Ilocos Norte

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Escapades of the Socially-Deprived
Ilocos Region
15 to 18 June 2012
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Yes, yes. I know it's been more than a year since I updated and went to this place but I've been... well, preoccupied. Better late than never, right?
 

The Groupie

Mt. Pulag

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2,922m Above Sea-level
Kabayan, Benguet
Cordillera Administrative Region
28 to 29 April 2012
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"The good thing about being a landscape photographer is that you have to seek out the landscape. You've got to be there, you've got to be present."

-- Per Bak Jensen

A friend from work and I had to arrange our schedules months before to secure 2 days rest for this trip. Both of us knew that it WILL be hell for us to go to work immediately after the climb itself so it was necessary that our bodies recuperate from the beating. And we were bloody right.

taken at the campsite

Anawangin Cove

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Brgy. Pundaquit
San Antonio, Zambales 
Central Luzon
05 to 09 April 2012
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As usual, I went to my brother's house the night before for early departure. The difference this time was I was sick with fever and flu. They were a bit worried but I told them that it was okay. Sea water and breeze are alternatives for saline solution-- a good thing if you have sticky phlegm that hinders breathing; plus, I haven't been out under the sun for God-knows-how-long already. True story. When your life revolves within hospital walls, it will seem like you're no longer friends with daylight-- the kinder type of daylight, and not the harshness of the afternoon heat...

and i soaked it all up-- sun, sea, and breeze.

Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA)

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San Narciso, Zambales
Central Luzon
21 February 2012 
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A day before, I received a text from my brother, asking if he could borrow the camera. He said he was going to PMMA the following day. I was suddenly very awake despite having just revived myself from a near coma-like state, induced by two 16-hours shift. Anyway, I replied and told him that Feb 21 was a rest day for me. He told me then that it'd be better if I slept in their house because we were leaving early; and, so I did.


We left the house at around 5:30am and passed by The Fort. Took pictures while waiting and experimented on the camera's shutter speed.

Parked