A Long Afternoon

長い午後。（ながいごご）Nagai Gogo. trans. A Long Afternoon.

So yesterday (yes, on a Sunday) I met up with Kai to take her to her LAE or Law Aptitude Examination in UP Diliman that was to commence at 1 in the afternoon. She treated us to lunch at our usual Teriyaki Boy venue and enjoyed ourselves some salmon besides our individual meals of Teriyaki Boy Chicken Ju and Gyu-Yakiniku Don. To my surprise, she didn't take any wasabi, but I figured it was all due to the nervous wreck that she was prior to the exam. o(；△；)o

We get there at around 11:45 and we were quite surprised to see that a lot of other examinees were already there outside the Economics Auditorium. We waited until around quarter to 1 where they were already calling everyone in and once that happened, it was time for a long, long wait. (-。－；)

Since I wasn't really a UP Diliman student I had quite the opportunity to go around the academic oval (which I eventually did, taking roughly 35 minutes) and take several pictures at the Sunken Garden and a few other places. I'll edit this post with some of the pictures I took from then~ Pictures found below!

Other than that, I read a chapter or two of Deathly Hallows and played me some Phoenix Wright to pass the 4 hour wait. Finally, at a little past 5 in the afternoon, they came flooding out. T'was a good wait, I would think.

Sunset Silhouette

日没のシルエット。（にちぼつのしるえっと）Nichibotsu no Shiruetto. trans. Sunset Silhouette.

So last Sunday I accompanied Kai to their film shooting in Angono, Rizal and helped out taking some pictures to document everything. Tinkering around with a DSLR is fun time and again. But even with that, I'm quite proud of my digicam for picking up this great picture that late afternoon during the sunset.

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Ensei

遠征。（えんせい）Ensei. trans. Road Trip.

Road trips are fun~ Me and my Philosophy 101 groupmates went to Calamba, Laguna for our group project. The objective was to 'find Plato in the local government unit or LGU of our choice', and we definitely did!

The road trip was smooth with minimal traffic. Our only stop in Laguna was at the New City Hall where we took various pictures for our paper!

Since we had time to spare, I decided to practice doing close-up shots of the various flowers and whatnot found there, and I must say I'm satisfied with the results! ^_____________^b

Shashin to Tanoshii

写真と楽しい。（しゃしんとたのしい）Shashin to Tanoshii. trans. Photography and Fun.

Kai and I went to Eastwood since she needed to take some shots with her camera. I decided that we go to eat at Jack's Loft for dinner before having to go out and point and click. It wasn't drizzling so we managed to go out and walk around, giving Kai an opportunity to take the shots she needed. And of course I decided to take some pictures as well with Ree my digicam~

After that was said and done we headed off to the arcade for some night time fun! Sung some fun karaoke, went racing and air hockey and some Tekken 6 button-mashing goodness. But what took the cake was that I was lucky enough to get Kai at Flip Flop solar-powered swaying pig from that game contraption whose name I forgot.

Shashin Jikken

写真実験。（しゃしんじっけん）Shashin Jikken. trans. Photography Experiment.

I came early to school as was the usual scenario for our CS152 class so I decided to continue tinkering around with my camera's soft background and focus feature.

When I got home I feasted on some butter cookies!! Mmmmmm Butter cookies. ~u~

Yoki se nu Yuushoku

予期せぬ夕食。（よきせぬゆうしょく）Yoki se nu Yuushoku. trans. Unexpected Dinner.

So earlier this evening the family and I had plans to go eat at Max's to avail of that Chicken-All-You-Want promo. But due to the long line we decided to eat elsewhere; at Super Bowl of China nearby. Decided to experiment with my digicam and took some pictures~ Hooray for using the soft background option. xD

Shashin to Kokoro wo Yomu

写真と心を読む。（しゃしんとこころをよむ）Shashin to Kokoro wo Yomu. trans. Photography and Reading Minds.

Today I pulled out my camera and actually took pictures of people and landscapes. During my lunch break at the cafeteria I spotted a group of foreign students together; literally a group of different cultured students - Japanese, Indian, Korean, American, French, what have you. What caught my attention though was the Japanese struck a stunning resemblance (minus the fat face OoO) to one Takigawa Eiji. Take a look for yourself. Top left, guy in white. He was eating so that should explain the puffed cheeks.

Afterwards, while waiting for my 1:30 class at Faura Building - after managing to see my friend Debbie - I decided to tinker around with the ISO and White Balance of my Digicam and took some pictures of the sky and foyer from the second floor of the building. Clouds are awesome.

And finally, what is with reading minds, you may ask. Simply put, it's to do with Kai. You see, things ended a bit awkwardly last night while we were chatting so the whole of today I was worried. So texting her was my only option to get to the bottom of everything. And a little something I learn subconsciously is know what she really means behind her texts. Like when she wanted me to go home I went to her at CSC. Ellipses never go wrong. ^__^ And some pictures followed! 8DD

The last thing I wanna mention are Tenimyu birthdays!! Seigaku 1st cast's Fuji Syuusuke, KIMERU and Rikkai 1st cast's Yagyuu Hiroshi, Baba Toru!! A happy, happy birthday to you both!!!

The Photographer Itch

Today I decided to take my digicam out and take some decent pictures after quite some time. Most of them, of course, turned out to be ones of sceneries or nature as I made my way to MC to wait for Kai's class to end. That's probably why I chose my new layout as such. ^^b

The first is a of a growing tree in Bellarmine Field in school. I feel kind of sad that the grass around it wasn't a lush green as the rest of the field was. But then again, the field in its entirety is pretty banged up.

The second is a picture of the Church of the Gesu in our campus. The 'vines' hanging from the trees are actually Christmas lights that are put up usually for the Christmas season. Though from experience that's just there all year round (unless I don't notice it enough when they put it down xD).

Finally, the third is a picture of the sky with the Philippine flag raised on its pole from the MC Lower Lanai.