Cotton Candy

Outside the Church I saw Nong Erning selling his specialty "Cotton Candy". He sells it at P5.00 per pack. According to him, his revenue is a bit low compared to selling outside the school during school days. For this fiesta he would often end up at P100+ while on regular days at school he would gain around P800.00. He is from Lapu-lapu and came to Medellin to sell his Cotton Candy.

I admire people like him. He make use of his time by doing something, not just depending on what others could give him.

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Kandila

Outside the church, I met Arvin who was so curious about my cam. He asked "Te, mu picture diay ka te?" I smiled and asked him if I could take a picture of him. He had that huge smile on his face and was trying to cover his face with the candles he was selling. I took several frames while talking to him. He was so happy when i showed him his pictures. You could find his other picture in my other blog titled "beautiful faces".

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I don't know why I'm so interested with old ladies. I really like to capture emotions, candid shots, natural thing.. I'm attracted to them. I love pictures that could tell you a story just by merely looking at them.

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"The Hand", a beautiful hardworking hand of a young boy. He approached me outside the church and offered me to buy some candles.. He was about to give me my candles when i took a shot of his hand.

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Under the Mango Tree

meet my new friends topi, vin and rengie...


under the mango tree
we took a shelter
under the mango tree
i remembered the years
when i too was hanging with my old friends
i could see myself at Topi
a dark thin kid
careless
happy
playful
u could find me anywhere...
between 5-6pm you would hear a loud scream
"jaaaaaddddeeeee pauliiiiii naaaaaa..."
thats my mama:)

rengie, topi (green), vin

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Sabongero

It was around 4pm when I went to the cockfighting arena to shoot.

I was a little girl back then when I last entered this place. I could remember how we won the derby with our rooster's name Supersonic. My Papa used to be a big fan of this game. Back then my role was to help Papa in preparing the food for his roosters.

Well, I had fun shooting the Sabongeros. I learned their terms like kuymi, masyador, biya, inilog, 10-7, 10-6, the hand signs for 50, 500, 5K, 15K, 30K and more. Someone thought Im from media:)

Its difficult to shoot a cockfighting though cause the movement is so fast. I still have to study the tricks. I think I have to go back there again and practice more:)

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travel back home

its always nice to be back home... i went right away to the trans loading area after I put my stuff in my room. the farmers were very friendly as i was trying to make them comfortable with my presence.. I met Manong Rudy, Nong Martin and the little boy Jinboy who was with his father. I never had the chance of knowing all of them except for the little boy who was a bit shy when i asked for his name. I got to know Nong Rudy and Martin through my Papa and our lavandera Nang Marciana when I showed them some of my shots. Nang Marciana was really surprised how i got a picture of his brother Martin, told her... "we are friends:)"

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Medellin my home and the pipol

Medellin, a place so close to my heart. I spent the best childhood years here. Had a very simple life. Simple and happppyyy life as a kid. Up to this time my dreams are always taking me back home. The old house, my school, the playground, the soil, the pretty grass, the mud, the rain, the fresh air, the people...

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