Film

In college, I took a photography class. Back then, we were not allowed to use DSLR cameras. We were using film whenever we shoot. The other day, while browsing through my old stuff, I stumbled upon some of the prints that I took in college. It was a relief to know that some of the good prints were not washed away by the flood.

On Faith

I was born and raised as a Catholic. Both my parents are Catholics, we hear mass every Sunday, we practice catholic traditions at home, all my life I was educated in three different catholic schools, yet I don't really consider myself a religious person.

If you ask me, the textbook definition of a religious person is someone who recites a prayer everyday, a firm believer and follower of the Church, and someone who knows the bible inside-out. I'm not like that. I don't possess any of that qualities but I do have a personal relationship with God.

I acknowledge his presence in my life. Although I am not able to talk to him everyday, I see to it that I am able to thank him, ask forgiveness, and say my worries to him at least once a week. And then, there are times when I get mad at him because he hadn't given me what I thought I needed. This I'm not very proud of yet through it all, God has always been good to me and my family. 

My personal relationship with him evolves as I grow old. At times, I feel that my faith matures with my age. Other times, it just fails. It is always hard to understand his plans for me however, it didn't stop me from trusting my fate to him. There will always be questions and doubts but then God has his own way of giving us what we truly need.

Our faith is our own personal relationship with God. Our beliefs and views on religion might differ on a lot of things but I think we can all agree on one thing - there is a God and he has been constantly guiding us right from the very start.

 

This got me thinking...

"Spend your life doing what you love. Be focused and disciplined. Collaborate." - Steven & William

New reads

To me, reading other people's blog is like being able to read other people's minds. By reading or just browsing through someone else's blog you get to know a piece of that person, even if you hadn't really met personally or didn't know that that person exist.

I like reading blogs of people I don't really know simply because it gives me new perspective on a lot of things. Of course there are blogs that are senseless, some are just plain TMI, and there are those who are worth reading because they write stories really well (both in pictures and in words). 

Here are blogs of people that I don't really know yet enjoy reading them: Talking Barnacles, Dear Leila and Choking On My Adobo.  

Random Snaps

 

**I am not a photographer, I don't even own a decent SLR. I just enjoy taking pictures of different things whenever I'm traveling through my ever reliable point-and-shoot camera and later on enhance them so that they'll look good.