peregrine falcon & black-hooded pitta,
birds that can be found here in the philippines
watercolor on acid-free paper + a little photoshop for paper texture

listening to MGMT and friendly fires to bring up the good vibes, i need it yeah
they put much poetry into their lyrics which i love

Of birds, moons and monsters // MGMT
Why'd you cut holes in the face of the moon base?
Don't you know about the temperature change
In the cold black shadow?
Are you mad at your walls
Or hoping that an unknown force can repair things for you?
Pardon all the time that you've thrown into your pale grey garden?
If the ship will never come you've got to move along

Even a bird would want a taste of dirt from abyssal dark
The prick of a feather could make a kingdom burn and the bloodshed start
The falling apart
Made me a shadow in the shape of wonder
The waves of black
If she's going under I can hold my breath till the sky comes back
Or drown like a rat, rat, rat
He's a rat!

To catch a monster
We make a movie
Set the tempo
And cut and cut its brains out
It will inspire on the burning pyre
Half the distance
Half the motion
Communication
It's easy as the ocean


of moons and monsters: i've been having a mix of nightmares ever since my grandmother died. Nothing about her actually. More of a subliminal meaning. Ive been dreaming about robbery heists, terror attacks and lots of running and falling. I sleep very late at night, sometimes already at sunrise and when I start dreaming, I can't get myself to wake up from the nightmare. Especially when it looks too real (as if IRL) and ends up to be a dream within a dream within a dream. Inception? Ive had this often before.

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If there was something I really wanted to do right now, it's this.
Ive been wanting to learn scuba diving since highschool
Some rantings. But then again, there are medical restrictions I have to bear in mind. This is my first year of summer without sea, Ive been tempted a couple of times to tag along with my Dad in our island and sneak out to the ocean but then again, I do not want to experience the same pain I had last year. (I did sneak in on our last trip and got sick for a couple of days). I really really feel frustrated!

Wishfully thinking about scuba diving - other than having SLE, is that Im also myopic. How am i to see underwater? And financially, my mother has borrowed all of my money (in which case I have to wait for her to pay me before I am able to do anything else). It would also be lousy that in any case I would want to go dip in seawater, it's either I don't go out at 9am to 4pm or come out in full wetsuit (with hood, mind you) and tons of SPF. So I guess I have to wait another year. Ive waited for this long enough, I can tolerate this waiting game. Underwater photographer dream has got to wait!

More on SLE: My prednisone is down by 1mg. Slow. Unless i get this steroid out of my system They're pretty much restricting me from most stuff (and that maroon 5 concert, oh!). I really hope this isn't a lifetime-kind-of-thing. I want a normal life. More of good news, test results are getting better, maybe a couple more months before it reaches normal just have to be more patient. This heat is killing me!


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this week, some relatives from the US came over and we treated them for dinner at Bagoong Club
Ive been to this place about three times already and I like its homey feel and very patok menu.
It's in Sct. Lascano, and beside this restaurant with an adorable interior design, must be high
class, I guess.


what we ordered: the bundat boodle good for 6-8 persons. Served with a variety of inihaws: longganisa, danggit, chicken, fish, squid on top of rice

Inihaw na Pusit na Binusog sa Bopis. Must try! I don't usually eat offals but this one I can eat forever! The chili and bagoong adds a kick on it.

Traditional Kare-kare. Sauce too thick for my taste but the choice for cuts is good, not that much fat.
We also ordered bulalo sa monggo and sinigang sa bayabas (thumbs up for both)

then leche flan for desserts
good experience overall

(images from Malaya and Bagoong Club's multiply site)
sidenote: hmm.. thinking if i should get DSLR already... but im an anti-bandwagon-type of person. G12 probably?


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Maria Kapra

Malaya kang lumipad

Pagkabuka ng liwayway

Sa katahimikan

Ng mga bagong-gising.

At sa unti-unting

Pag-unat ng buto’t kalamnan,

Madarama ang init ng

Inang Araw,

Tahimik kang aalis

At gigisingin ang kapatid

Sa’yong kakaibang huni.


Purifica at Asunsion

I. Kung sa bagay,

hindi naman natin inakala

Na ganito ang kahahantungan

Ng ating kapalaran

Siguro nga

Hindi natin kasalanan.

II. Bagaman

Dalawa tayong nangungutya

Pinagsisikapan

Na maiahon ang luha

Mula sa ginawang

Balon ng awa.

III. Ganun pa man,

Tiyak bang maisasalba

Ng araw at buwan at bituin

Ang telang may bahid

Ng walang kapurian?

Sino ang nagkakaalamanan?

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Mabuti na lang at hindi ka pinahintulutan

Ng iyong amo na umalis.

Dahil laking takot ko na lamang na

Ako ay lapain, at gawing pain

Mapasailalim

Sa gitna ng iyong pangil at bangis.

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