Huling araw (Part 1)

“Sun-Rice” sunset (1992). f/32, 1/1000. Nikkor 180-600mm f/8 lens.

Two things I am most thankful to God: in 1987, PhilRice helped relieve my family from hunger; and in 1988, here I came to know the person who I have been sharing lives with since 1990.

– Excerpts from my resignation letter, dated 03 January 2000

Mahirap iwan ang ‘first love’ di ba? Lalo na kung ito ang unang ‘nagpakain’ at ‘bumuhay’ sayo. (Eight years ago, today — February 29, 2000 — iniwan ko ang una’t huling naging employer ko.)

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PHOTO-finish

During my former employment, I was caught in the middle of analog-to-digital transition of photo-imaging. Nuong hindi pa uso ang digital camera at photo-editing computer software, I had been doing things the HARD WAY. Eto ang tatlo sa mga pinag-praktisan ko nuon (you may CLICK on the thumbnail for a larger me ) — simula sa mano-manong slide magic technique of multiple FILM exposure (photo #1, 1993). Sinadya kong piliin yang una para ipakita ang SABLAY… Salamat na lang dahil later nauso ang computer. Yung pangalawa ay pinagpraktisan ko gamit ang Aldus Photoshop 1.0 (? Japan training, 1996), at yung pangatlo gamit ang Adobe Photoshop 5 (?) bago ako mag-resigned sa PhilRice nung year 2000.

Samakatuwid, hindi pa iyan ang sagot ko sa TAG ni repah sa akin.

Biyutiti-i-ar, epelway –baterplay!

1) Ahehe… ang saya-saya! 2) Ang daya ni gerpren, pinanuod na lang ako…! 3) Arghh! …andami tanong, indi ko malunok ang sandwich ko.

Memoryado nyo ba yung kantang “Paru-parong bukid” ? Kantahin nyo nga, with this lyrics:

♫ B, U, T, T, E… R ! … F, L, Y, —Butterfly !

B, U, T, T, E… R ! … F, L, Y, —Butterfly !

B, U, T, T, E… R ! … F, L, Y, —Butterfly !

B, U, T, T, E, R ! … F, L, Y, Butterfly!

♫ B, U, T, T, E, R ! …B U, T, T, E, R !

B, U, T, T, E, R ! … F, L, Y, Butterfly !

Yan lang naman po ang saliw na tugtog habang katuwaang pinasayaw kaming dalawa ng gerpren ko sa kantyaw ng isang friend at churchmate namin. Bakit ba naituro ko pa sa kanya ang kanta? Nabisto tuloy na kaliwa ang pareho kong paa!

I should have posted this a week ago. Kaso kahapon ko lang muling nabuklat ang aming photo albums. February 18 is a memorable day for us, because about two weeks after…