THANK YOU FINLAND!

I once told here that I was surprised to receive a "thank you" postcard from Finland. Moreover, another Finnish gave me a pin holder. I just met them through postcroosing. I cay say people from Finland are really nice and also sweet. And I am not surprise that BBF housemates treated Cathy warmly during her stay in Big Brother house Finland.

This video makes me admire Finns more! Thanks to Fikavi for sharing this video.

ILOILO'S SKYLINES

I admit, I don't like the city views before. It is because I can't see the overall view of the sky above. Big and tall buildings block the beauty of the clear sky at night surrounded by stars and the full moon. Awoooooo! Kidding. Until when I was looking for nice city views to shoot for this week's photo assignment theme "skylines" (by Kate) that I appreciate the beauty of the city.

The Castle Hotel


Iloilo Provincial Capitol- Exit gate

Iloilo Provincial Capitol- The entrance gate

Days Hotel

SM City- Iloilo

Gaisano City

Out-of-Town skyline- surrounded by tall trees

Now, join me to roam the cities around the world and see skylines through FSO. Let's go!

POSTCROSSING PROJECT 01

I am still active in postcrossing. Every week, I receive some postcards from different countries. I send some postcards in return to continue the postcard project. I have already more than a hundred postcards from all over the world. Most of them came from Europe. I'm so glad I found postcrossing.










Last week, I received a postcard from China. The view of Hutong Panjia. I liked the Beijing Olympic 2008 stamp very much.


At the same time, I received another postcard from Canada. It's Toronto's Chinatown. What a coincidence!


Today, I sent 4 postcards to four different countries- Germany, The Netherlands, USA and Finland. I send a postcard depends on the postcrosser's choice.

Writing a a message adds to the beauty of the postcard the beautiful stamp(s). I wrote about the BBF housemate Katlin on the postcard I sent to Finland.


The postcrosser from USA wished to have a nice stamp so I put President Cory Aquino's stamp.
Postcrossing is a fair postcard project. In order to receive some postcards, you will send 5 postcards first. It makes you excited everyday. You don't know what postcard you gonna receive. It just surprise you. You give the same feeling to other postcrossers. I am enjoying the project. I am already a year member. Thanks to postcrossing!

AFRIQUE'S SPECIAL

Gourmet pizza, pasta, steaks, more...

I just came back from a Halloween-out-of-town vacation. While on my way to the city, my high school classmate and friend Harry texted me. Namgamusta lang naman. Fresh from vacation daw ako. "Tired from vacation siguro", I replied.

I am not used to post my photos here anymore but I wish this will be the last. We decided to dine after our spa session on Sunday evening.

Parang epal lang

Harry and I used to see each other lately. Talking about everything like life, relationship, career and more. I even asked him: When you remember the weird things you've done, natatawa ka rin ba? It was just a one line question but he answered longer than the pasta we ate. When I am with him, tumataas ang self-confidence ko. Ma-PR yan kasi. He talks a lot and I am a good listener.

Harry- pang-celebrity raw name niya

And I am not used to post foods here on my blog for the fact that I don't know how to cook. Moreover, I am too shy to take photos in a restaurant or in public places. Talagang mahiyain ako in person. Dito lang ako madaldal. Trivia 'yan.

I love pasta ever!

This is Afrique's special

With the paper cloth that served as the table cloth, I wanna share you the things written on it:

You know you're a Filipino if...

*you nail all photographs on your walls in the living room
*you say comfort room instead of rest room
*you say for take out instead of to go
*you point with your lips
*you nod upwards to greet someone
*your nickname is Boy
*you ask for Colgate instead of toothpaste
*you eat underdeveloped duck eggs
*you pronounce the word ALREADY as OLREYDI
*you say KODAKAN instead of take pictures
*you refer to your refrigerator as PRIDYIDER
*you have a Last Supper quilt on your dining wall
*you hang a rosary on the rear view mirror of your car
*you have a Santo Niño shrine in your living room
*you say "HOY" to get someone's attention
*you call somebody "pssst"
*you say kutex instead of nail polish
*you put hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say "excuse, excuse"
*You dip bread in your morning coffee

AFRIQUE'S
107 Castilla St., Jaro, Iloilo City (0335092811)
242 Gen Hughes St., Iloilo City (0335096092)

CASPER AND FRIENDS

Last Thursday my office mates and I went to Christ the King Memorial Park to light up a candle and to offer a prayer for our boss who died nearly two years ago. We reached the place passed 5 o'clock in the afternoon and it was already dark.



I took photos everywhere but one of my office mate told me not to. Baka raw may ma-kodakan akong kakaiba. Oh-oh. And whose pair of eyes was that?

Maybe it was Casper's

I set the camera mode into sunset because I still saw the sunset's beautiful color. Si Casper and friends ba yan? Or si bosing at mga parents niya? Yung puntod kasi na binisita namin ay tatlo. Hala!

It was just a camera trick not a Halloween trick. My hands were kinda trembling when I took the photo above. But when I changed the camera mode from sunset to night mode, the photo below showed the real view of the place. The three casper-look-alike above were actually the lamp posts.


HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! awooooooo!!!

P.S. This is a scheduled post.

GOLD COIN & GOLD BULLION COLLECTIONS

My online friend from Florida have gold bullion and gold coin collections. I was really surprised when he showed his gold bullion collection on cam. Gold is indeed a great investment. It's value increase from time to time. In fact, my sister also has a collection of Chinese gold. Now, I am convinced to start collecting gold coins too. I have already a list of gold coins to collect such as Liberty Quarter Eagle, Saint Gaudens Double Eagle, Gold American Eagle, Gold South African Krugerrand, Gold Canadian Maple Leaf, American Buffalo, Australian Gold Nugget, Austrian Gold Philharmonic, Chinese Gold Panda and more.

SAME COLORS

It's Saturday! The last day of October! November, December.... Oh no! The year 2009 will end so soon.

I did not report to work today. I just fixed my things because I will go with my sister to visit my family in the province. It's been like ages the last time I went there.

I am looking forward for the month of November. Long weekend! Yahoo! And I can't wait to watch The New Moon. What else? There are lots of work to do at the same time. Forget about it!

I am thinking what's contribution this blog. It's like basura na. I am into photography, arts, postcrossing but this blog is like halo-halo na walang katuturan.

Anyways, I am still into collecting hankies spicifically Armando Caruso. My high school classmate and friend warned me not to continue. Baka luluha raw ako ng bongga-bongga. Ouch! I hate crying and once in a rainy summer lang yan mangyayari.

In collecting hankies, I noticed that some clothes I bought were the same color with the hankies I collected. It's accidental since I bought the hankies before the shirts. But I love that my hanky match with my shirt I wear for the day.




Lahat yan binili ko on sale. lol



Enjoy your long Halloween vacation everyone!

FSO- PARK LANDSCAPES

A park is an area of open space provided for recreational use, usually owned and maintained by a local government.

Statue of the sisters of St. Paul de Charles of France in 1904, Dumaguete City. I was reading it's history.

Jaro bell tower


Pototan mini park at daytime

and at nighttime

This week photo assignment is all about park landscapes by Jarielyn. Let's visit parks around the world in FRIDAY- MY TOWN SHOOT OUT.