Precious Moments figurine with a birthday message

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The photo was taken in 2008 (I was still using a Canon EOS 40D at the time) at the Sampaguita Gardens Resort in New Washington, Aklan, home of Sam Butcher, the creator of … [Read more...]

Published on Thursday

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It isn't exactly the time to talk about leisure and vacations but if all I think and write about are Ondoy and Pepeng, I think I'll go nuts. Good thing that I was asked to … [Read more...]

Where it’s Christmas all year ’round

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Some people clean their houses from top to bottom before the New Year; I clean out my hard drive. I've been deleting duplicate photos and unwanted files all day when I came … [Read more...]

Inside Jojo’s Christmas Cottage

Precious Moments Korean doll with elaborate hairdo

Inside Sampaguita Garden's Resort in Aklan is Jojo's Christmas Cottage. If the structure looks interesting by day with its unique colors and accents, it is doubly pretty at … [Read more...]

The sun rises in Aklan

Sunrise at the breakwater, Sampaguita Gardens Resort, New Washington, Aklan

I'm not a morning person. You can't make me get out of bed before 9.00 a.m. unless it's a schoolday and I have to cook the kids' packed lunches. Or, if we're going somewhere … [Read more...]

A Cory Aquino painting and some Faberge eggs

Signature of Cory Aquino at the bottom of a painting she did in 2003

Cory Aquino has been on the news a lot lately after having been diagnosed with colon cancer. Days before the announcement was made, I was photographing a painting that Cory … [Read more...]