A Random Sunday
By Erika Yamaguchi
5 Apr 2009
Well, usually Sundays are boring for us. Me, my brother, sister and nephew decided to do something fun just to pass time, before the mass actually begins.
My family decided to hear mass in Tagaytay. Because my mom thinks its a very solemn place to reflect with God. And she added, "Because its cold up there." Weather here in manila is terribly HOT!
So, we all agreed with this plan. But guess what, it wasn't cold, it was HOT!
We arrived there, 12noon, grabbed some lunch, chilled and went to the church.
Boredom caught us surprisingly, because it turned out to be something worth keeping.
We arrived early for mass, thinking that it it'll start at 4pm. To our surprise, the mass starts at 5pm! I got pissed with this, because i was planning to shoot the great outdoors! I needed time! so, with this came our idea!
First we decided to go to an empty parking lot. As we approached this place, we thought it was really interesting! So, we started to jump around and take silly shots.
I'm not in the photos because I'm taking them! :)
BORED BORED BORED! i thought nothing else could go wrong but.... my ...... SLR.... FELL!!!!!!
WHAT THE F@****K!!! My heart pounded!! i couldn't breathe!
I actually felt my chest hurting! so, going back to the story. Yes, my camera fell, but thankfully God is really really kind! Nothing happened to my camera!
Still in shock, but, what can i say, i love taking photographs, so might as well move on! So, i took photos of my family jumping around. If you are wondering what their holding, its this thing called "Palaspas" here in the philippines. We have it blessed every Palm Sunday. So after boredom, we went back in to hear mass to have it blessed.
Right after mass, i said to myself,"this is a perfect spot." I told my sister if she could pose for me, and she did! i took shots of her in the field! i'm really really happy with the results. Night came, my mom decided to go to the market, bored again i took photos of meat stands.
Then night came, our day ended with a beautiful view of tagaytay. I wasn't able to do my plans for that day. But i am really happy with how things worked out! Specially my shots! They maybe a result of boredom, but its a KEEPER!
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Marc Dynamite gave props (23 Jul 2009):
Sounds like an interesting day. And yes, Manila is friggin' steaming, hot.
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