Posts under ‘Photographs & Memories’

In 2000, I wrote a short story which somehow featured the sweetness of Philippine Mango. One specific dialogue about it went this way “I frequent this place to buy the sweetest ripe mangoes in the world” – telling something I, and many other Filipinos know by heart.

“I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.” Renewing my wedding vow to a best friend… a confidant… the love of my life… Happy 5th wedding [...]

If you’re mind races back to the past and starts playing “pagmulat ng mata, laging nakatawa sa Batibot” (which is literally translated as “upon waking up, [one] is already with a smile in Batibot”) when you hear the name Pong Pagong, then you have the big walking turle’s syndrome in you the way I do!
Yap, [...]

Each year, March 8 is International Women’s Day and the celebration goes on for the whole month.  This year marks the organization’s 100th year, thus making it a widely spread event. In connection to this, I made a personal pledge to feature several things, issues, photos and the like about women for this month.

To start with, [...]

It is every parent’s happiness to see their children grow in such ways that would develop them into the individuals that they want to be. As such, you’d find good parents behind every child’s hopes and dreams.
My brother and his wife must be happy and proud of one of their “angels on earth” as she [...]

Photo booths, like tarpaulins and slide shows are now hot items
in affluent families’s “must have” list when planning for birthday parties. Aside from documenting an event, a photo booth serves many other purposes. Come and see for yourself why you, too, should embrace the “photo booth (PB) madness” as the budget dictates. 
PB Romance. Find an [...]

I could say we’ve been favored by God because He has blessed our family with good health and so many blessings. But 2010 proved to be a tough year to beat for us, as we experienced several challenges, losses and heartaches. Still, we thank God because the hardships altogether made us thicker than water as a [...]

In two weeks time, we were able to squeeze in three birthday parties in three different settings.
Birthday party #1, which happened to be Noah A. Gonzales’s 7th birthday happened at Jollibee Circumferential in Cabanatuan City.  It is an indoor gathering with the classic crispy chicken and sweet spaghetti meal plus a bunch of parlor games [...]