Weekend Shots

For the first time in more than a month, I was in my room when the midnight hour struck last Saturday. Yes, I was already in bed with a lowercase “b”. We had dinner in Makati for my cousin who just got married to her American boyfriend of seven years. They spent their honeymoon in Bohol, and were here for three days before they fly back to Michigan.

At first my mom wanted to treat them to Friday’s, but I told her that TGIF is found in the US. Why not go Pinoy? So she chose Max’s (yes, there’s a Max’s Restaurant in the States, but it’s in California.) Because they were staying in Muntinglupa, we chose a midway point—Max’s in Greenbelt, Makati.


I also took the opportunity to test my Ollie’s night-shooting capabilities. Either I get a tripod, or I must learn to hold my breath longer.


Going home, we stopped by Marikina Riverbanks.


The river is alive again—or rather, the riverbank is alive. I don’t know about the waters though. But I have seen fishes moving in the water—or I think they’re fishes. What if they’re mutated cockroaches? Ewww!

And here’s one of the pair of floating shoes. The other pair is found in another part of the river, nearer the Bayan area.


We were home by 10pm. Actually if I wanted to I could still have gone out to Bed, but after watching the premiere telecast of Out! on television, I decided my bed was too inviting to resist. Besides, I wanted a change in my usual weekend activities.

Sunday found me at the gym and going to my alma mater to take photos of Camp Big Falcon (see The McView Point.) I wanted to proceed to CCP and the Manila Bay area to take photos of the sunset, but I remembered there was a grand fans day of a TV network at the Folk Arts Theater. Traffic will be hell for sure. The Manila Bay sunset will just have to wait.