Trip to Samar!

It's been quite some time since my previous post, so as a way of making up for it, the next few entries are a barrage of images from my trip to Samar (20-25 July 2006). It was such a great experience, especially with the trip to the beach. I managed to get bitten by a crab, taste a jellyfish, meet just about every cast member of Finding Nemo, among other fishies, while snorkeling, have a jellyfish swim directly in my face, acquire some gashes on my left leg (Lani the Klutz strikes again!), and fantasize that I'm on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm not much of a beach person, but I loved the island where we went to. It was absolutely lovely. There were virtually no waves (at least, not until you reach this area where surfers from all over the world apparently visit), there were so many fishies that you can see almost without trying, and it wasn't crowded! It's really a beautiful place, unspoiled by man and pollution.
I also beat my mom in videoke singing (don't ask), learned that shrieking is not necessarily the best way to try to get a high score from the said equipment, re-acquainted myself with the Waray dialect, got stranded in an airport for about eight hours, had my stomach digest my heart because of an awful plane trip (I so do not want to experience that ever again. Aside from the clenching of my internal organs, my thumb still hurts from the panic texting I did. Imagine the announcer telling the whole airport that your plane got diverted to another place because the weather in the area where you're in is way too dangerous at that moment), had my bottomless pit of a stomach resurrected for even just a few days, and used and abused my camera in its entire time spent with me. I would have posted more, but dial-up's not really the best connection in the whole wide world (check out the time differences between each post if you don't believe me.)

Samar Trip!

It's been quite some time since my previous post, so as a way of making up for it, the next few entries are a barrage of images from my trip to Samar (20-25 July 2006). It was such a great experience, especially with the trip to the beach. I managed to get bitten by a crab, taste a jellyfish, meet just about every cast member of Finding Nemo, among other fishies, while snorkeling, have a jellyfish swim directly in my face, acquire some gashes on my left leg (Lani the Klutz strikes again!), and fantasize that I'm on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm not much of a beach person, but I loved the island where we went to. It was absolutely lovely. There were virtually no waves (at least, not until you reach this area where surfers from all over the world apparently visit), there were so many fishies that you can see almost without trying, and it wasn't crowded! I also beat my mom in videoke singing (don't ask), learned that shrieking is not necessarily the best way to try to get a high score from the said equipment, re-acquainted myself with the Waray dialect, got stranded in an airport for about eight hours, had my stomach digest my heart because of an awful plane trip (I so do not want to experience that ever again. Aside from the clenching of my internal organs, my thumb still hurts from the panic texting I did. Imagine the announcer telling the whole airport that your plane got diverted to another place because the weather in the area where you're in is way too dangerous at that moment), had my bottomless pit of a stomach resurrected for even just a few days, and used and abused my camera in its entire time spent with me.

I would have posted more, but dial-up's not really the best connection in the whole wide world (check out the time differences between each post if you don't believe me.) Anyhow, here are a few, just for a sneak peek.:p

Artsy-Fartsy part 1

This set is my favorite among the others, although some from the other pages are also pretty cool. Some of these are similar with each other, but I still like 'em.:)

Artsy-Fartsy part 2

For some reason, I had a weird fascination with candles during the trip.

Artsy-Fartsy part 3

The plane shots looked pretty cool even if they weren't intended to be artsy-fartsy.:p Put in dark as midnight+night mode on camera and you have a surreal photo in your hands.

Miscellaneous Photos

Beach Photos

The jellyfish that I tasted (Seriously. Who would have thunk

it would feel nice on one's tongue?)

Dogs on Emo.

Ma cousines.

More Beach Photos

Isn't the beach water amazingly clear?
Our beach.:D

Some crab "gatherers"(Is that the right term? What exactly do you call them? Farmers? Fishermen?)

Not really a good shot by any standard, but I wanted to take a photo of the kingfisher (barely visible near the center of the picture)

Ang Mga Pirata ng Samar

Ok, either I was still suffering from a hangover from the PotC: Dead Man's Chest or from an overactive imagination. Whichever way, don't these look like scenes from the film, specifically from the island with those weird tribesmen?:p

Kinda like the shack with the paprika.

The bend where Jack Sparrow came from, running away for his life.

Ok, admittedly, there wasn't any scene with a raft in the film, but it still looks like it fits in the script pretty nicely, doesn't it?:p

Faces 1

When boredom strikes inside the terminal area of an airport, you become quite terminal yourself.

Faces part 2

...Sad...

...or mad...

... or tired...

or fried?

Close enough.

Ok, this time, I wasn't pretending. I really looked this weird by the time I got on the plane.

Airport Blues part 1

Boredom.

Yes, do.

And fate smiled down on me and endowed me with a top-of-the-line camera that enabled me to shoot the entire airport with a single click. I wish. A picture of the airport's diorama.

The terminal area's resident psychotic frog. Sayang I wasn't able to take a shot of it when it was still trying to force the door open (seriously, it did).

Airport Blues part 2

Still stuck in the airport, and I was not sufficiently bored enough to stop taking snaps.:p

And that would be when, exactly?

Bringer of Good News (which one I'm talking about, you decide.)

This does not look good.

This definitely does not look good.

So the stairs are there, but where's the plane? And did I mention that this really definitely does not look good (considering that it was only about 5:00 p.m. at that time)?