365 1/4 Days Together

Happy Anniversary to us! Today we are celebrating our 365th day being husband and wife. In short, it’s our first WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. For a year we’ve been thru a lot but I am thankful that we made it thru the rain (does it sound like a song?LOL). We have ups and downs but at the end of the day, we say… “i love you still”. It’s never easy. Though we’ve been in a relationship for 6 years, it’s another stage of adjustment after we got married.

We spent the day at home together and had dinner at a buffet restaurant. Our beach escapade will be next month or the coming months. We didn’t spend our day as planned because we wanted to enjoy the festivities around the city. Anyway, here’s our photo taken earlier at Buffet Palace in Victoria Plaza Compound (which I already posted in Life’s Lessons).

My Loooongggeeeesssst Day

Last Saturday was the most tiring day of my life. Yet, I enjoyed it a lot! I shoot the Kadayawan sa Dabaw’s Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan (Street Dancing) competition from morning till evening. Ace wasn’t able to join because he reported for work. Ace just fetched me at the showdown area that evening, we had dinner and went malling for a while. I’ve got muscle pains for my uncomfortable position the whole time I was shooting. Imagine I had to sit in the paved street just to get a closer shot of the participants performing their piece. My lens cannot give me that so close shot so I am limited to only a few close up shots. Most are too loose that I have to crop it. But I am not in the mood to edit/reframe the photos so I couldn’t post most of it now. Anyway, here’s one of my shots during the weekend.

Sky Watch Friday: Warm Sunset

Ready for the shoot?

This year’s Kadayawan is a lot different. I am not just an spectator now but I am a documenter (is that the right word?). Since we have our Canon EOS 400D, I will shoot and document the activities that will transpire for the week-long celebration. Hence, I need to be ready. I mean my photography gear and accessories should be ready. The Hoya 55mm Pro1 Digital Circular Polarizer I purchased in eBay was just in time for the shoot. Ace was so generous to buy extra battery pack for the shoot. Replacement batteries are out of stock so we don’t have a choice but to get the original. We also bought another compact flash memory card since our 1gb is not enough for a whole day shoot as it can only store 200+ large photos in JPEG format. Our Tamrac 6x Velocity bag we bought earlier was also intended for the Kadayawan shoot as I will go alone. Hubby cannot tag along so I need a bag that fits for me and my built. Anyway, I hope to get many good shots as I am not used to shot people. I am honed in landscapes. So wish me luck!

Who Else But Me

For days, I am not in my best mood for my sister. I get mad at her so easily maybe because I don’t have anybody to pour out my desperations. I felt so tired of working to the expense of my health because I cannot eat on time. I am working for the sake that I can give her allowance everyday and pay for her tuition. It has been the case since the start of the classes. Ace gets mad everytime I talk about it because he doesn’t want me to shoulder everything. He wanted me to contact Carol and Daddy but I wouldn’t. If nobody will support Che2x, who else should do it but me? I already instructed Che2x to ask for her allowance from Daddy and the tuition fee will be shared between me and Carol. Daddy seemed to be so confident that I can take care of all my sister’s financial needs. How about mine? Should I work and wait until she graduates and that’s the time I can think of my self? If only I haven’t seen Mamang sacrificed that much for me to earn a degree, I don’t think I would also sacrifice for my sister. I hope she will really graduate by the end of the school year so that I could rest from my responsibility of sending her to school.