yon’s best shot

for almost a year now, Ken Ruther “YON” Layosa has left the Philippines to work in the Middle East. braving the unknown, he headed out there to make a name for himself, and making a name he did!

i can’t be any prouder for his achievement and how far he has gotten in his career! although he resides in saudi arabia, we still communicate. i remembered he told me he was planning to join a photo competition and needed my comments on his photos. that’s how we usually are, we seek each other’s opinion on different matters. and as time goes by, he has gotten really good with his craft! he is indeed improving!

in the recently conducted YOUR BEST SHOT Competition by the Camaraderie Photo Club last june 13 (friday the thirteenth) in the Philippine Embassy, he won the best shot award! congratulations my friend! although some folks believed that friday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day, but not for ken! he won other awards too for all his photos and won second-runner up over-all! 

here is his winning photo: best shot

and his other winning entries:

and here’s the photo taken after the award ceremony: ken is the chubby guy in green (he might kill me if i call him fat… hehe!)

lost in my head

my mind still floats in mid air, i guess sleep deprivation is taking its toll on my body and my brain. adjustment phase will commence this coming monday. i will finally and officially start working in makati. i wish myself the best of luck! may i endure each and every obstacle i will face in the work place.

lack of sleep will slowly kill me, i know it. it leads to weight loss and other health-related matters. and then there’s the inclination to bum around the house on weekends whenever there’s no work, thus making myself anti-social. there are some days that i can’t even will myself to go out or hang-out with friends. i would rather spend it with myself - me and my alone time. i long for those days that i wouldn’t worry about anything else, that i don’t have to think what i would do next, that there’s no need for me to do well in something… simply put, doing nothing… let my mind roam free… i don’t get to do that anymore.

there are a lot of things i want to do, sometimes i just want to get away from it all… even for just a short while. when was the last time that i felt really relaxed and without a care in the world? i can barely remember. sometimes i just want to sleep for days, to give my mind and body the ample time to recharge and function in an absolutely normal state. but nowadays, that is close to impossible.

presently, relaxation for me would come in different forms: sleep takes the top slot. next to that would be eating, sound tripping, blogging, reading a good book and watching tv series online (GOSSIP GIRL, ELI STONE, PUSHING DAISIES) and also watching movies online since i don’t have budget for it most of the time (watching movies cost a lot, and i’d rather spend it on food, independent living has it perks).

sometimes i wish i’m a kid again… that way, i don’t have to worry about anything at all. someone else does that for me… won’t that be great?