True Love

I was waiting for guests the Old City Hall grounds this morning when I noticed this old couple enjoying some quality time together. It was 30 minutes past nine, which to many teenagers today, is not an ideal time for a date. I probably sat there for about 15 minutes, just observing them. I could tell the woman have a hard time moving, say incapacitated by age-related illness, that is why she lies across the concrete bench. This old man is her knight in shining armor: buying her banana cue and buko juice. I am posting this photo as an ode to true love. This photo also salutes those couple—who, despite the many challenges in life—remained true to their vows. I sat there wondering when will I meet the woman I’ll share my lifetime with.

Happy weekend guys,

Louie.

Finding Angles

We're filling up our "big" assignment with new photographs to incorporate on a Monday morning, and under the scorching heat of the sun. This is September 17, 2012 otherwise known as Finding Angles.

Mundane and Momentous

TAGUM CITY, PHILIPPINES—There's something about the iconic New City Hall of Tagum that keeps folks from all walks of live marvel at its hugeness and state-of-the-art facilities, acting like a magnet which attracts people to visit it every now and then. When this city hosted its official Musikahan sa Tagum Festival last week, it had transformed into a large musical venue where the grand exhibition of music took place. Cliché as it may sound, but last week’s atmosphere in JV Ayala Avenue is enough testament why it’s more fun here in this once sleeping municipality.

2/366 ~ Fall of Dusk

2/366 ~ FALL OF DUSK

The second day of 2012 was wonderful. And what a great way to end with a very wonderful sunset at the Rotary Park.

Remembering Rizal

“I die just when I see the dawn break,

Through the gloom of night, to herald the day;

And if color is lacking my blood thou shalt take,

Pour’d out at need for thy dear sake,

To dye with its crimson the waking ray.”

— Jose Rizal, My Last Farewell (1896)

Today, the whole nation marks the 115^th death anniversary of the national hero who dedicated his life to the cause of freedom and sovereignty. To put it in Neville Longbottom’s words in the final installment of the Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows 2, he may have died but his memories will forever lie in our hearts. People die everyday. But remarkable people such as Dr. Jose P. Rizal cannot be forgotten; his idealism and his hopes for his impoverished nation shall live on. He has not died in vain.