Thursday, April 14, 2011

Date a girl who takes photographs.

Date a girl who takes photographs. Date a girl whose favorite sound is the click-click of the shutter as it closes and opens to capture a memory. Date a girl who sees the wonder in the simplest things. Date a girl who looks at the world and wonders how to put a little of herself in it.

You might find her in the park, lost behind her lens, the world a blur around her as she tries to capture a single moment in time. You might find her in an exhibit, a look of concentration on her face as she contemplates a photograph that called out to her as she was passing by. Or maybe you will find her in a bookstore, a book in her lap as she pores over photographs of weddings all the while wondering what hers would look like.

Take her out to photo walks and laugh as she tries to take a picture of you. When she gets tired of walking, buy her cupcakes but wait until she has taken pictures of them before proceeding to eat them. Listen as she tells you her ideas for a photo shoot on the ride home.

Take her to a restaurant and wait patiently as she surveys the menu carefully, appreciating the food photography. And again, wait until she has taken a photo of your food before digging in. Allow her introduce you to Ansel Adams while you both eat your lunch. Introduce her to your favorite musician as you wait for the bill to arrive. When you get home, change your Facebook profile picture into a photograph she took of you. She silently hoped for it.

Take stolen shots of her. Compile it and give it to her on her birthday. Tell her you love her over and over until your voice replaces the click of the shutter as her favorite sound. Kiss her after she lifts her head up from the camera. Give her camera-shaped necklaces. Go places with her.

You will never be bored again.

Date a girl who takes photographs. She will never whine about a little dirt on her favorite pair of jeans as she kneels down to get a better angle of her subject. She will never be afraid to take adventures with you. She will take photographs of you not just with her camera but with her mind as well and keep it to herself to admire at night. But above all, she will teach you how to look at the world with a brand new perspective and she will do that unknowingly.

Marry a girl who takes photographs. Ditch those wedding photography books and give her the most beautiful wedding you could. She will teach your kids to find the beauty in everything just as she had taught you. Every day will be an adventure as she tries to create photograph-worthy memories with you. She may wake you up in the middle of the night because she is buzzing with ideas but she will make it up in the morning with a stack of hot pancakes beside a steaming cup of your favorite coffee blend.

Grow old with a girl who takes photographs. Sit with her on the front porch as you both pore over the bits and pieces of the moments you’ve had together. Stroke her hair as you both relive the photo walks that you took and the places you have been when you were both young. Smile as you both reenact your clever wedding vows.

Date a girl who takes photographs because she will always see that “something” in the most “nothing” of things. She will never let anyone take you away from her like she never lets anyone steal her photos and that is just one of the evidences that she loves you

BIG MISTAKE...LITTLE MISTAKE

Why did some people or let say  most of us do mistakes in the expense of others? I’m not talking about big mistakes but just those simple little mistakes that we commit everyday and yet it bring big impact to the lives of others. Why don’t we be sensitive enough to the impact of those mistakes we created? One example I can share with you is the problem this typing office people gave us. I was applying for a new visa for already been 3 weeks. Their job is so simple, they have to type the information of the applicant on their system and counter check it with documents attached. Just a simple like that yet they failed to do so. They typed one wrong passport number and when I complained about it but they told me “Mafi mushkila” (no problem) but look what kind of problem they created, the application was not approved until now and I have to make those amendment again and again. We are wasting too much time and money for that matter aside for the big fine that we have to suffer. Not only that they are not the one who will be scolded every time the boss asked for an update.


It same goes with our journey with God we do things that we think that it is just too little to get noticed. But didn’t we know that it will create big impact to the lives of those people we have contact with. Whether it is in word or in action we are all accountable for that. No mistakes are little or big with God, they are all mistakes just like sin. We cannot justify or pin point other person for the fault we committed and let them to suffer or blame them for that happened to us. We should face the consequences of our action. And from there we should learn our lessons.

But the good thing is that we don’t have to pay for a big fine, because JESUS already paid all for us. When He died on the cross, he assures us by saying “Mafi mushkila”…IT IS FINISHED….

Have a blessed week everyone and may the coming Lenten Season reminds us the great sacrifice our Lord and Savior done for us. His death and His resurrection is our assurance of an eternal life that is waiting for us.





A DAY WITH THE AETAS