October Photobooth

Hello November! It’s that time of the month where I look back to all my photos in Photobooth and relive some parts of me in the past month. To begin my archives, I’m gonna start off with a bulleted format of the “things” I did this October.

  • CinePhone. My unending Facebook advertising for people to vote for my entry with the hope of winning a massive amount of 25,000 that I know will all be given to charity. Ha! Kidding. I don’t know what to do about it yet.
  • Darla happened? Yes. A new addition to the family. A mini dachshund that eats everything that gets in her way.. including her own poop.
  • My sister got admitted in the hospital for Dengue Fever. Stayed in the hospital for 5 days doing errands and wandering along the streets of Fuente.. alone.. for the first time! Sorry but I almost cried when I thought I got lost looking for a bakeshop that one time.
  • My aunt from Australia just came home! Hehe.. I had a bikini and “some big amount of money” for pasalubong. I hate bikinis haha, so I gave them to my sister instead.. she collects them.
  • Finally did my room some cleaning after 2 months of clothes everywhere.. damn.

My photos start here:

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not mirrored: favorite drink of all time with some toasted mamon
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oh.. a “fuck you” sign.. i feel so rebellious..
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guess my hair just looked nice it has to have a picture of it.. yes
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tried one of the many tattoos on the October issue of K-zone.. didn’t last for a day.. bummer
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choco torta for dinner because diet haha
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hipster John Lennon for halloween

 

A Dream About Aoki

The following statements were taken from my dream journal and will be written as it is in the notebook. Incorrect grammar and improper use of punctuations and SVA are to be expected.

I dreamt about Steve Aoki last night, which is this guy:

ImageHe’s an Asian-American electro house musician and I found out about him just this year. I preferred him more than Skrillex. (Shit, what a hot picture of him. I must calm myself down.) I do not know why I dreamt about him for the first time, last night. It was unexpected. But because I really want to have some proof why he was in my dream last night, I must say, maybe I liked his post on Facebook just before I went to sleep. I mean, I always do.

I don’t know about me and guys with long hair.

Anyway, this is how my dream went:

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steve aoki came into my house last night.

we had a party at my house and i think i invited him thru text. i think we’re pretty close that time, the dating kinda thing. i waited for him at the living room, i was wearing my favorite oversized jacket. i look sick and tired. when he arrived, my family were the only ones who witnessed because he came earlier, maybe because i dont want him to get caught up with fans.

he sat right beside me and we talked awkwardly, i think we already met before and i think we have mutual feelings for each other because i felt like i have to awkwardly talk to him because my parents were there and i dont like them to think that he is my boyfriend.

i saw him texting and i think i read the text. i had a feeling that it was another girl. he even hid his phone right away. he was wearing white vneck and his hair was long and messy. he had big eyebags but god he was so hot.

after i saw the text, i felt betrayed so i told him to eat and then left him just that. i went to the bedroom, our house was like in tipolo, so it was really small. while laying in bed, i imagined him being entertained by my mom, then he should go over the buffet and get food. afterwards, he should sit in one of the chairs and eat. then he should be full and sit down somewhere.

when he was finished, i saw him sit on a chair with some few people and he was just there, silent and very very awkwardly texting or maybe he was tweeting.

in the room came my cousins bringing the dogs inside. i saw a labrador, or maybe it was romeo, then darla suddenly became hush brown, and another dog i have no idea what kind but i know he was hush brown too. my mind just couldnt get his image right now.

they were playing on the bed and god the dogs were so polite. darla lay in bed in a funny position which made everyone of us laugh especially me, and i kind of laughed more because i wanted him to see me laughing. lol. i had a view of him from where i was seated in bed and he had a clear view of me too but i doubt he was even looking.

after that, my dream suddenly brought me into the setting of our new house, here in liloan. there were lots of people. lotssss. super. i think we had some kind of culminating activity here inside our house for fucks sake i dont know why. i was seated at a sofa and because i think i was so sick, i occupied most of the sofa with my whole body on it, my lower part covered with blanket so people wont see my legs.

i had a good view of the presentation here. the presentors started singing. and there was a video on the projector and i think it was one of the works of the students there.

the students were i believe, from san carlos. because i saw some of my classmates there too, only, this culminating activity was a CAS subject, just like what we did in polsci.

i tried connecting to the wifi to check steve aoki’s twitter coz i am pretty sure he tweeted something about his stay here.. or not. i just had to make sure he is okay. because i dont see him anywhere. i was looking for him. but because of what he did awhile ago, i kind of flipped over and realized that i am just one of his fans and that he could never love me as a lover but only one of his fans and girl toy.

i saw a tweet and it was a photo of him jumping over a wall. the caption was, “made a jump over a wall my heart fell”

i felt like wow. i assumed that “my heart fell” was for me. you know how my mind works. i suddenly felt bad because i took him for granted. that he shouldnt be left alone because he was my visitor. so i searched the crowd to find him, but i didnt leave my seat. i was just right there raising my head and scanning.

then he stood from a chair. lol, so he was still sitting on that chair all this time. how bad am i!

i think he got annoyed because of the presentation that he decided he should get out of here and it is a crappy party. he passed through the students performing and there he was, going towards me, and my mind was thinking he found me and that he came to say goodbye. so i got my legs off from the sofa to make room for him but when he came closer to me now with his head bowed down to gesture that he is excusing himself, he pretended i was invisible. i was never there.. and then i saw him, i saw his face, his eyebags, his thick eyebrows, his hair so long at each sides of his face lowered down because he was bowing his head through the crowd.

i forced myself to not look at him and pretend that i didnt see him as well. shit, my ego.

he passed by some of my classmates, alexander mendoza and mark lester estremos, lol i dont know why mark lester was there and they were even friends with alexander haha, and i am sure alex recognized him so i looked out the window to see them follow steve to look further.

i put my legs back on the sofa and this time, i was close to crying so hard.

i pushed him away. i took him for granted. fuck. steve aoki and i just treated him like he was just some boy?!! what was i thinking!!! this is insane, i wanna cry so bad.

and then somebody accidentally touched my feet. he was leaning his hands on the sofa and he accidentally put his hands on my feet. i sensed some pain but i was too depressed to feel the pain. my heartache is stronger than the ache on my feet.

i saw the guy and he was that guy in cafa. a friend of paco. i dont know his name, but i really know his face. i always see him in cafa looking at me, and i sensed some aura between us that really wanted to collide because i stare at him for awhile, and he would too. but it’s always complicated. we dont know each other and he is too popular for me.

but he was at my party. at my house. on the sofa where i was seated. he accidentally touched my feet as he leans his hand. he said sorry, he smiled and fuck this shit, i smiled as well and told him it was okay. i dont know why i didnt get my feet off the sofa but i think i was just too sick to even care and hurt after steve aoki left.

i see alex and lester enter the room and went to the sofa adjacent to mine. when alex sat, i looked at him and i felt like he was happy because he just saw something that would make him happy. and i remembered he was a fan of steve aoki, so maybe thats why. and then he said in an accomplished way, he was smiling and in a middle volumed voice, he said “STEVE AOKI” with a very emphasized tone.

and then i started to feel guilty. if i never left him at the first place, he would have never left and he will be sitting on the sofa with me now so i dont have to bring my legs on the sofa instead. if i never left him, my classmates would see me with him and they would recognize him and they would all be whispering things about us and talking about how lucky i am to even get in touch with him. if i never left him my classmates would think i am the coolest and that i have the coolest boyfriend in the world. i should have stopped him and asked him why he is leaving so soon. i should have stopped him by touching his arm so he could notice me and he would stop and talk to me and explain why he is leaving. then i would go out with him and walk him to his car and say goodbye and he would actually kiss me.

i frowned even more, close to crying, thinking how bad i really was. i took him for granted. i let him go just like that. my pride took over my ego and i just let, a very beautiful thing, go out of my life even though i knew he was sincere enough to skip a recording or a gig or a tour to come by my house to attend the dullest party in the whole world. i realized he was sincere. yes he was. coz if he wasnt, then he would have never flew to the philippines just to see me.

what a sad dream that was….

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Sad isn’t it? I cried when I woke up.

Maybe the dream is telling me something precious would be gone forever if I don’t realize its worth in my life as soon as possible. Maybe it’s telling me something ain’t right, and I should make it right. Maybe it’s telling me that in my current situation, my pride is taking over my life and I would never have another chance if I let it take over.

Dreams… Oh well..

Date A Girl Who Takes Photographs (found)

Date a girl who takes photographs. Date a girl whose favorite sound is the click-click of the shutter as it closes and opens to capture a memory. Date a girl who sees the wonder in the simplest things. Date a girl who looks at the world and wonders how to put a little of herself in it.

You might find her in the park, lost behind her lens, the world a blur around her as she tries to capture a single moment in time. You might find her in an exhibit, a look of concentration on her face as she contemplates a photograph that called out to her as she was passing by.

Or maybe you will find her in a bookstore, a book in her lap as she pores over photographs of weddings all the while wondering what hers would look like.

Take her out to photo walks and laugh as she tries to take a picture of you. When she gets tired of walking, buy her cupcakes but wait until she has taken pictures of them before proceeding to eat them. Listen as she tells you her ideas for a photo shoot on the ride home.

Take her to a restaurant and wait patiently as she surveys the menu carefully, appreciating the food photography. And again, wait until she has taken a photo of your food before digging in. Allow her to introduce you to Ansel Adams while you both eat your lunch. Introduce her to your favorite musician as you wait for the bill to arrive. When you get home, change your Facebook profile picture into a photograph she took of you. She silently hoped for it.

Take stolen shots of her. Compile it and give it to her on her birthday. Tell her you love her over and over until your voice replaces the click of the shutter as her favorite sound. Kiss her after she lifts her head up from the camera. Give her camera-shaped necklaces. Go places with her.

You will never be bored again.

Date a girl who takes photographs. She will never whine about a little dirt on her favorite pair of jeans as she kneels down to get a better angle of her subject. She will never be afraid to take adventures with you. She will take photographs of you not just with her camera but with her mind as well and keep it to herself to admire at night. But above all, she will teach you how to look at the world with a brand new perspective and she will do that unknowingly.

Marry a girl who takes photographs. Ditch those wedding photography books and give her the most beautiful wedding you could. She will teach your kids to find the beauty in everything just as she had taught you.

Every day will be an adventure as she tries to create photograph-worthy memories with you. She may wake you up in the middle of the night because she is buzzing with ideas but she will make it up in the morning with a stack of hot pancakes beside a steaming cup of your favorite coffee blend.

Grow old with a girl who takes photographs. Sit with her on the front porch as you both pore over the bits and pieces of the moments you’ve had together. Stroke her hair as you both relive the photo walks that you took and the places you have been when you were both young. Smile as you both reenact your clever wedding vows.

Date a girl who takes photographs because she will always see that “something” in the most “nothing” of things.  She will never let anyone take you away from her like she never lets anyone steal her photos and that is just one of the evidences that she loves you.

xoxo