Rough Groove

First Academy

Well, woke up early to be able to join the free workshop at the First Academy of Computer Arts. I’ve been quite interested with the courses offered at this training facility like the Web Design, Digital Arts as well as the 3D animation. Let’s just say that I’m looking at the possibility of a career shift. A way to a new beginning.

It has already been long that I’ve yearned to shift to something new. A change to almost ten years of doing telecoms work. And the workshop this morning, involving 2D and 3D animation was great!

Should I take the next step?

Just sick and not feeling well

Weather’s not been so great here in Makati. Its just so humid and afternoons, it drizzles. That’s why, the other day, after walking under a slight shower back to home, when I woke up the next day, I just felt different. My tonsils started to act up, an impending cough and colds. By afternoon, I was already having a slight fever. Darn! Add to the fact that I had two meetings to attend to. By evening, I was already burning with fever. Thermometer readings varied from 38 - 39. This morning I went to the company clinic and was given antibiotics for the tonsilitis.

I just hope this fever will subside before tomorrow.

Still in vacation mode

I’m now back in Makati and working today. Whew! Really, I’m still in vacation mode. Would’ve still wanted to just lay down on my bed and let the day pass by. Or go internet browsing and download using bit torrent. Or just having coffee, photo shoot with or without other fllickr members.

Well, the burial was adjusted to last Wednesday and I’m kind of getting over it na.

A couple of photo exhibits in Makati

Saturday and went to Ayala Museum to catch the World Press Photography exhibit. However, while passing through Greenbelt 3, Alliance Francaise was having a photo exhibit also as part of its offerings for the French Spring in Manila event. At the museum, another ongoing exhibit are Spanish era lighthouses as documented nationwide.

At the Ayala Museum, an ongoing exhibit on Philippine Spanish era lighthouses was set at the 3rd floor. Together with a published book, this is good information on history, significance and current conditions of these sentinels of the sea. Unfortunately, I was able to browse the publication and I was just not too impressed with the photography. By the way, a series of stamps were also included to coincide with this project.

Part of the offerings of French Spring in Manila, this is an exhibit of the photos of Juan Caguicla on various facets and faces of that romantic city, Paris. Not only on the familiar like the Eiffel Tower and Louvre, he also includes photos of subways, and the inner streets and shops that are not often depicted.

I was very much impressed and thankful that Makati was one of the stops of this travelling exhibit! Never have I seen such wonderful works by topnotch photojournalists, all winners of this prestigious contest. The photos are very evocative of the struggles of humankind and the simple joys of simple lives.

One is overcome with emotion seeing the image above of the woman wherein the wrinkled handls of her child covers her mouth or the sad face, wrought with emotion of a father comforting his son whose right arm was just amputated after that massive earthquake in Pakistan. With the captions and some photo essays, one is moved on a particular feature of a young pregnant woman getting into grips with the death of her husband who came back already inside a casket from Iraq. Or the series of head shots, wonderful portraits of idealistic young men who see being drafted in the military for Iraq as a ticket to escape the harsher realities of a possible future that might not offer too much. What awaits this men? These boys? One questions.

One should catch this wonderful exhibit which is only until the end of the month. And that is next week. Entrace to the museum is P150.

Foggy Makati

Early morning just before 0700H and it was a sight to see the top of buildings of Makati City along Ayala Ave. covered in fog! Its just an awesome and not that frequent event that happens here. If it weren’t for the cool and very wet mornings, this wouldn’t have happened.