17th of December, 2009

I normally don’t vent like this, but wow…. a lot has happened!!!!

After much thought and reminiscing, 2009 perhaps was the most eventful year of the 22 years I have been alive. Even the word “eventful” is a major understatement on all the things I have been put through and experienced in this particular year.

… Starting up photography again… graduating @ USF in 4 years with a chemistry degree… finding work after graduation… becoming alumni of a fraternity after leaving your legacy… realizing what real life is like, despite being in transition from undergrad to medical school… seeing the true sides of people (ugly and beautiful)… life and relationships… realizing how patience is a virtue…. I honestly can keep going on how 2009 really molded me to the person I am today. I don’t know whether or not the person I am now turned out to be positive, or have become cold and bitter.

I end 2009 by going back to the Philippines (my ethnic roots) to visit family and relatives… but mainly to reminisce and absorb the events of 2009 and think about what is ahead of me in 2010.

… Life throws curveballs at you, I didn’t realize life threw that many in such a short time…

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Location: Zen Sushi

for all you photo enthuasists out there: personally, i am not much of a high iso shooter. regardless of the lighting, I only go up to ISO 400 because i want the crisp shoots without all the noise. but you can only push aperature and shutter speed so much. so i decided to do some experiments with ISO to see if it fits my taste… even if the environment was literally pitch black for a photographer.

i spent my saturday night with a friend to go to kassie’s b-day dinner. it was a very relaxing/chill time meeting new people and having nice convesation. i also met someone who got into the medical school i want to go to so she gave me nice words of advice and encouragement.

… good times

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