“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”
~Buddha Quotes
One sunny afternoon at Club Manila East, Rizal.
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Stumbled over at twitter yesterday, this list of Photography Rules for Complete Idiots gave me a good laugh. The author doesn’t mean to make fun of the newbies, but reading on, there are indeed amateurs who don’t make use of their common sense. There are concepts that don’t take a genius’ capacity to realize and comprehend.
Here are a few examples of the hilarious rules:
Wala akong larawan ng anumang kandado kaya minarapat kong itampok na lang ang aking sariling interpretasyon ng “kandado”. Ito ang aming wedding cord at wedding rings…mga simbolo na ang aming pag-ibig at pagsasama ay nakandado na sa isa’t isa.
I don’t have any photos of locks that’s why I just featured my own interpretation of a “lock”. These are our wedding cord and wedding rings..symbolizing our unity and love, exclusively locked for each other.
It has been a year since my in laws bought a new family vehicle. It’s one of their dream project actually because, they say, the family is getting bigger with the coming of grand kids and with such, family trips are made more enjoyable when travelling together in a vehicle big enough for the whole family. Hubby helped them in this project as he tagged along in canvassing, browsing online for options and carefully doing the math and giving inputs with regards to the the financing and insurance schemes. In no time, they were able to get a second hand but one of the latest series of Hyundai Starex van at such a steal price. The condition was all good, the mileage meter yielded it was rarely used, the interiors are great and they were covered with a flexible term.
Hubby’s quest for this vehicle was made easier by TheCarConnection.com. That’s where he collated and studied comprehensive reviews, trims and specs and car photo galleries that helped the in laws decide the ideal car for the family. The following are the vehicles that were shortlisted on their preference:
The first one’s a 2007 Acura MDX. It’s actually more of a personal choice by hubby. He loves the 300-horsepower 3.7-liter V-6 engine feature however, this does not serve the in laws’ passenger requirement as it can only accommodate a maximum of 7 passengers. The other choice was a 2007 Honda CR-V which is equally attractive..the engine capacity, roomy interiors and “handsome” exteriors. The only thing that wasn’t appealing was the cost.
In the course of the hunt, the husband can’t help but drool over the 2008 Mazda 3 and the 2009 Nissan Maxima models. I had to stop him because we cannot jump into an unplanned huge expense as we’re saving up for a bigger project.
If you’re running out of ideas what to gift a friend, a relative or a colleague who’s a photo hobbyist, here’s one cool idea that will surely hit.
A Camera Cake.
Giving him a DSLR would surely be costly. It may not be as precious as a pearl jewelry but this edible camera will surely please him. He may not be able to take pictures using it, but at least he can take great photos using his real camera with full stomach.
This cake was made by Chedzcakes, a Cebu-based cake designer for weddings, debuts, birthdays, and other events.
When we got married four years ago, we had paper soaps beautifully repackaged in heart bottles with sinamay baskets as our wedding favors. In addition to that, we also served personalized M&M chocolates with our names on it on the guests’ table. Our guests loved them and they find it unique and fabulous.
Our wedding sweets didn’t stop there as we had a chocolate fountain by the entrance of the ballroom where the guests take a dip into the overflowing luscious, creamy and sinfully delicious chocolate.
A lot of couples now rave about and prefer chocolate wedding favors. One, they symbolize wish for sweetness all throughout the couple’s marriage and two, they give a touch of luxury while still being relatively inexpensive. So if you are to tie the knot soon, give chocolate wedding favors a try.
Often we are blinded by the pleasure brought about by money. We rejoice when we get ourselves new clothes, new gadgets, a new car, or whatever thing that money can buy. We often hunger for material riches not realizing how wealthy we are of what we already have. The morning breeze, your spouse’s and kid’s kisses, laughter filling the air, a simple hi or hello from a friend – just a few simple immaterial things that enriches the heart.
As soon as our son started to crawl, we made efforts to childproof each and every part of the house. That includes our bedroom and since we co-sleep, we moved the bed frame to the stock room for the mean time and hubby placed our mattress down on the floor so that no worries or whatsoever that our son will fall from too much elevated bed frame. I suggested though that we buy a new one and I think an air mattress is worth a try. I read and heard great feedback from airmattressinfo.com about it and I’m anxious to try.
It makes sense.
So go ahead, take out your camera today and start aiming. We can never stop time but life, in pictures, is halted for us to treasure moments a little bit longer.
Since the husband rendered overtime earlier this evening and the little one was asleep, I killed time waiting for him by organizing my youtube uploaded videos. They’re mostly of my son’s videos from birth to month birthdays to special milestones to first birthday to random ones. My little boy has grown a mile! I can’t help but get teary-eyed every time I play and watch his first birthday video. The photographer we booked has videography services so they were the ones who captured it majestically. It’s not as grand the way post production experts do (although I wish they could have done it the-GroovyLikeaMovie-way) but it’s worth watching and keeping. I can’t wait it to show Asher and I bet he’d love to see it even though he won’t remember even a single detail of it. Speaking of videos, I still can’t get enough watching sample videos done by Groovy Like a Movie, a production company whose outputs are top quality productions for corporate videos, TV commercials, live events and professional training video projects. Their business name may actually speak for their service, but wait ’til you see their videos and be awed how groovy their production can become.
