Parada

Here are the pictures of the Parada on August 19. I was lucky to catch it since it started on schedule. Hmmm... good sign.

Birthday

Manuel L. Quezon

The Night

The winner is Candidate No. 5, Ms. Erika Friginal from Brgy. Sabang. She is the tallest and the thinnest candidate. With her is last year's Ms. Baler, Ella Belle Flores.



The other winners Ms. Gretchen La Madrid (left), First Runner-Up and Ms. Joanne Rutaquio (right) Second Runner-up.

Swim

And here are the Ms. Baler 2005 candidates in their swimsuit. Enjoy!

Ms. Baler 2005

The Candidates. You be the judge!



No. 1: Sheena May Exclamado



No. 2: Gretchen Joy O. La Madrid



No. 3: Lovely F. Ramos



No. 4: Ruiza-Lynn B. Niro



No. 5: Erika B. Friginal



No. 6: Henna N. Gamboa



No. 7: Princes May R. Abulencia



No. 8: Irish May M. Montesa



No. 9: Joanne F. Rutaquio



No. 10: Aizel D. Potestades

Fiesta

The one week Baler Fiesta celebration started early last Saturday with a roadblock - or those kids on colorful costumes dancing to drumbeats, also known as street dancing. The theme is Coco-Sabutan, those two endangered industry in Aurora. Some pictures:

Leave

Excuse me for not attending to this blog since last week. I'm taking care of the new arrival. I'll be on normal mode as soon as possible.

Zen

Flood simulation at Villa Aurora, December 30, 2004.

Tikbalang

Tikbalang aka Bryan, from Baler, uses classic manual SLR cameras to take pictures. Some cameras are even older than him. But instead of having the films developed directly into prints he has them scanned and saved to CDs as digital files which he says is cheaper than the usual developing process. A perfect analog-digital combo sample. Here are some of his interesting photos:



Pasirit sa may Digisit.



Umaga na!



Bangka sa Cemento



Papayarama.



Brownout.



Mata sa litson.



Tutubi sa sili.



Palaka.


Tikbalang also makes small but functional stoves out of empty aluminum softdrink or beer cans that uses isoprophyl or denatured alcohol for fuel. Check out the demo.

Pictures Without Houses

Here's a relief from the tons of houses, concrete and wire photos of Baler i posted last week. Still in Baler all taken in the past ten days.



Sunset in Buhangin.



Sunset in Dikaloyungan.



A strange twister-like cloud formation.



Grass flower. 1/4 inch beauty.



Duungan River.



The two towers of Boton.



View from the top floor of AMCO Beach resort.