Not-so-wireless

Electric powered bus. Nyahahahah. Took this photo in Beijing. Talk about being route-bound but come to think of it...no overtaking, no swerving, no annoying buses

Pack Rat's collection

Mags

This is my niece Mags (or Sheika Denise as her parent prefer it). She's so adorable and she's very ticklish. She laughs like a man and never fails to get hiccups everytime we have our tickling sessions.

Gloomy Sunday

gloomy sunday in Hanoi. probably the loneliest day of my life.

Drowning in flurry

Palauig, Zambales


Palauig, Zambales


Taken using SE K800i Panoramic mode. Missed the waves though.

San Juanico Bridge

The pics may not mean much (especially to my collegues who always traverse this path) but it is still one counts in my lifebook.

Broken

I was walking along the road when i noticed this small plant. The tiny trunk snapped from the base where the roots are anchored to the ground. It might have been got stepped on or run over tricycles.



The pitiful thing sure is dying but then I noticed something, it still has leaves budding on its end. We obviously can deny the fact that this plant of some sort is going through tough times. Well, if you would look at the damage it has taken, we can say it is clinging to life by mere centimetes and will probably perish soon. But we can also look at it this way: it is dying but it is also fighting like hell to survive.



And I think it will.

So can we.

Diesel price goes over gasoline's

Im not sure if this is some kind of a mistake but notice the price of diesel. The question is, mistake or not, will this be a sign of what is set to come?

Pious Facade

Believe it or not, I took this pictuire in Beijing. Unfortunately, I was not able to get the name of the church. Just click to zoom and try to read yourself.

Contemplating

Got myself a new book. Actually, I had to get some help securing it.
Didn't expect it to be how it is but, I think I'm gonna like it though.

Majestic Twins

To date the top three tallest skyscrapers are the Sears tower (527m), the Taipei 101 (508m) and the Petronas Twin Towers (452m). These engineering wonders have only caught my attention whenever I see them in Discovery Channel, well, that was before I saw one of them. I’d like you to meet the twins...

had to take a shot several meters away. it's really difficult to get them to fit in my cameraphone's viewfinder.


a little obstructed. have to watch for speeding cars when i took this.


this would have to do.. im starting to look stupid here


See, they dont look so nice from below


And let there be light...


I must tell you, I really am awestruck when I met them. They really are majestic. Wonder how much it costs to light these babies up.

Never gonna forget malaysia ten

Binibining Makahiya

Sinong mag-aakalang namumulaklak pala ang makahiya

Ang kandilang ito ay nagkakahalaga ng limang piso... kanina.

Ito ay binili ng isang 10-taong gulang na bata na nagnanais na matapos ang kanyang takdang aralin sa gitna ng init at dilim ng brownout. Ang perang ipinambili ng kandilang ito ay dapat na pambili ng sabaw na magsisilbing niyang ulam para sa hapunan, ang tanging halagang iniwan sa kanya ng kanyang ina sa bago ito umalis noong hapon para pumasok sa trabaho. Ngayon, ubos na ang kandila, hindi pa tapos ang kanyang mga sulatin, kumakalam na rin ang kanyang sikmura.

Subukan mong isipin:

1. kung ikaw ang bata, bibili ka ba ng kandila o ng sabaw?

2. kung ikaw ang ina, hahayaan mo bang ganun ang sapitin ng iyon anak o hahantong ka sa prostitusyon, pagnanakaw at kung anu-ano pa para makaahon sa inyong kinalulugmukan?

3. kung ikaw ay may matang mapanghusga, agad mo bang sisisihin ang ina, ang bata, ang gobyerno, ang simbahan, o itatanong mo muna kung bakit ganoon ang kalagayan nila?

4. kung ikaw ang guro ng bata, mag-aatubili ka pa bang itanong kung bakit hindi nya natapos ang kanyang takdang aralin o agad mo syang palalabasin ng silid aralan na magtutulak na lalo syang walang matutunan?

5. kung ikaw ikaw, ano ang iyong magagawa?

nakakalungkot pero ito ang payak na katotohanan na sumasaklaw sa lipunan ngayon.... sana may maisagot ako sa panglimang tanong.

Gagambang X

When i was young, I was facinated with spiders. I can even remember doing a personal research about the arachnids and kept them as pets just to closely observed their ways.

So far, I have only come across the three species: the "gagambang talon", a 1-cm specie which is commonly found in window panes; the gagambang bahay, a relatively bigger specie which is brown and measures about 5 cm and is commonly found in home storage areas; and the "gagambang kuryente", which has a yellow and black stripe on its body (dont know why it was called such, maybe because it is commonly found in electrical posts near trees).

Some time ago, I came across another specie - the gagambang X. You'll see why it was called such.


Trying to get the auto-focus working... hope she doesn't suddenly decide to shift to jump-and-bite mode as the rumored victim to the bite of this creepy crawler went crazy.

a little more... my apologies, i am only using a 3.2-MP sony ericsson phone cam

there! can you see its back? there seems to be a hard shell protecting its body. the shape of the thorax is also peculiar with all the semi-spikes protruding.

notice the black and white pattern on the head. also, there seemed to be a green mini-arm. and finally, the reason behind the name, the weird pattern on the net

Welcome back

Spent a week in singapore and was amazed of how their entire "system" works. Guess the sight that welcomed me when i came back... it's the Philippine Team




Go Bulogs!

F14 Tomcat Project Phase 1

After my first stint with scaled plastic modelling that resulted to a junk pile -worthy F22 Raptor, I decided to pursue my new found hobby with a new victim, the F14 Tomcat.

The model is a Italeri 1:72 model purchased ages ago when my Raptor is just half-finished.

Hopefully, i get to finish this one with half the time it took me to get my first scale model from the packaging box to a secluded area beside my bookshelf.



Packaging

Prints

Dryfitting

I tried to assemble the body using tape and blutac just to see how the model would look (love this part of modelling)

major parts

wings tucked

wings swept

with the cockpit

pretty much the same size as the Raptor

Not much update on this plane. will post follow up shortly. just got caught under loads of paper work