UdD@6UG PEARL DRIVE

"DHARMA", to start with, refers to the laws of life, which by its vague definition is characterized on how evidently multifarious things in life truly are. They perpetuate the paradox of transcending visual still images into reality. That is how Armi, Ean, Paul and Carlos got their band's name and often explains their music, having rather of a different kind of music influences that eventuate into a vigorous auditory sensation that allures different types of listeners all across the globe.

UdD @ 6UG

Just wanna share with all of you our fun friday night watching up dharma down live (for the first time) WE HAD A BLAST WATCHIN' THEM, and I am addicted with their MUSIC! This won't definitely be our last. I posted some pictures of the band for everyone.

UdD playing

Armi Millare

More pics

Ean Mayor

Here are some pics of Me and Toffee (both at Buxs and 6UG)

STATEMENT TEES

Statement tees are getting more and more popular nowadays. It has been a hit since day one and almost all the brands in the Philippines has already altered the trend of exhibiting clothes with different kinds of emotions and comical pick-up lines. It's always good to wear a statement tee just because in one way or another you're able to express yourself using it.I can still remember a couple of my first statement shirts that says " BOYS LIE" ha ha! (So true!) and one that says "Shopaholic" (True again!) If i can remember, I bought it in Anonymous and Fish way back in high school.



Its fun wearing statement shirts, catching other people's attention or by just making them laugh are the best part of it but there's just this one consequence of bumping in with somebody who's wearing the same t-shirt that you're wearing, Lets talk about inconvenience and awkwardness! ha ha!



I bought my latest statement tees 2 days ago, I've seen shirts like this over the internet but was too afraid to buy online. I just think money transfers are way too risky, there's this fear of not getting what you've paid for, or not having the exact design that you ordered, you also have to consider the size, color, or even the texture of the materials that they used. (Not to mention, the order form that you have to fill-up once you decided to purchase something..he he!) Luckily, while strolling with my friends at G4 we came across a booth named "The plain white shirt" wherein they are selling the exact shirts I wanted.( I uploaded some pics for you guys!)



I so love this "Little Miss Marian" shirt from the day i saw it online, why? simple, I am a pure blooded Marian and I'd be so proud to represent my school by just wearing those Tshirt (after all I won't be this good..ahem..ahem..ha ha!) plus it made me reminisce a lot about high school, friends, teachers, crushes, parties, night-outs, all those sorts of fun crazy things.


The other one I got says "Little Miss Snapshot" I bought this because I'm starting to develop a passion for photography its like seeing the artistic side of me progressing into something bigger and better. (After all I belong to a clan of artists, Its good to know that I inherited some of it.)

I think T-shirts can never go out of style just because it can be worn and paired with almost anything, and for better ways to wear it? make a STATEMENT be different and express yourself. =)

*032109*

I bought this yesterday after our shift at PRP, I call it my peeping shoes because of the mirror like stones attached to it.(very useful, specially with guys wearin' boxers!) he he he!
And yeah, I'm not making any sense at all.. ;)

then, We had sisig hooray for lunch..pfft.. that did not satisfy me at all.. I dunno, what we had yesterday was too oily..it turned out to be "sinebohang sisig".. Yikes! so, instead of indulging myself with too much cholesterol, I ended up buying a watermelon shake at fruit magic. Ok, enough with advertisements. (Its as if I'm gettin' paid with this..ha ha!)

Then later on we found out that G5 had just recently opened, (M.I.A.,much?)
that only meant a couple more hours of shopping for us.lol. ('',)

You never stop loving someone. It's more of just learning to deal with the pain of not having them anymore

I can't think of anything to write about, I've been staring at this "posting box"(if that's how you call it) for almost 30 minutes now..( if you know what i'm talking about). The thing is I can't stop thinking about this certain person and for some reasons I still can't get the "HIM" out my my head but I know I will be fine, it's not like the other times I've broken up with boyfriends, when I've been so heartbroken I've cried solidly for about three weeks and not wanted to go anywhere or do anything. Okay, I had that one night from hell, but since then I've been really okay, and at least I know there's no point living on false hope. At least I know it really is over so I can move on. But I have to say that this time I feel a bit numb, still in a state of shock, really, although I don't feel that my world has ended, not completely. I suppose that the light at the end of the tunnel, though not very bright, is at least still there. They say that it never hurts as much after the first time, and I suppose there's an element of truth in that, but they also say that every time you get hurt the barriers go up a little bit higher and you end up being hard and cynical, and not giving anything to anyone.

5 Basic things you have to know about Shutter Speed.

If you’re new and still unfamiliar with photography, you may clamber with some of the terms used in the business.

Abundantly, one of the most essential assumption in taking photographs is that of shutter speed. Learning to administer the shutter speed is delicate to pleasing pictures.

This article will accent 5 consequential facts about shutter speed, which you must apprehend to take admirable photographs in a wide range of conditions.

1. What is shutter speed?

Let’s start with a basic description of shutter speed. Now, the shutter in a digital camera is a fine sheet shielding the CCD (think of the CCD as ‘film’). When this shutter opens, it exposes light from the exterior onto the CCD, consequently permit a picture to be taken. The duration of time that the shutter remains open is termed the shutter speed.

The key concept is– the longer the shutter remains open (i.e. the lower the shutter speed), the greater the amount of light that is allowed into the camera. And vice versa, the faster the shutter closes (i.e. the higher the shutter speed), the smaller the amount of light that is allowed into the camera.

2. How is shutter speed expressed?

If you look at modern digital cameras, shutter speeds are usually expressed as 1/8th of a second. The range of shutter speeds can be expressed as: 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, with each one being a fraction of a second. Each speed in this series is roughly half that of the one on the left.

3. Choosing the Correct Shutter Speed

Here’s the important question. How do you select the correct shutter speed when taking photos? Well, if you have a point-and-shoot camera, then it may not matter too much. Simply set the camera to automatic mode and snap the picture. The camera’s in-built auto exposure settings will take care of the shutter speed settings for you.

If, however, you like to play with manual settings and have a more advanced camera, then the choice of shutter speed clearly matters. What you need to remember is this – shutter speeds are very closely linked to movement.

City street photo taken with a slow shutter speed

Use a slow shutter speed (say 1/60 or lower) if you want to introduce some blur in the picture to display speed in the subject. Remember, however, that a slow shutter speed will mean you need to hold the camera totally still for a longer period of time. If you can’t do this, your image will usually turn out bad. To work around the problem, use a tripod or steady your arms somewhere before taking the shot. As a general rule, if the shutter speed is 1/30 or slower, I’ll definitely use my tripod to steady the camera.

An passing car taken with a fast shutter speed

Use a fast shutter speed (say 1/125 or higher) if you need to capture a fast moving subject. Good examples include a passing car or a bird in flight. Now, one problem with fast shutter speeds is that you can totally miss the shot because the shutter opens and closes so fast. To workaround this, you can try one of two things. First, avoid the camera LCD - look through the viewfinder with one eye and use the other eye to spot the subject crossing the camera’s field of view. Second, you can try uses a lens that increases the field of view, allowing you more time to take the picture.

4. Make Use of the Light Meter

Another thing I find useful is to make use of the light meter in your camera. Most advance Digital cameras should have this feature. The light meter can tell you if there is too much or too little ambient light.

If it’s too bright, then you can set a fast shutter speed like 1/250 - the shutter will quickly open and close so that too much light doesn't get in. If it’s too dark, then do the reverse – use a slow shutter speed to give the camera time to absorb light into the camera.

5. Direction of Movement

OK, besides the speed of your subject, the direction of movement of your subject is also important. Look at the diagram below which I use to explain this concept.

For a given shutter speed, if your subject is running perpendicular to the camera, then you need a faster shutter speed to capture the shot. If your subject is running at an angle towards the camera, then a slower shutter speed would suffice. An example is a photo of your pet dog. A dog running towards you would require a slower shutter speed then a dog running across you.

Conclusion

I hope you now understand shutter speed a little better. When I started out in digital photography, I was simply snapping pictures without understanding the concept of shutter speed. Bad mistake! Take the time to understand the fundamentals of shutter speed and you’ll be surprised how much your photography skills will improve.

..PAO-PAO..

I've been so afraid of dogs because when i was still a child and had just started walking,an enormous dog, almost 4 times bigger than i am knocked me over, since then i've been frightened with dogs.Dogs may and do attack people occasionally. However, it is as conventional as everyone thinks, and there's a lot of thing that we can do to help us guarantee that we won't be bitten. To learn about their behavior and body language is the most essential of it all.


The further you understand concerning something, to the lesser extent it is scary. Most of us are panic-stricken for we don't know what a dog can do next.They can and they do make contact almost all the time through their body language. A basic awareness of a dogs body language can help us fully understand their intentions.


Begin at a distance, ingenously watch the puppy's manners and when ready feel free to play with the puppy and bond with them. My boyfriend helped me not to be afraid with dog since he bought me a mini pin as a gift for our anniversary we call him paopao by the way, and he is the sweetest thing ever (well, yeah! he loves me oh so very much!) and i am seriously and madly in love with him too. he's my baby, that most of the time i can't help but be excited whenever he's around. He's just so adorable,sweet, and playful and he never gets tired.

I think somehow having paopao helped me overcome my fear. Let's just not talk about big K9 dogs ok?he he! As of the moment i'm happy having paopao around and taking good care of him is my main focus.

10 Things we never want to hear from you GUYS!

10. “I don’t know, what do you want to do?”

Um, if we knew, we wouldn’t have asked. Plus, there’s nothing sexier than a man who can take the lead and plan a date. (Extra points for taking control after the date, too.)

9. “Shhh the game’s on.”
We get it, sports are important. But shushing us even when it’s a time out is simply unacceptable. Just give us two seconds, and we’ll let you get back to the big game.

8. “Chill Out” or “Relax”
Nothing is more unnerving than being told to calm down. If you had estrogen, you’d get it. And you would also get periods, too

7. “Smell this.”
We don’t want to be treated like one of your guy friends, so asking us to smell the leftover Chinese that’s been in your fridge for 6 months or gross old sneakers is just wrong.

6. “My ex did it this way.”
If you ever say this to us, we have every right to use our teeth.


5. “Putting on some pounds, huh?”
The way we feel when someone says this to us is the way you feel when we ask, “Is it in?”

4. “Someone needs to groom down there.”
When you start offering up your junk to a woman named Helga with a vat of hot wax, you can start complaining about an errant hair or two on our body.

3. “I’m not in the mood.”
Really? You’re not? We’ll remind him of that next time you wake us up

2. “Your sister is hot.”
All we have to say is this: If you are dumb enough to go there, you’re going to have to put up with listening to our fantasy that involves your brother.

1. “Are you on your period?”
It doesn’t matter if the answer is yes, no, or almost. Unless you want to buy our tampons from now until we hit menopause, you should avoid asking.

*TATTOOED*

Most women who has tattoos, encounter a lot of stereotyping and criticism. A negative public perception. It can be just like a body art or an expression of oneself. But for others, the sight of a woman who chooses to get a tattoo is very offensive. These people indulge in old-fashioned stereotypes -- like of raucous biker babes -- and operate on the assumption that an intelligent woman wouldn't choose to do that to her body.

Getting a tattoo is a personal decision and we can never get away from people who wants to express their own opinion, but that should not stop you from getting a tattoo, please!!ha ha!

One of the many reasons most people regard women with tattoos negatively is the fact that it violates traditional normative values based on gender. Having a tattoo requires pain tolerance and a level of toughness , that are typically associated with men.(c'mon! we're made to bare a child, aren't we?) So how come woman with tattoo present a challenge to this pattern of thinking?


When it comes down to it though, it's your body, and It's up to you, to decide how other people's perceptions and stereotypes will affect you. Depending on how you display not only your tattoos but also how you display yourself on public.

I have a tattoo as well and all i can think about after getting one is my next tattoo art. he he! I don't care with how other people perceive girls like me with tattoos. It's been like a fulfillment for me. Well, not everyone's that brave to get it. AND FOR THAT I CONSIDER MYSELF BRAVE ENOUGH!HE HE!

FACEBOOK MADNESS!

Well yeah, I am a self confessed addict.ha ha! there's so many reasons why I love, love, love FACEBOOK maybe because i have never encountered anything like it unlike any other social networking sites (I'm a member of friendster, myspace, multiply,etc.) Facebook offers a wide range of features for different types of people. Personally, it took me a year to take facebook seriously because i thought it was that hard to navigate. It wasn't like "friendster-like-user-friendly" type of thing.

Unlike Hi5, Myspace, etc., Facebook caters to a more mature crowd. By mature, I'm not saying 30 years old users its just that facebook users are more responsible and real. It exhibit easy interactivity where in you can be friends with just about anybody and because of its "respectful flatform" you'll find all sorts of people from your boss, superior, colleagues, and even long lost friends (ha ha! i know..i found my HS friends and crushes on facebook). You can even communicate with them thru chat and that can be enough to keep you in the social circuit.

Also Facebook's idea of convergence is impeccable, That you can direct your friends to your blogs, pictures, links and more that easy because of the timely news feed and updates. Not to mention the games and applications that make users hooked with the site.

So what i can advice you is to keep facebook your primary source of communication and interaction. What about your other account? keep them after all, the more the merrier! HAPPY NETWORKING!

My Yesterday POST

"Me with 2 of my favorite officemates"

I woke up at 10pm tonight and i am terribly late for work, well my shift starts at 12am but i usually wake up at 9 to still be able to fix myself, eat dinner and play with my dog paopao and waking up late means dilemma for me.It also means that i don't have time to eat my dinner anymore, find an outfit i'm comfortable to wear, and apply my usual everyday make-up..woosh.. plus, i have to ride the bus goin' to work and it gets too scary at times. Oh, well i did arrived just on time for my shift. I work in a call center btw as a web admin and my campaign hmmm, i really can't say anything about my campaign for confidentiality sake. My usual Mondays are too busy to deal with and today is no difference, way too stressful to explain. Orders to do, more orders coming in, Reports. Plus, I have to run a test call for a new campaign and it was horrible. I know i'm good at it but the fact that i haven't been making calls for over a year scares me and it felt like i was gonna make calls for the first time AGAIN and this time i don't have a script and enough knowledge about the campaign. I just can't wait for this shift to be over. I need a vacation. A STRESS-FREE ONE. where i don't have to think about work work and work.

I just know it'll all be better tomorrow! I WISH! For now i just have to deal with all this..

WORK MODE IN SESSION!