Bluefish

Bluefish wondering at the blue sea sky
Take these waggly tails and learn to fly
All her life
She was only waiting for this wind to guide her wings

Bluefish wondering at the blue sea sky
Take these wiggly fins and learn to cry
All her life
She was only waiting for this wind to set her free

Bluefish fly
Bluefish don't cry
Into the light beyond the blue sea sky

Bluefish fly
Bluefish don't die
Into the light beyond the blue sea sky



*inspired by the song Blackbird, Beatles

More California Memories

*blogger's note:

• my brother peeing on the wall was actually all made up. he poured some water on the wall. it was just one of our trippings.

Washington D.C.

Every single place I go to, my face just keeps on getting bigger and bigger.



Me and my only niece, Marielle wanting to get a picture of that beautiful building




It's me in front of the White House, waiting to have coffee with the President. Nyek! If you would notice, my face is so bloated now that it occupies half of the picture.




The Washington Monument




Something new in D.C. I forgot what it's called. I think it's like this whole tribute to WWII.




Mabuhay! Andito ang Pinas!




Me and bro Mike. I remember, a Forrest Gump was shot here!




Across the Washington Monument is the Lincoln Monument.




Down the Lincoln Monument




Hey, it's father Abraham!




It's my brother, trying to be heroic.

Pennsylvania

Hershey Park, PA
The home of the Hershey's chocolate! Just imagine my face when I got there.




Grabe, kakapasok ko pa lang, nananaba na ko!




It's Milton Hershey, a.k.a. Father Chocolate. Yup, he's the man!




Pose with some candies




And I even got to eat a huge one! Hehehehe




On my way to the kissing tower. Too bad, I'm going all by myself!




The top view of the kissing tower.




On top of some ride with my niece, Marielle




My brother Mike and his family




Let's start smoking some




Off we go!




Life is a roller coaster, baby!





Hershey Town, PA
Believe it or not, you can smell chocolate all over the town!



Marielle and I at the Gazebo




The Chocolate Avenue's lamps are like Hershey's kisses!




At the intersection of Chocolate and Cocoa Avenue. Tasty tasty!


Amish Country, PA
The Amish people refused to give in to modernization and continued living their life in an old fashion way.

It's all bukid!!!

Sitting in at an Amish school




Dressed up Amish-ly with Marielle and Miguel

At Strasburg Creamery with my butter pecan. The best tasting ice cream I've ever tasted!




Kuya Mike in the never ending cornfield.




Marielle and Ate Ma'Ann





That's Little Miss Cornfield striking a pose!

From West Coast to East Coast

California days are over. My life has opened a new chapter--it's the East Coast Chapter for me, baby! And first stop, New York. It's Manhattan 2005! And this time, I made sure I have a camera!



As soon as I arrived at the JFK airport, we went straight ahead to downtown Manhattan!




It's me trying to walk at the busy streets of New York. Believe it or not, the weather is not far from Philippine summer! Nice time to go there, huh? Bad idea. If it wasn't for the sake of looking good at pictures, I wouldn't smile.




At my back is where the TODAY Show takes place!!! Hello, Katie and Matt!




This is inside the lobby of NBC Studio building. Nice nice!




Donald Trump, firing me.




Kuya Mike and me and the lights of NBC




Off to Rockefeller Center
















With my nephew, Miguel




Kuya Mike posing at some talbos




More walking and posing!




Outside the beautiful St. Patrick's Cathedral. The inside of the church is really amazing. Full of artistic stained glass but the pictures didn't turn our great because it was dark and I should have used a tripod and a wide-angled zoom lens.




Father and son outside the cathedral




My niece and nephew who grew up sooo fast since I last saw them




With a 'pedicab' driver. All the drivers are actually cute. I actually wanted to take a picture of that guy in a blue shirt, the actual driver of the trike, but my brother didn't get the hint.




The Grand Central Station




Sorry, I'm trying to look as great as possible here, but I was sweaty and all that.




Philippine Embassy! It's very Pinoy inside. It's like being in an old Makati building. Maybe even worse.