Category: The Ride

I’m having all my negatives scanned one by one. I think it’s 50% done. That’s just for the color ones. [Here] are two of the latest scanned negatives (Random #3 and DLSU / Yuchengco Bldg.).

The photos in the gallery are grouped according to the roll of film they belong. Sometimes a set doesn’t have a subject, just random pictures. The frames that I didn’t select goes to the Dump (the thumbnails below the gallery). They don’t have links to larger images.

I had the negatives of my first birthday scanned. It’s funny to see yourself in such age.. where today, you don’t remember a thing you were doing.

On the other hand, looking at these ancient pictures of your families brings longing for those days to liven up. Loved ones are still alive.. smiling, enemies are friends, family ties are close.

It isn’t that much these days.. people have got their own lives to watch over.

I am thinking of giving my niece and nephew a cousin.. and when that day comes, they will have the same family photographs I have.

Lately, I was hooked with Lost. I am already at Season 1, Episode 18. Later, I will post a gallery of close-up shots of eyes.

I posted the latest roll of film I consumed. This was stuck in the camera for over a month, and last week I had the last exposure. I had it processed last night.

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For a change, I went to Konica Digital at Glorieta. It was right in front of the right side of SM. I wanted to know if they were scanning negatives as high as the scans at Konica Digital in Greenbelt. Second, I wanted to find out if the fee was cheaper.

Here is a table for comparison:

So, here’s the catch. That P150 fee was supposed to be a package called “Scan to CD” – meaning, the developing fee of a roll of film is already included, the scanning, and the CD.. all for P150; and an additional smaller amount for succeeding rolls.

But that night, I chanced upon the cousin of the owner. She was a fair Chinese lady and we got along very well because she wasn’t snotty or anything. So, I asked her if their fee was the same with KD Greenbelt, she wasn’t sure. One of the saleslady was telling me about the original fee but of course, she wouldn’t argue with Ms. Chinese.. so she scrammed out of the situation.

I had two rolls of film to be developed, a 36 and a 24.. and to fill up the 40 frames for the 24, I had another 24 negative frames to include. She agreed when I offered to pay the same fee I pay at the other store.. and she even asked me if I have other negatives I’d like to be scanned because she will make it “unlimited” for me (that’s the word she used). I had the nicest smile in my head because I have a room full of unscanned negatives. I just hope that she is there when I come back.

Another thing that made me want to switch here was that the job is done in an hour or so.. unlike at Greenbelt, it would take 3 days or more.

Even if the scans here at KD Glorieta is 25% less in resolution than in KD Greenbelt, it’s still not that bad.. considering everything. Plus, it’s closer from MRT Ayala Ave. So far, KD has the cheapest fee for these kinds of services.

I wouldn’t talk about KD Market! Maket!

What could beat a chemical formula?

The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C₁₂₈₉H₂₀₅₁N₃₄₃O₃₇₅S₈. Source

Why does it feel cool when you’re sporting some band-aid on your face? Even taking medications is like a stage play.. spotlight on you. It feels popular to be assisted by crutches.

It doesn’t matter if it was a motocross accident or just a banana peel that got you. If you survived and getting better, you feel you’re one of those people living on the edge. Tough bastard.

For the second time after I can’t remember how long my head became dizzy. I fell down the track as the train’s headlight flashed before my eyes. If this wasn’t just my imagination, it would have been my whole life that flashed.

I spent the whole night at MRT Shaw Blvd. station. One. Two. Three. Four.. trains have passed me by. People flowed inwards every train stop and still I chose not to push along. I was waiting for a less crowded car; and finally, after almost thirty minutes my ride home arrived.

Next to Diana Krall, I was hooked with Eva Cassidy’s voice. Sometimes you can’t describe why you like something. At first sight, you just do.

What A Wonderful World (Live at Blues Alley) suits the subdued weather today.