Summer stretches forever…

Came across some pics and I suddenly realized that yes, dammit, it’s as summer as summer gets right now so everyone go outdoors, bask in the sun or soak in the waters and have tons of fun with a capital F with absolutely no thought for school, work or the like all day! To justify this, here are said pics:

to give credit where its due, learned this one from a very good friend. Though she’d probably endlessly lecture me on minding how I look when doing this shot.

I look absolutely hideous here with light causing all sorts of distortions and undue shine (well... maybe not undue. Or untrue...), but I still like it

Tell me this never crossed your daydreams…

(note: not advertising a particularly good brand of flavoured vodka, just so we're clear)

and don’t ever think of denying you’ve tasted dirty ice cream as a kid; we had this before Tom n Jerry’s and Haagn-Dazs  arrived in the country, and we loved it!

(from chicogarcia.wordpress.com) brings back childhood, doesn't it?

You know that monster of a sandcastle lit with torches that tourists flock at Miami beach? We have a smaller version @ Bora. Seen it before, but no matter who I’m there with, they always, always, insist on having a pic with it… go figure. As I’m more or less not thrilled by it, I cropped most of the castle out (lol) how’d you see me otherwise??

@ night by that sandcastle @bora that's ALWAYS there

You know how your hair is never ever behaved when your on the beach but its all right, quite all right actually, just because you’re on the beach? This one’s a picture perfect example of that

now we've got just the right shine here, courtesy of Body Shop's Dry Olive Oil Mist, my fave

and when you’re secretly not comfortable with riding a small boat to the next island, this pair of YSL sunglasses will nicely cover that fact, and give you a pound of style

to Samal Island w/ D aboard an itty bitty boat

This one was taken on a trip to Cavite. Gorgeous light, wouldn’t you say (just don’t pay much attention to my pose here…)

I don't have an effin' clue what sort of pose I was striking here, an' only w/ a Bishop!

the kind of shot you get when you’ve spent the night with Jose Cuervo, music in the background, an assortment of grilled food before you and a bunch of funny people – and you have to get up at 6AM the next morning, and you wanna play with the camera again

needless to say, @ Island cove

These are two really just letting out their frustration that we got locked out of our house, and its dinner time and mother has the keys (the other sets are inside the house, which we forgot to bring with us in case we get home before she does, which is exactly what happened, and which got us told off) and she isn’t home yet. In short, yes, they were going bonkers

cousins Shaun and Matt after an afternoon of war games

a shot of the girls on that night with Jose

(we reserve all the right that these here are in fact not us, but groggy look alives with no sense of style whatsoever)

I realized too late that the white specs on the lower left were dolphins! You wouldn’t believe how I kicked myself for this

view from the resto of Bohol Bee Farm

one should not go through life without tasting the flower salad, tastes best during the summer. Its refreshing, and surprisingly spicy! yum!

said flower salad, during summer

When your friend insists on going swimming and she hasn’t got a single pair of swim suit, and has only a vague and very general idea on the concept of swimming, and I have a cam, this is what you get:

yes, she has socks on

and this is what happens after a seafood feast of a dinner, on a bamboo rack with a hut perched on it, floating along an unbelievably peaceful ocean – and you feel like posing for the cam

no, no photoshop involved. water looks great, doesnt it

I think Tarsiers are nearly extinct, so they are being well cared for by the Boholanos (if thats not the word for it, then we’ll just call them the people of Bohol). Some facts:

1. they commit suicide when subjected to much noise

2.you wouldn’t believe how light and fragile they are to the touch

3.theres  a soft spot smack center of the head where there is  hollow on their skull

4.its against the law to take ‘em out of Bohol

5.if you wanna get your picture with a tarsier, you have to shed some bucks

6. and you can’t touch ‘em as they’re nearly extinct, very fragile and just that precious

7.I touched ‘em as shown in this picture because yes, I am a VIP (wink wink)

cant go to bohol without an encounter with the tarsier

close of of the tarsier, and the shot you get when you’re not a VIP like some, ahem, people

you can tell it doesn't like being disturbed much

packing up after a day of war games. I’m wearing my flag jacket to cover up how transparent my inner shirt had become during the course of the afternoon (yes, damn hot) and one of the players who shall remain nameless, kept following me around and singing the national anthem, the moron

from top L: me, matteo, my sister B, and Shaun

Airsoft is fun when the people you’re playing with are doing so for fun. There’s so much more comedy than you could ever imagine. A useful thing an airsoft veteran taught me: when the game starts and people are turning around and running for cover, run forward and keep tabs on as many opponents as you can. And of course take ‘em down right away if you can; after all, the game HAS started. And unlike other games it’s so much fun playing newbies, this is something you have to experience to truly appreciate.

when the two teams confirm by yellong 'mask down!' and the marshal yells 'game', you run for your life

This dude is an airsoft legend in the country. He also sets up all of our airsoft guns, advises us as to anything and everything airsoft, and he’s won the airsoft costume thing for YEARS. Oh, and this gun is used by his kid, Kim. That girls the devil with this thing!

w airsoft legend kuya larry @the Maynilad gamesite. That multi-color water gun-looking this is an airsoftgun capable of firing bbs at 500fps. the model for looks can be deceiving

Some of his winning costumes. You can tell that he really puts in the effort. By the way, credit where its due – I grabbed these from various sites and I cant remember them anymore.

He’s the one on the ground dressed as an abu sayyaf. There was also a pic of him with a 9210mobile phone and burger, whilst in costume. It was really a funny pic, that one

the caption for this was: sinamaKitaTaposIkawNanaloEtoSayo (lol)

closer shot. tell me you wouldnt mistake him for the real thing? he had to go barefoot for this one

nice, eh?

Decide for yourself how kickass this one is. His model is right there on the lower left hand

as a navy seal

to one of my great love: vehicles. Another brilliant way to actually ENJOY the SUN and HEAT, is to be behind a steering wheel- preferably with the vehicle moving in high speed. And to all the chauvinists out there, whenever a female can drive, she can drive like hell. Point in case is our kart team. Our, yes, all girls team made the finals and placed, thank you very much. In fact, my sister and I tied for fastest lap honors during the eliminations.

w/ my sister and her venom crash helmet during the final round of the inter-school kartfest

L to R: my sister, Pam, Krish and Me

thats organizer and pinoy racer JP Tuason congratulating us (drivers in red button downs over the racing suit, rest of the team in black team shirts). Now famous pinoy racers like mateo were students of his

Now. If that didn’t make you want to get out of the house/building/bunker/garage/whatever else it is that you’re under and have a huge doze of FUN during these summer days, then you’re completely and utterly hopeless!

Continue having a great summer, guys!