black n' white - it's back to basic

I believe that black and white pictures speaks alot about its hidden meaning. It provides details of the subject that you might somehow overlook in color. The pictures are teeming with emotions and highlights the profound definition of the subject. Black and white allows you to think deeper on what the picture is all about by not merely looking on one spot for you have to consider the hue and contrast of the entire subject.

Here are some of my shots taken in a black and white mode. just sharing :)

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want a job?

Do you want to have a high paying job, bonus every sales you do, learn multi-tasking, overdose with coffee, insomnia, hypertension, stress and all those kind of stuffs? Name it, call center have it! :) Salary wise, the compensation is not bad. But do you have an idea how a call center agent manage his regular shift at work? I got this funny video from a friend (with a little exaggeration of course!) that really made me laugh. Hope you'll enjoy watching this one.. :)

Now, do you still want to work in this kind of environment? Think again :)

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bear? anyone?

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Do you love bears? So how many teddy bears you received from your boyfriend so far? me, I don't have a boyfriend of course, but i would like to have a panda! (just kiddin!) I got an email from an anonymous source showing pictures of cute and huggable pandas! Set aside teddy for now, because here comes the panda! :) Look how adorable they are, they look like your living teddy bears. So, be careful boys, don't ask your girlfriend the next time which bear they want to have as their birthday present, they might ask you for this PANDA bear!

But do you know that these darling pandas are survivors of the recent tremor in China? On May 12 of this year, China was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and one of the affected area is the Wolong National Nature Reserve - the breeding center of these lovely pandas. Pandas are now highly threatened- I'm sure everyone is thankful because they were saved from the quake! :)

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mamma mia, oh my!

"Mamma mia, here I go again My my, how can I resist you? Mamma mia, does it show again? My my, just how much Ive missed you..la la la" Mamma Mia! my, oh my! I am not a good singer but i can't help myself but to sing! Whew! I'm still having a last song syndrome with the movie mamma mia! I haven't watched a musical story like this after the 2007 film Enchanted portrayed by Amy Adams as Giselle and Patrick Dempsey as Robert Philip.

This is an adaptation from ABBA-inspired musical in broadway which has the same title. Mamma Mia is a feel good movie to watch not because of the good storyline but also because of the ABBA music that was perfectly tailored throughout the story.

The setting is so romantic because it was shot in Kalokairi, a fascinating island in Greece. It is a story of a single mom Donna (Meryl Streep) and her daughter who is a 20 year old girl named Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) who is wishing for a perfect a wedding- and that is to meet her father. That's why she is very aggressive in looking for her father just before her wedding.

After she found her mom's diary, she was surprised to discover that her mom had had romantic relationships with three men whom she unknowingly got impregnated and now battling with the idea of who fathered her daughter.

Without telling her mom, she decided to mail in three wedding invitation to three possible dad, living from three different cities-Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Bill Anderson (Stellan Skarsgård) and Harry Bright (Colin Firth) just to know her real father.

The movie also stars, Julie Walters as Rosie and Christine Baranski as Tanya. Donna's best friends and former band mates in Donna and the Dynamos who put excellent humor and fun in the movie.

If i am a movie critic, i will rate this movie with 5 stars! so, i will end up here guys, i will not spoil the beans. so if you want to take a break and relax, i really recommend this movie. you better watch it guys!

Here is the movie trailer.

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let's put a lil humor in life! =)

Sometimes we tend to put humor in everything that we do just to break a moment of stress. This post is not to discriminate women (cause i will not do it in any ways) but to give a little laugh to save our beautiful faces from sagging skin, dropping eyes and annoying wrinkles. I received an email from my aunt and would like to share the little humor about it. This post is for all men and of course for women who have a good sense of humor. :)

How do you describe a woman? If Mr. Webster and Mr. Google describes women as an adult female person. Aengineer describes women this way..

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world class profession tag

got tagged by Inkee

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Copy and paste everything to a new post and Add your name next to your profession (or profession-to-be for undergrads) in the list. Make sure your name is linked to your blog/webbie.

Tip: For easier capture of links, paste into your blog using the “Visual” (for WP) and Compose (for Blogger) modes (not Edit HMTL or HTML).

2. If your profession is not in the list then simply add it to the correct alphabetical place. For example, if you want to add PLUMBER then it should be placed in between ONCOLOGIST and QUEEN.

3. Tag as many people as you can and witness how your technorati will explode!

4. Don’t forget to link back.

THE WORLD CLASS PROFESSIONS

Architect - Nona
Blogger -
Call Center Agent - Dylan, Hannah
Doctor -
Entrepreneur - Inkee
Nurse - Mckhoii
Stay-at-Home-Mom - Mai, Alpha, Yen
Teacher -
University Employee - Suzanne

I’m passing this tag to Jules

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birthday girl

I just realized that featuring a person in your blog will make them feel very special, especially if you do it on their birthday. Now i understand that greeting them "happy birthday" would not be enough particularly if the person is so dear to you-unless you do it in a very special way.

Another special person is celebrating her 24th birthday today, my sister-yvanne. She is the second eldest daughter and at home we usually call her van, vantot or suri. she describes herself as..

But if someone will react, she always has a witty response, "ehem... simplicity is beauty..haha". she is a very simple person and i believed she also wanted to have a simply life as she always says "life isn't about finding yourself.. it's about creating yourself. just enjoy life".

It's your day sis! So just sit back, relax and celebrate the joy of life! This blog is our simple gesture of greeting you on this special day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SURI! :)

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googleistic job!

When you were in college have you ever thought of working on your current job? Or you are one of us who aspires for the best job in town? Me, actually i never thought that i will be working in a call center, I always wanted to work in a semi-conductor company and become an Engineer. But that thing did not happen because i need to consider certain factors. I think i cannot list all those reasons in here because this page will not be enough. hehehe..

By the way, do you have an idea how clever google is in taking care of it's employees? A friend of mine sent out some pictures that shows how lucky Google employees are. Just imagine yourself working in this big company, oh my! Will you ask for more? I've made a little video here. enjoy!:)

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haburdey!

define: a friend celebrating her birthday
function: [noun]
Pronunciation: [a'\ˈfrend\ˈse-lə-ˌbrāt-'ing\ˈhər\ ˈbərth-ˌdā\
Definition: A friend who is so sexy, beautiful, gorgeous, elegant, alluring, appealing, enchanting, captivating, charming, glamorous, seductive oh what else?! (whew! i run out of adjectives! hehehe..) am i too obvious that i am your friend? :)

Actually a good friend is celebrating her birthday today. So i, with the rest of the gang (jelibee family) would like to greet her in our very own special way through this blog.

This girl is very dear to us. We call her friend, sis, gurl, banana, bananerz, sexy, twirlie, "luvnijel" and alot more! she is the one and only SEXY GIRL HANNAH!!! Happy Birthday friend and we wish you all the best! :)

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deal or no deal

Did you ever come to the point asking yourself why you are still staying on your job wherein fact you are already fed up with your "so-called boss", toxic with your working environment, stressed out with some of the people on your department and come to realized that you are just dragging yourself to work? Sounds familiar isn't it? I must say most of the time people feel this pathetic feeling simply because-they are no longer happy with their job.

When was the last time you feel that you are excited and charged up for work? And do you still remember when was the last time you woke up and feel enthusiastic going to the office? Me, to be honest, I can no longer recall.

sometimes you may think that you are too whiner because you keep on complaining every now and then but time will come the situation will make you realize and let you understand what is really happening.

but why people like us keep on staying with that kind of job atmosphere if we are no longer happy with what we are doing? actually it's not because we are being choosy with our job-who doesn't want a rewarding job anyway, right? but we all have our own valid personal reason that we have to respect. some may have an option to QUIT on the circumstances but others don't have that option because they can only either bet DEAL or NO DEAL.

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chill out call center agents part ii :)

"Thank you for visiting my blog, my name is dylan how can i help you today?" hehehe.. just kiddin! :) btw, here are additional shots in bolinao pangasinan taken again using my ever "supportive" SEK800i (hope i can buy my own SLR camera soon) enjoy the beauty of the beach! :)

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chill out call center agents

Working in a call center is not an easy job. It is one of the most stressful job under a toxic working environment. All call center agents can attest to that. You keep on saying the same lines over and over again - "Hello this is blah! blah! blah!.."if you previously chose blah! blah!.."; " thank you for calling blah!blah!blah!" Whew! As if you are a stupid robot.

Anyway, enough with the bitterness. hehehe.. Stress is also the same reason why some of my close friends at work and I decided to take a break and relax. We have visited some of the beaches in Bolinao, Pangasinan last may of this year and i can say that our beaches are fantastic and amazing! We had our time to chill with mother nature, forget work for a moment and tried to enjoy every single minute of our stay.

To all call center agents out there-give yourself a break, you just don't need it but you deserve it! :) chill out and enjoy some of my shots below.

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good shots in unexpected time

Sometimes you can take good shots unexpectedly. Sometimes you just take a minute of break, go outside the lawn, take a little walk or sip a cup of coffee just to release some stress but you'll be surprised! Bingo! You'll discover a good angle with a proper lightning in an unexpected time. in short - a good SHOT!

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my first post

I am new to the bloggers world and to be honest, at this point in time I really don't know what to write and how to start but I am very much sure that I'll surely love this! I want to share my thoughts and my shots as a frustrated photographer in the blogosphere. This is my very first post and I want to share some of my shots. These pictures are taken in using a SE K8OOi. I call these shots as my "FLORALS". Enjoy the pictures guys! :)

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