recollecting the moment Unknown 9:30 PM

Do you remember the last time you hang out with your whole family in an amusement park?  I was in elementary, I think, grade 3 or 4 when we went to Boom na Boom.  It was huge then.  And that was our first and last time to hang out in an amusement park, as a whole family.  My father is not a fan of kiddie rides, he's more a beach or river or pool kind of man.

We had a lot of joyrides going to beaches in our relatives' provinces back then when he was still owning a taxi.  Yes, he was a taxi driver, and he named his taxi "kambal" or twins in english.. because we have twins in the family.

I don't know how to connect the intro with my topic, so maybe I'll just tell you that I caught a few family moments in Universal Studios which gave me the idea for that title.  I wasn't reminiscing, if that's what you're thinking.  I just think they all look cute and nice and warm and very nice and I'm glad I was able to shoot them and document their family moments.

joyful smiles for me Unknown 9:17 PM

It is very rare that I encounter someone who would be pleased to be shot by a stranger, and smile gorgeously in my camera.  I have shared before some of my favorite models; those who were pleased to be shot by me, without asking for anything in return.  And I'm glad I still was able to find one in another country.

This one was taken in Universal Studios, September last year.

I was trying to shoot Beetlejuice from afar because I don't want to invade their social activity.  He was surrounded by people trying to take his picture, so I stayed in my place and hoped for good shots.  I was really aiming for his face, but I caught a pretty nice smile smiling towards me.  I'm not saying that that smile was for me, but I do think that it's a pretty lucky shot to catch someone smiling and laughing and then noticing that some lunatic was shooting them from afar while in a state of being happy.

daddy moment Unknown 11:31 AM

I'm linking up this cute daddy moment photo to Wordless Wednesday (although it's already Thursday) ..but they're not in any way related to me.. I just thought, a lovely moment like that must be documented, so I took a shot.  

I'm sorry, it's meant to be wordless, right?  :>

ponchos and 3D glasses Unknown 7:19 PM

We signed up for a bit of expensive mission; an extraordinary mission to work with robots, to work with the Autobots.  Yes, the Autobots.  We managed to get seats after waiting for the longest queue of our lives.. or maybe not, I just love to exaggerate.

It took us an hour and thirty minutes or more to finally get to our seats and try to accomplish the mission; to protect the allspark from the Decepticons.

It was a hell of a ride.  I almost flew out of the vehicle.. several times!  There was a lot of flying and jumping from the highest building then tumbling down, and I felt like my body would pull apart, and I was always gasping for air, and I lost my heart and everything inside me like how I lost them in The Xtreme Ride in EK but with this mission, it happened many times!.. but it was a lot of fun! and we sure were serious about our mission; to get out of there alive to protect the allspark.. aand to get out of there alive.

the dinosaur babies Unknown 8:50 PM

It was 35 - 40°C or more that day, and they found a way to cool it up.  There was an old woman who was a bit tempted to join the kids, and I was waiting for her to dip in, but I don't know what changed her mind.

 

the mooooooooon Unknown 11:05 PM

I was able to upload some of my remaining shots in our last trip; that trip in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on Flickr, which I was supposed to write about but never had any idea how to.  I have no excuse for such laziness and so I will not dare mention any of it here, because it's just laziness, that's all.

But while I was reading the damn book, that book which is kind of giving me a hard time to finish, the thought of writing came to me.. writing the rest of my last trip or at least changing the template of this damn blog.  It's been a year, maybe changing it's appearance might inspire me to share the rest of the experience, or at least make up a story, like what I mostly do.

But seriously, I'm not quite sure if this thing that I took was supposed to be a moon.  I convinced myself that it was a moon.. hanging a little bit low above their heads.