Buhay Bahay-Bahayan

Scott of Views Infinitum had this assignment to go out and capture a story within one photograph. I don’t exactly know how to do that so I’m keeping my fingers crossed on this entry. Let me just warn you that I am not a professional, but I do love photography and would want to learn. So all comments are welcome. Be kind. These shots were taken with a Canon Ixus point-and-shot camera.

We were going out of town to attend a friend’s wedding. I saw this old lady by the street, a few meters away from the office parking lot.

This last one is the reason we drove out. The bride.

Hindi ako mahilig magbigay ng bulaklak. Para sa akin, kasayangan lang ito ng pera. Parang mas gusto kong ibili ito ng ibang bagay na magagamit, yung tunay na mapapakinabangan. Pero dahil sa aking misis, at mas lalong dahil pinilit akong bumili ng isang kaibigan na ginawang raket ang pagtitinda ng bulaklak  :-)), ako ay napabili. Kaya noong Araw ng mga Pusa, este Puso pala, binigyan ko ng mga dilaw na rosas mula sa Ecuador ang aking asawa. Bakit dilaw? Kasi sabi doon sa website na aking tinignan, yung dilaw na rosas (tinatawag na Caipirina) daw ang may pinakamalaking talulot, kaya iyun ang aking binili.

Bukod sa rosas, bumili rin ako ng samu’t saring klase ng bulaklak. Ito naman ay aking ibinigay sa aking biyenang babae. Naisip ko rin syang bigyan dahil baka matagal nang panahon mula sya ay nakatanggap nito. Mabuti na lamang at sya ay natuwa ng lubos. Para makatipid, ang mga ito ay aming binili ng asawa ko sa SM Supermarket sa halagang 200 lahat-lahat at kami (siya) na lang ang nag-ayos.

Matagal kong pinag-isipan kung sasali ako sa Litratong Pinoy. Pero sabi ko sa sarili ko, wala namang mawawala kung susubukan ko hindi ba? Tulad ng lahat ng bagay, sa umpisa siguradong mahirap, lalo na’t bago. Kaya’t heto ang aking lahok para sa linggong ito ng Litratong Pinoy.

One of our favorite places in Tagaytay is Bag of Beans. So after a very good lunch at Hawaiian Bar-B-Que, The Boutique, we thought that it’s only fitting to cap off our Tagaytay weekend with a cup of coffee. We were quite surprised with the change. The place now seems…uhm… cleaner, not that it was a mess before. I think they moved and removed a few plants to make it look a lot more “organized.”

Since it was a weekday, a Monday no less, early afternoon, we practically had the whole place to ourselves. One of the things that we noticed was this small cabana with a daybed.

It had this lamp on top. I don’t know if it works though, maybe only at night, or maybe it’s only there for decorative purposes. But I like the stained glass; it somehow reminded me of my granparents’ our old house in the province.

Another major change they had was the bathrooms. Nice and clean.

We ordered two cups of coffee (capuccino and cafe latte, I think)

and shared one big bowl of Banana Split. Yummy!

Notice: My other site experienced severe down times for such a long time that I fear I’ll loose all my posts. So on that note, I’ve repost (and will repost) some good old entries here.