anawangin - a cam trip

During the last trip to Anawangin (Zambales), I brought my Nikon D40, a new color splash flash (wasn’t used much), the ‘el cheapo’ (film cam), and a Vivitar (film cam) that Mapet lent. Ang saya saya!

India

India, the land of PLENTY.

We went to Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) where there were plenty of people, plenty of spices, plenty of traffic, plenty of birds, plenty of scams, plenty of dogs, and plenty of things to buy! Too bad I didn’t have plenty of TIME.

The food was great! Don’t ask me what the dishes were called (because I don’t remember) but most of them definitely tingled the taste buds. Yum!

The women wore beautifully colored sarees and it made me so envious that I ended up buying one on the first day! I just wish I’ll have an opportunity to wear it sometime soon.

Since we were only there for a few days and worked most of the time, this is a place that I would love to come back to. For the shopping and to be able to explore the other parts of the country that we didn’t get to see…especially to see the Taj Mahal.

Anyway, it was really great to be able to see another glimpse of how people in other places LIVE. It is always wonderful to be able to be a part of another world, even if it were only for a few days and to realize that the world we live in is HUGE.

oslo

3 M’s to describe Oslo - mahal, malamig, and masarap.

mahal - everything there is really expensive. It gets to a point where you just have to stop trying to calculate how much things would be if it were in Pesos or even USD or else you would not be able to buy anything at all.

malamig - while I was there I think the weather fluctuated from 5 degrees Celsius to negative 8 degrees Celsius…but to me, it was just COLD. If any part of my skin was exposed while I was outdoors, it would begin to hurt after a while. but the cold weather was definitely a nice change and now I think I’m starting to miss it…

masarap - my boss said that if he was asked what I did in Oslo he would say that I ate! :p True, I did spend the entire time trying to eat as much authentic Norwegian food as I could possibly find…I even had Lutefisk! Well, when in Norway, do as the Norwegians do…right?!

Actually, there’s a lot more to say about Oslo…maybe I’ll write more about it someday. By the way, special thanks to the very hospitable Colibrians in Oslo who showed me around!