P365-014:"responding to God's gifts"

P365-014:"responding to God's gifts", originally uploaded by dasims.

teaching religious education at our lady of the rosary (our parish church) every other sunday is one way of responding to God's gifts... aside from giving back, i also learn at the same time, and it also helps me feel more youthful being surrounded by these smart and witty 3rd graders. i tell yah, their questions and comments can vary from trivial to "where-on-earth-did-you-fish-that-out-fr om" types. fun and exciting!

specs:
Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX3
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 5.1 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

P365-013:"uh-oh!"

P365-0013:"uh-oh!", originally uploaded by dasims.

it's pacman vs clottey night via ppv at our friend's house. while the parents were intently watching the fight (which by the way wasn't as exciting as pacman's previous fights), the kiddos were all playing and running around so we had a lot of mishaps here and there. here's daddy trying to dry out some spilled water over the carpet... and yes, that little foot is kulet's. she and the other kids were just looking at daddy as if nothing happened... ah, kids! ;)

specs:
Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX3
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 9.3 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

P365-012:"i know how to get the token in!"

P365-012:"i know how to get the token in!", originally uploaded by dasims.

the lil girl refusing any help as she gets the token in in one of the arcade games at chuck e. cheese's during kayla's 1st birthday.

"tuck-e-cheese", as she fondly calls the mouse, and the park, are her happy places on earth... for now. let's wait til she steps foot on disneyland...

specs:
Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX3
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 5.1 mm

p365-011:"rise and shine!"

p365-011:"rise and shine!", originally uploaded by dasims.

the sun beaming at your face as you drive towards work while admiring the streak of nice patterns on the clouds... oh, what a wonderful morning!

specs:
Camera: Nokia E66
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 4.9 mm
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

p365-010:"circa 70s?"

p365-010:"circa 70s?", originally uploaded by dasims.

it felt like i was driving home from the 60s or 70s along cole that evening...

specs:
Camera: Nokia E66
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 4.9 mm
Flash: Off, Did not fire

p365-009:"the lil big girl at the daycare"

p365-009:"the lil big girl at the daycare", originally uploaded by dasims.

twas our lil angel's first time to step foot on a preschool/daycare... read about her fun first time experience here

specs:
Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX3
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 5.1 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

P365-008:"is it sunny or gloomy?"

P365-008:"is it sunny or gloomy?", originally uploaded by dasims.

mr. weatherman said on his forecast last night that there's a 70% chance of rain today... while driving towards work, it looked like mr. weatherman wasn't lying... i saw the dark clouds trying to totally cover the sun... mr. sun was trying to fight back though... "wtg mr. sun!"

specs:
Camera: Nokia E66
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 4.9 mm
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

P365-007:"it's a nice sunday out"

P365-007:"it's a nice sunday out", originally uploaded by dasims.

we took advantage of the weather at high 50s by going to the subdivision park with the lil girl today. parang batang nakawala sa hawla, she stormed out of the house, ran giddily and shrieked "wow!" repeatedly to our ears delight. the lil grl had fun is an understatement!

specs:Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX3
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 5.1 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

P365-006:"the chocolate aisle"

P365-006:"the chocolate aisle", originally uploaded by dasims.

saturday saw us at costplus world market chocolate aisle grabbing a bag of maltesers. joel, like daddy and mommy, loves em!... but as expected, we ended up buying more than just maltesers. piknik ketchup fries and 2 hello kitty dip biscuits (that the lil girl got for herself) are amongst our loot :)

specs:Camera: Nokia 6500c

p365-005:"let's go crazy on the fast lane...vrrrooommm!"

p365-005:"let's go crazy on the fast lane...vrrrooommm!", originally uploaded by dasims.

my group went go kart racing at the fast lane for our team building event... yep, everyone's crazy and really fast on the track!

specs:
Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX3
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 12.8 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

p365-004:"guess what robot...errr...apparatus?"

p365-004:"guess what robot...errr...apparatus?", originally uploaded by dasims.

idk! but this type can be seen in an opthalmologist's clinic. we had our annual eye check-up done today and we had fun looking at all of these equipment :D

specs:
Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX3
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

P365-003:"every letter makes a sound..."

P365-003:"every letter makes a sound...", originally uploaded by dasims.

"A" says "A" and "A" says "ah"... every letter makes a sound... "A" says "A" and "ah"!

specs:Camera: Canon EOS 40D ; Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60) ; Aperture: f/4.0 ; Focal Length: 33 mm ; ISO Speed: 200 ; Exposure Bias: 0 EV ; Flash: On, Fired

P365-002:"steaming hot nilagang mani"

P365-002:"steaming hot nilagang mani", originally uploaded by dasims.

... still steaming hot in the pot!

what better way to do tv show or dvd marathons than with a bowl of freshly cooked nilagang mani?

specs:Camera: Canon EOS 40D; Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60) ; Aperture: f/5.6; Focal Length: 135 mm; ISO Speed: 200; Exposure Bias: 0 EV; Flash: On, Fired

P365-001:"it's rubber duckie bath time!"

P365-001:"it's rubber duckie bath time!", originally uploaded by dasims.

these are joel's bath toys... they do a good job in making bath time all the more fun for the lil one

specs:  Camera: :panasonic DMC-LX3; Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30); Aperture: f/2.0; Focal Length: 5.1 mm; ISO Speed: 125; Exposure Bias: 0 EV; Flash: Off, Did not fire

the project 365 wagon

wow, it's been about two and a half years since the last update on this blog! let me kick this baby alive then by joing the project 365 wagon!

just to clarify though... this is just an attempt to take some snaps daily for all of 'em 365 days! i know it would've been nice if i started on the 1st day of the year... but heck, who cares?! i'm uniqua!

and i'm pretty certain i would forget to do this one day or another, so it would help if any of you concerened citizens will care to remind me (it would be nice to do it earlier on the day though)... ;)

ps. here's where i am gonna store all my p365 pics. if flickr is blocked in your area, you'd probably still be able to see the pics on this blog (or maybe not... lemme know if you can't and would want to take a peek ok?). oh by the way, updating the template etc, is another story. please don't expect too much :)

lyka!

(here's lyka posing at the alturas lake during our summer camping in '06)

she's a Toyota Highlander '06, a v6 4w drive suv. we made sure that we'll get a 4w drive for the snow and icy roads during winter (pero madulas pa rin, hmm). she's already over a year old. but we stilll love love her!

one hot day??!!

(taken at mccall frozen lake during the winter festival feb '07)

... yeah right!... it was freakin' freezin' cold that day, but since we were walking under the sun all day, a bottle of 7-up was simply refreshing! ahhhh...

white christmas??!

we were on our way to the winter festival at mccall (feb'06) despite the heavy snowstorm that hit the area that day. you can read all about it here.

jolly bee

taken at the julia davis rose garden

nel patiently followed this bee around until it finally settled to feast on this pretty baby pink rose.

catch!

taken at the beach in boracay

this is one of nel's favorite "action" photos... we miss the beach, promise! :(