34 posts tagged “snapshots”
better late than never, here's some snapshots from our office-sponsored summer outing. we had fun...
thank god for red horse, it was fun.
sometime in early may, earlier than the sm cebu parking lot shoot, carlo bid cebu farewell and decided to return to manila for the meantime. kimee wanted a last lunch followed by a karaoke for the remaining pioneers. carlo was part of the 20 guys who volunteered to transfer here in cebu with me and win. we'll miss you carlo... well, not really. hehehehe.
l-r: win - the original pinay poptart, me feeling new york
l-r: can you spell diva?, and me turning the camera, um, manual to asfer
our version of the GRO scene wherein win was spot-on being a naive probinsyana who has ventured the city life in hopes of self-supporting career. we were just happy to be in the picture.
what's left of the pioneers: from 22 down to 10
it was see yah later more than goodbye carlo for me.
one mid morning in may, we went to sm cebu to run some work-related errands. we decided to leave the office at around 8:30 AM since we got word the the grocery opens at 9AM. we got there and saw the sign that says the grocery opens at 9AM on weekends. it was a weekday. so we were 30 minutes early and was left with nothing to do but wait at the steaming parking lot. eveready asfer bought along her camera with the purpose of documenting the whole shopping experience but later on figured out that she might not be allowed to take pictures inside the department store. with that in mind and with almost 25 minutes more to wait, we turned the whole situation into a photoshoot. we have this inate ability to turn any event, cam whoring aside, into an instant photoshoot. we didn't brought proper lighting or props but we had bags...
l-r: me try to take off, me finally taking off, me giving roan an uppercut for trying to steal my pose
roan, me and kimee trying to out-"vogue" each other
the makers of these bags may as well sue as for misrepresentation. hahahaha...
... and about 10 more spins till sm opened
l-r: kimee showing off some fake envious laugh, me ignoring them, roan trying to be pensive
and then sm cebu opened it's doors to us. just like that.
finally, the snapshots that we took from our trip to bantayan island have been uploaded by asfer. 6 of us went there last april and we stayed there for just 1 night. it was just a quickie and we had a fun time. here are some of our snapshots from the beautiful island of bantayan (the beach somehow made up for the long and grueling travel):
the white sands and crystal clear waters that seem to stretch endlessly
the sunrise was equally breathtaking and serene
a little cartwheel attempt...
fun under the sun
a whole lot of jumping and goofing by the shore
we had fun like little kids on one hot summer day. :)
we needed a perfect excuse to put a little insanity at work, so we decided to do theme days last march. theme days is basically when everyone at work is supposed to dress up according to the theme for the week. normally, it would last for 4 weeks and people put a lot of work to it. so for the first time here in cebu, we had them experience our own version of theme days. here were some of my snapshots taken from each theme day:
team spirit - everyone was to wear sporty/athletic costumes and no, i haven't played soccer since highschool
forever 80's - we totally looked like an album cover for a mix tape
labor day - me and win we're supposed to be the "men in uniform" but as always,
she becomes the damsel in distress
parade of nations - bringing back the gay in geisha
*reijiro and charlie, these were in your honor. hahahahahaha!
what was originally planned as karaoke night on saturday became a 4+1 rounds of redhorse at this new bar in one mango square. we sat outside and the bar's all white furnitures reminded us of breakfast, instead of alcohol. rui in a bit later, fresh from his severe mix up with his german prospect and the doctor he was supposedly dating. tsok came in last. he was actually bringing us to this bar called numero doce. apparently, it was the closest that we could get to malate. and tsok was right. it was alfresco, house/dance music playing, cheap drinks on the bar and a horde of gay people dancing. win and i as usual stayed at the bar and decided to just have fun by dancing with the straight guys. i swear i could not stop laughing because the other guy that trying to be cool and all, keep on telling to "shake what your momma gave yah". like three times. a couple of drinks, remixes and exchanging of names later, i was starting to feel dizzy and dehydrated. i went out to get a smoke and ended up inside a cab. we woke up this afternoon with a huge headache. we were still trying to figure out which drink was responsible for this. i wasn't able to take pictures from numero doce since it was packed inside but we had plenty from first bar - yo.u - where we had redhorse for starters.
silly little girls clowning around.
oh yeah. we survived Sinulog. the long walks, the massive crowd, the heat, the rain, the heat again -- we survived all the madness that was Sinulog 2008. it was the most fun Sinulog i ever had. me, Win and Roan headed to Mango Ave. at around 10 AM. the cab couldn't take us to the exact location of the parade since certain streets and roads were closed for the event. we had to walk and little miss sunshine was not exactly cooperating. Win had his eyes on the buri hats and really wanted to buy one. he did bought one the fit his head but was not that excited to shell out 15 pesos for it. we were to convince him but along the way, he saw several colored hats that he also wanted. she ended up with the hat that looks like the staple getup for senior Japanese tourists. we met Honey, Naina, Pat and Bossing an hour or so later in front of Yellow Cab. we walked to and fro around the area for the next 5 hours with a snack break at Yellow Cab of course. we decided to go to Ayala at around 4 PM because we were too tired and we wanted to wait for the fireworks display. and there they where, mass and mass of people were walking towards the same direction - the Ayala Mall. we ended resting in Starbucks, Ayala since the mall may just as well collapse any minute. and the airconditioner was not probably briefed with the tons of visitors they were expecting. we went home at around 7 PM and never saw the fireworks display. we were just too tired and too lazy. the caffiene never kicked in.
*the parade that never wanted to end
*the survivors
*the Japanese retired tourists delegation
side note: roan was so starstrucked with Jake Cuenca, who she was not aware of prior to the time that the float of ABS-CBN passed by. she did manage to collect herself and attempted to take a snapshot of Jake. she ended up taking a picture of Dennis Padilla.
it was the first time we had New Year in Cebu so we decided to go out and celebrate a bit. however, cebu had this idea of opening the bars at 1:00 AM to welcome 2008. me, win and pat all met at around 9:00 PM and go some place else to pass time and avoid the insanely loud firecrakers, prepared by our respective neighbors. we also thought of watching the fireworks display by some of the hotels in city. we ended up lounging at smoking our lungs off at the nearest Starbucks near the Loft. at times like this, you really have to give credits to Starbucks for the supplying caffeine to those in need at the very strike of the new year.
we headed for the Loft at exactly 1:00 AM. it is one of the few places, if that the only bar that we feel at home with. they play house music and the bar list is fab. it's kinda crowded though, which could be an advantage whenever the occassion arises. and besides, most of the bars here play hip-hop. cebu city is totally ghetto. so while we were waiting for carla, willi and tsok, we dediced to drowse the caffeine we had with a pitcher of weng weng. shortly after, they arrived and i lost count of the cocktails and beers i had. it was also the last time we had carla for a nightout here in cebu. she was due back in manila a couple of weeks later. here were some of the snapshots she took as we tried to deny a brand new year ahead:
cheers to 2008...
here's a little series from the pandanon trip that we had (see previous post). we had so much fun with the shots and even more fun when we got them uploaded. i never had so much pleasure out of jumping. here are some of the pics with me in it as taken by lisa and/or asfer:
clearly, i'm more of the photographer than the model so i took charge of the camera. here, you will see gay people (i.e jeff) can fly higher than the girls (i.e. roan and asfer) and that win has the entire storm-look and pose mastered:
here's another catch up entry. just recently, december 16 to be exact, me, win and roan were invited to chesca's team outing to an little island/huge sandbar called pandanon. it's an island across mactan and technically part of bohol. the trip to get there wasn't that pretty. land travel from the city was about 30-45 minutes, walk past a semi extinct port, then sit down and get bored on the boat for more than an hour. thank neptune and the little mermaids that it was worth the travel. it was a gorgeous beach. it was serene and picturesque, unlike the popular beaches turned bars you see in galera or boracay. it was a rare moment for us all to appreciate mother nature and possibilities of wonderful photo shoots.
from L-R: the boat ride, the cottages, the star fish, and the seemingly endless sandbars
me, loving the beach
our version of the b-thriller open water
*thanks to asfer and chesca for the pics.
