So I've been gone from the blogosphere for about 2 weeks max. Not much happened since I shunted myself from the real-world these past 2 weeks, thank you Pet Society and your addicting game and items. Again, nothing much happened but still things have happened and my life has taken quite an unexpected turn. Not 360 degrees, more of like 45 or something.
From March 23 - 27, I spent the week at
La Union. My mom dragged me there to let me at least experience my so-called "pre-summer classes break". I hate long bus trips, shoot. I hate stiff seats at buses, shoot. I hate Partas' economy buses, period. Anyhoo, at least I got to see the sun there, eat real human food, got to the beach, practiced photography, and visited 3 towns in Region 1 in 1 day. I kind of love my mom's job. Well not the job itself but I love the fact that she's assigned to different places almost 2 times a year. Plus the team buildings, seminar, etc., etc. She's almost visited all the places in the Philippines! That's a life-long goal for me, which in my mom's case is almost complete. And just to partake in the journey she's having with all these trips, I make sure she buys me keychains from all of these places. So I think it's okay to say I have a hefty collection of keychains here from all over the Philippines.
Don't you love
Starbucks' Caramel Mocchiato? I do, and I usually die and ressurect and then die again when having a cup of this. It's a common coffee drink among Starbucks lovers, but it will always be my all-time favorite when it comes to hot drinks. And oh, do try drinking it after heavy meals, OHGOD! It's heavenly.
I have megabytes and megabytes of pictures stored on my memory card from the La Union trip plus some never before seen "shoots" from my last trip to Bicol. Will try to upload them when inspiration calls me and when I learn some new post-processing techs.
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I'm too lazy to make another layout for the blog. I'm in desperate need for inspiration again.
ENJOY YOUR SUMMER BREAK PEOPLE!Labels: PNDY, UP
Errr, Summer?
March 20, 2009
Pauline YuGuess what?
What? I ran out of things to write again. Okay, you know that thing that happens to everybody?
"Blogger's-block-but-not-really-blogger's-block" syndrome. You have so many things you want to write about while you're doing something else, but when you face your laptop, the only thing you can do is stare at the blinking cursor of destiny. I think I've explained this
"thing" for the nth time already. Though, my tumblr career is flourishing, or maybe not. But I usually hang out there to get inspiration from awesome people. You could spare me a
visit and follow me. You may notice my unending love for rounded corners, amateur headers and my new found love for Cory Aquino's color, you what it is.
Next thing to be pimped out is this blog's layout. It's a blast hearing from people that the layout looks nice and clean but it's getting a bit boring for me. I want to go all minimalistic again and drop the legendary yellow/blue combination. As it gets older, it gets uglier. So a new layout might welcome you the next time you visit.
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Summer is here. Yay? Summer for me is usually boring. I'm left home alone with our housemaid who, by the way, I call
Donya Inday for some undisclosed reasons. I'm left homealone to wallow on the fact that I'll be stuck here with basic commodities and no allowance money. It's just the second day of our pre-summer classes break and I'm already bored to death. But I am proud to say that I've been quite productive these past two days. I cleaned my room,
clutter-free, ladies and gents. I've finally decided to print pictures and post it on my bedroom wall, thanks to Blutac and Poladroid.
I have plans, of course, on how to spend the break. I'm still working on my list as of now but here are some snippets:
Explore Binondo, Quiapo and other legendary spots in Manila on my own. It doesn't matter if I get lost as long as I know the right way. Quite confusing right?
TRAVEL to the regions of the Philippines and witness the sunset and the sunrise in wonderful landscapes.
SHOOT alone, with friends, with groups, with anyone. As long as I could do and enjoy what I love.
I bought this 200peso notebook with blank white pages without knowing what I could use it for. I hope to fill it up with memories, quotes, doodles and pictures.
Master the art of DOODLING. I suck at drawing, this could do.
Happy Summer!
Labels: PNDY, UP
Hop!
March 17, 2009
Just a quick blog. School break will be the day after tomorrow. Let's rephrase that. Uni will end tomorrow and I'm so thrilled to tell you that! We will be having our comprehensive exams tomorrow for the completion of our curriculum. I haven't opened my notes. No it's not procrastination but the
want to
NOT study. Finally I'll be able to focus on everything but school.
I promised myself: I sure will make myself productive during the summer break.
PS. A poorly constructed entry, my thoughts are on summer mode already.Labels: PNDY, SCH
Profundity
March 14, 2009
I've been loosing the motivation to do something exciting in my life. My 2009 start isn't a great one, these past 2 months aren't too much of an improvement. I guess this is the point where I'm going downhill and I'm ready to fall to the grave I dug myself.
Lack of inspiration might be the reason why I'm feeling lethargic. I'm disappointed with myself because I'm becoming less productive as the days add on. I don't have the motivation to learn anymore. I always fail, and the problem with me is I give up easily. This where the
"frustrated artist" title comes in. Doing your hobby is supposed to be
FUN and you're not supposed to feel any pressure from it. But my strive to become
"almost perfect" is robbing my sanity.
I hope when summer comes I'll be able to sit still and think. At least think of ways on how to get rid of this "thing" I'm going through.
PS. I got the title from JOHNINE's blog entry.
Labels: PNDY
Wake Up Pauline
March 7, 2009
Uni work is taking it's stall on me. I'm having a hard time coping up with what is being thrown at me. My personal life isn't doing too well also. This week is such a pain in the ass. We've had unit exams for 3 concepts, 2 delayed reporting, various numbers of quizzes, a very stressful health center duty (plus a toxic CI) and a project queued for viewing this coming Tuesday. Oh and the ever useless research panel interview. In other words, I'm hating my life right now.
I'm tired physically and emotionally and my pessimism is towering over me again. I've had on and off fights with my ex-boyfriend-slash-special friend, I'm having a hard time figuring out myself. Personal and school issues got mixed up again. It's that time in a sem where everybody's working their asses off and I'm just here sitting and wondering what to do with my life.
I need to renew myself and wake up from the sadness I'm submitting myself into.
It's the revalida tomorrow and I need to study well. 10% is big enough to make me fail my course, especially right now that I'm not confident with my concept and RLE grades.
Labels: PNDY, SCH
Tama Ka, Friend.
February 21, 2009
tagalog post, yikes!Mga bandang 6:15 nabuksan ni
Yatch ang usapang
"gender wars" habang nagbabantay kami ng kapapanganak pa lang na pasyente.
YATCH: Ang tagal itahi noh?
AKO: Kaya nga.
YATCH: Ang hirap naman maging babae, grabe tingnan mo yung hirap ni nanay.
AKO: Buti ka pa nga lalake ka eh.
YATCH: Ou, at ikaw babae. Every month may masakit sainyo, masakit pag gumawa ng baby, masakit rin pag manganganak kayo.
AKO: Ang galing, buti ka pa na-realize mo yang bagay na yan.
Tama nga naman ang friend at seatmate kong si Yatch.
Mahirap talaga maging babae. Masasabi ko na rin na ang mga babae eh designed maging shock-absorbers, yung tipong matatakbuhan mo pag wasak na wasak na ang mundo mo. Tingnan nyo ang mga nanay nyo, diba sila ang laging sumasalo satin kahit anong gaawin natin? Malakas din ang pain tolerance ng isang babae kung kukwentahin sa buong pagkabuhay niya sa mundong ibabaw. Uulitin ko lang sinabi ni Yatch. Every month may masakit dahil sa dalaw. Pag gumawa ng baby masakit rin. Pag nanganak, isang paa nasa hukay na, puspusang pag-ire, dinudugo at sobrang nasasaktan. Yun eh maliban na lang kung nagpa CS si nanay. Idadagdag ko pa jan ang sakit ng ulo pagdating sa mga asawang pasaway at sa mga anak na hindi na malaman kung galing sa impyerno o nasa "rebellious stage" lang.
Mas naiintindihan ko na kung ano ang hirap na dinaranas ng nanay ko sa pagpapalaki saming 2 pasaway nyang anak. Kaso nagpa-CS siya kaya easy lang ako ilabas kahit sobra na ako sa buwan, heehee. Iritable ako, kagaya lang ng nanay ko. Alam nya rin na yun ang talagang namana ko sa kanya. Pero madalas ako maging demonyong anak at laging iritable pag dating sa mga tanong nya. Na-realize ko na, mahirap akong maging anak. (Halakhak) Pero mahal ko nanay ko kasi hindi nya ko pinapalayas kahit minsan pasaway ako. (Halakhak ulit)
Hindi ko alam kung bakit naisip kong gawin tong post na 'to. Siguro masyado lang overwhelming ang pagdduty ko sa lying-in. Ebidensya 'to na hindi lang puro skills ang natutunan ko sa duty na 'to, kundi
"life-realizations" kumbaga.
Sana kayo, dumating rin ang oras, kahit hindi Mother's Day eh marealize nyo kung ano ang pinagdaanan ng mga nanay nyo para "iluwa" kayo sa mundong ibabaw. Pasalamat kayo, sumigaw ng "TENKYUUUUU MAAAAAAA!" at bigyan siya ng isang malupet at makapigil-hiningang yakap.
Ayiieee.
Labels: DTY, PNDY
JANUARY 2009
February 1, 2009
ACCOMPLISHED.(hiii-ya!
)
Here's a little idea I thought of just now. How 'bout every end of the month (or maybe the first day of the next month) I post things I've accomplished or things that I'm proud of that I've done. Ok, too many run-on sentences there, but hey, let's start with January shall we?
I got to know my beloved
group68 more. I'm happy to say that we've grown closer as the duty days add on.
Wala nang tahimik, lahat pinakita na ang tunay na kulay. I've had the realization that my attitude towards schoolwork won't help me achieve the personal status I am aiming for my academics. Studying is as important as playing.
I've been
independent these past few weeks, and I'm becoming proud of myself for doing things on my own. I have the sense of freedom overwhelming me again. It's a though job, but hey, at least I'm learning.
I rode the
LRT2 line on my own! I'm starting to like travelling to far places on my own. Commuting, finding my way around is much better than taking the cab and pointing the directions.
The
4 rolls of 110 film I sent to digiprint has all been exposed properly. The 135 didn't do so well. I've got a lot to learn in film photography.
I've learned to be patient. Something this month made me sit for hours in one place. It gave me time to contemplate on things.
(HOPE YOU HAD AN AWESOME JANUARY)
Labels: PHTG, PNDY, UP
PNDY
May 24, 2008
HI MY NAME IS:Hello! My name is
Pauline Yu and I've been breathing earth air since September 2, 1990. I'm a Filipina who is a Bicolano and a Visayan. How? You figure it out. I'm currently on my 3rd year studying
Nursing in FEU,
batang recto. I have this thing for pictures with crazy color saturations, film photography, analog cameras, indie music, bands, mixtapes and road trips. I don't know what's it called, that "thing", maybe it's
LOVE. I'm a
retro-baby and I love the 90's. It brings back a lot of childhood memories. From Eraserheads and Parokya ni Edgar to Coke Pogs and Mcdonald's happy meals.
You usually see me armed with my K660i and
ETHAN. pointing at the the sky and taking pictures of clouds. Maybe you will see me on the street with my IC100 pretending to tie my shoelaces when in fact I'm taking a worm's-eye view shot. I am just a person who happens to come across a wonderful hobby, photography. No, I'm no photographer. I don't consider myself one, it's a very complex thing to label yourself as one. It doesn't mean you own an expensive DSLR, you're already a photographer. It takes a lot of hard work.
I started with my mother's Canon point and shoot and from there on, she let me explore it until I reached it's capacity for manual functioning. She then gave me
ETHAN., for my 18th birthday. A D40 which I never dreamt of owning. Until now I'm still exploring my D40. Too many functions and crazy combinations, which makes experimenting more exciting. Then I heared about
lomography, and I hailed film photography superior than digital photography. I was lucky I was able to experience using film in analog cameras when I was a kid. Its a wonderful thing once you hone your skills in this field. I'm a starter and I'm still learning.
So that's it, more film tales, happy/sad accidents and change will happen. It's inevitable, we just have to adapt. For now, I'm enjoying the things I have a thing for... at least I'm happy.
Labels: PNDY
I've been loosing the motivation to do something exciting in my life. My 2009 start isn't a great one, these past 2 months aren't too much of an improvement. I guess this is the point where I'm going downhill and I'm ready to fall to the grave I dug myself.
Just a little something from my PROJECT 365.
JANUARY IN PICTURES