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…we have learned to love the quaint atmosphere of Newport, Rhode Island. kaya kung may pagkakataon, ito ang GUSTO naming balikan muli…

maraming turista ang nagpupunta dito dahil nar in siguro sa dahilang tinatawag na Ocean state ang Rhode Island. marami ang na-e-engganyong pumasyal sa may dagat. bukod doon, marami ring mga shopping-an!:)

An entry to Litratong Pinoy…GUSTO!

isa sa mga pangunahing bagay na napatunayan kong muli mula nang malaman namin na ang aking mahal na esposo ay may diabetes, ay ang kanyang natatanging disiplina sa sarili, at ngayon ay maging sa kanyang katawan. unang una, naging very conscious na siya sa mga kinakain nya at ang pinakamahalaga ay sa kauna unahang araw ng diagnosis sa kanya, tumigil na siya kaagad sa paninigarilyo. ang galing di ba? as in! sana ako rin matigil na haha! ooops! i think it’s the very first time i wrote about this. anyway, may ilan na nakakaalam nito sa inyo pero it’s something that i need help with. especially at this point in our lives. with the big D and our age…wag na nating pag usapan ang numero. pero it is about time to quit. at disiplina ang kinakailangan. isa nalang ang dapat naming gawin mag-asawa at ito ay ang regular exercise. lahat ng bawal hindi na ginagawa ni M at ehersisyo nalang ang kulang and we’re on the right path to beating this disease. i hope.

what’s the photo doing on this post? well well…i made this dessert/snack specifically for M…it is diabetes friendly and i got it from one of the cookbooks that we bought recently…if you want to know how to make it..here it is on my food blog. good not only for someone with diabetes but for me and my daughter as well who lurrvvveesss it!:)

Lahok para sa Litratong Pinoy…DISIPLINA.

yeah! wait for the comeback of the Celtics you 3-pointer you Kobe! hahaha! what can i say, MVP and he definitely deserves it. but my homey older Celtics players, I still got your six! and we shall return! with a vengeance!!!

Ito ay kuha noong nakaraang Sabado sa Canobie Lake Park kung saan may target shooting at ito ang isa sa mga targets! wehehehe! neat huh? to all Lakers fans, pardon me. it was one great finals, upto the very last few seconds!

Lahok para sa Litratong Pinoy—PAGBABALIK. Abangan din ang aking pagbabalik! saan? I’m also taking this chance to apologize for not doing my own rounds in your entries, but i promise to TRY this time, especially because it’s summa time! no more school for us!!!

…i am taking this opportunity to ask you my equally photo enthusiastic friends, how do you really take good action shots in manual mode other than a fast shutter speed?

what is follow focus?

and this i want to try myself too..
“panning. using a slower shutter speed, follow the action and press the shutter while STILL MOVING the camera.”
..this way the subject remains in focus while the other objects around it blur which creates the illusion of movement in the photo.

the photo above on the other hand is quite the opposite if we take the kid as the main subject.

ilan lamang ito sa napakarami kong tanong at challenges sa ngayon.

in the mean time…i also think that every single day my kids go to their karate class is like a test to them as every single improvement they do every single day makes them eligible for a step up…and i’m so proud to say that for only about a year or even less they are both now donning brown belts with 2 stripes! 2 more stripes and they are on their way to a junior black belt!

An entry to Litratong Pinoy—PAGSUSULIT/TEST or exam.

..ang ibon.

..hindi nga ba’t ito ang simbulo ng pag-asa?

an entry to Litratong Pinoy…PAG-ASA. hope.

…parang kailan lang…puno ng snow ang kapaligiran. ngayon naman, mainit na. not that i’m complaining. i love it warm and sunny always! hindi ko pa rin maipagpapalit ang nakagisnan natin sa lamig at putik na dulot ng snow.

…maging ang mga bata, alam kong excited sila tuwing parating na ang panahon ng snow pero mas lalo kapag pwede na silang maglaro sa labas maski araw araw tulad nitong nassa larawan kung saan ang dalaginding ko ay dinalaw ng kanyang bestfriend. they spent a few hours together and i know they had the best of times, indoors and outdoors.

An entry to Litratong Pinoy…PAGBABAGO. Pasernsya na sa putol na larawan…i’ve been having problems with WP for months now. i can’t edit/resize photos, i can’t use these post timestamp, etc. it’s slowly crumbling and i don’t know how to fix it!!!! been trying to upgrade to a newer WP version but haven’t had that much luck. Isang PAGBABAGO na matagal ko nang gustong gawin, ang palitan ang WP version na ito! waaahhh!!!!

…when you reach the big 4-oh. it’s a total eclipse of the heart! haha! it stops there. sabihin nalang natin na lampas na ng kaunti ang aking butihing asawa sa numerong iyan, kaya ang birthday cake nya..hayan…3 lang ang kandila…for aywabyu! hihi!:) and so…life begins, again!:)

 OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE  CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING AND TOASTED COCONUTS para sa kaarawan ni Marco noong nakaraang 2 linggo.  recipe to follow over at my 1 and only food blog 

lahok para sa Litratong Pinoy…NUMERO.

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he set of photos where this shot is a part of, is the root of all evil…so to speak, of my recent heartache. the pain of losing a whole lot of good photos in the perfect setting, perfect subject is simply heart stabbing, mind wrenching pain!!! i tell ya! needless to say, i was oh so mad and sad the past days because of this and up until today i just can’t get over it. that said, i have decided to head back to Plimoth Plantation which is a trip to…

“the 17th century!where you can smell a pottage cooking inside a colonial house, or watch a traditional Wampanoag dugout boat being made….ask questions from skilled educators and interpreters. Make your textbooks come alive!”

..anyway…back to the photo. to make a long story short…this shot was one of the reasons why my files had to be deleted from the SD card that day. thinking i have already saved them on my hard drive. we went to this kite fest last Sunday for some family fun in the sun.oh it’s such a whole twisted story really.. i have 3 SD cards…all full. my card reader went dead.  i moved the photos from the said card through a USB, direct from the camera..for the very first time.my hard drive and external hard drive boinked on me too, losing space to save up files.i saw the photos…all of them in one particular folder! they were really good, if i should add. at least as far as i’ve seen in the few seconds i had to view them before we headed out.needless to say, i was rushing out and it sort of prompted me about the memory not enough to save [even send to recycle bin!] so it asked me if i want some files deleted permanently, and yes you guessed it right…i clicked yes. thinking the files are safe in one folder!!!! d’uh!!!!siguro, i just need to pour this all out by blogging about it…gaya ng ginagawa ko ngayon, para makalimutan ko na ang kaga—lingan ko! hahaha! anyway…napalitan naman ng ibang kasayahan ang lahat ng nangyari…sa pamamagitan nitong araw na ito…that was well spent. with the FAMILY! and well documented. more photos to come!

an entry to Litratong Pinoy…PAMILYA! dapat yatang title nitong post ko na ito, ‘ang sakit, sakit!’ ika nga ni bea alonzo sa isang movie..wahahaha!

…sort of. ang ibon na ito ay parang estranghero sa akin kais naman sa dinami dami ng mga ibong nagliparan sa paligid ng bahay namin, ito ang kauna-unahang nagpakuha ng litrato sa akin! madalas ay di ko sila maabutan…subalit ang isang ito, nilapitan ko pa ng kaunti pero nakisama. naaliw lang ako sa kanya. ang bait eh:)an entry to Litratong Pinoy….ESTRANGHERO.

in memory of my father-in-law, who passed away early this morning…we will miss you, dad!timing na naman ang tema natin ngayong linggo.  May your soul rest in peace, dad.  We love you!An entry to Litratong Pinoy..BULAKLAK.