Polaroid A930

It only proves that God does hear prayers and they do go up and blessings go down.

You can call it luck but last night I won myself a A930 Polaroid Digital camera. So cool!

We were at the Rizal Stadium for the annual Company Mini-Olympics. It is during these times where almost 15 branches come together to compete, mingle and interact with one another showcasing sportsmanship, determination and camaraderie.

This is my 2^nd time to attend this event ever since I became part of the company since last year January.

The mini-olympics consists of sports games such as 100-meter dash, obstacle course run, relay and cheerdance competition. Just imagine – half of the Rizal Stadium was full considering that some employees didn’t even attend. Lol. Just imagine if every single employee attended the event; I bet the whole stadium will be filled and that is just the Metro Manila branches – provincial and Vismin not yet included. Hehe.

So with that picture, just imagine how many entries were dropped in that tiny raffle “tambiolo”? Only 18 digital cameras were given away and I bet that the entries there are what – more or less than 500?

I was just actually blankly staring watching the on-going preparation for the last wave of games and was thinking “Can I ever win there?” and “How I wish my entry gets picked so I can win”.

I think everybody knows how I’ve always wanted to buy a camera because it’s one of my hobbies. I am actually saving and planning to buy something by December and I am still contemplating whether to get a laptop or an SLR first but definitely I will buy both. Not at the same time though. LOL.

So when my name was called I was shocked and literally I was shaking. Hahaha. Hey I’ve never won anything in my life from raffles before. Hahaha. I don’t think I am lucky with these kind of things so I don’t really put my hopes up too much. But last night was maybe my lucky night or maybe God did hear my prayers. It was timely that the prize was a digital camera. Weee!

It’s a 9MP digital camera. Not bad. Besides, my only concern is that at least I now have my own cam to take photos with. Hehe.

God has been good to me ever since last year. I’ve counted my blessings and I am truly grateful for all the things that He has given me. I’ve already proven that He is there for me so I really thank the Lord for this.

Here are photos of the camera. It’s Pink. Hahaha!

  

UP Diliman Fun Shoot 08.30.09

In relation to my previous post (actually this is the pre-quel of it), we had a fun shoot in UP Diliman last August 30 with my cosplay friend Kat Escolar and her photog friend Marlene Hsu. It was Kat's idea because as she had blogged about it, her boyfriend was requesting for photos of her. And since Mars was here to visit, she scheduled a photoshoot and just invited me.

I'm no model (I'm not that pretty to be one. nyahaha). I just like pictures and dressing up , i guess. I'm a photo enthusiast also and as most people describe me, uber kikay and partly narcissistic. LOL. And since I'm into cosplay right now, maybe I just wanted to have fun and grab the oppurtunity to have good pictures while there's an oppurtunity for it.

It was a fun shoot. At first we were thinking of a theme and I thought I wanted to use those items I have bought from a thrift shop. Yup, ukay-ukay in short. And lately, I am in the knack of acquiring animal-printed pieces. LOL. (I love cats so it also applies to big ones such as lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards. Hehe.) I have a fur coat and a silk skirt, which I turned into a dress instead (Ingenuity.hehe). I'm creative and people have complimented my ability to pick out interesting and quite good stuff from the thrift shop which doesn't really look it came from there. I guess, it also helps that I have a weird sense about fashion and that most people wouldn't really have the guts to wear those kind of stuff (which is actually much better for me because then I wouldn't have too much competition around). I often ask people how much they think stuff that I wear cost and they're quite amaze when I tell them and where I got them. I normally roam around the Metro and go in ukayans I pass by just to see if there's anything that would entice me to buy. What I often look for in thrift shops are:

(1) jackets - I LOVE jackets! All my jackets and coats come from UK;

(2) skirts - I LOVE skirts! It's my staple wear. I don't wear jeans too much - only in special occassions.haha. (Shouldn't it be the other way around? LOL). I don't know. I'm just more comfortable in skirts - not that I also have the legs to boot - woot! That is why I really liked our uniform because it's skirt. I'd rather wear skirts than slacks for office; and

(3) boots - I LOVE boots! (did you just notice that I had the same reactions for all 3 items?LOL.) - I've always loved shoes and I don't really care if the Philippines is a tropical country. When there's an oppurtunity to wear boots I wear them. I normally use them during gimiks and other parties and often, people have complimented me for wearing one. Although, boots are now growing in popularity and more and more people are wearing them nowadays. hehe.

Anyways, I've deviated from the subject of this blog (nyahahaha) and most probably I would just have to write another entry about my fashion preferences. Haha. In the end, we just decided to bring anything and everything we can. LOL.

And voila! Here are some of the photos that Mars has already given us.

More photos can be found HERE or HERE.

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mood: I hate it when your thigh-high stockings just keeps on going down, down, down, down, down. argh!

Picture Perfect Feature 07.21.09

I was narcissistically testing Google Images for search results that would come out when I key in my name "izabel cortez" and I chanced upon Mr. Raffy Paredes' photo among the results. Sir Raffy is a column writer for Manila Bulletin's Picture Perfect and so I remembered that I was once featured in his column last July 21, 2009.

The photo that they published was one of the photos I took when I was in Boracay last year.

You may read the full article HERE and you may check the other photos at my Multiply and in Flickr.

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 mood: Rain, rain go away! Don't let Pepeng come this way! wah!