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The birthday boys

The month of May is a very special month for our family. Two of the most important boys (men? haha) in my life celebrate their birthdays this month. My dad on the 8th and my younger brother Manu on the 13th.

We celebrated with a Sunday lunch at home with our relatives. My dad’s family brought lots of food and I made birthday cupcakes for the celebrants.

Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream and Rainbow Sprinkles

To the two special boys in my life, happy, happy birthday. To Manu, good luck with your review. I know that you will do well in the board exams later this year. You have been and always will be the genius of this family. To Daddy, keep up your daily exercises and you’ll be up on your feet soon. I love you, guys!

And this cupcake’s for my mom. Belated Happy Mother’s Day to the best mom in the world. I <3 you!

Macy

A picture paints a thousand words.

So imagine my thrill when my pictures got included in an exhibit at Team Manila for lomographers? I take pictures because it makes me happy, but never in this lifetime had I imagined I’d actually be part of an exhibit!
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As a child, I grew up being made to perform in front of my parents’ friends and our relatives. At four years old, my mom dressed me up in this frilly dress and made me learn how to dance to Lambada. Hahaha! Imagine a tiny girl swinging her hips to a song she doesn’t even understand. When I learned how to memorize songs, my mom bought me a multiplex (!!!) of One Moment In Time and that became my performance piece for family gatherings (I think I still have the tape at home. Haha!). When I grew older, I took piano lessons and tried to perform for parties at home (my brother was much better than I was, though.). I still try to play sometimes, but I haven’t had much time.

So, it’s no surprise that I get thrilled when I watch kids perform. There’s this different energy about them. You don’t see them getting frazzled or over-thinking themselves. They just take the stage and make it seem like play time.

I’m sharing two precious videos of kids performing. I love that both are ten-year-olds, but are singing jazz standards. Haha!
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Taking the cue from Mimi’s latest blog entry, I’d like to share a few photos of my favorite subject—the sky!

If you look through the photos I’ve taken with my cameras, you’re bound to found one of the clouds, the blue sky, a sunset, and other variations. Name it, I have it.

First row: A sky full of clouds in Sta. Elena; Clouds that looked like cotton in Subic; Sunset at the April fashion ed shoot
Second row: My favorite time of day: dusk; Cotton candy clouds in Batangas; A pretty parasol with a sky backdrop also in Batangas.

How about you? What do you love taking pictures of?

♥♥♥,
Macy

Hey, Candy girls!

Let me introduce you to my Holga.

I have not yet named her (oh, but I do think Holga's a she. Haha!), but I'm leaning towards Helga (as in Pataki in Hey Arnold, haha!). What do you think? Any suggestions?

My Holy weekend was spent with my dad's family in my tita's quaint little house on Happy Road. There's really nothing to do there but eat and sleep, but it was a welcome escape from the stressful city life. 

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