baby rambutan

tunay nga bang isang taon na ang nakalipas?
malaking panghihiyang ang hindi ko kadalasang pagdalo sa lingguhang kasayahang ito. pero ngayong may isang taon nang nakalipas ay sisikapin kong mas madalas ang pagsali.

it’s one year old!
incredibly, another marker to remind me that time is flying faster than i’ve ever felt it to fly: the first anniversary of the premiere weekly photomeme, and this time it is being hosted by a professional photographer.
it sure feels like a weekly party, one that i’ve not been able to attend as often as i’d like.
nahirapan akong mamili ng iisa lamang. napagpasiyahan kong isali lamang ang mga galing sa lumang camera, yung hindi digital kaya mahirap i-retoke.
it was hard to pick just one. i chose a couplefew from my very old photo albums, from a non-digital camera.

ang mga billet na may mga bata, ang may mga pinakamatatamis na ngiti.
a glimmer of hope, from the refugee camp where i used to work. my favorite pastime there was visiting our students at their billets. it was hot, living conditions were miserable, but the presence of little children always lightened the mood of living in what seemed like unbearable circumstances, not just in the physical, but in the psychological: months and months of waiting, sometimes with no certainty of what the future held.

ang kagandahan ng kanyang mukha, ang kalinawan ng kanyang mga mata. nakilala na kaya niya ang Katotohanan?
a nun at the Buddhist Temple, PRPC, Morong, Bataan.

parang na-tiyempuhan ko ang isang saglit na namagitan sa mag-ama, na kanilang kanila lamang.
taken on a Sunday picnic by the Charles River, many years ago, with my old Nikon EM. it sort of feels like a “paparazzi” kind of shot; almost like i’m eavesdropping on a private conversation. i love the expression on my son’s face: is he going to kiss dadda, or is he going to pinch dadda’s nose?

many thanks to our host, mr. L.I., for hosting this week’s event. now i get to check out the Gallery!

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