visakha bucha 2007

Fire Tree II

Fire Tree I

flowers for mom and dad

fountain at plaza sta. cruz, manila

horned jeepney

long jeep, long shadow

bus conductor and chicharon vendor

2 boys and 2 guys at siomai house

waiting in front of baclaran church

Lord, save us!

reading the sign at san agustin church

tagaytay rice seller

2 street dogs at Calle R. Hidalgo, Quiapo, Manila

sampaguita vendor #1

sampaguita vendor #2

Quiapo vendor #1

Quiapo vendor #2

everlasting vendor #1

everlasting vendor #2

waiting to cross

jeepney:lokal

jeepney:converging

jeepney: in God we trust

buses with mmda barricades

2 traffic

young lady in mickey moust t-shirt riding the mrt

at the mrt ladies's section, waiting for the train to approach

EDSA station

gazing at taal lake

the buddha of the highlands

the tree

houses along the tagaytay ridge

boy in a cramped hot fx

the toddler and the carreton

children at the quiapo churchyard

ash wednesday at quiapo

walking at the plaza

self portrait

tug of war

empty bay

in a rush

cubes

kung hey fat choi-happy year of the pig!!!

There was an article today in the newspapers stating that couples in china and korea are in a hurry to bear children this year because children born under the sign of the pig enjoys a relatively easy life. This year is even special because it is the year of the golden pig. I know some residents of the Pig year who may not necessarily agree with that. At any rate my best wishes to everyone on this lunar new year!

angpaw seller
Angpaw are the little red envelopes that everyone are looking forward to because it contains money gifts that elders give to the younger unmarried relatives. In Hong Kong they call these Lai See.

pig t-shirts

chinatown caligrapher
This coming weekend will mark the new lunar new year. The coming year is the Year of the Boar. Others call it the Year of the Pig. I took this picture of the caligrapher in Bangkok's Chinatown more than 2 weeks ago in preparation for the Lunar New Year. The Bangkok Post has started their coverage of the Lunar New Year. Must have been a slow news day. They even features the same caligrapher on their front page photograph. I took his photo while he was doing his work. When he saw my flash he just turned to me and smiled.