Rough Groove

Flickr meet at Round Eyeglass Kape

Its the second time for me to join a Flickr - Philippines meet and this time, we had a film screening of Baraka at the Round Eyeglass Kape in Malate. New faces that I met were Raul Roa, RonRag, Odz, Lolay, Dboy and Ayeona’s husband, Keith. And of course, there was Jolengs who organized it all and who provided the 2nd Flickr button, Ayeona and Bingbing.

The second Flickr button that Jolengs provided.

The flikristas that gathered at the Round Eyeglass Kape that evening. Keith and Ayeona, Jolengs, Lolay, Bingbing, Raul, Dboy and Ronrag. Odz was not yet around.

I never thought that Flikristas were talented in poetry reading too: Dboy and Bingbing, volunteered (hehehe) for the two poems.

Flickr - Cebu meet: At the flower market

Arrived in Cebu yesterday…

Its the first time for me to join the meet up of the Flickr - Cebu group. In observance of the todos los santos (All Saints Day, 1 November) and dia de los muertos (All Souls Day, 2 November), it was suggested by Farl at the Cebu/Sugbo Flickr group, for a meet up at the Busay flower market. And off we went this morning. However, instead of at Busay, we were at Cantipla 1, around 24 Km from Cebu City. The flowers were not that much as most of these were already brought down to the city in time for the preparations of the annual religious festivities that marks the 1st and 2nd day of November and some were already selling along the road in anticipation of people buying from them. Thus, the flower vendors were dispersed and scattered. But it was still a great time to meet new people that I’ve only known in the posts and comments in Flickr.

Posing: Wantet, Farl, benjieordoñez, Gerald Yuvallos and me.

Lady flower vendor. Her flowers are priced from P25 - P35 per bunch.

Male flower vendor packing the flowers that I bought.

Flickr Toy: Calendar

Taking up from Anton’s post I visited flagranddisregard.com’s flickr toys under calendar, got a pic from my flickr account: “vendor against yellow wall” and voila!, an instant September calendar!

3rd Flickr - Philippines meet

At last, I was able to join the Flickr meet, this time, its the third, at Lamesa ni Grasya in the new Robinsons Mall in Pioneer St. The previous two, I was in Tuguegarao when they were at California Pizza Kitchen and second, I was in Cebu when a photoshoot was held in Intramuros. Well, I was not really expecting anything but to meet other Flickr Philippines addicts.

Anyway, Lil Anna and her friend Jukka dropped by for a three day stopover in Manila. Stitch brough with him his Lomo (the first time I saw it and I thought that it was a toy with matching color flash), Koolitz toting his Canon 350D with a monstrous Sigma 70 - 200mm lens, Rain with his Russion camera, Marika and friend, Bingbing, Helen, Enzo who was busy with the ongoing powerlifting competition at the ground floor of the mall but still managed to chat, and, Jolengs, who distributed the Pinoy Ka-Flickr pins (above).

Well, it was fun meeting them as well as discussing the different cameras that were brought coupled with delectable food in a cozy setting.

More photos here.

Two Faces - my new Flickr group

Okay. Last night was just boring. I skipped my gym routine, had dinner with a friend at Teriyaki Boy in Glorietta and just went to an internet cafe where I spent around three hours surfing but mostly flickr stuff.

I created a new group: “Two Faces” where members can post photos of two people with their faces showing. Nah, nothing in particular. I just realized this when fulviomartins tagged my “Mirror” photo (the group icon) as a favorite.