i am the girl from Manila……
She who plays in the secret pond, Enters a timeless space, Open heart being, Inner seeing, Knowing this healing place. poem by Megan Cate. photos taken from Living Edge Trail at the Six Mile Lake. camera used: Yashica fx-3 with expired Solaris 200. work tomorrow. goodnight!
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Because today is Sunday, I joined Sunday Stealing. I got this meme from a fellow pinay expat in Cambodia and participants call themselves thieves, i still don’t understand the game but I guess I will, in time. Anyhow, if you want to join just link back to them —>
1. Introduce yourself.
I am Manilenya since birth, and I am manilenya eversince I started blogging five years ago.
5. Did you ever get into a bar and drink before you were 21?
Hmm, I went to a bar when I was in elementar or high school(?) but I didn’t drink, I was with the whole family, I think bars were wholesome back then, you can bring your kids and drink. We had fun.
6. What countries have you been to?
I have been to Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. I am currently in Canada.
7. Do you watch MTV anymore?
yeah, sometimes.
8. What do you think about Oprah
Oprah is the BIG O.
10. You need a new pair of jeans: what store do you go to first?
I’ll go to the cheapest store in town because I am cheap.
11. Did you ever watch The O.C.?
I have to admit yes.
12. What kind of car do you drive
I get to drive my fiance’s truck a couple of times when I was practising and our Montana van.
13. Honestly, is that car insured?
Yes they are. You cannot drive car that is not insured here in Canada.
14. Do you like sushi?
I love them sooooooo much.
15. Have you ever been to Tiffany & Co. or Saks 5th Ave?
I just pass Tiffany & Co.
16. Did your parents spoil you growing up?
Nope.
17. Do you like roller coasters?
Nope, even when I was a kid. I totally hate it.
18. What magazine(s) do you buy regularly or subscribe to?
I used to subscribe to Everyday.
19. Do you remember the old WB show “Popular”?
What’s that?
20. When you go out do you prefer to go to a dance club or to a bar?
A bar and there I dance 
21. What do you think about gay marriage?
Let them be happy so wed them.
22. Who do you think will be the next president?
The next president is the one who wants to continue the old/present system.
23. Are you registered to vote?
Yes.
24. Do you own an iPad?
Nope.
25. Is your bathroom filled with beauty stuff?
Hmm, not really.
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I knew it. It will be going to rain. But even I knew I didn’t bother to bring an umbrella. I don’t know how long had I walked and decided to get in the bus. I am getting used to commute now. I don’t compare Singapore and Canada in terms of public transportation anymore. All I need is the drive to pick up my butt and hit the road, and I have all of it. In fact I’ll be off again tomorrow.
I hope tomorrow is not going to be a drizzly one.
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Photo taken by Anthony
If you noticed my hands, you will realize that I didn’t even bother to edit this photo; I know you’ll see the dryness. It is over exposed, but I still like it.
This photo is one of the shots for the “little secret”, I can’t tell about it because it’s our little secret. One thing I can tell though, the girl who asked me gets involved with the activity is one of the sweetest girls I met on the net. I hope our friend feel how blessed she is for having such a thoughtful friend like her, although she told me that our friend is like that to her too.
The two is what we define “what goes around comes around.”
While their friendship really inspiring, the green photographer (Anthony) has not realized yet how impressive (to me) his shot was.
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I take pictures everywhere and most of the time I take pictures at the passenger’s seat. Sometimes, we stop if I ask to, but I am most likely to click my shutter anytime, whether we are moving or not.
I take pictures of the car, of the moving car, I take pictures of the corner of every road, and I take photos of the gas station we frequented to.
More often than not, those pictures are blurred, I like it when bokeh were created by the street lights and headlights of on coming cars. That’s what I want them to be. That’s what I called it perfect!
Just like life, it is blurry. No matter how we plan for it. No matter how we want it to be, it is still blurry. Like our future. Like my future.
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