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The Last Whisper of the Sun 27 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
Webs of light, clouds all white and fluffy hanging magically in the sky, scribbles of fire, the last of the light.. they’ll feed your soul with colors in an instant.
Thatched Hut 22 Aug 2013 | 01:35 pm
I spent many happy childhood years living in a nipa hut, a traditional house in the Philippines. Locally, we call it bahay kubo. Its roofs and walls are usually made of thatched nipa palm. Sometimes...
Fiesta! 15 Aug 2013 | 06:27 am
Always colorful, always full of merry-making, always festive: that is the Philippine town fiesta. Once a year, each town, village, or barangay celebrates its fiesta, usually to honor a patron saint. ...
How Big Are Our Problems? 12 Aug 2013 | 12:09 pm
While he works every day almost breaking his neck by carrying heavy vegetable loads for a measly amount not even enough for a decent meal, we complain about not having a grand party or fashionable clo...
By the Window 8 Aug 2013 | 09:39 am
You go around looking for subjects to photograph on an ordinary day. Then you see them, two children by the window, bathed in innocence and radiating happiness. You click the shutter and you go home f...
What Lays Beyond? 6 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
The decaying bricks, the worn wood timber, the beguiling mystery of this ancient door. Where does it lead? Adventures? Shall we enter it? I’ll go first, but will you come with me?
Back to the Barrio 2 Aug 2013 | 03:32 pm
A serene morning scene in the countryside: mothers washing clothes outdoors, children dipping in the stream, the sun peeking through foliage. Life goes on at a slow pace. I hope for many days as simpl...
Doors 30 Jul 2013 | 11:59 am
“Be an opener of doors” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Stairways to Heaven 22 Jul 2013 | 03:45 pm
They need no introduction to my fellow Filipinos and to many people from many parts of the world who have seen their beauty. Built about 2,000 years ago, it is hard to believe how the inhabitants of ...
Out in the Woods at 5AM 12 Jul 2013 | 07:22 am
Nature paints different views at different hours during the day. Once, while I was in the woods at 5AM, it painted faded hues and soft tones of black and gray. Though it was still a bit dark and my c...
