXPLORED! which is my travel blog:





















Hope to see you there!

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Enjoying event photography

I know it would be too late if I blog about the much-talked about AKO MISMO advocacy and concert. So I am giving it a different slant, so that it would not appear like it was a long-overdue blog post, which was overtaken by events.

Anyway, now I cherish the fact that I was one of the official photographers of the event! Thanks to a friend who is directly connected to the conceptualization of AKO MISMO, which by the way is not politically motivated but a call for Filipinos to start CHANGE from themselves. I share this advocacy because since my college days in my psychology courses, we have always been inculcating during the homeroom facilitation classes and in counseling. Something like a Rogerian approach to counseling.

I have done events like the fiestas and festivals here and there, but it was my first time to shoot a concert. Anyway, I simply ran out of words to describe. it, but there is nothing more explicit than the photos I took during this event:

The commitment wall:


The people who believe in the cause:


The artists who graced the occassion:


and of course, my fellow Indios who documented the event:


...and I look forward to shooting more events in the future! {for free or for a fee - smile!}

You can see the rest of the photos HERE.

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Lang-ay Festival 2009

I took another marathon trip last April 6 and 7 to be just in time for Mountain Province's Annual Lang-ay Festival.



Witnessing and covering the event was exhausting, but it thrilled me just the same because I got the chance to mingle with the different tribes of the Cordillera people. Watching the SLU Dance Troupe perform was likewise a source of pride for my alma mater. The street dancing was superb as the participants gave their best to entertain the locals and tourists. And communing with them along the historic Chico river where the governor treated all participants for lunch was a humbling experience--where all people become co-equals.

This years' theme was "Nurturing History and Culture".

It was an honor to be part of this. If my schedule permits, I will definitely go back next year.

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The Earth Hour experience

I know it would be a very late post. But just the same, I am glad to share this to you.



My two nephews and my niece came for a sleep over. I had the chance to observe earth hour with them, and they gladly obliged to be my models.

They had so many questions why we had to turn off the lights for one hour. They are glad to be part of history and help arrest global warming - for their children's children.

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N.B. The Earth Hour Global just emailed me and they took interest in this photo, which they will use in their Earth Hour campaign.


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60 minutes into the future

Just 3600 seconds.
Just 60 minutes.
Just 1 hour.
Just 4.2 percent of your day.

You can make history.
You can make global warming a thing of the past.
You can define your future...
...your children's children's future...

Be one with us...

Be a part of the change.



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