Home Now, No Doubt About It!
I am home. The trip back to the country was perfect. Fast counter service at Narita; on-time flight out. Upon arrival, I was first in the immigra
Archive for 2008
Quezon Memorial Circle
This is one place I regularly go to for a morning jog capped by a glassful of taho. But until last weekend, I haven't yet laid a close look at the m
Homeward Bound
I am now checking the passage of time, no longer by weeks or days, but by mere hours. Soon enough, I will be tugging my luggage to the train statio
Flying Without Wings!
I now know how it feels to fly. True, the paragliding experience I had wasn't as exciting and as risky as that done by fellow blogger and flickr
Mt. Fuji, At Long Last!
The ascent to the paragliding base (to be tackled in a separate post) was itself an adventure, but there was no taking the thunder away from
The Colors of Fall (and other park shots)
It's my first experience of autumn and I have long been excited to watch and take pictures of the colorful hues that tree leaves wear as they make the
Don’t Go Changin’, Billy!
His face was covered with ashen beard, his head almost bare of the once luscious, wavy crown. He surely wasn't the picture of the dapper rock-ballad i
Let Me Ask You
I have been using the tag "islander" since the very start of my blogging days, but I had to settle with "r-yo" after some time, when many others used
Two!
Two years. That has been this long since I started blogging, on the egging of now celebrity-blogger Gibbs Cadiz. At the time, I have just
Messed Up
A few ticks away from Halloween, my year-old laptop met its untimely demise. With no fanfare. It simply jumbled its screencolors, formed a crazy rain
Things I Now Know ‘Bout the Japanese
I've lived in Tokyo for about 8 months now and I have, by far, learned quite a few things about the Japanese that distinguish them from other people
Tokyo Tower at Night
I see the Tokyo Tower everyday from my office window. And I do get a glimpse of its imposing presence every time I walk around Roppongi. But until rec
A Few Notes on The Euro Generals Issue
Manila media is now abuzz with reports and discussions on the controversy surrounding the Moscow arrest of Gen. Eliseo dela Paz who had in his posses
Officer, please…
These kids' balloons flew off then got entangled with tree branches. They ran to a policeman for help. The elderly officer did everything he could
Odaiba Revisited
This neophyte, unteacheable-but-still-trying-hard-to-learn "photographer" decided to join a small group of masters for some night shots of Odaiba.
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