I brought my girlfriend Jovy with me. As first-timers of the said mall, my girlfriend and I find it difficult to navigate at the parking area and even inside the mall. After few inquiries from security guards, we finally arrived at the venue.

At the meeting place, we met Admin Ken, Master Rey Nocum, MJ, and Ronald Ibay. Denz Dayao and Jhun Vibar were just on their way yet and were caught in heavy traffic. Master Rey Nocum showed as copies of Permit to Shoot that he got from the mall management office.

There were two things we learned during the dinner time. First, Manong Ken suggested that MIP should look for a place or venue where we can hold a photo exhibit. The idea was being agreed by the majority. Second, Sir Rey Nocum, the macro master and MIP moderator, demonstrated to us a technique of taking macro photos using a phonecam. Overall, the meeting was quite a learning experience.

Manong Ken, who had to catch up for another schedule, already left when Jhun Vibar and Denz Dayao arrived. Anyhow, using the permit that Master Rey Nocum gave to us, we were able to roam around the upper portion of the mall and take photos without any guard accosting us. Jovy and I parted from the group and ventured by ourselves what was like an oasis on top of the mall. It was my first time there and I was mesmerized as to how beautifully landscaped the place is. Seeing the beautiful garden in there, you wouldn't think you're on top of the mall. The following photos will show you how TriNoma garden looks like in the night time.

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My girlfriend Jovy before the dinner started.

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Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec / F-stop: f/3.5 / ISO Setting: 3200 / focal length: 21mm / flash: off / mount: handheld

Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec / F-stop: f/4.0 / ISO Setting: 800 / focal length: 25mm / flash: on / mount: handheld

Shutter Speed: 1/5 sec / F-stop: f/4.0 / ISO Setting: 3200 / focal length: 27mm / flash: off / mount: handheld

Shutter Speed: 1/15 sec / F-stop: f/4.5 / ISO Setting: 3200 / focal length: 33mm / flash: off / mount: handheld

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Group Hug

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Left to right: MJ, Jhun Vibar, Ronald Ibay, Jovy, and Denz. I was behind the camera so I was not included in the photograph.

TriNoma links over the Internet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriNoma
http://www.ayalamalls.com.ph/content/ayala_trinoma.asp
http://www.clickthecity.com/shop/shopmall.asp?mallid=173
http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2007/05/trinoma_misadve.html

High resolution copies of the photographs shown here can also be viewed from this link: http:// dodongflores.multiply.com/photos/album/67

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Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec / F-stop: f/5.6 / ISO Setting: 100 / focal length: 25mm / flash: off / mount: handheld

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Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec / F-stop: f/5.6 / ISO Setting: 100 / focal length: 45mm / flash: off / mount: handheld

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Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec / F-stop: f/5.0 / ISO Setting: 3200 / focal length: 41mm / flash: off / mount: handheld

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What's Up

1. Today - we just finished an MIP Photoshoot at the La Mesa Eco Park. I'll post photos in here and at the MIP site once I get the photos sorted.
2. Yesterday - I escorted Japanese exchange students to Tagaytay (April 25) and I was taking tons of photos to those Tagaytay spots we had visited. Again, another tedious job of sorting out those digital photos before it can be seen in this site and at My Islands Philippines.
3. I just got my ordered Neopan films at Fujifilm in SM Megamall. I'll be taking black and white photos once in a while and will be posting such photos here once I could used up the 36 shots of the film.
4. Account and photos of MIP eyeball at TriNoma last April 10 is on it's way and is sure to be the very next feature after this post.

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I will start using GIMP in editing the photos and if I find it satisfying according to my own standard, I will resign from Adobe Photoshop (that's until I can earn enough fortune to pay for Adobe Photoshop's licensing).

Media Player

I'm also downgrading my Winamp 5  to Winamp 2.80 full edition. I'm running the latest version of this media player for more than a year but realized I am not really using its advance features. Furthermore, I am missing the simplicity of the old version of Winamp. And to compensate the old version's limitation, I have downloaded third-party plugins so Winamp 2.8 should work according to my requirements. Some of the plugins that I had downloaded thus far are the following: Tara's Real Audio Input Plugin 1.0.3b (for Winamp); Winamp PowerPlayer II 2.40d; and AC3File 0.5b wherein the first plugin is to be used for Winamp to play Real Audio files, the second plugin for Winamp to play videos in different file format, and the third for Winamp to play AC3 music files.

The Windows 2000 Control Panel Problem

In the process of removing some programs I no longer need in my system, I just found out that the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel didn't work. I made a quick search over the Internet and found one solution that proved to be working. For reference, I'm giving you the link: http://windowsitpro.com/articles/print.cfm?articleid=38595.

The instruction are as follows:

The solution perfectly solved my dilemma and I was able to uninstall the softwares I didn't want anymore.

In ending up this article, I would like to list here a few links to the softwares I mentioned above:

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Taking a nap at the baywalk is a favorite pastime.

Manila Bay Sunset

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Sunset doesn't always have to be red, don't you think so?

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Liwasang Rajah Sulayman

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Related posts in this site:

• http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2007/12/recollection.html
• http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2007/09/apprentice.html
• http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2007/03/manila-baywalk-revisited.html
• http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2007/03/baywalk.html
• http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2007/03/promenaders.html
• http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2007/02/sleeping-in-baywalk.html
• http://travelogue.digitalrebel.ws/2006/11/one-day-love-affair.html

A must read:

• The Baywalk massacre by Pedro Dumancas of Inquirer