UPDATED: Learn the basics of digital photography

The UP Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA) in cooperation with the UP Library and Information Science Students Association (UPLISSA) invite you to the Basic Digital Photography Workshop on May 17, 2008 9am-12noon at the Manila Observatory, Ateneo de Manila Campus, Loyola Heights, QC (Beside Ateneo Grade School. Walking distance from Gate 2, the one across McDo-Katipunan).

This session will be facilitated by photographer, Mr. Nap Apolinario, Jr, PMP.

Learn the following:
Understanding photography
Basics of exposure
Composition and taking better pictures
Basic digital image manipulation
Equipment

Just bring your digital camera (point and shoot or dslr) and a minimal fee of P150 for alumni and non-UP students and P100 for students.For inquiries, e-mail us at uplsaa@yahoo.com. Hope to see you!!!

*Note: Updated as of May 7, 2008

Starbucks 50mm

Playing with my 50mm at Starbucks Katipunan with the UPLSAA.

Andie's Luau Party

Andie's Luau Party, April 26, 2008, SEAMO-Innotech, Diliman.

58th UPLSAA Alumni Homecoming

58th UPLSAA Alumni Homecoming, May 2, 2008, Balay Kalinaw, UP Diliman.

Sn - Sn - Igor Cabbab's Fire Poi

Christine's vid of me doing fire poi in Palawan for the PAARL Luau

Wala lang, malinaw kasi yung vid na nakuha sa Cybershot nya. :D
Tnx Tin. :D


Kuha rin pala yung kanang paa kong pilay na nakabalot ng bandana. :D

Sights - Lagos Del Sol

Lagos del Sol, Caliraya, Cavinti, Laguna. The lake, breakwater, plants, the sunrise, the stone pathway steps and the buddhist koi pond (where I slipped and sprained my ankle), my juggling balls (which I also use as poi), Nats' bitter catmon.

R & R - Lagos Del Sol

R & R, Videoke, Swimming, Grub, Taking in the Sights. Yes, the faculty can take on the chorale in a sing-off :D

SLIS Faculty Workshop

Charting the course of the UP SLIS for the coming years. Lagos del Sol, Caliraya, Cavinti, Laguna. Breaking up into groups for track planning and curriculum tweaking.

Ex Libris SCANDAL

Queenie was chatting on her YM while on OJT when someone named Harry-Pot added her.
She accepted the invitation.


Queenie D:hus ds?
Harry-Pot: di mo ako kilala?
Queenie D: di po e
Queenie D: cno po 2?
Harry-Pot: sus kunwari ka pa
Queenie D: cno nga 2?!
Harry-Pot: Queenie
Harry-Pot: wag
Harry-Pot: ka
Harry-Pot: na
Harry-Pot: magkunwari
Queenie D: kulit mo din noh?
Harry-Pot: si Harry to
Queenie D: cnong Harry?
Harry-Pot: ah so kinalimutan mo na ko?
Queenie D: cno ka ba tlga?!
Harry-Pot: Harry.
Harry-Pot: Harry I. Mendoza
Queenie D: Harry?!
Harry-Pot: at last
Queenie D: OMG!
Queenie D: wag mo nga ako lokohin!
Queenie D: patay na si Harry e!
Harry-Pot: kaya nga e.
Harry-Pot: miss na miss na kita Queenie
Harry-Pot: miss na miss
Queenie D: hindi na to nkktawa
Queenie D: cno 2? Jen? Nyoe?
Queenie D: wag nau kau mgkunwari!
Queenie D: :P
Harry-Pot: Queenie ako nga to
Harry-Pot: gus2 mo magwebcam pa ko?
Queenie D: cge ba



Harry turned on his webcam.



Queenie D: O
Queenie D: M
Queenie D: G
Harry-Pot: kita mo na?
Queenie D: imposible!
Queenie D: nkita kitang nasagasaan!
Harry-Pot: ...
Queenie D: so hndi k tlga ptay?
Harry-Pot: patay
Queenie D: wtf?!?!
Queenie D: linawin mo nga
Harry-Pot: bumalik ako pra sau
Harry-Pot: mhal prin kita Queenie
Queenie D: Harry may bf na ko
Queenie D: si Deo




After that, Harry stopped replying and his webcam was paused.

But Harry still hasn't signed out.

Queenie didn't close Harry's webcam just in case Harry broadcasts again.


BUZZ!!!
BUZZ!!!

Queenie buzzed 2 times. Still no reply.

All of a sudden Harry's webcam was on again

It showed Harry, his head open, bleeding, his whole body full of cuts and open wounds.
Harry looked the same way he did when he was hit by a truck.

Queenie froze in shock.



All of a sudden Harry replied.



Harry-Pot: so hindi mo na ako mahal?


Harry signed out. Queenie's computer at SEAMO-Innotech turned off by itself.
Then Queenie's phone rang.




Queenie: Hello?
Jen: Queenie, bad news.
Queenie: Ha? Ano?
Jen: Si Deo.
Queenie: Ano nangyari kay Deo?!
Jen: Nasagasaan siya ng truck.
Queenie: (cries)
Jen: Hello? Queenie?
Queenie: Nasaan siya?
Jen: Nasa ********.
Queenie: Papunta na ko.
Jen: Ok.

Queenie went to ******** Hospital. Jen led her to Deo's hospital room.
(the hospital name has been censored for privacy)


Jen: I think kailangan muna kita iwanan dito.
Queenie: Yah. Thanks ah.


Jen left Queenie with Deo.




Queenie: Deo, wag ka mawala. Dati si Harry, ngayon ikaw. Wag naman o.


Queenie hears footsteps from outside. She turns around.
To her shock, she sees Harry standing there by the door. Queenie screamed.



Queenie lost her consciousness. When Queenie woke up, she was lying down on a hospital bed.


Queenie: Ano nangyari?
Jen: Hinimatay ka.
Queenie: Wow.
Jen: Akala nga namin kung ano na nangyari sayo e.
Queenie: Yeah. But, I think ready na ako umuwi.
Jen: Sige. Tawagin ko lang si doc.


Jen leaves.




Bloody Harry appears in front of Queenie.


Harry: Masaya ka na?
Queenie: Ano ba Harry?!
Harry: Kung hindi mo ako kaya mahalin, wala ka nang ibang mamahalin pa!
Queenie: Harry, patay ka na!
Harry: Pati si Deo!
Queenie: Wala kang kwenta!
Harry: (laughs)


Harry disappeared and Queenie started laughing like crazy.

When Jen returned with the doctor, they were both shocked to see Queenie, laughing, trying to hurt everyone she sees.

Since then, Queenie has lost her mind and got checked in a mental hospital. Queenie has never stopped laughing ever since. Harry has never forgiven Queenie for finding a new guy.



And Harry has promised that anyone who finds out about his story will suffer the same fate as Queenie...









... unless they pass the curse on to other people with the title "Ex Libris SCANDAL".

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copy-pasted chain mail with not-so-creative find-and-replace from Marj.
since I don't believe in chain mails.
bloody harry my ass!
:D

It ain't fun...

Okay... Now for some pain... I sprained my right foot during the PAARL seminar in Palawan. Nothing major nor anything to call home about. I used OFF lotion like efficascent oil and set the misplaced "ugat" back in its place. I then wrapped my foot in my bandana.

So a week later I thought everything was okay, and my right foot was healing fine. This week I joined the SLIS faculty and staff for the annual SLIS Faculty Seminar Workshop. Day one, okay. Day two, semi-disaster. After a dip in the pool we made our way back to the rooms. I decided to take pics of the koi in the koi pond... Stupid me slipped sideways on the grassy elevation which ringed the pond. I sprained my left foot.

Good thing I brought along an elastic bandage, my Palawan experience greatly affected how I now pack my stuff for travel. So it's okay, I favored my left foot for the day. But no koi pics anymore. I didn't want to risk it.

Day three, disaster. The morning before we were supposed to head for home, the others of the entourage took a dip in the Lagos del Sol pool. I decided to skip that and just follow after an hour for pics. On my way down the stone brick pathway steps to the lakeside, I saw Ate Elvie, Michael, Nats, Dean Faderon and the others already making their way back up the hillside steps. Stupid me slipped on a loose stone brick on one of the steps. I re-sprained my right  foot.

My right foot twisted in a bad way when it got caught between the loose brick and another thick brick of the stone pathway. When the pain shot through my foot, knee-jerk instinct told me to jump up and sideways off the pathway onto the grass to wiggle my foot free. Michael and Ate Elvie saw it unfold from afar. Later Michael told me he said something like, "Ay, ba't si Sir tumatalon?" Ate Elvie, who was also in Palawan, said something like, "Hindi tumatalon yun, mukhang napilayan na naman.

They caught up with me. So there they were, laughing their asses off and looking over me while I was writhing in pain from two sprained ankles. Ate Elvie and Michael even took pics. O_o;;

So I had to snip my elastic bandage in half to be able to wrap both of my ankles in the ole OFF-lotion-as-efficascent-oil and reset-ugats-back-to-their-proper-places routine. It ain't fun. :(

Anyway, here are a couple of pics of a toy dog that caught my eye earlier in the week before I left for Lagos del Sol in Caliraya. He was roaming the tiangge area for hours, catching everyone's eye, at the Cash and Carry ground floor. The tinderas thought it a good marketing ploy for the toy. Seems to have worked.