noel alanguilan

the wedding car
San agustin church
intramuros, manila

we just popped in to take a look at the place and there was this beautifully preserved cadillac in front of the church. the wedding car.

part of the lost rolls

i was wondering how fireworks would look like in black and white.

tropical
corner of legarda and recto
manila

when i walk this way in the morning i constantly see someone waiting for somebody. the corner apparently became a meet up place where friends, classmates or relatives agree to meet before school or work or after.

i do not think i have much time to spare. i try to spend my days being with people dear to me and on things i enjoy doing. i cannot give any more time because i do not have any to give.

if by chance our paths will cross again please be kind. i will remember and afford myself the luxury of looking at past memories for a moment but i will be silent.

grandson & grandfather
23rd december 2009
mall of asia, pasay city

its a picture of my son and my father

kikay 04
dumudungaw
(looking out the window)
bisikleta series

kikay 03
hub
bisikleta series

kikay 02
shimano close
bisikleta series

kikay 01
bisikleta series
2009

i could not ride as much as i wanted to. so until such time i am taking pictures.

nielsen
makati

this is nielsen, the cat that hangs around the filipinas heritage library (fhl). he was named after the restaurant that occupied the place previously.

nielsen died recently–a victim of ondoy. after the storm he sauntered to fhl looking all tired and wet. they tried to save him but he was too weak.

when i would visit the library, nielsen was always outside the front door staring in like the way he is in the photo. it was as if he saw spirits walking about doing what spirits do and him always waiting and watching.

yosi
slang for cigARETTE
san miguel, manila

i used to smoke. i stopped about 19 months ago. sometimes i miss it. sometimes i miss the slow drag, the deep breath after and the ensuing temporary haze of dizziness. its a deceptive vice. deathly simple. but time and money would be well spent on something else.

part of the lost rolls