Nope, it isn't some abstract artwork. It's definitely not a zebra borne of inter-species mating. It's a detail from a trunk of a tree inside Sycip Garden, where us neighbor-friends had a Sunday photoshoot. You have to admit, though, the patterns are quite compelling. And the image has very good potential as desktop wallpaper. More images HERE.
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A candid shot of emanon during the Sycip garden promenade and photoshoot with friends. The garden was peppered with bronze plates of quotations from Washington Sycip (who else) such as on the bench beside emanon. I don't remember what the plate quoted, but from this frame, it looked like emanon was speaking with the bench, the bench teleprompting its reply via the bronze plate. More images HERE.
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Asianchubi invited us neighboor-friends for a Sunday promenade and photoshoot. We ended up at the Sycip garden in Legazpi Village, Makati. We were supposed to help him build up his photography portfolio. Of course, we went clicking away as well with our respective cameras. There were so many interesting things in this park to frame and capture such as this stone turtle, nicely placed at the head of a tiled path. Reminds me of that quotation about it making progress by just sticking its neck out. More images from this promenading cum photoshoot HERE.
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I dunno. I'm such a sucker for cuteness and color. In store displays, I'm easily drawn to "rainbow" line-ups. I discovered these inside Surplus Shop in SM Makati. The subject matter was kinda apt at the time as well: I was on my way to meeting up some BM guys at yet another SM mall, Megamall. Bridging two malls, there's the MRT.
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There's really so much blue glow around Music Match in Tomas Morato, where BM have spent several of its videoke-cum-socializations recently. Stole a quick snap at true-blue chaser raiko, who for much of the night kept on doing this: drink, laugh, chatter, sing along, then walk out the door, pose and chat on the phone. Must be bluffing on his whereabouts or some sorta. In fairness, whoever was on the other end of the line must not be buying the bluff. *lol* Don't worry, I could've said, raiko's with me and I'm one of the "good" guys. *lol*
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My homage to Dan Flavin. (Or simply yet another spur of the moment snap on a specially drunken, chockfull of videoke night out with the guys at BM.) In my light reading moments, usually care of coffee-table art books bought at Booksale, I once discovered what really minimalism really meant and Flavin's work could probably be the best examples for appreciation to heretofore dunzo on anything art.
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Went with BM neighbor-friends for dinner in Megamall. Passed by an exhibit at the Art Center. Found the sculpture striking, not solely for its menage a trois starkness, but also probably for how seemingly it represented some "unpleasant" experience and interesting juxtaposition of meanings offered by other works in the collection.
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More of that experimental, peephole-frame shot. Dramatis personae: bioman, wisigoth and blindnes, roommate-pals, who have taken residence at the "Pink Apartment," which was under the care of hunky-chub-young-daddy (and "honorary" BM) Paeng. Taken at People's Park in the Sky in Tagaytay. More pictures HERE.
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'Nuff said... that's worth the "wholesome" print. *lol* tiny gamely posed for an "experimental" peephole-frame shot during this day trip to Tagaytay with BM-based neighbor-friends. (Was he aware of this at all? Not so sure now.) Taken at People's Park in the Sky, a.k.a. Palace in the Sky, a failed Marcosian project ca. 1980's - "hubris!" my hunny says. More pictures HERE.
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On February, some members of Bigger Manila, with mujacko as lead, trooped to far-flung Tandang Sora, Quezon City for a mini meet-up of aquarium fanatics. (I could claim, at least, I'm a non-practicing fanatic at the moment.) Visiting a somewhat guru on the topic, we were treated to a free-wheeling lecture on planted aquarium setup and maintenance, all the while admiring multitudes of plants and fish in aquariums of every size and shape. Well, I think the loyal pets of the non-fish variety have heard all this before, but they still joined the chat of the biochemistry survey, nosebleed sort. More pictures of the meet up found HERE.
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