Laboy #1: Asia Pop Comic Con: Day 2 & 3

The biggest, baddest comic con this side of the planet? Probably!

Asia Pop Comic Con (APCC) is an event granted to third-world mortals of the Philippines by probably the gods of Disney and Marvel and whoever's at the helm of the organization. This unbelievably awesome event was one I'd probably look forward to every year as long as I have money to spare. This is the first time in a long time I flew above the clouds in nerdgasmic joy.

It's just about every overgrown kid's dream come true the moment I arrived at the event's doorsteps at the World Trade Convention Center in Pasay...
(click to read more about APCC!)

Kwento #1: A resurrection of the body

Photography is a risky thing, especially when being done on assignment.

Recently, I was hired to take on a video shoot in Bulacan, where I needed to get the help of a fellow Pentaxian who happened to specialize in video. Due to circumstances my friend couldn't attend the shoot so I took over the role and borrowed his Pentax K-01 for the mission.

Everything was going well until we were shooting in a tight location at the edge of a river, with the house we're in on standing on stilts, and dank, murky water all around us. I did what I could to keep the gear safe, but in that ONE moment I had to put the tripod and camera down, the inevitable accident happened.

The setup fell off-balanced on the WeiFeng tripod it was mounted on, into the water, and took me some time to get it back, probably around 5-6 seconds. Attached to the K-01 was my dear DA* 50-135, and the body was promptly dead, with the lens having some focusing issues afterwards.

Dazed, broken and embarrassed, I went on with the shoot until the job was done. Of course I had to let my friend know his cam was dead, so I promised to replace it with a brand-new one, which I did the next day.

I took the unit and was conclusive the water damage can't be undone, but somehow, hoped for the best and kept it in a drybox with a dehumidifier for three days. It stayed dead for three days...

Lakbayin #3: A Synapse Trip from a Citrus Fill to Across the Universe

Daydreaming has been my hobby for a long time.

It's unhealthy, sure, and is probably a good (or bad?) sign of a mental illness or something.
I don't know, maybe I'm a little depressed.
or as the old Matchbox Twenty song puts it,
a little unwell.

I've been dreaming of an adventure, the kind that sounds a little like a trip across Middle-Earth...

with sights like this, who needs a desk job?*