Starr mentioned about Boyce Avenue, an unsigned band who post videos of them playing cover songs of their favorite artists on YouTube. They’re amazing, some of their songs are really quite better than the original. We’ll maybe it because I’m biased because it’s acoustic rather than ultra pop or R&B but still, you gotta give these guys some credit.
Finally after almost a week, the electricity is back is Mandurriao!. A devastating storm had just swept across Iloilo (and the rest of Panay) and for a moment, all activity in affected areas stopped as flood waters ravaged farmlands, homes, and urban areas. Right now, the rains have stopped and the flood waters have receded leaving a thick layer of mud inside homes, buildings, on roadways, and open spaces.
Almost everyone has lost property because of the storm, even their lives. The city currently looks like a war zone, many homeless families have turned the roadside into a big shelter and are resorting to begging for money because it is their only hope for survival. I’ll blog about the relief effort tomorrow after I do a bit of research. For the meantime, I still got to clean our house, which got flooded for the first time in the 20 years that it was built.
I got into thinking a lot about my choice of buying an SLR cam. Previously I have blogged about my wish of buying the new Canon EOS 450D (Canon EOS Rebel XSi) which cost about $899 (approx P39000). It’s a decent entry level cam, which would be a god send if I get a hold of it myself.
I’m a point-and-shoot camera user and when I made that decision, I was kind of short-sighted when it came to the most important piece of photographic equipment, the LENSES. So I researched about the perfect start-up glass for me and I found out that Canon lenses are not cheap. As in they’re waaaaay over my budget. While the kit lens with IS (17mm-55mm) is great, I won’t be able to achieve most of the shots that I usually do because of the lack of zoom. If I buy a telephoto lens then I’ll burn at least P20k on top of the P39k and expenses going to Hidalgo and buying other start-up items like a polarizing filter and a camera bag. Continue Reading »
I can’t even think of a better title. Right now I feel so unmotivated and uninspired, I don’t know why. I’ve been quite silent online these past few weeks. I can’t find the drive to write anything useful, not even commenting on blogs or forums. So I decided to just write this post to get this frustration out of my system.
Nikon D40 with 18mm-200mm VR - 73% raised (As of August 2008: I'm now behind by 9% (still stuck at 73%). I got to spend even less money this month. I'll have to give up spending more and stick to the necessities.)
