Flying to the Moon
Last week got me treating myself to a nice Stress Buster Shake at the Dumaguete Robinson’s Place Moon Cafe. I read some reviews about Moon Cafe from other Dumaguete bloggers and photo enthusiasts so I decided to check it out as well.
I loved the ambiance of the cafe, and since I was there after work, the sun was still a bit high but at the same time it was just beginning to set. Seated at a shadowy and inconspicuous part of the cafe, I was able to take shots of this and that at the same time play observer (its a habit) of the people going about in the cafe.
The colors of all around me were wonderful, but I honestly wished the same could be said about the food. Well okay maybe the food was not THAT bad, but it was definitely not THAT good either. I did love the Spaghetti Bolognese that I had, plus the Stress Buster Shake that busted my stress!! LOL Unfortunately the other munchies were not to my taste.
Here are some shots of the foodie and goodies I spotted at the cafe [WARNING: LOTSA PICTURES UP AHEAD!!].
I think Friday should have come sooner
I like today. I like this nice bright morning, when the air still carries remnants of dewdrops left by last night’s rain. And I like the fact that it is Friday. Why couldn’t it come sooner?
Last night was a mess. If I think about it, I tend to shudder and somewhat cater to blips of rage under the radar. It was nothing major, I guess, but can you imagine I was Php. 7,500.00 richer for approximately an hour? Yes, just an hour… and it ended quite as easy as that, despite all efforts exerted.
A bunch of us, myself included, were signed up to do this POS (point-of-sale) system for some company in Luzon for about a month. The system is rather big, yet a bit simple as well. Of course, we signed up for it, and we even started to work before any inking of contracts and thorough discussion of the details that would eventually become a custom fit for the company.
After much discussion, we were able to come up with solutions and workarounds in order to properly define their needs and tailor fit it to their preferences. Smiles and handshakes exchanged and we set a time for the signing supposedly today. We got half of the pay – yes, Php. 7,500.00/pax is quite low for a big system – and went on our way.
Stopping at Robinsons for a short meeting, my friends and I ALMOST purchased peripherals to use for the development, when our main contact received a call from the client. At first we were confused, until our contact’s uncle called her and explained to her what happened.
Apparently the boss of our client backed out of the deal. He wanted somebody to sit down and work on the system for 3 days or so – and have it polished and ready to roll as soon as our client went back to Luzon. He was to bring the system with him already. However, since we wanted to do a great job since it was tailor made, our contract was for 30 days max to deliver the system – complete with documentation, installation manual, free troubleshooting (the works!). But like I said, the client wanted it NOW, and upon hearing that we would take longer, he just up and backed out.
We had to return the money ASAP because everything was a no-go. Of course it crushed our morale and drive, but I don’t know, I guess I was just too exhausted to feel anything. I’m just happy – or at least I try to convince myself that I am – that for an hour or so, I was Php. 7,500.00 richer. I’ll recover.
Now, it is Friday, and I have been trying to find so many reasons NOT to go to work. The Pristine Asylum is a whole other issue I would very much like to walk away from right now. I feel so harrassed by trolls and demigods – yes, we have those – that I want to punch each person in the face. I get that way sometimes. But, duh, obviously I cannot punch them. For one thing, I would have to pity trolls because this troll is in the size of a midget and my size just may be too much for it. Demigods, on the other hand, can come in the form of Jedi masters who think too much and even mind control themselves.
I still don’t want to go to work today. I do not want to go to work at all. Can’t I just stay at home and make my millions here? I think I can totally do that without missing a beat. Bah.
Give me liberty, or give me death!
Run it like a runny nose
Well, sorry for the “runny” title, but I cannot help it if sneezes and coughs are all that come to mind right now. Eh. I wish I could say that the sun rose oh so brightly today, but seriously, I dream of nice hot soup – noodles with eggs floating about or nice chikon broth with snips of fresh onion leaves floating about – lying in bed with the covers all the way up to my chin, hugging my pillows and watching Dead Poets Society, Julie and Julia, Sherlock Holmes,Love Happens, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and all those nice movies I have stocked in my hard drive. Oh I could also re-watch Weeds, too! Wouldn’t that be grand?
Instead, here I am typing away into the world – does anybody even bother reading this blog? To my handful of readers, grazie! What would my blog be without your constant patronage?
The hammock and I
Good morning folks! I just thought I should drop by early today and wish everybody a great day ahead.
Yesterday, I spent the whole day running around trying to accomplish as many tasks as possible. I should have worn my SuperGirl badge, but I was just too sweaty and hectic to wear it properly. I feared it might snag on something while I was hustling and bustling, so I left it at home.
One of the places I flew off to was the home of Mama Biok. She’s a neighbor from the ‘burbs, and I had asked her to make some good ol’ dinuldog for the last prayer of my father-in-law. Since we got there so quite early in the morning, I took some time to test out their hammock with my weight. Heehee..
Oh sure, they must have expected the hammock to break or something, but it did not! 
I guess I must have lost a bit of weight huh?
Dude, swaying around under the shade of the trees, feeling the cool wind was definitely enough to tempt me to truly snooze. You know the story of Juan Tamad (John the Lazy (?)) where he was lying under the guava tree with his mouth open, waiting for the guava to fall right into his mouth.. or something like that. I can almost relate to the feeling where I would rather kick my heels up and wait for everything else to be finished without my efforts. Hahahaha but we know that is just wishful thinking huh?
Oh well.
I thought I would have all of the work done by last night, unfortunately my Internet connection disappeared, and it made its reappearance just this morning. How quaint, when the rest of the world is waiting for me and my presence!! Hurrah for crazy Internet connections, and hurrah for blogging.
Now my can-do juice is chilled and ready, let’s all make this a cruisin’ and productive day. 
Cheers!
Hobbies and limitations
I’ve always liked taking pictures. I think I made that crystal clear in a post way back when.
However, I have come to the realization that owning a dSLR is indeed a luxury, and one that I may not be able to afford. Unless by some great miracle or some good graces of people that may chance upon this blog, I may be able to own one in the future.
Alvin, or “the absentee reader”, has said something quite true in a comment that strayed over to the SPAM folder. He said that owning a dSLR is a start of a rather expensive hobby, because sooner or later you start dreaming or aiming for the better add-ons to the dSLR. This much, I understood from the heart. Yet I had to wonder, if I did not have the body of a dSLR, how can I even afford to get the lenses, the other fancy gizmos that go with photography using a dSLR?
At some point in the past two weeks of this year, I somewhat lost a bit of hope that I could do better in photography because I understand that these “professional photography hobbyists”, if there is such a thing, may not be that inviting to people who wield point and shoot cameras as compared to the flashy dSLRs. Yes, it may be true that they can talk shop about this and that, yet isn’t photography about the passion of taking pictures? I maintain that good photography is in taking pictures and not the bow or arrow.
I could persuade myself to believe in my words, yet see, I am only human. As a human being, I cannot help but feel my heart break whenever these photographers have photo shoots, get togethers, awesome clubs or whatever (yeah, I may have made up some things), whereas I can only admire their work from a distance.
Still, I say to myself, to hell with them. I may not have top notch equipment nor do I have breathtaking shots, but I like my shots. And whether or not people like my shots, I think I am quite content with capturing beauty my way. Now if only I could convince myself that every single time. What can I say? Sometimes I forget how awesome I can be. 
So anyway, my only solution this year iiiiiiiiss.. work more to get that camera!! Oh I know, somebody out there is rolling their eyes and saying, “why do you need a dSLR when your attention span is so short you will not even keep taking pictures!” Au contraire, my friend(s), I do take pictures on a daily basis. I keep my camera in my bag all the time. I am, admittedly, very very very lazy to upload them. I need a photoblog or something. (No, I will not start a photoblog.. I think.)
