Punk's not dead: Psychobilly

Psychobilly is one of several subgenres of rockabilly. Horror, science fiction and death are usually the contents of their lyrics. They usually look scary, some shave their heads and some have mohawks. 

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Georgous Julry

This photo shoot was done last August for a good friend of mine at work. She was not clear to me what was it for but then I realized later on that it was for a pageant.  I am not professional when it comes to those things but I am sure it was a serious pageant. I can see the look on her face when I said, “Good luck and you are definitely going to win the crown”. It was the look of a beautiful woman who is tensed, nervous and enjoys every single moment of it.

It goes to show that even if you are tired, nervous and tensed, those would not matter anymore if you are doing the things that you are passionate of doing. It is also hard for them since their passion is being beautiful inside and out most of the time. People look up to you and some of them only notices you when something bad is happening or bad hair day, perhaps.

So enough talking for now and here are some of the pictures I took. BTW, if you have time, please go to this link https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151028781286611&set=a.10151028780266611.429422.105242071610&type=3&theater and click LIKE on her picture. It would really help! Thanks!

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A walk at the park with Baby Zeke

I have been taking pictures for quite some time now and taking pictures for a couple with a baby really makes my heart happy. Maybe, because babies are so cute and they take your worries away whenever they smile. 

Some of my friends have babies now and they are quite good being mothers. I remember when they were still single and when we hang out before, we talk about silly stuff like booze, clubbing and when’s the next out of town trip going to be. Now, they all talk about breastfeeding, diapers, first tooth and first steps. At first, it felt so weird talking for hours about stuff that you can’t relate to but later on, I got used to listening to them and I became good at it. I guess they kept talking about it because that was the only way they can release the stress. The life of being a full time mother, a working mother of 2 babies, a mother who left town to work in another city, can really be stressing. Who would ever think that a person like me could ever understand them? I couldn’t even imagine myself married or having a baby of my own. 

Ever since I was a kid, I never dreamed of that fairy tale wedding and having kids. I am more of the irresponsible type when it comes to those things. I even forget to look out for myself sometimes or most of the time. So, it would probably be best this way than letting someone suffer because of me.

I’m happy this way. Taking pictures of babies that are not mine. Sometimes if there is still time, I get to annoy, hug and kiss their adorable pretty faces. 

Maybe the other reason why I feel happy every time I take pictures of a family is because at the back of my head I know they do their best to make things work and at the end of the day, our family, as annoying as they can be, will always be the people who will stay with us when no one dared to stick around.

 

 

Davao City

It was August of 2010, me and my friends got bored so we went for a little trip in Davao City. But before that epic trip, me and Tata did a lot of research online on the things that we can do in the Durian City of the Philippines. We found out that you can do a lot of things in this city like wakeboarding, climb Mt. Apo, you can also do ziplines, white water rafting, kayaking, nightout, island hopping and a whole lot more. Unfortunately, I was not able to do all those things since we only had 2 days to spend, so we promised to use it wisely.

The first on our list to go was in Samal Island, from the airport we rode a cab to a mall in Davao where we ate our breakfast. I forgot the name but I’m pretty sure it was a combination of Gaisano Metro and Ayala Malls here in Cebu. After breakfast, we went to Samal Island, where our transportation most of the time was a Habal-habal or Motorcycle drivers who can drift.  Yes, he did and it was so cool, but he asked permission first though. In Samal Island, we went to Hagimit falls and Maxima Aqua Fun and it was so awesome! Especially at Maxima, because of the big slide that they had. The adrenaline rush just by climbing the slide, being sucked and being thrown away in mid-air. I thought I would drown but the life jackets really work. We spent our whole first day there, having fun at the beach.  When we were already tired, we went back to Davao City and went to a little hotel there to stay for the night. But before we arrived at the hotel, we got lost for 30 minutes :D

On our second day, we went White water rafting with the Riverone cast. The worst decision I ever made on this trip was I did not bring a sunblock lotion because I thought it’s not going to be so hot since it rained last night and my first experience with water rafting in Cagayan was it rained too. But, however, unfortunately, it was so hot and hello super sunburn after this trip! After the epic rafting trip, we went to the Crocodile Farm, where we saw animals that can also be found in Cebu haha but what the heck, I just did it to feel the Davao City moment and we got lost again after that when trying to go back to the Hotel. It’s good to be lost once in awhile especially if you are with your friends, you can talk a lot of things when you’re lost like, “WTF you got us lost”, or “WTF wrong way get it? Wrong way!”.

So on our 3^rd day, we bid goodbye to our cozy room, bought some pasalubongs for hungry people I work with in Cebu and went back home. Boo! This trip didn’t cost a lot, it was just around P4, 000 I guess and it was all worth it!

Samal Island

Hagimit Falls

While we were all out there in the sea after the big slide, Tata stayed on that position for 30 mins hahaha

Maxima Aqua Fun

After this trip, Tata, wasn't able to go to work for days because she can't wear pants haha just shorts