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Not a great weather but definitely one of those great memories nonetheless.

Dubai Global Village 2019

Lomo LCA+ / Agfa CT Precisa

More of my previous Dubai film shots here

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"What is grief, if not love persevering?"

-WandaVision

(Canonet / Kodak Color 200)

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In honor of the 10th year anniversary since my first time I visited Dubai, here are one of my fave photos I shot using film. :)

More shots of my Dubai experience here

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Focus.

Taal, Batangas

Canonet QL17GIII / Can’t remember the film. lol

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Burj Khalifa in doubles

Dubai 2020

LCA+ / Agfa CT Precisa

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Safari in BnW

Canonet / Ilford XP2

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Taal, Batangas. Pre-2020 Taal volcano eruption. Pre-pandemic.

Lomo Fisheye 2 / ProFoto XL

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Trying to invade the wet market. :)

LCA / Kodak Color 200

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Finally had my 10 rolls of films developed! Haha! Cannot exactly remember when were they taken but pretty sure spans from 2017 to present. lol I'm gonna post all of them here probably almost everyday. :)) BTW, developing isn't cheap anymore (Ang MAHAAAAL!!). It's like 10x more expensive than 11 years ago. Wasak ang budget!

Lomo LCA+ / Kodak E100VS (super expired!)

BGC, Taguig City.

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Can’t believe I still got lots of photos I haven’t uploaded yet. Costales nature farm - Majayjay, Laguna

LCA / Fuji C200

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..let's say you never win a Nobel prize.  Let's say you spend your life doing solid scientific research.. surrounded by friends and loved ones who appreciate you.  Not for what you've accomplished but for who you are as a man.. ..Wouldn't that be a life well-loved?

Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory)

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Dorothea: What's wrong, Teach?

Joe: It's just I've been waiting on this day for... my entire life. I thought I'd feel different.

Dorothea: [beat] I heard this story about a fish. He swims up to this older fish and says, "I'm trying to find this thing they call the ocean." "The ocean?" says the older fish. "That's what you're in right now." "This?" says the young fish. "This is water. What I want is the ocean."

[Joe just stares, bewildered]

Dorothea: See you tomorrow.

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I almost died this 2020!

On this day last year, my wife and I travelled to Dubai and stayed at my siblings for 2 weeks. Imagine naka-lagpas ako sa immigration.lol The face of the officer when I said that I don’t have a job! Ahaha

We stayed in a hotel in Al Barsha in New Year’s eve. Overviewing our hotel room, we can see the fireworks coming from Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab. The room has its own kitchen so we could cook. This is one of my happiest moments during our stay.

I’ve had high hopes and pretty excited this 2020. Imagine Dubai 2020 is coming up, Tokyo Olympics, new work (supposedly!), and even the year 2020 itself looks promising (vision 2020).

Then there came the news about Iran attacking a US fighter plane. We thought there’s gonna be a war coming. Thank goodness it never happened. We went back to Ph the day after the Taal volcano erupted, our house full of ashes, pandemic happened, Philippines was in a total lockdown.

For first 2 months of ECQ, I wake up as early as 4AM just for the supply run. And still has no job. Everywhere I went, even news is kind of depressing. Marami akong kakilala na namatayan.

Kung last year, my wife surprised me with a Jollibee kiddie party, ngayon Mcdo birthday package takeout na lang which is very understandable.

Months went by and I suffered from a back pain. Nang napansin ko di mawala-wala I’ve decided to go to the hospital. Kasi nanganganak na yung sakit ko. Abnormal bowel movements, palpitations, abnormal heartbeats, numbness of my lower body, dizziness, lightheadedness, I almost can’t sleep at night. Kung ano-ano na nababasa ko sa mayoclinic tungkol sa sakit ko. I feel like I have a very serious illness. I feel so weak. I lost my appetite. 5 kilos lost in just 2 weeks.

3x akong nagpa checkup sa hospital. Took some medicines, X-ray, ECG, blood chems. I feel like my BP is always high. But all went down when my lab results came out. Normal lang halos lahat.

Pero I still feel like I’m not feeling well. Went to see another doctor. I was surprised to see my BP is just pretty normal. 120/80. I mean, huh? Parang may mali, ah. The doctor was in a full PPE while I was telling my story. And then she said, “alam mo kung anong sakit mo? You’re in an anxious state.”

I’m still hopeful for this coming 2021. Masakit pa rin likod ko. Pero laban lang. :)

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Maybe that’s the thing.. If you do ruin your painting you gotta know you have everything in you to get to that pretty good painting again.. But if you never do the bold stroke you never knew you could’ve had a great painting.

The Half of It

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Lomo LCA+ / Fuji C200

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Sulyap Gallery and Art Cafe

Lomo Fisheye 2 / Fuji C200

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Anyone here miss going out? :)

Canonet / Fuji color 100