Behind the Foliage

Its so calm and relaxing at the Beaches. Looking at the waves crashing through the rocky barriers makes me want to jump in. The warm air breeze is cool enough for an old white man to swim in the water without worrying about shrinkage. Even though Toronto's smog isn't enough for these locals to skip walking on the boardwalk there was a humid advisory warning we had this afternoon. Eh, never bothers anybody. Coming down here was such a great idea. I'm pretty sore as hell from rollerblading and working out my lower body at #Goodlifefitness. You can say this is my sauna.

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Love Means Nothing

Okay, WOW! So I googled this phrase, "LOVE MEANS NOTHING" and the answers I found are;

1. Long ago, no score was indicated on French tennis scorecards by an egg-shaped zero. This was unknown as “L’oeuf’, the French word for egg, and the English-speaking players used the name word, but in this case it sounded like love, and has been called love ever since. ( yahoo answers to tennis )


2. That love generally means nothing. As in it has no meaning at all. ( Cassiopaea )


And of course there is even a Youtube video on it.


3.


With that being said, I enjoy the game of tennis and I think it is one of the sports I can play all day. Going to the Roger's Cup Qualifying is a different story.


My fiancee, Tiffany somehow managed to get us free tickets on the opening day. Thank you baby! I finally had a Nikon D90 with two additional lenses to play with and of course I brought it with me to the event. My images turned out really good and I was happy with the DOF I shot of Rafael Nadal from a range of 75m.
Holding down the shutter while the players made their serves was much easier rather than timing the actual shot I wanted to take. Hey, i'm an amateur at sports shooting. Even so, I had fun doing it and was such a beautiful day at the Rexall Centre. Here are my images that I shot during that day. Enjoy!

Reunion

What's happening yo?
My Cali relatives came up to visit my family because my baby sister had her 18th Birthday Party. In filipino terms, aka a DEBUT. So we brought them to the city of #Toronto and did alot of site seeing, alot of Korean BBQ dining and alot of picture snapping. So here's my photo-set of my cousins, my fiancee Tiffany and my parents enjoying the beautiful day out in #Toronto.

- Peace!

Ninong Rai

This news was such a surprise. I read it a few minutes ago and now i'm going to Blog it. LOL

No Lie! Here is the truth people.

That's my cuzzin Dave from the Philippines. We haven't seen each other since I moved to Canada about 21 years ago. And now this makes me want to visit the Philippines even more. I'll have to teach my new PRINCE the slangs of Canada. Ehhh!! LOL

I'm still overwhelmed, thank you Dave for choosing me as your son's Ninong.  I can't wait till I see him.
Gangstah! !  lmao

Aries needs some Auto-Care

So I found out just how precious and expensive my Honda 2006 Si can be especially I'm saving up for a wedding.

A belt tensioner: When your car makes squealing noises you might want to check this out. I found on an online site it will cost me about 90$US + Shipping from Dayton Ohio

Dayco parts







#2 is that I would need a new Clutch Assembly: This is going to cost me a LOT! Say $300 US + shipping. This is only for the pieces. No labour charge included.

Clutch Masters FX100 Kit






With the clutch kit, it doesn't come with a flywheel so I believe I have to look for this one too? FUDGE@!!

Can anyone help me for a full Clutch Kit Assembly including the Flywheel?

bringing LIFEcloser

REViSED LOGO Raien & Profile

I've been busy with Debut photos for a client and this is all I can show for now. I redesigned my original log and kept the leaf coz I think it symbolizes the significance of success. I intend to follow my dream and pursue my goal until I land on becoming successful in my #LIFE.

I like this logo and my little slogan. "Bringing Lifecloser." I attached closer to LIFE because if you truely know me, that's how I am. I bring people/friends & even places that's close to me and that becomes my #LIFE endeavour. I'm enjoying #LIFE right now and absolutely great-full for what I have. I continue to learn and grow every breath I inhale and exhale.

Thanks to all of you for reading my Blog.
....More to come!

We can't go wrong with Free Tickets. All shout outs goes to Donna for hooking us up. Regardless it was only the Qualifying Day and also Family Day at Rexall Centre, my finacee and I had a great time. The weather cooperated from sunshine to cloudy skies but that didnt stop me from climbing steel bars just to take snaps at Rafeal Nadal. Then some fat security lady told me to get down. HA! I had enuff shots that would make me a paparazzi. Alot of people crowded to take a glimpse of Nadal but psych'd everybody out when security guards led him at the backdoors away from cheerful fans. LMAO! Glad I made some monkey business.

It was an eventful morning. Loving it!

Ps. Also a shout out to my friend #blancaQGaray for hustlin the equipment. I wouldn't be a great photographer without the hardware. :) Much love.

Here are some snaps from the berry.

Our Evidence

The Spectators

The Huge Crowd waiting for Nadal

Celebrity Tennis

Fashion Show

I was working on a photo set for a few days and finally I just had it finished and uploaded on Flickr.
I did a small gig at the Bata Show Museum in downtown Toronto on Bloor and St.George. Will from I AM Entertainment invited me to shoot this gig and networked with a few designers and some local sponsors. Fun times as always, the DJ was playing some Katty Perry tracks and Miley Cyrus. Will was doing his thing with the Cam. I met a new homie, Mario Ventura of Ouimagine Inc. All the runway models were styling with them #fancy shoes. The appetitzers was hella healthy and the drinks were free, can't complain.

-----> Fashion Show  <---

Goodnight Fashion Show!!

Photomatix Pro

After several months of waiting, I finally own a very powerful software for photography. At last, it is within my grasp. HDR is so popular and easy to shoot with the proper hardware but to finalize and showcase your work you will need Photomatix Pro from HDR Soft.

If you haven't noticed, I already changed my main image of my blog from a regular HDR merge in CS4 into Photomatix. The difference is Stellar! I will definitely enjoy it while everyone else gets to. *Happy Snapping :)

Line Up at the Mac Store

I'm at Yorkdale mall, just looking at this line-up for the new release of the iphone4 I think Mac did a great job marketing this unit and besides the the antenna issue people are still comfortable with this product.
*Thumbs up for sure*

I thought all these people were waiting to see me??

LMAO. :)

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iT's like watching 2 kids

So i've taken on the responsibility of babysitting my fiancee's dogs. Technically she only has one dog, Ikea ( Chihuahua ) and then her brother's dog, Digger ( beagle ). I love both of them because they behave so well. But when they are together its "chaos." Such little children!  It's going well so far, Ikea loves the attention and Digger doesn't mind being independent except when he needs to eat his dinner. Because of they're eating schedules, I have to work around their time so I can enjoy my day. I tried having both of them at the same house while I work on my projects but it was impossible. They wanted my attention especially Ikea, because Digger is not allowed on the carpet he was purposely doing it so I can play with him. Drives me bananas... I can't wait till my fiancee and her family comes back. I miss her and the fam.

HURRY!!