The Gun Show

Camsur Weekend from samowel on Vimeo.

This video is so awesome it deserves an entire post.

Photos are cool but videos have a way of making you feel the glee of the moment–which is what Sam was able to capture! IDK, I’ll probably just work for him and Kyle in the future. Haha. See how we:

…entertained ourselves in the airport, were wiped out several times, who stood up in a flash, Lui (aka White Croc) chasing us in Lago del Rey, EPIC launch of Vinni in that trampoline thingy at 1:22, White Croc underwater shots courtesy of Migs’ Go Pro, how Lui trolled us while we were on the inflatables, inuman moments, hot foreigner wakeboarders, and the lovely time lapse shots.

Song used was D-d-dance by The Concept. Who the eff has the lyrics of this song?? Trust Sam to find the most indie of all indie bands residing in… Sweden. Sigh :) )

Read my CamSur post here.

THE Epic CamSur Weekend

Disclaimer: Nope, not all my weekends are this exciting.

Our most awaited trip started with a…

…delayed flight. LOL. Good thing everyone had gadgets to keep us occupied (toddler na toddler lang ang peg) :)

Arne and Jhanice trying to keep busy too.

Awesome couple Sam and Kyle (aka Evil Owl) who took most of the beautiful shots (alam na ang future!) :D

My lovely accounts people Jeff, Arianne and Ana! :)

After an eventful flight (that includes Tribal people monopolizing the game and the pilot’s interesting intercom message) we landed safely.

Touchdown Camsur!!

Hello CWC lobby! Also, you won’t believe how hungry we were here.

Hello wooden cabin! Well, technically this was Sam and Kyle’s but we all had identical ones and the cabins were so near to each other. Kinda like Wisteria Lane lang, haha. It was so fun to wake up and see who are the morning people (and not). LOL

WAKEBOARD TIME!!

LOL at my apprehensive face. Yes I was wiped out a couple of times before I was able to stand for errrrr 3 seconds. 4? Anyway I can’t wait to do it again!

Very Takeshi’s castle kami, haha!

It was insanely hard to get out of the water (since it’s freshwater huhu) because you have to get your board out of the water for safety purposes. So it was like… after three seconds you get wiped out then 5 minutes to wade out of the water. hihihi.

Arne shows us how to do it.

Migs, Giz and Vinni were all awesome! Aileen and Don got it on the first time (kayo na!) Jeff was also able to stand after a couple of tries. I love the perseverance!

Hello Migs!

Hello Kyle and Ana!

Hello Giz!! :)

Aaaand we had a few drinks by the lake before heading off to sleep.

Roccopie and Kylie so cute <3

We ended up exchanging ghost stories at 1AM *face palm* so falling asleep was an interesting process…

Anyway, I sleep like the dead so.

Breakfaaaaast.

As much as I love CWC, the food service in the clubhouse is incredibly S-L-O-W. Laing Pizza was still the shizz though.

This is divine.

Next activity: Lago del Rey!

Heave ho! Yep that’s Migs. We’re trying to haul him to the inflatable.

So there’s Migs…

But then Lui (aka White Croc) tackles him…

Aaaand Migs is gone. Again.

The cycle went on and on. LOL. Lago del Rey was so fun! And tiring. Couldn’t lift my arms for two days and I don’t think it was from the wakeboarding :) )

The Tribe waiting for lunch!

It rained about lunch time so instead of getting bored we just sat outside while raining. When was the last time I did that?? Awesome.

Rocco-pie lovin’ it!

Jumped in the pool while still waiting and played with the Go Pro cam underwater :)

It’s Yayo Ryan and his alaga. Hihihi.

Unfortunately, the Winch Park broke down on our second day so we were told to go to the Pro course. LOL I know in my heart I can’t possibly last two seconds on it so we left it to the brave (Migs, Giz, Lui, Aileen, Don, Arne, Jeff) and the rest of us went to Lago del Rey.

In which I developed a weird rash on my right arm so I had to go back and shower early :|

Anyway we were all dead beat and our flight was at 7 AM the next day.. so what do you we did?

A. Sleep in early.

B. Order some hot chocolate and exchange stories under the stars

C. Down three bottles of tequila

La-la-Iove this photo. I also saw a shooting star!!! And I wasn’t on anything (unlike Boracay last year hihi) so I know this legit. Arianne also saw it so I had witness.

No photos from the last night.. because we went with letter C. *facepalm*

Anyway, lemme distract you with Sam and Kyle’s light shots!

Happiest weekend of this year so far. Sooooo happy to be with some of my most favorite people in the world. I will always be thanking my lucky stars that I was given the chance to meet and work and bond with these incredible/talented/wonderful people. :)

Till our next adventure!! It is quite addicting, y’know.

Epic photos and post processing by Sam, Kyle and Migs.

Wake Up, It’s a Beautiful Morning

YAYYY here’s the video from the Balloon Festival in Clark. Lovingly shot and edited by Migs. Check out his Treehouse friends to see more video magic!

(I swear when I’m with him or with Sam, I feel like I’m always starring on an awesome music video. LOL)

Speaking of music, the song used is Let’s Go Surfing by The Drums. Isn’t it the cutest? :)

Wait wait wait. OMFG. I can’t wait to share the photos and videos from CamSur. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN I CAN’T EVEN hurrrrr) Hopefully I can share one of these days!

 

Magic Carpet

aka Up, Up and Away Part 2

YAY decent photos!

Me with the Mother Pinwheel

ARG Razons halo-halo! Er IDK why there’s ARG in front. Sister company ng Razon’s? :) )

Checking out the photos! Their cameras are so awesome (but their skillz more so… nohk)

Tents + Pinwheel garden

The giant kite/hang glider in all it’s glory plus the puffer fish balloons!

My pink Samsung Galaxy Y!

Under the sea, er, sky

With Migs and Vinni on the magic carpet

Monster owl and Vinni!

Testing out Migs’ remote control camera thingy *photographer term FAIL*

Pa-wacky tayo!

I never wanted to get up!

Aaaaaand…. here are the balloon photos. Haha. I know they’re only two. LOL. The Night Glow show was kinda fail because of the strong winds. We only saw four or five until the organizers decided that it was too risky to continue. Alas.

The people were so excited with this one… and then after a few minutes, it failed. LOL

Look at the (disappointed) crowd!

Oh well, maybe next year!

Thanks to Sam, Kyle and Migs for letting me steal their photos! I’m more excited for the video actually, so hope I can share that in the future too.

Next stop: CWC!!!!!

Up, Up and Away (kinda)

Sorry for the crappy photo quality… as much as I love my Galaxy Y, the 2 MP camera won’t do anything good for anyone. Haha. *iz patiently waiting for Migs, Sam and Kyle’s fantastic photos*

 

Lucky it was a beautiful day!  Funny because we thought it was going to rain while we were looking for a parking slot, then the skies suddenly brightened when we were about to go in

*the eagle has landed*

Look at all those kites!!

 

Hi Kyle!

Busy crowd! But it wasn’t Enchanted Kingdom on a long weekend worthy. Still plenty of room to walk around. Lots of booths selling miniature hot-air balloons, kites, and pinwheels.

In fact, here’s Sam who just got a GIANT pinwheel for Kyle. Ayieee. The giant pinwheel wasn’t even for sale! I wonder how Sam got it… maybe you promised the vendor your first born son no.

Anyway, that’s why you get the Boyfriend of the Year for two years in the running! Haha!

Migs shooting the festivities. Kung na hold-up kami, pang-ransom na namin ang mga lens niya. LOL

Huge puffer fish balloons!

A kite of hang-glider proportions!

After merienda (yay halo-halo) we rolled out the famous magic carpet to wait for the night glow.

Kyle very comfortable on the carpet :)

Vinni’s silhouette :) ) And he won the sole Monopoly Game of the day, dammit.

Should we bring a tent next time too?

View of the sky from my, er, lap.

Kid No. 384563 mesmerized by Mother Pinwheel. I swear, if we rented out the pinwheel every time someone wanted a photo op with it, it would have covered our entrance fee.

Aaaand as the sun sets, so does my camera’s use. Haha. Couldn’t take decent photos of the Night Glow. Anyway, I’ll try to update this entry once Migs, Sam and Kyle uploads theirs. Hoho.

Can’t wait to go back next year~

 

Part two soon!

 

 

Full Speed Ahead

I’m going away for a while
But I’ll be back
Don’t try to follow me
‘Cause I’ll return as soon as possible
See, I’m trying to find my place
But it might not be here where I feel safe

We all learn to make mistakes
And run from them, from them
With no direction
We’ll run from them, from them
With no conviction

‘Cause I’m just one of those ghosts
Travelin’ endlessly
Don’t need no roads
In fact, they follow me
And we just go in circles

And now I’m told that this is life
That pain is just a simple compromise
So we can get what we want out of it

Would someone care to classify?
A broken heart and some twisted minds
So I can find someone to rely on
And run to them, to them
Full speed ahead
Oh, you are not useless
We are just

Misguided ghosts
Travelin’ endlessly
The ones we trusted the most
Pushed us far away
And there’s no one road
We should not be the same
But I’m just a ghost
And still they echo me
They echo me in circles

Soooo I think I’ve shared this before: I get into phases with the artists I listen to. For the last few months it’s all been Coldplay (Mylo Xyloto is so awesome I can’t even… Princess of China is my official wake up song everyday)–and now I think I might be returning to my first love, Paramore. Misguided Ghosts has always been one of my most favorite songs in Brand New Eyes, second to Careful. It might have to do with Hayley not singing in full force and the simplicity and honesty of the lyrics..that yeah, I’m admitting I’m kinda lost.

The funny thing about Paramore is that I realize I always go back to their songs whenever I feel lost or confused or disconnected about what’s happening in my life (i.e. junior year hell, before and during thesis, after graduation-blues, first-year-work stress). So I guess me going back to listening to their songs kinda confirms my general mood lately.

It’s not that I’m sad or depressed (LOL NO), just that I think I’m the kind of person who loves the concept of change in general but secretly fears it. Shifting to another college course, leaving an old house/condo/dorm, going to work for the first time… I do get excited by new things but my mind has to mourn the old stuff first. Or maybe it’s not the change that I don’t like as much as the dread of it happening*.

Not that it has ever stopped me before.

*#pessimisticproblems

*random post topic is random. I was totally going to write an entry about Plana Forma and/or my new phone (LOL I’VE SURRENDERED YAY TEAM ANDROID ) and then Misguided Ghosts played on my trusty playlist so here we are. What a moody entry for January no? Must remedy that soon.

***I replaced the lyric video with their performance from the Honda Civic Tour. The fandom is pretty sure that this is the only professional live recording they ever did of this song (I think they’re right–I’ve been searching since 2010!). After watching it for 3 times, this is pretty much turning out to be one of my all-time fave live performances. Or maybe I just missed Josh Farro playing the lead guitar with Hayley by his side. #sentimentalfangirlmoment

 

That Mandatory Year-Ender Reflection.

This year has been such a rollercoaster for me. The highs were HIGHS (esp career-wise.. which I never expected) and the lows were quite memorable (I mean, really, why did I cry so much this year). 2011 taught me so much, opened my eyes to a lot of things, made me realize what I can be and pushed me so much more. Nope, didn’t expect any of that either.

Oh it’s because you know, I’m not the kind of girl who makes grand advance plans (I’m going to New York this year! I’m going to have a Peeta-peg boyfriend!) or big self-improvement promises (though maybe I should…) for the upcoming year.

The most that I always do is try be better than I was the year before. And pray hard it’s going to be good enough. :)

As for my dearest friends, I think I always post this every New Year’s Eve, but it’s only because I’ll always wish this for all every year :)

“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.”

- Neil Gaiman

Hope 2012 brings us love, luck and a new adventure! x