chronicles of my mexico trip - part 2: business class

due to the whole scandal that i did the night before, lufthansa was kind enough to upgrade me to business class. they said that they ran out of coach seats, so i was fortunate to be transferred to business class. haha! as if! im not stupid to fall for that. my hk-munich-frankfurt costs so much more than simply hk-frankfurt. of course they would want to make the courtesy so i didn't have to make an issue of any reimbursement of the discrepancy.

anyway, i wish i get business class seats everytime. the seat space is very generous, it's even got a massager, and you can lay down 180 degrees! the in-flight tv is so much bigger than usual, and the cabin attendants make you feel like you can control them at your fingertips. oh, and food was nice too.

a few more good points:

i got a window seat! and it's big, so i was able to get a few good shots.





these are some islands outside hk



the astig in-flight tv



you can even play with it. and being a geek, i resorted to the educational games. hehe. anyone, who wants to be a millionaire?



and you can also learn a foreign language along the way! this is as astig in every sense of the word!

since this is an 11-hour flight and we're actually battling the time difference in each places, it was sunny all throughout, but nonetheless, it was a relaxing flight. i love business class seats!

just one downside: the gentleman seated beside me has stinking body odor! yaiks! hey, something always had to go wrong.

i still love business class!

chronicles of my mexico trip - part 1: sept 2

after too much trouble with my mexican visa, i was finally set to go to mexico. due to the resignation of my crushee boss, we were flooded with too much work. i hadn't even started packing the day before my scheduled departure.

i also had to attend the agm of the upaa-hk on the night of the 1st. we left the venue at around 2am. when we were about to bid goodbyes, a stranger called leo and was asking him to pick up our drunk friend who was lying in one corner in central half dead. we rushed to get him. we called the police after too much trauma of everything. leo and dave were kind enough to let me go so i can pack my luggage. i was home at around 3am.

slept at 5am. woke up at 10am.

went straight to the office to clear my table and all the outstanding tasks that i needed to do before i leave. i had lunch with leo since he came over to pick up his camera that i brought home. i was back at the office at 6pm and left at 8pm.

i rushed to the train station to check in my luggage. my flight is at 11pm.

the lufthansa staff checked my ticket. i am going to munich-frankfurt-mexico.

she checked my papers. she was asking for a german transit visa. i said i don't need one. it was stated that i don't need a transit visa for my nationality.

she hesitated. she showed me the booklet where it says that i need to secure a transit visa if im passing through two german cities. munich-frankfurt is a domestic transfer, and that means i need to secure a visa. my charms did not work with sky legalities. i tried begging because i needed to be in mexico on the night of the 3rd so i can attend the meeting with SEARS on the 4th.

it was in vain. i spent the next two hours calling my boss, the travel agent, running through different airlines, and whoever else that can hear my rants about my neverending misfortunes.

we resolved that i should take next day flight to frankfurt (so i don't have to go to munich). that flight was 1:30pm on the 3rd. problem is i need to wait 18hrs to get to the frankfurt-mexico flight.

but i don't have much choice, do i?

i was crying at the terminal because of frustration with all these misfortunes.

i called all the people who are close to me. good thing they are experts in comforting a friend.

another night in hk.

tsing ma bridge photo shoot

this post is long overdue.

i did a photo session with some members of ppc-hk on the 25th of august.

due to my boss' request to postpone my vacay, i was free that saturday so i gave in to the therapy that works for me the best.

armed with my girly backpack, i set off to the mountains with the barako boys con giant dslr cameras. i am the only one using a handy cute digicam. hehe..



going there was no easy task. it took us one hour to get to the place where you can get a good view of the bridge. the photo above marks the start of the trail.

here are some of my photos of the bridge:

the bridge before darkness enveloped the area

tsing ma bridge is the largest suspension bridge in the world (if my facts are right) with two levels for different modes of transportation. i think the lower part of the bridge is where the train crosses. fact check please.


with bright lights

diagonal angle


this post may be about the bridge, but this has got to be my most favorite shot:



i call it moon almost full.
nice, eh?

im going to mexico

guys, kahit anong sabihin nyo para lumakas ang loob ko, ayoko pa ding magpunta sa mexico. bukod sa gagawin akong interpreter dun 24/7 habang 100% sure ako na kalawang na spanish ko, un na ang huling linggo ko with my crushee boss. i hate goodbyes. im serious.

nagresign na pala sya.

e dun pa lang sa trip magsisimula ang love story namen. i would lure him with my charms at pagbalik namen sa pinas, iiwan nya na ung gf nya for me.

pero wala! after ng mexico trip namen trabaho na sya sa macau. kaya pala pinipilit na makasama ako sa mexico, kahit 45k ang pamasahe (usually it costs around 10k lang if US dadaan). pero dahil nadeny ako ng US visa, i need to transit through munich then frankfurt. bukod sa iiwan nya na ko, saken nya pa itatambak lahat ng pasaway accounts nya! mexicans are our most difficult clients, tapos dadagdagn pa ng apat na bago.

we will meet the likes of walmart mexico, at di ko alam kung paano ako aasta dun! syet.

anyway, here are my visa and my fm3 (the additional doc if you go to mexico for business).



lord, pwede bang magteletransport ako sa spain, tapos magiging photographer na lang ako by profession?

i love flickr! i love flickr!

last night, i went to the launching of the book "24 hours of flickr".

flickr, the photography arm of yahoo, is one of my favourite websites. it's like all of photography enthusiasts are pooled together to share each other's masterpieces.

grabe, ang saya saya! it was so fun meeting individuals who have the same passion as mine.

and there were a lot of good things on the side:

1. open bar
2. nice little food snippets
3. photography galore
4. goodie bag
5. flickr pro account - it costs US$25
6. i won a raffle! woot! woot! i won an adidas gc!
7. polaroid shots! yipee! yipee!

let me introduce you to some of my very good friends, courtesy of the free polaroids which i managed to hoard:

leo, my very first friend in hk


dave, my camera mentor



jon, a very nice gentleman (im writing this at gunpoint. joke)



my two hk besties

a thank you note

I take memories seriously. I remember the dates of the important events in my life. I know when I got my first period, or when I had my first kiss, or when I had my first real kiss. I also remember the date of my graduation, or when I was caught doing something indecent, my every vacation, and my anniversaries with past relationships, and the dates when they ended.

And of course my birthday.

I honestly think that birthdays were made a big deal to entitle one person the right to feel important. That is only 1 day out of 365 (or 366 on a leap year) days in a year, or 24 hours out of 8,760 – barely 0.003%.

I would like to thank Leo for spending my birthday with me. sosyalan talaga tayo sa red!

i was close to tears four hours before my day ended because most of my friends in pinas didn't remember to greet me, not even the jerk in dubai and i was slaving myself to work.

leo, thanks for saving my day.

:)

my most expensive acquisition EVER

i bought a nikon d40x dslr!

waaahhh! i drained my savings for this. and it felt so good.

when you do something you love, every moment is really priceless.

haaayyy.. di baleng dukha, basta masaya.

i hope life is generally this simple.