I enjoy cooking quick and easy foods just like this.  You can find the recipe on my AiCatching blog if you wish to know.  Bon apetit!

New Year’s dawn, at exactly 4:00 am, I stared intently at the sight of this. It was full moon outside.  Unfortunately I forgot to bring my tripod so it was abit challenging to capture objects at night clearly.  I used the manual setting to take sample shots and luckily I got this.

See my version of the red sky above.

Photo taken during one early morning inside AIT campus. Wild flowers blooms abundantly all year round.  I am much more happier seeing and receiving this pretty blooms, in case you might not know =), than a bunch of roses.

Having a good camera is comparably like having a good friend, the more you grow old with it the more you get close to it.  It’s also like having an intimate relationship with where you eventually get to know its weakness and its strengths.  I took this photo above using my Nikitita and I am so pleased of this macro shot that has been filed under my stock photos.

My very first SLR was Fuji then a miracle came and it turned into Nikon D40x DLSR. Now what’s left is my Nikon and lately it has been accompanied by Canon 500D.   Am pleased to have tried all of these but I still feel more closer to Nikon considering the time we’ve spent with each other.  Any camera preference for you?

Oh how I love sweets! Oftentimes I would buy a few samples from the side street vendor and hubby would normally comment, “I doubt if you can finish them all. Or else it would end up somewhere again.”  Every time I hear those lines I just stick my tongue out and smile. I know he means no harm but a challenge! Anyway, you’ll never know unless you try I told him.  Trying is the key to new discoveries.

Kanom or sweets in Thai otherwise known as native delicacy commonly comes in neat biodegradable packages and fancy costumes too for the seller.   This one is made from sticky rice with steamed egg as toppings.

That kanom lady was very friendly.  She even caught my attention instantly.  I was thinking, it was her who originated the Vulcan hand greeting! Or probably she thought I was an alien. LOL. Am I seeing stars? Then it’s time to go to bed.

Don’t be scared. That’s not part of a horror movie during Halloween.  It’s my left foot, taking a short pedicure.

Good memories of shopping surprises flashes in my mind.  I think it was a month ago when I bumped into this tiny corner in the mall.  Quite hesitant of how it may feel but quick to decide when offered for a discount.

They were having this beauty and chuva something sale and there was this Foot Spa in an aquarium.  With it were tiny fishes called Dr. Fish.

The sensation? ticklish! I was just holding myself as I felt like urinating right where I am seated. LOL.

First, they will spray your feet with some antibacterial solution perhaps or a cleanser so the tiny fishes could gobble up your dead skins fondly.  After fifteen minutes of soaking, my feet was incredibly silky.

Love it!

Today I’m a bit optimistic to learn new tricks for my stock photos. It’s been a long time that I haven’t updated this virtual nook of mine and I truly feel guilty of my dormancy.

The love for textures had kept me awake until graveyard period now.  It’s nice to play around with it!  This simply gives another blend of creativity to every modern paparazzi.

Showing you a sample of my vintage looking portrait that was polished in Photoshop.  I’m enchanted. Now I would be using this tool more often.  Can you help me critique my work? Thanks!

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Photo taken on River Kwai or Khwae Yai River railway bridge.  I saw this musician as I was approaching the  end of my catwalk. Straight ahead is the road leading to Burma. If you love historical trips, this is one place that you shouldn’t miss while being in Thailand.

Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
which it passes to a row of ancient trees.
You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you
one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth.

leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads)
your own life, timid and standing high and growing,
so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out,
one moment your life is a stone in you, and the next, a star.

{Sunset by Rainer Maria Rilke }

Location: Sala Dhamma Meditation Center, Pathumtani TH

o muro é amarelo simply means the wall is yellow.  i have written the title in Portuguese language for a change.  that is how i roughly translated my idea using an online dictionary.  notice the masculine pattern of the words? which reminds me of my forefathers and even my own parents name with this type of pattern. luckily the modern generation of Filipinos are done with the traditional way of naming their children.  or else i might end up being called Aileena =)

have you ever been interested or keen enough to observe foreign languages? well i do think each person has the ability to adapt practically or intellectually. i remember one Czech proverb saying, Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem. (you live a new life for every new language you speak. if you know only one language, you live only once.) my first experience with foreign language adaptation is here in Thailand.  on my first month, it was a bit frustrating to see signages written in alien characters.  i have no choice but to learn their dialect for survival.  in doing so it gave me a better understanding of their culture and way of thinking.

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Photo taken: Amarela Resort, Bohol, Philippines

It is with you that I triumph
over the challenges in my path
It is your partnership that will lead me
to the fulfillment of my dreams
It is your friendship that guides me
as I grow and learn
It is your patience and wisdom
that calms my restless nature

I do not take you for granted,
I cherish you
I do not need you
I choose you

I choose you today in witness
of all the people who love us
I choose you tomorrow
in the privacy of our hearts
I choose you in strength and weakness
I choose you in health and sickness
I choose you in joy and sorrow
I will choose you, over all others, every day
for all the days of my life

{by Rebecca W.}

Photo taken: Amarela Resort, Panglao Island Bohol, PH

Panoramic photography is the one of the fascinating affair that gives you possibilities to see objects in the new perspective.  I can’t wait to learn how to stitch photos in the future.