My Countdown

May 27th, 2008 by ianfelix

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(one of my very first DSLR shot)

this week, i celebrate my 1st year in photography…

my sincerest gratitude to everyone who have supported me in this very fulfilling (& costly) chapter of my life…

i’ve never been happier…

…thanks to my colleagues:
Liteatro Atbp.
Bleach & Stain
Flickers Photo Club
Pinoy Kodakero
iClick Camera Club
Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation (FPPF)

…thank you for trusting me:
Fashion Design Council of the Philippines (FDCP)
Arti Entertainment, Inc.
Charity In Focus (NY)
Backpackers.Com
Bacardi Clan
Novoteau

and to all those who supported me and modeled on my online portfolio:
manilaguy25.multiply.com

…my family & friends,

i couldn’t ask for anything else!!!!!!!

THANK YOU.

Latest Feature on a Travel Website

September 17th, 2007 by ianfelix

my work got featured on a travel website just
today, please support me check it at
http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2007/09/17/travel-photo-of-the-week-snake-island-tranquillity/

for my full photography website, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfelix/

thanks

here’s the photograph:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfelix/1389857582/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/1389857582_0920e313d4.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Let’s Take a Dip" /></a>

A New Chapter In My LIFE

July 11th, 2007 by ianfelix

Started doing photography during the last week of May 2007 when i bought my first DSLR Camera (Nikon d40).  I openned up an account at http://www.flickr.com and joined several groups including Flickers Photo Club (FPC).  Currently taking Basic Photography Workshop or FPPF (Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation) this July.

Here are my achievements so far:

June 15, 2007
FIRST FEATURE @ EXPLORE (#479) - DOCKING @ SUNSET
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfelix/554762694/
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June 26, 2007
SECOND FEATURE @ EXPLORE (#409) - JOHN 3:16
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfelix/637202958/
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July 8, 2007
HONORABLE MENTION - POVERTY
Charity In-Focus Photography Contest and Exhibition
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfelix/563225745/
Between Jul 20th and Jul 22nd, 2007, This photo will be on display at the Icosahedron Gallerie in TriBeCa, New York.
http://www.charityinfocus.org/gallery
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July 11, 2007
FPC Photo of the Week (POW - 36th Week) - CORO
flickersphotoclub.blogspot.com/2007/07/pow-36th-week.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfelix/752822667/
Coro

more to come….. thanks for all the support…

Winning an INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST

July 8th, 2007 by ianfelix

I am pleased to inform you that the judges have selected my photo entitled POVERTY as one of the Honorable Mentions in their Charity In-Focus Photography Contest aPovertynd Exhibition.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25956344@N00/563225745/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfelix/563225745/

Between Jul 20th and Jul 22nd, 2007, my photo will be on display at the Icosahedron Gallerie in TriBeCa, New York. They will be printing my photo for their exhibition.

Let this serve as an invitation for my friends and family to attend this meaningful event.

Further information about our exhibition can be obtained from their website, www.charityinfocus.org/gallery.

This is RSVP so Please send me an email at ianfelix@gmail.com

THANKS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME IN THIS ENDEAVOR.  MABUHAY ANG PINOY.

MyTravel Logs

May 17th, 2007 by ianfelix

I have started my very first travel entry on my other blogsite

please support and visit it at

http://ianfelix.blogspot.com    

comments will be highly appreciated

Masakit Na Kurot…

April 9th, 2007 by ianfelix

paminsan minsan, sa hindi sinasadyang pagkakataon,
mayroong mga bagay, o pangyayaring, magpapaalala sa yo ng nakaraan,
parang isang pinong kurot na pilit nagpapamumbalik ng sakit…

kanina lang sa shoutout ni ron sa friendster nabasa ko sabi nya….

"i wish i can make you love me
again..i know it would be very selfish of me to do that..so im letting
you go for you to find your happiness..but i want you to know that when
you see yourself alone, ill be in the same spot where you left me.."

bigla ako natulala, ilang minuto rin yun, parang di ako makahinga,
masakit ang alaala dala, mahirap maipag kaila, pilit na nanunuot,
pero wala akong magawa, kungdi magmura…

tang-inang kurot yan… masakit pa rin pala!

Old & Rusted

January 22nd, 2007 by ianfelix

December 8, 2006 11:50pm


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a while back, while in a cab to work
my friend patrick & i was texting:


pat: e kaw, kamusta naman dyan?
me: oki pa rin, toxic sa work as always
pat: ganun ba. e ang puso mo?
me: i dont have a heart, i just have a dick and a future to focus on, in life you can’t have everything


then after pressing send i started to slump on my seat
deep inside i felt very bad, my response seems to feel so real
for it was the first thought out of my mind…
sobbing inside, i got no more tears to shed…


i felt bad…. i felt hopeless…

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yesterday was my one of my bestfriend’s 1st year death anniversary
i was with my ex when we visited his grave lunchtime
a lot has happened to me this past year after his passing…


for one i got promoted, something that i can only dream of, 5 years ago
it’s a four year climb to the top and am very proud… am very happy…
happiness that now proved too short to remember.


they say the higher you go up, the lonelier it gets…Dsc_0392
true enough after a while, the usual stuff that made me happy
doesn’t seem enough anymore… i became restless and bold
i started experimenting, i started deviating,
now i can’t recognize myself anymore…


maybe because i got no one…
the 3 most important guys in my life i cant reach…
1 died, 1 is busy, 1 is just miles away…
now i got no one else…


i was always on the watch out for the right one,
i pretended to be tough but deep inside i was cramming…
maybe because i know i need the right one to straighten out my life,
the right one before i become irreparable…


why is it everytime I get to meet someone I really like… The_broken_heart

everytime i decide to allow myself to fall…
everytime i decide to make myself vulnerable…
…something stupid always happens


maybe it’s karma… yeah maybe it is…
for i had my share of mess ups and shame…


contrary to what i texted patrick….
my heart is the most important and overused part of me
it has gone through tough times…
mangled, smudged, squeezed, ambushed, stressed,
burned, stabbed and left for dead
resuscitated, revived, restarted and rebooted a couple of times.

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now it has come to a point it can no longer take anymore shit
hardened with grief and pain but still beating with the last remaining hope
only good news is, its still got time for one more…
only one more…


life must go on, now am setting my heart aside…
resting, old and rusted…
but its still here… just waiting for its last user
the one with the correct login name and password…

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MGA ALAALA NI EURY

December 7th, 2005 by ianfelix

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labing isang oras na ang nakakaraan,16143242710671l

pumanaw na si eury katanghaliang tapat,

disyembre syete, alas onse kwarenta ng umaga,

kumplikasyon sa baga, wala ng nagawa…

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buong buhay ko, hindi ko pa naranasan na mawalan

ng mahal sa buhay, hindi ko naranasan mawalan

ng isang malapit na kaibigan, ngayon lang,

masakit pala ang mawalan, masakit pala ang maiwan…

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buong buhay ko hindi ko isinaiisip na lilisan si eury,

lilisan ng ganito kaaga, 30 pa lang sya,

lilisan dahil sa isang walang kwentang kadahilanan,

sinakksak sya ng isang estranghero sa general

santos

mga 4 na linggo na ang nakakaraan…

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parang kailan lang, nag pa-dinner kami ni eury noong

marso 2005 para sa sabay na pagdiriwang namin ng

aming kaarawan, dumating ang marami sa tropa,Streets_of_hk_edited

masaya ang lahat sa gilligan’s, masaya kami ni eury…

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hunyo 2004, nagtreat si ate fe, nasa hong kong 

kami ng tropa, pasyal dito pasyal doon,

kain dito kain doon, shopping dito shopping doon,

masaya kaming lahat, masaya rin si eury…

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sa tuwing magpupunta kami sa basilica,

pagbibigyan niya ako at kakantahin ang

paborito kong request na ‘hanggang’ ni wency,

at susundan ng paborito nyang ‘the promise’ ni martin

masaya kami ni eury…

sa malate pag tumatambay sa bj’s grill,

sya ang aking laging kasama sa pagkain

ng paborito naming adsilog, at syang tagasaway 5785611259007l

sa aking madalas na pag order ng crispy tenga

‘kala ko ba nagrereduce ka’ sabi nya,

masayang kasama si eury…

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dito sa blogs ko, sya ang madalas magkomento,

sa mga sinusulat ko, sya ang madalas magbigay

ng salungat na reaksyon, sa buhay ko sa

mga panahong nagiging negative ako, sya ang

laging nagbibigay ng positibong payo kung paano 

harapin ang buhay ko, pag dumadating ang panahon

na nawawala ang tiwala ko sa mga tao sa paligid ko,

sya ang bumabatok sa akin upang patatagin ko ang

aking paniniwala sa kanila… mabait si eury

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si eury ang angel sa buhay ko, taga-gabay

sa madidilim na landas na aking madalas tahakin,

tagadamay sa panahong malungkot at nag-iisa ako,

kasalo sa sangkaterbang bote red horse sa kasagsagan11842036612197l_edited

ng kasiyahan sa

new york

café… masaya kami ni eury

noong lingo nung dumalaw kami sa st. claire hospital

sa

makati

, natutulog sya nung dumating kami,

bawal pa daw magsalita dahil baka magkakabag,

tinulungan naming syang bumangon sa

kama

ng

mga alas 5:30ng hapon para maglakad, nakangiti sya

nung makita nya ako, at sinamahan naming syang

maglakad sa hallway ng ospital…

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ang huling alaala ko kay eury, nakatayo sya sa harap

ng imahen ni mama mary, sa hallway ng st claire 

dun sya dumiretso nung lumabas sya ng kwarto,

karay karay sa tulong ng kapatid nya ang mga linya

ng naso-gastric tube, dextrose at iba pa, taimtim na

nagdadasal sa harap ng imahen ng nakatayo, matapos

yun ay nagpaalam na kami, matamlay sya pero nakangiti,

naghihirap pero positibo, nangangamba pero umaasa…

masayahin si eury, malakas ang tiwala sa diyos…16143764934919l_edited

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nung nagtext ako sa kanya last week, sabi ko ‘hang on

and rest well, gagaling ka na’ sagot nya ay ito

‘i am, with

ur

prayers and god’s grace. ingat lagi. J

yun ang huling text na natanggap ko sa kanya…

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sabi ko noon, kung may mga tao sa mundong kaya

kong ipagkatiwala ang buhay ko, isa si eury doon,

tatlo lang sila nina dard at kris, ngayon dalawa na lang sila,

ganun kaimportante si eury sa buhay ko,

ganun ang halaga nya sa akin,

isang kaibigang di matatawaran,

isang dakilang tao,

ganyan si eury sa buhay ko…

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mamimiss ko ang mga emosyonal na kanta ni eury…

mamimiss ko ang mga seryoso naming usapan tungkol

sa mga buhay buhay naming…

mamimiss ko ang mga kagat nya sa balikat ko pag 1614535831530l_edited

nagkukulitan kami sa malate…

mamimiss ko ang mga text nya ng tagalog tuwing

lunes ng umaga…

mamimiss ko ang mga pangaral nya sa akin…

mamimiss ko si eury…

mahal kita eury…

kailanmay di kita malilimutan…

salamat sa magagandang alaala…

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sa nakaraang dalawang pasko, siya ang aking kasama

sa quiapo para mamili ng pangrelago sa mga inaanak

at mga pamangkin namin, lagi kaming di magkamayaw

na suungin ang sankaterbang mamimili sa quiapo para

lang makapamili ng mura…

ang saya saya namin ni eury tuwing ganito….

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sa isang lingo ang schedule naming mamili, tulad ng

kinagawian, naghihintay ang mga tindera sa quiapo,

andun na naman ang mga nakikipagsiksikang mamimili,

may budget na rin akong itinabi para doon…5611624013436l

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pero wala na si eury…

wala na akong kasama…

paano na ang pasko…

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October 25th, 2005 by ianfelix

damn…Ca4fwvyb_edited

that 4-letter word…
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i thought i can do away with it…
just keep myself busy with work & gym & gimiks…
and i can completely ignore it… Ca6j4xa1_edited
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have fun with material things, drown myself with
hobbies, drug myself with laughter,
enjoy intimacy with faceless strangers…
and it will become obsolete…
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but when i get home to rest in my bed…

its definition is haunting me like dark shadows of truth… Camb214j
truth so unmistakingly clear it makes my eyes flood…
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there’s a space beside my bed i cnt touch…
there’s a space inside my heart i cnt feel…
there’s a space inside my soul i cnt reach…
i feel so empty its consuming me… Ca6z452d_edited
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i was wrong…
i need someone to witness my life…
i need someone to resuscitate my hope…

i need someone to complete my soul…

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salamat sa pagbabasa

paminsan-minsan mag english naman tayo

wahehe :)

ALAALA NG IYONG HALIK

October 5th, 2005 by ianfelix

ika’y pikit, ako’y mulat…122644712_m_edited

ika’y mumulat, ako naman ang pipikit…

minsan nama’y parehong mulat…

o kaya’y parehong pikit…

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mga ngiting mapang-akit…

simula ng tingin’g malalagkit…

mga dilang nagpupumilit…

para bagang nanunungkit15506051014367s_edited

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mga labing malalambot…

na ang epekto’y nanunuot…

mga ngusong dumidiin…

malalalim naninimsim…

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mga ngiping matitigas…

mga laway na madudulas…Couplekissingadultery

gilagid ay ginagalugad…

wari’y laging sinasagad…

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mga hiningang humahangos…

mga galaw na mapangahas…

mukha’y di maipinta…

tumitirik ang mga mata…

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mga kalamna’y nanginginig…

sa walang humpay na pagniniig…Jr8_edited

tumutulong mga pawis…

tanda ng ligayang labis…

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bawa’t minuto sinusulit…

ninanamnam ang bawa’t saglit…

o’ makamandag na HALIK…

sa aking isip ay di mawaglit…

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salamat sa pagbabasa

try nyo lang, masarap sya

wahehe ;)

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