Cattleya Flower

An officemate brought this one kind to office one day. I was captivated by its beauty. I felt lucky to be able to hold it and smell it and yes, take a close up pix.

A one kind among the hundred species

Cattleya 

  a genus of 113 species of orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America.

 

They are widely known for their large, showy flowers, and were used extensively in hybridization for the cut-flower trade until quite recently. This genus and the numerous hybrids come close, through their beauty, to the idealized picture we have of the orchids. The flowers of the hybrids can vary in size from 5 cm to 15 cm or more. They occur in all colors except true blue and black.

The typical flower has three rather narrow sepals and three usually broader petals : two petals are similar to each other, and the third is the quite different conspicuous lip, featuring various markings and specks and an often frilly margin. At the base, the margins are folded into a tube. Each flower stalk originates from a pseudobulb. The number of flowers varies; it can be just one or two, or sometimes up to ten.

 

Sunset

I went on tree planting last weekend. 

We were on our way home when I noticed this one happening in the sky.

 The setting sun hidden by the clouds.

A sad view. 

Same feeling as when something is ending, someone is leaving.

Just like the sunset.

But no!

Sunset gives a promise.

A promise of a new morning, a new beginning,

A new hope.

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Basiao Beach

  

Is there still a virgin beach these days? 

There is! Well, that's what people call the place before.

But not anymore. So much has been done to make the place no longer look like a virgin beach.

It is now popular as Basiao Beach. People from the neighboring provinces like Iloilo and Kalibo come to enjoy the cool and white sanded beach especially during summer.

The name was taken from the name of the place itself. 
Found in the Municipality of Ivisan, Capiz, Philippines.

I visited the place again with my siblings, cousins, nephews, nieces and friends a few weeks ago.

We used to come here when I was in high school with my friends and classmates. 

The roads were not as good as this.

This road used to have holes and not as plain as this. We would always ride a tricycle. PUJ were very rare. Now its only few.. *:-)

It was difficult to climb this road before. We have to get out of our tricycle and push it up.

Mini resorts sprung out from the place which offers for rent small cottages, comfort rooms and also small boats.

Small cottages for rent ranges from P100 to P200

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This rocky part of the beach has lots of unforgettable moments. This was where were hang out and had so much fun.

The water was just right when we arrived. Although the time was not really nice. The sun was already higher. But since we came there to swim, we ignored the sun and got ourselves ready for the sun burn

Obviously we had a few poses before getting wet.

It is advisable to come here with your own transportation. If not, you have to do just like this. Wait for an hour or more for the PUJ to pass by.

We didn't waste our time waiting. Obviously, we had a lots of fun  in the middle of the road.

Hey! We didn't get crazy waiting. We were just making crazy poses. Obviously my cousin didn't catch the best pose here.

I nearly got it!

Yeheyy!! I finally got it!!!

Thank God! We didn't wait for more than an hour.
A friend of my cousin with their own jeepney passed by and offered to give us a ride.

Photography - My One Talent

I know I have the talent. One reason?  I like to  do it. 

Another reason?  I have a passion for it. I can see my work and I like it.

 Yes!... I.. I!  It’s only me who sees it, who likes it. I didn’t hear anybody admires it. Or… maybe they just don’t have the eyes to see  the beauty in it and notice my craft.

I don’t have a professional camera. I don’t even have a digital camera. I only have a cellphone. A Nokia N70 cellphone.

I have been watching pictures from people with high tech cameras and I really admire their works.

I like to blog about my photo shoots, but I don’t have even a single camera. I only have a cellphone. I am thinking that I cannot make a blog about it unless I have one camera. But, looking at those works of friends in the internet, my desire to share my own works increases.  I want to share and enhance this one talent of mine despite my limitations. Despite not having a good camera! 

So here it is, I am blogging about it, anyway.

Hope you enjoy watching my work… judge for yourself if I really have the talent.

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For a start, I got this night view of the Roxas City's Jose Rizal Monument

Following are candid poses of my sister and her kids.

Patrizha Anne

Ersyl Jay

Patrizhia, Christine Anne, Ellaine

J Anne, Christine Anne, Patrizhia

Obviously, this is no longer my own shot.