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Hiblang pag-asa…nasaan na? (LP 97)
Mar 17th
*Ang mababasa ninyo ay totoong kaganapan. Sa kasalukuyan ay tuloy pa rin ang pagsisiyasat sa krimen na ito. Ipagpaumanhin din ninyo na ibang klaseng HIBLA ang aking entry sa araw na ito, nais ko kasing i request sa inyo na ipagdasal si Milly at ang kanyang pamilya.*
Eksaktong isang linggo ang nakaraan ng tumakbo sa himpilan ng pulisya ang nanay ni Milly Boele. Ini report nya na nawawala ang kanyang 12 taong gulang na anak! Ilang oras lamang ang nakakaraan ay kausap pa nya si Milly sa telepono ng biglang sinabi ng dalagita: “de buurman voor de deur, ik moet ga” ( nasa pintuan ang kapitbahay (lalaki) ibababa ko na telepono ) Ang mga katagang ito ay binago ng polisya at imbes na kapitbahay ay ‘may lalaki sa pinto’ ang kanilang ibinahagi sa media…strategy daw ito. Reported as ‘missing’ lang ang dalagita ng unang gabing iyun. More >
PUNO (LP 95: Kalikasan)
Mar 3rd
Weird ba ako? Kasi naging tree hugger ako lalo na kapag nakakakita ako ng magagandang puno! Na-appreciate ko hindi lang ang ganda nila kundi pati na rin ang kahalagahan nila sa planetang ito. Minsan nga mas masarap pa kausap ang puno keysa ibang tao na mahirap umunawa. Alam nyo bang ang pinakamatandang puno ay nadiskubre sa Sweden? Sinasabing ang kanyang trunk ay mahigit-kumulang na 600 years old pero ang ugat nito ay 9,500 years old, ganuon katanda!
Pero itong puno ko, hindi ako alam kung gaano katanda. Pero ang alam ko ay isa syang magandang nilalang ng kalikasan. Napansin ko sya ng pasukin namin ang isang lugar sa Roma na puno ng ruins. Natatangi ang puno na ito na nakatayo sa parteng iyun (see 2nd photo)
Paano na kaya tayo kung walang puno sa ating paligid, ano?
Maligayang araw ng Litratong Pinoy sa inyong lahat!
Let’s go inside the Colosseum (061)
Mar 3rd
I’m postimg more than 1 photo for my project 365 this time.
They’re all clickable to enlarge.
Photo on top: A cross that would greet you upon entering the ground area of the Colosseum. Would have loved to shoot it without anyone standing there though… More >
Rome Colosseum (part 2)
Mar 2nd
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First photo was taken while I was seated just in front of the Colosseum. Coming straight from the aiport, we just dropped our luggages in the hotel and immediately walked here. I was so impressed I just wanted to sit there until it gets dark. Which we did due to my request to my husband that I also want to capture it in the evening. So while waiting…yes, I just sat there and look…and look….
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and sometimes would stand up, walk around and capture parts that I didn’t want to forget..such as this 2nd shot (faulty camera setting, argh!) anyhow, can you see how they constructed the arches? geniaal!
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This 3rd shot was taken while I was at the top of a double decker bus (on our second day on the way to the Vatican.) See the outer wall? Just a small piece of it was left. It’s a shame that a big part of it was broken down and that the said parts were stolen to build houses and buildings around Rome. It also seems riddled with holes, that’s because the lead metals which were connecting the arches (also supporting the building) were stolen..leaving ‘holey’ memories.
here’s a short video I made with my camera..
Rome Colosseum, up close (059)
Mar 1st
Welcome March! I hope you brought challenges, loads of good news and surprises with you!
New month means new (and old) photos for this photoblog. I’ll try my best not to post flowers though I still have a bunch on my files. I hope I’ll be given a chance to shoot outside as temperature is slowly rising in Holland, the sun comes out once in a while…oh how I miss the sun! Buhbye winter, I wont be missing you! But rains are also here….*sigh*
From my files, this was taken in Rome December of last year. You don’t see much of the Colosseum shot this close but I always find it interesting to shoot up- close historic and popular attractions like this or this. I was in total awe , jaw dropped, the very first time I saw this impressive Roman architecture. I’ll be sharing other shots of the colosseum, both outside and inside the coming days.
I wish you a fine week!
Rome Colloseum at sunset (039)
Feb 8th
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I was really really surprised at the quality of this mobilephone. Taken using my Nokia 5800 Xpresmusic (which I thought it was only good for playing mp3s, boy I was wrong!) While waiting for my husband to finish off his smoke I thought I’d take more photos of the colosseum. Tired of the big ones that I was carrying and using the whole day, I took out my mobilephone and snapped a few. This was one of them.
Photo was not edited at all. I only placed a watermark, that’s all.
Magustuhan o Maibigan (LP 89)
Jan 20th
Noong nakaraang taon, buwan ng Disyembre ay napagpasyahan naming mag-asawa na sa Italia (Roma) iselebra ang aming ika-10 anibersaryo. Makulimlim ang Holland ng nilisan namin pero ganuon na lang ang tuwa namin ng dumating kami sa Italia na sikat na sikat ang araw! Noong nasa Rome Fiumicino Airport (Leonardo da Vinci) pa lang kami ay akala ko hindi ko magugustuhan ang aming pagbisita dahil sa mga arogante ang mga Italiano sa mga kiosks! Kakaiba talaga, na parang galit sila sa mga naglalakbay o turista. Pero syempre walang urungan at nanduon na kami, at isa pa, hindi ko hahayaang sirain ng kung sino lang ang aming anibersaryo, di ba?
Ang matutunghayan ninyo ay loob (ng itaas ) ng St. Peter’s Basilica na binisita namin sa pangalawang araw.
Ang disenyo ng ceramic tile mural na ito ay isa lamang sa makikita nyo kapag naakyat na dome nito. Makipot ito at halos kailangan mo tumabingi para bigyang daan ang mga taong gustong lumakad sa likod o harap mo. ( O siguro kasi mataba ako kaya kailangan ko tumabingi para makadaan sila he he)
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Nababakuran ito ng metal..siguro ay para na rin sa kapakanan ng mga dumadalaw o walang magtangkang magpatiwakal dito.
Ang parteng hindi ko nagustuhan ay ang 320 na bilang ng hagdan na kailangan mong tahakin upang maka-akyat dito! Habang himihingal ay sandali akong tumigil upang kunan ang makipot na hagdan…mabuti na lang at winter ng kami ay pumunta doon, naiimagine nyo ba kung gaano kainit dito kapag summer?!
hay naku, talagang hapong hapo ang kasiksikan ko kaya umupo muna ako sa isang tabi…sa labas lang ito ng souvenir store sa itaas ng church na kung saan ay nakilala ko ang isa sa mga madre na nagbabantay sa mga paninda..isa syang Filipina, si sister Fatima..sayang at hindi ako humiling na kunan sya ang larawan.. (yung ale sa larawan ay papasok sa souvenir store)
Ang mga naglalakihang rebulto ng mga santo sa itaas ng simbahan..may rehas kaya hindi sila malalapitan ng husto. Ipinasok ko na lang ng bahagya ang lens ng camera sa pagitan ng mga rehas para kumuha ng larawan..
Ang nagustuhan kong parte, at tiyak na magugustuhan nyo rin …na makita ang ciudad ng Vatican mula sa tuktok ng simbahan. Waging wagi kahit hiningal ang kasiksikan ko. 
PS. may isa pala akong hindi nagustuhan ng araw na iyun..nakaligtaan kong kunan ng larawan ang Pieta, ang likha ng mga kamay ni Michael Angelo! (*engot to self*)
enihawkalabaw, sana naman ay nagustuhan ninyo ang aking lahok sa Huwebes na ito…Happy LP sa inyong lahat!!
The Vatican City (002)
Jan 2nd
December 11, 2009 was the day. I finally got the chance to see this place. ‘Indrukwekkend!’ (Impressive!) once you reach the top of St. Peter’s Basilica and get a full view of the smallest country in the world both by population and area.
The name “Vatican” is ancient and predates Christianity, coming from the Latin Mons Vaticanus, meaning Vatican Mount. The territory of Vatican City is part of the Mons Vaticanus, and of the adjacent former Vatican Fields where St. Peter’s Basilica, the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel, and museums were built, along with various other buildings. The area was part of the Roman rione of Borgo until 1929. Being separated from the city, on the west bank of the Tiber river, the area was an outcrop of the city that was protected by being included within the walls of Leo IV, and later expanded by the current fortification walls of Paul III/Pius IV/Urban VIII. When the Lateran Treaty of 1929 that gave the state its present form was being prepared, the boundaries of the proposed territory were influenced by the fact that much of it was all but enclosed by this loop. For some tracts of the frontier, there was no wall, but the line of certain buildings supplied part of the boundary, and for a small part of the frontier a modern wall was constructed. The territory includes St. Peter’s Square, distinguished from the territory of Italy only by a white line along the limit of the square, where it touches Piazza Pio XII. St. Peter’s Square is reached through the Via della Conciliazione which runs from the Tiber River to St. Peter’s. This grand approach was constructed by Benito Mussolini after the conclusion of the Lateran Treaty.
souce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City
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