My Vitamin C

The weather was quite harsh today.


I got a day off from work today but I had to make a few errands. And one of these errands was processing my passport at DFA. But it didn't turn out as bad as I expected. I was able to complete everything that had to be done within an hour and a half.


And so for the rest of the day, I was curled in my bed sipping my daily dose of warm Vitamin C while watching TV.

My Vitamin C isn't Ascorbic acid FYI, but caffeine. But don't get me wrong, I do get my required Ascorbic Acid intake but I get more of the other Vitamin C in a day.


Caffeine addiction runs in the blood. My dad, on average, consumes three cups of coffee everyday. He used to consume more when he was younger. 

As for myself, I can consume, on average, two cups a day.


It used to be more than two cups back in college, when I had to stay long hours studying. It was as bad as seven... I know! It sounds ridiculous. Only when I started palpitating would I stop drinking coffee. But it gradually decreased. When I started working and my job demanded that I stay up at night, I'd consume about five cups.

But those were the days when I looked at coffee, only, as an upper. 

Now, my day is never complete without it. 

Food Photography

I love food...oh wait... no.... I worship it! 


I like looking at it, smelling it, tasting it and chewing it. 

Taken from the album, "Random Eats".

I cook too if I have the time. With my tight schedule, I find solace in restaurants or worse --fast food. But there's one thing I definitely have  time for --photography!

Taken from the album "Healthy Eats".

Whenever I visit a new restaurant and the food looks good, I make sure I take a picture before digging in. 


I used to love taking pictures of my friends when we'd hang out at restaurants and I realized that there was more to these gatherings than "cam-whoring" friends. There was food. And I mean food with better appeal! ;)

Taken from my album "Cook/bake at Bak's Kitchen".

Since then I've been hooked and now my friends are complaining why my Facebook has nothing but food pictures in it. What's worse is that they were with me at the restaurant where the food was taken and they weren't in any of the pictures. 

Taken from the album "Barcino".

Ok. I admit I have fixation issues because when I enjoy something, I keep on doing it until I'm completely fed up. And food... I don't think I'll ever be fed up with it unless I want to starve myself to death, which by the way will never happen! 

Whether it's my daily caffeine dose or my occasional fine dining,
photography is  an essential. As the pictures above show. Taken from
the album "Life On The Go".

So that means you'll be seeing my food posts for a while...maybe even forever. I mean... don't you appreciate good looking food? C'mon!

The Rainy Days

June to July saw the most rainfall this year but it didn't stop me from taking photos. Lighting was a bit of a problem but the gloomy weather gave a different effect on the photos. I am not schooled in photography so I don't really know how it's called. And of course with the help of good old Photoshop, the photos looked better(I guess!).

On the road on a rainy afternoon. Taken from the album "Rain".

The Philippines is generally humid but this year, the country is experiencing the La Nina phenomenon so the rainy season will be longer than the dry season. And that means I'll have to put up with the weather for a bit longer. Even the bad weather can't stop my shutter-happy fingers from taking photos.

Rainy day at the garden. Taken from the album "Rain".

The weather bureau forecasted more rainfall until the end of the year, so I'm going to miss the sun a little bit until next year. 

Raindrops taken from the album "Water". 
I forgot to reduce the noise on the first photo.

If La Nina means a rainy year, the following year would be the opposite and it's called El Nino. I'm not really a big fan of the latter, knowing that the summer heat would go as high up as 38 degrees Celsius. It's just so uncomfortable. I'm fine with La Nina minus the flooding.

Umbrella from the rain. Taken from the album "Rainy Day Randoms".

I'll use the rainy season to master rainy day photography (however better you may call it!). 

Fancy umbrellas at a store. Taken from the album "Rainy Day Randoms".

Hopefully by the end of this month, I already get a Nikon 5100 that has better ISO than my current camera. And that means better light sensitivity and the poor lighting would be more  tolerable.  


Feel free to comment. If you have questions on how I achieved the composition of the pictures, I can definitely share.